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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11729, 2 December 1905, Page 4

NUTS .TO CPwACK • The" Liquor Party are once more trotting out their huts to crack. Some of them are veritable chestnuts, and are, to the ordinary view, so lull of cracks that it will be impossible for them to hold together until after the" Poll. NUT No, 1. A street orator says: "There is a curse on money made in the Liquor Trade," and then the Liquor Party say that the Presby- . ten an Church has had some of the money made in it, and goes on further to say that it is' inconsistent of the Church to oppose the Licensed Bar. Well, now suppose it is, how does that affect the question ? The No- License party are not all Presbyterians. That is a question for the Church, not the No-Licence party. IS THAT NUT CRACKED ? NUT No. 2. "THE N.Z. TIMES," a "liquor " paper, attributes a long category of evils to No' License. Now, what else can any sane man expect of a liquor paper ? IS THAT NUT CRACKED? NUT No. 3. ! Dr. Howard ' Crosby, an eminent divine, says certain things, but he does not attempt to prove them. The Liquor Party say he says these things. Well, suppose ,he did. A man can say prettymuch what he likes, but if he expects his opinion to carry weight he should submit evidence. IS THAT NUT CRACKED ? NUT No. 4. Sir James Paget, M.D., and Dr Andrew Wilson, are quoted in support of Drink v. Abstinence, In the first place, how long ago did they express the opinions quoted ? And opposed to them are such men as Treves, Barlow, Horsley, Gull, Richardson, Clark, and a host of others whose opinions are directly opposite and up-to-date. IS THAT NUT CRACKED ? NUT No. 5. The hoariest old chestnut of all. fthe experience of Maine, " U.S.A. More quoted opinions, but no evidence to support them. Well, if Maine is having such a bad time under prohibition, there are many more States itching to share witri them. "The Wine and Spirit Gazette" says, "In all the Southern States, .Prohibition under the guise of Local Option is making rapid progress, in spite of the millions of leaflets and pamphlets with which the National Protective Bureau has flooded the Southern States. In every Isf orthern State of the Union *the enemies of the Liquor Traffic are active in their endeavours to 1 still further restrict the sale of alcoholic beverages." IS THAT NUT CRACKED ? If these" are the~ HARDEST NUTS the Liquor Party have for us to Crack, then it is time they devoted some time to the question of Cracking the nut of December 6th, 1905.