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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



not pose, so far as 1 can learn, as a temper- 

 ance publication : 



LIQUOR AND TAXES. 



While the local Chamber of Commerce is discuss- 

 ing the sad financial condition of the larger Ohio 

 municipalities, and recommending concerted action 

 toward obtaining relief, it might inquire into the an- 

 cient claim that it is the revenue from the liquor- 

 traffic that keeps cities solvent. It would be an in- 

 teresting inquiry just now when 6200 licenses are 

 to be distributed in Ohio among 7000 applicants. 



If the saloon makes lower tax rates, and breeds 

 prosperity, then Cleveland, Youngstown, Akron, and 

 Toledo should have comfortable municipal bank bal- 

 ances, for their license quotas are filled up. Colum- 

 bus, Cincinnati, and Canton should be almost as 

 prosperous, for their saloons approach in number the 

 limit allowed by law. Instead they are harassed with 

 debts. Topeka, Des Moines, Denver, Portland, Seat- 

 tle, Spokane, Birmingham, Atlanta, Memphis, Nash- 

 ville, Wheeling, Charleston, Richmond, and Okla- 

 homa City are not crying bankruptcy. Yet they de- 

 rive no revenue from the liquor-traffic. They range 

 in population from 50,000 to 300,000, and they have 

 not the wealth of Ohio cities. 



Tn view of the above, is it not about time 

 that our city fathers should begin to " sit 

 up and take notice " 1 



THE LARGEST DRY CITY IN THE WORLD. 



The clipping below comes from the New 

 Repuhlic : 



TORONTO, LARGEST DRY CITY; CANADIAN CITY WITH 



FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND BECOMES WORLD'S 



LARGEST DRY CITY. 



Toronto, Sept. 16. — Today this city enters the 

 dry column under the provincial act, and becomes the 

 largest dry city in the world. This act, which puts 

 the entire province of Ontario dry, cannot be con- 

 tested for at least three years. 



The provincial legislature in passing the act first 

 voted absolute prohibition, and then asked the people 

 of the province to ratify the vote. This popular vote 

 will not be taken until after the war, however. 



I am not sure the above is correct in say- 

 ing that Toronto is the largest dry city in 

 the world; but if it is not true we shall be 

 "gladder yet." Below is something fur- 

 ther, from the American Issue. Is it not 

 worth a careful and pray erf id considera- 

 tion? 



how is this for A RECORD? 



The city of Toronto, Canada, together with the 

 entire province of Ontario, became dry Saturday, 

 September 16. On the last day saloons were open, 

 there was the usual drunken orgy attending the final 

 closing of the liquor-joints. The following Monday 

 morning there were 142 drunks in police court. 

 Tuesday morning there were six such cases, and on 

 Wednesday there was not a drunk before the court. 

 That is some record for a city of more than 400,000 

 population, the largest prohibition city in America. 



WHY CALIFORNIA FAILED A YEAR AGO. 



There were at the last election for governor 250,- 

 000 voters who did not vote on the question of wet 

 or dry, and 80,000 who never voted at all — a total 

 of 330,000 voters that never voted yes or no, and 

 you can rest assured the wets were all out. We 

 were beaten 160,000. We are organizing to see that 

 every one votes, so you see there are. 330,000 votes 

 to be counted one way or another. 



There are only 2100 saloons in San Francisco Co. 

 I have been in business for several years in serving 

 the public, and I can vouch for all of the above. 

 May the good Jjord bless you in the good work you 

 are doing. 



Modesto. Cal. F. F. Turner. 



Are there not other states, where thou- 

 sands, " never voted at all ?" 



FLORIDA AND ITS PRESENT PROGRESS. 



I have been for some time hungering and 

 thirsting for some good news from Florida, 

 The following is clipped from llie Xcw Re- 

 public : 



FLORIDA'S LEGISLATURE IS DRY. 



Last year the submission of the prohibition amend- 

 ment was defeated in the legislature of Florida by 

 one vote. Now Mr. Pendleton, Superintendent of 

 the Florida Anti-saloon League, announces that 24 of 

 the 32 members of the State Senate and 60 of the 

 75 members of the House have pledged themselves 

 to vote for a resolution submitting the question of a 

 state-wide prohibition amendment to the voters in 

 the 1916 general election. 



PROHIBITION SENTIMENT GROWS IN FLORIDA. 



By a vote of 3 to 1 the important county of Bre- 

 vard has voted for prohibition. — American Issue. 



" STRAWS SHOW WHICH WAY THE WIND 

 BLOWS." 



We dip the following from the Weekly 

 Bulletin of the Methodist Temperance 

 Board. Have they nat got it about right? 



THE AIR IS FULL OF STRAWS, AND THEY ARE ALL 

 THE SAME COLOR. 



The rousing verdict of the voters of Maine in 

 favor of the prohibition law, the sweeping victories 

 of the " drys " in the primaries of Montana, South 

 Carolina, and other states, simply marked a continu- 

 ing tendency which has been evident for several 

 years. 



In Kansas all political parties in convention this 

 year declared for prohibition. In Iowa the Repub- 

 lican and Democratic parties boarded the water- 

 wagon. In Colorado the Republican and Democratic 

 parties endorsed the present dry law and declared 

 against allowing brewers to make beer and sell it in 

 unbroken packages. In West Virginia both Repub- 

 licans and Democrats in convention put an O. K. on 

 state-wide prohibition and declared for strict enforce- 

 ment of it. In New Mexico, a wet state, the Repub- 

 lican party in state convention declared in favor of 

 submitting a prohibition law to a vote of the people 

 thru the legislature, and it is practically certain 

 that the Democratic party will take similar action. 

 The Republican convention of Utah nominated a dry 

 candidate for Governor, defeating Governor Spry, 

 who vetoed the prohibition act passed by the last 

 legislature. The state administrations of Washing- 

 ton and Oregon are in favor of prohibition and a 

 strict enforcement of it. 



Here is something else from the same 

 sheet : 



WHISKY NOT EVEN GOOD FOR SNAKEBITE. 



Dr. Evans, the medical editor of the Chicago 

 Tribune, recently discussed the question of snake- 

 bite. 



" Should whisky be given? " he asks, and answers 

 " No. All authorities agree on that." 



Dr. Evans quotes McFarland, an authority, as 

 follows : 



