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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2331, 26 October 1908, Page 3

GISBORNE NO-LICENSE L THE Next Meeting of flic I will be belli in the Presby Schoolroom THIS EVEN IN ( 7.30. ! ONS A gobd attendance requested .ydress C. BUItGESfj Secret? urday f:E. E> elec. jhuka, NO-LI CENSi CAMPAIGN.. can--1 , ■ the Friom, THE TACTICS (£3 THE LIQUOIf' 5 PRESS AGENT IN AMERICA. IN a well-got-up American paper, “Collier’s Meekly,” there appeared several months ago a series of ably-written articles on the recent wave of temperance reform in America and its causes. One of these articles describes the tactics of the Press Agent of the Liquor Party, who is an important factor in the campaign that is being fought. The Trade pours thousands of dollars into its press bureau, and is apparently not too careful about the accuracy of the facts that are published. The article says:— “The Liquor Press Agent begins by announcing that the brewers, wholesalers, and retailers of his region have combined to reform the traffic from within. Sometimes lie gets his organisation to do a little real clean-up work as a guarantee of good faith and as a basis for advertisement. But when he sits down to plan out his campaign, or to prepare Ids copy tor publication in the newspapers which oppose prohibition as a matter of principle, or those which lie has been able to subsidise, he is in a terrible quandary. He tries first to prove that prohibition does not prohibit, in face of the fact that it usually does. (If one doubts «. this let liiin ask any Southern travelling mail of his acquaintance). Then lie tries to prove that it 'ruins towns : and the prosperity oi those small Southern toAvn.s which have gone drv in the past ten rears, rises up to say that ho lies.” Me seem to recognise something akin to this kind of publication coming to tile lore in our Dominion. It is aaell to remember that a tiling is not necessarily true because it is* in print. ALCOHOL AND WILL POWER. J)R. (T.EORGE qutten, One oi the Highest Authorities oil the 'Psychology of Alcoholism, in his iicav Avork entitled, tlie “PSYCHOLOGY OF ALCOHOLISM’ 5 Avrites as lolloavs : “Ilie use oi alcohol leads to a lack of the poAver to Avill. Not only the will as a wliole, but. all the factors of aaull are injured. The alcoholic is devoid of the power to act at the proper time and in the right wav, no matter lioav much- he may admit such action to be correct. Oil the other hand, he is equally poAA'erless to inhibit incorrect action which is in line with alcoholic indulgence. Ho lias the deluded notion that he enjoys freeAvill, capacity. Ho thinks lie can stop drinking alcoholic liquors if lie makes the effort of his will, but on account of a lack of non-pus energy lie has not the ability lor sustained effort. 55 STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE. GISBORNE FISH SUPPLY. GLADSTONE ROAD. (Opposite J. Morrison, Paiulor.) F RESH FISH Daily. the Trawler. Direct from Ring up Telephone 158, and our dart will promptly deliver your orders. A. J. RUSHER, l J r*inrit'ic»r.