HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1926-11-25, Page 7When People, Like Theses'
Endorse Government Control
ip—justi their stand by such sound moons the proposal must po real
merit. They cannot all be wrong. Let their judgments help you In forming yours!
Sir John diva„ President Caa aniia lis Bash a f Calannercu, Toronto:
"Stt'esrr baa ban Iatd by prohibitionists upon Lite evil enact alt
limier upon young people, arse the elates is **ade tient they will column
mom liquor under the ataditionr proposed by Mr. Ferguson titan under
the U.T.A. 1t the atm of the probibitlon M* is to strengthen the mural
Ur* of our Youth. then in my opinion they ars defeating their uwn
object. Mort of the young peuPle whole I have irad under sae have
,coupled positions of trust, and have slaturally been subjected to
temptation. I have always found that to train a num to resist Manna -
tient Worked out much more satisfactorily, fes all concerned then to
try to devise elaborate Meana to re>xsere ibis tetpptatluu from him."
Man A ries .orth, Toronto:
"I baa Leen voting now for more than fifty year" In parlatatsatary
election*, and I have never given a Conservative vote, but I an going
to do to tine year. because I think that any measure of prohibition
by anew as opposed to prohibition by education i* the very reverse, of
what I have always considered were the true principles of Liberalism.
As well Might one try to advance the interest of religion tie of Christian
Ute by legislation the.t would compel the people to go to church."
Professor Alfred Balser, University of Toronto;
"The OT.A, kaa proved at, failure, concelvee though it was with the
hest intentions and administered by Attorneys -General who, t�,i,rneetiya-
dsslred its succors. It has not stopped the use of liquor; there has
grown a contempt for the Iaw; it bas created a class of bootleggers
who have been enriched• beyond the dream i of avarice. Sorely it i*'
Unto to make a changer
Hon. R. B. Bennett, Y.C., M.P., Ex -Minister of Finance, '
Calgary, Alberta:
"Not only has the Alberta Act been declared to be -9egalty valid,
but in practice it does* control the liquor traffic in that plrovince. The
best proof of what can be done la 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- -'I think the preeent Liquor
Control Act a geed and sound one, and has done more in the direction
of temperance than any law we hitherto have had.'•
".
Lt. -Col, .Arthur L. Bishop, St. Catharines, Ont.:
"No good can come from arbitrary said hysterias) mlaaures. • The
OTA.. has proved unforceable even under two such day Attorneys --
General as lir. Nickle and Ur. Raney. and where they have fatted no
one else will succeed. We are feeing facts: not theorise. I think
Government Control shotild be given a fair trial in Ontario, as it bac
been in the West. and I believe the result will be equally satisfactory."
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Cd. Herbert A. Bruce, -M.D., L.R.C.P., Toronto:
"It la not a question of "dry" or "wet'; it le aquestion of another
Temperance Act against one that hits been tried and found wanting.
I consider Mr. 14'erguaon'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 In furthering the; Temperance -
cause and reducing the evils of drunkenness."
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Police Magistrate C. H. Burgess, Peel County: .
_ "My view of the matter Is that the sale of liquor !s out of control
and is running 'wild (under the O.T.A.), and 1t le necessary to try to
bring it under control again."
Rev. Father J. E. Burke, C.S.P., St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Church, Toronto:
"It (the O.T.A.) has been no blessing.. Duringthe years it has
been on our Statute Books the youth pt Ontario, with singular and
beautiful exceptions, has gone back. The terrifying increase in. liquor'
amongst' our boys and girls, • even of tender years; the consequent
deterioration of moral. standards aim conduct; the curse 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."
Mr. ▪ L. N. Byrn., former Treasurer Sarnia
Prohibition Union, Sarnia, Ont.; '
"There are two; questions. before the electors in this campaign:
(1) will we continue Govern,ilent control under the .Ontario Temper-
ance Act; as we have had' it for the last few years, whereby any person
wanting liquor cion buy all he likes from the bootlegger, or (2) will we
have ft controlled so that a person can only buy it through a Govern-
ment dommission house, where .a person has got to have a permit'to
buy it, and then only a certain quantity at a .time? I am at a staunch
conservative; I have voted • Liberal when 1 adeemed ` it- WI s, 'but will
not this date."
