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» = EE J Ee i i BE er FUPSDAY, OCTOBER 21, N LONDON COMMITTEE Cronyn, V. P. Cronyn, 8. Gillies, J. A. E. Braden, R. C. Eckert, Dr. Andrew Scott, C. E. Marley, A. R. Douglas, PF. C. Betts, Charles 5. Martin, Jolin Puddicombe, J. Harley Brown, Major A. H. Murphy, 8. N. Sterling, Dr. William J. Brown, Dr. George C. Hale, J. E. Smaliman, W. A. Jenkins, J. W. Smith, T. C. Beech, John Fortistal, 8. J. Meredith, Dr. Claude Brown, T. A, Loveless, James Lig Cowan, L. A. Cromwell, George G. Grange, Anthony Till- A" rian, Dr. Chariés P. Jento, Ernest Weld, Thoms H. Purdom, J. L. Johnson, Charles N. Spencer, James A. + MeNee, "Llewellyn Meredith, Arthur W. White, Joseph F. Nolan, J. D. Nolin, Col. Ibbotson Leonard, D.8.0., John M. 'McGuire, John Colbert, John Clare Cooper, '+ James G. Hussey, Fred Young, Dr. H. V. Caton, Max Lerner, William Wright, D. C. Hannah, George 8. Geoghegan, C. L. Tucker, P. D. Foster, J. Davidson, . J.73. Dyer, J. F. Hickey, Col. C. K. Morgan, CM.G., D.S.0., John M. Dillon, Lieut-Col. A. M. Smith, J. M. McEvoy, K.C., J. M. Daly, Willism Ward, Fred Rows, W. J. Olark, Frank Hayman, John Hayman, Gordon Tennant, William Jones, William Skelly, Jr, A. B. Greer, John IL A. Hunt, John R. Mimhinnick, G. B. Ege Ets o Lo E 8 E HA §ei fof i 1 il E H i i i Fy E i nel al ceaih] EunnF ARE pe = wr i g £ >m A 2 ; fs I 5 fi if ; ST. CATHARINES COMMITTEE Lisut.Col. RB. W. Leonard, A. Courtney Kingstod, K.C., Don, Pepler, H. P. Lancaster, Lieut.-Col. A. L. Bishop, Wm. B. Rollason, Wm. A. Meikle, Capt. Jesse Allen, O.B.E,, Harry Ashworth, A. W. L. Bufler, M. J. Caaill, John Collins, Wm. T. Dean, H. E. Edmonstone, A. F. Fifield, Pred Lake, Wm. F. Morrison, Archie Me-' Kinoon, Wm. McNamara, John O'Brien, J. P. Porter, 3 P. IL Price. A. W. Taylor, A. A. White, Harry Willford, E EH Wright, Port Dathonsie: Major R. F. Baker, R. A. Corbett, J. Crothers, A. R. Irwin, C.' A. Seburn, Major D. H. Bin- lolz, Robert White. Merritton: Robert Clark and W. R. Jones. Nisgara-on-the-Lake: BR. W. Allen, G. N. Bernard, James CO. Harvey, Geo. H. Leslie, Reeve J. McPhee. Niagara Township: A. W. Anderson, Louis Collard, W. B. Jamieson, Arthur Onslow, T. B. Rivett. Queenston: Porter Adams, James A. Calvert, Frank Condlon, Allen Ramsey. i - th k hip: James Stewart and anderlip. BELLEVILLE COMMITTEE ©. B. Fortune, J Fraleck, Dr. 5. B Alford, R. L. Haines, Chas. . DD. Eltlot. Neath Hastings: Chas. E Diamond, James Harris, B. Dantord, Tom Joe Geo. Bailey. ¥ [The Modera A of Ontario President: L F. Hellmuth, KC ~~ ® Government Control Is People's Control Government Control, in the present plebiscite, is simply a mandate by the people to the Govern- ment (which the Government has announced its * willingness to accept) to proceed with legislation which, while dealing with and as far as possible eliminating excesses in drinking, will restore re- spect for law, 'will contribute to the revenues of the Province and thereby reduce taxation, and will recognise the right of the citizen to regulate his private life in accordance with the principles of moderation and sanity. Government Control does not interfere with the habits or principles of the total abstainer but gives him a share, legally and without violation to his conscience, of the profits at present being made illegally and immorally by the boot-legger. GOVERNMENT CONTROL MEANS BETTER SOCIAL CONDITIONS A system which drives underground and into hidden places the performance of an act which was quite legal in 1916 and which is considered not only legal but quite proper in almost all the world, creates bad social conditions. It has mag- nified the importance of drinking liquor and because it has been forbidden has invested it with an attraction. Under Prohibition parties and dances have become places where the flask is passed around, and because the drinking has been done in circumstances where social conditions and habits. have imposed no restraint, excesses ha become common. ; GOVERNMENT CONTROL HAS ALWAYS OUSTED PROHIBITION : . In spite of what extremists may say, the condi tions created by Prohibition have never been satis- factory. Undoubtedly, in abolishing the old-time saloon, a step was taken in the right direction. But that the public considered Prohibition a solu- tion of the liquor problem has never been the case. Something better and more effective has always been desired, and it has been found in Government Control. Bvery Province in Canada has had Pro- hibition. Some Provinces have had an opportunity, of saying whether they