Show I BRITONS DRINKING MORE THAN EVER Booze Bill Twice a as Much Muchas Mucha a as Before the War LON LONDON ON April 6 Neither Neither William Puss Pussyfoot foot John Johnson on the American l league ague trail blazer for tor England nor not the high cost of living has been able to sidetrack the onward march of John Barleycorn throughout I the British Isles The United Kingdom last year drank 60 per pet cent more absolute alcohol than in 1918 when war restrictions re ro re were on more tightly and spent more than twice as much for it than thin In 1914 accord according ng to to George B. B Wilson on secretary of the United Kingdom alliance today The alliance I corresponds s to tl the the- American Anti- Anti saloon league l' l Wilson estimated that In the year ended on April 1 lf the nations nation's booze bill will be bo as compared compared com corn pared to In 1914 Some 74 per cent was consumed as beer I Wilson pointed out that the con Mn I of of milk during 1918 m Irs Britain was under twelve gallons per I person yearly yeary or one half of the normal consumption of New York I City The avera average e adult expenditure for tor liquor is 42 annually I I The Increase in both quantity and alcoholic strength of beer shortly after the armistice has resulted in quadrupling the number of arrests arrest I for tor drunkenness I |