MR T. W. GLOVER AT WHITELEY HALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 158, 25 July 1901, Page 2

MR T. W. GLOVER AT WHITELEY HALL.

There was only a moderate attendance Whiteley Hall on Wednesday even-| ing t> h«nr Mr. T. W. Glover's addres' on the economict of the liquor traffic. Mr. Nenl, who presidid, briefly introduced Mr. Glover to the audi-nie. Mr. Glover said it was his intention to show the effect of the liquor traffic on the labour markot, seeing that so u mall an am mut of labour is ri quired for tho m inuf icture of tbe article from the raw m,Serial, The estimate for the cost if labour in tho produc'ion of strong drink was stid to h i sixpence in the nnd xlthoogh the Government receivtd as duty a porti on of the sovere'gn, and may be said to employ labour with such revenue, most Governmentemploy *d labour, such as police, was non-productive, and th«refors coi of value to the community. The cost of tho mischief arising from drink had been estimated by tbe late Sir Julius Vogel as great«r than the revenue received, hence, as he onoe said, if we lost all the revenue through the people ceasing to drink tha country would be rich indeed. On the other side of the question, Mr. Glover said if a man spent £\ on a pair of colonial made tweed ti /U----sevs, no less a sum than 12s wou'd go directly into the pickets of tiie corking men of this colony. The aver- | age cost of production of useful commodities pioduced might be said to be 10s in the £—henccrtho loss to the working mm of money spent in strongdrink was great indeed, In Sydney it 1 was siid some year or so ago that 5000 mon were out of employ. During that I year of greatest depression five millions'• of money was spent on drink, and the 1 less thereby sntaikd would have bsen 1 sufficient, at 10s, to havo given every ! e--iu of the 5000 no less a sum ttwa '

£SOO a year each, which would h»ve bee i circulated for tha benefit of the community. It would be seen, then • fore, that from an economical point view there was a vast gain to the •masses in prohibiting the sale of liquor, aod in using tbe money wasted by that traffic in furthering the industries by >yhich the working classes gained a livelihood. A hearty vote of thanks as accorded to Mr. Glover at the inclusion of his address, and a wish .ixpressti that he wou'd deliver >raons of it again at an open-air meeting an Saturday evening, should the weather permit.