Oshawa Daily Times, 30 Sep 1929, p. 5

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Probbiion Union Asks Dry r wiGovernment Aree to do its.c Second AY A S10 Union Proposes Passing THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 1929 Voters to Unite Their Forces Brewery or holic Basis of Support Prohibition Cause . 4 of an Act Providing That No Distillery Shall Manufacture or Sell Alco- --Belief of Union That Education is the orm--=Says Government Control Has Made "a Dangerous Traffic Appear Respectable' Below is given in full the manifes- to vf the Ontario Prohibition Union issued last Thursday night, The manifesto is as follows: To the electors of the Province of Ontario: The Legislature of the Province of Ontario has been dissolved and the date Oct, 30, 1929, fixed for a general Provincial election, In. the manifesto of the Govern- ment, various issucs arc discussed We venture to assert that no sug gestion in that docoument is, at the present time, comparable in import. ance with that of the liquor problem, The Ontario Prohibition Union is the organization which federates and unites churches, temperance societies and ather bodies in the Province that co-operate in the promotion of tem perance. Composed as it is of per~ sons of various political faiths, it is not attached in any way to any poli- tical party, 1t stands for a sanc, de- mocratic and progressive program, designed to combat the effect of al- cohol, The first item in its recently adopted "Outline of Aims" reads as dollows : : "The ultimate aim of the Ontario Prohibition Union is the elimination of the manufacture, importation and sale of alcoholic beverages from the Province and from the Dominion." When, therefore, any political par- ty espouses a policy such as that of "Government sale of liquor," and thus identifies itself with the liquor inter- ests, the union is forced, however re- luctantly, to challenge and oppose that party, i The Union and Government In 1926 the Government under the leadership of Hon, G. H. Ferguson, appéaled to the people successfully on a "Government control" platform, Upon this platform the Government still stands, and is again appealing to the people. The union believes the principle of Goverpmien; sale is fase eory an vigious in ractice, ndheony it does, the Province the selling agent of a traffic the effect of which wpon human ife is wholly ins jurions, h Failure of Government Control The union is convinced that in the two years ofits operation the Liquor Control Act has failed to realize -the promises made on its behalf in 1920, First--It does not control, The law gives the Government no effective control over breweries or distilleries, whose selling agent it becomes. | It cannot control the cffects of 'I= quor, Once the liques J of the vendor's hands, all control of lie eadly work, Tt has not eliminated boot- Tegging. Speaking in the Legislature, in reply to a question, the Hon, Mr. P stated, on March 8 last, that ed year ending Oct, +31, 1928 in Or fario, there were 24,176 convictions for violations of the Liquor Control Act, According to the statement of General Draper, Chief of Police of Toone, as recorded in the Mail and impire, of Feb, 22, 1929 there were in 1927 1,078 prosecutions for viola tions of the Liquor Control Act in the Police Courts of Toronto and 1,288 in 1928, These facts evidence that the bootlegger is still at work. Not Aid to Temperance Third--It has not pramoted tem: perance, During the campaign of 1926 Premier Ferguson admitted that the Ontario Temperance Act had greatly benefited the Province, . He charged it with failure becausé, ac- cording to him, the people unter it wre spending $30,000,000 for liquor, The union regards the Premier's es- Now Playing "On With the Show" 100 per cent, Natural Color All Singing anit Dancing Picture New Martin THEATRE "Behind Closed Doors" The most baffling mys- tery story yet shown. Added Attractions FISH AND CHIPS Livesay & Crowe]! Opposite Bus Stand Phone 1795W from infancy, i asoefiintoxicants, as if they were on timate as a huge exaggeration, Tt would point out however, that the Premier's "true temperance" measure has increased that amount to $49,. ,000, and that this figure does not include the bootlegging trade, nor the sales of the wineries, If the On- tario Temperance Act, because of consumption of liquor