or banished is steadily on the increase. I do* not think that Saloon League agree with this sentiment, nolens volens. ency to drink more malt liquors, such as beer. The decrease Cleveland, according to the Plain-Dealer: there is any cause for worry even if the beer consumption Then, after intimating that immigration and the Temperance Sentiment, says Anti- year the sentiment that the liquor traffic must be curtailed the other. iness daily in various parts of this and other states. Tem- perance legislation is being passed by every state, and every matter, he said : The brewers are not alone in the belief that the There is a steady decrease in the consumption of spirit- Saloon League. increase in beer consumption implies greater temper- Said Supt. Williamson of the Anti-Saloon League in ance. Even some of the Mark Tapleys of the Anti- is doubtless as marked in the one as is the increase in "Never before has temperance sentiment had such a strong has jumped in the past year." uous liquors, such as brandy, whisky and wine, and a tend- grip on the people. Saloons by dozens are going out of bus- 61 The Rule of "Not Too Much." increase in population had something to do with the Increase in Beer Consumption Consistent with