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BLUE WATER ROUTE
IS BECOMING MORE
AND MORE POPULAR
Councillor Lee Reports to Town
Council on Owen Sound
Meeting
Al the nue•tive of 1he teen toiiieIl
ou Friday' night ('omoiled Lee sub -
Milled a report of hie trip to Owen
11otul(1 to tit cal the annual weetlug
of the Blue Water Highway Aaatx•is-
Dou on Monday. Leh ins[.
On Montlay aftety,wat Cot. ('. S.
Woodrow. preeldeut, lieu. P. Felate,
secretary. of the Blur Water ilighwilie
Alaoeiatitm: with efer tet -and of
tattered over to' Wafer(' to wheel a
meeting of the citimets. There was a
large attendance and the preetliet
and secretary outline the working*
of tar A?.etwititiuu and shamed them
the amount of moue,' that had been
rpent in atirertieiug. They were un-
der the impreeteoo that the money
they were giving was going to road
iruprottweut, but when they learned
that it alt went into athrrtt tug and
nus scattered through a wide area in
the State*: they then decided et boost
the Ate•cu•iatlon.
toe ihclr rritual (t horn Sound the
delegate•s were etitertala`vaeat a lun-
cheon in the Y.M.C.A. rooms. After
the luncheon they were wt*otntd to
tb.- town he- tee• Meye•r The pried-
deut of the Owen Sound Chamber of
('ommerce took the chair and there
were addressee from different mem-
bers of the Assnela1io , and also front
D.— Dofalttle• ut ihr UUtario Ifs lnr
•
Association, who aayke. highly of the
saT Tu N hiiir i1e wuIk ui tLr Blue -
Water Asrociatlun the cadueted.
At 110• direetore' meeting a resolu-
tion ea. pawed asking tie Govern-
ment to designate all of the Blue
Water route air road Ni, :.1 and 1t was
()reeled to wend a delimitation to inter-
view the Mhdster of Highways In this
weer after the eltctifrt. All of the
former officers erre re-elected. but
ecttrd: changes were wade In 'the
directorate. Mr. Lee' in his report
continues: "1 might comwrttt ou the
'fond rfnl work that Mr. France is
doInr and the very .wall rewunera•
tion he revolves. beet year he drove
bb. car tltenrends of milts. for
whicb 'hey reet•Ite•el tit. remuneration
whatever. Von milt ,uote trues the
financial elutiluent a "Sittarits. tt31fl.
That is all the ntnliet the Association
has paid out in siderite, Mr. France
receives a salury from Sande ('ham-
1wl4it.t •q.o' r+vw lint $ iitia is setting
'favi Illi on. the uninun1 of titw• that.
Mr. France null Ids *mistletoe art•giv-
ing to the Highway aiid the vert little
tutLuslnsni from the towns along the
Highway. •wtrticttlarty Bi lbi »?owiws»
of et lei forward their money
prone-. it. -
-'lull will-Ilote• to the eleirliter arid
expertliluree -that- the idly -of Sarnia
gifts x:kNI. turd Ihe• spwyial 1lona:iens
from $*ruin, $1.01011'; (Sarnia wtluufac-
tltrers too! suburban stmt.
MIA's $;IINI front 1he PON
ilia
l:nrewt-i;er-
ula F'.rrs Con:piny. nutklu•t n total ff
%1/1I i cul of , ar.ht. beside,. all tat•
work they are giving -to tint ftlne
Water Highway." -
Tht• Highu;t;• .l, ce•lation also has
* had flte sear; ie, s of tee girls In the
office whose salarlee are pit id hy- the
hernia Chamber 'of Cenunercc.
Semi. extracts form the liven, alb -
In the steretnry of the. the.
Nri,"et• Higlinny ,lsotttiatlon fultutc;
Beat Roads In' Huron
The road eouditions on the Blue
• IVa ter near during the height rd the
tourist s5 to etre gene rant good.
The lr-t runee are very Mttluusle in
the rvainty of linr,.n. Th;t, interest
el reel,- -61'' road wen. Fr.•t ween learn is
mud they her -:It brtttttr .=[linin. tinifli e-
twt•en Owen Kenna anti Tiipingwv.ij
--rntl••b va'orully a44i-ht.xte-
fallln't•.of IKIe'.errll•Ilt.
