. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. interfered with itssuccess. There was dispute between the provincial and Dominion authori-ties in regard to enforcement. This was aggravated by the fact that theScott Act being a Dominion measure, repealed, so far as the territory itaffected was concerned, the liquor license laws of the different result of all was that the law was repealed in every place in Ontario,Manitoba and Quebec, in which it was adopted. It is, however, still inforce in a large part of the Maritime Pr
. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. interfered with itssuccess. There was dispute between the provincial and Dominion authori-ties in regard to enforcement. This was aggravated by the fact that theScott Act being a Dominion measure, repealed, so far as the territory itaffected was concerned, the liquor license laws of the different result of all was that the law was repealed in every place in Ontario,Manitoba and Quebec, in which it was adopted. It is, however, still inforce in a large part of the Maritime Provinces. While the Scott Act was to some extent a disappointment, it certainlywas effective in reducing the consumption of liquor, and in lessening drunk-enness and crime. In the Province of Ontario, taking a period of threeyears before the adoption of the measure, the three years during which itwas in force, and the three years following its repeal, we find the commit-ments for drunkenness during the Scott Act period were very much lewthan in either of the other periods. The following are the figures:. 3 r Oo * 2<3 s Is J ffl, «!$©? ^.-«^^^i j£^^ . 1 ? HBHHHI^IHHi m c ?-» pq THE ANTI-LIQUOR FIGHT IN CANADA. 383 During three years before the Scott Act 2144 commitments. During three years of the Scott Act 977 commitments. During three years after the Scott Act 1531 commitments. In the other provinces equally good results followed. With the repeal of the Scott Act there seems to have been for a timea lull in regard to temperance work. This was the time when the greatChristian Endeavor movement was inaugurated. One of the effects of thegrowth of the Christian Endeavor idea was to swing into the line of Chris-tian activity, in a distinctively Church organization, the moral enthusiasmand activity, which before had found expression and an avenue of useful-ness in organizations such as temperance societies outside of the the growth therefore of the Christian Endeav
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