Arizona republican., 1917-02-24

things which are not necessary part of our existence"
 After referring to the government committees who examined these questiors. the premier turned to the question of paper and said:
 "I had no idea that such quantities of paper were utilized for news papers and wrappings. They both consume an enormous tonnage. cannot say whether I ought tG treat newspapers as a luxury. a comfort. I stimulus. a necessity or a nuisance in life They have been an enor- nous healp to us in the effective waging of the var There is no bet ter proof If this than the brilliant success achieved by tie chancellor of the eXcheqUer in his recent war loan speech
 Still, when we have chance to choose between them and very stern necessity, l am afraid we shall have to deprive ourselves of d certain number of their pages and substantially to re- duce the imports of paper and material. We propose to halve the present sup ply of 100000 tons and reduce the annual imports 10 GAO, 900 tons. the re- duction to be distributed equally be- tween the printing and packing trades We recognize that it is d serious hard ship. but feel that it is imperative"
 The importation of printed posters, paper hangings and certain kinds of foreign printed matter books and peri odicals. Premier Lloyd George added, would have to be prohibited Other wise it would be unfair to the trade in Great Britain. Also. he said. there would have to be restrictions in the use Jf paper for posters. for catalogues and for government departments.
 In his peroration the premier said {: "l know of no body of responsible men who would take for one hour the re- sponsibility for the conduct of this ter ribie war unless the nation was pre- pared to take it's share of the sacri- fioes. I say it would be would be a black crime-for any government to ask the gallant men at the front to risk their brave lives in the coming conflict if they knew the effort at home was not with them.
 We have no right to ask it. For that reason 1 have come here after long de- liberation and thought and on behalf of the government to submit proposals which l hope the commons will ap- prove and the nation will carry out with unflinching and ungrudging hearts"
 After discussing various articles of import, the premier continued: Now l come to the reduction in food and feeding stuffs. First, fruit and vegetables are essential articles of diet and will come on the free list. but there are certain articles. largely i'm ported, (which are not essential to the national life, although they are very desirable, and which we think it nec- essary to diminish or prohibit alto gether.
 Apples, tomatoes and certain raw fruits, we have reluctantly come to the conclusion we shall have to prohibit altogether and depend on European supplies. Oranges. bananas, grapes. almonds and nuts are restricted to 25 per cent of the 1915 imports. Imported aerated mineral and table waters are prohibited and canned salmon is re- duced to 50 per cent. As to tea. we shall have to prohibit foreign teas all together. They come from considera- blc distances. and to q certain extent even Indian teas will have to be re- duced."
 Then stating that there were large stocks of coffee and cocoa in the coun- try, MT. Lloyd George said the gov efnment must, for the time being, pro- hibit both these articles.
 For meat and feeding stuffs." the premier continued, i've must to a large extent depend on home grown supplies We have, fortunately, larger stocks of meat than ever before. Taking all these catagories together with our food and feeding stuffs, we hope to be able to save over 10000 tons of cargo space per annum, which shows the extent to which we have had to rely on foreign countries for commodities of that kind
 These are manufactured articles of luXary They run into much bigger figures than the public realizes I did not realize 1t until I studied the a1les- ton. We shall have to stop a consid- erable number of these articles 1 re- gret 1t deeply in some cases, because a good many of them emanate from France. Undoubtedly it will be a blow to certain French industries, but un- fortunately we are driven to it for the sake of saving tonnage, not merely for ourselves but for France and Italy also. and l am sure if they had to choose between the two they would infinitely prefer having ships for other purposes.
 Now l come to the very serious re- strlctlon upon our imported tuxuries. l am referring to those connected with alcoholic liquors Our food stocks as have already said, are lower than they ever have been before Under these circumstances we cannot justify the importation of such large quantities, of foodstuffs, except for feeding the people. l say at once that we are not approaching this from the viewpoint of temperance or increased sobriety. however desirable they might be, but principally as method of comepting with the slIbma rine monaco and of guaranteeing the nation against the possibility of famine and privations." Paying tribute to the patriotic spirit with which the trade faced restrictions that. reduced their profits the premier continued:
 Tt Is a powerful trade Nobody knnMs better that my old cnllcagucs