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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11724, 27 November 1905, Page 4

YES ox NO! Shall I Vote for Ko-liicense ? NO! Shquts the Brewer " I make more-money for the invested capital than any other tradesman, and I want to hang on to it.'' YES! says the Business man •• This drink traffic is waste, any way' you like to look at it, and we can't afford to have wasted every year." NO! say short-sighted Financiers (?). "We cannot do without the revenue from drink." YES! shouts the true Patriot. " Men are more than dollars ; but let us save our men and our money at the same time. Revenue is a ' farce if you spend ten pounds trying to repair the damage by which you receive one." NO! roars the Publican. "If you take away my license you will ruin me. I have all my money invested in my business, and as I don't know any other trade, it will be too late to take up another." YES! says the Citizen ; "we don't propose to take away your license, but when it expires you cannot , have another one. We grant the licenses or we refuse them, as we think good for our town. You knew the terms when you entered the business. Your license does not last for ever." NO! say those who have money in the business. in some way or other. '" We want to get out first. We'd like to put it off until we can sell out, and let someone else stand the loss." YES ! . say Parents. " What is your money compared with the Moral, Mental, Physical and'Spirituai well-being of our children." NO! say the selfish and apathetic " Why should I bother myself if another man is fool enough to ruia himself through drink ?" TES I says the moderate drinker, " I like my glass of ale, but if thje License system means ruin for the other fellow — well, here goes, I'll itrike^put the Top Line for his sake." - . ! NO ! squeaks the Clap-trap P^H- * tician. "You shan't rob a .poor man of his beer." TES! cry the Lovers of true Liberty ; "we dbn't want to rob a poor man of his beer, but we do want lo rob the Beer of his poor man." NO*! , say the timid. "We might not succeed in having the law enforced, and the evil of sly-grog might be worse than License." TES I ; thunders the No-License Advo- • date ; " the sly-grog bog<Sy is very much exaggerated— Rea& Study, Investigate. Get at the root of things; consider your own and fellows' well being, apart' from how much money is in the; trade, or who makes it. Do your utmost to arrive at a RIGHT CONCLUSION, and you will then do THE RIGHT THING, and STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE.