The Llanelly Mercury and South Wales Advertiser

THE DKFII RCTCO U NCI I THE BURRY PORT WATER SCHEME NORTH PEMBROKESHIRE RAIL- WAY BILL. The annu il meeting of the Llanelly Rural Dis- trict Council was held at the Union Workhouse on Thursday last. There wore present: Mes-rs. J. L. Thomas, D. L. Reo's, W Y. Nevill, P. T. Daniel, Dl. Davies J. Llewellyn, O. B mvillc, Revs. H. IS van a and D. Davies together with the cl"l'k (Mr. D. C. Edwards), thpdepllty clerk (Mr J. H. Bbike), the. Surveyor {Mr. J. Jenkins), and the inspectors (Messrs. D. Reea and D P. Thomas). APPOINTMENT OF CHAXEMAST. Mr. J. Th-unas proposed that Mr. T. Seymour he re-appointed chairman for the ensuing year. Jff. W. Y. Nevili seconded and it wim car- ried. Mr. J. L. Thomas was appointed vice-chairman, and took the chair in the absence of Mr. Seymour. TUN NORTH PKMBR0KR8HIBE AND FISHGUARD RAILWAY. The Clerk said that, he had received the follow- big letter from the solicitors to theabove company in reply to an inquiry London, April 13th, 1897. DEAR SIR,In reply fc > your letter of yesterday's date, the promoters have not yet decided the form in which they will introduce the Bill next year, but they are nnximsto have some rec<»d of | the feeling of the district in respect of the rejection of the proposed extension of railways, us it is quite llsdess their re-introducing the Bill unless they feel that they have the 4tippo, t of the districts proposed to be served. We .-hall be very pleased todiscusswith you how the interests of Llanelly will be be-t (served. At present there s^ems to be three proposals, all of vviiich are worthy of consideration. (1), The line proposed by t,h" Bill of this session with running powers over the G W.R. (2), An independent linn from Ponttrdulii, to Llan-dly. (3), The improve- ofthe Llanelly --i nd Mynydd Mawr Itailway, convei t- h)^ it into a first class passenger line. Yours truly, BAKEK, LEES, & POSTLEWAITHE. -Mr. J. L. Thomas proposed That this Council re- grotsthed'-cisio'i of the House of lords' Committee in ejecting the extension of the railways proposed by tie & F. Railway Company, and urg's that company to re-introduce tile Bill next, session." .Jh. Daniel Davies seconded and it was carried. BURRY ponT WATER SCHEME. J'heCleik reported pr gress in the negotiations ^itli regard to the above water scheme.

THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE. I At a meeting of the Llanelly Rural District held at the Union Workhouse on Thursday last, Mr. J. L. Thomas presiding, the medical officer (Dr E. EV-Ins) submitted his monthly rport as follows For the four registration weeks ending this day the death-rate of your district is J 7*33 per thousand of population per annum, and faring the same period the deaths of 30 persons Were reported. The death-rate for the corres- ponding month of the previous year was 18'09. Of the total number of deaths 12 (or 40 per cent. of all the deaths) were those of children who died before reaching the age of fi ve years; and of these. 11 (or 36-66 per cent.) died before completing their irst year of life. Under the age of 25 years, 20 deaths were recorded; between the ages of 25 and 70 years there were only 4 deaths, whilst no fewer than 6 persons reached the age of 70 years and up- wards, and of these latter 2 were over 80 years of age. The mean duration of life in your district during the last month was 26 years. The lumber of males who died was 16; that of females The average age at death of the former was years, and of the latter 28 years. In the several eub-disiricts, the deaths, death-rates etc. ^ere as follows :—No. 1, Llanelly Sub-rural district, -4 deaths, or at the rate of 11-70 per annum per thl,tll;and of poptil:ttio!). The deaths were those of one "late and three females. No. 11, Llannon, Llanedi, Glyn,—12 deaths being equivalent to a me-- t-4-litN- of 26-06 per thousand per annum. 8 males u 4 fem,les died in this sub-district during the No. 111, Llan^ermech and Berwick.-6 givill" this sub-division of the district a death- ,a,te of 15-01 per annum per thousand of population. j were the de.,tiis of males, and of a similar tolber those of females. No. IV, Pembrey dis- o lCL--8 deaths, or fit the annual rate per thousand 13'08. The deaths were those of 4 males and 4 fiiDales. CAUSES OF DEATH. I J bronchitis, 2 pneumonja, 2 whooping-cough, I Phthisis, 1; in fluenza (meningitis), 1; meningitis, ^Convulsions, 4 hemiplegia, 1; peritonitis, 1; ^tritis, 1; infantile debility, 6; accidents, 2; 11 ephritis, 1 age, 4, total, 30. I INFECTIOUS DISEASES. I ^•arlatina.—Six cases of this fever, in Rvc j j?'?''Mc houses, have been notified since your lu Ci'' meeting. With the exception of one case th y ?11 occurrer) in the Pontycutes district. The (?? ?6 was app??rently contracted at the Ponty- o;u Board School, from scholars residing in the h??ouring Carmarthen Union, where the disease i0 8 recently made its appearance, and threatens ¡!3urne an epidemic f?rm. ':P??herin.—Five fresh cases of this disease were ?Q)..? ??"? the parish of Pcmbrcy. They were of a mild type, and no deaths have been r??O rd from this cause.

