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te, as the Liquor interests assert but 1~ ~NDID suoe~ss ing the -pa>st five years oiily ONE town has been able to ûption by-law out of 63 places tryiug it. f s-, repeal a different view. Midland was one, ing and drunkenness that I knew. wonderfully improved. I wouldn't circumsta;ices." )eo- the -nefit in J.anuary, -i votes over f<>e has had ilion has neyer lie Weston Shoe rthumberland Pa- 'yceedingly busy 'mpleie their ,)ng. He con- i. Mr. Arm- ttion and less Âabt.of drink- ment is that it .is a .A ave also heard men ,.;,,nga social glass say that they . \w OUld never again be adopted in Carnp- _a bt as. certainlv eut out the treating systern which le ,curse of the whole trade. So far as the town le concerned, 1 know that it means a vast im-provement and benefit to rnany farn- ilies, and I would say that no business man need be afraid of the passing of the by-law injuring or huitinghis business ini any way." Mr. Richard Wàton, Secretary-Treasurer of*the Weston Shoe Cornpany, which employs nln,,çy hands% was very nxuch in favor of localoption. Mr. E. A. Terrili, pianager of Mclntosh Bros, :-He had lived under both the license and local option systenis and unhesitatingly endorsed the latter. 0OR1L LI1A. f rankly proud o! its possessin oillocal otio nk say that X*t la marked ÊExhibit A", among rh sighto étures to" be'dlspnlayed-to achnring visitors c of oveutà h. jeen »p>ostronM o e"sl ao 1 seth ôe tarioeo Inqlr about the woring ïùitybbut ihi teO-e'lW rat a reriewal Ma"*se.Itcmeu tu*foUgmen in u wa ,et bamjo the Th&%qe.Fffths. -rvoted'laça-f.5t 1 on bo c- nU nover do e6 àaax. 'T>elgi !events lias been' r nme.'0 >Tudhopeone o balediug)arits tSmo isil beeÜ solicitorfor teie-bedeswhe ,a ild, ýandbhad o'ppose4 d tt *.n it had been rard lu Januüary,19«. "h Ct e a h leàn i J4orcie aI 164 "dIthougOt Ioc1 mr o!thke'ne. ,,jBtýnow I wouldu't go ba*k . Orillia le tact weil ht andsipma l e raIo94r - ~foealptt of the worst towns for drink- But now all conditions have return to license under anv BOWMAN VILLE. We found the Reeve of Bowmianville, Mr. Ai-chie Tait, busily preparing orders for the Saturday evening rush, for he conducts one of the largest and finest grocery stores between Toronto and Kingston. He very courteously gavYe a few minutes to the scribe. In response to our inquiry, Mr. Tait made a very clear-cut definite statement. He said:-"I voted against local option and worked against it. But if the question ever cornes u p again I will get out and work harder to retain it than I ever diad to prevent its adop- tion. People who were on my books, now have no trouble to get money. It is nicer in every way to do business. To the wives and families local option represents a real, profit-yielding investment. There is no more harmonious com-munity than Bowmanville in the country. We neyer hear of dissension any more. Local option makes for a peacable communitv." Mr. J. H. H. Jury, partner in the drug firmi of Jury and Loveil, who conduet eight large drug stores in various towns, expressed bis emphatic approval of local option. "I like local option so well in Bowrnanville, said -Mr. Jury, "that I arn going tô do to secure its pa.ssage in Oshawa, where we also have a drug busi- ness. It hasn't injured dur trade in any way. On the contrary rnany pay Up better. I cannot teil of any farmer who has refused to corne here because of local option, but 1 know of sorne farmers wives who prefer to corne to Bowmnanville because they will then have sober comnpany home." STIRLING. Among those who were opposed -to a change f rom the license system was Robt. P. Coulter, -thje present Reeve. Mr. ,Çoulter in- fornied us that he came to Str g frýom a district where the Scott Act was in force. The Actw more of a -fraud than a measure of tempeance reform, and he1 believýed local option was some- thing' a on the same ' Une. 1#B "tepaid Mr. Culter;- "if- a voté on repeal were- to cornieUp tom i vote-t keep local -,r.