CONTENTS.

PART I.—AMERICA.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.The State as Saloon Keeper9

II.Rum and Politics21

III.Forty Years of Prohibition32

IV.Prohibition in Kansas45

V.The Law that Failed53

VI.High Licence in Pennsylvania67

PART II.—GREATER BRITAIN.

I.Prohibition and Local Option in Canada75

II.Local Control in New Zealand92

III.Licensing in Australia104

PART III.—THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.

I.The State as Distiller112

II.The Gothenburg System122

PART IV.—ENGLAND.

I.The Growth of the Licensing System133

II.Proposed Reforms147

III.The Problems of Reform169

IV.The Path of Progress191

APPENDICES.

I.The Condition of Working Men in Maine199

II.The Gin Act, 1736200