SWISS MAY BECOME DRY.
-....^..._ w . :. . "ji GENEVA, April 30.— Following .the example of America, ( Switzerland may become dry. The Swiss Medical Association, presided over by Dr. Reynier, •of Leysin, has sent a petition to the 1 Federal Government asking for the ] suppression of all manufacture and 1 sale of alcohol in any foi'iri. ' 1 1 The doctors, who are strongly sup- 2 ported by the population, declare" that I diseases> especially consuihfption, have 1 greatly increased since the war, and I one of the chief factors is alcohol. Tho. ! Government is placed in a dilemma . j j because one of its principal revenues J comes from the monopoly in alcohol. \ I It may be added that a few year.-: ago | Switzerland prohibited the manufacture S or sale of absinthe in the country by .8 popular vote. The dry campaign con- g tinues. j I
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14963, 16 July 1919, Page 7
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