Mocked by Wine Grapes by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 24, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, October 24, 1916

Mocked by Wine Grapes

By Editor

An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle points out that the plans with which the grape growers started out have not materialized. They thought to produce wines that would become as popular throughout this nation as have similar wines in France and Italy. But instead of realizing this idea, they find that the raisin and the table grape have proved to be more popular, and are without any question much more profitable, than the production of wine.

Murphy in S. F. "Examiner" IS THIS THE NEW DOVE OF PEACE?

The influence and teaching of our good temperance organizations has doubtless had much to do with bringing about these splendid results. The Bible tells us that wine is a mocker; and the farmer who depends upon reaping a rich financial harvest from making wine from his grapes will find in the end that he has been mocked; for if we leave morals entirely out of the question, there is still a greater profit in growing foods that build up man's strength than in growing poisons in the shape of wines to destroy it.