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reasons for promoting the use of cocoa. 

 He says : 



" Cocoa cannot be considered in any re- 

 spect an article of luxury. It is not a 

 dainty ; its hygienic and nutritive prop- 

 erties are unquestionable and unquestioned, 

 and its being endowed with an aroma and 

 flavor which please the sense of smell and 

 the palate is no reason at all for its not 

 being reckoned among articles of food, 

 properly so called. Its cultivation, trans- 

 port and preparation furnish occupation 

 and support to a multitude of laborers, and 

 its consumption should be respected and 

 encouraged by all wise governments, not 

 only because it is physically beneficial, but, 

 and we do not hesitate to say it, because 

 it is morally salutary. 



" Coffee, of which much good can hon- 

 estly be said, is, however, open to much 

 criticism, as well on account of its physio- 

 logical effects as its influence on public 

 morals. It can be abused and misused. 