-Thereleve- nrttt-.srrprnI- num.* Cal -
eerie north' of linutl ittnd. but theme'
are taint rep:aced rapidly by the
county of .Ifttrpn and the e•nun'y of
Bruce. The tt ith•u :1g e:' do real' be-
twet it (motel Bend ', tel 1:ew:oriel) Ie
mow practically complete null several'
in reteltee-noytr art finriurle i - iia t',• rii'e'n
:hemi[ Ifni roved and grn•I•-• and
caeca s reduced. Huron and .Bruce
roehli•a are In he congratulated upon
their progress In recognising the -nte-
ces.ity•nf a wino- lend ron'1 for 'lie
aeeommndatien of Inertas(ng trnttit
and the progress made.
been toted In the tourist centre ahaig
the route. the most notable exnmple
.bring tee Improvement at Pert kigln.
In ;his connection It Is reeommt•ndt•d
that all 1.1 Ile Nater toms' [Iliaiia
atrte to secure tee Onquallflpd ap-
proval
geprova' of the Provincial btalth au -
'tiff o it te* Int iter 11117 season.
.The improvement In the hor1.1 n,.
•udlmodatiuu ml.ms the illgr 1Viter
•rout,• has Peen a testier of nnrebInv-
.:1114r intnrntrnt ..n the pert of font,
rets hire have Intuit the trip se' ern!
yearn In suev•emeinn, Much additional
cal,:teiry'has been adder. the etebdarel
of cltanain"vete 'e higher, the qualify of
toe nttele Is generally better and, the
t,llrleeles t11et:doe have te•tn more
ma rked,
Cattle., AppreeiMed
All a!nfg tit, roe;.• is trie:r•t,r Mit
'Lae merehentr are carrying increased
mud improved stack, fur the 1s ieflt of
totirint sc•Iectleti ; h•t*I ate• •yt e;l M'-
rommodation for fishing and plcaeure
Ilan betel ertelily Int neva) ,11.1 rm'+e*1
in eternised; youagaters have awaken-
ed to the lucr,tivt art of soi.pitlri^_ the
tourist with Mlhlne halt and Informe-
rion relatnlleg_ -likely tisbluap si,At*-i
many 1Wa..,r here thenen .neem their
homer In lime of congevtinn atol the
Blue Nater policy of ron'1 Oourten.y
has been 'he ruhjeTt of edgy filyor•
able expre.sions ee the pert of re-
turning tourist&
Realties 'he '11.000 melee of the
1112(1 "M.'toraml.le Is Canada" and
shout 1.3011 ropiel of pr.vloo, editing*
of the. rime tooklet, all distribute',
this year upon reemete, tit" toarl*e
((ootlnued MI iags loll
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THE SIGNAL,
GODERICH, ONT.
AISVFMtTIS1:MlENT
ADVERTISEMENT
When People Like These
ndsr..e Government Control
S ustifying their stand by such sound reasons, the proposal must possess real
merit. They cannot all be wrong. Let their Judgments help you in forming yours!
Sir John Aird, President Cvoa &lain Bank oj Commerce, Toronto:
"Stress has been laid by prohtbiUonlate upon the evil effect of
dquvr upun yeung people. and the .,aim is made that they will consume
more liquor under toe conditions proposed by Mr. k'ergueon than under
the U.T.A. 1t the atm of the prohibitionists is to strengthen the moral
fibre of our youth. then 1n my opinion they are defeating their own
objet. Most of the young peopie whom I have hod under me have
occupied positions of truer, and have naturally been subjected to
temptation. I have always found that to train a man to renin[ tempta-
tion worked out much more eatbfaotorlly for all concerned than to
try to devote elaborate means to remove the temptauuu from him."
.! :r Alan Aylesworth, Toronto:
"1 have been Young now for more than fifty years in parliamentary
si•ctl�tis, and 1 have never given a Conservative vote, but 1 am going
to do w this year, because I think that any measure of prohibition
by law as opposed to prohibition by education fa the very reverse of
what 1 have sheave considered were the true principles of Liberalism.
semen .l: -.tight oto try to advance the Interest of reUgltnor 01 Christian-
ity by legislation that would compel. the people to go to church."
