GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



TEMPEMANCE 



HOW PROHIBITION " STOPPED BUILDING." 



Tucson, Arizona, Oct. 20. — When Arizona "went 

 dry " it was asserted that the result in this city 

 would be "no more building;" that the 32 vacant 

 saloon buildings would be such a drug on the mar- 

 ket that not another structure would be erected in 

 the city in a long time. Now, according to the 

 report of the city building inspector, 1915 will show 

 the biggest building record in the city's history, the 

 building cost falling, all told, not very much below 

 half a million dollars; whereas the record of 1914, 

 the last license year, fell below $400,000, and 1913 

 just exceeded $300,000. The emptiness of the " 32 

 empty saloon buildings " vanished like the dew 

 before the necessities of legitimate business. — The 

 Vindicator. 



PROHIBITION IN ARIZONA. 



Bro. Amos: — In regard to whisky and the effect 

 of its being "cut out" here: It has caused much 

 trouble for some of the officers to watch the " boot- 

 leggers," as they run their autos over the line in 

 New Mexico, and smuggle it in. But the law is so 

 strict that they will get tired of it soon. It seems 

 as though " old Ohio " ought to be as much civilized 

 as Arizona. 



Pima, Ariz., Oct. 29. J. H. Root. 



My good brother, Ohio is pretty well 

 " civilized," except the great cities — Cincin- 

 nati, for instance. They are, however, well 

 along in the ABC class, and will surely 

 " get there " if we " faint not." See the 

 following from Wayne B. Wheeler: 



OHIO ON THE " UPGRADE " STILL. 



Last Tuesday's election in Ohio is another evi- 

 dence of the fact that the progress of a righteous 

 cause is absolutely irresistible. Twenty-two years 

 ago, when the League work started in Ohio, if we 

 made any mention of the possibility of statewide 

 prohibition it was ridiculed. It was a struggle to 

 secure even local option for the smallest units. The 

 sentiment gradually grew until the people secured 

 local-option laws for all the units of government up 

 to the county. The high tide under county option 

 and local-option laws was 63 dry counties. The 

 vision of the people continued to broaden, and their 

 convictions continued to deepen until on the state- 

 wide vote 70 counties went into the dry column. 



In this last election the majority of 84,000 against 

 prohibition was reduced to approximately 40,000. 

 Seventy-four counties of the eighty-eight voted for 

 statewide prohibition (unofficial returns). This 

 splendid result was accomplished in spite of the 

 fact that it was an off year in voting. The city 

 vote was heavy because municipal officers were 

 elected, and the rural vote light because no state 

 officers were elected. 



There is nothing discouraging in the result; on 

 the other hand, it is positive proof that, with steady 

 fighting, more education, better organization, and 

 with half as much gain in the next contest, victory 

 is sure. W. B. Wheeler, 



Attorney for Anti-saloon of America. 



Columbus, G., Nov. 3. 



THE DAVIS LAW DECIDED CONSTITUTIONAL. 



We clip the following from the Florida 

 Times-Union: 



Supreme Court, by a close vote, 3 to 2, declares 

 Davis Package Law constitutional. Opinion filed 

 early yesterday afternoon in habeas corpus proceed- 

 ings brought to test validity of Davis Package Law. 



Decision had been eagerly awaited for weeks 

 throughout the state. Sections 1 and 7 of the law 

 were attacked by counsel for liquor-dealers in effort 

 to have the law declared unconstitutional. Law was 

 considered exceedingly stringent; Chief Justice Tay- 

 lor and Justice Ellis rendered dissenting opinions. 



See our recent back numbers for particu- 

 lars in regard to Davis law. 



" BOOZE " ADVERTISING ; CAN'T SELL PAPERS 

 HAVING SUCH IN GEORGIA. 



We clip the following from Bradentown 

 Evening News: 



GEORGIA SENATE PASSES DRASTIC LIQUOR LAW. 



Atlanta, Nov. 9. — The Georgia State Senate, in 

 se.ssion here, passed the Mangham-Ransom bill pro- 

 hibiting liquor advertisements in any form in 

 Georgia. 



The provisions of this bill make it a misdemeanor 

 to offer for sale any newspaper, periodical, or mag- 

 azine which contains such an advertisement. 



Now, then, say what you like about 

 Georgia, but give her credit for the above. 

 What other state dares follow suit? 



" BOOZE " ADVERTISEMENTS ANOTHER GREAT CITY 



DAILY TURNS THEM DOWN. 



The Detroit Journal to eliminate whisky, low 

 theaters, and objectionable copy from its advertising 

 columns. 



No whisky advertisement, no objectionable medi- 

 cal advertising, no dubious financial advertisements, 

 no parasitical advertisements, no debasing theater 

 advertisements, no loan-shark advertisements, no 

 unclean or doubtful advertisements of any kind will 

 be accepted by The Journal. 



To The Journal's 500,000 readers, and to its 

 thousands of advertisers, to all the world, we make 

 this bold and resolute announcement. 



It has been our advertising policy in the past to 

 refuse everything that seemed positively injurious, 

 vicious, or debasing to the public taste. 



The Journal has, after years of militant labor in 

 the interests of a cleaner Detroit, found itself to 

 be the acknowledged leader and exponent and 

 mouthpiece of public decency. 



Prom The Detroit Journal, October 28, 1915. 



TWENTY FIVE TIMES ' AS MANY WITH SALOONS 

 OPEN. 



Senator Peterson quoted from police records to 

 show the enormous decrease in drunkenness in 

 Moorhead, Minn., after the saloons were closed. For 

 July, August, and September, 1915, there were 88 

 arrests for this cause as compared with 2165 for 

 the same three months of 1914, or approximately 

 twenty-five times as many arrests for drunkenness 

 with the saloons open. — Union Signal. 



" god's KINGDOM COMING." 



A raost excellent and exhaustive article in 

 the Christian Herald for Nov. 10, entitled 

 "The Race-wide War on the Liquor Traffic," 

 closes with these words: 



" The great world movement against al- 

 cohol is helping to answer Christ's prayer : 

 ' Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on 

 earth as in heaven.' " 



