[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—The letter of your correspondent, Sir Arbuthnot Lane, seems curiously ill-timed, unless, of course, it has a political significance and the Trade is to be fostered by the Conservative Party. Quite apart from the temperance or teetotal stand- point, every sensible person must regret the waste of money (amounting to more than half the total revenue of the country), and above all, the lost working hours that even moderate drinking entails. And so far as the medicinal use of alcohol is concerned, every child is aware of the fact that alcohol is at times an effective remedy. One cannot but feel sorry for your correspondent's friends who cannot be either cheerful or amusing except under the stimulus of drink.—I am, Sir, &e.,
J. B. COHEN.
1 North Grange Mount, Headingley, Leeds.
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