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ms VtlSmSTOIf ADVANQI I When Endorse People Like These Government Control â€"Justifying tlieir stand by such sound reasons, tlie proposal must possess real merit. Tliey cannot all be wrong. Let their Judgments help you In forming yours I Sir Ji^ut Airdf Prendent OmaiUan Bank of Comm»tres, Toronlot "Htreoa luu b«en bUd by pruhlbttlonliita upon the evil effect .( tliivc. upon youns people, and the claim la made that they will conaum* more Utiuor under the condlUona proposed by Mr. i'trgximna than under the u.T.A. If the aint of the prohlbtUonlata la to alrensthen the moral fibre o( our youth, then In my opinion they are defeating their own object. Most of the young people whom I have had under me have occupied poflitiona of trust, and have naturally been subjected to temptation. 1 have always found that to train a man to resist tempta- tion worked out much more satisfactorily for all concerned than to try to deviBe elaborate meana to remove the temptation from him." Sir Alan AylettoorUi, Toronto: "^ have been voting now for mor« than fltty yean In parliamentary -.lections, and 1 have never given a Conservative vote, but I am going to do so this year, because I think that any meastir. of prohibition hy law as opposed to prohibition by education is the very reverse of what I have al-wuye considered were the true principles of Uberallsm. Xa well might one try to advance the interest of religion or of Christian- ity by legislation that would compel the people to go to church." Professor Alfred Bakery University of Toronto/ "The O.T.A. has proved a failure, conceived though It was with the best intentions and administered by Attorneys-Oeneral who earnestly desired its success. It has not stopped the use of liquor; there has grown a contempt for the law; it has created a class of bootleg^ra who have been enriched beyond the dreama of avarice. Surely It Is tim* to ccake a. changel" Hon. R. B. Bennett, K.C., M.P., Ex-Minister of Finance, Calgary, Alberta: "Not only has the Alberta. Act been declared to be legally valid, but in practice It does control the liquor traffic in that province. The best proof of whal can be done Is what has been done, and in the lansnage of one of the judgex of the Appellate Olvlslon of the Supreme Court of the province In which I reside â€" •'! think the present Uquor Ontrol Act a £so<i and aound one, and has done more in the direction of temperance than any law we hitherto have had.' " Lt.-CoU Arthur L. Bishop, St. Catharines, Ont.: "No good can come from arbitrary and hysterical measures. The O.TJV.. ha-s proved unforceable even under two such dry Attorneys- Oeneral an Mr. Nlckle and Mr. Ilaney, and where they have failed no one else will succeed. We are facing facts, not theories. I think Government Control sihould be given a fair trial in Ontario, as It has been In the West, and I believe the result will be equally satisfactory." CoL Herbert A. Bruce, M.D., L.R.C.P., Toronto: "It is not a question of "dry" or "wet"; It Is a question of another Temperance Act against one that has been tried and found wanting. 1 consider Mr. Ferguson's proposal reasonable and enforceable, and therefore a irreat advance on the old Act. As such It should have the support of every one sincerely Interested In furthering the Temperance cause and reducing the evils of drunkenness." Police Magistrate C. H. Burgess, Peel County: "My view of the matter Is that the sale of Uaitor is out of control and is running wild (under the O.T.A.), and it is necessary to try to bring it under control again." Rev. Father J. E. Burke, C.S.P., St. Petals Roman Catholic Church, Toronto: "It (the O.T.A.) has been no blessing. During the years it has been on our Statute Books the youth of Ontario, with singular and beautiful exceptions, ha.s pone back. The terrifying Increase in liquor amongst our boys and girls, oven of tender years; the consequent deterioration of moral standards and conduct; the curse of the boot- legger: the conqueai by strong Uquor of our i>arent8, our homes, our clubs, our students, our gatherings, have been begotten and thrived tinder the sway of prohibition." Mr. L. IS. Byrns, former Treasurer Samia Prohibition Union, Snrnia, Ont.: "There are two questions before the electors In this campaign: ( 1 ) will we continue Government control under the Ontario Temper- ance Act, as we have had It for the last few years, whereby any person wanting; liquor can buy all he likes from the bootlegger, or (2) will we have it controlled so that a person can only buy it through a Govern- ment commission house, where a person has got to have a permit to huy It. and