28 APRIL 1917, page 13

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

SIR,—The objection to State Purchase is not confined to Temper- ance extremists. If the food position be as serious as the Govern- meet represents, the nation has the right to......

Some Specific Proposals.

(To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] Suo—The suggestion contained in the last paragraph of your article "Some Specific Proposals," if carried out, would probably do more to......

Food Prices.

(To THE EDITOA OF THE "SPECTATOn."1 SIR,—I have been much interested in the articles on "Prices and Profiteering ' " which have appeared in the Spectator. The arguments seem......

Ito Thz Editor Or The "spectator."]

Sin,—Referrino, to your article " Some Specific Proposals" in last Saturday's Spectator, I fail to see how you can expect poor people to use barley flour or oatmeal instead of......

(to Tb' Editor Of The " Spectator.")

SLR.—I noticed with the greatest pleasure the letter of your correspondent Mr. J. Forbes-Townshend in your last issue. At last it seems to be dawning on Britain that valuable......

Boy-power And Soldier-power,

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."3 SIR,— Neither you in your editorial note to my letter on the above subject, nor Mr. J. Forbes-Townshend in the Spectator of the 21st, have......

Public School With Three Masters, Plus Four Others From...

Schools, journeyed into Devon to plant potatoes for the Army Canteen Committee. Terms: board and lodging free and railisay expenses paid. Quarters: a large empty house on the......

Schoool Boys And National Service. (to The Editor Or The

" SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Dr. Henry Barnes, and perhaps Sir Frederick Treves, would be pleased to hear that their theories as to education—handi- crafts and "literary" combined—have......