30 JUNE 1917, page 13

Mr. Hoover And The Use Of Grain For Liquor. [to

THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—Perhaps you may think it worth while to print the follow- ing extract from an article in Land and Water, June 7th, by Mr. Hoover, the Food......

" Profiteering."

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Yon have admitted one exception (the medical profession) to your rule that " the rise in the price of labour is universal." May I......

The Conservation Of Food. [to The Editor Of The "

SPECTATOR.") Sra,—Do you think your readers would be interested in the not lines of Dr. Isaac Watts'— "There are a number of us creep Into the world to eat and sleep, And know......

Of The Glasgow And District Licensed Trade Defence...

which you will see that he makes the extraordinary state- ment that " the Government were at last realising that the effort to prohibit the sale of liquor was a-pro-German......

Lieutenant 0. G. Samuel's Farewell Letter.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Ste,—On Sunday last a Memorial Service was held here for Lieutenant Gerald George Samuel, son of Sir Marcus Samuel, Bart. At this service I......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]

Sra,—Mr. Nugent Bankes's letter and your comments induce me to put on paper what I have had very much in my mind, viz., the splendour of new soldiers—no other word is adequate......

War Memorials.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sur,—Ideas of commemoration and monuments of affection are necessarily in our minds, yet we must perforce wait for their execution, seeing......