HOMOCKA '•COUCHKS THE SPOT." and soothts ts the nching part. j Vviiaps and Chilblains, Sore Throat, Face Ache, all Aches and Pains, Piles and Eczema.

I ,I j FINANCK (j()Mill¡'E! THE COLLECTOR AND HIS DUTIES A COMMENDABLE RE ARRANGE- MENT. A meeiing of the Finance Committee of the Llanelly Borough Council was held at the Town Hall on Friday last, Mr. Trubshaw presi'liiu, thei e being also present: Messrs. D. W. Recs, C. F Thompson, Ellis Evans, Joseph "Williams, and J- Qiali D.tvif,-fi, together with the clerk (Mr. H W SfKmart). TO a The Clerk thought they could do away with the bi-monthly meetings, and only hold meetings The Chairman was of opinion that it wa- necessary to hold the meetings bi-monthly, thus enabling tlwm to see exactly how they stood Mr. Bvans was of the same opinion and s,lic1 that the account is should be thoroughly and frequently checked. The present arrangement was allowed to stand. I TlIH P08ITI03T OF THE COIXECTOE. The auditor's rep.ort contained a recommenda- tion to the Council, to the effect that the collector (Mr. D. Francis), should devote ihe whole of hi- time to the duties of collector. The rates on the 31 si. March last, disclosed a, very serious state of affairs, there being £ 1,961 4s. 5d. of the general, distaicli rate uncollected, and of water rents 9189r). The Clerk "&id that the salary of the collector at present was 2250 per annum. The Chairman asked in what year was sanction given the collector to take on other work. Mr. Trubshaw remarked that at that time, the collector was allowed to take on other work in lien of an increase of salary. The Clerk said it was in 1890. Mr. Thompson: Are his clerks paid. by the Council ? The Glerk No. He pays them from the £250. The Chairman said that the average: yearly col- lection was £ 16,314 7s. 4(1., which consisted of the general district rate, water rents, water snppl v, and waterworks supply. That average was three years. He thought that the first mattei for them to consider was whether the services of the collector should be entirely in the hands "I the Council. Mr. Maybcry proposed that the collector devote all his time to the work of the Council. Mr. O. F. Thompson seconded and it was carried- The Chairman remarked that it was now a qijf a. tion whether they should pay the collector by per- centage or a fixed salary. Mr. J'. Maybery thought he ought, to be paid by percentage. The Chairman stated that he had been to the collector of the Guardians and found that his terms were per cent. on the collections. Mr. D. W. Rces remarked that the salary of the collector to the Guardians would come to about JE400. They only allowed their collector £ 250,and out of that he had to pay his clerks. The Chairman observed that there ought to have been an increase some years ago. They would have saved money by increasing Mr. Francis' salary to the extent of 1:150. There would have been no arrears and he would have been able to pay more attention to the defaulters, its Mr. Francis would have devoted the whole of his time to the duties of the office. Mi.. J. Maybery proposed that he be paid 2 per cent. for his collections. This would mean a salary of about, E407 per annum. Mr. C. F. Thompson seconded and It was carried. MONBY COLLECTED BY THE CLBRK. I The Clerk observed that there were certain monies collected by him, namely, the rents of the Athenosum, Nevill Memorial, water supply, sinking fund, private accounts, and sundries. It. was a sugges- tion of his that. t.ho collection of this money should be made by the collector. Before, it was quite immatorial to the collector whether he did so or not. Mow, however, it would be better for Mr. Francis to collect all monies. Under the existing system about, £ 2,000 passed through his (the olerk's) hands yearly. It appeared to him that this money ought to be collected by the coIlector, and not by the clerk. If it was the view of the council that the collector should collect the monies it should, of course, be considered in revising the collector's salary. The Clitiirinpri said that so far as the references made by the clerk were concerned, he thought the duty of collection in the particulars named should remain in the hands of the clerk.. The money matt-era referred to, the collector knew nothing aboufe, and it had been customary for people con- cerned in the collections in question to pay the accounts to the clerk, and if they handed the £ 2,000 spoken of to the work of Mr. Francis, they would have to pay him extra for it. It was understood th .t the clerk's work inel nded these collections when they advertised for a clerk. The question now before them was whether this £ 2,000 should be collected by Mr. Francis, or by the clerk as at present. Mr. C. F. Thompson agreed with the chairman. it was decided that the clerk should do the work in the future as in the past.