then only a certain quantity at a time? I am not a staunch Oonaervativp.: I have voted Liberal when I deemed it wise, but will not this time." Col. R. H. A. Carnum, Belleville, OrU.: "I am convinced- the people have seen enough to lead them to decide they would rather have the distribution of liquor by GoT«rnment regulation than by the unscrupulous bootlegger." Hon. and Reverend H. J. Cody, LL.D,, D.D., Toronto: "The great achievements of the control plan, in my estimation, consist of the following: In the first place, people were no longer thinking and talking incessantly about getting a drink; in the second place, there waa an overwhelming public opinion behind the enforce- ' â-  ment of the Act where in the past public opinion had been strongly divided and Illegal traffic had flourished because resorted to by a con- siderable section of the public; In the third place, bootlegging on a large scale was enormously diminished." >er Dobie, Toronto: 'Having voted IJberal In the last general election, and dry in the flrat two referendiims, why have I decided to vote for Premier Per- fuson's Government and policy? It In because Ontario wants more bualnesB and less taxes, more honesty and less deceltfulnesa, mc'1^ Inreadth of education and less narrowness of parochialism, more sel^ r..pect and leas fear." IF. /. Fair, Kingston, Ont.: "When the late Principal Grant was at Qaewi'a TTnlverBlty he con-vinced me an probably no other man could of the pernicious evila of prohibition. Those like myself who remember Principal Grant, will acres with me when I speak of his far-seeing vlslor, his profound acholarahtp, and bis true appreciation of human values. I believe pro- blbltlon Is the blackest spot on the whole history «f the Province of Ontario." Clara C. Field, Cobourg, Ont.: "Speaking from a woman's standpottit, T fear vary much th. rwalt our present system of controlling the liquor question Will have on the character of our young people, who are growing up in an atmosphere of reckless law-breaking and deceitful living. Will It be possible for them to have those feellnfps of patriotism they should have if they feel a contempt for the laws of their country? I feel I can certainly •ndorae Mr. Ferguson's policy a. a alnoere Mideavor to solr. a per- pleslng problem." Jeâ€"ph FlaveOc, Bart., Toronto t "It the respooslbtllty ware mine I would not ehosiw OovMiimeBt oontrol as now stated aa a reform for existing evlIa. I bellav.. howevw, there la a weight of pubUe opinion which deman4a a ehang. In the .slating law, and which will not be aet aalda by the presafit heaitattag body of public opinion for Ita enforcement Therefore, with tha eHm- teatlon of the legal sale of llqnora In public houaea of eotertalnmeat, I •oe.pt the mie of llquora through Ooveramait acmda. only, under • ayatem of p«-mlt<, aa prohably the beet obtalnabl. ehang. enforctble liader the axlatlng state of pnblto opinion." T. W. GoodwIB, PrethyloHan Chmrdk, Cabemrg, Ont,* T baUawe the O.T.A. to be a fatlnre. but In tM. .Isetlon caanpadlpi I X retard tb. Act not aa a polttlcal laue, but a moral laati.; not • 1 qo M « l0B of laok of enfM«.ment bot rather of inipoMNillity of MiferM- â- Mitt. I And eondltlMia nnder the Ontarle TMapatmao. Aet to b. riob woTM than they ware before. I btHtmrn that Vr*taimr Fiifii. auking a aincera and studied effort t. SMor. A law that will ba red and one that oan b. eaforoad." |lrap( Principal W. L. Grant, Upper Canada CoOaga, Tonmloi "Aa a total abstainer of twenty-five years' standing, a. OB. who loves the young men of Canada and whose life la spent In dotng hia beet for them, I am glad to align myaelf with Canon Cody, Sir Tbomaa White and Sir John Wllllson in support of the Prime MlnlsCw in hIa fight against the evils of Intemperance and lawleMneaa." David Griffith, Greening Wire Works, Hamilton: "I travel twice every year through the whole of Canada. I know the extent of the bootlegging evil in HamlUon. I do not know that it oan be worse In any other part of the Province. In the West you cannot hear any complaint with present conditions. In Ontario It la Impossible to get away from expressed ridicule an>i disrespect for the O.T.A." Mr. F. Barry Hayes, Pros., Toronto Carpet Mfg. Co., Toronto: "My Impression of prohibition is that whereas the country gener- ally thought it would be very much to its Interests, it has only resulted In making many of our citizens hypocrites and law-breakers. This in having a very bad effect generally. Drinking In our citlea and larger towns has certainly Increased to an alarming extent. I am not a 'wet', but I am not In favor of repressive legislation. The Idea of making people good by statute