AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION ROUSED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 266, 13 November 1935, Page 10

AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION ROUSED

4 i -• I ‘ REPEAL” OBSTACLES CVERi | COME 1 ’ I'nti! recently many people liked to believe that the advantages of prohibi- [ lion in America outweighed the, disadvantages, but all doubt was dispelled when America repealed the Eighteenth I Amendment. So intense was the unu popularity of prohibition that huge r obstacles were overcome in order to get rid of it. To repeal prohibition the United States had to pass a measure by a twothirds majority recommending the reo peal of the Eighteenth Amendment. and voted on by 48 separate States. 36 of which had to ratify it in order that the Eighteenth Amendment could be repealed. Historv has now shown that prohibi d , .I tion in practice was such a colossal disaster that in spite of the huge conI stitutional hurdle the men and women of the l’nited States were so disappointed and disgusted with the evils and the expense of their great experis meat that the necessary majorities were easily obtained. 1 America has paid heav'dv for her great mistake, ami the object lesson should be taken to heart by all othoi ’’ countries. New Zealand has not the I inclination for sm-h an experiment, and. ,s if she had. she certainly has not the money lo pav for it. It is the duty of every New Zealander to vote ContinuII ance at the forthcoming licensing ’’ ; referendum.*