The Effect of Closed Saloons.
By Editor
During the recent strikes in Liverpool, the disorders assumed such an ominous character that the authorities decided to close all saloons each day at two o'clock for a period of ten days. The results that followed are set forth in the report of the committee of justices, as follows: "The arrests for drunkenness fell off 67 per cent during the period. Arrests for other crimes dropped down to an average of 35 per cent of normal. Crimes of violence and disorder declined fully 50 per cent. Night hospital cases almost entirely ceased. In fact the nights were more orderly than the days, and the total percentage of night crimes decreased probably one half." When we have such striking figures as these before us, why is it that men will persist in licensing the saloon?