been harping for the last three years in these columns. it credit for an atom of wholesomeness. A study of We are in a position to controvert the statement workers blame the anti-drink "fans" because they ful purpose and that its aptest champion cannot give negative way for the saloon as a necessary evil, but our side, if we neglect to furnish the positive argu- been italicized. Now, that is precisely the point on which I have pose and whose aptest champion can not give it credit for an ment, showing that we do not apologize in a merely insisting upon and explaining the positive uses of only an endless string of ills come from it? Have they restricted but wiped out altogether? not concluded that a business ivhich serves no useful pur- The words to which I want to call atte'urm nave w ! ant to abolish the saloons without offering to put alcoholic beverages as supplying what is and always 143 massess. Are we not guilty of a similar omission on The Rule of "Not Too Much." has been a cultural need? anything in its place to answer the social needs of the It is this oblique moral view of the whole liquor prob- lem that we must correct. The social settlement of the Rockford Star that the business serves no use- atom of wholesomeness , should no longer be controlled or