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THE. DOMINIONIBANK
SEAFORTH BRANCH, • R. M. JONES, Manager.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
DISTRICT MATTERS
THANKFUL MOTHERS
Once a mother has used Baby's Own
'Tablets for her little ones she would
use nothing else. The Tablets give
such reselta that the mother has noth-
ing but words of praise and thankful-
ness for them. Among the thousanda
of mothers throeghout Canada who
praise the Sublets is Mrs. David A.
Anderson, New Glasgow, N.,S., who
writes: "I have used Baby's Own
Tablets for my children and from my
experience I would not be without
them. I would,urge every other moth-
er to keep a box of the Tablets in the
hedge." Tbe Tablets are a mild but
thorough laxative which regulate the
bowels and sweeben the stomach; drive
out constipation and indigestion:break
up colds and simple fevers and make
teething eaay. They are sold by
medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
J. BARLEYCORN AND J. CANUCK
Eyes of all Canada will be centered
on Ontario on the 18th of this month,
for on that date the "Mother of West-
ern Provinces" will definitely decide
whether or no she will jam down the
rohibition lid so as to exclude all
importation of intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes. The "lid" is
at present held quite effectively in
place, so far as legal sale is concern-
ed, by force of the existing provincial
prohibitory enactment, but advocates
of a "bone-dry" province want to
push it down over the opening left
by the repeal of the wartime pro-
hibition measure in 1920 and seal it
there; in order, to do this present
provincial legislation must be sup-
plemented by a federal imatrument
forbidding importation. Such an
additional act will only g� into force
if a majority- of the eligible electors
of the ptovince show by their ballots
at the referendum that they want
inifiertatiop of intoxicants for beyee-
age 'purposes made an offence against
the state, punishable by fines and im-
prisonment.
There appears to be much miscon-
.ception throughout the country as to
what this referendum means, the
auspices under which it is being in-
stituted and the nature of its opera-
tion once it has come into legal be-
ing. The legislation under the Can-
ada Temperance Act, which is being
sought by way of a majority vote
marked "X" opposite the "Yes" on
the referendum ballots, is not a pro-
vincial but a federal law; the vote
will be taken under federal auspices
and at federal expense. To be more
'explicit: The Dominidn government
has charge of/this vote and the ex-
pensea in connection with taking the
ballot will be paid out of the Do-
minion treasury. It M identical with
the recent referenda taken fn Alber-
ta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nova
Scotia. All the provincial legislature
had to do with it was the trucking
.of formal application to the federal
- -government to sound the will of the
people on the matter by the taking
of a general vote throughout Ontario
province. At the thne,of
was pretty auithoribetivelY understood'
that the ballot which will be present-
ed to the electors will contain this
wording:
"Shall the importation and the
Winging of intordcnting liqttors into
the Province be forbidden? NO."
this importation and the
bringing of intoxicating liquors into
the Province be forbidden? YES."
The quesstdon is asked and answer-
ed both ways on the ballot. All the
eetc ha,s..to do is to mark his "X"
the "Nb" or "'ea" according to
kis sentiments on the subject.
The passing of the refereadnm will
not mean "beim-dry" proldbitime It
hes been Widely referred to at such
brit 1 lisiee canvassed the opinion of
Aestlioritim on the eubject, including
De. A. S. Grant, chairman of the
referendum committee, and they eay
it cannot be accurately so termed.
It is, however, the very closest to a
bone-dry enactment that could be
verdured with peissibilitiM of success
at the Preterit tine. Astute prehi-
hitIoniste have cone to know that the
etill of the people of Caned* like the
e'reilla of the gods," grinds slowly,
that anything like satisfactory en-
forcement of non -intoxicant laws can
be developed only by gradual educa-
tion of the masses as to the reputed
advantages of enforced national so-
-briety. Tile Ontario referendum, it
is generally conceded, is bat a part
of the fabric of an ambitious phut to
bring about a uniform prohibitory
law in the Dominion from coast to
coast which will not only make liquor
trade illegal but impossible.
What then are the alms and ob.
*ts of the present Ontario ref_ref
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dam? If the referendum
legislation will at once be edatifiri
making it illegal for any baclividnal
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ether conor -.:bine intterfeee.
big liquors beverage /ramose& It ville, Ont.
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would be illegal under the proposed
act to manufacture intoxicants in any
bhape or form for beverage purposes.
