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be some causal connection between the less degree of drunkenness among the Latins of Southern Europe as compared to the Teutons of the Northern countries, and the natural presence in the Latin countries of the heavier wines of Italy and Spain. The fact that the Latin could always quench his thirst and derive both nourishment and moderate stimulation without great effort or cost from the grapes indigenous to his coun- try may fairly be assumed to have a great deal to do with making him temperate. Having this wholesome beverage naturally at hand he did not take so readily to distillation when it was later introduced in Europe by the Moors. Poverty or Crime? Which is Due most to Drinking? President Eliot inclines to charge more crime than poverty to drink. A writer on the subject says: "The drunkard may never kill anybody, and yet beat his wife, abuse his children, waste all his earnings in a rum-shop, and reduce his family to want That drunkenness is a most fruitful cause of poverty and domestic unhappiness, if not the most fruitful, no can- did person can doubt; that the saloon is the root of many of the worst evils which now afflict us is equally certain. The temperance people have plenty of argu- 26 Conditions are Improving. ments on their side, even if it is shown that rum is