Wingham Times, 1891-07-10, Page 801*
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SPERM IN TUE MO
DR. MACDONALD, 11 f.
IWBON,
(CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEAK,).
dnto bankruptcy the better. But we
have testimony on every hand that
prohibition has prohibited in some of
the States in which it has been enacted
and without detaining the House, by
going over many testimonies, 1 will
read one or two of the testimonies
given. Governor Dingley, formerly
Speaker of the House of Representa.
tives and Attorney General of the
United . States, in reply to enquiries
made by Canada's Commissioners, Col.
Davies and Rev",, J', W. Manning, wbo,
were sent to Maine to investigate this
question, said
"Cur cities and large villages where
the influence of immigration is most
felt are far behind the rural portions
of the State in the enforcement of the
law. Yet in nearly all our cities,with
perhaps two or three exceptions, the
law is enforced to a great extent with"
evident beneficial results. The great
improvement in the drinking habits of
the people of this State within 30 or
40 years is so evident that no candid
man who has observed or investigated
the facts can deny it."
The Hon. Woodbury Davis, Judge of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, said :
"A prohibitory law tends to make
both buying and selling disreputable.
"It holds up the standard of right
and puts the brand. of Infamy upon the
wrong.
"Reds a blind observer of the forces
that govern in human life who does
not see the moral power of penal law
even when extensively violated in
teaching virtue and restraining vice.
"No observing man who has lived in
the State for the last twenty years and
has had an opportunity to know the
facts, can doubt that the Maine Law
has produced a hundred time more
visible improvement in the eharaeter,
condition and prosperity of our people
than any other law that was ever
enacted."
This is the opinion of one of the ablest
judges in the United States and it
disposes of the argument by those who
say that no law can be passed by the,
people of Canada to assist the people
to be moral and virtuous. He says
that the law upholds the standard of
right, and places infamy upon wrong
and in this way it throws the entire
traffic into the hands of those who are
infamous. I do not believe that any
reepecEable,inan in the country—and
there are.niany of them who may,
drink moderately—would be seen go-
ing into the back lanes aiid byways to
receive a glass of liquor from the hands
of those whose business was made in-
famous by law. It was also contended
in this House, that prohibition would
interfere with our individual rights.
I think the hon, member from Musit
koka (Mr. O'Brien) spoke in .reference
to this; he said that no majority had
the right to deprive him of anything
he deemed to be a natural right. To.
day he withdrew to a certain extent
this°contention and said : Oh, yes,
where a considerable majority of the
people are in favor of prohibition,then
it isright and just to pass. a taw to
protect the people, That is the right
principle. The hon. gentleman ex-
pi"essed what is right to -day, but yea -4
terday he expressed what was wrong
in principle. The individual right has
no existence only in so far as it is re'•
lated to the well-being of" society.
What may be considered an individual
right to day may be justly and prop,
erl'y' withdrawn tomorrow if society
so decide. The Sandwich Islander
may say it is his right to boa cannibal,
but if he removes into another society
*here the laws were different for the
p<rotectEotion of the lives of the people,
int right which he said he possessed
a Sandwich Islander would' have
lost to him entirely. 11.o man
any right in this country only in
Y
so far as the exercise of the right ac,
cords with the welfare of society, and
if the exercise of a tto.oaliei? right is
opposed to the interest of the oomnluu-
itty, such so-called right las no exist -
moo. That is the fundamental prin-
ciple of national find social custom
upon which the laws of our country
are based. Tho greatest possible good
to the greatest passible number, the
greatest possible proterttion to the
greatest possible number, the greatest
possible freedom compatible with the
health, morals and lives of the graft -
est possible number; that is the fun-
damental principle that should under-
lie all the laws of all oivilized coons
tries. That is the principle involved
in the License Act, which says that a
tavern keeper shall not sell liquors
from Saturday evening until Monday
morning. That prohibition in the Act
interferes with what many would call
'their individual liberties to drink on
Saturday and Sunday, and before the
prohibited hour on"Monday morning.
The law says a tavern•keeper cannot
sell to minors, nor to Indians,. and 1
suppose 'that some minors and Indians
believe that their individual rights are
imposed upon by this law. Suppose
an individual: in this city of Ottawa
wished to erect a wooden building on
a certain lot and contended that he had
a right to do so and ` to spend his
nioneyin this way.; it would depend
entirely where be intended to ereqt
that building, the authorities could
say If you build within the fire limits
you have nc right, but if ,ydu build
without the fire limits you have the
right, because the greatest possible
protection must be extended. tc your
neighbors, and you cannot erect a
class of building ,which .is likely' to
take fire. If. a man wishes to erect a
slaughter house in a certain locality
the health officers can say : You cans.
not put it there because it would en-
danger the health of the neighborhood
in thevvicinity of your slaughter house,
Thus, 1 might go on giving illustration
alter illustration to show that it is a
principle recognized by every civilized
Government in the world that so called
individual rights should be restricted
'for the promotion of the public welfare.