FONEKAL OF MRS. PEEL, OF DANYBALLT PARK. The remain?; of Louisa Francos Pee], widow of the ifitp John Peel, of Danyrallt Park, J.P. and D.L. for the county of Carmarthen and the West Hidjn: of York, were interred on Friday afternoon at the family vault, in Llangadook Cemetery. Although the afternoon was rather wet, the tenants, almost without an exception, had met. b pa,y the last tribute of respect to one who had lived so long among them. The wreaths were numerous and costly, and included one sent by Lord Dynevor and one by the tenants of the estate. The Rev. W. Rees, B.A., vicar of the. parish, officiated at the church, and the Rev. J. Yoratb Grey Lloyd, M.A. of Coheston, Pembrokeshire, a1: the grave. The bearers were tenants of the estate.

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MR J. II. WILLIAMS AND HIS METHODS. I A REJOINDER PROM MR. VALENTIN j TO TUi £ 1KHTOK. Rir. I HJuafe Imve your renders to draw their own c B' lupous as to questions of "bounce, pre-umptuous ni-Hg, a> romance, etc. contained in either my own or Mr. Wi'linnin' prrvioiis corri-spoiidetice. Mr Willitum aecuMt'K me of wihstitutiug -ssertion for proof, and s-rog;iii(it- for argument. Now, tir, I stil,iiiit, th;,t FLINT is ^XHot.ly what Mr. Williums L.JTS most HUCCHSS- fully .toile all along, and whnt I tiaye avoided doing I cHtniotihflp bt iiigamunod at the stupid and childish cmiRtru'-tioi) which Mr. Williams places upon my having a--ked Mr. Morgan to furnish cerudn stat istics. [ inity iftvot,iii him that it was not from IlIIY iuxViility on my p,rt tfa ti I asked Mr. Morgan to reply to his letter, AS yonr readers all well see by looking oypr Mr. Williamn' letters that no grent effort of mind is required to refute his accusations wrfair.st the trade. He must know as well as any of jour renders that a IWln who has the management of "lArge business to attend to liai net much .spare time to carry on II paper warfare, especially necessitating the working up of a large wumlifr of statistics to refute such figures as Mr. Williams offered to furnish re Cardiff drunken- ness, etc. but which, it will be observed, he bus not yet p oilueed. Now, aN t,) what Mr. Williams therms "the unkindest cut. of tills" he asks; Where have I suppressed, what have I mggested ?" In my first letter I say For every eminent medical iiwn In: (Mr. Smith) can produce who pronounces dcohol takPII in moderation a poison, I will undertake to produce two equally eminent men who hold the opposite view." Mr. Williums replies are few medical men ,if ?iT?y standing now who advocate the indiscriminate use of dcnbo' even as a Medicine, and not a few lmve "icHrded its use even as a medicine, Rnd have gone so far as to advocate its entire expulsion except us a Nolvent from' the British PharniRM-op-icia." To 'his I replied: "I referred to the Moderate use 0" alcohol Mr. Williams suggests that I used the word induerimirifte use of alcohol. To wriggle out of the difficulty, Mr. Williams now misquotes himself, saying his words were "that medical men did not naw advocate the indiscriminate use of alcohol even iu moderation I have not misconceived or misconstrued anything in i he above sentences, as Mr. Williams asserts. They In a vtrbatim cnpv from Jour p"f.wr. IInd I simply leave it to your readers to draw their own conclusions However, when a man writes one thing one week, and misquotes himself next week, with a view to getting >ut. of a diiffculty, if; is. indeed, a problem to know how ^o argue with him Leaving aside al! juggling with phrases or words, the broad facts are Nohody denies hilt alaoliol, in its chemical state, is a poisoti; so also are the essential oils of coffee., tea, etc. yet nobody would, on that account, pronounce these leverages as poisous t It is simply a question of iilution or quantity consumed. Surely, Mr. Williams must accept the opinions of the abstaining physician, Dr. Norman Kerr, and the evidence of the greatest, teetotal authority. Sir B. W. Richardson, as «iv«>. I'efore a Parli"meutary Comftiitee on intemperance If he declines to accepts I';u.h "idr-HHw (giving us igainst it only his own assertion as to medical opinions), and, further, baa the audacity to say that men for a shadow of a refutation ymi may look in verin. in my letter, lean only say I have done with this particu- lar point, resting content to leave thfi verdict as to who i.iiis had the lest of the argument wilii your readers. It is amusing tn hear a man of Mr. Williams' calibre •hallenging the secretary of the County Brewers' Society to discuss with him the Economic aspect of the drink question (a fairly tall order) in the columns if the IJktnelly Jfcrcttry. If it were a question of dis- missing or refuting, in