under it, was not good enough, what can be said of the Liquor Control Act? Fire cannot be extinguished by applying kerosene; neither can true temper- ance be promoted by increasing the consumption of intoxicants, In 1926 Mr, Ferguson proclaimed that his Liquor Control Act would in- duce a law-abiding spirit, According to the report of General Williams, Commissioner of Provincial Police, tabled in the House, and reported in the Mail and Empire of March 23, 1928, "prosecutions under the Pro- vincial statutes for the year 1928 were 11,305, an increase-over 1927 of 3,563." he reports of the Chiefs of Po- lice of the Cities of Sarnia, Wood- stock, Belleville, Kingston and Owen Sound disclose the fact that, for the year 1928, the record for breaches of he Liquor Control Act in those citics totals an advance of 105 per cent. over 1927. These are fair samples 0 Ontario communities, : The head of a great social service institution in Toronto stated about nine months ago, that drunkenness m the vicinity in which the organiza. tion worked had increased 100 per cent under the Liquor Control Act, From various sections of the Pro- vince social workers report that it has increased drunkenness and crime, crowded the jails, increased the num- ber of families and individuals re- quiring charitable assistance, and has contributed to vagrancy, delinquency and unwholesome and immoral con- ditions, Adverse to Temperance On. the other hand, "Government control" has made a dangerous traf- fic appear respectable, and has in- creased its' power for evil, Tt puts upon 'the sale of beverage alcohol, a nascofié poison, the stamp of legiti- macy, It, has brought its use into renewed social standing, and given a powerful impetus to anti-social drink ing habits, By requiring that liquor shall be consumed in residences, it has driven liquor into the home, the foundation ard fortress of society, Children are, { familiarized with the the fevel with ordinary foods.' Woe eroit ceases; and its hureni sensitive torthe dictates of cus: tom, are ensnared by alcohol, while many of our most promising youth arcexposed, in all sorts of ncial gatherings, to stronger than ever possible 'in the past, be: cause of the prestige of social sanc- tions and the example of reputable citizens, There has thus been brought about, we believe, a situation more productive of the growth of the li- guor habit and more fraught with danger than ever previously existed in this Province, * Increase Noted Referring to eight leading firms connected with liquor production iu Canada, Johnston & Ward, brokers; in their market letter, dated Decem- ber, 1928 says "The record of the 'beverage' group has not been nearly equalled in the comparatively short period of their history, The figures given above in themselves indicate an appreciation of close to 450 per cent." Government control has built up a powerful financial interest which is hostile to the progress of tempers ance reform, and which' menaces the independence and freedom of our po- litical institutions, According to the report of the Ro- yal Commisgion on Customs and Ex- cise, Henry Reifel, President of Brite ish Colunibia Breweries and Distill- cries, in his sworn evidence admitted ayment of $99,480 for campaign unds. Clement King, a director at that time of Hiram Walker & Sons, admitted payment of $183,000 charged in their ink to protecting trade marks but really Sovering payments to fight for Government liquor con trol and against . prohibition; and James G. Lawrence, Secretary-Trea- surer of the Consolidated Distilleries admitted "that the sums of $380,608 was paid to both political parties be- tween July, 1923, and the end of 1926. (Toronto Globe, May 6, 1927.) Legislative Proposals The Ontario Prohibition Union be- lieves thoroughly in education as the basis of all true social reform, But educafion and legislation, in any real advance of temperance, must go hand in_hand. ny. ' The union is convinced that the Ontario Temperance Act was the most advanced and cffective temper ance legislation ever placed on the statute book in Canada, and believes that its effects on home, on business, and on 'morals were more highly be- neficial than under any other sys- tem yet devised, : Premier Ferguson was entirely within the fact when he stated in his speech at Kemptville in 1926: "No one will argue for a