On the other hand, the shipping of
intoxicants through the province to
points outside its boundaries would
not be illegal, int all such shipments
Would have to go through in bond
with the seals unbroken and be at all
times in charge of bonded carriers—
that is, express companies and the
like. Under no circumstances could
a private individual. carry intoxicants
through the province or handle them
in transit:
The new act would not stamp out
the manufacture of intoxicants with-
in the boundaries of the province--
at'least not entirely. Manufacture
for what is known as "permitted
purposes" — industrial, mechanical,
sacramental and medicinal needs—
would not be forbidden. Further-
more, the manufacture of intoxicating
liquor for exportation to other coun-
tries and other sections of the Do-
minion would not be stopped. Apropos
of this phase of the proposed legisla-
tion it may not be generally known
that some manufaoturers of intoxi-
cants in Ontario province have been
doing a biggqr,butriness for export
exclusively than they did in pre-war
times for local consumption. One
Ontario brewery in particulate has re-
ceived such huge orders from Cuba
that extension of its plant was some
time ago referred to as imperative by
a leading director of the concern.
Incidentally, the sale of intoxicants
by the present licensed vendors, on
the prescription of medical men,
would go on just the same as at
present.
These are some of the remises why
authoities state that the proposed
act would not create what could be
accurately termed a "bone-dry" pro-
vince. Its definite intention is to
make illegal the importation of in-
toxicants by private individuals and
the genesis of this movement, ref-
erendum champions state quite plain-
ly, lies been the abuse of private
indIvinuals' privileges to import liquor
for their own use, when, as a matter
of fact, such "private supplies" have
been coverely sold to rum-runnersi
and bootleggers. While it remains
possible for private individuals in the
pay of the illicit traffic to import in-
toxicants in almost unlimited quant-
ities it will be impossible to stamp
out bootlegging operations, according
to the claims of the leaders in the
referendum campaign.
This proposed legislation is not
aimed at the private individual who
has been legally Importing liquor
for his own private use," declared one
of the chide of the referendum move-
ment when I asked him what the
great idea of the Ontario referen-
dum was.
"But it will hit the individual who
imported solely for hie own use," I
urged.
"Don't I know that?" eried tke
referendum champion. "Haven't
some of my beet friends been bounc-
ing on my devoted head and asking
NERVOUS PEOPLE
NEED A TONIC
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Enrich the
Blood, Thus Incremin Your
Nanous Energy.
Nervous people who have not yet
,devoloped• a disease • tbat can be re-
cognized and treated by the medical
-profession, often have great trouble
in finding relief. Irritation head-
ache, sleeplessness, nervous Mil -
make life miserable, but are endured
rather than run a doctor's bill.
Such suffers should know the
danger of such a condition, which, if
allowed to persist,may result in a
nervous breakdown/ In this coadi-
tion what is needed is rte, red
blood. As a tonic for the blood and
nerees, Dr, Williams' Pink Pills
lent been used with math success.
They have a direct action on the
blood, and through it carry to tke
nerves the elements needed to re-
store their normal function, at the
same time improving the general
health. The benefits that follow the
use. of Dr. Ilams' Pink Pills le
shown .by the case of Mrs. Norman
Seifried, West Montrose, Ont., wbo
says: "It would be hard for me to
overstate the benefit I have derived
from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills. Before I began • taking the
pills I was very nerveus,-weak and
run down. I could hardly do my
housework, and as there is a great
deal of work to do about a home, on
di farm I felt very much discouraged.
One day while reading. a newspaper
I saw an advertisement of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills and decided to give
them a trial. I could notice beneficial
effects after taking a box of the pills,
and by the time I had taken a few
boxes, I could again do my work with
ease, was no lower weak or nervous,
slept well at Melt and awoke in the
morning feeling well and strong. I
am happy to isay that the pills so
greatly benefitted me."
Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills are sold
by all d alers 111 mediehre or will be
sent by ail on receipt of 50 Mints a
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Ws should be aliened.* SUM
way Of atopping while/ale .vio
cif .sr haws of the lan& It is the
imotlegger .that we are after, whole
illegal bonne* flourishee_ ... through
kis being able to import lutoadeanto
by taking advantage of his and his
agents' nghts' as private individuals.