Pe.rf..eser Alfred Baker, University of Toronto:
—'rho O -T.1 haw [meed a Wive, lure, conceived though it was with the
t ,ntenUons and administered by AttoraeyieZhineraawilO s ty
,t -erred Its success. It has not stopped the use of liquor: there has
[;.own a onntempt for the taw; it has created a class of bootlegger*
who have been enriched beyond the dreahbs of avarice. Surely it 1s
time to make a change!"
lion, R. Ba huUlau, S.C., �iaP.. Ex.MinLtar_p1-P
t n:gor, Alberta:
"Nut only has the Alberta Act been declared to be legally valid,
out in precuoe It does control the liquor traffic in that province. The
beat proof of what can be done is what has been done, and In the
language of one of the judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme
court of the province in which i reside ---1 think the present Liquor
control Art a geoti and sound one, and has done more in the direction
of temperance than any law we hitherto have had.'" -
1.r. -Col. Arthur L. Bishop, St. Catherine*, Ont.:
"No good can come from arbitrary and hysterical measures. The
O.T.A. has proved unforceahle even under two such dry Attorneys -
General as Mr. Nlckle and Mr. Haney, and where they have tailed no
one else will succeed. We are facing facts. not theories. I think
Government Control ahouei he given a fair trial In Ontario, as It has
been in the West and I bei.eve the result will be equally satisfactory."
Col. Herbert A. Bruce, M.D., L.R.C.P., Toronto:
"It la not a question of "dry" or "wet": it is a question of another
Temperance Act against One that has been tried and found wantltig.
1 connlder Mr. Ferguson's propoe•1 reasonable and enforeeabie. and
therefore a great advance on the old Act. As such It should have the
',Lippert of every one sincerely Interested in furthering the Temperance
cause and reducing the evils of drunkenness"
Police Magistrate C. H. Burgess, Peel County:
"My view of ,the matter Is that the sale of liquor is oat of control
in running wild (under the 0.T -A.), and It is necessary to try to
hr.ng it under control agaln."
fit r. Father J. E. Burke, C.S.P., St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Church, Toronto:
"It (the U.T.A.) has been no blessing. During the years it has
been on our Statute Books the youth of Ontario, with singular and
beautiful exceptions, has gone back. The terrifying Increase In liquor
amongst our boys and—elks. *Wei- tender yearsthe consequent
• deterioration of moral standards and eonduet; the Burse of the boot-
lerg r; the conquest by strong liquor of our parents, our homes, our
/quiet, our students, our gatherings, •have been begotten and thrived
under th• ewer of prohibition."
11r. L. N. Byrn*, former Treasurer Sarnia
Prohibition Union, Sarnia, Ont.:
"There are two questions before the electors in this campaign:
(1) will we continue Government control Under the Ontario T.mper-
.nce Act, as we have had it for the last - kw years, whereby any person
wanting liquor can buy all he likes from the bootlegger, or (2) will we
have it contfnlled so that a person can only buy It through a Oovern-
ment eonmiasion house, where a person has got to have a permit to
buy 1t. and. then only a certain quantity at a time? I am not a staunch
Conservative: I have voted Liberal when. I deemed It wigs. but wit)
not this time."
CoL R.11 A: Carman, BdIevIe, OnT a
"I an, convinced the people hate seen enough to lead them to
deride they would rather have the distribution of liquor by Government
regulation than by the unscrupulous bootlegger."
Hon. and Reverend 11. J. Cody, LL.D., D.D., Toronto:
"Thr great achievements of the control plan, in my estimation,
consist et the following: In the first place, people were no longer
thinking and talking inceoantly about getting a drink; In the second
play., there wan an overwhelming public opinion behind the enforce-
ment of the Act where in the peat public opinion had been atronjy
divioed and illegal traffic had flourished because resorted to by a con-
siderable section of the public;- in --the third plane, bootlegging oh a
large scale was enormously •dlltninlshed."
Draper Dobie, Toronto: •
"Having vote.! liberal in the hod general election, and dry m the
-first two referendums, why have i deeded to vote for Premier Per,
g xson'a Government and policy? It Is because Ontario wants more
bualness and less taxes, more honenty and less deceitfulness, more
breadth of edue•atlon and 101111 narrowness of parochialism, more self-
respect and leas fear."
