Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-22
ENGLISH PRESS IS IN
 FAVOR OF STOPPING
 SALE OF INTOXICANTS
Manchester Guardian In Eng lands Greatest Manufactur- ing City. Comes Out in Favor Of Lloyd George Plans

Of Lloyd George Plans | LONDON. April 2l.- England seems Co be rapidly coming around Co the Ll0yd-George view of prohibition as . a necessary war measure. according ! to Che British press .
 We believe that the country is 1 quite prepared Co submi Co any disci- pliue that fhe needs of the war may l demand says the Manchester Guar dian in am editorial typical of the British newspaper comment but the more important as coming from the kingdoms greatest manufacturing ci- ty
 "lt is clear that if you are to have prohibition at an. it must be total pro hibition." the writer states after re- viewing the various schemes for rec rric.mg the sale in laboring districts
 We do mol wish to press the urdu- any temperance arguments. for what l ever is done win be @ measure of temperance iu secondary degree and
 primarily a measure for increasing national efficiency In wartime IT drunkenness increased efficiency, t, might al a time like this be acceLted l as national necessity and even 1 ylrue. There being no doubt that . abstinence whatever else may be said for or against it. does help a man to work steadily and hard. abstinence {. is duty !. che thing is worth doing ] at all. it is worth doing weil"
 The Guardian has also sent out in- 1 vestigators Go report on the effect sr ] shortening the hours In which liuuor , houses may now remain open For merly the houses opened in the morn ing at o'clock in the working dis tricts. although there was not much ! business until about g. when the wo- men would appear Now the doors are closed until 10.30 a. an. which prevents an early start iu drinking and gets some of the idlers to work.
 But the change in the night closing hour from n to 70 D. m. seems only to concentrate the amount of drink ing and to encourage the sale of bot
 tied goods
 Great Bri.au's brewing and dtstil- ling trade represents an outlay of nearly a billion and a quarter dollars
 In capital lt pays Co the government ] in licenses about s20OO00.OoO yearly. ! This loss in revenue would be serious and causes considerable apprehension
 among the wealthy tax payers who fear they may imye.to nlgke up. ,bo ! difference.
 The Economist in its issue for
 April 8, devotes considerable po--
 lion Of its space to Chancellor Lloyd Georges assertions that drunkenness in the large shipping and manutacur.
 ing towns is holding back the supply
 of war munitions The Economist passes lightly oyer the possible ec , fleets of throwing out or werk the large number of persons employed in connection with the manufacture and sale of intoXicauts and urges tla,
 the government at once proceed io
 enact laws absolutely prohibiting us sale of all alcoholic drinks.
 "The government" says this iau, nal after saying SO much. win moi deserve the confidence or the country < or be worthy Of the awful responst ! bilities which it has assumed. |, A does not take strong measures The matter is of urgent importance. ma l parliament could be summoned a week
 earlier in order 10 give effect to th, | policy We say this without with ! drawing the criticisms We have pass ! ed over and over again upon many ot 1 the autocratic measures taken by thz | government since the war began Et ! believe that the suppression of new. ! and views and the attempt to intimi
 date opinion by abrogaung Ma-u l Charta, were most mwarrauted en, ! mischieyous
 | But temperance is curse. th.
 suppression of which the stronga. ] democrats and the most feryent up
 holders of Parliamentary Government \ have advocated in times Of peace :; ' is measure that has been adopted l not always with success bv variou. ! states of the American Uuion and i ] in am emergency like this it will an
 able us to shorten the enusiou O
 blood and treasure i. is maasm, | which ought to be adopted with al ! speed and with the good will ol al, E sections and parties in the commn | fly. even though it involves a pecan
 ilry Compensation on moderate scab 1 tc those who are dependent for ;hel i livelihood upon the production an,
 sale Of int9Ncants. Let beer au
 pirits give way 10 tea and coffee Tn
 cost to the revenue for a year iuclud
 ing compenaations, may run to 5O mil
 lions sterling S25ooOoooOl but thu
 economic and social compensation
 will be enormous