moment that the Ontario Temperance Act has not done great good. It has removed dis tress from many a home and taken from the hotel doorstep the inebriate and the hanger-on who was & nuis- ance as well as a menace to society, It has, undoubtedly, increased. the cfs ficiency and the general output of in- dustry," The union recognizes clearly, how- ever, the necessarily injurious situa- tion in which manufacture of 'alcohal continues on a large scale in a com: munity where retail sale is forbidden, Under such circumstances, the brew er and the distiller, in order to ef fect the distribuion of their produc: utilize the bootlegger for domestic dis tribution, and the, Then ner for temptation |' reach through to the primary sources of wprly can be entirely effective, o Stop' Manufsctur . , The hs gy oy Jososes "the gassing of an act providing that no 'hrewery or distillery, shall manufac- ture or sell" alcoholic liquor in the Province without a license from the Provincial Government, and the sub- mission of this act to the Privy Province over manufacture, The union "believes that on the question of temperance, which so in- timately affects homes, character, and the safety of human life, the right of the people 10 the most direct, un- trammelled and timate considera- tion possible of the law under which they are compelled to live ought not to be denied, It, therefore, proposes "the passing of an act prohibiting the manufacture and sale of beverage alcohol within the province to the ex- tent of the power. thereof, to come into operation when approved by a majority vote of the electors, ascer tained by a properly conducted ple- biscite or referendum." The union recognizes necessary uses of alcohol and the enlarged po- sition it may properly occupy in ser- ving legitimate ends, and the problem of preventing such supplies of alcohol from being diverted to beverage pur- this and other reasons, * in case of the adoption of a prohibitory law, the making of the necessary residue of the manufacture and sale of al- cohol for industrial, scientific, medi- cinal and sacremental purposes a Government monopoly, The Call to the People By identifying his Government with the liguor traffic, in which it has be- tual salesman--and by his refusal to permit the people to deal with this question in any way but amid the confusion of a political election, My, Ferguson has compelled the con- Council to test the authority of the come the small partner--and the ac- | gi scientious citizen, who wishes to vote against the liquor traffic, to vote ag- amst his Governmen, in this elec- tion . yoke for the Lioveruimen is a vote for the 1 iguor t dominance in the life of the Province of 'the anti-social liquor interests and the demoralization and even death of many of ils citizens, The union, therefore, appeals. to all, regardless of party, Lo unite their forces to secure in every Siding the nomination of a candidate of political strength who can be depended upon to support the prohibition cause, In case no such candidate appears with- in the regular parties, it will be the duty of the temperance people, at least in those ridings where there is a reasonable possibility of success, to secure and nominate a suitable cane didate and to do everything in their power to effect his election, The welfare of our Province is at 'stake. New On this new continent, to which the Anglo Saxon spirit and institus tions have been transplant:d, we are forging a new civilization--a civiliza- tion built upon resources more ex- tensive, sustained by industry more vast, characterized by - production more efficient than ever before at- tained, By its means human life as- pires to be more competent, more free and more joyous than Old World civilizations, despite their splendid achievements, eve: permitted This opportunity must surely be matched by a manhood that rises to its full stature and maintains its powers in complete capacity, Aleohu is the foe of human achievement, and reduces physically, mentally and mo- rally the momentum of human pro- ress, Shall Ontario, so long in the van- guard, not again keep step in the march toward the best possible con- ditions of life? Toronto, Sept, 26, 1929, ercased from $1,783,315 to $1,865,055, a gain ot $82,340 or 0.46 per cent, The total of property taxable for all pur- woses increased from $15,432,385 to $16,250,960, a gain of $818,575 or 5.30 per cent, Property taxable for school rates only increased from $280,840 to $288,- 110, a gain of $7,270. The assess- ment of exempted property, such as churches, city buildings, the Chil. dren's Shelter, the Y.M.CA,, ete, in- crea¥ed by $135,205, from $1,090,185 to $1,231,390, The whole assessment of the city including both taxable and exempt property, increased from $16, 809,410 to $17,770,460, a gain of $961, 050 or 5.12 per cent, Property assess- able for public school purposes in+ creased by $773,805, from $14,992,045 to $15,700,450, and property assess- able for high school purposes in- ¢reased by $824,785 from $15,714,285 to $16,539,070. To Cedardale goes the largest per- Land $305,915 500,735 518) Bldgs. 1029 1928 1,189,160 hicreas® vives 870 4 Ward No, 2 2,509,305 2,513,505 ass 999,480 1,003,265 Increase ...(loss 3,785) 1,600,735 1,588,745 71,990 1920 iiiinnns 1,146,290 1,141,565 Ta 4,105,195 3,826,680 278,515 Ward No, 383,683 367,015 Ticrease vive 1929 1928 159,070 142,410 Caveraiag Increase vous 16,660 18,070 1929 Taxable Ass't Land All Parposes J... vival 3,392,490 1928 Revised ..... vere 3,362,510 Increase 280,840 Increase 7,270 School Tax Assessment 1929 Public School ,.. $15,766,430. 1928 Public School .., 14,992,645 Increase 773,805 1920 Population iyiviiivins 1928 Population vive. Mavavy Increase . STATISTICS Ward No, 1--South-West $1,283,030 , Total Assessment Taxable and Exempt Assessor's 1929 Report | Shows Substantial Gain (Continued from page 1) centage gain in assessment, although not the largest in actual amount, Cedardalc ward experienced a gain in assessment of $43,800 or 7.75 per cent from $565,475 to $609,335, The largest numerical gain and the second largest pércentage gain in assegsment was in ward 4, the north-cast ward, which also saw the largest gain in population, This ward gained $428 - 30 or 6,71 per cent, from $6,385,785 to $6,815,515. The second largest numerical gain, and the fifth largest in numerical gain, was in. ward 2, south-east, which gained $136,400 or 3.39 per cent, from $4,025,745 to $4,- 102,145. Ward 3, the north-west ward, was third in actual gain and fourth in percentage gain, increasing $109,605 or 4,32 per cent from $2,534,- 815 to $2,004,480, Ward 1, south-west, was fourth in actual gain and third in percentage gain, with an increase of $99,920 or 596 per cent, from $1,- 899,505 to $1,999,485, BY WARDS Total $1,999,485 1,899,565 = 09920 Bus. $120,155 120,365 '3,790 Income $80,385 83,305 290 (loss) ~--~South-East JO3,490 169,870 375,245 133,730 18.245 36,14 4,162,145 4,025,745 6,140 136400 Ward No. 3--North. West 212,025 7,000 3,025 209,985 184,535 25,430 2,664,480 2,554,815 109,663 Ward No, 4--North-East 1,080,335 1,025,290 483,095 393,250 6,815,515 0,380,785 55,045 00445 428730 §--Cedardale 49,650 9.415 235 14,930 6,635 8.295 EZ Comparative Statement of Unrevised 1920 Assessment with Revised Assessment of 1928. Total 16,250,900 15,432,385 dgs. Bus. Income 10,033,950 1,865,655 938,863 9,485,105 1,783,315 801,455 548,845 Property $1,231,390 1,096,185 Increase .... 135,203 1929 High School .... $16,539,070 1928 High School ..., 15,714,283 Increase ... Population : 20174 CERT TR TRIPE Ta | 376 aes Verena $12,770,460 STAR LACROSSE PLAYER INJURED INSTREET FRAGAS (Continued from page 3) husband and it was then that Kidd and his brother-in-law fell to quar- reling, Kidd claimed that he had been hit first by the lacrosse player and struck back in self-defence, Stephenson had been rendered un- conscious by the blow and blood was flowing freely from the wound in his head. Dr, O. G, Mills was called and he was rushed to the hospital 'An' examination there disclosed that he had suffered a fractured skull and also a severe scalp wound, Several stitches were required to close the cut. Yesterday the injured man re- gained consciousness and Dr, Mills stated this morning that his condi: tion showed some slight improve. ment, _ Kidd was placed under arrest by Sergeant Bowman and P.C. England {and taken in custody to the police | station, This morning he appeared before Magistrate Hind on a charge { of. wounding .and was remanded in oi foreign trade. Nolgw;that does wot, custody wuul Monday, October 7. He was not represented by 'counsel. Crown Attorney McGibbon stated that bail would not be given, The weapon