Letter on the effects of Prohibition, from a business man in Ontario, published in the “Spectator:”
“Men I have known for years to be regular promenading tanks have given it up, and are starting a decent life again. The Police Court is empty. England should try it. It would be, after the first heavy initial loss, the best thing that ever struck the nation. I cursed these temperance guys as hard as any, but all the same it cannot blind you from the truth.”
Your Share in the Food Crisis
The Food and Money Wasted on Drink in Our Great Towns
Estimated from August 1914 to April 1917 inclusive by George B. Wilson, B.A., Compiler of the National Drink Bill
| Drink Bill | Grain Lost | Sugar in Beer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | lb. | ||
| United Kingdom | £510,000,000 | 4,400,000 | 762,000,000 |
| London | £83,000,000 | 693,000 | 120,000,000 |
| Edinburgh | £3,200,000 | 31,000 | 5,300,000 |
| Dublin | £2,600,000 | 29,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Glasgow | £10,500,000 | 101,000 | 17,400,000 |
| Manchester and Salford | £11,000,000 | 92,000 | 15,900,000 |
| Birmingham | £9,900,000 | 82,000 | 14,200,000 |
| Liverpool | £8,800,000 | 73,000 | 12,600,000 |
| Sheffield | £5,400,000 | 45,000 | 7,800,000 |
| Leeds | £5,300,000 | 44,000 | 7,600,000 |
| Bristol | £4,200,000 | 35,000 | 6,000,000 |
| West Ham | £3,400,000 | 28,000 | 4,900,000 |
| Bradford | £3,300,000 | 28,000 | 4,800,000 |
| Hull | £3,300,000 | 27,000 | 4,700,000 |
| Newcastle | £3,100,000 | 26,000 | 4,500,000 |
| Nottingham | £3,100,000 | 26,000 | 4,500,000 |
| Portsmouth | £2,800,000 | 23,000 | 4,400,000 |
| Stoke | £2,800,000 | 23,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Leicester | £2,700,000 | 22,000 | 3,800,000 |
| Cardiff | £2,100,000 | 18,000 | 3,100,000 |
| Bolton | £2,100,000 | 18,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Croydon | £2,100,000 | 17,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Sunderland | £1,700,000 | 14,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Oldham | £1,700,000 | 14,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Birkenhead | £1,600,000 | 13,000 | 2,200,000 |
| Blackburn | £1,500,000 | 13,000 | 2,200,000 |
| Brighton | £1,500,000 | 13,000 | 2,200,000 |
| Plymouth | £1,500,000 | 12,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Derby | £1,400,000 | 12,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Middlesbrough | £1,400,000 | 12,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Stockport | £1,400,000 | 12,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Norwich | £1,400,000 | 12,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Southampton | £1,400,000 | 12,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Swansea | £1,400,000 | 12,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Gateshead | £1,400,000 | 11,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Preston | £1,400,000 | 11,000 | 1,900,000 |
| Coventry | £1,300,000 | 11,000 | 1,900,000 |
| Huddersfield | £1,300,000 | 10,000 | 1,800,000 |
| Halifax | £1,200,000 | 10,000 | 1,700,000 |
PLAY THE GAME
The man who drinks 3 pints a day drinks another man’s rations.