A SOLDIERS' MOTHER ON THE DRINK QUESTION. [To THE EDITOR
EF THE " SPECTATOR.") 6m,—Perhaps the views espressed in the enclosed letter of the mother of nine sons, seven of whom have voluntarily donned khaki, may be of interest. The other two are building aircraft
as munition workers.—I am, Sir, Ate., L. E. 0.
"Mr Dein order to be careful I will use this blotted
Sheet of paper which I find lying aimlessly in the desk soiled by
your dear sister, who has evidently been writing a letter before me. ' Economy ' is the word nowadays, and we must really try to practise it. All the same, we are all very irate with the Premier, who has not declared that drastic measures must be taken with the drink. Ten millions .of barrels are far too many. Yet why did he not say ' No beer should ba brewed till after the war '? Here we are all wanting sugar and none to be got, and yet tons and tons of it used in stuff that is worse than nothing. What is the country coming to? We cannot make marmalade or jam of any sort because we have no sugar. Treacle is also scarcely to be had for money—wretched stuff what we do get. My postcard to Lloyd George has not done much, I fear! "
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