Col. Rl, ELL Carman, 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
c--"regtll*tioa- than by the unscrupulous bootlegger."
Hofs, end Reverend H. J. Cody, LLD., D.D., Toronto: ' -
"The great achievements of the control' plan; In my estimation,
consist of the following: In the first place, people were no longer
thinking and tsiking incessantly about-. getting s. drink; in the second
piece, there was an overwhelming. public opinion behind the enforce-
ment of the Act • where in the past public opinion had been strongly
divided and illegal traffic had ,flourished because resorted' to by.a con-
siderable section of the public; In 'the third place, bootlegging on •a
`, large scale- was enormously.. diminished." ,
Draper Dobie, Toronto: r
"IHsolos voted Liberal In the last general election, and dry in .the
first two referendums, why have I decided .to vote for Premier leer-
guson's Ooverntnent and policy! it is because Ontario wants more
business and les" faxes, more honesty and les" deceitfulness, more
breadth of education and less 'narrowness of parochialism, more self-
respect add leas fear."
Fair, Kingston, Ont.:
it "when the lite Principal Grant was at Queen's University' hs
*motored ma as probably no other man could of the .pernicious evils
of prohibition.' Those like myself who remember Principal Grant, will
agree with me whin I apeak of his far-seeing elision, hie profound"
scholarship, and his true appreciation of human values. I believe pro-
lltbition is the blackest spot on the whole history of the Province of
Ontarlol'
Clips C. Reid, Coboalirg, Ont.:
Prisldpel W. L. Grant, Upper Camelia College, Termite:
• As a total alu:tainer •.f twenty-five years' *tending, sir sae who
loves the young sten of Canada and whose lite le spent is doing his
bast for them, I am glad to all;a myself with Canon Volt. Mir Thomas
White and Sir John in support of the Prime Wtnister in his
fight against the evil* of inte:nperailve and townswoman."
David Griffith, Greening Wire Works, Ha,rtti1ton:
"1 travel twice every year through the whole of Canada. 1 know
the extent of the bootlegging etlt in liamilkou. I do not know that it
can be worse in any other part of the Praeince. In the West you cannot
hear any complaint with present conditions. In Ontario it is impusetble
to get away from exereseed ridicule and disrespect fur the O.T.A."
Mr.. P. Barry Hayes, Pres., T4ronto Carpet Mk. Co., Toronto:
"ely irnpretwlou of prohibition IA that whereas the couutry.tcerter-
ally thought It would be very mu.`•h to Its internsts. it has only resulted
in making many of uur citizens hypocrites and law-brattiters. This is
having a very bad effect generally. Drinking in our calm and larger
towns has certainly increased to an alarming extent. I am not a `wet'.
but I ant not in favor of represelve legtslatlun. The idea of making
People geed by statute is a delusion."
R,: v. Father C. J. Killeen, Bettevillle, Oat.:
"I view with a great deal of .concern the inerease In lawlessness
and crime that prohibition baa engendered, It leads to a spirit 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, ot the people cannot Impose
their will on the other forty-nine per cent."
Rev. John Lyons, M.A., Church of England Rector:
"After ,studying the situation I have become convinced that Pre-
mier Ferguson's policy- is the best aohttion yet placed before the people
of Ontario to adequately deal With the liquor problem,"
Yen, Archdeacon Mackintosh, Pandas, Ont.:
"You 'never heard of the Prohlbitioniets of the Provinces which
have Government Control asking for a change to what we eall a pro-
hibition law. It show* that they era satisfied with the law, and feel
that it Is useless to ask for a change," ' s,
J. C. Makin, K,C., Stratford, Ont.r
"In a .very large percentage of the cases In my experience con-
tested in court in these districts (Waterloo County and Windsor Bor-
der), perjury has been committed. This la one feature that our -NO-
called 'temperanc•e' friends seem to overlook. In this respect the cure
seems worse than the disease."
