Show SAN experience M th at was a most impressive lesson in temperance given the country by san fw over two months the city has been tree from places where strong drinks could bo obtained and during thai period the absence of crime has been so marked as to be made the subject of comment by th e associated freas intoxication and crime are associated and fortunate Is any community that can free itself from drunkenness bul the conditions prevailing in san francisco were out of the ordinary the greater part 0 the time the city was under military control and he bayonet commanded obedience the strict military domination may have een somewhat responsible for the decrease in crime but it is sufficiently well demonstrated that the absence of liquor had played a most important part in improving the morals ot the city but what can be accomplished under the iron hand 0 the army Is not practical 5 where the people have fice choice will bo drinking 1 to excess by choso who have ehfe appetite and the to thai craving for liquor unless those of uncontrollable thirsts are jailed or ald in subjection by the soldiery r |