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IQIJOR once sold cannot be controlled. • The evil lies in the licluor,not~in the method
of its sale,, no in the form of the pa, kage'. : This is proven in every Canadian pro-
vince where government sale; in varying forms, has been tried. •`With easier access
to uitoxtcatbag liquor, drinking has increased'enormously. More dreinlrenness and crime
associate with drunkenness have naturally followed. ' Bootlegging instead of being
CURED by' so called government "control" — is flourishing to a , degree that makes
Ontaridts' sllac't sale .seem small and insignificant. by comparison. If A ghastly failure,'
' serving oil'; to' MULTIPLY the very evils it was heralded to. cure!. That is the story; of
y
gtiueriirsaeiaf`sale ®`f''`liquor in BRITISH': COLUMBIA, in MANITOBA, in QUEBEC;
1 l °il1t4; a t-1 r, t r x'el
the }_90. 'e1
The Vancouver VVor1`d, a newspaper
friendly to the government, has declared
mei editorial: "British Columbia is the
bootleggers'` paradise".
The Attorney -General' of that province
rho is the' official' adntiniitrator. of the
GriVerninent ` aq>zo "'Control Act -said in
a recent speech; f'The greatest bootleggers
of all are the brewers and ertport heftier
+dealers" . `
Dr. A. l3. Cooke, of Vas cotiver5 tri The
Canadian Congregationalist, %asserts: "The
Government controls' neither the 'mane
facture, iziportation;, transportatgon, nor
expior+tation of .ligiaor: The distillers and
brewers control all these, and the Govern-
meiit siiiipiy� acts°as one of their 'sales
agents; e iiitrolfing about 50 per cent. of
:the -remit •end blithe trade: The whiskey.
ring and the bootleggers control the rest
°t'Offi .` In c'4 , a Ye.i> '
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Eleven. months after Manitoba adopted
' • its government ,control system, an open-
minded investigator of conditions' in that
provnice,., stuns tfp t�xo situation in these
words: -
"I lea%'e Manitoba impressed with the
evidence that both: wets and drys are dis-
satisfied with the government controt sy-
tena--the wets because there is no,, tega$
sale of beer l' the glass and because there
is some delay ats trouble in getting hard
sniffy ` and: the drys BECAUSE BOOT-
I.,EGGIN.G AND DRUNKJENNESS
I-IAVE GREATLY INCREASED."
The sante neutral authority declares:
':`There its into dispute in Winnipeg about
beeotlegging,. Ever'yboeljr"--drys,'weta,
moderationists, police., government officials,
btisiriiess melt; professional men and`roand-:
errs- te.li the satire,
stcaxir.� The unanimous Fee the Eo
verdict• d tying the nt�Pc
.cell of ' August 24th, or , , a.•Yw,,;
when I was: an Winni-
peg, 'was that 'bootleg.
ging ` was being carried
on on a tsetnet does
scale, that the city was
wide open; that the
hotelmen, had no re -
he aa
2 Tor ar tta� street, Toronto
gard for the willof -the peop/e as expressed
in the disapproval' of. sale of liquor •by the
glass, and"that something had to be done."
"3i'� � ” t'�B y'' e
set
s �gt Sale
YOI ell P Cse irdRr Ui;"7 �n qr, ;i CPQ Evil
Quebec, with its longer experience in
government sale, has drifted' still further
back toward the evil days of the open bar.'
In `fact, the only t',,a"ff erenee between the
'Quebec "tavern" and the old- bar .room is
that custothers sit down at tables to drink,
rather than stand up ata bar!
And while ueliec goes on spending
more money fo booze.': than for educa-
tiony
(0$25;000,000:annually for liquor and
$26,000.000 for educational purposes),
crime if'a rampant. The ,Montreal Gazette
was recently constrained to declare: "Mont-
real is a perfect Mecca for evil -doers, with
vicious, immoral resorts and: gasnblilg,
joints, the hiding -places, of the alien and
other criminals from;all corners of ,,the
continent."
