Another reason why the use of wine in this country is a very restricted one, aside from the sentiment which is so prevalent in our country in opposition to the use of alcoholic beverages, is the numerous profits which are laid upon the wines by the merchant handling them. Even in California, where good red wine has been sold as cheap as 10 cents a gallon, it is quite difficult for a traveler, in a restaurant or a hotel, to get a quart bottle of wine for much less than 75 cents. In the eastern part of our country, where imported wines are principally sold, a pint of white or red wine can hardly be procured in any hotel for less than 50 cents. When it is recalled that the very best types of wine, aside from the grand classed growths, can be laid down in New York from a foreign country for not more than 75 cents a gallon, the profit upon the material, when it is finally consumed, is seen to be very great.