It is therefore up to the people to
say whether the rights of privatelii-
dividuels in the matter of importing
liquor sell stand in the way of
stamping out the province -wide op-
erations of illicit whiskey -pedlars)'
That' then should' make clear just
what the Ontario referendum is, what
in _potentialities are if carried on the
18th, and the motive behind its pro-
motion, •
While this article was under way I
looked up Dr. A. S. Grant, chairman
of the referendum conunittee. He's
a difficult man to locate just when
you want him, for moat of the time
he's here, there and everywhere all
over, the oountry. Dr. (leant is a
hurly-burly type, kindly and very out-
spoken. Ile IC one of those who be-
lieve that the only name for a spade
.is spade, and he has a sort of Crom-
wellian instinct .for "hammering
away" while he's trusting in Provi-
dence. He doesn't believe that prayer
and religiqn have one chance in a
million of. winning a campaign unless
they are persistently supplemented
by hard werk. Furthermore, he de-
tests pussyfooting and thinks a lot
of the sentimentality indulged in
does the prohibition cause more harm
than good.
He has almost an eccentric avers-
ion to getting into the limelight To-
ronto newspaper men tell the follow-
ing story of his attempt to keep his
picture out of the papers: Several
city editors had made requests for
photos of the Dootor and had bean
politely refused. Not a photographer
in town had a likeness of him and he
would not pose for a picture. Finally
one city editor hit upon a plan for
trapping the Doctor into having his
picture taken whether he wanted it
or not. A photographer, therefore,
was stationed on the street at the foot
of the seairs leading from his office.
Five o'clock came, balf-past five and
finally six, yet the Doctor failed to
come down the stairs on to the street.
Crowds were hurrying out of the
block and along the street to catch ,
their cars. The photographer began
to think of home and dinner. Finally,
when the shadows were beginning to
to fall, he thought bed's chance run- .
nine up the stairs to make sure the
Doctor was still in his office. At the
door he recognized Dr. Grant's voice
talking into the teiephone: "Yea,
coming home right away now. There's
been a photographer laying for me
on the street downstairs and I have
been continuing my work here till it
got dark."
The camera man went away thor-
oughly
discouraged after the Doctor
came down in the gloom and' passed ,
him with a pleasant nod. How he
became aware he was being "ambush-
ed" for a photograph the photo-
grapher was never able to find out.:
The Doctor really seems to glory in
daily, which snapped him in a crowd,
the fact that outside of one Toronto
no newspaper has been able to get al
picture of him.
Dr. Greet was quite frank in say-
ing that too many crooks might spoil
the referendum soup. Certain irrele-
vant appeals and side issues would
be better kept out of platform and
printed propaganda, he ,believes.
"The referendum campaign is be-
ing chiefly conducted by a business
organization," he declared during the
interview. "Many of the men en-
gaged in helping to get it before the
people are men of the world who
look upon prohibition purely from a
national economic basis. Sentiment
of the mushy kind, fanaticism and re-
ligious freney have little to do with
it so far as we are concerned. Our
sole idea is to present an opportunity
for the people of Ontario to express.
their will on the matter of importa-
tion. Incidentally we are holding
meetings and distributing some print-
ed propaganda in an endeavor to
forcefully draw their attention to the
necessity for 'turning off the tap.'
Turning saidefrom the situation
irt ',Ontario and taking in tke Whole
of the Dominion bj and large, the
writing on the wall seems plain en-
ough; old Johnny Barleycorn is lure.
ing a very difficult time of it re-
taining a legal foothold that prom-
ises permanent results anywhere in
Canada.
Let us take a trip across Canada
just to note what has happened in
this Dominion, which only a few
years ago was a "wide-open" coun-
try so far as intoxicants were coh-
cerned. Say we Make a start in
Yukon Territory, travel south to
British Columbia and thence east
across the continent to the Mari-
times, Ravin a penchant for
statistics and playing with figures,
one of our discoveries is:
790,244 square miles of Canadian
territory, embracing a population of
2,190,569, has probition and laws for-
bidding ireportation for beverage pur-
poses. This area includes Alberta,
Sasketchewan, Manitoba and Nova
Scotia.
641,515 square miles of Canadian
territory, embracing a pqmilation of
2,884,163, has prohibition bin has not
yet adopted laws against importa-
tion for beverage purposes. This
area includes Ontario, !few Bruns-
wick and Yukon.
2,184 square miles of Canadian ter-
ritory, embracing a population of 93,-
728, is "bone-dry" under the Doherty
act. This area includes the province
of Prince Edward Island.
1,079,474 square miles of Canadian
territory, en'acing a population of
2,900,000 is about to try out systems
of government sale and control of
intoxicating liquors. This area in-
cludes British Columbia and Quebec.
