GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dispcatches are to the effect that the nucleus of 

 the mob was formed in one of Lima's " respect- 

 able " licensed saloons, and that the drinking of 

 liquor nerved the men for their lawless act. The 

 evening of the day following the work of the mob, 

 (he saloons of Lima were closed at 6 o'clock to pre- 

 vent further trouble. 



This is the first work of an Ohio mob since hist 

 .lanuary, when drink-crazed men burned and looted 

 East Youngstown and destroyed a million dollars' 

 worth of property and killed several persons. 



John Barleycorn is right on the job when the mob 

 jjlans its lawless deeds, and the booze demon gloats 

 over the havoc for which he is largely responsible. 



The tragedy at East Youngstown last January, and 

 the inexcusable action of the mob at Lima last week, 

 furnish two more cogent reasons why Ohio should 

 rid herself of this mob tonic. 



THE CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR; IS IT ON TUK 

 INCREASE OR DECREASE? 



So many statements are made in some( ?) 

 papers, to the eifeet that the consumption 

 of liquor is on the increase I thought best 

 to refer the matter to the General 8u])erin- 

 tendent of the Anti-saloon League, and 

 here is his reply : 



Dear Mr. Root: — All the Vindicator says may be 

 true, which does not mean anything, for these 

 reasons: First, when liquors are withdrawn from 

 bond they appear on the Internal Revenue Report 

 as " consumed," while they may not be consumed at 

 all. They may be withdi'awn and placed iu ware- 

 houses for various reasons, as is often the case. 

 But the Internal Revenue Department puts this 

 down at once as consumed because the Internal 

 Revenue Department cannot follow "them to their 

 ultimate destination. There may have been an ex- 

 ceptionally large quantity, as is often the ease, 

 withdrawn in that particular month. 



Second, it may be possible in the consumption of 

 beer that May showed an increase. The great muni- 

 tion factories that are running full heat, and em- 

 ploying hundreds of thousands of men at large 

 wages, many of whom are drinkers, may have con- 

 sumed a good deal of beer during that month. It 

 should be remembered, however, that there was a 

 decrease in the consumption of beer last year of 

 about two million barrels, and this supposed in- 

 crease is not an increase over the original amount 

 consumed, but an increase over that consumed last 

 year, which was a great decrease over preceding 

 years. These things fluctuate when regarded by the 

 month. It is year by year that shows the steady 

 Ihrottling of the traffic. 



P. A. Bakek, General Superintendent 



Anti-saloon League. 



Westerville, O., Aug. 18. 



In addition to the above I think I l\ave 

 seen it stated that large amounts of alcohol 

 are now being used in the manufacture of 

 exiDlosives for the "war industry," and that 

 this has been counted in with the consump- 

 tion of liquors as a beverage. The finances 

 of the various breweries as given in our 

 newspapers indicate also that the booze 

 " industry " is on the decline. 



After the above was dictated we found 

 the following, which I clip from the Na- 

 tional Daily for Aug. 21: 



SLUMP IN LIQUOR CONSUMPTION. 



Washington, D. C, Aug. 19.- — The liquor-reve- 

 nue collections for the Uscal year 1916, exclusive of 



emergency revenue, shows a decrease in receipts on 

 beer of $1,155 327.35 as compared with the pre- 

 vious year. This is according to the preliminary 

 report of Interu<il Revenue Commissioner Osborne. 



According to the Commissioner's report, there 

 was produced, during the past year, 32,613,050 

 gallons of denatured alcohol, used exclusively in the 

 arts, industries, and for scientific purposes, of which 

 19,666,901 gallons were used in the manufacture of 

 munitions and smokeless powder. 



It is estimated by experts who have examined 

 the preliminary report of the Internal Revenue 

 Commissioner that the full report will show that the 

 amount of whisky consumed for beverage purposes 

 the past year is 1,609,343 gallons less than the 

 amount consumed in the fiscal year of 1915; while 

 the .slump in the consumption of beer in 1916 as 

 compared with 1915 is 1,182,193 barrels. 



ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF 

 LIQUOR DESTROYED. 



* We clip the following from the American 

 Issue: 



Girard is a little town along the Georgia-Alabama 

 border. Liquor producers piled booze into the town, 

 expecting to ship it over all the dry territory. But 

 the dry laws of Alabama and Georgia interfered. It is 

 i^stimated that nea,rly one million dollars' worth of 

 liquor was stored in the town. The judge ordered 

 the stuff destroyed, and every day a deputy .sheriff 

 and a posse of men have been engaged in smashing 

 bottles and emptying kegs. 



It is estimated that $300,000 worth of intoxicants 

 was poured into the river in one day. An attempt 

 was made to stop this wholesale destruction of the 

 liquor, but the judge ordered the officers to proceed. 

 Some of the fellows engaged in handling the stuff 

 are being handed out heavy sentences. C. G. Phelps 

 was fined $2500 and sentenced to three years in 

 prison. Benjamin Edwards was fined| a like 

 sum, and sentenced to prison for 30 days. 



Jf tliis kind of work continues, the liquor 

 people had better jiack ftp and retire as 

 quickly as possible. 



Here is something more from the Amer- 

 ican Issue, along the same line : 



TRYING TO ESCAPE THE STORM. 



Philadelphia saloonkeepers are alarmed at the 

 lidal temperance wave which is sweeping the coun- 

 try, and 240 of them want to quit the business. 

 Dispatches say that more than 1000 saloons thruout 

 Pennsylvania are on the ragged edge, and are seek- 

 ing customers. Real-estate brokers making a spe- 

 cialty of handling this class of property are loaded 

 down with lists. What is worrying the saloonkeep- 

 ers of Philadelphia is the probability of the coming 

 legislature enacting a local-option law. 



" god's KINGDOM COMING.'^ 

 We clip the following from the Youth's 

 Instructor : 



When the province of Ontario goes dry September 

 16, by act of the provincial legislature, Toronto, 

 with 400,000 ijopulation, will be the largest dry city 

 in the world. 



One of our office force informs me tiiat 

 he was in Toronto only a few days ago ; 

 and he said the whole great city was actual- 

 ly busy in " preparedness " for the coming 

 temperance victory. He says he met one 

 man who said something like this : " It is 



