and production, issued from the Board of Trade in 1891, it was stated that for every L100 received in mining, L55 went in labor; of every L100 in shipbuilding, L37 went in labor; of every L100 in railways, L31 went in labor; of every L100 in cotton manufacturies, L29 went in labor; but of every L100 in brewing, L7 only goes into the pocket of the workman.  The same result was shown in another way by Mr. W. S. Caine, M. P., when he said:  ’He was in Scotland, in the neighborhood of a very large soap factory.  He was shown in the locality twelve old cottages and one hundred new ones.  A short time ago the soap factory was a distillery, and then the twelve old cottages sufficed for all the men the industry employed; but when it was turned into a soap factory it became necessary to build one hundred cottages to accommodate the extra hands which the manufacture of soap required.’

The shutting up of the distillery and the building of these hundred cottages meant increased trade to all the local shopkeepers, and in turn this benefited the wholesale trade and caused increased employment.  The way in which labor is starved by the liquor traffic is further illustrated by the following facts:-

The Publicans’ Paper says:  “Two breweries in Sheffield turn out 50,000 barrels of beer a year each, but they only employ 660 men.  An Edinburgh Distillery with a turnover Of L1,500,000 a year only employs 150 men.  An Iron Ore Company in Cumberland, with a turnover of L250,000 a year, employs 1,200 men.  Our largest ironworks employ 3,000 men each for the same turnover that the distillery employs 150.”

Say She Is Insane.  From a minister, Rev. William Ashmore, D. D.—­ “They say Mrs. Nation in insane.  The wonder is that tens of thousands of mothers and widows are not insane along with her.  The wonder is that instead of one hatchet slashing away among the decanters there are not ten thousand of them all over the land.  To stand by the grave of a husband or son ruined by drink is enough to drive a woman crazy.  Instead of criticising Mrs. Nation, let us turn on those heartless saloon-keepers and the negligent and responsible judiciary and that indifferent and callous community.  They are the ones who put the edge on Mrs. Nation’s hatchet.  The Master said:  ’If these should hold their peace immediately the stones would cry out.’  It is because those pledged to public order hold their peace that Mrs. Nation’s hatchet is flying about.”

A Catholic Priest.  Mendota, Minn.—­“Mrs. Carry Nation.  Dear Sister:—­These days back the season’s routine duties of a Catholic priest have prevented me from expressing to you my sympathy and my admiration for your pluck.  You are the John Brown of the temperance cause.  Your smashing of saloon fixtures has been but a very little thing beside the effect it had, and was bound to have, all over the country, and the world, in building up backbone and courage and holy emulation in hundreds of thousands of those reading of it.  You are a credit to womankind and humanity; you are infinitely more deserving of the gratitude of the country than are the men at the head of our armies and fleets in needless and demoralizing war.  I want to send you $2.00 but have some fears it may not reach you safely if I enclosed it herein.  Praying that the Lord may comfort and sustain you, I am yours very respectfully, Martin Mahony.