Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1917 — PROHIBITION IN CANADA [ARTICLE]

PROHIBITION IN CANADA

War has brought, many surprises to Canada, but none greater the triumph of prohibition. The wave which has now -become overwhelming started in 1915. when in Saskatchewan the bars were closed and the government took over the the wholesale; dispensaries reducing their number. The dispensaries themselves have since been voted out. Alberta has now been dry for more tlym six months. Manitoba first repealed the liquor-license system and then went dry. British Columbia is dry, the saloons went out of business in Newfoundland with the new year and the liquor traffic has been voted out in (Halifax. But the greatest triumph was in Ontario, a the most populous of the provinces, where it had long been thought that centers like Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa would never consider- the abolition of the saloon. Last spring, with not a dissenting vote, the legislature passed an act closing every bar and liquor shop, and it went into effect September 16. “There is little evidence yet of the illicit selling of liquor,” states one writer, “and the police in the cities seem to be remarkably alert.” Quebec has meanwhile Adopted the Gothenburg plan. The close of the war will see the question’presented again iu many places, but for the present the at-

titude of Canada is unmistakable. —New York Post.