PROHIBITION HAS UPLIFTING EFFECT ON SAILORS.
"In its eflect on the crews ot liners, prohibition in America is unquestionably a success,*’ said captain Roberts, commander of the "Ne*r York," which arrived recently at Southampton. "The feature of the voyage," he added, "was the manner in which the crew’ worked during the first few’ days out from New York. No, one who has to handle ships could wish America to revert to the old order of things." Prohibition won’t be ail beer and skittles. Prohibition does not ruin the country that adopts it. The savings bank deposits of the United States on the 30th June last amounted to the vast sum of 17,300,000,000 dols., w'hicii was a gain of 080.000,000 dols. over the previous year. These are the highest figure's ever known in the history of the States for this type of banking. The average deposit was about 500 dols. a person.
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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 372, 18 June 1926, Page 18
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