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cuctie° Paitei'and'dance w
be'
bete, iii'in firm haei oe Prad'evening:
ere, 'Walter Ce-epelilter. Octet Sun";
day .With WS. Joseph.OE1kkey
A, dance is, ben g. held m Bettneweis'.
iiaitt oft 'Tu"eisday 16.-6,
elidiese teehe " Ityyah Ave4rt to,' Wpee
6or on Monday, where she intends to.
tike up a•'positnon. ,
Ivhss Anuric Siete of Seafortli spent
Sunday a't the amine of her another,
Mrs. Pat ,Ryan. r!
:The Music pupils put an a recital on
Monday night. It was .greatly enjoy
ed by ail ,whio' were :present.
Miss 'Marie ]Britton entertained a
number of,friends on Sunday :night,
Many .frown here attended the, 'fun-
eral of the hate Loretto Morris Wed-
nesday morning
'Iliees Minnie Maloney of buffalo is
spending a few days at the home of
her mother, Mrs, T. Maloney.
Mr. and Mrs Jos. Carpenter were
Sunday visitors with Mrs, 'William
Byrne,
Miss Anne McGrath spent ,Sunday
With bee friend, 'Miss Teresa Carpeu-
ter.
14fr, and Mrs. Will Hastings visited
Mfrs. Joseph 1)onselly Sunday last.
HIBBERT,
]:Liss Loretta Morris, daughter of
Mr. and lira. jetties Morris, 7th con-
cession of leibbert Township, died on
Sunday, Nov. 2lst, about 5 p.in. and
was buried on Tuesday following Re-
quiem Mass at St. Coluinben Church.
Deceased was in her twenty-fourth
year and of a kind disposition. Be-
sides her parents, three sisters and
four brothers survive, Sister St, Luke,
St. Joseph Cenemunity, London; Mrs,
Mont. :ttassi, and Miss Carmel Mor-
ris, Detroit; James, Frank, Fergus
at home and Joseph Morris of De-
troit.
Mr, AVnt. A•fcleenaie's retirement
from the field in S. Perth should
simplify the situation. Self-control
and government control should be
(lir motto on Dec. 1st.
'Brother Albert, of 1)uT,a'i4alle Cele
lege, Aurora, son of Mr. ,Toseph Me -
lady, Hibbert, gtpent a few days last
week 1'. 7'i tin g relative_ in this vicinity,
Mr. John J. Dalton, of Hibbert, at-
tended t he funeral hi Ki n tail on Sat -
today, eeivember 20th, of his aunt,
Mrs. Minna, elussev, in her 87th
year.
Mrs. Roland Kennels ef Tucicer-
sntitb epeut the week end at the home
of iter daughter, Mr. ale Mrs, August
Ducharme. Hibbert.
Mise .Elizabeth Nigh, of Tottenham
i; ri.siiing eta parent;, :11r, and Mrs.
Joseph Nigh, Seeforth, anti other re-
lative: in this district.
Mr. :lemma:: .11elady of Strafford,
sort of Me. Joseph \felady of Hibbert,
leaves on 'Wednesday for Windsor,
accompanied by his wife and little
son. \l r. 51 eel i., separate school
inspector for Windsor district and
will stake his headquarter, there in
the future.
VARNA,
ele el. Johnston, in r„tnpauy filth
his father. \Ir. C, Johnston, spent a
fete tit} last week with friends lo
Hamilton,
\4rhiit me:orin.n to 11autitttn last
Sunday Mr. 1 -Tarry Deihl and son
Carl, ie semi' way omni; to the snow
and ice, the ear skidded and landed in
the ditch. Fortunately Car'. escaped
-injury, hot rte ,are sorry to report Mr,
Deihl n f t: eri a le-okee ehoelder,
The car n t. , n i le thlr damaged. •
Mice Faimy Deihl has been visiting
with her sister, Mise Kama, teacher
in
mil tom
BLYTH.
Tin' .Aen-Heart ehu'clt i. holding •t
bazaar and. tea to Saturday, Dec. 4,
The bazaar will begin at 3 o'clock and
xhe tea at 5.30. A. regular hot dinner
rill bs ee ted •fn 35...
