DRINK AND ECONOMY.
The British Nation spent on drink in MJIS ,£i«Ki ,<)s<),ooo. an increase .-4 £17,4(/),(x)0 over IQI4 Drink Bill. Nearly 17i m'llions increase and the nation at war. Glasgow spends ,£60,000 per week upon drink. What wonder that battleships cannot get repaired in time to get bark to the front. Over 460,000 perons are engaged in manufacture and distribution of liquor. These men are needed in the trenches, and munition factories. An American says, “England's Booze Bill makes England’s War Bill blush for shame.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 256, 18 October 1916, Page 10
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86DRINK AND ECONOMY. White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 256, 18 October 1916, Page 10
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