LESS FOOD—CONTINUED FOOD DESTRUCTION.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."]
Sra,--I observe that Mr. Winterton, Secretary, Strength of Britain Movement, in a letter in your last week's issue advocating the immediate merits of Prohibition, states that " this Government. like its predecessor, is palsied under the secret pressure of the 'Trade." This assertion, which certainly is not lacking in strength, appears to hdve no foundation in fact, and your readers will hardly fail to notice that Mr. Winterton produces no evidence in support of a charge as -prejudicial and unfair to the Government as it is to the Trade. On January 23rd Mr. Parker, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, stated : " In view of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Industrial Unrest,- the Government cannot regard the restricted quantity of beer now allowed to be brewed as involving an avoidable waste of foodstuffs." This view, while failing to coincide with the ideals of a Strength of Britain Movement, affords no justification for the serious charge which Mr. Winterton sees fit to make, and which the Government and the Trade have, in my opinion, every right to resent.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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