AN APPEAL TO WORKING MEN BY MR PHILIP SNOWDEN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 245, 19 November 1914, Page 11

AN APPEAL TO WORKING MEN BY MR PHILIP SNOWDEN.

MR PHILIP SNOWDEN.

i ■ The object of "Socialism is to seeiare the social ownership and control of the things which, are necessary for the physical and intellectual life of the ; people. 1 ( 'Socialism aims v. at the abolition -of waste—economic, and-mental. Ihe Liquor Trade is not necessary for . either the physical or intellectual life of the nation. On the contrary the Liquor; Trade is [ ' tiie"-.cause of premature death, disease, r insanity, crime, cruelty, physical in- " efficiency, and misery. Brink destroys the mental power, and renders men incapable, of <?leaj! and; intelligent thinking. The expenditure on liquor i$ economic b waste. It squanders, worse than us - f lessly, the financial resources, of the j nation, -which are needed for improving -■ the ■ social condition' of the people. i ; The liquor trade is one of the worst " forms of capitalist ihoftopoly. ■ Therefore, by every principle they: s profess, all Socialists are bound to vote 9 ' for the extermination of ;th 6. Liqubr Trad©. 5 ,? 3" '' ■" •• ■■ i The abolition of , the Liquor Traffic i will not solye the social problem. But ' it will be a great help to that end. - will make the working; classes better, t 'both physically and. intellectually. P They will; then be; far, fitter for the - .great.task they, are called- upon to dor—j namely, to use their poEtical- to* 3 achieve the * economic and social email* cipation of their class. Workers of New Zealand! Unite and . vote out oif existence the Drink Evil. r PHILIP SNO.WDENV .. . "I .4783.