Mr. mei Mrs. Geo, Podell have re-
turned hone fr,.nt \\'itighani where
they ,putt a -couple of frocks,
I'he 1 it •r t n Sr,eielt'pre•
t,
paring ;t etty cantata elttitied, 'Toe
Bondage of Joseph." It will be given
sometime in the tvintt•r. The public
have enjoyed several excellent can-
tatas by the choral society and leak
ford'ari to anoluer.
The 1 e:byteria 1 (11 arch i; holding;
anuice:r are• service; en Sunday. Nov.
28th.
Rev. Hugh Dobson of Vancouver,
addressed a Plectrons ill 'tlenlnria1 hall
un. 'Tuesday afternoon, TTe described
conditions hi B.C. tinder government
control. Mr. Dobson carte to 'Blyth
from Listowel, where he spoke Mon-
day evening
Mr, Noble Forbes, of Flint, Mich.,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs, C, Rogerson,
Mr. Forbes is a former McKillop res-
ident
'/Liss Eileen Corbett of Clinton vis-
ited her sister, Mrs. Jas. Phalen last
week.
Mrs Thos, Laidlaw has returned
ft one Weigham hospital,
Mrs, P. J. felly visited in. Stratford
fast week.
ler, Dick Roach, •tvho has been with
Mr. J. Phalen, went to London 'last
week,
Mr. John Brom! has returned from
Toronto.
Mrs, E. and :Robe. Wallace have in-
structed Auctioneer Gundry to dis-
pose of thoir farinstocic and imple-
ments by public auction on Tuesday,
Noe. 30th.. Everything will be sold
as the'artn has been disposed of. See
ado. in this issue.
McKILLOP.
blr, and Tubs. Earl I-Iabkirk enter -
teemed a number of their friends and
neigihbors on Tucsdey evening of last
week. The occaeioh was eheir wed-
ding anniversary
ed-ding.anniversary and Master '.George's
'birthday x111 report a very enjoyable
time was. spent.' .Progressive euchre
was played until midnight, prizes 'be-
ing awarded ,the winners, then a dain-
tylench wasserved, after which 'damc-
ing was engaged hi until "wee sine"
hotirs of the morn, when all (leper ted
pecenouncing Mr, and Mrs. 'liabieiek
al host and hos'tase, '
Me. wed MTS. Oldfield anal children
of Titcks.reeni1h were viellin'g at Mr:
Robe, MieCiere's ret nt•1y,
\e oat n ,i P. Sale Ade, 3 titnes,,50c.
AKiE.
`Dile coldweatleer,with a1r,it-t
ie snow o
w
has comeand there is a••tot of fall
ploughing and pater. Work,;to be done,
fir""iTe'leintttie"7G'lrbOte Of i) lieleor'
s
on the'aick •list but his feiiaids tied re-
latives wish 11511 a speedy recovery;
.Mrs. Jos. Oeseh, ,who -has., !been
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—.justifying their stand by such sound reasons, the proposal .must poste ' read
merit. They cannot all be wrong. Let their judgments help you In forming yours:!
Sir John Aird, President Canadian Danko} Commerce, Toronto:
"Styeris has been laid by prohibitionists upotrthe evil effect of
liquor Upon young, people, anti the cl'ailn le made that they will consume
more liquor under the conditions proposed by Mi'. li'ergusonithan under
the O.T.A.. If the aim o3 the pr'ohibitioniets Is to strengthen .the moral
fibre of our youth, then in my opinion they are defeating their own
object, Most -ofthe young people whoni'I have had under rue have
occupied positions of trust, and have naturally been- subjected to
temptation. I have always found that to train a man to resist tempta-
tion worked out much moresatisfactorily for a.11 concerned than to
try to devise elaborate means to remove the temptation from him."
Sir Man *femora:, Toronto:
"I have been. voting now for more titan fifty years•'' in parliamentary
elections, and 1 have never given a Conservative vote, but I am going
to do so this year, because I. thinkthat any treasure of prohibitive
by law an opposed to prohibition by education is the very reverse of
what 1 have always considered were the true principles of Liberalism.
