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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Xemperance 



god's kingdom coming. 

 We notice by the Cleveland Plain Dealer 

 of October 24 that the great manufactnrers 

 of our land are waking up to the need of 

 getting rid of the saloons that so often 

 crowd close up to places where great num- 

 bers of people are employed. I have made 

 three clippings from the article. 



Cleveland is to be the center of a national move- 

 ment for legislation forbidding saloons within certain 

 distances of industrial plants, particularly foundries. 



Below is what the chairman of one of the 

 Cleveland committees declared: 



The Clevelander will appoint as members of his 

 committee one man. from each State in the United 

 States. Central headquarters and the directing pow- 

 er of the movement will be here. 



" Despite all liability laws and ' safety first ' ef- 

 forts, manufacturers continue to let saloons dO' busi- 

 ness next door to their offices. 



" A man slips out for a moment or two, and goes 

 back to work. 



" No one knows he's half loaded, but may be he'll 

 get hold of a crane, or ladle of molten iron; there's 

 an accident, and not only he but several others are 

 injured. 



" It seems to me this question of the saloon ought 

 to be made a national issue, that the saloon ought 

 to be driven away from the manufacturer's door." 



And the clipping below tells us what the 

 lion Trade Eeview has to say in regard to 

 the matter: 



When saloons are located within a few feet of a 

 foundry, it is possible for the workingmen to slip out 

 from time to time, fill up on beer, and return to work 

 in a short time. 



Of course, brains are muddled. The result is not 

 only poor work, but frequently serious accidents. 



For years I have wondered why more of 

 our manufacturing establishments did not 

 take greater pains to keep their men away 

 from drink. Perhaps I might say to our 

 readers that of late the city of Cleveland has 

 been instituting safety committees who make 

 it their business to see what can be done in 

 the way of preventing accidents, both near 

 factories and on our streets; and, as I un- 

 dei-stand it, the above measures are largely 

 the outcome of this " safety " organization., 



A KIND WORD FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 



I am a teetotaler myself, but used to be a moder- 

 ate drinker. I was born and brought up in South 

 Australia, in the famous wine-growing districts of 

 Sanunda and Angaston. The majority of the people 

 there drink wines; everybody thinks it is good for 

 one to drink light wines. When I was twenty years 

 of age there was a big rush to the golden West. 

 Rich gold fields had been discovered, people flocked 

 to these places, and eatables went up to enormous 

 prices, so there were big opportunities for agricul- 

 turists. Land could be had from the government 

 for almost nothing, so I was tempted to try my luck 

 on the land in West Australia ; but it wasn't quite 

 so easy as I first imagined. I didn't have much cap- 

 ital; and as every thing was dear I had to be very 

 economical if I was going to make a success on the 

 land, and had to give up all luxuries. Then I was 

 determined to get on. Intoxicating liquors were also 



very dear, so I gave them up; and after being with 

 out them for a time I found I could work just as 

 well, and at the same time it was a big saving. 



After I had been here three years, being interest- 

 ed in bees I subscribed for Gleanings, and I may 

 say I was quite delighted with your Home chat. 

 It also gave me more encouragement to stay a tee- 

 totaler. I might also mention that I am not a smok- 

 er, for this has always appeared to me as being a 

 dirty, filthy habit. I have had a lot of lads working 

 for me at different times, and I have been able to 

 get the majority of them interested in your Home 

 talks. Although they read no other part of Glean 

 INGS, they always look forward to it when it comes, 

 to see what you have to say. 



There are great changes taking place in Australia 

 toward banishing the saloons, and there is not nearly 

 as much drunkenness as there used to be. 



There is one important thing I have often won- 

 dered at, and that is that the progressive Yankee 

 has not given his women votes long before this. I 

 see that they are starting it in some of the States. 

 Tell your friends that it has long passed the experi- 

 mental stage in Australia, and that there isn't an 

 Australian who thinks that woman shouldn't have 

 votes. In fact, every Australian is proud of it. 



I have followed your diet talks up, but differ with 

 you in some respects. I used to suffer from indiges- 

 tion very badly, but have cured myself by dieting. 

 If it would interest you I will tell you how I did it. 

 I might mention that apples are my main medicine. 



E. J. Haese. 



Mount Barker, Western Australia, April 30. 



Thanks for your kind woi'ds, my good 

 friend ; and if you have any thing more to 

 tell us about apples as a diet, please let us 

 have it. Just now I am having my choice 

 of the most beautiful apples produced, and 

 I have said several times that I would not 

 exchange my apple supper at five o'clock 

 every day for the biggest and most elabo- 

 rate meal that any of our great cities can 

 furnish; and, best of all, my apple supper 

 leaves no bad taste when I go to bed or 

 when 1 get up. Just now I am feeling 

 happy over my Winesap apples that a gooh. 

 friend sent me. They are of a deep red, 

 some portions being almost black on the 

 outside ; and this beautiful tint goes thi'ough 

 the skin to the snow-white flesh within. In- 

 deed, I have been told that the Winesap is 

 a seedling of the " famous " Snow apple 

 (Fameuse). 



WOMAN SUFFRAGE. 



There has been an attempt made by the 

 brewers to persuade people that woman 

 suffrage has but little effect on the wet and 

 dry question. See the following, which I 

 clip from the Home and State: 



WHERE WOMEN VOTE. 



California — Two years ago, 200 dry towns; to- 

 day, 675. 



Wyoming — Before woman suffrage, all wet; now, 

 90 per cent dry. 



Utah — In election of 1911, 110 cities went dry, 

 18 cities went wet; every county but one is dry. 



