Show Ba Battle tle for Bone Dry pry Can Canada d Will Meet Stiff By ROY J. J J GIBBONS S. S S N NEA NA EA Service Writer TOI Ont July 1 The 1 The Canadian senate now looms as the greatest obstacle that the drys of that country will have to overcome In their new fight to make the whole of Canada arid under a national prohibition law lawsl sl similar to our act Any national legislation that the drys might succeed In having passed assed by the the dominion parliament parlia parlia- p parliament ment which corresponds to our own congress would would- would would-In in turn have to o pass pass pass' the senate similar to our own senate except that Its members are appointed for life and therefore are not answerable to the people Its background Is British British- The sen senate te may veto any measures measures mea measures mea mea- that It pleases and soong sQ so long ong as the lower house house submits submits submits sub sub- mits them the members of the lower ower house having flung their gesture can suffer no harm from the drys at the next election I BATTLE IN TWO YEARS It is H probable then that two years hence when tire next Cani- Cani dlan dian parliament comes up for r reappointment reappointment re- re appointment the drys will exact temperance pledges from flom all members members members mem mem- bers that It can rally And the outlook foreshadows a good bitof bitof bit bitof of legislative horseplay with the parliament legislating prohibition measures to sa satisfy the dr drys s and the senate killing the s same saIhe ame measures mea measures measures mea mea- to satisfy the liquor In Interests In- In It is a condition that makes mikes the wet rest easy They say they have nothing to fear so long as the senate retains Its Us time old-time preJudices Canada does not have a constitution con con- constitution which might be changed as a- 1 we In the United States changed ours to to Include the eighteenth amendment and meanwhile the various provinces continue it exercise individual autonomy autonomy autonomy au au- on th- th the question of whether er to make liquor legal or not CANADIAN SALOON JUNKED At the present time seven o othe of the nine provinces are wet whereas ten years years ago all of o them were dry In th the transition from wet to dry and back again the the timE old saloon was junked Some Sonie form of license system v- v obtains In each province except Quebec but the liquor traffic Is under government control eve ver It Is sanctioned With the overthrow t Of f Ontario try by y the the wet f forces on June 1 1 which was the day that Ontario Onta- Onta rio io b backslid following ten years ot of f temperance tire the drys lost one of f. f their f few w remaining strong strong- holds The wets thought It It would be bea a deathblow But the drys rallied railed rallied ral- ral lied led and now announce th their lr Intention In- In to push out along a dlf- dlf erent t salient sallent and do the thing up un p brown as as' as Rev Ben H H. Spence dry leader sa says s Spence lives here In Toronto and nd Is known as as Canadas Pussyfoot Pus- Pus It Is his contention that government government govern govern- government ment control of the liquor liquor- traffic traffic fic ic is nothing more more than control pf of f tire the government by the liquor traffic WETS TO ENFORCE LAWI LAW Spence offers statistics to prove I its his contention that when Ontario lad I d complete wartime prohibition t major r cr crimes crimes m s alm almost st ceased and nd minor es started started started-on on the down down- trade grade With each successive year th that that t the ban was lifted even a a little crimes of all classes started immediately Immediately Immediately Imme Imme- to mount he says It Is In effort to silence such opposition opposition op op- op- op position or at least make malu it quiescent quiescent quiescent cent that D D. H H. Hanna Hanni chairman of Ont Ontario's new liquor con control trot b board arp has declared A that the new liquor law laws a are to be enforced per her cent Drunkenness bootlegging transfer transfer transfer trans trans- fer of licenses and other violations are going to bring stiff fines and Jail jan sentences We Vc have gotten this law after a abard abard bard fight and we are not going to let it be killed by bv the few who wish to make j pigs of th themselves lv es s Hanna says A |