the columusof the Times, false charges and accusations against the trade as are publicly made by leading representatives of the Su- called temperance party, such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, etc., I feel sure Mr. Morgan will be quite prepared to du so at any future time as he has iften done hi the past. However, I triist, lie will find time to still further enlighten Mr. Williamson one or two poi fce where he is possibly still looking in vain "01' It shadow ot refutation." Finally, as to the question of the influence of Sun- day closing ou intemperance, if Mr. Williams will efer to my first letter he will find that he has quite mi-understood thepoiufcat issue. The question van Why should the trade of Cardiff Bremen be hen*fi!t -d if Sunday closing were abolished!, awl why should th»r e I consequently be Ins drunkenness on the Sunday I ex- plained thtit it is a well-known fact that beer which is purchased for shebeens, and Sunday drinking is io t purchased at bouses supplied by Cardiff brewers, but at stores or agencies, where it is sold in small casks. This beer comes mostly from Birmingham and other parts, and is sold at a very low price. Now, it stands to reasoll that a given sum of money will buy more beer if purchased practically wholesale than if paid for over the counter of a licensed house, and when hode a dozen nifti club together to btiv a ca,k of ht"r, allll take it to a house, field, or other privat.e spot, they do not rest till it is all consumed, aod there is, no doubt, a tendency ro drink more than they would if they paill for it in a licensed house, and consumed it during legal hours I'b,,i.t is why the brewers of Cardiff would be benefitted if Sunday Closing were abolished, while at the same time, for the above reasons, drunkenness wotdd be diminished. In reply to this. Mr. Williams asserts that lie has proofs at hand, that instead ef an increase in cases of convictions at Cardiff since the introduction of the Sunday Closing Act, there has been all actual decrease, and this he will substantiate if I doubt the truth thereof. Well, I absolutely deny the truth thereof. Mr Morgan has given figures takPII from the judicial statistics, which conclusively settle this point. He has asked Mr. Williams for his figures and rtuthoriity. Where are they ? What does Mr. Williams mean by saying, I refer to the increase of drunkenness in Sliebeens ?' I don't know what he is trying to juggle out of the words, but I must ask him to attain read the whole paragraph to si e my meaning. Of course, it is clear that when I t'lk of the drunkenness caused in Shebeens, etc., I mean the tangible proofs of such drunkenness as evidenced by police court convictions. What further refutations does Mr. Williams require ? If Mr, Williams will be good enough in any future correspondence to confine himself to the statements contained in my first letter, which was simply a corrected report of a so-called interview between Mr Tent yseu Smith and myself, I shall be willing to discuss them with him, but he must confine himself to facts, and not endeavour to draw attention from the m iu issue by splitting straws about the meaning of w,rcls alid phrases and indulging in persouaiities. I aia, Sir, yours, etc., BASIL W. VALENTIN. I

PIGEONS HOMING SOCIETY. I TO THR HMTOE. I SIR,—Knowing your wiHiugness t-) b(? always ready I 'M insert any corn:spoudeuce you may receive lead!ng ¡ to the encouragement of a sort of harmh.ss spnrtmg pastime, I will thank you to be good enough to insert he following in your columns. I Saeittg that pigeon fauciers in this district are get- ting very numerous, I would suggest the formation of a Homing or Pigeon Fanciers Sjciety in the Town. I need 1101; point out the value Homers would be (U proper- ly trained) to those who travel into tbe country, and where there are no means of communication. The Homer ill this case would immediately deliver a message home—the result of a football, cricket or any other match could be sent ill the same way. All those kindly disposed to consider the formation of such a society will please therefore atrend t,b the White Hart, Water-street, Llanelly, on Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock .-•j»rs>. The Soci_ ety can be called "The lilanelly t)i>iuu>ud Ju^oilee Homing Society," or any other name suitable.—I am, yours, etc.. HOMER. I