'as igher • "lopes
Ontario citizens days NOT want TFIIS
province to'become "a' bottleggers' para-
" ease". They do not want their government ,•
to go into partnership with the distillers '
and brewers, splitting the booze business
"fifty-fifty" with; bootleggers—which is the
best any government has' been able to do
Under " government sale".
The responsible electors of Ontario
DO want. the happier homes,, women and
children, 'made possible by' The Othario
Temperance Act. They DO want to defeat
the liquor traffic's insidious effort" to turn
back the dock. They DO want Ontario
to be spared the costly experience' of such
bootleggers' paradises as British Colmnbia,
1VVlanitoba'muesli aebec,
in this belief, and with the Government
pledged to "give active
, o taorie and vigorous enforce-
✓ • 'r,,allot thus ; tnent of The Ontario
Temperance Act,' the
Ontario ,Plebiscite
Committee asks, With
every confidence, that
Ontario 'citizens give
the Government an
ut i stakeable mandate
on October 25rd.
Aro you in fav
tinuar,ce of The
uctonec Act?
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bur 0f the ccutL
Osttaa'o tem.
Arc you in faVdur,of the sale
az :,a be reray�e of.:sear end
epir�teoms liquor in seaiea Peck''
Ages unaer 3o rernrnout eoWtrui
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WINCAM STREETS
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Copy' of Splendid Write-up Which
Appeared in IViuiiicipal Magazine.
Winghafn is iadcbtedtq the ener-
getie tbwii clerk W. Galbraith,for
the following spfendid' write -'up which
appeared ip, the last issue of..Mp}aa dual
ImprO ern 4ts';a brigl t
> 1 .inontlrl .'znag
'1 o'ri'real With a
�Pla�1 r
large, siibscriptoti 1151. This 'is' the
best kind' of advertisln'g` d tovril, can
getriand, in actual spacer r$ v>orEli at
least but it `is .,iibSslb e that the
real'advertisrng 'tta'lue cangot e"`count-
ed in dollars and 'cen'ts:
'"Wirighani is one .of the, progressive
towns in Western. Ontario which has
been a l'ibbral ttse'r of c'ement: Li
1919 the Upper Dam and bridge ac
rosy tltc;1 faitland River were washed,
away very tuiexpectedly; ' Plans were
irnniediately made to • creat ' 1 new:l
strrietuf6 as the 'for'iier'e lam has ,'su�p
plied 'all power '''necessary to„dQ” the
pumping, for the Municipal ' :Water•
work's Dept,riritert, as Well a5'oper-
ating" the Hojirsozr & ,Hbvvspii f1'our
ini11_ i The :plan's . accepted were' those
of itl'r„F. 13. James Engineer of Walk-
ert,on, and the contract was let to the.
Hunter Bridge and Boiler Company'
of Kincardine.
Work was, commented almost im-
mediately but the time of construct-
ion was longer than; expected due to
high water. The length of bridge iur
clueing approaches, was approximate-
ly 28b ,feet, with a width bettveeai rails
of 23 feet.. About 2,500 'cubic yards
of concrete was poured on this job
anti 37,090 lbs.- of steel reinforcing
wore used, Tai using Conerete for this
work, it was felt that it would make
a practically pormanent structure with
a minimum of expense for zpainten-
mice.
