DECEMBER 15. 1916 



doctor of my acquaintance has given great 

 relief, especially in one case, by a thoro 

 cleansing of the ear. 1 do think the ear- 

 drum people should give at least a few testi- 

 monials from those who, like myself, have 

 received no benefit from the drums. Per- 

 haps that would not be " business;" may be 

 it would not be the common kind of busi- 

 ness. Years ago they used to call me a sort 

 of fanatic who had a habit of mixing reli- 

 gion with business; and I think the ear- 

 drum people and every other business man, 

 for that matter, would be benefited in the 



end by being honest enough to say there 

 were also quite a number of people who 

 received no benefit. It might, however, 

 occur to some stupid people like myself 

 that in that case they ought to give back 

 the five dollars, or at least a part of it. 



Oh, yes! there is one thing more. These 

 little ear-drums that cost $5.00 it does not 

 seem to me ought to cost over five cents — 

 at least where made in quantities. If 

 weighed on the scales they probably would 

 weigh about as much as a bumblo-bec's 



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" god's KINGDOJl COMING " TO (-HIO. 



The temperance forces are much jrratified in win- 

 ning four states for constitutional prohil ition : Mich- 

 igan, Montana, Nebraska, and Soutli Daliota ; two 

 states for statutory prohibition: Utali and Florida; 

 the winning of the territory of Alaska, every munici- 

 pality in it going dry ; the overwhelming defeat of 

 wet proposals submitted in the five dry states of Ore- 

 gon, Washington, Colorado, Arkansas, and Arizona. 

 In view of the foregoing splendid victories it be- 

 hooves the temperance people of Ohio to begin at 

 once to plan the battle in our own state 



Ohio Anti-saloon IjEaguh 



Columbus, O., Nov. 14. 



ANOTHER BIG DAILY GONE DRY. 



We clip the following from the New Re- 

 puhlic : 



The Washington Evening Star, one of the lending 

 newspapers of that city, and recognized as one of 

 the great dailies of the country, has put a ban on 

 liquor advertisements. No longer will this great m'- 

 dium carry any sort of advertising which boosts al- 

 coholic beverages. 



^Announcement to this effect is carried on llic 

 first page of the Star. It says: 



"In deference to the wishes of its readers, the Star 

 will not print advertisements of intoxicating liquors 

 hereafter." 



ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLL.\RS LESS FOR 

 DRINK IN 12 MONTHS. 



We clip the following from tlie Farm and 

 Fireside. Read it over carefully and con- 

 sider; then read it over again. 



BOOZE BILL DWINDLING. 



Cold figures from an unprejudice-1 source are 

 what really furnish an authentic verdict as to 

 whether increase of dry territory decreases the con- 

 sumption of alcoholic drinks. Tlie last government 

 fiscal report, including the first half of 191C, thov.-s 

 that there were 2.7 gallons less of into.xicants per 

 capita consumed than in the preceding year. One 

 hundred million dollars less was paid out for drink 

 in twelve months by the American people flian dur- 

 ing the previous year. 



In the consumption of beer there was a decrease 

 of ten gallons for each family. Even with this re- 

 duction. Uncle Sam's records show there was a 

 total expenditure for intoNicanIs in twelve months of 



over a billion and a half dollar.s — seventy-five dollars 

 for each family. 



A comparison of the money going into thebuikling 

 of churches and liquor-making plants is an inferest- 

 ing side light on the question. In 1905, for every 

 dollar expended for new church buildings there were 

 $2.80 put into new breweries and distillerief . In 

 1915, for every dollar put into new liquor-making 

 plants there were $38.20 put into building new 

 churches in this country. There were $14,000,000 

 less invested in the construction of breweries and 

 distilleries in the past ten years than in the <l>cade 

 preceding 1905. 



It is now evident that .John Barleycorn i-; mor- 

 tally hit; but he is working his pulilicity burc tin as 

 njver before, to show he is still in the game and that 

 when a state goes dry it becomes wetter ! 



BELGIAN CHILDREN STARVING, AND 12,000 



TONS OF DARLEY FURNISHED THE PEL- 



GTAN DREWERS. 



We clip the following from tVe CI ristion 

 Herald : 



Alcohol well uigh wrecked Gcrmanv's fnrty years 

 of preparedness. In spite of t)ie < ry of starving 

 Belgian babes and little children hungry for bread, 

 the Belgian government demands nnn'lil'- inports of 

 twelve thousand tons of barley for the Belgian Brew- 

 ers' Federation. 



Is it possible that there is no ; ow:'r m 

 earth or up in heaven to give the barley 

 to the starving babies and children "instead 

 of usine' it to manufacture boev ? 



DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT'? 



The following clipping comes from the 

 Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and reads as fol- 

 lows : 



Norfolk is unmistakably dry. King .AIcoliol n\d 

 his court which for 306 years have held sway in 

 :his city have been completely ousted. The gi-oit 

 •vave of prohibition which has swept thru the Old 

 dominion (and, indeed, the entire South) is si' rely 

 in force in this city. For the first time in ilic rnmi- 

 (iry of the oldest member of the polite departm>nt 

 !ind of the oldest court nttacl'c the docket in the 

 uiill of justice was this mornini free fro:n any charge 

 of drunk. When the c1o<'k struck the midnight hour 

 that ushered in the fatal day that banished lic|Uor 

 Iho ax fell witli great force, and since that time there 



