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GLEANINGS IN BPIE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1 



than this, that they have a right to dr'vj t'.is rvil 

 from their midst, and say for themseiV'^s »• 'fler 

 they will continue to bear tl^'s wa ". . .' tl s .nit to 

 the injury to society and pu'i^.o iaicr'-^-- d toler- 

 ate the increase of crime. That, I u.ifl-'i lake to say, 

 is fundamentally right in a free gov r ment. In this 

 contest let us not base our campai n for restrictive or 

 prohibitive measures upon tuojghtless fanaticism, 

 but upon the duty of the strong- to forego their own 

 personal liberty in this regard as they daily forego it 

 in their lines of conduct for the protection of the 

 weak, and, indirectly, for the protection of society 

 and tnemselves from the countless crimes of drunk- 

 enness. It is sometimes said that personal liberty is 

 involved; but it is no more involved than it is when 

 you say to a man in a populous city that he may not 

 drive his vehicle twenty-five miles an hour on a pub- 

 lic street ; no more than when you say to a man in a 

 populous city, " You must keep your back yard clean 

 for sanitary reasons ; " no more than it is when you 

 say to men every day that they may not do this or 

 that because it affects the public welfare. My liberty 

 ends everywhere and any time it touches the welfare 

 and liberty of others. There are people in this coun- 

 try who are unable to distinguish between liberty and 

 license. License is not liberty at its very best. It is 

 the liberty of the assassin, the liberty of a land where 

 might makes right— where he takes and holds who 

 can Our fathers died to find no such liberty as that. 

 They wanted to establish liberty, but it was found in 

 having its limitations in the welfare of others. So, if 

 the church can organize and unite its membership, 

 and can inspire it with a common and harmonious 

 purpose, and give it practical and sane leadership, 

 the days will be too few in which to number its victo- 

 ries. And in this connection I want to say that the 

 sanest, wisest, most practical leadership the temper- 

 ance sentiment has in America to-day is the Anti-sa- 

 loon League. It appeals to every man who believes 

 in the truth involved, without regard to his church or 

 party. A question as broad as this requires a leader- 

 ship broad enough to appeal to all men everywhere. 

 There is much in present conditions throughout the 

 country to justify confidence and to inspire to renew- 

 ed effort. The past two years have witnessed a mar- 

 velous change in public sentiment— a change so great 

 and so general as to amount to the moral uprising of 

 the Christian people. You know the sublimest thing 

 among men is the moral uprising of a great nation. 

 There is nothing else so inspiring, so majestic, so po- 

 tential in its effect upon the destiny of the human 

 race as the moral uprising of a mighty nation. A 

 movement seems to be in progress, nation-wide. The 

 wave of sentiment which marks its progress will 

 probably recede; but I pray God it will never again 

 reach the level of old age. Four States— Maine, Kan- 

 sas, South Dakota, and Georgia — now have prohibi- 

 tion; and Oklahoma, the new star that has crept into 

 this field out yonder, will be more effulgent in its glo- 

 ry because it, too. reflects the sentiment of a State 

 without legalized liquor-trafQc. The governors of 

 both Kansas and Maine, who are enforcing the inhi- 

 bition clause in the constitution, have been reelected. 

 They have made substantial progress. Ninety-two 

 counties in Kentucky, out of 119. inhibit the traffic. 

 In Tennessee it is permitted in only three cities- 

 Chattanooga, Memphis, and Nashville. Illinois now 

 promises much for the coming year; and it is up to 

 the leaders of the Christian church of Illinois to make 

 good the promise. In Indiana, 723 townships out of a 

 total of 1116 have excluded it. Ther£ are in Indiana 

 but 393 townships in which it is permitted; 1,300,000 

 people in Indiana now live in inhibited territorj ; and 

 we have, through the amendment made two years ago 

 to the remonstrance law, prevented the establishment 

 of more than 900 saloons— enough, allowing 20 feet to 

 e9,ch room, to line a street four miles long. When you 

 think of that you begin to measure the power for 

 good this law has been to the people in Indiana. The 

 temperance cause will first be won in rural districts. 

 Then the traffic intrenched in the cities will make its 

 •last desperate stand. And we must look to the church 

 with its immense power and influence, its immeasur- 

 able potentialities, for aid in this last great battle in 

 the cities of America. 



thought of the age, which has come to recognize that 

 there is no money which flows into the coffers of the 

 state so expensive as that which comes from liquor 

 licenses. 



What do you thihk of the following, which 

 comes from the Washington Herald'^ Is it 

 not about right? 



NO TAX COSTS THE STATE LIKE LIQUOR TAX. 



In its astounding growth of prohitition sentiment, 

 the South is in harmony with the most progressive 



"THE BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD." 



A few weeks ago I received the following 

 letter: 



Mr. A. I. i?oo<.'— Inclosed you will find the program 

 of a horticultural meeting soon to be held in our ap- 

 ple-orchard, which I believe you would find interest- 

 ing to attend. 



After reading the above 1 glanced at the 

 top and noticed the letter-head: 



H. W. SCHMITKONS. 



PRODUCER OF 



FRUITS AND HONEY. 



"Fruits and honey" make a Vc'y good 

 combination; and as I considered ihat the 

 writer of the letter was probably an old sub- 

 scriber of Gleanings I glanced over the 

 program inclosed; and as it is rather brief I 

 give you here a copy of it: 



FIELD MEETING 



THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 1907, AT THE ORCHARD OF H. W. 



SCHMITKONS, NORTH AMHERST, OHIO. 



The world of to-day is asking for men and the- 

 ories that "make good" and those which do not 

 soon lose their prestige. The Horticultural Press, 

 the Experiment Station, and the State Horticultural 

 Society have for years been urging orchardists to 

 spray, and we now invite you to attend a Field Meet- 

 ing at the orchard of Mr. H. W. Schmitkons, at North 

 Amherst, Ohio, and examine for yourself the results 

 of the spraying done there this season by Mr. Schmit- 

 kons in cooperation with the Ohio Experiment Sta- 

 tion. 



Come and meet with us and hear apple culture dis- 

 cussed, and see the object lessons afforded by this 

 orchard. 



A large tent has been secured in which to hold the 

 meeting in case the day should be stormy. 



PROGRAM. 



TEN A. M. 



Cultivation and cover crops - W. W. Farnsworth 



Pruning the orchard 

 Feeding the orchard 



F. H. Ballou 

 W. J. Green 



ONE p. M. 



Address Hon. R. B. Lersch 



Spraying address and demonstration 



H. A. Gossard and A. D. Selby 

 Harvesting, packing, storing, and marketing 



the apple U. T. Cox 



An opportunity will be given for questions and dis- 

 cussions. 



U. T. Cox, President Ohio State 



Horticultural Society. 

 W. W. Farnsworth, Sec' y Ohio State 

 Horticultural Society, and Chief 

 of Horticultural Division, State 

 Board of Agriculture. 



Of course I was on hand at the appointed 

 time; but I did not notice any thing particu- 

 lar in the way of fruit until we reached what 

 is called a sand ridge (about four miles from 

 Lake Erie) that rises slightly above the low 

 land surrounding. On that ridge we began 

 to see apple-trees in great abundance; and as 

 we neared our destination we found the trees 



