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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

MR. BAYLEY AND STATE CONTROL

Sir,—Mr. Bayley says: "If my friend 'Mr. Stark' tried the experiment ot getting a drink in London, say, in the morning hours, he would find partial prohibition very much in force." Now if I had been a dock labourer in London I could have got a beer at the board's canteen between tho hours of 5 and 7 in the morning. Fet Mr. Hayley, not knowing the conditions in London, indulges in loose, irresponsible, unreliable assertions.

I do know that State control of liquor in Great Britain has been governed for over three years by the Central Board of Control, and that in that period, according to tho cablegram to The Dominion, dated London, January 7,' in England and Wales there were 183,828 convictions for drunkenness in 1914, and that in 1917 the number, was reduced to 16,410—a reduction unequalled in any State under. prohibition or partial prohibition. I also know that whereas tho money spent in Great Britain in 1914 on liquor was one hundred and sixty-five millions sterling, it was, in 1917. two hundred and fifty-six millions, and that those who drank beer wcro helping to win tho war by contributing many millions voluntarily to, as Lloyd George said, provido the silver bullet to destroy tho Germans. I also know that if the prohibitionists bad had their way in England and Wales they would have turned Great Britain into another Russia and .weakened Great Britain's power to win the war. Thank God, Lloyd George prevented that, and "the strength of Britain movement" was destroyed by tho perfidy of its promoters. How is it tEat under "partial prohibition" the American States have increased their consumption of alcoholic liquors, and how is, it that ill "total prohibition" States drunkenness is more rampant than in Merrie England where we have a lar(re measure of State control? . . •

Mr. Barley's allegations concerning the effects of State controlled-canteens nnd hotels in Grent Britain are without foundation. When in June 1910 the hoard purchased four breweries and 116 licensed premises at Carlisle the cases of intoxication were under the restricted hours thirty-three per week, and by June 17, 1017. the cases had gradually been reduced f o thre". R"e nn. 172-219 of the Rev. Henrv Carter's book on State Control in Great Britain. (Mr. Carter is a member of the Control P)oard> and speaks with authority born of knowledfo —T pir>. et<\,

SILAS STARK. [This correspondence .is now closed.]

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 94, 15 January 1919, Page 6

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 94, 15 January 1919, Page 6

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 94, 15 January 1919, Page 6

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