the drink question will readily convince any open- minded person that the contrary is true, that a great deal can be and has been said by the champions of the temperate use of alcoholic drink and of the saloon, which does show its usefulness and wholesomeness, aye, its necessity, for the widest cultural development, and that an overwhelming preponderance of scientific evidence, moral philosophy and sociological study strongly favors the use of alcoholic drink. But this material has been allowed to be on the shelf, or. at least, has been discussed within the ranks of those already convinced, if not informed, of the pro- priety of the business in which they are engaged. Is it not time this knowledge were scattered broadcast among the people ? 144 BILLY J. CLARK, founder of the first temperance society in the United (After a print in The Defender.) Improve the Saloons. (February i, 1908.) The Saloon Should Not be Abolished but Improved. I have not heretofore devoted any space to the editorials that have lately appeared in Collier's on the subject of the saloon and the work of the anti-saloon league. On the whole, these editorials could not have been discussed without pulling them to pieces entirely. There is one, however, in the issue of January 18,