.as well might one try to advance the interest of religion or of Christian=
i1y by legislation that would compel the people to go to church.",
Professor Alfred Laker, .University of Toronto:
"The 0.T.A.. has proveda failure, conceived thoughit was with the
best: intentions and administered by Attorneys -General who earnestly
desired its sUeeees it - hem not stopped the use of liquor; there has
grown a contempt for the law; 11 has oreated a class of bootleggers
who hare been enriched beyond the dreams of avarice. Surelyit is
time to make a change:".
Hon. R. B. Bennett, LC., M.P. EveMinister of Finance,
Calgary, Alberta:
• Not only has the Alberta Act been declared tb ..be legally valid,
but in prarelee it does control the liquor traffic in that province. The
hest 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 reslde—'I think the present Liquor
1 ontrol Act a good and sound one, and has done more inthe direction
of temperance than any law we hitherto have had.' "
Lt. -Col. Arthur L. Bishop, St. Catharines, O::at.:
"No good can come from arbitrary and hysterical measures. The
O.T.A. has proved enforceable even under two such dry Attorneye-
General as Mr. Nickle and Mr. Raney, and where they have failed no
ono else -crib succeed. We are ,Pacing facts, not theories. I think
Government Control should be given a fair trial in Onterlo, as It hoe
been in the West. and I believe the result will be equally satisfactory,"
Col. Herbert A. Bruce, M.D., L.R.C.P., Toronto:
"It is not a questlon of "dry" or "wet"; It is a question of another
Temperance Act against one that has been tried and found wanting.
I consider Mr. Ferguson's proposal reasonable and enforceable, and
therefore a great advance on the old Act. As such it should have the
support of every one sincerely Interested fn furthering the Temperance
mase and reducing the evils of drunkenness."
Police Magistrate C. IL Burgess, Peel County:(
"My view of the matter is thea the sale of liquor is out of control
and in running wild (under the O.T,A.), and it In necessary to try to
a. bring it under control again."
Rev. Father J. E. Burke, C.S.P., Sit~ Peter's Roman
.Catholic Church, Toronto:
"It (the O.T.A,) has been no blessing, During the years it has
been on our Statute Books the youth of Ontario, with singular and
beautiful exoeptlons, has gone back. The terrifying lacrosse in liquor
amongst our boys and girls, even of tender years; the consequent
deterioration of moral standards and conduct; the enrol of the boot-
legger; the conquest by strong liquor of our parents, our homes, our
clubs, our students, our gatherings, have been begotten and thrived
under the sway of prohibition,"
Ur. L. N. Byrn*, former Treasurer Sarnia
Prohibition Union, Sarnia, Ont.:
"There aro two questions before the etcetera in this campaign:
(1) will we continue Government control under the Ontario Temper-
ance Act, as we have had It for the last few years, whereby any person
wanting liquor can bay all he likes from the bootlegger, or (2) will we
have It controlled so that a person can only buy it through a Govern-
ment commission house, where it person has got to have a permit to
buy it, and then only it certain quantity at it time? I am not a staunch
Conservative; I travel voted Liberal when I deemed it wine, but will
not this time,"
Coal. R. H. A. Caroran, Belleville, Ont.:
"I am convinced the people have seen enough to lead them to
decide they would rather have the distribution of liquor by Government
regulation than by the unscrupulous bootlegger."
s
[Ion. and Reverend H, J. Cody, LL.D., D.D., Toronto:
"Tho great achievements of the control plan, in my estimation,
consist of the following; In the first place, people were no longer
thinking and talking incessantly about getting a drink; in the second
place, there was an overwhelming public opinion behind the enforce-
ment of the Act whore in the past public opinion had been strongly'
divided and illegal traffic had nourished because resorted to by a con -
alder -able section of the public; in the third place, bootlegging on a
large scale was enormously diminished."