Rev. W. G Martin, Pilgrim United Church, Brantford, Ont.:
"`No mot, unless he js blind, can say with sincerity that the O.T.A.
as a prohibition measure hits been the success we hoped 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, !e a process o2 edu4dtion. It la the reeponetbility of
the home, the school, and the church." ,
D. L. McCarthy, K.C., Toronto:
"The Ontario Temperance ,Act has undoubtedly abolished the bar,
hut unfortunately, instead of having one bar in a hotel, we now have
rooms in hotels converted into! prWate bars."
C. G. McGliie, Eiee-President, Welland Yale Mfg. Co., ' -
5t. Catharines,,Ont.:
"Not only labor, but the country a" a whole..will be better under
Government control. I strongly endorse the Ferguson policy.
Major-General the Hon. S. C. Mesa¢urn,-Ilamiilton, Ont.:
"1 unhesitatingly state that in pay opinion the policy of. the C3overn-
ment' control of liquor, as it is 'now stated by the Prime Minister, le
sound amt to the beat 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 since, Government control of liquor :has come
into force they would never for, one moment go back upon their present
*Oblation."
Controller 'William Morrison, Hamilton, Ont.:
"There 1s more racohol drunk in' Hamilton now than at any time
in the city's history." n
lt'illiam Mulock, K.C., Toronto:
"I nave no hesitation In telling' the people of Ontario that 1 favor
Government control in preference to the O.T.A.. and that I will gupport
the policy of the Ferguson Goverment."
Mrs. Emily Murphy Osney Canuch),
Police Magistrate, Edmonton; Alberta:
"Before Government control became the law of Alberta.I opposed
it vigoronely, both on the platform' and by my pen. I was fearful that
our last state would be worse than our flret. It seemed only logical
that If the restrictions were removed there would be more drunkenness
and crime, No living person could persuade me to the contrary
"After a•.period of several years in -which i have been called upon
to. enforce the present Liquor control Act, both as a city and ,provincial
•magistrate, i am hound to acknowledge that my fears were largely
unfounded: There was not even a rush of inebriety as I had predicted,
.the ,people showino a remarkable degree of restraint. The condition
wear steadily itinproved---again I" say; ' net -from any degree of xrlritual
enrichment on the part of our people—but because the law was well
Conoelved and is being well enforced: "
Dr. G. J. Musgrove, Temperance .Candidate in 1919, -
Niagara Falls, Ont.:
"Before 7910 we had 15 bars and liquor stores in Niagara Falls;
now wa have double that number of bootleggers. The Provincial Police
and the. License Inspectors have been very active in endeavoring to
enforce the Ontario Temperance Act, but it is really impossible to do so.
I am sat only In favor of Mr. Ferguson's policy, but I particularly
endorse the provision that • rto pertinit shall be given to persons under 21
years of 'nae "
Mr. Patel J. Myler, Pres.. Canadian Westinghouse Co.,
arnilton, Ont. e '
"As a large' employer of labor I see no possibility of roots for
complaint in Ontario when e. roan she'll)* allowed • bottleof beer in
Ida own house. Long experience with our men in this company is good
"awaking from a woman's standpoftif, X fear very much the rssulf;. enough for me on this pointy
our present system of controlling the liquor question will have on the • J; G, Notman,. Vice -President McKinnon Industries,
of rattiest lawbreaking and deceitful living. Will it be possible $t for . Catharines, Ont.:•
oharaeter of our young people who are growing up in an atmosphere
thou to have those feelings of patriotism they should°`leave if they "Wei haw as much trouble now with our labor as we had
feel a contempt for the laws of their country? I feel 1 can certainly .before prohibition came Into effect. There are the same Monday and
endorse Mr. Ferguaon'e policy as a Ander* endeavor to sole! a per. Tuesday difficulties, but new they are due to poisoned aloohol. Our
plains problem," - men would be much better if they could have good bar when they
Sit' Joseph Flagella,Bart., Toronto:. _.. ..
