Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-01-03
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The whole cost Of liquors annually
made and sold in the United. States chat
is, whisky either in pure or derivativo
state, is about S500,000, 900. In the con-
sumption Of this liquor, 10000 lives are
yearly destroyed, 100, 600 men and Wo-
men are sent to prison, and 100000 chill
dren are begueathed to poor-houses and
charitable institutions. In addition, 800
murders ana 4OO suicides are committed, /,
and the expense connected with these
events is sos, GOO. In our noble State
of New York, of e0urse including the
city, one person in l5 is substantially
made pauper. Meanwhile, large sums
are disbursed in erecting and superYis-
ing those imposing Establishments, the
so far-reacbing are the effects of the
drinking of spirituous liquors that our
citizens are enabled to violate every
law ofthe land. 1T viii not be neeessa-
ry to 20 into the details of the manufac-
ture of whisky as now cOuduCteds and
it wiz be sufficient to say mRt, since
stryehnine, red pepper, sulphuric acid,
and some other ingredients have be
come common, the cure Of delirium
tremens is impossible. Of course the
same effects, though in anOdiied de-
gree, characterize the various beverages
which are derived from whisky, In the
Hlfla drinks it IS gratifying to state that
the progress recently made IN the scien-
ces, and in particular, in chemical affin-
itV, enables the expert manufacturer to
produce remarkable results For lu-
stance, we furnish S0o,0 COO more Baskets
Of champagne than are producet Ia all
the Champagne districts OF Europe. By
passing the Oil of whisky through car
bon, a Madeira is made at a profit of 500
per cent, which few can tell from the
genuine, and with good reason. With
neutral spirits, or even with whisky,
vinegar, sulphuric acid, beet-root, and
cOpperas, which is to produce the proper
astringency, we are enabled to turn out
more port wine than all the world be-
side; and of these and other wines, New
York City annually manufactures to
the value Of 100000, all Of which are
admirably adapted to TmOthy's weak
stomach. Tt is scarcely possible to over
rate the Importance Of this branch Of
manufacture, since, by enlisting the
wealthy and the fashionable, the lower
classes are led with less difficulty to the
use of the more common beverage. TO
show the fruit OF W1ne-drIullng on the
upper crust Of our society, the following
statement is significant: By last ac-
counts Of the State Inebriate Asylum,
at BinghalntOn, there had been applica-
tions for admission from 80 clergynen,
8 Judges, $40 merchants, 226 physicians,
240 gentlemen, and what is more cheer
ing than all the rest, 1900 rich mems
daughters.
Aside from these little exploits. the
distillery business receives great sup
port from genteel billiard tables, which
are always scent connection with bars.
1t is not too much to say that these ta-
bles, by enlisting our most promising
young men, enable us to pour out from
our distilleries an amount Of whisky, if
collected in one stream, sufficient to run
a grist mill Of ten pair Of burrs the year
round, Sundays included. 1t is to be
hoped that these tables NAV continue
to receive the patronage of our young
men, and it lis also to be hoped that the
supplies of black walnut and mahOg-
any may be undiminished, since what
ever may not be needed for the manu-
facture of tables VIII be sure to be in
demand for cofiins. As to the gam
bling establishments, little need besaid,
for they will always require large sup
plies. There is one branch, however,
which needs announcement, and it
might be well TO consider whether Leg
islative action should not be invoked
to the end that the number of houses OF
prostitution may be increased, for it is
we'll Understood that there is vital re-
lation between them and our distilleries.
On the contrary, we may reflect that the
prevailing fashions, and the habit of
living beyond our means, viii make
marriage sufficiently unpopular, and in
the end the houses of ill-fame viii be
crowded. On the WHOLE then, the dis
tillerY business was never more pros
Porous AS q consequence, the Asphal-
tum Kingdom must be receiving large
additions to its population.
N. z. Tribune.