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county,
California,
where
they
hâve
been
found
to
grow
to
the
same
perfection
as
they
did
in
the
niother
country,
and
produce
the
identical
Chianti
wine,
which,
being
properly
aged
and
care-
fully
cared
for,
is
admitted
to
be
superior
to
the
imported
wine
frorri
Italy,
and
sells
readily
in
the
market
of
New
York,
in
cases
of
one
dozen
flasks,
for
$2.00
per
case
higher
than
the
im-
ported
article.
This,
therefore,
shows
that
wine
can
now
be
prodnced
in
the
United
States
of
as
fine
a
quality
as
that
produced
in
any
part
of
the
world.
It
can
also
be
snpplied
to
the
consumer,
when
not
hampered
by
obnoxious
license
and
prohibition
régu-
lations,
to
the
mass
of
the
people
as
cheaply
as
the
wine
is
sold
in
Europe;
because,
whilst
in
the
old
country
they
have
the
advantage
of
cheaper
labor,
here,
especially
in
California,
wine
is
produced
in
such
large
quantifies,
and
by
means
of
the
most
perfect
of
modem
machinery,
the
land
being
plowed
by
horses
and
steam
plows,
instead
of
being
worked
by
hand
labor,
as
in
Europe,
that
it
actually
costs
no
more
for
the
production
here
than
it
costs
in
Europe.
There
is
no
reason
why
the
American
people
should
not
become
accustomed
to
the
lise
of
wine
at
their
meals,
just
the
same
as
the
people
in
the
wine-drinking
countries
of
Europe,
and,
by
so
doing,
introduce
a
new
industry
which
would
give
remunerative
employment
to
thousands
of
happy
families
in
vineyards
throughout
the
country,
thereby
creating
new
towns
and
cities,
and
adding
to
the
progress
and
prosperity
of
the
United
States.
Italy
produces,
in
abnormal
years,
1,000,000,000
gallons
of
wine
per
annum,
worth
§200,000,000.
France
produces
1,500,-
000,000
gallons,
having
a
^alue
of
-$300,000,000.
Now,
with
proper
inducements,
the
United
States
can,
and
there
is
no
question
but
that
in
tirne
it
will,
produce
in
its
vast
territory
just
as
much
wine,
and
of
just
as
good
a.
quality,
as
that
which
is
now
produced
by
the
two
principal
wine
countries
of
Europe.
In
order
to
develop
the
wine
industry
to
its
full
extent,
it
is
necessary
:
First
—
To
induce
the
Prohibition
people,
whose
aim
is
the
removal
of
drunkenness
from
our
country,
to
encourage
the
use
of
wine
at
meals,
instead
of
prohibiting
it.
Second
—
It
is
necessary
that
grocers
and
dealers
be
per-
mitted
to
serve
their
patrons
with
wine
in
original
packages,
without
the
payment
of
a
license,
just
the
same
as
they
are
per-
mitted
to
sell
tea,
collée
and
chocolaté.
They
should
not
charge
exorbitant
priées
to
their
patrons,
but
should
sell
at
a
reason-
able
advance
over
the
cost.
This
will
materially
increase
their
sales,
and
eventually
their
profits.
Third
—
The
restaurant
and
hôtel
keepers
should
place a