want it Government control as they have it in the West . is what we
should have in Ontario." -
"It the rerponelbility were mine I would not choose Government Col. W. N. Ponton, S.C., Belleville: •
eseitrol as now stated as a reform for existtkg°eviLt I believe, however. "As a lawyer X know that the sad fact cannot be controverted, that
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tame fa a weight of public opinion which Amanda a change In the - in liquor oases under the repressive O.T.A. truth has lost its ancient
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stdmtbe law, and which will not be "et aside by the present 3esltetlag power, The adtnfnistration of justice baa' been honeycombed by perjury
(body of public opinion for its enforcement. Therefore, with the elite- and the oath has lost its sanctity, deopite'. the conscientious and able
• Sada of the legal ea* of liquors in public houses of entertainment, I efforts of magistrates, Crown attorneys and police officers who have
mast the sale of liquors through Goverawsent agenefM only, under done their beet to stem the tide of revolt. Where the law and., tyranny
► a mattes of permits, as probably the best obtalnabls ohaate sntorcibie begins. The O.T.A. is despotic, arbitrary and against the will of the
• feeder the existing state of public opinion." - citizens of Canada. A wise law le 'the iltate's collected will.' The O.T.A.
neve' was. Under the O.T.A. we are all treated as children and weak-
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to. T. Y. Goodwill, Pri.byteriaan Church, Cobtssrg, Data unto •nd orlminala:'
or believe the O.T.A. to be a tailors, but In this election cassspallm Dr. A. Primrose, Dean of Medicine, Toronto University:
1 regard the Act not as a political lame, but a moral issue; not a "They (the medical doctors) ire legally permitted to issue a. definite
i Maltaof Mem
Mak of entoroent but rather of ImpoaribtUty of saforce" number of prescriptions each month, the inference being that the
meat. I aid conditions under the Ontario ',temperance Act to be number of sick folk requiring alcohol should not exceed that number,
tbloii worse than they were before. i Wine that Premier bets ssow and the doctor it Ise keep" within that limit is safe from adverse
fit10ak1ng a lancers and studied effort to Hoar"ei, n loll! that will be criticism. The present situation !s intolerable. The medical proteaston
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abssed and•one that can be enforced;' MUM be released from ouch undignified servitude:'
The above excerpts from bitter*, interviews and addresses are necessarily restricted, also
VOTE
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CLERGY OF HURON DEANERY
MEET IN 131.YTI<I
The clergy of the Deanery of.11tor-
on met for a quiet day at Trinity
church, Blyth, on Wednesday, Nov.
10th. At 10.30 a.m. the Reverend T.
If. Brown said the Litany, after
which he gave s short address on alts
faith. He then administered
Holy Communion and gave another
mitres apnreciatNl address en the
Holy Spirit in our lives. At noon the
clergy dinner tndether in dmmercaHoteand
xpre*re
their ale y of the hostt k Mrhe . Harry
JoitrinYtt, * returned man who enlist-
od with tate lel"t. After dinner a
40.
P. D. Rase, Publisher Ottawa Jattrltal, Ottawiu
"Government t'ontrol haw operated In several of the Praalnsse Ise
the Ilominlun, And *P renty' without grave evil --at all oasis with-
out smote Wahl* evil as to stoat that prekibitloa ie .a aeossstty;
certainly without suck evil as ie palpable under; prohibition la the
United States. It menus to Me that the amount of puna or private
berm which the propileed Government curttrol leaves possible meed silt
compel any et us to interfere with the personal freedoms of other people."
Dr. F. N. C. Starr, Toronto:
"Some over -zealous people tell us that Government Control does
not work: In the I'rovineer where it le being tried, but. such is not My
interpretation as I have found 1t. I have visited *telt Proviso*
where there has been a thanse both under prohibitorymeasursu and
under Government Control, and the odds, to say way of tbinkhtg, are
CI on the side ot Government Control." •
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Mr. Edward Tellier, former Liberal Mefnber jet"
North Essex, Windsor, Ont.:
"I d0 not look upon this as a party fight. 1 Malt we estist all
' take off our coats and put (lovernanent Control over. I am ter aJoreene
trent Control *Wet, last and all the time."
