Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-04-23

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A writer in ~ Nsw York 7t1Sxs puts forth
b1twssa ihssmpsrnads I'D Id N frdis: g ~
IL ~ long hssp olAigsd thAs winst dis1yis>.
are comparatively frss fraaA inAsaapsrancs / -
With das allowances for eIsggeEsaion, Is ~
probebH b. geAsfally admitted that In the fruit
growing portions of France, 8pxin and Italy, Oer-
rsAny, DO, alchohqlic intemperaaos b much les
f.squsqt than in Northern portions d, Europe.
dsaf q inferior. Il 81. 6ssa ssid shis : soM
CLIMATE induces inteupsrApoe, hsaAuass inssmpas<
10 10 eoGmon in fnuasia, Sweden, 10, md 20
rars in italy, BpaAn, end the south Of France.
But when We tasn to fhq United alatss No dnd
eitss thsfs ! I'll iistls insssapsrsnes @ Il h NJ
EnglAnd. New YsrA, Michigan, WISCONSIN, ~,
but ta great dssl In ihe warn Southern States,
st II more In most metallic mining rsgiens,
wl,sther bet o. cold, y well ~ row regions II
general. In Now England Alcohol 10 an out
eas< vhsls iniths lsansssr portions Of CsiifoenA,
NevhdA, AriDOnA, To1aA New Msxico, 90, II u
king. CainAts thSn V, ot but small account
wA1A Italy y tsmpNrste, so 10 cold New Eng
land, while aloohol u "good creature Of Cod
ON the frozen wssppss of Russis aud she burning
lhstSn Aaetf tAsee b. mot vnuAs eopsnnn fAa@l
ture IN which temperaes and intemperzte coun-
triea reapective2H resemble each other. In New
Noss1s soSss s portion sS. Of New .sd YSEs
aud people will hsvs fruit; it constitutes . por-
tiou of their diet ~ II does In Spain, Italy, snd
the South NJ Franco In the greater portions Of
the south and In large portions Of the West,
s'hog and hominy" u the staple, while fruit il
hold Of little account in California, though fruit
is largely grown and comsun'sd, its prios h high
even In irnit growing sections, ~ personally
Pacific coast fruit 10 pfActically out Of reach. Is
there not, then, . general correspondence be-
tween cheap fruit Aasd temperance on the one
hand, and dear or bod fruit, or mono It all, and
intemperance on the other And does not this
correspondence suggest relation Of Cause and
enecs-point to cheap fruit ~ one Of the most
eticient remedies for intem ,sr&ce kaow
that the facts are, ~ yet, meagre; but ~ fer ~
they 20, they point one way. . Look
ing 1t the subject from another point Of view,
the .dieteic, peruurs who uss fruit literally 1t
every meal are, other things being, much less
tisisty thaii those whose staples are salt meat
md greasy biscuits. Now thsfe il nothing which
yields larger retirn for labor than fruit,
mean by 'rsturn," not ro much return III caah
Or wealth as In actual vAlue. An expenditure BY
eides And towns Of . very small amount In the
purchase and care Of fruit seeds and fruit trses
for public fruit gAr1ens, would be the very best
kind Of an Improvement" and pay far better
than jsila, hospitals, poor-houses, asylums, etc.
Frnit-growing, temperate vineiAnd has no crime
within its limits worth uantionin8 Gean souis \
and hearts are more important than clean ways
and far less costly but we can have both by
Baving tho cost of intemperAnce. p tNn7''
an of opinion that : free use Of fruit tends
70 prevent the formation Of craving for liquor
and might be the means Of diminishing such
craving when formed -5. M. s,igtofi