W. J. Fair, Kingston, Ont:
`When the late Principal Grant was at Queen's University be
convinced me as probably no other man could of the pernicious evils
K prohlbilon. Thecae Ilke myself who remember Principe! Grant. will
agree with me when I speak of his far-seeing vfnion, his profound
-11ebolarshlp, and his true appreciation of human values. i believe pro-
h ibition Le the blackest spot on the wide history of the Province K
Ontario."
Principal W. L. Grant, Upper Canada College, Toronto:
- --"Aa a total abstainer of twenty-five years' standing. as one wimp
loves the young All of Canada and whose 1115 is spent is doing hie
beet fur them, 1 ant glad to align myself with Canon Cody. Or Thomas
Whitt and Sir John Willison in support of the Prime Dilatator in Ills
fight agalnet the etlb. of Intemperance and lawlessness."
David Griffith, Greening Wire Works, HtmUtons
"1 travel twice every year thtough the whole of Canada. I know
the extent of the boutlegging evil in Hamilton. 1 do not know that it
can be worse in any other part of the Province. In the Wed you cannot
hear any complaint with present conditions. In Ontario It is impossible
to get away from expressed ridicule and disrespect for the O.T.A."
Mr. F. Barry Reyes, Pres., Toronto Carpet M/g. Co., Toronto:
"My Impression of prohibition is that whereas the country gener-
ally thought It would be very much to its Interests, it has only resulted
in making many of our citizens hypocrites and law -breakers This Is
having a very bad effect generally. Drinking fa our clues and larger
towns has certainly increased to an alarming extent 1 am not • 'wet",
but 1 am not in favor of reprel fes Iegtsiatlon- The idea of making
people good by statute V a delusion --
Rev. Father C. J. Killeen, Belleville, Ont.:
'1 view with • great deal of concern the increase to la
and crime that prohlblUon hes engendered. It leads to • spirit mf Ale•
trust. It is no use saying to the people 'Too cannot have liquor.' '!heft
who want It will get it. Ditty -one per cent oil the people camK tyUg
their will oa the other forte -alae per cent
PiusLyons, M.A., Church of England R.cteri
"After studying the situation I have become convinced that Pre-
mier Iebrgu.on'. policy L the beet solution yet placed before the people
of Ontario to adequately deal wtth the liquor problem."
Yen. Archdeacon Mackintosh, Dtandas, Ont:
"You never heard of th• Prehibltioalsts of the Provtnces wtb1
have Government Control asking for • change to what we call • pro-
hibition law. It shows that they are tatldied with the law. and feel
that it is useless to ask for • change."
J. C. Malting, K.C., Stratford, Ont.:
"In a very large percentage of the cases in my experience cos -
tested in court In these districts (Waterloo County and Windsor Bor-
der). perjury has been committed. This is one feature that our so-
called 'temperance' friends seem to overlook. la this respect the mare
seems worse than the disease."
Rev. W. G. Martin, Pilgrim United Church, Brantford, Ont.:
thatO.Tl
nceri the
with
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blind. can
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cafe he 11 n 1
••'`n nnn unions el.
r
as • prohibition measure hu been the sower we hoped and believed
It would be, when it became law. The more I consider the question the
more convin"ed I am that the bringing about of prohibition. an ideal
towards which we are all striving. and to which we are committed ea
men and women, eager for the beat moral interest of the community
and of the state. Is a process of education. It Is the responefbilky of
the home, the school. and the church."
D. L. McCarlky $.C.. Toronto:
"The Ontario Temperance Act has undoubtedly abolished the bar,
but'untnrtunately. Instead of having one bar in a hotel. we now have
rooms in hotels converted into private bars."
C. G. M -Chir, Vice -President, Welland Vale Mfg. Co.,
Si. Catharines, Ont.:
"Not only labs r. but the country as a whole, will be better under
Oovernment control. 1 arcngly endorse the Ferguson policy."