used in the attack is described as a short iron bar such as is used in obtaining leverage with an auto jack, The incident, follow ing close on the heels of the auto accident created great excitement in the district in which it eccurred, BLACK KNIGHTS IN SIMCOE STREET UNITED CHURCH (Continued from page 3) the theories of theology and there are others who would even like to banish all theological books." But Rev. Mr. Harston asked if the church had no beliefs how could it expect to make any progress. If it developed no thought then it would have failed absolutely in its purpose and could give no constructive mes. sage of hope to those who were fighting the hard battle of life, - There were those who claimed that Christ's teachings were impracticable, some cven made his an excuse for not identifying themselves with any Christian - work, They contended that they could not carry our Christ's teachings to the full and that if the failed they would be hypocrites, This was but 3 cow.rd's plea the pastor declared. He admitted that there were many things in the New Testa- ment which might cause upheavals in society, but these changes would he for man's betterment and the com- mon good, "We need to realize that Christ as the Son of God reveals God to us," Rey. Mr, Harston stated, Many he stated when afflicted with trouble were apt to blame their difficulties upon God, They asked themselves what they had done to incur God's displeasure and either became defiant restless and impatient or submitted to their troubles passively, People were stricken with plagues and some regarded these things as acis of God, But the Jinor asked whether any- one could imagine Jesus bringing about a plague or some other unfor- tunate catastrophe, And .as Jesus reflected in His life the character of God how then could men attribute their sufferings to Him, Source of Strength Rev. Mr, Harston described the members of the order as knights of the King of kings, The knights of ancient monarchies were sworn to protect their king and the honor of the nation, but their cause was the defence of the Protestant faith, In conclusion he pointed out that as in- dividuals they could find strength and courage to meet the issues. of life through trust in Jesus, A large number of Black Knights were in attendance at the service including visiting members of the order from Bewmanville and Port Hope. The Knights occupied the pews In the centre of the church and the auditorium and gallery were well filled, The choir under the direction of Mr. John Renwigk, organist and leader, sang two fine anthems, "The Silent Sea' and "Lo Light is Here! Mr, George Fleming con tributed a splendid baritone selec- tion entitled 'The Lord Is My Light." The child born with a gold spoon in its mouth has to pay for the spoon in some coin or other,-- G0 TO POLLS ONE {MONTH FROM TODAY (Continued from page 1) Progressive leader that the party he heads is preprared to take a firm and. independent stand, There has been talk of an agreement between Progressives and Liberals to prevent three-cornered contegts, Mr, Leth- bridge did not mention this, He as- serted, however, he believed there was a place for an independent group in the House at the present time, "I am getting heartily sick of old par- tisanship," he added, Candidates rep- feseiing three parties are already in the field in three constituencies, Leslie W. Oke, leader of the Uni- ted aFrmers of Ontario group was nominated to contest East Lambton and in accepting delivered his first speech of the campaign. He attack ed the administration of the Liquor Control Act and charged the gov- ernment with extravagance, The ben- cfis' of the Hydro-Flectric power de velopment went entirely to the cit- ics, he said, and were (oo expensive for rural communities, _ Cabinet ministers were prominent in campaign Saturday, Hon Willian Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests, addressed a nominating con- vention at Guelnh which endorsed the candidacy of Hon, Lincoln Gold- ie, provincial sccretary, Mr, Finlay- son charged W, E, N. Sinclair, Lih- eral leader, with sidestepping the li- quor question, Hon, George S. Hen- ry, Minister of Highways, who was nominated to contest Fast York, al- so attacked the stand taken by the Liberal leader on the liguor question. 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