-F. Zwick .iëoneè6flth Wtknown.phiysicifna ïlu thecuty of H-astîng, and lias for'm years enjoyed an eictenàiVe prac- tice. He spoke very emphaial to The Onitario man about -the imaproved conditions li.tîr 0Loalotioi las been a good, thing or thet,"was Dr. ý1k1 serin TWedpasaed-the loalopû nbylawiu January, ieos. There were juaRtÀ,even votes thegd When the ThreeF'fths demind was aa tiàsfi&d Five oaalàt---those in-a-vor of lieebronghit ,on a conte. fr epe o Woaloto was ,sustained -by a sbghtly inceam .. ......orUyit Wo1I eoîble wider thie -ttite t br4e~g on aoereýoxtetiùJ"=ry ex.But temx h o ueriowly oppoedrepealini . dit esCape i ifegé but hewould run the ziko bIgoce p a& a mx !qetoa sanitx; he ya! goi ifeet here were. then rnay vacant ho usein u the town. PowderýýCompaniyhad moved away and the lun1iberbu digd out But now _these homes areain fihed ginand'. yr~n "As to 1rn ne0"ad eRlh5 Ido not believe theMe is one nowto fifty. undei'I diiobartlY Xl proved. -I-1do notknfow that liquor la beidgsol - 'eed.If theeisnybiif~S&Ofl. fJneil$1ioneIvery qui y..I lcnow ers,Îofy etmany w fnnil02dtoibsipee lo al u iow able to ter -9ie ~l ê gto Th Pere la abwo no tak'-ot k'J Ail the others said, "It's what we want." You'll be told by the liquor interests that your town will go- to the dogs. 1. only one, took that view. '42 say we've tested local option and( it has stooci the test. You'll be told that your boys will'drink at Blind Pigs and, that there'll be more QruflkenneSS (Ha! Ha! Can you keep f rom laughing, this statement coming fromi the liquor interests). 1, only one, says it may be true. 542 says it's untrue. You'll be told that there'11 be no accommodation. 1. only one place, takes that view. 542 cities, towns, villages and townships shout back, "It's In- true. We've tried it, tested it, and O. K'd it. WE KNOW IT! WE KNOW IT! We know that drink is man's deadly enemy and miust go. But somne question, "Is local option the bes-t way?" 542 municipalities say its better than the licensed hotel. Opponents of temperance wil give m any reasons why you should vote against local option. .Red~, eao~ creùfy; Why are they doinig it? Do they love our boys, and will thev tell them not to drink? Do they care about mother and children at home, deprivedl and suffering for the necessaries of life? Let sane, God-given judgment guide you. Ratepayers! WisI you believe the misreprçsentati@flS of those who are making money ouit of the liquor business and theretoro want to keep It, or wiUU you beil the indisputable -testImony produced on this page?' The Anti Local Option party are sending out circulars headed. lMeaf ord Thed ut Local Option." On TuesdY, f this -week- Reeve Downey, of WhitbY, et h foUowigteermt h ao and Reeve o! meafornth w 4 - ngw~terhy er avrble tW or opedt clOton, foevnkûeWin their names. ill yu-3kiùdly -wire yoiar views on Local Option, iswr an fet . .DweChairman Loca pm oiom1te The repliea received were as follows: i~eegamrecei#ed.Locmal Option là,s cem n ýMefrd. Those formerly opo»edý,now support it.' Poseltiely Ceuld nôttlbe repeledArniln g you some sîgned ~±Mene "Beleve Local Ot0onbaslessened dxn I ~ ~ - hma been a sucess.13o not -believe polt,, aii '- Whereas a circular lias been distributed in' unlim4ted7,,,uan- tittes throughout Outarîo wherever t LoalO»i9 ristba Mwf ssadefcreular wus publlhed luthe iN4esý Of &thLkmor Prvm uo antr na saaigoorCtys -Y--J J .M" ,