Alcohol was foreign to the Canadian people and the effect it would have on them and the rest of their culture would be devastating. Although some French people considered trading spirits with natives dishonorable, some only sought additional profit (the alcohol problem). Europeans gave alcohol in large quantities to people who had never seen or consumed the substance and took advantage of these people. There was an attempt to abolish the trade on both sides, but the trade continued regardless of the actions attempted (the alcohol problem). They failed to be ignored because of the potential profits to be made from the alcohol trade with the Indians. An anonymous observer of the fur trade wrote: "Some French people admitted to having obtained 15,000 pounds worth of beaver pelts from a single barrel of brandy worth no more than 200 pounds" (Leproblem de l 'alcohol). This illustrates how shameful and unfair the trade that took place at that time became. Lives were destroyed by the Europeans' alcohol trade, but alcohol wasn't the only deadly thing they brought across the world.