“History shows that every nation has its peculiar stimulants in stronger or milder forms. Men crave stimulant. It is an undeniable fact, both in the light of history and experience, that in countries like Germany, France, etc., whose climate is not unlike ours, drunkenness is known scarcely more than the strong liquors which cause it. Cheap light wines and nutritious malt beverages supersede strong drink. Everybody uses them at his meals and as a common beverage. The people of those countries are among the healthiest, happiest, most prosperous and temperate on the face of the globe. We appeal to the wisdom of this Legislature and the consideration of the people whether it would not promote the cause of temperance and the material welfare of our state to give the amendment proposed a fair trial. It would tend to promote harmony by removing an irritating and festering sore from our politics. Good citizens without distinctions of party view with alarm the inroads that this law in its operation is working upon our social and material interest, driving away business, depreciating real estate, shackling enterprise, cheating labor, increasing taxes, educating intolerance and hypocrisy, influencing elections and encouraging bribery and perjury and the clandestine compounding, sale and use of poisonous liquors.” DARIUS H. INGRAHAM of Portland. GORHAM L. BOYNTON of Bangor. F. B. FARREL of Van Buren. ARTHUR MOORE of Machiasport. This is the statement of men whose characters stand so high as to give great weight to their opinion and leave nothing to be objected to their statement of fact.