_From a Sermon preached in Ontario, February 25, 1917_: “Thank God, if any of our Canadian soldiers return to us with the drink habit formed and raging, we can welcome them to a land nearly purged of the liquor traffic, where they may have a chance to recover their manhood.” _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