I wish now to say a few words in ref-
erence to the loss of revenue which
might arise if a prohibitory liquof law
were passed. Let me point out that
this revenue.is not lost, and that the
prohibition of liquor will only involve
a different system of collection. It
may be said that the $7,000,000 of
revenue from . intoxicating liquor is
paid by the distillers, the ventlors•and
the importers, but after they have dis-
tributed that liquor through various
parts of the country the people who
use the liquor spay for it and it comes
out of their pockets: in the end. ] n
reality it would only change the col-,
]eating of the duty from the iiuporta,
tion and manufacture of liquors, to
some other article which would . be
much more in the interests of the
people, and avoid the disastrous re -
suite. of the traffic. But, Sir, what is
the opinion of one of the great men of
England in reference to the decrease
of revenne'from intoxicating, liuqors.
The late Lord Iddlesleigh, (Sir Stafford
Northcote) in delivering his budget
speech some years ago in the,Imperial
House of Ootnmons, referring to the
loss of revenue from the decrease of
dnty on spirits, said :
"If the reduction of revenue de,
rived front spirits to a material and
considerable. change in the habits of
the people and to increasing habits of
temperance -and abstinence from the
use of ardent spirits, I venture to say
that the amount of wealth such a
change would bring to the nation would
utterly throw in the shade the amount
of revenue that is now derived from
the spirit Butyl and we should not
Only see With satisfaction a diminution
of revenue from such a cause, but we
should find in various ways that the
exchequer would not suffer." '
There was the *missed opieion of a
elan who had Upon ills shoulders
the respoilsibilitj, of raising all the
.
moneys necessary to meet the liabili.
ties of England. I think the principle
enunciated here • is applicable to us
and that we can apply it to this coup.
try, If this degrading.traffie in liquor
is removed and the country become
Iriore sober, the people become more
industrious, 'the. application of their
skill and energy be "more assiduously
iipplied to productive sources of
national wealth, we shall have corning
into this, country much wore on the
one hand than we could possibly lose
on the other, Sir Wilfred Lawsoni an
eminent commoner in England, con,
gratulated the Chancellor of the .Ex';
chequer upon 'his able speech and
the soundness of his conclusions. He
said, and .his observations are worthy
of attention :
"The Government had that night
exhibited commendable moral courage
and shown that they would not con-
sider private interests, but only regard
the great interests of the nation. He
was glad also to find the right hon.
gentleman exploding the nonsensical
notion that the revenue would suffer
if the people would drink .less. The
mode in which we raised one-third of
our revenue was something contempt-
ible. A great swarm of collectors was,
as it were, sent forth in the shape of
publicans and beer sellers, commission-
ed to gather in from the, people the
money required for the national ex-.
chequer."
That, Sir, was the -great inan's opinion
in regard to this question, and I think
I can reiterate itwith reference to
Canada. If a prohibitory liquor law
were passed to morrow, we should
suffer only a temporary inconvenience
while the general result would be a
great increase in our prosperity.. But
let me set down Canada's liquorloss and
The traffic tutoxicating liquors as
common, beverages is inimical to the
true interest of individuals and de.,
struetive to the order and well-ben/mot
society. The history and results Of,
all past legislation in regard to the,!
liquor traffic abundantly prove that it.
is impossible satisfactorily to limit or
regulate a system so essentially mis-
ohievous in its tendencies, The legis-
latiive prohibition of the liquor traffic
is perfectly compatible with rational
liberty and, with all the cleans of justice
and legitimate commerce. No consid-
eration of private gain or public rev snuck
can justify the continuance of a sys-
tem so utterly wrong in principle,.
suicidal in policy and disastrous in
results. .M1 good citizens, without
regard to class, sectarian or party
considerations, should unite to procure
an enactment prohibiting' the importa-
tion, manufacture and sale of,intoxica
ting liquors for beverage purposes. I
thank you, Mr. Speaker,andthe House
for the attentive ' hearing you have
given me.
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It Costs You Nothing.
