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Southland Times, Issue 19658, 7 October 1922, Page 3

Mr “Pussyfoot” Johnson I You have stated at all your meetings that the Drug Evil has not flourished under Prohibition, and that hundreds of Homes for Drug-ad diets have been closed since Prohibition was introduced. Now here is a Cable Message in all New Zealand Papers Last Monday: DRUG TAKING. INQUIRY IN U.S.A. Greatest per Capita Consumer (Bee. October 1, 11.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 30. It Is understood that an investigation conducted by a committee composed ot Messrs Hughes, Melton, and Hoover found that the United States is the greatest per capita consumer of drugs in the world) As a result of the investigation President Harding has decided to open the way to hold a conference of nations to discuss this question.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Note. —Mr Hughes is Secretary of State, Mr Mellon Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr Hoover Secretary of Commerce.] .What have you io say to THAT, Mr Johnson ?

PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON and HORATIO BOTTOMLEY We told Mister Johnson that, if he did not tell the truth, he would be found out. Now, on Sunday night at His Majesty’s Theatre, Mr “Pussyfoot” Johnson held up a copy of “Cheerio” for September 1, and declared that it contained a quotation from the opinions of Horatio Bottomley, who is now serving a sentence of penal servitude in England. The item to which Mr Johnson referred reads as follows (Photograph of Mr D. W. Griffith.) D. W. GRIFFITH, The Great Film Producer, who gave us the World’s Most Famous Picture, “INTOLERANCE,” Writes:— “I am not afraid to say that the silly and ugly thing that has been forced upon my country by a small, fanaticai, and in some respects unscrupulous, minority—the thing called Prohibition—is intolerance in its worst form. “And is it not causing, already, something in the nature of a war; of war between Prohibition enforcement agents who do not believe in the thing they are trying to enforce, and the holder citizens of America who insist on having a drink whenever the chance arises, even if the alcohol be tainted with illegality; a war between the doctors of my country and the rabid poison that is being freely drunk in mistake for V real whisky, the horrible wood alcohol which has caused 9000 deaths in the United States during the last twelve months?”—“John Bull” (London), May 6, 1922. Now, Mr Johnson knew, as anybody in his senses who reads it must know, that the above has nothing whatever to do with Mr Horatio Bottomley. It was simply an extract from a signed article by J). W. Griffith which appeared in a very well known British weekly journal called “John Bull,” which paper was at one time conducted by Mr Bottomley. Mr Johnson stated—“On it (‘Cheerio’) is the name of Horatio Bottomley, whose portrait is here. Ido not know of anyone more suited to be Patron Saint of the Liquor Trade.” This statement is a deliberate untruth, as neither Mi- Bottomley’s name nor his portrait has ever been printed in any_issue of “Cheerio.” What is Mr Johnson’s estimate of the level of intelligence of a New Zealand audience when he tries to “put over” a statement like that? This is a fair example of the tactics employed by Mr Johnson and his kind in their hopeless attempts to hide from the people the facts of Prohibition’s failure in America. J. ARTHUR HARRISON, Editor, “Cheerio.” From Otago Daily Times. October 3, 1922.

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