STATE CONTROL.

White Ribbon, Volume 35, Issue 412, 18 November 1929, Page 13

STATE CONTROL.

The Canadian papers seem very doubtful about the meaning of State Control. Who controls, the State or the Liquor Trade? Is it State Control or State Controlled? Just read these few opinions from the daily press and the Liquor Hoards. "Ontario is buying liquor at the rate of 1,000,000d01. a week. ’—Ontario Liquor Hoard. **ln Alberta, 1,000,000 gallons o. liquor was sold in the second year of control.’ Alberta Liquor Board. “Sales of beer increased 1,000,000 gallons over last year.”—Quebec Liquor Commission. "The seven Provinces having ‘Government control,’ with a population of 10,000,000, spends 160,000,000d01. a year for liquor.”—Reports of the seven Liquor Hoards. “Since the opening of the beer parlours, the sales of ‘hard’ liquors has increased 50 per cent.” —British Columbia Liquor Board. “Sale of ‘hard’ spirits increased 32,275 gailons in one year ’ —Quebec Liquor Commission (1024-5). “Sale of ‘hard’ liquor increased 33 per cent, in last two years."—Saskatchewan Liquor Board (1927). “Alberta issued 60,000 permits the first year; two years later she issued 1 14,000 permits."—Alberta Liquor Board. “In Ontario, 220,4 40 permits were issued in the first four months."—Ontario Liquor Board. “Drunkenness among women increas ed 53 per cent." —"Montreal Star.’’ “All records for inebriates were broken to-day, w’hen 89 labour Day celebrants faced Magistrate Cohen’ "Toronto Star.’’ NOT HOOT I JOGGING. “Our greatest problem is moonshine in the country districts." —Alberta Liquor Hoard. “Bootlegging Increased 111 per cent, in first year."—Saskatchewan Liquor Board. “As much liquor is sold by bootleggers as is sold in the Government stores.’’- British Columbia Liquor Board. Some Canadians are discovering, in stead of liquor being controlled by the Government, the Government is being controlled by liquor.