Ibaaaper Dobie, Toronto:
"Raving voted Liberal in the last general election, and dry in the
drat two referendums, why have I decided to vote for Premier Fer-
guson's Government and policy? It le because Ontario wants more
business and loss taxes, more honesty and leafs deceitfulness, more
breadth of education and less narrowness of parochialism, more self -
v peat and lose fear,"
W. J Pair, Kingston, Onto
"When the late Principal Grant wan at Queen's University he
convinced me as probably no other man could or the pernicious evils
of prohibition. Those like myself who remember Principal Grant, will
agree with me when I speak of his far-seeing vision, his profound
aeholarship,-and his true appreciation of human values. I believe pro-
hibition is the blackest spot vii the whole history of the Province of
Ontario,"
Clara C. Field, Cobourg, Ont.:
"Speakingfrom a woman's standpoint, I fear very much the result
our present system of controlling the liquor question will have on the
character of our young people, who are growing up in an atmosphere
of then to havewthosekfeelings of and deceitful living.
tthey should�hvee 11 possible for
they
feel a contempt for the )awe of their country? 2 feel I can certainly
endorse Mr. Ferguson's policy as a sincere endeavor to solve a per-
plexing problem."
Sir Joseph Flavelle, Bart., Toronto:
"If the responsibility were mine I would not choose Government
control as now stated as a reform for existing evils. I believe, however.
there is a weight of public opinion which demands a change in the
existing taw, and which wilt not beset eaide by thepresent hesitating
body of public opinion for its enforcement. Therefore, with the ohm
/nation of the legal sale of liquors in public houses of entertainment, I
accept the sale et iiquors through Government agencies only, under
a, system of permits, as probably the best obtainable change enforelble
Ander the existing state of public opinion:"
Rea. 1'. W. Coodt'rll, Presbyterian Church, Cobonrg, Ont.:
"1 believe the O.T.A. to lee a failure, but in this election campaign
I regard the Aet not as a political Moue, but a moral !nue; not a
question of lack of enforcement but rather of irnposatbility of enforce -
Ment I find conditions under the Ontario Temperance Aet to be
munch worse than they were before, I believe that Premier Ferguson
Is making a sincere and studied effort to secure a law that will be
Observed and one that can be enforced,"
Principal W. L. Grant, Upper Conaria -College,, Toronto: -
' As a total ahstairier 01 twonty-fire years' standing, as one who
loves the young ]nen of Canada and whose life is spent in doing his
best for them, I fiat glint to align rnysolf with Canon 'Codi', Sir Thomas
White and Sir John 'VYIIIleon in eupporc of the Priine Minister in fits
fight against the suits of intemperatiet+ and lawlessness,"
David Griffith, Greening Wire.fly 1itontltean;
'o travel twice every -yam,- through the, whole of Canada,1 ' h
the extent of file bootlegging'now
suit i t Fl:, tnilfat4. � I do not know that. 11
can be worso in 0.112' other part of the Province. Jo the West you cannot
her: any com$laint with present coudltions . -in Ontario it 1s Mum:table
to get away from expressed ridinuie and disccepsct for the Or A '
Mr. F. Berry Hayes, Pres., Toronto Carpel raj.;'• Co.; Tae or.....:
"My impression of prohibition is that whereas the country getter-
. ally thought it would be very much to its httevtste, it has only resulted
in malting many, of Cur citizens hypocrites and law -breakers. This is
having a very bad effect gtanerally. Drinking in our cities and /argot•
towns has certainly increment to an alarming extent. I ant not a 'wet',
but T am not in -favor of repressive legislation. The idea of making
peoplegood by statute is ti delusion."
Rev. Father C. y'. Killeen, Belleville? Ont.:
"1. view with a great deal of concern Lhe intro :,e -_ iitvleeeness
and crime that prohibition has engendered: It leads to a ep'Irit of dis-
trust, It is no use saying to the people ''You cannot have liquor,' Those
who want. it will get It. Fifty-one per cent. of the people cannot impose
their will on'the other forty-nine per cent"
Reif. John Lyons, )L4., Church of England aTncd5or:
"After studying the situation I have become Convinced that Pre-
mier-Ferguson's policy Is the best r,olution yet placed before the people
of Ontario to adequately deal with the liquor problem."
