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. SDt peg THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1926 : . Readers' Views Editor, ! i i The Reformer. 12288 Dear Sir:-- eo © As reported in your paper on Thursday Dr. Moore made the state- ment that '"'preachers have no right to enter a political struggle and to broadcast propaganda for the Liber- al Party mor to take up collections for Grit campaign: funds." A word in reply may prevent misconception. It may be wise or unwise for preachers -to do these things; thai is if they do. But what does Dr. Moore mean when he says that they have no right to do so? Are we to understand that the people who build, own and maintain the chur- ches have not the right to use these buildings in whatever way their conscience and the law of the land permit? So far as the advocacy of pro- hibition is concerned the ministers are acting in strict accordance with the declared convictions of the de- nominations to which they belong During the last twenty years it is probable that there has not been one district, provincial or national gathering of representatives of .ev- angelical churches at which there _ was not passed the strongest reso- lutions in favour of prohibition, and pledging the support of the chur- ches. Now that the battle is set, we ministers 'are simply practising what we have preached. Let Dr. Moore, and those who hold with him, rest assured that preach-- ers as a whole are not to be 'called to heel" like well trained sheep dogs; nor are they to be instructed in pastoral theology by medical doe- tors who know just about as little about matters ecclesiastical and theological as preachers know about things medical and surgical. This cheap device of baiting prea- chers when they are not. present is poor stuff which surely would not be pressed into the service if better 25 doz. Wool Crepe Ties, Reg. 69¢c. .. 2 for $1.25 Dominion Clothing Co. 68 King St. W. Phone 2141 SAM re tlt LE, BARGAIN 6 room brick, all conveniences, paved street, garage, near Mo- tors. Must be sold. $4,200, with $200 cash. DISNEY Real Estate and Loans Insurance Phones: 1550--1619J Across from P.O; material. were available. It would have added interest to the report of the Port Perry meeting if the pub- lic had been informed as to how many ministers were present when the invitation to take the platform when "No one came." If it is assumed that there is something ethically wrong in deal- ing with matters that are in poli- tics from the pulpit, then it follows that it was wrong for the abolition of slavery to be advocated from the pulpit, and it has been wrong for the denomination to which this wri- ter belongs to advocate the sépara- tion of church and state, as it has ~onsistently and insistently done, for about four hundred years; and wrong for Carey to denounce the surning alive of widows at the funerals of their husbands in Bri- ish India. All these matters were n politics and in all these matters he pulpit functioned to the glory f God and the good of man, and y the grace of God the preachers f today will be heard from in this jatter of putting every man, woman 'nd child in this fair province into he business of 'Putting the bottle o his neighbor's mouth" which Mr. "erguson and Dr. Moore so strongly .dvocate. If it were true that we annot avoid having drink then let rink 'be an outlaw and not sane- ioned by the government. Whe- her they will hear or whether they 7ill forbear my congregation will vear things next Sunday evening hat will be stronger than anything set heard. J \ Your for a fair fight, JOHN GALT. Editor, The Reformer. Dear Sir:-- The' day following the referen- ium, 1924, a young lady entered our >fice and I asked her how she liked 'he result of the vote. She heaved 1 sigh and replied, "Too bad, isn't it?" "Too bad!" I said, "Why?" "Well," she replied, "the O.T.A. is not being enforced as we would like to see it and they might have given 'he government a chance." I asked her who asked for the referendum wnd she said she supposed the gov- arnment had done so. I replied that to all appearances that was the case but that really it was the liquor in- 'erests. Then I asked her.if she thought I would ask for anything that would help the liquor business, and she said she thought not. I strongly declared that I knew 1 would not. I asked her if she thought the liquor interests would be any more likely to advocate any- thing that would promote temper- ance. She thought for a moment and then aid, "I get you." I said, "Did you not read?" 