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ed ; and he says that, furthermore, even now 

 a large part of the inhabitants, especially 

 the natives, make the dasheen their princi- 

 pal article of food. 



On a recent visit to the Philippine Islands 

 he found there also the dasheen or some- 

 thing similar to it, and it was there consid- 

 ered an important article of food. 



THE DASHEENS DOWN IN FLORIDA AT THE 

 MIDDLE OF JULY. 



My colored man, who is looking after 

 them, writes me as follows: 



The dasheens are getting along finely. The young- 

 er ones are larger than the older ones. They are a 

 pretty sight to behold. 



Manatee, Pla., July 12. Wesley Welch. 



Xemperance 



" WHAT SHALL THE HARVEST BE ? " 

 Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which 

 believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone 

 were hanged about his neck, and that he were drown- 

 ed in the depth of the sea. — Matt. 18:6. 



On page 360, May 15, you may remember 

 that one of the friends replied to a question 

 of mine as follows : " No, I do not keep bees. 

 I keep busy." I there explained that the 

 above was from L. H. Horton, of Spokane, 

 Washington. It now transpires that friend 

 H. is District Superintendent of the Anti- 

 saloon League of Washington, and a push- 

 er; and I am going to tell you how he 

 " pushes " things, by giving you three pic- 

 tures and the printed matter that goes over 

 and under these pictures. Here they are. 



Let us look into this matter a 

 little. The picture of that bright 

 boy might be that of your boy or 

 mine. There are thousands like 

 him all over the world. He is 

 innocent and unsuspecting. You 

 can see it in his face. Is there 

 any punishment too severe for 

 the man (or woman) who would 

 deliberately plan that boy's ruin ? 

 Such a boy is ready to listen to 

 anybody. If his father and moth- 

 er are not around, it would not 

 be a difficult matter to coax him 

 into almost any thing. He is too 

 young to discriminate. If he were 

 allowed to pass that second pic- 

 ture, the factory (?) (and may 

 God help us in our warfare 

 aginst such "factories"), his 

 curiosity would be aroused, and, 

 if invited to taste the stuff they 

 have for sale, many such boys 

 would not even hesitate. The 

 proprietors of that kind of fac- 

 tory are just after the nickels and 

 dimes. " Whisky, ten cents a 

 drink ! " You need not say this 

 picture was gotten up for effect. 

 It is a photo of what actually 

 exists. Go into almost any big 

 city and see if I am not right, 

 I agi-ee with you that it is a burn- 

 ing shame that such a thing 



should exist anywhere on the face of the 

 earth. God, help us in our conflict against 

 this terrible agency of Satan. 



Now, friends, look at the finished prod- 

 uct. You know this is true. Probably there 

 are not as many such as there are samples 

 like the boy. One reason is that they fill 

 drunkards' graves before they get to be as 

 old as this poor sot. Now, in view of all 

 this, with these pictures right before you, 

 with the memory of them in your mind, will 

 your conscience permit you to consider 

 for an instant, voting for saloons, brew- 

 eries, and such things? 



Friend Horton informs us that over a 

 million copies of a poster containing these 



THE EAW MATERIAL. 