Winghani had several had streets
which seemc6- to consume gravel as
fast as it could' he laid,' and in the
springand fall' seasons, these roads
became veru iile seas of mud. The
ratepayers on John Street East were
the first to start the ball "rolling, when
they secured sufficient signatures to
the usual local improvement petition
towarrant the Municipal Council pro-
ceeding with the laying of a concrete
road with) curb. The Brennan; Con-
tracting Company of Hamilton were
the successful tenders' on the work:,
The paVenient was completed in, the
Rall of 1921 and the -improvement in
appearance and cleanliness was so
marked that in the Spring of 1922 a
petition was, presented 'for the paving
of John Street West, . Eventually the,
work was. extended to take in Joseph-
ine Street North, Alfred Street East
Josephine ,Street South, Victoria St.
and Diagonal Road. This net -work
of concrete roads, provided a series of
lAitisfoIViktot
excellent” entrances to the Town, all
of., which had previously been ordin-
ary gravel 'roads which required al-
most continuous maintenance an ac-
count cif the heavy traffic,
The following schedule indicates
the ' yardage laid ori, the various
streets':-,
Sq. Yds,
John Street West. 3,952
John Street East....... .... ,. 4,582
Josephine Street North
5,308
gosephine Street South
4,o-4
'Diagonal Road 5, 59
''Victoria Street 8,6o6
Alfred Street 3,093
341724
724
:Pavements indicated thus -were laid
under- provisions of an agreement
with the. County of Huron. which pro-
vided for a :payment (6f 40 per cent.
of cost as these roads were designat-
ed as "connecting links."
These pavements cost approximate-
ly $15o,000. The business section. of
Josephine St. was paved With con -
el -etc in 1914 and it is wearing- very
well. With all the principal thorough-
fares paved, Wingham now has over
three miles of concrete roads, which
is considered d; good record, for
town with a.populatio,nof 2,45o. Ec^
onoinical maintenance and cleanliness
pare the features of concrete pavement
which are appreciate by the citizens.
Wingham leas experienced excellent
lj.
y,;
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lhealth'and there is a tOtai abseerce t7,f
contagious disease which is attriauitd.
to excellent drinking water, first-class
sewerage facilities, and _clean' streets.
A LETTER FROM CUINA
The .event' of last wells Was iite ^ala
valregatta. -e atta. An invitation was sent
to'us to go onboard H.M.S.:.11awlclns
for tea and to witness the final race
lit ,.tile regatta and to see the givi_rig
out of the prizes. We were ail quite
excited over it. The Hawkins is the
Admiral's flagship and is the largest
and fastest of the cruisers' in pont
here, We had to leave here at ten,
minutes to three and cross to the' -is-
land on . the little ferry, • At the pier
motor boats frons .the Hawkins were 1
waiting. to take us across to the ship.,)
There are eight cruisers lying in, line.
Perhaps I should not have said eight.
cruisers, for one of them, and that (Zile
the .first of the line, is the Titania
which' is the mother 'submariile ship..
She has her five submarines, nestlinK,
beside hen Frani the mainland the
cruisers•looksclose together, but ,when
you .get there you find out that there
is really quite a distance between each
one. Another line is formed close tp
the shore by two small cruisers, the
1Vlaiazion and 131ue Bell and the Ad-
miral's yacht. I am afraid that I can-
not recall all the navies of the eight,
but shatj, baize those'I,tenieinher..-_
Titania, "Hativlciris;' Carlysie;` .Durban;`
Despatch and<Diamede. .
-We were welcorned by Lady Leve.-
sou,
evesore, wife of•.tl?eAdmiral, w,Iaen we got
on board. Their. there was a splendid
tea served. Lovely sandwiches and`
cakes were served With the_tea Later
we had lemonade and ice cream,
though the latter wound hardly be re
cognized by,those ,who ar`e accustom
ed to the, Canadian variety. Youwill
see -rat the fleet know-•how'to enter-
tain-Well
ntertain•Well even if their salaries have re-
cently°been cut down by five .per cent,
When tea..was over we saw 'the cosn-
n enceinent of the filial race. It was
a Free -for -ail in which%every ship had
• the privilege • of ent'eririg. as many
boats as they wished. There must.
