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prevent Teutonic peoples from drinking distilled liquors to excess. On this point see the experience of California." I would like to know to what experience of California you refer. I have been unable to find anything in the litera- ture on this subject. Thanking you for your kindness and attention, I remain, Yours very truly, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 9, 1906. Dear Sir: I believe the experience of California shows that the cheapness of wine in California has not diminished the con- sumption of whiskey and other distilled liquors. The num- ber of United States licenses in California in comparison with the number in other states would shed some light on this subject. Perhaps you could find some statistics concerning the consumption of distilled liquor in California as compared with the rest of the country in the Internal Revenue Reports and Census. Very truly yours, CHARLES W. ELIOT. CHICAGO, ILL., MARCH i2th, 1906. CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D., President Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Dear Sir: I thank you cordially for your letter of the 9th inst. referring to the experience of California in regard to the question whether the cheapness of wine has diminished the consumption of distilled liquors. I shall make an effort to investigate this subject, although it is, of course, extreme- ly difficult to arrive at any conclusions in regard to any sec- tion of the country from the records of the Internal Revenue