'Yes," she replied, "but it was all Government Control stuff." This, then, is large- ly the explanation of why the ma- jority of 1924 was lower than in 1919. People should be safe in fol- lowing the lead of the Government but when that Government plays in- to the hands of the liquor party; as is now being done, it cannot be trusted. Liquor interests know it is no use to come to the people in their form so their first step of de- old ceit is to assume the guise of gov- ernment control which is' really government sale. Defeated as this was in 1924 we had 4.4 thrust upon us and stronger drinks slid in be- side it and we have had worse con- ditions on account of that step of the present government. Would: you trust. a fox to protect your yoyng geese, or a wolf to safe- guard your spring lambs? Sooner do that than trust your temperance legislation in the hands of liquor in- terests who are hiding today behind government contwol. The notorious woman of whom Premier Ferguson tells said, "Do you think the saving of a few ineb- riates, the making of a few more goods, 1s sufficient return for the price we are paying?" She makes much of the secret drinking that "they say' is going on. "They say" certainly has the power to make a had thing enormously worse. Grant that there is some drinking in dark corners--that is the place for it and the darker the corner the more suitable for the deed--but what about the drinking that will be necessary to fill the coffers of the Government treasury promised through Government Control. For every pint of liquor sold by the go- vernment someone will suffer. 1s that price not too much to pay? Can we not get an idea of true val- ues and see the tremepdous loss that must befall our fair province in or- der to enrich the treasury? When we talk about increased production "under prohibition we are not think- ing alone of the gain from increased goods but rather of the sobriety of the workmen which makes such production possible. Surely we are justified in rejoicing in a sober staff of workers who are spending money for necessities and have some left for luxuries, instead of for govern- ment liquor which is none the less damning because sold by the gov- ernment. In Alberta we are told there are 700 persons who are being refused permits because under Government Control they have graduated as drunkards. Does any .sane person think for a minute that these con- firmed drunkards are going to stop drinking because they are deprived of permits?. A rich field for the bootlegger, .I say. There are also splendid opportunities for him to continue his nefarious trade during hours when Government stores are closed. Trust the bootleggers for quitting when there danger of being caught than now when selling is illegal at all times. Much is being said of the drink- ing of youth because "forbidden fruit is sweet" but Ferguson him- self does not propose to sell to any under 21 years of age. No one would dare suggest lettingsdown the bars so low as to make it possible to sell to minors. That may follow all too soon through the conscience- less avarice of the Tiger vendors if they ever get a foothold. A ron BE NOT DECEIVED. t us hold to the O.T.A. and give Le the blow he de- John Barleycorn serves. HONOR. Conservative Meeting [] "HON. G. in the interest of JOHN STACEY Liberal-Conservative Candidate for SOUTH ONTARIO Will be Held in the ARMOURIES, OSHAWA Saturday, November 27th, 1926, at 8 p.m Speakers: H. FERGUSON PREMIER OF ' ONTARIO and JOHN STACEY, the candidate LADIES SPECIALLY INVITED President. GOD SAVE THE KING JAS. MOORE, M.D., J. A. McGIBBON, Secretary. is much less |. BY-ELECTION PATES SET St. John, N.B., Nov. 24.--The by- slection in 8t.: John: County to 'fill 'he vacancy caused by the death of former Maryor Frank L. Potts, Con- servative, will be held on Saturday, Dee. 11, with nomination day on the preceding Saturday, Dec. 4. The y-election in Gloucester County nade necessary through the resigna- tion of Hon. Dr. P. J. Veniot, will late to be set at the meeting of the Provincial Government. tomorrow in Frederickton, Premier J. B. M. Bax- 2% hale these announcements to- 1ight. FREIGHTER IS WRECKED IN BLINDING SNOWSTORM Detroit, Nev. -24.---Driven on 'the rocks of the north shert of Lake Superior during dense snowstorms vesterddy, the lake freighter, Her- man: H. Hettler, is being slowly pounded to pieces, according to a wireless message received tonight {rom Munising, Mich. 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