1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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ing liquors in these canteens. Would it not have been 

 much simpler to have directed that no liquors shall be 

 sold by anybody, if that was what was intended ? 



To make it plain to everybody we give a 

 copy of the law right here : 



No officer or private soldier shall be detailed to sell 

 intoxicating drinks as a bartender or otherwise, in any 

 post exchange or canteen, nor shall any other person 

 be required or allowed to sell such liquor in any en- 

 campment or fort, or on any premises used for military 

 purposes by the United States ; and the Secretary of 

 War is hereby directed to issue such general order as 

 maybe necessary to carry the provisions of this section 

 into full force and effect. 



Now, inasmuch as the voice of the people 

 brought polygamist Roberts to a realizing 

 sense of his iniquity, can not the voice of the 

 people in like manner give Attorney-General 

 Griggs to understand that there is a time when 

 forbearance ceases to be a virtue ? 



The Independent goes on to say : 



Then the law goes on to require that no intoxicating 

 liquors shall be sold on any military reservation, post, 

 " or other military premises." " Other " than what ? 

 The lawyers say other than what had been previously 

 provided for, other than the canteens in which sol- 

 diers must not be barkeepers — but in which, by impli- 

 cation, civilians may. That was not the intention of 

 the temperance men who urged the law, but we sus- 

 pect it was the idea of the men who drew it up, and it 

 can legally be read into the words. The execution of 

 the law is in the hands of the military officers of posts 

 and regiments, and they generally want beer, etc., 

 sold. We believe with General Howard, General 

 Shafter, and manj' other officers that it is better to 

 have no liquors on sale in any government grounds or 

 premises ; and we suggest that the proper thing to do 

 is not to abuse the President for being guided by the 

 lawyers of his Cabinet, but to put a new and clear law 

 through Congress, and we warrant the President will 

 sign it. 



The law was drawn up by Mr. Wilbur 

 F. Crafts, of Washington, D. C. I have 

 heard Mr. Crafts speak at our Anti-saloon 

 League meetings. He is a man of scholarly 

 attainments, a clear thinker, and one of the 

 brightest and clearest speakers I ever listened 

 to. My impression is that the reason why he 

 framed the law just as he did was that there 

 should be no loophole to creep out of or evade, 

 for he knew from past experience what the 

 liquor-men would probably try to do. In 

 using the phrase "or any other military prem- 

 ises " he is simply talking in legal phrase. In 

 almost all of our laws we have this repetition 

 that seems to an outsider useless and uncalled 

 for. But we are told the repetition is to make 

 the matter exceedingly plain, and so there can 

 be no evasion. The explanation given by the 

 Independent in regard to that word " other," 

 it seems to me, is about the thinnest and flim- 

 siest logic that I ever heard anywhere on the 

 face of the earth. The supposition that Griggs 

 knew nothing of the conflict that has been 

 going on between temperance and intemper- 

 ance, and that he did not really know what 

 the temperance people had been working for, 

 can not be tolerated. The President assured 

 the temperance delegation that Griggs was an 

 able lawyer, and a courageous man ; but the 

 statement that he was an ^''honest incDi'" — 

 what do our readers think of it ? 



This whole matter is ridiculous — it is a burn- 

 ing shame. It is an awful outrage and traves- 

 ty on our good men and our good women. 

 There are hundreds if not thousands with just 

 as much ability, education, with just as much 

 generalship, who have at least sotne fear of 



God in their hearts, and some sense of right-, 

 eousness and justice. The educated, intelli- 

 gent, Christian, temperate and temperance 

 people of the United States outnumber the 

 whisky element more than two to one. We 

 can beat them in any contest that is at least 

 half fair. Of course, we can not stoop to 

 such tricks as the one I have outlined in my 

 talk to day ; but God is with us, and we are 

 7nore than a match for the whole of them, 

 even if Satan with all his angels masses his 

 entire forces in with them just to keep up the 

 beer and whisky traffic. By the way it rejoices 

 my heart to see that Gen. Howard and Gen. 

 Shafter do not recommend the army canteen. 

 May God be praised that we have at least two 

 great and good men who can not be hum- 

 bugged or bulldozed or influenced in any man- 

 ner by the rum power and the whisky interests. 

 If anybody thinks the army canteen is not 

 quite so bad after all, let him read what 

 Rambler says about Uncle Sam's army can- 

 teen away up on the Pacific coast in Oregon, 

 page 368, 1899. 



A KIND WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO 

 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. 



Friend Root: — I have read with a great deal of inter- 

 est and profit the department of "Our Homes." It is 

 certainly encouraging to read such articles from the 

 pens of Christian business men, whose word and ex- 

 perience go so much further with the mass of humanity 

 than that of the professional reformer. Thanking you 

 again for your kindness, I am 



Sincerely j'ours, Annie W. Clark, 

 {PiesH O. IV. C. T. f/.] 



Columbus; O., Feb. 10. 



What Dr. Miller says in a Straw, Dec. 1.5th No., about 

 A. I. Root's showing up frauds doubtless mildly ex- 

 presses a sentiment of many if not all of your readers. 

 At our house friend Root's' Home talks are always a 

 most interesting part of Gleaninns. While reading 

 this latest one it is almost sad to observe what a strug- 

 gle it costs Mr. Root to retain his good opinion o-f man- 

 kind ; but are there not other reasons that prohibition 

 laws do not always prohibit, besides the carelessness of 

 the people in general and the wickedness and large 

 means of the liquor-men in particular? A. Greve. 



Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 29. 



SOME suggestions for a new style of green- 

 house FOR cold climates. 



Mr. Root : — I have read your description of how to 

 build a greenhouse, with a good deal of interest : and I 

 do not suppose you would object at all to a little friend- 

 ly criticism of it, as no doubt a good many will be built 

 after your plan ; and, to my way of thinking, will not 

 put their money to the best advantage. As with bees, 

 location may have a good deal to do with it — in this 

 case, caused by climate and sun elevation, so I speak 

 only for my section or a like one. 



1. As you .say, light in the dark months, November, 

 December, and January, is the great problem. 



2. Next, saving of glass by oval shape, which is the 

 second point in your plan. 



3. Low down to escape wind. 



I send you photo of our largest house, which, so far 

 as I know, is the best that I have seen for lettuce, 

 tomatoes, cucumbers, radish, etc. Put this photo 

 alongside of your picture in Gleanings and do a little 

 hardtliinkiyig. My boys deserve as much credit as my- 

 self in studying out the points in our ideal house. 

 The first house I had was even span, north and south, 