Major-General the Hon. S. C. Mewburn, Hamilton, Ont:
"I unhesitatingly state that in my opinion the policy of the Govern-
ment control of liquor. as It is now stated by the Prime Minister, Is
sound and :n the best interest cf all the people of the Province. 1 have
lately been In the Province( of Manitoba. Saskatchewan, Alberta and
British Columbia. This is what I have learned. The people
who were strongly In favor of prohibition will without any qualification
whatever say . new that sine. Government control of liquor has Dome
free ((tree they would Lever for one moment go back upon their present
legit, tut ion."
Controller William Morrison, Hamilton, Ont.:
"Titer, is more eleohol sit unk in Hamilton now than at any time
in the c1ty ■ hlatory '
William :Mulock. K.C., Toronto:
"I hate no hen'tation In telllrg the people of Ontario that I favor
-(lovernmer,t control in prefe'rsaae to the O.T.A., and that I will support
the policy of the Fergunor Ooverement."
Mrs. Emily Murphy (Jamey Canuck),
Police Magistrate. Edmonton, Alberta:
"Before Government control became the law of Alberts I opposed
It gigorously, both on the platform and by my pen. I was fearful that
our last state would he wrree than our first. It seemed ony lob icat
that If the restrlc'tons wet,' removed there would be more druokedneas
^nd crime. No living person could persuade me to the contrary.
"After • pei'Io.I of neeeral year* In which I have been called upon
to enforce the Dreeent Liteuer Control AM, both as a ctty and provincial
magistrate, 1 am Lound to acknowledge that my fears were largely
--ronfornde ..- There -was -wt' erren -a ruatronthebrlety as I had predicted,
the people showing a remarkable degree of restraint. The condition
wan steadily Improved—again I say, not from any degree of spiritual
enrichment on the part of our People—bet because the law wag well
conceived and la being well entoreed.•'
Dr. G. J. Musgrove, Temperance Candidate in 1919,
Niagara Falls, Ont.:
"Before 1916 we had 11 bars and Liquor stores In Niagara Falb;
now we have double that numt•ee of hootleggera. The Provincial Pollee
and the License Inepectcrs have been very active in endeavoring to
enforce the Ontario Temperance Act, but It 1s realty Impossible to do so.
I am net only In fever of Mr Ferguson's policy. but I particularly
endorse the provision that ro permit shall be given to persons under t1
years of age " •
Mr. Paul J. Myler, Pres. Canadian Westinghouse Co.,
Hamilton, Ont.:
"As a large employer of labor I see no possibility of rorm for
complaint in Ontarlu when s man shall be allowed a bottle of beer in
hla own house. Long experience with our men In this company is good
ennugh for me on this point."
J. G. Notman, Vice -President McKinnon Industries,
St. Catharines. Ont.:
"W have as much trouble now with our labor u we had
before prohibition came torn effect. There are the same Monday and
Tuesday difilculttes but new they are due to poisoned alcohol. Our
men would be much bitter if they could have good beer when they
want 1t. Government control as they have it in the Wed is what we
. hook: ¢ave In Ontario.•"
COL'0W.*. Penton, B.C., Belleville:
Aa r1 lkwver I know that the rad fact cannot be eontroverted, that
In liquor casco under the repressive O.T.A. truth hae loo 1ta ancient
power The administration of nestles hes been honeycombed by peeler,
and the oath has lost ha eanetlty, despite the conscientious and able
efforts of magtnntes. Crown attorneys and pollee officers who have
done their best to stem the tide of revolt. Where the taw ends, tyrann
begins. The O.T.A. L despotic. arbitrary and against the will of th•
citizen of Canada. A wed law Is 'the Stater collected will.' The O.T.A.
never was. tnder the O.T.A. we are ail treated se children and weak-
lings and criminale."
Dr. A. Primrose, Dean o/ Medicine, Toronto University:
"They (the medical doctors) an legally permitted to issue • de0nit•
n umber of procrlptlona each month, the inference being that the
number of sick folk requiring alnobol should not exceed that number.
and the doctor If he keeps within that limit is safe from adverse
arttielem. The prse•tit sft.etto■ is letolerable. The anedleal profession
must b• re lesss.l from suck undignified servitude."
Field, Coboorg, Ont.:
"Speaking from a woman'. standpoldt, I fear very much the result
„ star present ayetem of controlling the liquor quentfo• will have on the
character of our young people, who are growing up In an atmosphere
of reckless law -breaking and deceitful living. Will It he partible for
them to have those feelings of patriotism they ahoole have If they
feel a contempt for the laws of their country? I feel i can certainly
endorse Mr. F'ereumon's policy as • sincere endeavor to sows • per-
plexing problem."
