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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12398, 13 November 1908, Page 3

;... FLAG OF FREEDOM. V tTATERT EDITION. -if\f\ INVERCAKGILL ELECMJSJyJ TORS.are stated to ; have solemiUy declarod No License has not help-d business or the- cause of Temperance.. \ .■'.' Wby is tho ;' f Declaratipu " not publiabed? And the so-called Vouch . ..er of the "—Southland Times' 1 ? .". ■ Why is this latest production of the Liquor Party- brought out at thot eleventh . hour, v and in such moo herent ' add ungramroaticsl terms tuat one ','cantiot make head or tail of it? It 19 stated at; foot of handbill "the above id the text of a deolarationT" hut where: is the solemn Declaration? .And who that knows Invercargill can for a moment hesitate as to whom they would believe —the Mayor acd'the first hundred, . — or those whose uamea ar« now published by the Trade iv their interests.: . ■■" .• Don't be -misled. But Vote for the prosperity which will follow •when the money now spent at the bar pays' the tradesmen's bills. '. ■'.;■:■■■■■ .-.i - „:,-.. ; 46 g0 no license v. hops & barley, no license v. hops & barley. ' "Stoic. This is the average value of our hop industry. . ■ cfSIO^OOO PE A R NNUM. This is the cost of picking the hop • crop and is mainly distributed ■ amongst women and children. Nelson Retailers ; ponder over the above figures before voting No Licensia, and thus reducing the spending power of the public . Electors. By voting No License and reducing the quantity, of hops required you help to ruin Nelson's most" important- industry. There is ho industry giving our farmers with small holdings such profit- ■ able returns as hop growing. Don't make ourselves the laughing stock Of. tho Dominion by destroy- - ing an industry which belongs to Nelson alone, and benefits all. =£22,500 ACREAGE AND YIELD OF BARLEY IN NELSON. Year 1906. Acres. . Yield.. Total num- ■ bsr of bushels. i 3,477; 32 bush • 112,536 j ' per acre, j Average price, 4s ; Total raluc in j round figures, £22,500. I 4?vJIO OKfi PER j c&'&dd 9 aQ\J. ANNUM. ! ' Year 1907. ; Acres-.; .. „ Yield. Total' nuin- ■"■. ber of bushelal 3,673 -.24*- bush'--- 88.972 ■''.'! per acre Average price ss; Total value in round figures, £22,250. THE BREWERS OF- NEL-.QN ■ " ACT 1 \Jf an<^ ox P cc k no assistance 7*^ Wk from tl c e.vlremo No Li**f B » c< nso pa ty m endi-avonrs to improve licensed trade crnditions and u> promote vSBLK-RELIANCK and TBUE TEMPERANCE. Sneere- are cln j ap ; personal effort is irksoniu to the No License party. $»! £% Comprcmiso is potsible "« 1 v unreasoning preju- ' K dieo and fanaticism. H|™ B tho ultimate cause of I* 8 ■ Temperance along precbe>9»B > tical and common ;ense lines by Voting for Con-' tinuanco hy striking out the two Mt<m lines <f voting paper next Tues- . dayRUBBER STAMPS.— We have a great; variety of attractive designs to choose from. Oui prices are right, and our Stamps tho best.—" The Colonist" Jobbing -Deparbacnt