FARMHOUSE, SEASIDE, AND COUNTRY LODGINGS. The G reat Western Railway Company have issued a nicely illustrated pamphlet, consisting of Farm- houses, Seaside, and Country Lodgings, Hotels, and Bonrding houses in the district served by the Great Western line, including Jersey a.nd Guernsey. The pamphlet; shews the accommodation obtainable, and the features of interest in the various localities, and will be found exceedingly useful to Tourists. Copies can be obtained free on personal application at the Company's London Receiving offices, and at Paddington Station and the principal stations throughout the line. T-he Company's Divisional Superintendents at Paddington, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Penzancc, Swansea, Llanelly, Cardiff, Pontypool Hoad, Hereford, Worcester, Bir- mingham, and Chester, will forward pamphlets on receipt of twopence to defray postage, and copies can be obtained at Messrs. Smith & Son's bookstalls at the stations on the Great Western Railway, at the price of Id. each. The pamphlet is published by Messrs. Walter Hill & Co., of 67 and 69, Southamp- ton Row, London, W.C.

MR.VALENTIN AND HiS METHODS. 1 II FURTHER LETTER FROM MR. J. H. WILLIAMS. I ■10 Tit f? EDITOR. I DIIAP. ill My last letter taken farewell (metaphorically at least) of Mr. Valentin and .cast his apology for a. reply to the limbo of the forgotten past, f will now answer Mr. Morgan's fetfce? a little more fully. He commences l.y asserting that I seem to confuse temperance with abstinence. [ am glad he to confuse" and thank him for this sm ili mercy, as it leaves the alter- native that. purinip3 after all the inability to distinguish between the two may rest with himself. fit nrder to stay this quibble ( wili give my definition of temperance in the words, as far as cm remember them, of the golden- mouthed Oicero—" Temperance is t lie participa- tion in moderation '»f good things and the total exclusion of all things essentially evil." That is my definitioi has Mr. Morgan a bettui- ? If so trot it out. Now with regard to quoting the brewer, Mr. Morgan has evidently misunderstood the quo- tation,as M i-, Buxton says the struggle of school library and ehnrch against the gin palace and beer shop is but one development &e. Here he asserts that the church, school and library strike at the root of the evil. Lopping the branches of this giant Upas tree is useless and here we have the evidence of even one of the plantersof it. Which will eventually be victorious does Mr. Morgan think ? by the "survival of the frtest." which will eventually survive ? Person- any I have not a doubt in this matter. I agree with Dr. Drysdale who says The future of higher civilisation I suspect is in the hands of total abstainers from Alcohol." Dr. Morgan's remarks about my quoting the "ipse dixit" of several individuals and news- papers &c. Will he kindly quote a. like number on the other side denying these evils of drink &c. His remark that statements of the kind without due evidence are not proof-granted. But in this instance they were not cite(I as proof but simply to refute Mr. Valentin's asser- tion which implied the party were devoid of common sense, as I hope by this time Mr. Morgan understands. Now we come to prohibition. He says :—" It is generally admitted that between two and three milllion people are engaged &c.'r Now just let us apply Mr. Morgan's axiom aforemen- tioned to his own assertion, nitmety.-Il State- ments of the kind without due evidence are not proof." This of course at once discounten- ances his statement; but I will not so deal with it as it has not sufficient strength to stand of its own accord as an argument against temper- ance. Again the revenue (a bug bear which exists only in the imagination of trade advocates), will not only be 27 millions but 85 millions." Is that so ? True, the gross revenue was 35 millions, but the exchequer receipts from the excise last year were £ 27,460,000. Did Mr. Morgan use 35,000,000 in the present instance to mislead his retders" Noue also the National Drink Bill for last year was £ 148.972.230 and I quoted as my estimate £ 140,000000. For proof, see speech of the Chancellor of Exchequer in last Thursday week's Budget. Now let us turn to the unem- ployed question. I will ask Mr. Morgan to kindly favour me with some proof that the employed of the drink trade number between two and three million, I personally consider three million as rather a high maximum estimate. Of course we don't want the exact amount as that is more than we could possibly expect. The unemployed here is,as it always has been, the trade cry. When looms were introduced, what of the unemployed P When the engines came into use, what of the unemployed, especially horses ? This last was lately used against motor cycles. This has always been the watch cry of the anti-betterment class here in this country as well as elsewhere. The unemployed can go back to other trades and will find plenty of employment as the 1:148,972,230 now spent on drink will be laid out in more remunerative—to the