and should not I)c teiiipt.cd to givc up tlic chasc by rcdson of rebuffs. For csnmplc, nltliougli much tiinc Iind bceii dcvotctl to efforts to persundc tlic Govcrnmcnt to rcliis rcstrictions on alcohol, npparcntly without effect, ultimiitcly nnd nlriiost I)y n strokc of tile pcn I)cliiiid tlic scencs, the difliculty. Iiiid been ovcrcoiuc. Wc wcrc fortunntc iu hiving siicli pcoplc ns Sir Rolicrt Robertson, t lie C:o\wnincnt Clicniist, iil)lc to piit fortviird t,lic coininon-scnsc vicw to Govcrnincnt couiiuittecs. JIrijor lino~vlcs, who was criticill of some of Dr. Lcviristcin's ligiircs conccruing tlic consuruption of plicnol in tliis country nud the triidcs iisiiig it, sriitl that t,lic sliortiigc of sopplics during tlic? Inst two or tlircc years lint1 not bccii confined to tliis country, but Iiiid b.cii intcrii:it.ionnl, nnd oiic rcnson for it wiis that tlic Jiipincsc lint1 bccn in the iniirkct for unprcccdcntcd quantities. For what purpose tlicy ncctlcil it 110 would lcnvc otlicrs to gucss. It \t*iis to tlic credit of tlic 15nglisli ninkcrs tlint tlicy tlitl not. supply iiny of it, but kcpt it tit home for lioinc users. l'lic supplies to .Jtipin ciinie froin corintrics ~rlio l i d tlccliirctl tlirit politically tlicy could not. po.41ly slipport .Jiip:in. Oiic rciison for tlic t,roiil)lc wliich Iiritl occurred wiis tlic clfort of thc pliciiol iiinkcrs to support tlic plastics trntle ; t h y Iiiicl iittcinptctl to kccp tliu pricc of phciiol :it, n Icvcl which t.licy Iind t hoiiglit would Iielp t h ilcvclopincnt of t,lic tcidc.
wiis tliut, bcc-iiiisc t.lic selling pricc of plicnol in lhglrind wus tlic lowest i u the world in l!)X, tlic raw niiitcriiil rcquircd for plicnol 1i:id Icft tliis country for otlicrs in wliicli more wns bcing piid for it ; nnd protective inensures lint1 lint1 to I)c iidoptcd to kccp tlic raw inritcrinl Iicrc. l'licnol wis nil intcrnnt.ionn1 product : i d must IJC considcrctl 011 tlic gold Imis, and wlyn tlic pricc licrc w s 9tl. i t was nboiit 7tl. in worltl ni;irkcts. TIiiis tlic incrcnse was not duc to tlic niiikcrs of plicnol or the siipplicrs of their raw iiintcrinls ; it \viis nn incrcrisc