JUNE 2s, .1924

Government Control Enriches Onlyllum Bootleggin

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There was no way of knowing. Q]. actly. bow much was spent for boat- lfll liquor in Vancouver in that time. but it would seem probable that two hundred and ﬁfty-five clnbs would sell fully as much liquor as would be sold in seven government liquor stores, [t is not to be wondered at that the arm. era sections of the Retail Merchant; Association of Vancouver adopted rc- solutions stating that "the business of tht retail grocers of Vancouve is sui- fcring very heavily from the diver-aim. of inoney into liquor channels." and that they petitioned the government to surmit to a vote of the people a pr... position for "bone-dry" prohibition.

Tho city of Kamloops, with g pom“. ation oi only six thousand spent SL4..- lllti in the government liquor stores inst year and received buck in protlts $10.50!. a net loss to the people or 321a, soil in Prince Rupert. with a popula- tion oi air thousand. the people paid the government stores $32.4"; for booze and received hack $11,925. eav- ing the city worse off by 8261.493; and yet. John Oliver. Premier of the pro - vgnimnlaildhiiscr; speech last summer

a r s onm was rowin rich from governme 1uliquor€ to which the Vancouver Sun NlFlPfli “No one ever knew an individual to drink himself rich. nor s community to drink itself rich. increased sales of liquor simply mean that the people will have less money with which to pay taxes."

One newspaper spoke of this stream oi money draining out of the province as .the "emigration of money." and gave that as an explanation for the alarming “emigration of people" out of the province. "People are leaving British Columbia because of the lin- ancial conditions here. which are mat- crinlly weakened by our daily drain for liquor.“ said this newspaper. An- other newspaper called attention to the fact that while British Columbia was spending twelve million dollars a year for drink in the government stores alone. that was almost twice as mush as was being spent in the province for schools. British Columbia produced 'a triﬂe more than four million dollars’ worth of creamery products in a year. and spent twelvs millions for boose in government stores alone. The total agricultural products of the province were worth 881.151.0011. only a little more than three times the amount spent for drink in government stores.

The promise of the Moderationists was that the profits from liquor would soon pay oi! the public debt. but that debt has more than doubled in the three years of government control. in 19M the public debt was tiiihdﬂlkfidl. in 1% it was 854371.381. ln lilﬂ it hatfgrown to 864.247.3411: and in Hm it had swollen up to $68,181,000.

Another promise was that taxes would‘be reduced when the govern- ment went into the liquor business. in the provincial parliament last Nov- ember. J. W. Jones stated that high taxation was strangling the agricul- tural industry. and the member oi parliament from Okanagan gave as ex- amples of how taxes had increased since the government went to work

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, . f!‘ n" bPf-‘WQN. the case oi a farmer -tb eight acres. whose taxes bad ""19 liil from S132 in 102i to 8352 in "23. and of another farmer with ten firs. whose taxes had increased from ~65 in i920 to I384 in i923. and of an- vther with sixteen acres in fruit and birty-two in hay and grain, who w" taxed $1251 last year.

About the same time Dawson Local of the United Farmers‘ Association idopted resolutions asking the ilov. zrument to remove its liquor store rum that community because falling irices and poor markets. together with he money wasted in the liquor store. ‘Ill iirmixht about the most serious ondition in the history at the p9,“... liver district, and the great majority if farmers were unable to meet their

Not much baa been done in the way of developing the eggplant. li you buy in eggplant you gct- one of two varie- .ies. which seem to be standard. the \'ew York Purple and Black Beauty. The New York Purple has been grept- iy improved in size and quality by se- lecting and is a fine strong power and

for an eggplant. One seldom “lays" more than five or six eggs at its very best and usually is doing well to turn out three or four full-grown fruits in a season under ordinary culture. The New York Purple has been known to go as high as eight in a season irom an early start under glass and with

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The Black Beauty is an improve~ ment overNew York Purple in that it produces about two weeks earlier. which gives it first choice for the average home garden. it is a strong grower. spineless and produces fine smooth shining dark purple "eggs." which are an ornament to the garden while growing. A well-grown plant should produce four good fruits under ordinary care. Half a dozen eggplants

‘iiiikliiﬂns- and buy the bars neces- =ities of life or pay their (“at

A Beer-hy-the-(llass Party‘.

(‘iii taxes have gone up too. A ypical example: The taxes on a house tad lot in Vancouver increased from ‘tiliii! in liilil to $100.90 in i933. and here were more sales of property for It'll-Payment of taxes in Vancouver ‘nst ycar than ever before.

One of the motives that persuaded ‘iritish (Toiumbie to turn to prohibition ‘or reliei seven years ago was the act- 'vity of the brewers and liquor inter- -sta in politics. Later. when the >l‘9\\'QI‘I were campaigning against pro- ‘iibition, they promised that if gov- wnment control was voted in. they mould keep out oi politics and would rover nslt for a return oi the bar or ‘or the sale oi beer by the glass. They issured the voters that the bar had ‘teen abolished forever. Just as the brewers in the United States. in their ~ampaign against prohibition. are de- claring that the bar has gone. never to return. and that all they are after is the privilege of making alcoholic beer again; they keep‘ discreetly quiet on the question of how and where the beer is to begsold sud drunk.

