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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



January, 1918 



"But the liquor men of England cried: 'Let 

 the. nation die first' when the saloon was threatened. 

 And we have the same breed over here." 



Can it be possible, dear friends, that we 

 have those here in America that would say, 

 " Let the nation die first," when the saloon 

 is threatened? 



THE LIQUOR BUSINESS AND THE WAR. 

 If T regard inir|uity in my heart the Lord will 

 not hear me. — Psalm 66:18. 



Again and again I have been urging that 

 the reason why God does not answer our 

 prayers for peace is because we as a nation 

 are still cherishing and regarding iniquity. 

 We are accepting revenue from the liquor 

 traffic; and not the United States alone, but 

 the nations of the world — at least a great 

 part of them — seem to be .cherishing and 

 holding on to this iniquity. From the clip- 

 ping-sheet of the Methodist Board of Tem- 

 perance of Nov. 3, take the following: 



THE ITALIAN DISASTER ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE DRINK 



TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND 



AMERICA. 



A few months ago an Italian mission in Washing- 

 ton wa? pleading for fuel and munitions. Every- 

 body knew it. Also, everybody knew that practically 

 nothing was being done for Italy because the "ships 

 were lacking. 



The ships were lacking because material and labor 

 was lacking. 



Material and labor were lacking, according to the 

 testimony of hundreds of industrial leaders, be- 

 cause drink was cutting the efficiency of labor and 

 preventing its full-time effort. 



If the French had prohibited the drink trade en- 

 tirely at the beginning of the war, the Italian dis- 

 aster would not have occurred. 



If Great Britain had prohibited the drink trade 

 a year ago, the Italian disaster would not have 

 occurred. 



If the United States had prohibited the drink trade 

 in April, Cadorna would have been at Trieste and 

 Laibach. 



The chances that the war will end in 1918 are 

 slowly glimmering out. Unless the nations oppos- 

 ing Germany stop their fooling now, and begin to 

 make a full-time one-hundred-per-eent effort, only 

 God knows when it will end. 



It is true we have forbidden our soldiers 

 here in America to drink, and we have for- 

 bidden saloon-keepers to sell them drink; 

 but how about the drink business when they 

 get over into France and other nations 

 where there is no such proliibition nor any 

 kind of prohibition? And, again, hoAv 

 about those left here at home to protect our 

 homes and to provide food, fuel, and cloth- 

 ing? Is tliere any justice in cutting off the 

 drink from those who go to war and leaving 

 tltoso who remain here at home to drink 

 or not drink as tliey may feel inclined, as 

 it has been in the years that are past? A 

 temperance speaker, one of our own towns- 

 men, in a temperance meeting on Sunday 

 evening, Nov. 4, said if we retained our 

 saloons, and peace should come, every sol- 



dier who returns to our shores would be 

 urged by saloon-keepers at every turn to 

 come in and drink, free of charge. Shall 

 this be permitted? 



"bone-dry." 

 The food law authorizes the President to suspend 

 at his discretion the manufacture of beer and light 

 wines ; distilled liquors are already prohibited. A 

 movement is under way to bring strong pressure 

 to bear on the President and Congress, to discontinue 

 the manufacture of beer in the interest of food con- 

 servation. Food-pledge workers and workers gen- 

 erally for food conservation the past season fre- 

 quently have been met with: " Why should we sub- 

 stitute and stint ourselves when so much grain is 

 going into the making of beer?" And the resent- 

 ment in this argument is uncontrovertible. — Ohio 

 Farmer. 



NO-TOBACCO LEAGUE OF AMERICA. 



The above is tb? heading to a letter just 

 received from The National Camp, Bethany, 

 W. Va. It reads as follows: 



Mr. A. I. Root: — You have been placed upon our 

 mailing-list as one who is interested in the sup- 

 pression of the tobacco evil, and we wish to do wh-^t 

 we can to help you in your opposition to this 

 traffic. 



I enclose our third annual report, which should 

 convince you that this effort will succeed — so we 

 invite your co-operation. Can you not distribute 

 some literature, get an appointment for a meeting, 

 interest a church, a young people's society, or some 

 individual or organization in this work? Send us 

 your own remittance. 



We desire to reach 50,000 children this year; 

 but this can be done only by the co-operation of a 

 large number of people. If youri financial support 

 is impossible now, may we not have a word from 

 you saying what you can do? and may we not count 

 on your prayer for no-tobacco? 



H. T. Sutton. 



Bethany, W. Va., Oct. 25, 1917. 



In response to the above I sent a small con- 

 tribution. We are giving so much to the tre- 

 m.endous calb we are having that I could 

 not well, just now, do mor'^i. Perhaps some 

 of our readers can also help a little. Right 

 along the same liiie I m.ake a cli]>ping from 

 llio Butler, Ind., Weekly Record: 



They are already coming to it. The High-Y Club 

 of Auburn discussed liquor and tobacco at its 

 meeting last Thursday. Liquor and tobacco belong 

 tofjethcr, and their place is together — in the bot- 

 tomless pit. • 



In Indiana alone last year $50,000 worth of 

 property is known to have been destroyed by care- 

 less smokers. In a Wisconsin city a lighted cigar- 

 ette started a fire that caused losses amounting to 

 $150,000. This, is not the imaginings of an anti- 

 tobacco crank, but the report of the Indiana State 

 Fire Marshal. 



T'WEXTV-nvE cents' worth of "en.toyment." 

 I am an admirer of A. I. Root, and I take much 

 pleasurr! in readina: articles from his pen. It is 

 more of a temptation than I can resist to read ar- 

 ticles written by him for the next four months, so 

 I enclose a quarter. T know of no way in which I 

 can spend 25 cts. and get more enjoyment from it 

 than this. W. G. Brainard. 



Gouverneur, N. Y., May 15, 1917. 