Ven. Archdeacon Mackintosh, Dundas, Ont.:
"You never hoard of the Prohibitionists of the Provinces which
have Government Control asking ibra change to what we call a pro-
hibition law, It shows that they are satisfied,_wlth the law, and feel
that it is useless to ask for a change."
J. C. Malone, K.C., Stratford, Ont.:
"In a very large percentage of the eases in my experience con-
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. In this respect the cure
seems worse than the disease."
Rev. W. G. Martin, Pilgrim United Church, Brantford, Ont.:
"No Htu, Unless he is blind, can say with sincerity that the O.T.A.
es a prohibition measure has been the sitcom we Tioped and believed
it would be, when it became law. The more I consider the question the
more convinced I am that the bringing about of prohibition, an ideal
towards which we are all striving, and to which we are committed as
men and women, eager for the best moral interest of the community
and of the state, is a process a education. It is the•reaponsibility of
the home, the school, and the church."
D. L. McCarthy, K.C., Toronto:
"The Ontario Temperance Act has undoubtedly abolished the bar,
but unfortunately, instead of having one bar 1n a hotel, we now bavo
rooms in hotels converted into private bare."
C. G. McGhie, Vice -President, Welland Vale Mfg, Co.,
St. Catharines, Ont.: t
"Not only labor, but the country as a whole, will ,be better under
Government control. I strongly endorse the Ferguson policy."
Mejor.General the Pion. S. C. Metoburn, Hamilton, Ont.:
"I unhesitatingly state that in my opinion the polies tit the Govern-
ment control of liquor, as it is now stated by the Prime Minister, is
rtonnd and in the best -interest of all the people of the Province. I have
lately been in the 'Provinces 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 now that einrr Government control of liquor haft some
into force they would never for one monient go back upon their present
legislation." 1d
Controller William Morrison, Hamilton, Ont.:
"There is more alcohol drunk in Hamilton now than at any time
in the efty's history."• -
William Mulock, K.C., Toronto:
"I have no hesitation In telling the people of Ontario that I favor
Government control in preference to the O.T.A., and that I will support
the policy of the Ferguson Government."
Mrs. Emily Murphy (Jamey Cmutek),
Police Magistrate, Edmonton, Alberta:
"Before Government control became the law of Alberta- I opposed
it vigorously, both on the platform and by my pen. I was fearful ,that
our last state wooed be worse than our first, It seemed Only logical.
that if the restrictions were removed there would be more drunkenness
and crime. No living person could perdpade me to the contrary.
Atter a perfect. of several years in•'which I' have been called upon
to enforce the present Liquer,Control Act, both as a city and provincial
magistrate, I am hound to acknowledge that my fears were largely
unfounded. There was not evens!). rush of inebriety as I had predicted,
the people showing a remarkable degree, of restraint, The condition
was steadily improved --again. I say, not from any degree of spiritual
enrichment on the part o: our people—but because the law was well
conceived and Ls being well enforced."
Dr. G. J. Musgrove, Temperance Candidate in 1919,
Niagara Falls, Onto
"Before 1916 we had 15 bars and liquor stores In Niagara Falls;
now we have double that number of bootleggers. The Provincial Police
and the 'License inspectors have been very activein endeavoring to.
enforce theOntarioTemperance Act, but it is realty impossible to do so.
I am not only In favor of Mr. Iferguson's policy, but I particularly,
endorseyearsof theage.pr'ovision that no permit shall be given to Persons under 21
Mr. Patel J. Myler, Pres. Canadian Westinghouse Co.,
Hamilton, Old.:
"As a large employer of labor I see no possibtiity ref nem fer
complaint in Ontario when..a man shall be allowed a bottle of beer in'
his own house. Long experience with our men in this company is good
enough tor. me on this point." a
J. G. Not,nan, Vine -President McKinnon Iradustries,
St. Catharines, Ont.:
"We havr as touch trouble now with our labor as we had
before prohibition carte tete effect. There are the same Monday and
Tuesday difficulties, but, new they are due to poisoned alcohol. Our
men would be much better if they could have good beer when they
want it. Government control as they have It in the Welt is what we
should have in Ontario."
