Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-12-03
STATISTICS OF TEMPERANCE.

The Augusta (Ga) Temperance Address Tor
nishes US with some IN teresting Temperance facts
From it learn that, from 1870 to 1897, the
records of the Custom Hose show the quantity
Of arden, Spirits and Wines imported TO be about
Three Hundred Millions Of Gallons. Add TO
this the amount manufactured IN the country,
las wei. as the quantiry of Beer, Porter, and o.
lher ntoxca ting drinks and the aggregate Goes
not vary much from I,rcny Seren Hundred MI
hons of GaHons!! Costing. at the very moder
ate price of 80 cents per gallon, the enormous
sum Of Thirteen Hundred and Fifty Millions OF
Dollars.
The estimated cost Of the Revolutionary war
is One Hundred and Thirty five Millions OF Dol
lars.
Add 10 this the exnen-ea Of the United States
Government from 1896 TO the present tIme-ht
" one years, and we have The entire expenses OF
this Government equal TO Nine Hundred MI
lions of Dollars.
This sum paid all the Civil and Diplomatic ex'
penses Of the country, and sustained our veto
rious armies-lt carried our flag triumphant over
every eea-i gave to tee world new torn OF
governmen,-it purchased Florida and Louisiana,
and whole leagues Of v,luable territory to tho
West; and ye, when deducted from the sum
which the people paid for the nselessly destrnc-
live article of intoxicating drinks, prior TO 1887
leaves surplus of -Four Hundred and Fifty Nil
lions Of Dollars. An amount more than sufii-
cIent TO pay all the debts Of all the States, and
relieve the National Treasury from bankruptcy
a nd disgrace! Let the friends of this country
nause and reflect! WHY this immense waste Of The
hard earnings OF citizens! where are the
sche mes of internal improvement ~ has perfect
ed?-ihe cities II has buil?-'he helds smiling IN
plenty IL has cultivated the armies II has sus-
tained?-ihe peace and abundance II has impair
ted. Hear the answer Its improvement has been
destruction-i,s abundance, famine-i's harvest,
misery-i,s peace, bloodshed and crime-''s fields
tho fields Of death-its cities have been const'tu
ted Of hospitals and prison houses, It's army has
consisted of 500 900 h,bitual, and Two Millions
OF occasional drnnkards-thirty thousand Of whom
annually went 10 the drunkard's final resting
place.
The report Of the American Temperance u
MON for 1912 mentions the number of temperate
drinkers who have taken The pledge, at two m
lions--of s.harJ drinkers" half million. whilst
tho whole number of reformed drunkards canno,
be less than $50, 900.
In Philadelphia nearly all the dis,ilieres have
been stopped.
In New York. all but one, and the production
diminished from IL to millions Of gallons
or abou, FIVE millions in one wear.
In the State of New York, 1928, there were
eleven hundred and forty nine dstilleries-now
less than tive hundred
In Western Pennsylvania, in 1915 there were
fifteen hundred--now a bout twenty.
In Lancaster, Pa, 10 1887, there were twenty
NOV oniv two.
IN other sections the dininution. If not equal
" great. is AT leas, sufficiently mark the rl
umph Of the Temperance cause. and inspire US
with renewed hopes of finBl and complete sue
cess.
In New York, notwithstanding the depression
of the times, the decrease IN CRIME and paupef-
ism. consequent, upon the temperance movement
il estimated at SO per cent. The same calcula-
ton will be good in many other places and OF some
a much more favorable one could be made.