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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 652, 2 December 1899, Page 3

JS Strike o«t LAST TWO LIES oa Ballot PaperT >~i O What Prohibition Does: \ffi x I I It makes a crime a perfectly moral act. 'wl L^ It grossly interferes with personal freedom. i.rh,J It destroys the moral basis of temperance by substituting force for restraint. g ,' €j': p It encourages the meanest of vices—cunning, deceit and hypocrisy, G |®J; yy^v closes the hotel only to open the sly-grog shop. __^&SL ga*^—^ It sets one section of the community to spy upon the other. *Z2B^ • fe&crasLj it makes men sneaks and promotes discord, strife, and all uncharitableness. Iff Et places the whole of the people in the position of a prohibited person. • J^szasi^ It encourages lying,, slander, *nd slyness. w • It decreases the sale of'mild liquors, but increases the sale of strong spirits. Olt .favours class legislation by affecting the fights of the poor man more than those of It interferes with the liberty of the many and confers no real benefits to the few. \J firtra^> s It materially increases tax atom, and lessens the means of paying it. J""^3^ ."^^ It fosters political corruption, and provides the ladder by which unscrupulous poli- t^^Jh \-^^^^ ticians climb to the mark of their ambition. » ~^r ' £ . ■ . ' ,<JT 1 W It robs temperance of all virtue, and treats moderation as a crime. »™«J Jlgsseßa^ jj. punisheg many men for the weakness of a few, ' It thrives upon ignorance and credulity ; it appeals to the passions and prejudices of Q§A the people. . ■ .' *^ }F% It provides a few agitators with lucrative employment ; breeds bad blood, stirs up; §7\ l^^j^^J strife, and periodically embroils the whole of the people in a conflict as vexatious as it is unnecessay. \p %J{ %3 Discreditedinoperation.it is discarded by sincere temperance reformers, who see it is fes^ /Z^k a delusion and a snare, ' . tA miv m mi mo mm w umi vim, m T TXSX7OnrV I m IIMIIm■iI m ■ ■ ' ■ l \ . c-vs^;i ... : . - JLmJLJLJJLmi JLV JL JL # '