The additions to the literature of the licensing question are very large. Messrs. Joseph Rowntree and Arthur Sherwell have written a series of books beginning in 1899 with their Temperance Question and Social Reform (Hodder; 6s.), which states the case for public management with a wealth of invaluable detail, and including British Gothenburg Experiments and Public House Trusts (Hodder; 1901. 2s. 6d.); Public Control of the Liquor Traffic (Richards; 1903. 2s. 6d. net), and other minor works, all of high value. The Final Report of the Royal Commission on the Operation and Administration of the Laws relating to the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, consisting of a Majority Report, a Minority Report (drafted by Lord Peel and often called by his name) and appendices, was issued in 1899, and is a valuable storehouse of facts. Price 3s. 3d. The Case for Municipalization has been set forth by Edward R. Pease in the volume noted at the beginning of this Postscript; whilst all that can be said against it is given in The Commonwealth as Publican, by John Walker (Constable; 2s. 6d. net), to which Public Control of the Liquor Traffic, mentioned above, is a crushing rejoinder. A striking book which impartially reviews the question, and criticizes with effect some arguments used by municipalizers (in this Tract, amongst other places), is Drink, Temperance and Legislation, by Arthur Shadwell. (Longmans; 1902. 5s. net). A bibliography up to 1904 is given in the Case for Municipal Drink Trade. The vexed question of compensation, under the existing law, has been settled by the Licensing Act of 1904, which provides that compensation shall be paid for licences whose renewal is refused on the sole ground of redundancy, and that the compensation money shall be charged on the other licences within the Quarter Sessions area. It must be observed that this compensation is based on the present system of private ownership of licences, and could not be applied to any transfer of licences to a public authority or any system of local veto. So long as private owners have a monopoly of the supply of a district, the compensation for a few cancelled licences can and may fairly be charged on the rest. But were all the licences refused in any area or part of an area, there would be no possibility or no justice in charging compensation on the remainder. And if any local authority took over all the licences, it is clear the compensation to be paid could not be made chargeable under this scheme. Our arguments on page 17 are not therefore materially affected by the change in the law, though the paragraph would now be written in a different manner, and the alteration of the law does not directly affect the question of municipalization. In respect of new licences, however, the Act of 1904 makes a great advance. On all new licences granted the justices are now required to secure to the public the monopoly value, either by taking other licences in exchange or by charging an annual licence-rent or a lump sum; and the money so received will be used for general public purposes. Moreover the justices may attach to new licences any conditions they think "proper in the interests of the public." New licences may be granted for terms not exceeding seven years. Another reform effected by the Act is the cancelling of the special immunities of the ante-1869 beer houses. Meanwhile the principle of public control has made great advances in other directions. The Central Public House Trust Association (116 Victoria Street, London, S.W.), started by Earl Grey in 1901, has organized throughout nearly the whole of England county associations for acquiring public houses to be managed in the interests of the public. After payment of a moderate fixed dividend to shareholders, the balance of profit is devoted to purposes of public utility. These companies have been formed under the most distinguished auspices; they have already acquired between 100 and 200 public houses; dividends have been paid in several cases; but the process of securing licensed premises by private arrangement must be a slow one, and cannot in any reasonable period extend very far. Excellent Annual Reports are published by the Central Association at the address above given. The People's Refreshment House Association, working on the same lines, has also made progress, and the Co-operative Public Houses movement, begun at the Hill of Beath mentioned on p. 15, has also spread to other villages. Particulars of all these are given in several of the volumes mentioned above, and the latest statistics can be obtained from the Central Public House Trust Association Annual Reports. September, 1905. 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