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Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15041, 8 April 1919, Page 5

OVERHEARD IN THE TRAIN. ; _ -——— r~+" —: —— . .. "Look herte; joe, o!3 man, what's all this talk about compensation to, the booze trade ?; Why should ;the blighters be compensated ?., They've : had enough of the country's money^;lireckon, and a good whack, qfmine; too. It's time we put 'em put and "'qpt State■■■ Control. ■Th'6''-'wowj^rß\'-wbn^t^Hke.'.si/Lbut'vthat'^ the thing for the country^ alright." ; ''Well, ; 3HbnMs knpw^Bill! \': 1 usedto ihink that j but I was yarning "to Hamstrung the Mother day; and I asked him "what State Control would cost, and he said he wasn't sure, but; Tie thought aT)oiitten:inillion pounds; I asked him! what in Halifax^that was tor, and he said some■.■■"of*-ti wastfor goodwill,^and; •some' for the s properties^ A^obHwollj"' says I; 'what's the difference between that and compensation ?' He said he didn't' know, but he supposed you couldn't biiy a business without paying goodwill. "Then I asks him whether there was any fixed amount to be paid j and he said, 'No, there was no fixed amount,' but he thought it would bs about- the same as. the compemsationthe Trade will get-if Prohibition is carried now. But I'm not so sure about it." . "Neither am I, Joe! Hamstrung's mixed up ;in the blahky thing somehow; Moderate League, or something. And I've got ran idea /that he's being paid for. boosting it. It's no good to me. % I'll go you a 'fiver' that if they get State Control,the blighters '11 get five or six millions instead of four and a half. You know blinkin': well what them , dern valuationl courts are. . Prices" are always bumped tip when it's ; the, country's mbiiev, and the Trade don't care a continental how miich they claim!" V "By Jove, Bill, there's something in that:'';•.;;;;■;,■,.:':.•..-;■-:■■■■ : )/■■: ; : & :• "Yes, and nobody knows how much we'll have,,to pay for;; €he properties. There's; the pinch. "What/ do we want all the blooming breweries ' and raTnshackle old pubs for, anyhow ? We_'l] have to pay eight or nine millions for j theiti; aiid then we'll have: the whole blinklv; lot on: our hands. No gamble in booze;.;jqints';;for mfil. Let.'em sell their own properties. I'll tell yon the game. Le,tW>put it:out bh'^ the^: country without nriy.of it^without booK<?;Jit all.; Tf it fails we can have,a shot fnt; Statfi .GoTitrol; ti^ ingA a nyviriorei^^^ Yore:^^k-tiow/what you've ■Grot tb'; :pay on: the/Thursday next sibxijit: That's fi^d. ; But am ■ hianged if yoji can fell: tbeSbtHer?way. JjThat's mine, Janyhos^Fm;^ anH i?t%:mation^ihis;'■ time^iahd';;giyei theiri' k r jbi?iriesthf( th^g^Ss 'fired-— ;mpr#:!thlsn^:t^ v^^deditt^ys^i^inerpi^a^^