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by the ton may buy wine or beer by the case or whisky by the gallon or bottle. But the man who buys his coal by the bushel must not buy beer by the glass. It is always an unpleasant thing to pose as the "workingman's friend/' Whenever one undertakes to do so, one is at once under suspicion of insincerity. The well-to-do suspect him of ulterior motives, and the workingman himself resents the patronizing air 138 Reactionary Class Movement. of his self-constituted "friend." But if there ever was a case where the attitude was justified it is the present. Nothing is clearer than that the restriction of saloons, the Sunday closing, shorter hours on week days, etc., have not, while saloons are allowed, tended to diminish the consumption of beer. The increase of beer production for the last year is close to four mil- lion barrels, and for the preceding year it was over five million. About one-fourth of this amount goes into bottles, and the bulk of the bottle beer goes to private houses, clubs and hotels. This shows that as long as there is beer to be had, those who can afford to buy in quantity will have it in bottled form. If the saloons were closed, they would not suffer greatly. Those who cannot or do not buy in quantity would be the sufferers. In defending the saloon, therefore, the brewer is not waging an altogether selfish fight. He is