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Show MISSIONARY WRITES HERALD j FROM ENGLAND Manchester, England, June 3, 1020. Springville Herald : Dear Editor: ifaving at intervals had access to, the "Springville Herald" I am happy to slate I have enjoyed the news from my home town and am glad to see the degree of prosperity enjoyed by all. In the past 20 months I have had the privilege of visiting several different dif-ferent cities in England and Wales, residing for few months respectively respective-ly in each of five or six of the larger cities, as well as mingling mid living with the people of the rural districts. My observations as to conditions and customs here, as they are dependent de-pendent upon the attitude of these people, have caused me to write you concerning the same. In contrasting our present condition con-dition of prosperity in Utah to that unrest and unstability among these people. I would account for a great deal of the difference by the word "Prohibition." Having never been acquainted before with a community under the rule of King Alcohol, I little realize what an advantage we have at home In having overcome to a great extent ex-tent this evil. The present attitude here to some extent is that beer, wines and tobacco to-bacco are as essential to maintenance mainten-ance of life as are bread and butter. In conversation with a group of laboring lab-oring men a short time ago the following fol-lowing statement was made. "What have we left out of 8 shillings 0 pence (.$2.12) per day with beer at 8 pence (12c) per pint and tobacco 8 pence per ounce and now they are taxing us on betting.." It is a common sight to see men and women begging on the streets for money and to follow them immediately im-mediately and see them enter a public bar with what they have received. re-ceived. Today even newspapers in England Eng-land quote liquor as food. The following fol-lowing is a clipping from the Daily Mail, June 20, 1025, concerning supplies sup-plies for a seaport town during August Bank holiday: Since last Sunday motor-lorries full of food have been arriving. The first consignments include: 50,000 bottles of ale and stout. 70 barrells of beer each contaln- (Continued on Page 2) MISSIONARY (Continued from Page 1) ing 30 gallons. 3000 bottles of whiskey. 10,000 bottles of champagne. 30,000 bottles of wine and minerals. min-erals. . 1.000 lb. of salmon. 750 lobsters. . 500 chickens. 50 tons of ice. The staff inehiudes 240 wniters, 53 , bar attendants, 40 cooks and cutters, and. 80 portera. All the tea and coffee will lie made on old fq(sb4oned charcoal fires, and the salmon will be cooked on braziers of brick and Iron built on the. ground. Purine the last general strike when all rail transportation had ceased and only essentials were allowed al-lowed by government supervision to be hauled on trucks because of shortnge of trucks etc. It was comical comi-cal to see large trucks loaded with barrels of beer and cases of wine, plying up and down with large signs 'Food Stuffs" nil over them. It is Indeed regretable when people, peo-ple, appeal to liquor as solution to problems, obstacles, hardships and difficulties. As n result of such an appeal they get a "wet" answer. How can we expect people dinged 1 with alcohol and weakened with ex-I ex-I cess drinking to produce prosperity? Perhaps I have said sufficient about this evil only I wish to once more remind the people that their present prosperity and progressive state lies with their difference of this principle of "Prohibition." Sincerely yours. Allen C. Reynolds, , 345 Plymouth Grove, Longsight, Manchester. P. S. My regards to all at Springville Spring-ville and ever hoping for the success suc-cess of our paper. |