. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. ~ u Is — o X o GO £. ^D u -J o< U — — _ u / C -y : THE TEMPERANCE TIDAL WAVE. 199 1904, is to be raised by a levy on the trade. The area of the levy is tobe the whole of England and Wales, and the full levy is to be raised eachyear. The money is to be vested in the Licensing Commission, and paidout by them. In the year 1907, 1,716 licenses were extinguished, and theholders under the Act of 1904 were entitled to compensation. The aver-age cost to the compensation fund per license was $
. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. ~ u Is — o X o GO £. ^D u -J o< U — — _ u / C -y : THE TEMPERANCE TIDAL WAVE. 199 1904, is to be raised by a levy on the trade. The area of the levy is tobe the whole of England and Wales, and the full levy is to be raised eachyear. The money is to be vested in the Licensing Commission, and paidout by them. In the year 1907, 1,716 licenses were extinguished, and theholders under the Act of 1904 were entitled to compensation. The aver-age cost to the compensation fund per license was $4,584, and the com-pensation levied for the year was $5,363,000. Both sides regard this as the biggest fight that England has everhad on the liquor question. Mr. Asquith showed that from $500,000,000to $750,000,000 are invested in the liquor trade. On the other hand, theopponents of the bill, who declare that it is an attack upon property, saythat the amount invested equals a billion and a half dollars. The numberof employes in the liquor traffic, as given by Mr. Asquith from the census,is nearly 259,000. But the Hon.
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