THE " SHEFFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH"- AND PROHIBITION.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your footnote to a letter in your issue of March 17th you state that newspapers have shown their unwillingness to print letters for or against Prohibition, and you mention the Glasgow Herald as the only provincial exception. May I venture to express the opinion that your newspaper reading has not proceeded very far ? The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, which certainly before the war was not a temperance organ, has published a number of letters on the subject. I enclose a few cuttings, taken from the issues of the past five months. These do not exhaust the letters on this subject that the Sheffield Telegraph has published, but they are typical. In addition to this, the paper has devoted what space it could afford to reporting all the meetings in favour of Prohibition that have been held in this district. The policy of the Sheffield Tele- graph, as stated in its editorial colu.mus, has been that it is prepared to give unconditional support to the Government should the latter declare justly for Prohibition.—I am, Sir, he., JOHN OAKLEY, Editor.
[We regret very much to have overlooked the wisdom and liberality practised by the Sheffield Daily Telegraph. Its action is worthy of the best traditions of British journalism.—En. Spectator.]
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