NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14357, 29 October 1908, Page 4

NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN

MR ISITT'S ADDRESSES. Mr L. M. Isill is a hard platform worker, and addresses throe meetings a tiny during his Duncdin campaign At the Octagon yesterday between 12 and 1 o'clock lie spoke to an opon-air lv.oetinij of workers; in the afternoon he spoke in the Garrison Itall at a women's meeting, and ill the evening he lectured on ''True Patriotism" to a large gathering in the Garrieon Hall, The afternoon address was principally devoted to showing tJio effects of alcohol.ori the race when used by nursing women, and the Octagon address dealt with the drink problem as it affects the industrial workers. At the evening address the Mayor (Mr J. M'Donald) presided, and Mr Isitt waxed elr,f|Uent on that aspect of patriotioir whieh aims at the uplifting of humanity. Twenty-six years ago, when the no-license advocates commenced the struggle against the licensed liquor traffic, Iliey wc.ro accused cf want of patriotism because' they drew attention to the threatened evil of the drinlc traffic on young N«vv Zealand, and ho (.Mr [silt) agreed that in the Dominion there WHS ttorhing like the drinkin"; that there was in ether eonnlrios; but the re-cently-published drink statistics had hoori snllicient lo stagger the editor cf the T.yl- - tehon. Times, showing as they did that ono out of every 2D of the population had been arrest od and brought before the courts oil charges of drunkenness. Every true pat riot had to suffer scorn ami contumely, and llie truest patriots were those men and women who st niggled tor social and economic. reform, and he was prepared (o say there wa<? no one thing that tended to 1 degrade men and women .so much as t.hn drink traffic. Il scattered insanity and ; mental weaklier and dwarfed and physical deformity throughout the land. Tho speaker said lie was a no-license ndvocatn because iie wished to sec his race able to hold its own in the competition of the ' world. The Western world did not know 1 what competition meant. When tlio " Eastern millions, now having their want« ' supplied bv the Western nations, were able ' to sir.piy their own wants and to enter into tile competitive struggle, the Western 5 people would require all their faculties > lo maintain (heir supremacy, and if they 3 wore to hold .their own they must snap I off the liouor habit.--they must stop the ; (low of millions a veal - in strong drink. ' To-day at 12.15 p.m. Mr Tsitt will address Iho work-ore al lie id and Cray's showroom. • The subject at this evening's address will s be ""'be Outlook." To-morrow's subject will he "Liquor Deceptions Exposed." II will be " Liquor Deceptions Exposed " A ' notice to Good Templars in reference to this meeting will bo found on page 9. :i