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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19619, 24 October 1925, Page 19

AN UTTER FUTILITY. PROHIBITION IS NOT TEMPERANCE. A Nation of Hypocrites and Lawbreakers. The Hon. P. B. O’Sullivan is the Democratic Representative for the Deley Division of Connecticut in the U.S.A. House of Representatives. Skty-Eishth Congress. CCOROF ». GRAHAM. NL. CRAMWAN. uonioajcdyeii.no. W 0. 80/S. :oma. ROBERT Y. THOMAS. J»..KY. HATTON W SUMNERS.TEX. C. A. CHBISTOAMERSON.S. OAK ANDREW 1. MONTAGUE, VA. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S RICHARD YATES. (U. IRA C. HEESEY, ME. RICHARD YATES.'LL JAMES W. WISE.CA. ISRAEL M. FOSTER. OHIO. EARL C MJCKEMR.MICH. ANDREW -VMICKEY. WO. NATMA.I X RSRLHAN. N. Y. , OSCAR EASTON. MINN. ' J.BUIKS W)A<i.FA IRA C. HEKSEY. ME. JOHN N TILL MAH. ARK. ISRAEL M. FOSTER. OHIO. F**» H.DOMINICK.S.C. COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY C M3C-.EAU. MICH. SAMUEL C MAJOR. MO. EW J.MICKIY. WO. ROYAL- H. WELLER. N. Y. XI X KRLMAN. N. Y. MMICK,B.OSUUJVAH,COKIt WASHINGTON. D. C. GUILFORD S. JAMESON.CLERK U. 0. TURTOH, ASSY, avw 15th April, 1925 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND New Zealand has the experiences of this country to guide her against any unfortunate program of legislation concerning prohibition. The prohibitory movement in America is but another demonstration of the fact that the enactment into law of any morals-regulating statute is an utter futility. Five years of prohibition in this country serve but to increase our belief that a vital*distinction must be made between prohibition, and temperance. The nation which is temperate in its habits will always be more successful than its alcoholic neighbour. The means to be employed to make a nation temperate are not those imposed upon us by the vicious Eighteenth Amendment and the Volsted. Act, but rather should they be those of education and moral .suasioii. Temperance was advancing in America with great strides^until 1920. Since that time we have become a nation of hyprocites and law-breakers. All types and all ages are now in the drinking class. The rich, the poor, the young and the old are carrying flasks on their persons, or brewing their concoctions in their homes. In the old days it was an impossibility to observe a young boy or ayoung girl under the influence of liquor. The sight of them in an intoxicated condition is to-day but commonplace. Prohibition is responsible for this and prohibition must pay the penalty at some future date. If the people of New Zealand are far-seeing, they will approach the question of national prohibition in the light of the morbid;.and,.disastrous experiences in America. Profit by Experience—VOTE CONTINUANCE Yours very truly #

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