656 



Now, perhaps it may he a good idea to 

 read the exaggerated statements in regard 

 to the value of sanatogen, but instead of 

 paying a dollar a bottle, which is a hundred 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



times what it is really worth, use cottage 

 clieese and buttermilk that can be found at 

 a reasonable price (thank God) almost all 

 over our land. 



TEMPEKANCE 



DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT? SOME " FACTS " FROM 

 OUR GOOD FRIEND T. GEEINER. 



How absurd, and how easily disproved by tlic 

 facts, is this claim of the liquor men that prohibition 

 does not prohibit 1 how, just at this time, by denials 

 and misstatements and misrepresentations, they try 

 to wiggle out of the hole that the unexampled and 

 wonderful prosperity of the dry State of Kansas has 

 put them inl And this prosperity cannot be denied. 

 Our good friend F. D. Coburn vouches for this pros- 

 perity, and we may well take his word for it as 

 against the whole of the liquor forces. 



We have in New York one county that is wholly 

 dry. This is Yates. It has one large village, Penn 

 Yan, which has been dry for over four years. I was 

 anxious to learn how things look there now, and 

 asked Assemblyman Gillette some pointed questions. 

 The following are the facts as reported to me: 



During the year of license, 210 persons were ar- 

 rested in Penn Yan, 118 of them for intoxication. 

 During the four years of no license (Oct. 1, 1909, to 

 same date 1913), the number of arrests was grad- 

 ually reduced to 96, 91, 81, and 90, respectively, of 

 which numbers 74, 55, 62, and 53, respectively, were 

 for intoxication. In the slightly larger village of 

 Canandaigua, a license town with a large brewery 

 in Ontario County, probably not more than 20 miles 

 distant, 710 persons, 411 of them for intoxication, 

 were arrested during the year 1912. Some differ- 

 ence, apparently ! 



It is true that some liquor has been brought and 

 shipped into Penn Yan during the dry years, and 

 that there have been cases of intoxication. But it is 

 also true that no divine commandment, no law made 

 by man, has had the effect of entirely stopping the 

 prohibited practices or acts. Our State laws prohibit 

 murder and assault and larceny, etc. ; but murdering 

 and assaulting and stealing are going on just the 

 same. What sane person would think of repealing 

 our criminal laws for that reason ? 



Penn Yan is the county-seat of Yates Co. Since 

 it voted dry, there has been so little business for the 

 police court there that the people voted to abolish 

 the office of police justice, with a salary of $600 per 

 year, for the apparent reason that the justices of the 

 peace are fully able to take care of the reduced 

 number of criminal cases. Moreover, when county 

 court was called on June 9, 1913, there was not a 

 single case, either civil or criminal, to be tried. It 

 was a surprising and wholly unprecedented situation. 

 " It may be a coincidence," says one commentator, 

 " but it is a most gratifying fact that this unheard- 

 of condition occurred while Yates Co. did not have 

 a legalized bar within its borders." It is no wonder, 

 then, that the great majority of Penn Yan's physi- 

 cians, eleven in number, ask the voters of Milo 

 Township to vote " No" on all four propositions, and 

 that every grange in Yates Co. has passed resolutions 

 in favor of no license. 



HOW PROHIBITION AFFECTS THE BANKS. 



The two banks in Penn Yan report the following, 

 amounts of deposits : 

 Report of Sept. 14, 1909, the last dur- 

 ing licence. Total $ 928,382.00 



Nov. 16, 1909, first during no license. 1,106,811.00 



Nov. 10, 1910, no license 1,151,440.04 



Dec. 21, 1911, no license 1,158,439.41 



Dec. 26, 1912, no license 1,328,663.09 



A total increase under the no-license years of 

 $400,280.53. 



No wonder the banks and their depositors are in 

 favor of no license ! 



Finally let me quote the substance of Assembly- 

 man Gillette's personal reply to my questions: 



" As to conditions here, they certainly are better 

 than they were when liquor was openly sold. A great 

 deal of liquor is brought in here and slyly sold. But 

 we seldom see a drunken man on the street. Almost 

 without exception the merchants are in favor of the 

 dry town now. I think that every place which used 

 to be used for a saloon is now occupied by some 

 legitimate business, but some of them at far lower 

 rents. The owners of property which was used as 

 saloons, and the hotels, have been hit pretty hard ; 

 but all other kinds of business are well satisfied. 

 Factories and all employers of labor like it much 

 better, as their men are sober and ready to go to 

 work Monday morning. 



\\1iat have the liquor men to say to such facts and 

 .statements? Will they claim that "prohibition does 

 not prohibit?" T. Greiner. 



La Salle, N. Y., .luly 24. 



VERA CRUZ, MEXICO, BY ONE ON THE SPOT. 



I have several times made extracts from 

 letters from my nephew, Homer H. Root, a 

 young man who is in the United States 

 Navy, on the warship Arkansas. For some 

 reason the Arkansas has been stationed for 

 quite a time at Vera Cruz. Below is the 

 letter : 



Dear Uncle : — I have been here in Vera Cruz tv/o 

 months to-day, and can't say that I particularly like 

 it here ; but as I have to stay I might as well make 

 the best of things. We had quite a little excitement 

 here the first three or four days ; but since then it 

 has changed considerably. The people seem to think 

 a great deal of us here since they have learned the 

 truth. Before we came the people were told if the 

 Americans win they would kill all the people they 

 caught, but since they have found out we are here 

 for their own good they are very nice to us. I don't 

 think Mexico will ever get back on her feet without 

 the help of the United States or some other big na- 

 tion. 



I have only nine months more before I receive my 

 discharge. It does not seem possible I have been in 

 the navy three years and three months ; but I am not 

 sorry I ever came into the navy, as it has taught me 

 a great many lessons, and I have seen a great deal 

 of the world. 



Vera Cruz, Mexico, June 21. Homer H. Root. 



It seems from the above that the great 

 bulk of the people of Mexico are very poor- 

 ly informed in regard to the attitude of the 

 United States ; and if there was ever a field 

 where missionary work was needed, and 

 where the gospel of Jesus Christ was need- 

 ed, it seems to be just now in poor unfor- 

 tunate Mexico. 



