enforcement of obnoxious laws, or to pacify public The point is well worth discussing. No doubt there ness. Competition properly restrained and regulated some of the glaring evils that attach to the retail busi- frequently heard, and it is stated that the brewers did is some truth in the reflection that if the brewers had brewers and that the old policies are beginning to be Imuch. It is charged by the enemies of the trade that the 56 not act until they felt the knife at their throats, and that such death-bed repentance does not count for This letter was accompanied by a personal note Causes of Brewers' Reform. brewers are taking such steps as these not from any form but means what it says, and intimating that the opinion against the saloon business. This objection is emphasizing that the letter is not a mere matter of brewers fully intend to enforce it by employing such left behind. Competition run mad is at the bottom of will have to take its place. , ligh moral motive but merely from considerations of means as may be at their disposal, as withholding sup- plies of beer, etc. gain, to escape unfavorable legislation, to prevent the sounder views are gradually spreading among the This action is to be commended. It shows that