Sir Joseph Flovelle, Bart., Toronto:
"If the reepconflatity were mine I would not choose Government
control as now stated aa,a reform for existing retie. I believe, however.
there 1/ a weight of public opinion which demands • change 10 the
anteing law, and which wilt not be tit aside by the present hesitating
body of public opinion for Its enforcement. Therefore, with the elim-
ination of tlbe leant sale of tlgaom In public houses of entertainment, i
eecept the eats of i9quors through Government agencies only, under
• .7atem of permits, as probably the beat obtainable change enforclble
wader the Meting state of public optnion."
Saw T. I. Goodwill, Presbyterian Church, Cobourg, Ont:
"t believe the O.T-A. to be a failure, but In this election cempaigu
I regard the Act .et se a politica) them but • moral lame; not •
qualities et lack of estereemeat but rather of tmtlordblllty of enforce-
ment 1 dad eondttiems under the Ontario Tentpeetanee Art to be
mnwk worse than they were betore,. i believe that Premier Feentoon
[taking a elsrere sed stalled effort to secure • 1•w that wt11 be
uveae and one abet sea be eaforoed,"
e D. Siueyp Pbbliekar Olralsa. Joarwad, Ottawa:
"Oovse'as ..e Control bas operated la several of the Provinces ar
{is Dominion. and apparently wttbowt grave wtl--at all went. wfth-
*et suck palpable evil se to suggest that prohibition Is • neosesity:
certainly wtthuut such well as is palpable under prohiblUon in the
United States. It seems to see that the amount of pubIto or private
harm which the proposed Government control leave. pomade need not
compel any of us to interfere with :he personal freedom of other people."
Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Toronto:
"Some over -cachous people ted • that Government Control dose
n ot work 1n the Provinces where it 1. being tried. bet soca to ant my
interpretation as I have found it I have flatted each Province
where there has been a change. both under prohibitory measures and
under Government Control, and the odds, to my way of thinking. are
ail oa the aide of Goverement Control."
Mr. Edward Tellier, former Liberal Mahar Par
North Essex, Wiadsor,-Obi&:
-1 do not look upon this ea a party tight 1 WW1 we must all
take Of our aceta and put Government Control over. I am ter Govern -
meat Castrol Ars[, last and all the tune."
Dr. J. A. Teeple, MR.CS., LLD., Pao - Prodded
Ontario Medical Aesociatien, Toronto:
'There la owe fact that V very prominent In sty naiad and which
Ink might wgllba emphasised --that la the tirMt �Mse in the
ma of narcotise la the last three or four yearn The' man who was
addicted to liquor has switched la many eases to drag". While there
he always hope for the drunkard. at 1. almost tmpeadbb to curve the
drug addict. The O.T.A. was much too sweeping l■ its provisions/'
Most Rev. C. Thorneioe, D.D., D.C.L., Archbishop of Algoma,
and Metropolitan o/ Eccleeiasticd Province o/ Ontario, 1915:
"There 1s In human nature a sense of freedom which must be
respected. All these coneldsrations have to be weigbed by the Govern -
ante and I have very great hope that the measures proposed by
Premier Ferguson w111 be found. It carried out. to De a very great
improvement on what we have been experieadng the pest few years."
Sir Charles Tapper, Wiwnipeg:
'The reasons that convince the most firmly that Premier
Ferguson's policy will prove a great boon for the people of Ontario
ere based on my observation of the great success of liquor control in
Manitoba. Control in Manitoba has brought about the following three
great improvements: there 1. leo drtnktng by both young and old,
particularly by the young: control has created • higher moral 'one In
the coenmunit! at large: ft has also brought about • decidedly higher
regteot for law."•
L. A. Von Skiver, formerly Inspector
Children's Aid Society, Picton, Ont.:
"I have been •n ardent prohiblUonlst an my life. But in the
discharge of my duties as Inspector for the Children's Aid Society I
°mime across coadlUons that hnpresesd me with their seriousness. In
almost every case of destitution which came under my observation I
found that bootlegging waa the cause. I do not believe In changing
my prohibition beliefs that I am taking • retrograde step. Prohibition
means war."
