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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
2
The Chevalander published Saturdays by the Islander Publishing Company in Cumberland BC lists subscription prices of $1.50 yearly in advance and 5 cents per issue. Foreign subscriptions to Postal Union countries are $2.00. The issue is dated Saturday October 30th 1915.
In a public statement the People's Prohibition Movement led by Dr. Geo. K. Mac Naughton declares there is no middle ground against liquor. The editorial urges awakening across the province, condemns rum power, and predicts an irrepressible conflict that will determine whether intelligence and conscience prevail or rum power dominates.
A columnist argues that unprincipled corporate power and whiskey influence drive national ruin. He laments party wrangling over power while alcohol interests corrode institutions, claiming only a rising force could avert growing financial distress and social decay.
A confidential assertion claims liquor traffic generates business across society from saloons to courts and undertakers, touching police, lawyers, sheriffs, doctors, jails, and hangmen. The remark highlights widespread economic domino effects linked to alcohol.
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