The Drink Trade And The Nation PDF Download

Excerpt from The Control of the Drink Trade: A Contribution to National Efficiency 1915-1917 Drink Control is admittedly a problem of vital importance to our industrial future and to our national efficiency. But it is more than that. Throughout the world Drink Control is recognised as one of the most arduous questions which have hitherto baffled statesmanship. This has been notoriously so in Great Britain, where, up to 1914, despite great enthusiasm and sincerity of purpose on the part of reformers, aided by the support of able statesmen, progress was precarious and disappointing. These considerations lend particular interest to the experience gained in this country during the War, as the measures taken have been followed by a progressive decline of alcoholic excess so rapid that it appears difficult to account for it on any other hypothesis than that it is in large part the result of the regulations applied. The object of Mr. Carter's book is to set forth in detail what these regulations have been; what the immediate purpose of each was; under what conditions they have been put in force; and what results have accrued. It is clearly desirable to discuss the matter in some detail, as although the particular administration which has created and hitherto applied the regulations in force comes to an end within a year following the declaration of peace, Parliament will have to take cognisance of the methods of administration employed, and will surely find advantage in the experience gained. Disinterested students of the problem will agree that the return to pre-war conditions of Licensing and Drink Control cannot be contemplated with equanimity. It would certainly mean an increase of drunkenness, involving the sacrifice of many lives, the ruin of many homes, and a reversion to conditions conducive to crime and ill-health. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.