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Ml K " "' ''X .gj^fcli KmOiM tHw ISBM 4 ' iiOfßfc u* r z^qF^^v^":sjpO .._ £. .W-Wrr" .-, —Mfc'- - - — \istK H Whom WILL You Believe? As a patriotic New Zealander, whom will you believe? On the one hand you have the Liquor Traffic fighting for its profits—for profit and nothing else—circulating misrepresentations, distortions, half-truths, that you cannot check, and the sayings of men in the U.S.A., so fond of liquor that they are willing to trample on and defile the good name of their own country. On the other hand, you have, printed below, statements by splendid New Zealanders whom you know and can trust. The late Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey. Hon. W. Downie Stewart. of the US. V. under Prohibition, in the House After his return from the U.S.A., this yea\ Mr. of Renresenfatives September. 1924. Mr. Massey said:— Downie Stewart said:—“l BELIEVE THAT IF A “Mother eouniries P have been exceedingly anxious to PLEBISCITE WERE TAKEN, PROHIBITION WOULD reduce their taxation, as was indicated in the Press cables BE CARRIED AGAIN. from day to day. America had probably been the most consistent country in this respect. SHE HAS BEEN nx Opv IMsRofJ CICAfV WONDERFULLY SUCCESSFUL IN RESTORING THE **<>■ cv ’ PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY.” Rt. Rev. Bishop Cleary, D.P., 0.8. E., Editor of the Roman Catholic Journal, “The Month,” has said:—“The Church of the living God is built on a rock, not on a , - . cy j i pj z - ' vat Speaking personally, we would a thousand Hoi\. Sir RODCtt Stout, « >u. times rather have the experiment of National Prohibition, K C M.G.. Chief Justice of N.Z. if there is no other practical alternative to the moral havoc 1V1.V1., ■ • which an unreformed licensing trade keeps on working “ At every Session of the Court about one-third of the among souls, committed to our care, for whom the Saviour offences are due to drink. This is regrettable, but true.” suffered and died.”—October, 1925. . n The late Sir John W. Salmond. AtChblShOp /\verill. The ] a j e gj r j o }, n yy. Salmond, after visiting the “ What we need to ask ourselves is this: What would United States said:—“Prohibition in the United States be the nrobable effect of Prohibition upon the happiness of has come to staylt seemed quite feasible chiMren and homes upon the vouth of the country, and That the YOUNGER GENERATION MIGHT GROW upon general "£)“ The war measures in all countries UP WITHOUT CULTIVATING THE TASTE FOR labelled their existing Licensing Laws as the enemies of ALCOHOL. efficiency, and are they less so in days of so-called peace?” Sir James Allen. , —5 . « . Sir James Allen, K.C.8., High Commissioner for .*v>ai«* w wjien. vjlf AnOfCW KUSSeiI. New Zealand, considered to be one of the soundest „ . . .. ... . financiers we ever had, said on the eve of the April, 1919, In 1919, Maj.-General Sir Andrew Russell, writing to Prohibition Poll:—“I HAVE NO ANXIETY ABOUT the late Rev. R. S. Gray, said with regard to National THE REVENUE.” Prohibition: —“I shall vote for it on two specific grounds: on the material ground, that drink entails much human , —, , wastage and impaired human efficiency, and so interferes Oil* CjCOrgC rCfIWICK. with production, the chief need of the day; and on the moral ground, that, seeing the trouble and often misery caused Writing in the - Otago Daily Times <.. ~ie . to others as the result of drink, THE LEAST ONE 1924, in a letter he sent whilst actually in the United States, CUV DO IS FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS, TO Sir George Fenwick said: —‘ I have come to the conclusion MAKE THE PERSONAL SACRIFICE INVOLVED IN that among the moderate and sober-thinking section of the PROHIBITION” American people, there is a majority who are satisfied with the V olstead Law that Congress has enacted, that the pride of the nation is at stake in seeing to its enforcement; and ry V?««nnnic that a good few years must elapse before it can be absolutely XlOn. *jlr JL ra.11C.13 OllilJll .LWII. determined whether it is to be an unqualified success or not. Referring to Prohibition, on August 14th, this year, MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS THAT THE BENEFITS Sir Franc™ described it as “ The great example set to the THAT WILL ACCRUE WILL QUITE OUTWEIGH THE world by the Americans.” EVILS.” New Zealanders! Settle a New Zealand problem for New Zealand’s good. Line up with the Leaders! Vote according to conscience Give Prohibition a Trial