is a delusion." Rev. Father C. f. Killeen, BelleviUe, Ont.: "1 view with a great deal of concern the Increase In lawtessness and crime that prolilbltlon has engendered. It leads to a spirit of dis- trust. It Is no use saying to the people 'You cannot have liquor.' Those who want It will get it. Fifty-one per'~cent of the people cannot impose their win on the other forty-nine per cent." Rev. John Lyons, M.A., Church of England F.ector: "After studying the situation I have become â-  onvinced that Pre- mier Ferguson's policy Is the best solution yet p'a^ d before the people of Ontario to adequately deal with the liquor proUiama." Ven. Archdeacon Mackintosh, Dundas, Ont. : "You never heard of the Prohibitionists of the Pro-vlnc*3 which have Government Control asking for a change to what we call a pro- hibition law. It show.s that they are satisfied with the law, and foel that It Is useless to ask for a change." /. C. Makiiu, K.C., Stratford, Ont.: "In a very largo percentage of tho cases In my experience con- tested In court In these dLstrlcts (Waterloo County and Windsor Bor- der), perjury ha.s been committed. This Is one feature that our so- called 'temperance' friends seem to overlook. In this respect the cure seems worse than the disease." Rev. W. G. Martin, Pilgrim United Church, Brantford, Ont.: "No miin. iinles.s he is blind, can say with sincerity that the O.T~A. as a prohibition ine.a.siiro has been the success we hoped and believed It would be, when It ber-ame law. The more I consider the que.stlon the more convinced I am that the bringing about of prohibition, an Ideal towards which we are .ill striving, and to which we are committed as men and women, eager for tho best moral Interest of the cotnmunlty and of the state, is ;i proce.sa of education. It iB the responsibility of the heme, the school, and the church." D. L. McCarthy, K.C., Toronto: , .. . .^ ^ "The Ontario Temperance Act has undoubtedly abolished the bar, but unfortunately, In.stead of having one bar in a hotel, we now have rooms In hotels converted Into private bars." C. G. McGhie, Vice-President, Welland Vale Mfg. Co., St. Catharines, Ont.: .. .. ^ j. "Not only labor, but the country as a whole, will be better imder Government control. 1 strongly endorse the Ferguson policy. Major-General the Hon. S. C. Mewburn, HamUton, Ont.: "I unhesitatingly state that In my opinion the policy of the Oovern- ment control of liquor, aa it is now stated by the Prime Minister, U Suml^n" :n the b2st Interest of all the people of the Province. I l^e lately been In the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. . . . This Is what I have learned. The people who were e*rongIy In fdvor of prohibition will without any qualification whatever say now that sine" Government control of liquor has come Into force they would never for one moment go back upon their present legislation." Controller William Morrison, Hamilton, Ont.: "There Is more alcohol drunk in HamUton now tban at any tune In the city's history." William Mtdock, K.C., Toronto: ^ . , ^ "I have no hesitation !n telllrg the people of Ontario ttat I n.voT Government control in preference to the O.T^A., and that I Will support the policy of the Fergusor Goverunent." Mrs. Emily Murphy (Janey Canuck), PtfUce Mt^istrate, Edmonton, Alberta: "Before Government control became the la^r of Alberta I opposed it vigorously, both on the platform and by my pen. 1 was fearful that our last state would be worse than our first. It soemed only logical that If the restrictions weio removed there would be more drunkenness and crime. No living person could persuade me to the contrary. "After a period of several years In which I have been called upon to enforce the present Llqu ir Control Act. both as a city end provincial magistrate, I am bound lo acknowledge that my faars were largely unfounded. There was not tven a rush of inebriety .as I had predicted, the pepple showing a remarkable degree of restraint. The condition was steadily Improved â€" again I say, not from any degree of spiritual enrichment on the part of our people â€" but because the law was wall conceived and is being well enforced." Dr. G. J. Musgrove, Temperance Candidate in 1919, Niagara Falls, Ont.: "Before 1916 we had 16 bars and liquor stores In Niagara FUls; now w.