Sober by Act of Parliament

CONTENTS.

PART I.—AMERICA.
CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The State as Saloon Keeper	9
II.	Rum and Politics	21
III.	Forty Years of Prohibition	32
IV.	Prohibition in Kansas	45
V.	The Law that Failed	53
VI.	High Licence in Pennsylvania	67

PART II.—GREATER BRITAIN.
I.	Prohibition and Local Option in Canada	75
II.	Local Control in New Zealand	92
III.	Licensing in Australia	104

PART III.—THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.
I.	The State as Distiller	112
II.	The Gothenburg System	122

PART IV.—ENGLAND.
I.	The Growth of the Licensing System	133
II.	Proposed Reforms	147
III.	The Problems of Reform	169
IV.	The Path of Progress	191

APPENDICES.
I.	The Condition of Working Men in Maine	199
II.	The Gin Act, 1736	200

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