Show WHAT IT COSTS TO musIc Sir Ir Michael the tho British h chancellor of ot the exchequer In his statement of the years budget frank trank frankly ly hi I admitted that the military operations of at the country In Africa and Asia had brought b ought the tile empire very vennear near the tho verge vergeot of ot financial ruin Not only had those operations consumed vast sums Bums of or money but tho tM revenues had also In some Instances fallen Callen far below the estimate From the tho statement It ap no appears appears pears pearll that tho the wars will cost Great Grent Britain before very er long In the tho neigh neighborhood of or a 11 billion dollars Tho The revenue from tram beer alone was short of or tho the estimate and this the chancellor ollor attributed to the fact that so many beer boor drinkers now are arc ar In lii South Africa ami 1111 also al o to the de the decrease crease of ot the spending power of ot the people the price of ot other commodities being higher than thon usual That however the consumption of at In Intoxicants toxicants In Great Britain U is still con can considerable Is shown by b some seine figures II on that subject published by the London Times and covering tho the year ear 1900 Ac to these figures the time total loIal bill for drinks amounted to That T lut means an expenditure of a little Hula littleover over ocr SID 19 a 1 lien hen for one year for tor this Item I alone lone r Of or this grand total the tho sum of ot or r g I It Ic credited to Eng ImIg England land band and ns as her population by the time last census was tho the expenditure expend I turo per head hend was 4 1 or 2017 Scot Scotland Scotland land lond with people consumed worth or an nn ex cx expenditure of ot 1603 1608 per head Ireland with population spent 13 on liquor or was p per r benl Irishmen spent sp nt less leca than Englishmen With such luch n a shoeing It cannot be he much re me regretted that tho the government revenue of at the tho ho sale of ot Intoxicants fell tell some seine Mill mil Millions millions lions ions of ot dollars below the first estimate The South African war has up to date not cost quite as ns much as the th thirst for stimulants ICor the he sake of at comparison It itIs Is stat stated stated ed cd that tko the cost of at the tho clothing of ot the tho lJ opo Is 18 lets JesSi tIme the rents of ot all the tho louses hOuses and farms of ot the tho country are less lel ess and nna that hint the collections for tor char charty charIty Ity ty In nil all churches amount to only one oneIe seventh Ie e t h of or the tho expenditure for drink |