> have double that number of bootleggers. Tho Provincial Police and the Ucenae Inspectors have been very active in endeavoring to enforce the OnUrk> Temperance Act, but it Is really Impossible to do so. I am n».t only in fa%or of Mr. Ferguson's policy, but I partlcnlarly< endorse the provlaion that no permit shall be given to person, under >1 years of age." Mr. Paul J. Myier, Prea. Canadian Westinghouao Co^ Hamilton, Ont.: "As a large employer of labor J se. no possibility of room ftoP oomplatnt In Ontario when ^ man shall ba allowed a bottle of hew Ini hia own house. Long ezpcrtenoe with oar men In this eompany Is (ood Miough for ma on thla point." /. G. Notmuai, Vice-Praaldent McKinnon IndsutHea, St. Calhtrisiet, OnL: "We have aa mneh trouble bow with our labor a. w. had before prohibition came into effeet. There are the same Monday and Tuaaday dMBeultlaa, but new they are due to poisoned aloohoL Our mm would be much hotter If thay ooutd have good beer when tisey want It. Oovemment «>oatrol aa they hare It la the Wast I. what we ahould have In Ontario." Col, W. N. Ponton, K.C., BeOevUlm: "Aa a lawrw I knew that the aad tact aaMiat b. eentroTWted, that la liqnor cases under th. lauiaasl*. O.TJL. truth haa loat Ita andent poww. The admlaMratloa of Jnatlc. h.. b.an honeycombed by perjury aad tba eath haa UMt Ita aanrtlty, daaplt. th. oonaotaatloua and abl. affarts of maglatrataa. Crown atteraagr. aad poUoa oflleera who hav. doaa their beat to stem th. tide of r.Tolt. Wher. the law enda tyranay liaalia The O.T.A. la d..potle, arbitrary and agmlnat the will of th. .Maoas .f Ckoada. A wl»« law Is th. Mata'a eoUMSt.d wllL' Tba O.TJk. aa. Under the O.TJI. w« ar. all treated aa ehlldraa aad waak- aad crlmtnala" Dr,A. Deam of Mtdlebse, Tonmto VnivertUy: (th. mtdtaal deator.) ar. tagalty permitted to iaau. a daOalt. ^f praaariptioa. each nMBth, the InfwrMiee being that the .f atek (»lh raqairlag alech.1 ahould not azeeed that number. If ha k«Bp. wtthia that limit U aat. from jrwa a t attoatlM la tatalarabla. Th. m.dloal prof( b. r a l aa a ad firem aneh aadlcatOad swrltud.." "OovMamsat Control haa o^amtad la Mvwal of IM the I>oBitaloa, and appafaaMy wlthMtt smro «t» •> all out aach palpaM. eVit «i to mgsaat that problMtioa la certainly without aoah witt tm la palpabl. imdv pcblMttoa Unlt.d atatM. It Slims to mm that tb. amaant of pablt. or pasaww harm which th. p r oposad OovaraaMat ooatrol leaaaa pu w lbl a aMd 9ai oomp.1 any of u. to iatscfwa with the pwaoaal Xi aad om ot otbar ; '~* Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Taramtot "Some ovmt laaloaa pw>pl. t.U vm that Qoiwtnautnt CkMrtial not work in th. Provlneea arhM. It Is b.lac tri.d, bat aneh la aot any Interpratation aa I have fouad it I hare vtaltod aach Provtaia. wher. there ha. btma a ehaoc., both oadar piahlbltoiy measuraa aad under GovMimiMtt Control, aad th. odd., to my way ot thinking, are all OB the aid. of Oovemmant CoiftnL" Mr. Edtoard Tettier, former Ubend Maasber for North Essex, Windsor, OnUt "I do not look upon this aa a party flghi. I thlak wa most all i take off our coats aad put Governntent Control ovar. I am fOr Oovera* j ment Control first, last and all the time." Dr. J. A. Temple, MJl.CS., LLD., Past PreMeat Ontario Medictd Association, Toronto: "There is one fact that Is very prominent in my mind and which I think might well be emphasised â€" that is the great increase in the use of narcotics in the last three or four years. The man who was addicted to liquor has switched in many cases to drugs. While there Is always hope for the drunkard, it is almost impossible to cure the drug addict. The O.T.A. was much too sweeping in ita provlsiona" Most Rev. G. Thomdoe, D.D., D.C.L., Arehbiahop of Algoma, and Metropolitan of Ecclesiastiad Province of OnUaio, 191S: "There Is in human nature a sense of freedom which must be respected. All these considerations have to be weighed by the Govern- nMnt, and I have very great hope that the measures proposed by Premier Ferguson will be found, If carried out, to be a very great improvement on what we have been experiencing the past few yeara" Sir Charles Tapper, Winrdpeg: "The reasons that convince me most firmly that Premier Ferguson's policy will prove a great boon for the people of Ontario are based on my observation of the great success of liquor control in Manitoba. Control in Manitoba has brought about the following three great Improvomenta: there Is less drinking by both young and old, particularly by the young; control has created a higher moral tone in the community at large; it has also brought about a decidedly higher respect for law." L. A, Van Skiver, formerly inspector Childreii's Aid Sttciety, Picton, Ont.: "I have been an ardent prohibitionist all my life. But in the discharge of my duties as Inspector for the Children's Aid Society I I came across conditions that impressed me with their seriousness. In | almost every case of destitution which came under my observation I | found that bootlegging -was tho cause. I do not believe in changing ' my prohibition beliefs that I am taking a retrograde step. Prohibition ; means war." j Rev. Frank Vipor:d, Streetsville, OnUs ' "I am not afraid to express the convlctioit that the greatest ' enemies of Christian temperance, of sobriety, and of the upbuilding of strong Christian character have not been the breweries and dis- tilleries, but offldal and fanatical prohibitionists who have been will- { ing to make of the Christian faith a lesser thing than that of the I Bfahometan." 