Dr. J. A. Tentple, M.R.C.S., LL.D., Pest President
Ontario Medical Association, Toronto:
"There is one facts that is very prominent in my taind and which
I think might wall be emphasised—that is the great Increase in the
use of narcotics% In the last three or four years. The man who was
addicted to liquor has *Witched In many coma to drugs, While there
is always hope for the drunkard. it le almost imposelble to cure the
drug addict. The O.T.A. was touch too sweeping in its provlslonra,"(
Most Rev. G. Thorneloe, D.D., D.C.L., Archbishop of Algoma,
and Metropolitan of Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, 1915:
""!here Is in human nature a settee of freedom which must be
respected. All these considerations have to be weighed by the -Govern-
ment, and I have Very great hope that the ntraaures propoled by
Premier Ferguson win 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: •-
-"The reasons that convince mo most Monty that Premier '
Fergpsion's policy will prove a. great, boon for the people of Ontario "
are based on my observation of the meat success of liquor control in.
ManitobR.• Control in Manitoba hits brought about the .following three
great Improvements: there Is less drinking by both young and old,
particularly by the young; control has created e, higher moral one in
the community at large: it has also brought about a deutdedly higher
reenact for law."
L A. Van Skiver, foruserly Irrspeutor
Children's Aid Society, Picton, Ont.:
"I have been an ardent prohibitionist e.11 my life. Iiut in the
discharge of my dutiee as Inspector for the Children's Aid .:loclety I
.Same acros 4 cone'itions that impressed me, with their seriousness, 'In
almost every ease of destitution which came under my observation I
Sound lliat bootlegging. was the cause. I do not believe lit ehanging
my prohibition beliefs that I tun taking a retrograde step. Prohibition
means wan"-,
,
Rev. Frank Vipond, Streetsvi le, -Ont.: -
"I am not afraid to expreea the conviction that the greatest
enemies of Christian temperance, of sobriety. and of the upbutldhtg
of strong Christian character have not been the brewer;as and die-
tilleries, but official and fanatical prohibitionists who have bean will-
•
ing to make of the Chrlstian faith a lesser thine; than that of the
TiMILT
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A14014, Or minty slutate s teat have
skaraeterts.l the last ,loaner et it
g.Iuturt womb- t" inure **M tis, at�si)
alma petal's.W tar -rete as e
labourite web'k has waw over the
electorate iu regard W parte'etkeM.
It ie
the lawreest ptatittidr to Mei' that
the party muaan la the old time semis
of that word.* fMet delad um, With
the vetoes** ot the tremble*. with
the praise* et tits fair sett la the
►allot*booth, with tbo toa*lilealtty at
Madera conditions tot lite, asd, abe're
all, with the creation tot new parties
or group", each total.% to vire eget-
' live expretrituu to setae ane t et
serial, Nwmerelal ut pellttaMl lite.
' there has tome **throttle. a le**itattsst
of those tie which bouud our fathers
to one or other et the two tireat per.
tie" with bead" as 'treag ate betted
them to their rellgiuus belief*.
Be thole thiugs as they may there
le no doubt that is Outerlo the Party
system le 'being *objected at the mo-
ment to a treaneadous *troth. al
While it may survive it, it will lit-
evitably emerge from the wallet
severely wouaded. And it is not be'
cause the mala issue before the eta -
lora I* a new one; fur it le, indeed,
uaP of the oldest lit Qatari° poiftttts.
but because the attitude of titled in
which It le approached 1* Mot that la
- which other poftical *sea are ap-
proached. There le *othlttg la Lib-
eralism which neoeesartly meati that
it good Liberal to oppeeeat to the Gov-
erament sale of iataxie►tiag Itelmetre,
just es there le notki*g ht Ces*er-
vetiant which says that the, loyal
Conservative mat be tka sales mat
of the brewer ea distiller. Ta
Liberal Party is Ontario Itselt has,
demostatrated this, for while the elik,
olal ,art of the party has i*elarstea
it*elt to be "dry." s*etker ant net
negligiblepart ba" declared Welt
to be even "wetter" than the u/istai,
COaservattve Party which, in tors, I
practically walking to oast fro* rte
rats these wan do not thick that la
Governtnsnt Caldron** the eareatl.na
of the Pretence. Presentably on al/
other matters there is natty in bot
• a
Liberal and Cs*aervalt e realm, het
as the ether natters era stet yeMsliif-
Ing mach iupotteeme its tkieieenta►
there is little comfort to derived
Moat that.
