p. 778 | The Liquor Traffic and the State

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 49.

The Liquor Traffic and the State

In a recent speech at Birmingham, Lord Rosebery, Prime Minister of England, is reported to have said: "No one can deny that there is a great deal too much drinking in this country, and that much of the crime, and much of the pauperism, and almost all the degradation prevalent in this country, is attributable to the curse of drink. Another point on which I regard it as a danger is this, that it is becoming too great a power in the State. I go so far as to say this, that if the State does not soon control the liquor traffic, the liquor traffic will control the State."