The Liquor Traffic.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 128, 7 May 1883, Page 3

The Liquor Traffic.

Speaking of the magnitude of the , public .hoa6e interest m Great Britain, a lieutenant of the Bine Ribbon Army spoke at a public ' meeting recently as follows ;—rTaking the number of publichouses at 180,000, and supposing them to form one continuous streets of drink* shops on both sides, each house having 1 ..,, .3.6 ft frontage, they would make a street 60,6 miles long. The speaker also made a telling comparison between the money spent m drink and the money spent on . the necessaries of life. _ The annual ex- ' penditure m Great Britain for houserent is computed at 70 millions ster- ; ling ;, the sum spent on woollen goods for Home nse is 46 millions, and on Cotton goods 14 millions, making a total .o^H'l3o millions for the year. How does this expenditure for necessary articles compare • with; the annual drink bill ? It is found that no less than 140 ' millions' sterling: are spent on intoxicating liquors, being 10 millions , mom than for bouse rent, woollen goods, and cotton goods put together 1 Take another comparison :— put 86 sovereigns on every lett£r.ia the Bible —not words, -but each letter m the book — and you get the totapßum spent on drink each year HnlQreatvßri tain. •- i '