preferred Prohibition to Government Control. In every instance, by over- whelming majorities, one after' the other, the Provinces decided against continuin, Prohibition and decided in favor of Government Control. Let Ontario do likewise, GOVERNMENT CONTROL MEANS BETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT - Under Government Control the toleration at t extended to breaches of the law will be withdrawn. The reasonable requirements of the people will be met by legislation and there will GOVERNMENT CONTROL MEANS TAX REDUCTION 'Wheréver Government Control has been ado Government. Millions of dollars have been added to the publi treasuries of GO pted there have been large be no sympathy given to those who break the law. Law enforcement cannot exist unless there is' public sypport of the law. Police officers and prisons have their place, but unless each man and woman in the Province is prepared to look on breaches of the Prohibition law with the same severity as is done on theft and other crimes, there can only be a small percentage of offences dis- covered, and the cost of administration will be enormous. : In seven years, according to the Public Accounts of Ontario law enforcement,of the O.T.A. has cost over $2,000,000. All that Prohibition can offer is to increase this cost. GOVERNMENT CONTROL IS THE ENEMY OF THE BOOT-LEGGER Who heard of the boot-legger before Prohibition? What brought the boot-legger into existence? What keeps him in existence? Would the boot-legger like another seven years of the present law? Answers to these questions will demonstrate at once what Government Control will do to the boot-legger. it be done on the 23rd. A . GOVERNMENT CONTROL WILL ABOLISH THE PRESCRIPTION FARCE. Last year more than three-quarters of a million pre- scriptions for liquor were issued in Ontario, and it is remarkable that around festive periods the sickriesses only curable by liquor prescriptions reached their peak. No dne pretends that the prescription business is anything bit a mockery. Prohibition imposes an intolerable burden on the medical profession which all self-respecting doctors are anxious to have removed. Government Control will regnedy this. ET CONTROL SOO" ; rg A ht up in an atmosphere for law and te ¢ liquor ape it should be done in such cir- cumstances as will not attract the adventurous minds of young men and wornen, and where excesses take place the social ostracism of the offender should be inevitable. Pro- hibition puts a premium on the forbidden nature of the act of drinking and it has produced thousands of instances Whete young people who, but for it would have never tou ed liquor, have been tempted and fell. GOVERNMENT CONTROL REDUCES CRIME AND DRUNKENNESS ° On page 8 of his annual report to Parliament the Min- "ister of Justice in dealing with convictions for all plences e of convictions for the past year says: number the past year has decreased by 19,054, or 12.3 cent., the rincipal decreases being found in Quebec (Government trol), Yukon (Government Control), Nova Scotia and- Biisish Columbia (Government Control). In British umbia the decrease was 2,740, or 189 per cent., while in Ontario it was 859 or 1.3 per cent." Regarding drunken- neds, the Minister's report (page 7) aa : "The number of convictions for drunkennessiper 1 000 of he pop on is thus established: Ontario 3%, Manitoba British Ontario needs Control. Columbia 200. t fit received by the Manitoba and League OTTAWA COMMITTEE LP , Col. D. R, Street, Major-Gen. W. BE. Hodg- . Smellie; H. R. Hamilton, John Bassett, Cecil PETERBORO COMMITTEE Dr. T. P. McOullough, William Nelson, Jack Wilson, Frask Young, J. A. Jobe, Alec. Gibson, Jack McCann, 14-Ool. E. B. Clegg, Douglas Lawrie Clapde Bogers, N. C. Hatton, Dr. T. W. H. Young. PRESTON COMMITTEE Peter Bernhardt, H. J. Schults, Chas. Sacks, Geo, Haid John McClinton, Chas, Higgins, Harry Chisholm, NIAGARA FALLS COMMITTEE lsane Burgar, Andrew Willick, John Lapp, B P. Lamping, John Miller, George H. Burke. RAINY RIVER COMMITTEB Major Archie Setham and Bert Holmes. GANANOQUE COMMITTEE KENORA COMMITTER Lieut.-Ool. H. A. O. Machin and J. Rose. GRIMSBY COMMITTEE ital and public works. Part of the total m and public works. Part of the tuiaiae 1 proposes to put it into the pockets of the ta yers. TSR To ee OF Pach ote modes scale than prevail in other Provinces, Ontario should en the the ba of ita population setelve from Covemies each r mare than Five Million dollars to apply in: = uction. And Ontario badly needs it. your : I a > A. 5. Andrews, 3, 1B. Peacock, C. 8. Beonet, B. B. Lingard.