labourer— employment, consequently he will be able to get more and will thus create a greater demand for various other commodities. The following has been laid down as a Divine utterance, In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread," or in the words of Paul. If any will not work, neither let him eat." Dr. Hopkins, Professor of Political economy, argues thus: "Since, under natural law, all men should labour, that capital is last employed, and last serves the creation and distribution of wealth, in whose reproduction the largest amount of labour is engaged, and in the returns of which labour has the largest share." Drink lessens the productive power of the workman which is in itself a breach of economic law, but we will discuss that later on. Now we will take a few tables. Dr. Hopkins has shewn that "in the manu- facture of malt liquors, but -61 per cent. of a man is employed for every 10,000 dollars ( £ 2,084 nearly), and but '12 in the manufacture of distilled liquors; while for every 10,000 dollars in retail value of useful articles produced by seven other industries, the average number of employed is as follows:— Bread and bakery products 3-36 Boots and shoes 5-03 Cotton goods 6-89 Silk goods 4-86 Woollen goods 540 Lumberand mill products 4'08 Iron and steel products 3 52 This is an average of 4-73 or nearly eight times the amount of labour employed in making malt liquor and nearly forty times the amount in making distilled liquor. Again, Mr. F. A. Coulter estimates as fol- lows:-For every hundred dollars spent on any product there is a certain portion of it goes to labour as wages for producing the article as follows:— dols. cts. Boots and shoes 21 71 Furniture .23 58 Carpentering and building 20 88 Bricks 32 75 Carpets 17 21 Men and women's clothing 17 45 Cotton and mixed goods 17 29 Woollen goods 1.2 8(5 Worsted goods 13 58 Sewing machines 2G 6(1 Printed matter 26 90 Bakery products 11 44 Wines, liquor and beer .1 (57 According to the above each workman gets an I average of 2010 dols. for each lOOdols. spent for articles enumerated above, except for liquor for liquor 1-6 dols. On the basis of a million invested he gives the following table to represent the number employed:— Boots and shoes. -'30 Bread and bakery 1150 Brick ann. tile 780 Carpentering Î03 Men's clothing (wholesale) ••• 1283 Foundry and inaebine shop., t">23 Furniture and upholstering 880 Masonary, bricks, &c. ••• 1283 Printing and publishing 994 Drink 128 "Thus we see that outside the drink business 955 men are employed for every million in- vested in the drink trade only 128 are given employment." r So by different methods of investigation hoth i Mr. Coulter and Prof. Hopkins have arrived at pretty nearly the same answer that other trades for the same investment employ eight times the number of men. Well, so much for Mr. Morgan's unemployed bogie this time. Let me further draw my readers' attention to the following significant fact with regard to License and Prohibition. Mr. Neal Dow (now W years of age) when writing to Mr Rapier a short while ago said "I sent you a little newspaper slip showing in reliable ifgures how much better the Prohibition policy is than License. Before Prohibition was had in Maine I' it had no savings banks, the people had no money to save they spent it all in drink. Now it is one of the most prosperous states in the Union, saving 20,000,000 dols. or £ 4,000,000 every year, which formerly was wasted in drink" The interest (Ill t4,000,000 at 3 per cent. is £ 120.000. The £ 4,000,000 saved is at the rate per each inhabit;ant-iuclndilig men, women and ebil(irei)-of L*f) per annum. Compare this thriving condition of things with two neighbouring licensed states. There a.re about 7i millions of inhabitants in Ohio and Ilinois States. They have together in the savings banks about Ili p(-.)uii(is, while Maine, the Prohibition State, with a population of oidy 661,000 has nearly 1% million pounds in its savings banks. Notice If the inhabitants of Ohio and llinois had the same amount per inhabitant in the savings ban ks as the people of Maine, instead of 11!- millions they should have 117 million pounds, but the poor dupes have chosen License to put their hard earned money into the pockets of brewers and publicans instead. On an averag e fJach inhahitant of Maine has in the Saving's bank £ 16 as compared with 30s. to each inhabitant in the drinking states. And probably much of this even belongs to teeto- tallers in these states. To sum np the economic aspect we bring the following charges against the trade as they are tabulated by Alderman G. White, J.P. Norwich. 