only an endless string of ills come from it? Have they not concluded that a business ivhich serves no useful pur- pose and whose aptest champion can not give it credit for an atom of wholesomeness , should no longer be controlled or restricted but wiped out altogether? 143 The Rule of "Not Too Much." The words to which I want to call atte'urm nave been italicized. Now, that is precisely the point on which I have been harping for the last three years in these columns. It is this oblique moral view of the whole liquor prob- lem that we must correct. The social settlement workers blame the anti-drink "fans" because they w ! ant to abolish the saloons without offering to put anything in its place to answer the social needs of the massess. Are we not guilty of a similar omission on our side, if we neglect to furnish the positive argu- ment, showing that we do not apologize in a merely negative way for the saloon as a necessary evil, but insisting upon and explaining the positive uses of alcoholic beverages as supplying what is and always has been a cultural need? We are in a position to controvert the statement of the Rockford Star that the business serves no use- ful purpose and that its aptest champion cannot give it credit for an atom of wholesomeness. A study of