The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74
Why Publicans Oppose Prohibition
Why Publicans Oppose Prohibition.
We are constantly being told that our movement will gain nothing, but will likely lose much, we suceed in obtaining a Prohibitory Law. Then why do publicans oppose us with so much [unclear: braination] ? The following copy of a letter, issued by the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers' [unclear: patiarion], addressed to the trade of the Colony, will answer the question better than any state-[unclear: as] made by an abstainer:—