The Western Call
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2012-09-14
issued: 1910-10-28
description: Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People.
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note: tesitiatt $a *S*^ ve ^seeoiA ARE YOU ON OUR LIST? NO! WHY ? 17 '��������� SUBSCRIPTION $1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Vancouver City, Mount Pleasant, South Vancouver and The Province VOLUME II VANCOUVER. British Columbia, OCT. 28 1916. mm^m. No. 25 LICENSE VICTUALERS BECOMING ALARMED Their Own Press Admit Danger ��������� Desparate Efforts i To Hold Public Opinion. The continual cry that is.heard abroad in the land that "local ���������option" and "prohibition" only increases the amount of liquor consumed, is so palpably false that it is scarcely worthy of comment, but so persistent has this cry become and so assiduously are the license victuaiers circulating it that it is actually arousing the apprehension of some timid souls. ^ It only requires a moment's thought.to convince any level-, leaded person that the fear is groundless, for, if it were so, the ilceijs*> vietualer would be holding a jubilee, instead of working day and night to defeat temperance legislation. V The following is an extract from Mr. T. M. Gilmore's stateT ment in the Bonfort Wine and Spirit Circular. New York. The article is headed: "Can the Liquor Bunnell be Successfully Defended Before the Bar of Public Sentiment?": "The big majority in the recent Tennessee election^ given to the Republican and against the regular Democratic nominees was ;������n echo of the State-wide prohibition fight and of the killing of Carmack, and whether we like it o\\ not, it must be accepted as a further protest of the people of Tennessee against the liquor traffic, as the people of Tennessee know, or think they know, that traffic. A "In Texas we find a very large majority polled in favor pf submitting a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquors, to a vote of the people. "In Missouri, in obedience to a demand from the people, a fight is on to amend the constitution and prohibit the liquor business. "In Florida a similar .fight is being waged and in several other States, like Nebraska, the liquo…
note: Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly Published by Dean and Goard from 1910-01-07 to 1910-04-01, Terminal City Press from 1910-04-08 to 1915-12-24, and then McConnells from 1915-12-31 to 1916-06-30.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0188196
language: English
lat: 49.2500000
long: -123.1167000
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Terminal City Press
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text