Imperial Valley press., 1916-12-05
ALCOHOL AND LOYALTY.

s the zTaracha1 NiaIs who taking leave of Louis
XIV on celebrated OCCASION requested the hIiS ~
tect him from his friends. His enemies ne dlyN alNGI
he could provide against for himself. PrombtomStS Nho
have read the criticisms of certain aladl3n Jollla o.
the condition of the drink question: IN the hlGu My
dom have reason to echo the sentiment o laIecI@i S
mink 01eSti0n in the United Kingdom needs no eN29ti
alton to make il sufficiently evil There Is ne necesSN
20 paint the picture in more Nrld coloS tah the ut oeS
yet into this very mistake that the journal IN question
has been betrayed. When man Of the type OF on VIZ
liam Robertson NcOl dspOSes OF the articles III QueSto
as "indecently untrue 1t quite clear that the eAaS2ei
ZION must have been SIlcenI gross Oh " IIIdllI Is ~
particular friend to the drink interests and recent oe
bate in the House Of Commons has shown only too cea
what these interests doing But when the cahog
friend arises and converts all the nnnnoWs as lT0dSn
iq saw into whales the effect Of the picture IS spoiled
AS result the drink interests provided with gar
0ent with which disguise their nakedness ana escape
m garment woven entirely out OF the supe[uous i'oeo
lives of temperance orators and WRITER'S It IS all very
we'll to print all occasional word in italics or the sake o.
emphasis but a whole book printed III ltacs becomes al
Irritation.
.OTry position Of George C2nnngs knife grinder lal
70 saw with no story tell The story to be told only
too undesirable and It has been told without ShlnAlng IL
the pages of certain organs OF the tngSh press and from
he benches Of the House Of Commons me simple 1acl
IS that the drink interests II the united hn9QCln long
$50 passed out Of the realm Of being nuisance into the
.eal moi being danger and have now become national
peril and they have been enabled to become TINS OWING 10
he sefshness Of those who value Then own peas more
han their countIyS safety and good name ana VINO
nOugh they may proclaim thelf loyalty to ths hg Win
utmost QC not permit lIla CJII3
go so far supporting the king III the pallShte OF a.
coho from their houses he has banhed it from his Ia
le and who though they MAJ subscribe to the hltclshei
Memorial will by subscribe to the Kitchener eN
aDle and become teetoaels even if it We're only for the
eneth Of the
What Lord Kitchener would have said Of the subscrip
ons Of such people to MS memorial It IS not oIligl u
say. Lord Kitchener Was not man who talked VeiJ
much but he man who taked very much 70 the point
As result Of this pa-slstecy IN dlnhnG the nalloa
drink bill Of the United Kingdom has reached an appalling
clGi has
national necessity for The appointment OF minister to
.egulate the food supply ot the country when the new
minister assumes his duties he Will make certain official
discoveries, which have been the property CT the man on
he street since the War began At time, 1Or IN
stance, cite one OF these G4coVtIl1 "hen the necessity
food dictator being admitted IN the House OF Com
mons it is to be recorded hat the production Of drink IN
the Kingdom has used up 30000O0O0 Of food which
would otherwise have been ayaila5e fer the necessities
If the people 10 give single example OF what TINS
means it openly sad n debate IN the HOue9 ot Com
mons that 81 600 acres Of land in the United Kingdom
devoted to the growing Of barley for brewers There
7Ole, at time Mhe1 as MI fdIlcnai! uec3-eo I o.
House the partial Iaiule CI the North American haEas
was compelling the country send It's ships Australia
voyage three times long that t. America ard
demanding six hundred ships for every hundred ships
previously employed II American g&ln trade the pIUC
of these $1,000 OF land is being wasted TIL
oppetites Of number CT people many O. whom pIobab
devote their spare time to cIiticisng the government fol
its conduct Of public affairs
Any person can understand that if this 3O00OOO0l
tons of food had not been exhausted in enabling arQ
portion Of the people Of the United Kingdom to cultivate
On appetite which is Of the world the food sup
plies of the Kingdom Woud have been exactly that amount
larger and consequently the demand for shipping i'm
port the ioed OF tle country wound nave Deen pIoRofol
aely decreased The people who demand the utilization
Of This colossal quantity OF food in the interest Of
drink trade doubt extraordinarily vehement II
heir denunciaOn of submarine flightfuneSs yet then
contribution to the loss Of shipping caused throughout
his warfare has been to demand during the 60000
COO cubic feet Of space in the merchant fleets of the
tfy foI the carrying Of material be consumed in th
manufacture OF drink So that at a time when the presi
dent OF the board Of trade is explaining that with de
cleased merchant fleet, the demand for corncarynl