Learing Oster*, for it Inose at gait
-looking at the other Pravbtces, it to
!stenciling to a�a rs% that where
Gorerdtneatt Control 1* ties law the
Goverarneat iistakhsbttfriag It M *o*
Couservatlee. BrkWi Oelwpbla tiff*
• Libeeaa.-Goveraoeat; Alberta a
'!'inner Goverment: fiaskaleklswata a
Liberal Gpeerne eo,t; Manitoba a
Farther Governess/it; end Quebec a
Iiberal Qbveryttseat. Aii Omer 'have
Gorerameut (lostred IyMener. Its
1914 wMa Idea. T, C. Nurrla
Ma; Prdsr of ltattltoba bls opeon-
• out, Sir i'.. A. M, Aikens, led the Cos►
Idahometnn." eereettive Party to detaat uu a.plat-
•
fore& . of eoayhte prohibition, dust
H. S:',White, K.C., President .Ontario Bar Association, Toronto: the Ontario Temperance Act was
antra satisfied that• there is in the provineu no such thtaig as • modelled ea that ot Manitoba,
prohibition under it (the O•T.A.), for the- si{nple reason that every which was •ratted br Mr J. A. M. •
person who wants liquor can get it without dltileulty. I believe that
the Premier and the Government have followed the only pruper course
open to them in asking the people for .a mandate to retrieve our
affliction from us." ••
Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas White, K.C.M.C., Toronto:
"That the Ontario Temperance Act Is not capable of adequate
enforcement, lacking as it does the strong-aupport 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 amet,1 it ae to prevent -and limit t
•as far as possible, the evils of lntemperatice•-under a system of Gov-
ernment control, having a firmer support of public opinion, and under
regulations which will not lead to the evils which for 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:,
•
TEMPERANCE
"Should I steal, commit forgery or breakany other law in Canada
except that of the O,T.A, I am punishedand upon my releett ignore't, or ProgressiveGovernments have alsountil I have rehabilitated myself, by thiole who hnuw emu, t••'4'10 they Government Ooutroi• and those_Pro-are sympathetic to and upholders of the law. ltut- it 1 vilatt tt, ot, t er which hate ('anaPr•ariv0o0and am punished for the same aceordg to.law, I have the syu,lr,thy • ern es w hate Proh[bitio[r,
of my friends, showing that they hold the Iaw in contm. bt. Vergdifferent-is- the--t-reatment xttded •las-the- tw--inutaneti.-,-_ ashas been pnlrttett outthingw
should be the same from ceaet to coastfor individuals end alt •lesaes, Lara c3iintsed. Bliit:'",Itliitand until it i* I cannot see the righteousne;s or Lha pra,ticalllity. of and btgotted adherence to yarty is
the O.T.A' _ no loager the rule, and lit ibis theaMost Rev. David Williams, Archbishop of Huron and Metaopolitan of Ontario, 1.o:edon, Ont.:•
- open mind and eaat lls voe thou as
"It (the Q.T.A.) has ,lone more to encouro da.oltaad subterfuge,• kis judgment aad cuurrienet> dleWt.rsnore to demoralize the youth of the country and 1., create a general and, while it lr not the luteatloa of
disrespect for law than all the other cuses. e.nibttd -during the ten the welter to inject itis ileo Ytwtlyears of its existence. Government Control, .with individual pemit, in into the natter, it is urged that jetthe only sane ryatem'" as party ties and aliattagr should
Levi Williams, Police‘Magistrate,e Piston, 01::'.: no"All my life I have been a temperance advoaica, Put when 1 easy o eco cetld the•ilatdebd kf preconceived !dear aad prejudice.There 1s 0o need to lutpune the yon-esty of the erstwhile problblttuslatWho •now think* that saute betterinedtuat than the strkt terms of the- Ontarto Temperauee Act le reulrod
tobring the people to tier erenee,
There L equally no ub4 to quarlel
-with the voter who honetlythinksmore and not lar* prohibitlou is theneed of the hour. What is seeded -
is a fair and tolerant view of the
- poition -the .Province is now be atter
nine yearn of Ontario TemperaseeAct, and an intelligent and impartialsurvey of what others -who have b td.the same problems have dne tomeet them, and the results they have
obtained, Further, 11 fault is found
with what •othrs have done there- hould be a sincere e0ort to raeetaLt
• whether the Nett is lakerent to- ethense which they have aeto"ptedwhether te advantages gait be had
without the defects and whetherhaving beeu dun, tate rraylteut i*batter than the system which Ontario
now baa.
