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dant and cheap as water ? Why not 2 Are we 

 coming to this ? If so, then it would be better 

 at once to abandon the vine, and make plan 

 tations of rhubarb, currants, and the elder. 

 But, in fact, why plant any thing ? Gallizing 

 has already produced its legitimate results in 

 the fabrication of wine, into the composition of 

 which no portion of the vine enters. The imi 

 tation is so well done that the majority of those 

 who taste it say it is good wine. If nothing 

 but the taste were concerned, the subject would 

 not be worth a moment s argument ; but it is 

 the demoralizing effects which follow the use 

 of these beverages which should alarm us. No 

 man can study these effects as we have without 

 feeling deeply concerned for the future. 



While we have an innate dislike for deception 

 in all its forms, we are at the same time jealous 

 of the character of American wines. So long 

 as we have grapes that will make a pure and 

 good wine, there is no excuse for growing those 

 that will not. There is a higher motive than 

 mere gain underlying this question, in which 

 every member of the community is personally 

 interested. We ask all, whether wine makers 

 or wine drinkers, to examine the subject in the 

 light in which we have put it ; to investigate 



