. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. THE ANTI-LIQUOR FIGHT IN CANADA. 387 determined campaign to bring the entire province under prohibition byprovincial enactment. To those who have looked upon the Province of Quebec as hopelessfrom a temperance standpoint, recent events are indeed amazing. Thisprovince, which voted by an overwhelming majority against Dominionprohibition, is today ridding itself of the curse of the liquor traffic morerapidly than any other province in the Dominion. Within the past two years over 100 munici
. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. THE ANTI-LIQUOR FIGHT IN CANADA. 387 determined campaign to bring the entire province under prohibition byprovincial enactment. To those who have looked upon the Province of Quebec as hopelessfrom a temperance standpoint, recent events are indeed amazing. Thisprovince, which voted by an overwhelming majority against Dominionprohibition, is today ridding itself of the curse of the liquor traffic morerapidly than any other province in the Dominion. Within the past two years over 100 municipalities have come underlocal option and at the present moment out of 994 municipalities over 700have freed themselves of the licensed liquor traffic. This great movement is largely due to the splendid work of the Fran-ciscan Fathers under the leadership of Archbishop Bruchesi. Tremendouspledge-signing campaigns have been carried on throughout the have been followed by the passing of local option by-laws. In Ontario, the banner province of the Dominion, a tremendous fightis now on. Prior
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