0. S. White, K.C., President Ontario Bar Association, Toronto: "I am satisfied that , . . there is in the province no such tiling as prohibition under it (the O.T.A.), for the simple reason that every person who wants Uquor can get It without difficulty. I believe that the Premier and the Government have followed the only proper course , open to them In asking the people for a mandate to remove our affliction from us." Ru Hon. Sir Thomas White, K.C.M.G^ Toronto: "Ttiat the Ontario Temperance Act Is not capable of adequate enforcemmit, lacking as It does the strong support of public opinion, must by this time be clear to all who have given any study to the subject. She time haa arrived to so amend It as to prevent and limit, as far aa fMoalbl., the eVUs of intemperance under a system of Gov- err.ment control, having a firmer support of 'public o(>inion, and under regulation, which will not lead to the evils which for the past seven years hav. been InseiMuubly connected with the administration of tho O.TJ^" Col Rev. Cecil G. WiUianu, Dondnion Secretary, Ncvy League of Canada: "Should I steal, commit forgery or break any other law In Canada except that of the O.T.A., I am punished and upon my release Ignored, until I have rehabilitated myself, by those who know me, because they are sympathetic to and upholders of the law. But If I violate the O.T.A. and am punished for the same according to law, I have the sympathy of my friends, showing that they hold the law In contempt. Very different Is the treatment extended In the two instances. The law should be the same from coast to coast for Individuals and all classes, and until it is I cannot see th. rlghteoi»n«sa or tba practicability ot the O.TJC" Most Rev. David Williams, Archbishop of Huron and Metropolitan of Ontario, London, Ont.: "It (the O.T.A.) has done more to encourage deceit and subterfuge, naore to demoraliso the youth of the country and to create a general disrespect for law than all the other causes combined during the ten years of Its existence. Oovemm.nt Control, with individual i>ermlts. Is the only sane system." Levi Williams, Police Magistrate, Picton, Ont.t "All my life I have been a temperance advocate. But wben I saw not only how the law itself -wa. being disregarded by people who were BOt addicted to law-breaking but by the actual -perversion of the process of Jaatlc, I felt there must be some changes. I have been magistrate In Pleton for 18 yeara, and what has struck me recently Is the limits that paopl. will go to perjnre themselves whan faced with charges of violating the Ontario TempManc. Act" Sir John Witlison, Toronto: "I was wholly wniiraparad for the unanimity of optnlen cncprooaad In fhvor of GovemmMit (Tontrol. Again and again I -was told by thoaa who had oppoaed the avatem and voted for prohibition In pleblsdtea and referendums that conditions were better under control and that they would not vote to raator. the prohibitory enactmmita Nb on. auggaated that bootlanlng had been wholly abolished or that thet-e wa. no unlawful acting or Illicit drinking. They did Inslat that boot- lecgtng -wa. teaa common and leoa proStable, that th. law was ganMrnlly : r aapeo t ad and enforced, that th.re wan far les? drinking In hotel bad- ! room, and mor. undeatrmbla placMi, and that there wa. a greater decra. of aoeial coDtentni.nt and no such feeling as undar prohibition that *T"^~ mamt ba carried and a a a c r o t atore of liquor pr ov ide d for ila ncwi. houaa partlea and Ilka eFHtta" AlheH Whbney, brother «/ <h« late Sir James Whitney, Prmaott, Omt.: "The facta atar. a. la th. faea. When th. CtovwramMtt i .C thla provlnoa ar. la fMaipt of a yearly rawwia. ot nnmntfitag flv. million dollar., and th. boetlacgera are piuBUac to th. aslii aMB. twMtty-Sve mintoa. It a..iBa to me that It la tIm. te call a aad aak ontaalvea In all aail.naitMa If thla whol. b. la (hr better hand, entraatwl to rMiord of th. priai at l*tu »l i tc la l Boa. RMMkrd Tw^nmum la The aboo9 9xctrpt» from ktitn, inUrvkum and odtfretftt arm nmnmarily r€9tricted, oImo UadUd in namher, owing to tack VOTE CONSERVATIVE ih.nr i/iiij FOR TRUE TEMPERANCE p'nlf Ontario at y " â€" ~- 'aik •¥ V, I'