Now the brewers in British Colum- lvia are in politics again. stronger and more actively than ever. They have

petitioned the government executive muncil iar permission to sell beer by the glass. They have organised n

‘vcer-hy-the-glnss political party. They have n strong lobby in parliament. They have subsidised some oi the most inﬂuential men in the province to talk 1nd write for beer-by-the-glass. They have contributed to the campaign funds-oi both political parties and are threatening defeat to any politician who opposes them.

Last December l went to see A. ld Hanson. attorney general oi_ British (‘olumbis and administrator of the liquor control set. He speaks of his oillce as the "department oi grief." He said to me: “l am s prohibitionist. l believe in prohibition as the ultimate best. but now it is impossible hers. The people had prohibition and voted it out. They wanted the profits that might come from government sale of liquor. The irresistible argument of more dollars talked louder to them than the argument for better morals. So. while i believe prohibition would he best. the people put me in here to administer this lsw. and l must do that."

l asked him ii the government con- trol act had proved a failure.

"it has failed to function as it should so iar." he answered. "But that is not the fault of the law. lt is largely because the people have not stood be- hind it. A substantial part of the pub- lic declines to exercise itself with re- gard to breaches of the set. This atti- tude is heartbreaking to the provincial authorities. who are toying to enforce it. Especially bad is the attitude of the municipalities toward boos ‘ clubs.“

A Breaker of 0M law will Break ‘Iwo.

Then he told me how he had brought the brewers into his oiiiee recently- had placed them in s row of chairs and mad the riot act to them. They promis- isd to do better. ran ssrw! t» "w establishment of a common seliinlt “up”, handle all their product. and that would give the 80'" eminent a chance to tch their out- put and see that no went to boot- iun", General Isu- son agreed to ask parliament to submit a. s m. of the people the question o! the sale of beer by the glass-

"Bo we will probably have a vlots on it in 1w." llr. jlanson said. if the people want beet by the glass. i!!! legallse it and have at least one liquor lsw that ws an enforce.”

"it you can't enforce your present law, why do you think you can sn- iorce that?" "

"The hrewsrs will stand behind it.

I went to see Archie Johnson. chair- man of the liquor control h rd. and one of the leading lawyers i tbs DN- vinte. '

“Talk of trusting. the word of s

brewer who baa broken ovary promise» he ever made to the plsl he said.

for the small patch will give a good erop and for a larger family a dozen would be needed. U ' These plants are warm weather grow- ers and the middle oi .\lay is ample time to get them into the ground from early-sown seed.

There are a fcw varieties of egg- plant sometimes offered in addition to the two mentioned. but they have no superiority if they are\ss desirable. The early Long Purple is said to be hardier, but as the eggs must be pro- laced in warm weather and the hardi- -st of them will ahrivei underthe first frost. the element is not of great value in this vegetable.

Plggplants necd intensive culture to do their best. They should have the richest soil and never be allowed to lack plenty of moisture. As they make large leaves and take up considerable room they should be set two feet apart

in the rows with rowsthree feet apart. ~ Potato bugs sometimes attack them

and psris green or some arsenical spray should he used at the first ap- pearance of these pests. A blight some- times attacks also. but s dose of hor- deaux mixture will disperse this trou- ble very readily.

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Flying Cloud has had $5.000 spent on her. A strong oak staircase and ipartments of the mo t exquisite lux- ury make her a pe t sea palace. Her tall masts. immaculate paint- work and shining gilt figure-head. however. more than the more evidenc- t-s of wealth, make Flying Cloud a tnlng of beauty.

Captain Dayle. her skipper. is proud of her; and to keep her spotless is the ambition of her crew of 2n men.

Just now Flyin Cloud is undergoing a six weeks‘ reil . after which she is expected to leave for Scotland.

and they are already lobbying for beer by the g s. The brewers have not played fair by us at all. They have been selling their beer at all hours to ‘he bootlegging clubs. They can't play fair. They are not built that way. A nan who will break one lsw will break wo." -

l told Mr. Johnson that over in the United States the brewers and liquor interests were working to have beer and wine brought back again under government control. and l asked him what he thought of that.

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wineries going again and allow them to make alcoholic beverages ‘of any stflllltii.

they will ride roughshod over any laws that you can make regulating the sale of their produc " he answered. "Don't wer give them that edge on you. Give ‘he brewers s bung. and they'll soon want s whole barrel. Open but a crack

‘n and take possession of your whole ‘muse. as they are doing in British ‘olumbia. You have them ciosed- in ‘he United States: keep them closed. what! You pretend that you can cou- trol a thousand hreweies and s half million bear seiiersi Ray. man. .you milht magi

"l would ss lest tru s for in a an roost ss to trust s brewer to sell _, r within’- any Mutations. racy ‘ promin- to be easteat with the present lsw. but we have had it only three years

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