Excerpt from The Drink Traffic in the Nineteenth Century: Its Growth and Influence The aim of the present work is to direct attention to the conflicting social forces which have been at work in this country during the present century. Prominent among these is the Drink Traffic, the growth of which has been as remarkable as its influence has been extensive. The effect has been to necessitate increased activity on the part of those forces which are closely allied to civilisation, and to call into existence many others for the correction of National abuses, and the mitigation of social evils. At no former period have moral enter prises, social experiments, and religious organisa tions been more popularly and effectively pro secuted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.