No Danger from Drouth by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 29, 1883

No Danger from Drouth.

By Editor

JUST as people were getting very uneasy over the long-continued dry weather, a prominent gentleman of California gave his opinion to a reporter, and relieves the situation as follows:—

“The grape, of course, thrives well in just the kind of weather prevailing, and a good crop is assured. Wine and brandy are getting to be great staples. We look for better business from this source. I do not apprehend any shortage this year in the aggregate crops. The crops of wines and brandies will more than make up for the shortage of the grain crop.”

To be sure. What have we been worrying about? As long as our “staples” are assured, we ought to be willing to dispense with the luxuries. Hereafter when dry weather threatens the grain crop, the California laborer can console himself with the thought that if bread and potatoes are excessively dear, he can get all the brandy he wants at reasonable rates.