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Show Dk. Howard Crosuy, the great 'temperance apoatle of New York, has come out aquarely in tavor of beer-drinking beer-drinking and for cheap beer; nor does he place hia advocacy of the beverage aolely upon the ground that beer id the lesser of two evils, opiriluous liquors being the greater. He tays beer and ale are healthful and useful coverages, and their populaiization would reault beneficially. H understands under-stands thai some people drink too much beer, as others "oat too much, food, and drink loo much ice-water," but he does not consider malt liquor an intemperate drink. He says: "If we could get all sensible people to look at this thing in a calm way aod by the right light, I think we could soon get the great mass of the public to accept that position." He thinks it unjust and inequitable to impose a license to sell beer aud ale any mure than to sell soda water and lemonade. ThiB a rather queer position for a temperauce orator and one who is president of a society that holds intox , icaliug liquor responsible for nine-tenths nine-tenths of the Crimea committed by mankind, to assume |