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as large as it should be. This is largely due to the present meth- 

 ods of distribution, which do not favor the sale and consumption 

 of wines. Hence our present excise laws should be amended so 

 that, aside from saloons, there should be a separate license for the 

 sale of wines only. Then we would have cafes and wine shops 

 such as are found in France, Germany and Italy popular and 

 respectable places where the people can take a glass of wine, or 

 whatever drink they wish, where friends and families meet and 

 visit, enjoy the music, and pass a pleasant hour. 



Finally, our people need to be educated as to the food value of 

 wine. They should learn to use wines as they should be used, 

 that is, daily at table with their meals. Wines are so used all 

 over continental Europe where practically everyone men, 

 women and children drink wine as freely as Americans do 

 coffee and tea, and there you find the most temperate people in the 

 world. While there may be and is intemperance in drinking as 

 well as in eating, yet at the same time it is true that, when wine 

 is properly used at table with the meal, it adds to the pleasure of 

 life, and, as has been truly said, whatever adds to the pleasure of 

 life adds to its resources and power. 

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