It is with pleasure we. announce that
we have made arrangements with that
popular illustrated magazine, the Ameri•
can Farmer, published at Cleveland, Ohio,
and read byfarmers in all parts of Canada,'
by which that publication will be mailed
direct, free, to the address of any of THE
Trims subscribers who will pay up all ars
rearagesron subscriptions and one year in
advance from date, and, to ani+ new sub-
scribers who will ,.pay ode 'year ($1) in
advance. This is a grand opportunity to'
obtain a first-class farm joutnal free. The
American farmer is a large 16 page
illustrated' journal of national circulation,
,which ranks among the leading agricultural
papers,: Its highest purpose is the elevaw
Pion and enobling of agriculture through
the higher and broader education of men
one side and women engaged in its pursuits. The
gain account, let me' put onJ regular subscription price of the American
what the country is losing through this farmer is $1 per year. It costs you nothb-
traffic and on the other side the loss ing. From any one .number ideas can be
+ , obtained that ogili be worth thrice the
of revenue that would follow its pro. subscription price to you or members of
hibition, and see, how the account your household yet you get it free.
stands. According to the estimate - Huron Items.
made by the Hon. Geo, E. Foster, Mr Thos Tait, General SUP
erinten-
Finance, Minister, Canada's annual dent'of the C P R, Toronto, has sold.
liquor bill amounts to $33,000,000 ; his half section of unimproved land
then there is the waste of 86,000,000 south of Virden, Man, to A O rneron,
lbs. ofgrain last year, amountingto late of tars brant, for $3,800.
yBurglars broke into the freigh shed
$1;000,000 ; lose of time of '40,000 at the G 'li R station, Guelph,a few
drunkards,25 days each at $1, per day, nights ago, and,stole a quantity of dry
$1,000,000 ; waste of time by' 15,000 goods consigned to lir Neal,, of 4Val.
vendors of liquor at $300 a year, $4,. ton , "also a box of biscuits for Mr500,000 ; shortening the life of each,Smit
Theh, of follWalton. owing assdeiationa' of Pat -
drunkard of the 8,000 who die annual- tons •of Industry were organized last
ly, say five years !Mich, which equals week in Huron by F J Bennest, Ouun.
40,000 years of human life at $300 a tY organizers Pride of IYIeKillop
year, $12,000,000; loss of time by , A‘Vssociation—MJohnston Kinney, Pres ;
criminals, say $500x000,; and extra hiaeamaracGavin,, MinerSvec-a; Treas Annie 1 icGavin,
Wm Scott,, Sentinel. Hope `of Gre; • Kate Mo-,
for administration of justice in the Demeter ; Ed McNamara, Guide ;
various departments, $500,000, which y
makes the total on the debit side of Association—Robert Livingston, Pres;
the account $52,500,000. Credit by George Spieran, Vice; J'no s; EIiih,
Sec ; George McKay, Trees ; Eliza
the revenue obtained from the traffic Sipieran, Mins rva; Elson McKay;
$71000,000, leaving a net loss to the Dei eter ; Alex McKay, Guide ; Iiobt
people of this country of 45,500,000 Perry, Sentinel. -
a year. And remember that this is The following gentlemen have been.
without telling into consideration one appointed a board of examiners for
the inspection of leather and raw
vicious habit or one departure from
hides for the counties of Perth and
virtue or from religious or moral Huron; — Mesdrs .Thomas Stoney,
principle. But, Sir, we have tried in Alexander Smith, ,Henry Ubelaclter,
a great many ways to avoid these evils, George Larkworthy, sr, and John C
Anthony, all of Stratford.
We have tried licenses for many years; Messrs Tom,Kilty, Johnson, brown,
Du
we have tried •the 'tikin Act; we Holman and Torrance, inembore of
have tried the Scott Act ; we are try.. Executive Committee of West Huron
ing the Local Option -Act at the present Teachers' Association, met in Clinton
Aima; but they have failed toaeoom- lately, with Messrs Robb, Plummer,
Musgrove, Scott, Lough, Shearer and
plish the end we.have in view; and, as slack, and Misses Cowan and hillier,
Lord Brougham says: members of the Executive Committee
"To lessen it's force and contract its.. of 'Cast Huron Teachers' Assoeiation,
sphere no ;;means must be spared, if we to -:',arrange for a Union meeting of the
rally mean to stay the progress of Associations. Clinton was selected
detitution and crime. The law -giver as the place of aiaetinn and Sept 10th
is imperatively bound to lend his aid and llth as the time. Messrs Tom;
when it appears manifest that no Robb, Park, tough, Strong, Clarkson,
palliatives can avail:'
Baird, Black. Musgrove, Shearer and
We have. tried, Sir, almost every pal. Ilolnan,and Miss Burritt, are to pre-
pare stil'lects for the meeting, and an
native, and they have all failed, and entertainment is to be'given on the
now we come to the , fountain head of evening of the lath,
power and the law -giver to lend hisT11er Hurons, elf Seaforth, and Soots,
aid to stop the operation of this traffic, .of Toronto, Ohampions of Callitda,
Now, in concluding, let me state the football ed the first
ion alio lef Oanas for the
conclusions at which ,1 have arrived oil p ,s p of Canada, on
,Saturday, at Rosedale, Sra.
this subject, aiid 1 challenge any inem. forth won by 8 goals to 1.
ber who may be opposed to prohibition
—ana manypeople aro Honestly oppo
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a s mp n yoga t o ro,nedv for the
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