Rev. Frank Noma, pond, Streetsville, Ont.:
"I am not afraid to express the convictlgr ehnit ttg greaten
enemies of Christian temperance, of enhriety. and e$ -the upbultdiat
of strong Christian character have not been the breweries and Ale.
tittering, but official and fanatical prohibitionists who have De t w111 -
Ing to make of the ehrLUan faith a leaser thing than tha' of the
Mahometan."
H. S. White, K.C., President Ontario Bar Association, Toronto:
"1 Wert astlsfied that . there is In the province n.• such thing as
prohibition under it (the O.T.A.), for the dimple reason that every
person who wants liquor can get it without ditflculty. I believe that
the Premier and the Government have followed the only proper course
open to them In asking the people for • mandate to remove our
affliction from os."
Rt Hon. Sir Thomas White, K.GM.G., Toronto:
"That the Ontario Temperance Act is not capable of adequate
enforcement, lacking as It does the strong support of public opinion.
must by this time be dear to all who have given any study to the
subject. The time has arrived to so amend It as to prevent and limit,
aa far as possible. rhe evils of intemperance under a system of Gov-
ernment control, having • firmer support of public opinion, and under
regulations which will not lead to the evils which tor the past seven
years have been inseparably connected with the administration of
the O.T.A."
Col. Rev. Cecil G. Williams, Dominion Secretary,
Navy League of Canada:
• "Should I steal, commit forgery or break any other Lw In Canada
except that of the O.T.A., i am punished and upon my release ignored.
until i have rehabilitated myself, by those who know me, because they
are sympathetic to and upholders of the law. But if I violate the Q.T.A.
and am punished for the same aecnrding to law, I have the sympathy
of my friends. showing that they hold the law In contempt. Very
different is the treatment extended in the two Instances. The law
should be the ante from 'Coast to coast for indtvtdnals and all classes,
and with it Is I cannot me the righteousness or the practicability of
the O.T.A."
Most Rev. David WiIUama, Archbishop of Hums
and Metropolitan of Ontmio, London, Ont:
"It (the O.T.A.) has done more to enr•ourage deceit and subterfut;e.
more to demoralise the youth of the country and to create a general
disrespecLt for law than all the other causes combined during the ten
yearn otlta existence. Government Control, with Individual permits, is
the only sane .73151."
Levi Williarna, Police Magistrate, Picton, Ont.:
"All my life I have been a temperance advocate. But wben I saw
not only how the law ttnelt was being disregarded by people who were
not addicted to law -breaking but by the actual perversion of the process,
of 'hence, f felt there must he some rheums. I have been magtatrate
In Picton for It years, and what has *trued( me recently Is the limits
that people will go to perjure themselves when fared with charges of
vloi•ting the Ontario Temperance Act."
Sir John Willison, Toronto:
"I wee wholly unprepared for the unanimity of opinion axpreea•d
la favor of Government Control. Again and again I was told by thole
who had opposed the .!seem and voted for prohibition In plehlecaten
and r•ferendnrns that conditions were better under control and that
they would not vote to restore the prohibitory enactments. No one
suggested that bootlegging had been wholly abolished or that there
sows no unlawful selling or illicit drinking. They did inatat that bont-
legging wee tees common end less profitable. that the law was generally
respected and enforced. that there sou far leas drinking in hotel bed-
rooms and more undesirable places. and that there was a greater degree
of social contentment and no ntch feeling as under prohlbttlon that
Basks must be carried and a secret store of liquor provided for dances,
hnus• parties and 1105 reams."
Albert Whitney, brother of the late Sir Ja:nee Whitney,
Prescott, Old.:
'The feet, dun us In the Lace. Whin Lha Government demennarloa
K this province are in receipt of a yearly revenue of something lake
flee million dollars. and the hootleg;ers are pr°3tI1t to the erten[ °Y
scare twenty -Ave million. ft seems to me that it is tlime to call • hilt.
and ask ourselves to all earlon•nese it this whole beeriest' would it ,t
be in Aar better hands entrusted to a Government with the splendid
busbies@ r••ror•d of the present Provincial Government. of wbleh the
Men. Howard Ferguson b head."
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