THE LIQUOR QUESTION

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16799, 1 April 1919, Page 2

THE LIQUOR QUESTION

To. the Editor, .of > the "Timnru Herald.-'' ■ Sir,-—-Your correspondent ' -Common Sense, " in writing /on the "Liberty of the Subject,?' does not display .much i of the virtue ofwhich he claims to be. the embodiment: ■ He -fa.ls to see any connection between -the" keening ot n pjg in a crowded'' uren, and nisf having u glaso >of beer or wirte for. dinner. I-silppo.se if pigs were: kepfcin the .most crowed .ireas in would see no connection .between that and his having bacon and' eggs for: breakfast daily: Let- us -tfy'-ana • show, ''Common Sense" the*c6riri&tion: A man in the centre of Timaru may Bay "This secVoir is my own. I will build a high fence round it. Who will dare to prevent my keeping a pig?" But' authority •'steps'/in and says: 1 "You might-do this t 'if the safetfy oi others wbb not involved. But your pig 'must' not be' kept' there.. ]t: must be moved out of. .the >vay to soke place where it will not prove; a rneiiaea to the; cdmtiiunity gensrall y'' "Common SensiJ" overlooks the fact lliat his. liay'.ng liis glass of beer or ;rwihe at dinnersihvblves the continu:ance»> of the whole liquor traffic with 'all .its' attendant evi]s;'yßTid?'with«: it|, oongtitnt menace to. the; well-heme of itbeiirik'ng .KgSeratitih: It happefca^that.pips j can be . .-kept. under - conditions ■\yhich do not .• constitute .ii public dauger, but no.,condi no tern, of management, inspection, or control can render the ..liquor traffic harjnleps, therefore it must, go- A pigstye in a crowded area is a % small evil in comparison, with the existence of: a dosen liauor bars; The. one is, a •fnenace tophysical health, hot the others nrty ft menace to physical healtn and moral well-being. That, the miinitv mav have libertv to live,, ft fuller nnd healthier life Sense, must 'be deprived of bis liberty to pur - chase his liquor at the bquor bar. , am ' etc " IIIbMAS STINSON.