The amount received by the colleges from productive funds was three million, and fourteen thousand, and forty-eight dollars, making the total cost four million, eight hundred and ninety-five thousand, four hundred and eight dollars, an average of eighty-two dollars and fourteen cents for each student.

The amount paid in one year for liquor, (seven hundred and eighteen million, two hundred and ninety-seven thousand, five hundred and eighteen dollars), would pay the expense of education in colleges, of eight million, seven hundred and forty-four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-five students annually, or more than one-half the entire school population, and one-third more than the whole number attending the public schools, so that every person in the United States might be given a college education

We should look to the effect of alcohol upon the morals and industries of the people and the country, and not to alcohol itself.

with the money that is now spent for liquors.

The liquor money is sufficient to purchase grounds, build and equip six thousand colleges, and pay the tuition of two million students therein annually.

The relative proportion, or rather disproportion existing between the liquor business and popular education is most clearly shown by reference to the statistics of the state of Pennsylvania, in which state the number of schools and colleges is sixteen thousand and ninety; of drinking places, twenty-three thousand, six hundred and six. The number of professors and teachers is eighteen thousand, seven hundred and eighty-three; of persons employed in liquor shops, forty-five thousand, four hundred and ninety. The number of pupils and students in regular attendance is five hundred and forty-two

Strong drink kills more men than women, nevertheless the surviving widows suffer the more.

thousand, and seventy-six hundred; of tipplers and drunkards, eight hundred and two thousand, six hundred and four. The money expended for educational purposes in 1881 was eight million, three hundred and ninetynine thousand, seven hundred and twentythree dollars; for liquors during the same year, eighty million.

THE LIQUOR BILL AND THE CHURCHES.

In 1865, there were produced in the United States, sixteen million, nine hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-eight gollons of distilled spirits; in 1870, seventy-two million, four hundred and twenty-five thousand, three hundred and fifty-three gallons; in 1880, ninety million, three hundred and fifty-five thousand, two hundred and seventy gallons; in 1881, one hundred and seventeen million, seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand, one hun

Licensers and manufacturers say, "O, the people desire these things; we but minister to their wants.”

dred and fifty gallons, an increase of twentyseven million three hundred and seventy-two thousand, eight hundred and eighty gallons over the production of 1880, being an increase of over thirty per cent. in one year.

In order to put our products of liquor into the market, in 1872 we licensed or allowed two hundred and forty-eight thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two drinking places, employing seven hundred and forty-six thousand, nine hundred and seventy-six persons, and the consumers paid six hundred million dollars for the liquors they purchased.

During the same year, there were in our country only seventy-two thousand, four hundred and fifty religious organizations, employing eighty-three thousand, six hundred and thirty-seven ministers of the gospel, supported at a total cost of but fortyseven million, six hundred and thirty-six

What should we think of a class who burned or otherwise destroyed this amount of wealth?

thousand, four hundred and ninety-five dollars, so that there are four times as many drinking places as churches; nine times as many liquor sellers as ministers; and twelve times as much paid for liquors as for the support of the gospel.

In 1870 there were licensed only two thousand, eight hundred and ninety distilleries, while in 1881 they had increased to five thousand, two hundred and ten, converting in that year, thirty-one million, two hundred and ninety-one thousand, one hundred and seventy-five bushels of grain into one hundred and seventeen million, seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand, one hundred and fifty gallons of proof spirits. During 1881 there were employed four thousand collectors, guagers, store-keepers, and detectives, who were supplied with over two hundred rifles, carbines, and revolvers, to collect the revenue.

Every dollar paid for rum hurls virtue on to ruin.