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Observer, Volume XXXVII, Issue 34, 28 April 1917, Page 9

(4) TO CONSERVE OUR NATIONAL RESERVES. To produce drink, the British Nation used in 1915— 871,000 acres of land to grow barley. 34,744 acres of land to grow hops, and monopolised the labour of 33,800 agricultural labourers*, 6,000 coal miners, 112,000 workers in Breweries and Distilleries, 298,073 workers in retail distribution. ■ :■•■.-. "The services absorbed ;in the drink trade are on a gigantic scale, and the net result of it all is a decrease in National Efficiency. I say it in all seriousness that if we are to maintain our armies in the field we shall, before very long, have to choose between bread and beer."— Sir Alfred Booth. . (5) TO CONSERVE OUR NATIONAL WEALTH. In New Zealand we. are spending on Alcohol over £14,000 per day (working day) in the year, and so wasting our National wealth. TO SUM UP: THE DRINK TRADE HINDERS THE ARMY. It has been, and is, the cause of grave delay with munitions; it keeps thousands of men from war work every day, and makes good, solid workmen second rate. IT HAMPERS THE NAVY. It delays transport, places them at the mercy of submarines, slows down repairs and' congests the docks. IT THREATENS OUR MERCANTILE MARINE. It has absorbed, during the war, between 60 and 70 million cubic feet of space, and it retards the building of ships to replace our losses. The Board of Trade asked the shipbuilders and marine engineers of the Clyde and West of Scotland what steps could be taken to accelerate the production of merchant ships. At a meeting they declared that the first essential is the immediate total prohibition. of the sale of all alcoholic liquor throughout the United Kingdom, applied to all classes and individuals alike,; and until this is done further essential steps cannot advantageously be taken. IT DESTROYS OUR FOOD SUPPLIES. In 20 months of war it consumed over 2,500,000 tons of food, with sugar enough to last the Nation 80 days. It uses up more sugar than the Army. IT WASTES OUR FINANCIAL AND SHATTERS OUR MORAL STRENGTH. "The Strength of the Nation" movement in the Old Country has given publicity to this carefullyconsidered and crushing indictment: "THE MAN POWER LOST THROUGH ALCOHOL SINCE

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