have 'been over thirty in all taking
part in it. Ali boats coining Within`
the? first eighteen,' counted points for
,their ship. They had been running
off the ,events for ,two days and file
Despatch was about ,twwelve points in
the lead. They....had' won the cup last'
year and so' .it seemed riot unlikely
that they, would •again, win out. I1
forgot to tell you that just as we ap-,
preached the pier at the island -ye
had witnessed the finish of oneof the
races, It was thrilling and'I' loved to
watch the coxswain urging his Men'
on. We were just opposite the Mara
aion when the first boat came iu and`
they fired the gut} to say that, the'race
was over. Usually the AgWkiris does
the firing, but in; deference to • the;,
ladies ,on board, the Marazion tad
been askedto:'dq it as.they were right
across frorii the, 7awltns. When they
gun went, everyone "ducked". ` Tt just:.
seeiiiecl to 'be'over otic heads. NQW
to come fuel: to my Story, of the Iasi
race. - They towed the boats away
clown the line for the "start. 'There
were motor boats specially, for this
purpose. The race was twig and a
half miles, and. es the IIawlliirs •ryas
across frof the finish; the boats look-
ed like mere 'specks at that distance.
The only way to tell :bit* was by use
of the telescope, ,and„at`that distance
I am, not sure whether they could dis-
tinguish there, for you could only
tell thetas by the tiny flags they
up. ° Each boat had the flag of it
ship. The flag of the Hawkins is . a
red cross on white bacicgrou.nd. As the
race caine. nearer the officers, with,.
their telescopes kept us inforntea as
to how the race wa,s getting along.
As they cable nearer` .we could see
them. plainly but I could not distpi
guish their flags. They told as that
one of the Despatch -boats was'in the
lead and we at' once ,decreed .that the
Despatch had:won, the cup, bat when
points' were counted rrhe ,IZa*.kins had
sufficient to raa.akii up the twelve that
they were ,behind the Despatch,. and,
three extra,, so that they won by
three. points., Tlie escitesrierit was very
high, especially as it was rather :tri-
expected. I wish you could have heard
the cheers that greeted the boats on
their return. They Came back look-
ing very happy and not at all Wed -
out' after,
ired-out'after, that strenuous row. This
Was.
as, followed by prize Sona•
of the ;nien chine frottr the oth�$r ships
for the c, istribtitikon of the prizes, for
of course many races' had been, won
by "others. Eacli..groutp got plenty of
cheers but they were defeani.irg, every
time the l -Ta vitins, men carried' ofx,a
prize. Lady Leveson gave the prizes
and at the, close the men gave three
cheers for her, three cheers for the
Despatch, win.ch had so nearly won,
and three for "Ourselves". The last.
one was wondei'ful, Then the band:
played God Save. the 'sing aid it was.
all over. Motor boats once rnore took
us to the pier: on the: island and we
sailed back' home in ;sanparrs. It was
a perfect evening and "the sunset col
ors were tyonderftfl, and anyway this
spot is much shore beautiful than any
other in China
The rain seem to have passed over
but they are still having it lit the ?
north and :so the f o menace is not,
yet over, 1 have not 'yet heard how
Hawkins fared.,
We have had, wonderful weather the
past wee) , It has been abor t,- perfect
for swimming. x haVe ma, great
strides and can take long swims even
when T aro •.; quite alone, I . am now
learning to dive.,T' ani getting keen
on it; but have to watch, and keep my
ears well plugged up, for the ewater'
bothers ine. I have had no lidnie mail
siz>ce IAP1. I wrote, but tlie Auslraliia'
Was due in Shanghai 'yesterday and
so it ongllt to. be up soon.; ,.
Yester day T conducted the child-
ren's set"vice in the .hotel. T. took as
my topic "Jes`us. Stilling the Waves."
I thought it very very appropriate sub-
ject.. Everyone Seemed to think it
was a wonderful service. Now I'must
close, iyith Very best. love to one and
all. T hope MIP Very.
well,
Lovingly yours,
Margaret Brown.
