The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-14
GREAT SOAP MAKER
 IS AN ARDENT DRY

London, February 25.--(Reciprocai News Service. .)-Upon the return of Lord Lever hulme, the greatest soap maker in fhe W orld. controlling all of the British pro-
 duction and some in the United states,
 Belgium, France and elsewhere, he was
 quoted in all the papers as enthusiastic
 ally favoring the prohibition law as ap-
 piled in the United States and Cana3l
 where he had been visiting for three months.
 This was a change of opinion. for al- though Lord Leverhulme has never touched alcohol in his life. he has been opposed to prohibition as a trespasss on Individual liberty. He made great point of Americas ending the enormous bur den of drink expense, which would thrust her farther and farther ahead in world | leadership At Americas rate of saving
 because of prohibition. S2.oo0,O 600 a year. Britain could pay it's debt to the United States In five years. he said.
 He found that the enormous majarity
 of people in America were for prohis-
 ton. and that those who protested against it were exceptional He is of the opinion that "the possibility of a re- versal of the dry policy is very remote." All that follows is taken from the Lon-
 don Daily News;
 s'One of the results of prohibition ne said, lis that America is now saNing e400 000,0oo a year through prohibition, England owes America about S2,000,0e< , coo and if we were to save on our drink | bill at the rate America is doing we should pay off our debt in five years. Now the lender of money is saving mill | lions and we are spending it. This pol- | icy is the reverse of waht it should be-
 The position in England is very much like that of a young man, having a mort gage on his home who should cut down
 all unnecessary expense and concentrate upon production with no waste,
 l While I should prefer that alcohol should be obtainable and that through strength of will rather than by strength
 of law it should not be consumed, l be- neve the policy of going dry in AmsNca means that in the worlds race America | has thrown away heavy weight and we, who are already behind in the r@ee
 are adding to our weight
 1 Lord Leverhulme proceeded to spssk lof the enormous prosperity of Canasa land the speed with which houses, fac- | tories and office blocks are being built, largely through the increased output of l the workers. Despite the fact that wages | in the building trade in Canada were jar l in advance of those in the United K,hg- dom, buildings owing to the increased output of the workers were costing less | to erect in Canada than in this country I On the subject of the League of Nations Lord I.everhulme said that no intxest
 was being taken in America in this vfss-i
 subject. The general attitude was one of indifference. Speaking of our h1an- | cial position, he remarked.
 .aThere is a section of the press in l America which is continually coming cut
 with statements to the effect that Eng land is on the verge of bankruptcy. IL
 is founded on the rumor that the British government was endeavoring to negotiate l a loan with the United States goy~n- ment for a sum amounting to thousands l of billions of dollars. The rumor was, 1 of course. promptly denied. It is quite ,, ohvious that our government is right. ~he correct policy is not borrowing policy but a policy of economy and increaseu output"