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all day 10 or 12 pints of beer. This same man pitcliod nearly all the hay 

 and corn at Chalk I'it. and I never saw him take beer the whole of the time. 

 A man that has been working here 21 years said at the finish last harvest 

 that the work was done more comfortable and pleasant than he had ever 

 known it done l:»efore, without any beer at all coming into the place. That 

 man is not a teetotaller, but a steady, respectable, moderate man. 



/ have had us much czperimce as most pttoph, an I 1 am certain looik can be 

 done better without beer than with it. If people think they ought to have it, it 

 ■would be better for them to take it after the work is over. 

 I am. yours faithfully, 



THOS. E. SHRIMPTON. 

 Mr. Abbey. Manager to K. Deny on, Esq., ex M.P. for Berks. 



Biu'iLiis Hall, Ckkwk, 

 Dear Sir, July 23rd, 1881. 



1. If the men are properly fed, I feel confident they will do as much work 

 and as well without beer as with it. 



2. I would advise a cash payment in all cases where practicable. But if 

 the moral standard of the men be low a substitute might be better for both 

 master and men. Where the men are boarded in the farm house I should 

 advise a substitute, 



3. Not to give stimulants would be an incalculable benefit to working 

 people and more satisfactory to their employers. 



4. I have farmed in three counties. East Riding of Yorkshire, 

 Cheshire and Shropshire since 1836, on farms varying from 800 acres to 250 

 acres, besides employing navvies in reclaiming land ; also bricklayers, masons, 

 brick and drain-pipe making, woodmen, &c., and have employed men from 

 many counties in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and have invariably 

 found as a rule, that the men who cared the least for beer or cider wi.^re the 

 best and most trust- worthy workmen. 



5. At present I am not farming on my own account, but for a gentleman 

 for whom I am agent. We only employ from 10 to 12 men, and they have 

 asked to have money in lieu of beer in the ensuing hay harvest. 



1 have long since came to the conclusion that no person in health 

 needs a stimulant, and to the young alcoholic drinks are pernicious, both 

 morally and physically . When once a youth of the working classes takes 

 to beer and tobacco, I predict that he never gets upon the first step of the social 

 ladder. I am Sir, yours very obediently, 



Mr. J. Abbey. L. WHITTY. 



IvENDKirK House, Reading, 24th June, 1881. 

 Dear Sir, — I have pleasure in sending you the following answers to your 

 enquiries -which I hope will be of use to you. 



1. I have farmed five years without giving beer. 



2. I consider the men do as much work, and as well. 



3. I have paid in cash. As a Temperance Reformer, have given tea and 



other drinks to convince the work people by actual practice that beer 

 is not necessary. 



4. The plan has answered well for both employer and men. 



5 Number of hands employed. 8 to 1 2. No difficulty in getting labourers 

 to work without beer, no trouble has ever occurred in consequence of 

 no beer being served out. 



I am, dear sir, yours truly. 



Wm. PALMER, (J.P.) 



Fairspeat Housk, Witney, Oxford. July I4th, 1880. 

 Dear Sir, — 1 have received your letter and enclosures. No doubt my 

 plan of Money Payment and no Beer, for various work during the year per- 

 formed by manual labour, tends to sobriety. 



I find no drink whatever. They consume what beverage they choose. 

 All money payment is by far the best, both for masters, men, and their fami- 

 lies. I have never had any difficulty with the men. The farm is 1,300 

 acres. I remain, yours respectfully, 



Mr. J. Abbev JOHN S. CALVERT. 