W'e 1 -Tait Wel, 'China,
August 4, 1924•
VOTE Is EXPLAINED
Plebiscite ~
Not Referendum, But Ex-
pression of Opinion
Stress is.. being laid by the' Ontar-
io government upon the fact: that the
vote of , October. 23 upon the liquor
issue. is t9 be a plebiscite, and' not a
referendum. The distil ctie is a fine
one, and; when the';matter was the'
subject of'.debate „,in' the Legislature',
last session, surprisingly few of thfi
members could giye• an offhand de-.
finition of each arid; specify, the differ-
ence.:
Here is the way the dictionary de-
fines the word's -
Plebiscite --An expression of the
popular will on a given matter of
public interest by means of'a vote.
of the whole people;
Referendum --The. submission .of.
a `proposed .public measure or law
Which has been passed by.,the peo-
ple's
eo-plc s 'represei}tatives' in the legisla-
ture of a conWention to a vote' of'the
people; for >;atification or rej•eetipn.
When Ontario, votes, or, October
23 she will merely be giving the G,ov
ernment "art eitpres'sion of popular, in-
terest;" and not passing upon "a Pin, -
posed public measure or Taw which
has been passed, by the people's 're-
presentatives."
VOTER., WOULD
Voter, would, you. go behind a bar
or ,counter and sell... liquor? Woulr#
youlinake money by,s tpplyiag a pots.-,•
on6as drug that you: know would de-
grade ;your;;neighbor? Would ,you.
personally amass :wealth. to supply
which- children were . starved,, and,
weary' mothers compelled to toil
hard for a living?
To give you wealth, and power,
would' You..traffie in: a thing that pro-
dr,?ced ;poyerty, ' vice;' crime, insanity,'
disease and death?
Do yon desire tp ;grpw, rich at the.
cost: of„ boys made drunkards, girls
given t.o the streets, and hones wreck-;
ed?
.. If some man were to ask ,you tp,,
give him"in writing,'a declaration .of.
your approval of his. carrying on a
business Which produced the results
just set out, would you ttvritesuc`h.`a'
letter to him, even though"he offered
to pay, your tax brils?
,Tc'fday the brewing and distilling;
interests say to you, practically, "Give
us your vote that we may carry an
the 'icings- iausiness with profit ,and no,
urinal respectability,,and we want you
to instruct your government to, act as
our selling agents'.
'VOTERS I` you cannot ; escape the
respousrbility;that goes with your con-
sent tothe liquorbusiiness in anyman-
ver, shape'or rorm,if you vote infav-
or of it.
As a patroit, as a• citizen, as; a
Christian, as one WJzo desires the wel'
fare of all Canadian homes and the
uplift of Ca,nadiap w,olnanhood, will "
Yam be induced by any sophistry;,oir
prejudice to„vote in favor of any form
of the . degrading liquor traffic?'
No One To Drive Them
A country rnitiister;' when' out Walk-
ing oat afternoon, wag surpr sed rip-
on coining td” a tern 'in the road' tb
hear:a voice'of Corrie one approach-
ing him 'swearing, violently.: As' he.
rounded, the bend he: was horrified
to meet a small barefoot lacy driving
a yoke of oxen and alternately lash'-
trig thein with his whip aid strings
of profanity,' 'rhe minister' accosted
the lad and began to lecture;liim up-
on the outcome ,of ;spelt vires. The "
substance off:,the lecture was to ,quit
swearing and. join the church. Ran -
ally :the doini're''patsed:and' the boy
brt1ce irt',saying:
`'Co1clarn it, parson, yer only was-
tin'
as-tin . your tithe, ler you see' its ,like
this. 11fom's religious;' and ever since
Sis been again with the soltool'teaeit-
er she's got religion, too. Then pap i.1,e
got it':a Spell ago at .one of your ''re
yiyal ineetii's Now' of I go slid git
who in blazes- is a -gonna drive these
oxen