There uiurt be in the heart of ewe
voter a deire to get this matter eetteed oce for all. That it bar dowi-hated the polities of this Pro•uce
too lng le neyosd question, andthere must be a Xympathetie attttua• towards any siaeere as1 cciMaefentloas tfort to remove it frow the
lydtating poeiti* it her se berg 0*-
eupled. Other Provinces aad ether
coantrtes have had the stage tremble.
aad tutly of them have oxpetilrtent.din *chestier to retaedy it. What sec-
eeaw has attended their effors lea nsatter whlck eouat be dlsressedRAsow; but Itis ri o brie that ut the
the aKitatlan to brinX aLuut eke
silaae was ceaselesI, now that the
change has been brouht about there
- is ao apprertaWe moveluent use foot
to revert to the qid toadltIear—••r•, 1 Bttt, shove all, the voter mutt feel
rite to do what he himself thinks
ton oclll d1tdtans wtkiat*
Atheas, end ines it was:. -6rrt*dotted by Sir Hugh Juin Mae- - -
datld•1s kwn./verywhere as* tttm
"Mestleetald Aet." Aad, ofstir Huh Joke .iii the worthy.. son of the greeMt Mer Joh• A. Macdot'ald, So
that it party-alietiouia count for
isaythtng the Conservative Party cauat •least eleim to. lee on good terms. .
wkk the Act whish has.tke approvalnot adoration, of the prohtb(tioa-
Oats. And it mnay be further uuted "r
that in the. other Provinces u( a'am-odaoutside ofOutseto, whitt enjoy
Conservative (jovernmeats there it
Prohibition. The position, therfore,
seams to' be that, apart -rout Ontariothose Provtaes which have l.ibecal
not only 'how the law Itself was better disresarddby people who were
not addicted to Iaw-breaking but by the actual Irelelon of the pt'oeear
4f justice, I flt there moat -be bonzechanges 1 have bees utsgistrate
!n Picton for 18 years, andwhat has struk rto t'catly is th•e litnitsthat people will go to perjure themselves whoa faced with obarges of
violating the Ontario Temperance Act"
Sir John Willison, Toronto:
"1 was wholly unprpared for ttte unanimity of opinibn ezp.,used
infavor of Government Control; Againand again t was told by those
who had oppoed the system and voted for prohibition in pieblecitet
and referendum" that conditions Were better under contrel and tht
they would not vote to restore the prohibitory enactments. No ono•uggested that. bootlegging hard been , wholly abolished or that• therewas no ulawful oe111nx or illicit drinking. They did inist that boot-leging wawlees common andiess profitable, that the lsw was eenorally
respected and enforced• that there was far less drinking do hotel bed-
rooms and more undesirable places, and that there was a greater degreof social cotentment and no rucheeling as under prohibition that
flaske must be carried and a secret store of liquor provided for dance,
house parties and like events." -
Albert Whitney, brother of the late Sir Jatmes Whitney,
Prescott, Ont.:
"Th. facts stare us to the face. When the (Government dlapensarles
of this province are in receipt of a yearly revenue of something like
floe minion dollars, and the bootleggers are profiting to the extent ofsome twenty-five million, it seems to me that it Is time to call a Matt,
and ask ourelves in all seriousness if this whole buaneen would not
be in tar better band. entrusted to a tiovernmert with the tplendld
business record of the present Provincial (lovernntent, of which the
Hon. Howard Ferguson M head.".limited is number, owing to lack of space.
CO.NSERVATIVE
FOR TRUE
social hour was spent at the, Rectory.
