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J -- rowce encneumessmennt nevenammetenmnenennastecemmmer snn ----_--_=_--_-- -- | Hon. W. E. Raney Quotes i \ f Will of the People i & to Brewers ' +~WILL EXECUTE MANDATEI,' _ Yext of Reply of Attorney-- _ General to Secretary of ""J?' x & Ontario Brewers f'"v' 4 eeeeaeet e There will be no stronger beer for f, Oniario than that now allowed to _ be sold. The Government refuses the request of the brewers for per-- *4 mission to sell beer containing two 1 and a half per cent. of alcohol. In ';; reply to a memorandum submitted § by the brewers, Hon. W. E. Raney " makes reference to the vote of the tE 1"1'()\1'11('0 on the referendum. "The p ; Government is pledged to carry out w the will of the people as expressed ) in the referendum vote, and it seems / quite impossible to consider again _ the arguments which were passed B upon by the people themselves," he W _ writes. E Mr. Raney's reply to W. T. Kernap' _ han, Secretary of the Ontario Brew-- W ers, follows: c "Dear Mr. Kernahan,-- ; '"When you called upon the Gov-- _ ernment the other day to present the view of the Brewers and Malt-- + sters' Association in the matter of| temperance legislation, I asked you to embody your requests in a mem-- orandum. 1 now have your letter of the 4th instant, covering a memor-- andum of the views of your associa-- tion, and 1 have been asked by the Government to reply as follows: "Your first request is embodied in the following paragraph: "'"'The Ontario Brewers are of the opinion that the cause of temper-- ance would best be served and the working man of the Province would be better satisfied if a beverage con-- taining 2.50 per cent. of alcohol by weight were permitted to be manu-- A factured and sold anywhere in the Province .by anyone without a li-- cense.' Auswoered on Ballot. '"'The answer to this request was given, it seems to me, by the people of Ontario themselves, on the late referendum vote. Question 2 on the baullot read as follows: j "Are you in favor of the sale of light beer containing not more than two and fifty--one one hun-- »Uredths per cent. alcohol, weight measure, through Government agen-- cles, and amendments to the Ontario Temperance Act to permit such Sale ? '"In answer to this question 408,-- 266 persons votea 'Yes,' and 733,-- §91 voted 'No.' 'Question 3 on the ballot paper ! read as follows: (___'"'Are you in favor of the sale of ) light beer containing not more than two and fifty--one one hundredths 4 per cent. alcohol, weight measure, in