1. Drink consumes between 50 and 70 millions per annum of the wages fund for an article in the cost of which wages form the smallest possible item, whilst the labour it does give is net only unproductive but destructive. 2. It takes the hard-earned wage* or the artisan and gives him nothing in return. S. It thus prevents the wages fund increasing faster than the supply of labour. 4. It prevents the purchasing power of the masses keeping abreast of production. 5. It destroys the constancy and efficiency of labour to an extent incompatible with the maintenance of our commercial prestige. 6. It lays burdens in rates, taxes, etc., upon industry which tend to handicap us in mpetition with other countries. 7. The poverty it produces drives into the labour market the competition of married women. 8. This poverty forces the purchase of the cheapest articles in clothing, fosters sweating, and endangers our position as a manufacturing nation. Finally, I say, Drink prevents the perfect development of the industrial resources of a nation and bars its intellectual progress. This I challenge Mr. Morgan or the trade Goliath, who is shortly to hiirst forth, on the Llanelly horizon, to disprove. I remain, Yours, Ac., J. H. WILLIAMS. London Hospital. P.S.—There was a slight mistake in my last letter. The sentence should be thus, &c., &c., who advocate the indiscriminate nse of alcohol even as a medicine" instead of even in moderation"—evidently a mistake to anyone who would carefully read.

A NEW WORK ON FINANCE. A ftrpat many worthless and misleading workw have issued from the press ou financial subjects of late years, auri it, has beeu constantly necessary to warii the pub- lic against, this pernicious class of literature, especially as a very great deal of rash and injudicious specula tioti and investment has been engaged in. 011 the other hand, there have been financial works published which have been undertaken by really responsible and ex- perienced authors, and never was there a time when books of the kind were more necessnry. One of the latest additions to the literature of finance is a work which emawafces from the hiiihly respectable and old- established house of Eiftngham Wilson, Roynl Exchange, London. It seems to be a thoroughly well considered publication, and the writer's style is much brighter and more attractive than is usually found in such works. The aim of the author is evidently to impart a thorough knowledge to his readers of what relates to stocks and shares, and speculation and in- vestment generally. There is no long-winded intro- duction, but the writer plunges at once in mtdias res. and takes the inexperienced under his wi"g. and in warning utterances protects them from the traps which are laid for them on all sides as they wander through the world of fitiaiice Having done this very success- fully, he has something interesting to impnrt to the experts, some of whom he considers too cautious in their investments. What he says about Consols is particularly happy and appropriate. In fact the open- ing chapters will be of the very greatest use to both experienced and inexperienced operators. The book serves a distinctly uqful purpose, as it is pro- vided with the tables of highest and lowest prices, so that intending oDer?tors ean see at, a glance what have been the gradations in railway and other stock for many years past. The matter relating to home railways is especially serviceable. We have moreover, specimens of Stock Exchange book-keeping for which those who are not initiated into the mysteries of Stoc^ Exchange entries will be duly thankful. And another very useful adjunct of the book is the glossary or dictionary of Stock Exchange terms with which the work is furnished. How Money Makes Money" Ibr that is the title of the work) has already secured a large number of readers. It is really an important contribution to finance. The experienced will smile at the author's shrewdness and humourous way of putting things, and the inexperieuced will think their lucky stars that a writer has arisen who has the courage of his opinions, and speaks out in an honest and straightforward manner. What is tuid respecting the too great frequency of the Stock Exchange settlements is very reasonable, and altogether a very valuable addition has been made to finanoialliterature, which much needed an outspoken 'and fearless work of the kind. It will be distinctly understood that the main object of the writer has been to utter a reasonable warning to those who throw th-,ir money away reck- lessly in questionable stock and share operation, and who do not exercise sufficient care in seeking for proper investments. The writer seems to have thoroughly succeeded in this praiseworthy object.

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