Col. W. N. Ponton, K.C., Belleville:
"As a lawyer I know that the sad fact cannot be controverted, `that
in liquor cases under the repressive .0.T.A. truth !me lostitti ancient
Power. The administration of justice has been honeycombed by perjury
and Meoathhas lost, its sanctity, despite the conscientious and able
efforts of magistrates.- Crown attorneys and police officers who Have
done their bes't`to stem the tido of revolt. Whore the law ends, tyranny
begins. The O.T.A. Is despotic, arbitrary and against the will of the
citizens of Canada, A .wise. law is 'the State's collected will,' The O.T.A.
never was. Under the 0.T.A. we are all treated as children and weak-
lings and criminals."
Dr. A. Primrose,, Dean of Medicine, Toronto University:
"They (the mcalical doctors) are legally permitted to issue a definite
number ` of -prescriptions each month, the inference being that the
number of sick folk requiring alcohol should not exceed that .number,
and the doctor if he keeps within that limit is safe from adverse
criticism, •The presentsituation is intolerable, The medical profession
must he releasen1 from such undignified servitude:
The above excerpts from letters; nt+riieuia and addresses are necessarily restricted, also
VOTE
P. D. Ross, Publisher Oltanoa journal, Ouasca: •r '
"Government Conti^ol 'hoe operated in several of tire' tirarrineen`d
the Dominion, and apparently without grave 'een—et an evade sellies
cut sunk palpable evil as t0 suggest that prohibition is nt aeoernttr;
certainly without such' evil as is palpable under' prohibittoa.-in flee
United States., It seemstie me that the amount of public or poem*
harm which the proposed Government control leaves vosedhlie need net
conema any of ue to Interfere .with the personal freedom otether poopt .'
Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Toronto:;
"Some overzealous people tell as that Government Control deer
not work in the Provinces where it iv being tried, but such fe not, sap•
Interpretation as I have found it, I havo visited each Provisos
where there has been a change, both under prohibitory measures and
under Government Control, and the odds, to any way of thinking, are
all on the side. et Government Control." •
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Edward Tellierformer 'Liberal Merit
, ber for
North Essex, Windsor, Ouzo
"I' do not look. upon this as a party- fight. I think we must all
take off our coats and put Government Control over, I am for Govern:
nrent Control utast, last and all Lhe time."
Dr.
J.
A. Temple, M.R.C.S., LL.D., Past President
Ontario Medical Association, Toronto:
"There is one fact. that le very prominent in my mind and which
I think might Well be emphasized—that is the great increase in the
use of narcotics in the last three or 5001 years- The man who was
addicted to liquor Inas switched in many cases to drugs. > While there
is always trope for the drunkard, it is. almost impossible to cure the
drug addict, The O.T.A. was much too :mooning in its provisions,"
Most Rev. G.'Thorrteloe, P.D., D.C.!,., Archbishop of Algoma,
and Metropolitan of Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, 1915:
"There i$ in human nature a sense of freedom which must he
respected. All these considerations have to be weighed by the Govern-
ment, and I have very: great hope that' the measures proposed bit
Premier Ferguson will be found, if carried out, to be a very great
improvement on what we have been experiencing the past few years.
Sir Charles Tupper, Winnipeg:'
"'flee reasons that convince mo most firmly that Premier
Ferguson's policy will prove a great boon for the people of Ontario
are based. on my observation of the great success of liquor control! in
Manitoba. Control In Manitoba has brought about tate following three
great improvements: there is less drinking by both young and old,
particularly 17 the young; control has ereatedea higher moral tone In
the community at large; It has also brought about a deeldedly higher
respect for law."
1.. A. Van Skiver, formerly Inspector
Children's Aid Society, Picton, Ont.:
"I have been an ardent prohibitionist all my life. But in the
discharge of my duties as Inspector for the Children's Aid 'Society I
came across conditions that impressed me with their seriousness. In
almost every case of destitution which came under my observation I
Sound that bootleggieig was the cause. I do not believe in changing
my prohibition beliefs,that I am taking a retrograde step. Prohibition
means war." -
Rev. Frank Vipond, Streetsville, Ont.:
"I am not afraid to express the conviction that the greatest
enemies of Christian temperanoe, of sobriety, and of the upbullding
of strong Christian character have not been the breweries and dis-
tilleries, but official and fanatical prohibitionists who have been will-
ing to make of the Christian faith a lesser thing than .that of the
Mahometan."
