BRITISH LABOUR M.P.'S.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 October 1922, Page 4

BRITISH LABOUR M.P.'S.

INVESTIGATE "DRY" AMERICA. Messrs. Charles H. Sitch, M.P. and John E. Davidson, M.P., of the British House of Commons, who went as a deputation to investigate and report on prohibition, stated on their return: i "As to the general effect of the new law, we are compelled to state that, .in our judgment, prohibition, as we in , this country ; have been led to believe 'it prevails, does not exist. It has re- ■ suited in an enormous development m home brewing and wine making. Illicit stills are quite common in private houses, and the necessary apparatus can be purchased in the stores. The : Anti-Saloon League claims to have , foreseen this possibility, but it is . doubtfulif it anticipated that it would ! , reach the dimensions it has assumed. In one district alone 'hop-dealers estimate j the output from this source at ten million barrels of beer, averaging double the strength formerly turned out by the commercial breweries. The grape growers of California have sold in a -single year enough grape concentrates to make over twenty million gallons of wine.' " There, is no need to add any remarks to this statement. Vote Continuance j —Advt.