At 2,30 the elergy reassembled in the
church when the rural dean led in
the speefal prayers Inc the oerasion
A seriptsr'e lesson,. Phil. 4:1-8, was
read responsively, after which the or-
dination vows were renewed with the
repeating of the Vent Creator Spiri-
tus. Then the rural dean gave a
*hart talk oft 'lit. Paul's aubjeets for
meditation, Phil. 4:S, and the meeting
was over abs 3.10. Rev...rend
about The ere
Frank Lewin acted as organist in a
most raphbie manner; the. hymn'
were all imitable for the oreaeion.
The Mem tamale sed their plesteerm at
the atpirit at the gathering and the
tussal �airt in tthhedDe•sery. Themext
Ane will be at hayfield n. V. some
time during the summer of 1J87.
The following clergy were reeenc:
Revs. T. II. Brown, A. L. C. liar.isor.,
W. F. Schaffer, I"', 1,, Lewin, A. A.
Trumper, 11. F. Paul, R. 8, Jon^, W.
B. Hawking, W. A. 'Townshend
A. F. Traverse, the two latter`beime
visitors from the lieanery of Bruce.
COURT Ob• RRVISION
A meeting of the Court of I:ev(s ion
eel the %pedal assessments for local
.mprovernent sewers was held at the
town hall on Friday. Oct. 29th. A
nttatber of complaints were heard.
The fallowing aeeteaaament roll' t� ere
adopted: For sewer on Winder mt.
freta Britannia road to Csyky ..treat,
Otitar io Calecrvetive Committee, 36 King Street East, Toronto.
for Wells $rrvey sewer, for name:• on „was given un exempt' t 41 3 t n
roll was adopted, opts it ming imam a oil ight d t kat hl" party
sin -
Quebec street from Wellington to lot 01, she to be assessed for ,30 toot. that the complainants could apply an• _
Wellesley (Essex), for "sewer oil An- As to the sewer on Angiesea street
eruption, to whish could tiear's 1lalloiteilwe I Ct.
The honeymoon is over when fancy
glesea street from Victoria to 1_am-'.from North to Victoria, a further al -
.Mia the atwhteh east act, work no longer seehts tteresaMry on
brig, for .ewer nn iapier fri,nl Vie- lowance of 25 feet wits made to i1.t
'toric to Angiesea, for sewer on Park d'JG, an allowance of 70 feet having .lot 2"5 f 1,; t ern •1 Wellington street front Elgin avenue i JOi3 MINTING AT T1211; ti'i'A1t
'oleo from Cambria to east 'side of already been made. As to sewer t II
,.1, or :ower on is oa +. _c.
'from Wellington to a point 87 feet' to Britannia road. amendment:: were i ,,,, ,"•,,�
from Waterloo street; for sewer on ; made changing W. .1. Baker 11 feet
!Coley t f W1 tWrightK " frona e s t It c t1 K pt lot 400 Will. t'-
1i '
et. rets Wilson
•ts.. for "sewer on Lighthousea st. atom Donald 43 feet frontage on C. let. !e1` Your Family find
Welly"ley tot lot 107. As to the 100, and Robt, J. Donk 43 ft. o 1 4. ie.
r un Lighthouse* and ('nb*urg :,tttets lot 400, with an allowance of 22 feet" Friends want your
from Wellesley st. to the lake" bark, •on the onuron read rom hfkthrsintt corner of the south part. As l'hoto>i'raph
m
,atron of 44.6 feet on lot 1 is it its sabeth 'h.ost to the ra'terly r•WP rh
Mrs. Eleenor.leijiott was given an ex. to the sewer'Huron fIli-u - ,,``
ar e►. a menTod ay
hreguler in 'hap(' that a frentege of limit, verbal requests for exemption,.
an apron.
Reducing is ruining Many *semen's
health, and it doesn't help the aro-
errs any either.
NIGHT` br
MORN
� . R. SM.LOWS -, KEEP yours
'3�,1I feet Ise.. rhargrd against }roti l were heard from It. Winteri. I. � r • LzAli CUA.11 salt
and 2 Nevin , Beechler and the McLean 1;xt, They •'""'w+• •waemeir-"w"
and it[rs. Utt1e•rine ]{1
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