Bread, sugar, tea, oil are notorious subjects of deception.

Butter, in spite of the Margarine Act, it is believed, the poor can seldom get.

But the systematic poisoning of alcoholic liquors permitted under a licensing System is the most flagrant example of the evil.

There is some evidence to show that the poorer class of workmen do not consume a very large quantity of strong drink.

But the vile character of the liquor sold to them acts on an ill- fed, unwholesome body as a poisonous irritant.