Wine and Intemperance

New York, 1895

The Agricultural Society should not have decided to eliminate home made wine and jelly from its list of premiums. They are no more productive of intemperance than the use of wine in church services, and the churches show no disposition to do away with the juice of the grape. The society should not be moved so easily by the sentimental appeals of a few persons who have become fanatical on a particular subject. The interests of the general public should be the standard of action.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 4.