H. S. White, K.C., President Ontario f3ar Association, Toronto:
"I am satisfied that there is in the province no such thing as
prohibition under it (the 0.T.A.), for the simple reason that every
person who wants liquor can get it without difficulty. I believe that
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the Premier and the Government have followed the only proper course
open to them in asking the people for a mandato to remove our
• affliction from us."
Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas White, K.C.M.G., Toronto:
• "That the Ontario Temperance Act 1s not capable of adequate -
enforcement, lacking as It does the strong support of public opinion,
must by this time be Clear to all who have given any study to the
subject, The time has arrived to so amend it as to prevent and limit,
as far as possible, the ev11s of intemperance under a' system of Gov-
ernment control, having a firmer support of public opinion,and under
regulationswhich will not lead to the' evils which for the 'past seven
ytheearsO,T,A. ' have been inseparably connected with theadministration- of
Col. Rev. Cecil G. Williams, Dominion Secretary,
Navy league of Canada:
"Should I steal, commit• forgery or break ally other law. fn Canada
except that of the O.T.A., 1 ate punished and upon my release ignored,
until 1 have rehabilitated inyeeU; by those who knots me, because they
are sympathetic to and upholders 05 the law. But if I violate the 0.T.A,
and am punished for the same according to law, I have the sympathy
of my friends, showing that they hold .the haw in contempt. Very.
different is the treatment extonded. in the two instances. - The law
should be the same teem coast to coast for individuals and a11, mammaand until it is I cannot see the righteousness or the practicability of
the 0.T.A,"
Most Rev. David Williams, Arch,bisltop of Huron
and Metropolitan of Ontario, London, Ont.: -
"It (the 0;:1.',A,) has done more to encourage deceit and subterfuge,
galore to demoralize theyouth of the country and to create' it -general
disrespect for law than e11 the other causes combined during the teem
Years of its existence, Government Control, with individual permits, ie
the only sane system."
Levi Williams, Police Magistrate, Pieter:, Onto
;111 my life I have been a temperance advocate. But when I saw
not only how the law Itself was being disregarded by people who were
not addicted to law -breaking but by the actual perversion of, theprocess
of justice, I reit there meet be some changes. I have Been magistrate
in Platen for 18 years, and what Itis struck me recently Is the limite..
that people .will go to perjure themselves when faced 'with -charges of
violating the nntarlo Temperance Act,"
Sir John IP'lllinon, Toronto:
"1 was wholly unprepared for the unanimity -of opinion, expressed
in favor of Government Control, Again end again I was told by chose
who had opposed the system and voted for prohibition in plebiscites
and referendums that conditions were better' under control and that
they would not vote to restore the prohibitory enactments, No one
suggested that bootlegging had been whollyabolished or that there
was no unlawful selling• or illicit drinking. They dict insist that boot-
legging was less common end tem profitable, that the law was generally
respected and enforced, that there was far leas drinking in hotel bed -
roomy rind morn undesirable places, andthat there was s. greater degree
of soefal contentment and no mien feeling as under prohibition that,
flasks,. must he carried and a secret store of liquor provided -for "dances,
house' parties. and lllce events."
Albert Whitney, brother of the late Sir James Whitney,
Prescott, Ont.:
"The facts stare ns In the face, When the Government diepensarten
of this province ere in receipt.' of s. yearly revenue of something.. like
nve miliioo dollars, and the bootleggers are profiting to the extent of
some twenty -Ave million, it seems to me that it is time to call a halt,
and ask mire -elves in all seriotfeneas if this whole busineee would not
be in fax better' hands entrusted to a Government with the epier,,did.
business record of the present Provincial' Government, of which the
Zion, I•'toward Ferguson is head:"
invited in number, owing to lat.4 of space.
Ontai• io Conservative, Committee, 36 King Street Fast„ Toronto