In Yukon Territory the thirsty
traveller would, have about the same
difficulty getting any sort of an la-
texicating drink 414 he would have in
Ontario or New Brunswiok at the
present time. Conditions are very
much the same. Yukon, which is un-
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Your. Past.:
ence has taught you that no
matter what conditions exist you can always buy better at
Stewarts. Look around if you
will, but do not buy without
first seeing our prices.
You will find that
we are never undersold and
even under present conditions
this store is quietly giving the
greatest amount of value for
your money.
" We Are Never Undersold "
STEWART BROS.
organized territory, governed by a
council made up of representatives
of the people supplemented by a
commissioner and other representa-
tives appointed by the Ottawa gov-
ernment, has a temperance act which
forbids the local sale of liquor, ex-
cept for medicinal purposes, and
drinking in public is forbidden. In-
fractions of the territorial temper-
ance act are punishable by imprison-
ment and Leavy fines. Private indi-
viduels, however, who feel inclined
I that way and have the wherewithal
to pay far it may have their cellara
well stacked, for importation la not
forbidden, and the bootlegger does a
very remunerative business until he's
caught. Yukon will be nae of the
sections of the Dominion that will
watch very anxiously to see what Oa-
tario will do about the referendum,
for Yukoa votes on a similar refer-
endum next July for the eteralfing
out of importation.
Crossing aouth over the sixtieth
parallel into British C,olutakda, though
1 matters are still in a *t4te of finx
following tke recent te of the
people, an altogethar dlrent condi-
tipn obtains. Brltlsh tumble vot-
ed itself out of the prokibitioa clam
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on October 20th last in favor of sale
of liquor under government eontrol.
All the interpretations of tke B. C.
plebiscite have not yet been success-
fully brought into being by the leg-
islature, which is having more trou-
ble than enough to concoct a work-
able act and meet certain unexpect-
ed e)dgenciea. For instance, while
the legislature feels it can restrain
all internal sale outside the govern-
ment stores and restrict the amount
sold to each individual, it is finding
it difficult to secure a legal way of
prohibiting the importation of liquor
from other provinces—and while im-
portation is legal the bootlegger will
still be in a position to pee his trade.
It seems that a province has no power
to probibit importation except by a
federal enactment such as Ontario is
about to vote on. Such a referendum
would have to be sought by the B.
C. legislature from the federal gov-
ernment, and prohibition champions
declare that it can only. be success-
fully brought into being after the
coast province revert* to the temper-
ance not.
Nevertkeless, the BritishColumbia
legislators, ih tlid face of many tut-
expeeted obstacles, are having the
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wtL-.AL*4)kitiaszit::
legal aspects of the situation gone
over with a fine tooth comb in the
'hope of finding a means whereby
they can effectually put a atop to the
bootleggers' supply. The first bucket
of cold water was thrown over their
plans when they sought to make im-
portation prohibitive by levying a
provincial tax of $2.50 a gallon on
all intoxicants brought into the coun-
try from outside places. Cerrespand-
ence between the federal minister of
justice and Premier Oliver seemed to
clearly indicate that British Columbia
has no power to impose such a tax,
and indeed it is questioned as td
whether tete province can in any way
interfere with inter -provincial train
by means of its own enactments. A
federal set must be alright, and ear-
ned to make any such legislation le-
gal, declare prohibition leaders who
have made a study of the situation
and who see in this crisis a poen-
belly of return to the temperance
set Premier Oliver and hie con-
freres, however, are hopeful of yet
finding a way vrliereby they can carry
out the mandate of the re:ea:plebi-
scite and at the same time an
sad to means whereby entre
and smugglers are enabled to import
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liquor from other presentee.
The serimumess of the phase of
liquor control in tlie warn
voiced in the recant deelarefiens of
Hon, J. W. Deb Pink attentive
general, in commeateme in tke home
an Ottawa's reply. "We cannot eine
stitutionally prevent the importation
of liquor into this provisce," be said.
"and I doubt if we can prohibit the +
use of liquor wkiela 15 aatorally
dental to the right of import. Hansa 7,
in this connection we aeons tbe co. -,
operation Of the federal authorities,
then a serious blow has been semi*
by the Dominica authorities to the
proper administration of this act.°
Ih substitution for a provincial tau
on imported intoxicants Mt Farris ..
suggested that the importer abotthe
pay by way of a license fee a RIM
equal tb the amount of profit the
government would make out a the
lila of liquor plus tea per emit e.
British Oolutnbia was the i1t of
the provinces to make a pktige lj
the untried system of go
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