Show shall shelf it ilo ile ailrad or illert one fifteenth of germanys germanas Germ anys cultivated land is devoted to the liquor traffic which is malting making it a question of beer or bread for forthe the poorer classes of that country the drink question ia is thus becoming an important one in the political economy of germany professor ler of berlin an able political economist thus writes I 1 among our working people the conditions of domestic life of education of prosperity of progress pro grese or degradation are all dependent on oil the proportion of income which flows down the fathers throat the whole condition of our lower and middle classes one may even without exaggeration say the future of our nation depends on this question if it is true that half our paupers haupers become eo so through drink it gives us some estimate of the costly burden which we tolerate no other of our vices bears comparison with this |