, 1876-10-27
LIQUOR IN GERMANY AND AMERICA.
IA fhA Etftoyt nf TIN Y,rfbuns

CHICAGO, Oct. 1l.-l hnye been reading tho
Icttcrs Of Janc g. swisshclm, published In TIE
TRlnuNE.- she seems inclined 70 charge all the
drunkenness In this country upon tho temper
ance movements; and to think TINT, II VIC
would all 60 to drinking lagcr-bcer,
and make It respectable, that would cure
the evil! Her observations Of the universal
beer-drinktng habits Of the Germans, Acco11-
panied by very little drunkenness, arc the same
as those OF other Americans who laro visited
that country, nnd may be accepted as tol-
crab'y correct. AlAny, also, will be i'll
cllned to agrcc with her, that aome men haye
la,l they never been persuaded to sign pledge
which they did not keep; and that, instcatl OF
holding every man rrspnnatbac for his own acts,
as We should, We hare bccn too much Inclined
to ritz and "t,p patrontz' n ts tls dTnka!5. I3nsa,
@ cS. unaoubtsdiy s W there i roou' tor
Improvement In tic methods to be employed
In advancing tho temperance cause and its bust
friends dtsngree ns 70 tle advisabllity 81 pro.
our mixed population to intcmperafce arc
ct,argcahio to the temperance sUciGttcs mud
their work, and that. lad VIC adhered TO the old
plan of unrestricted liquor selling ard drinking,
with no temperance societies, We might llaye
been ns free from >tlru1,kcnncss now Us Ger
,nauy ID, il IN assumption too ri1ftltculous TO
deserve uotlec, had it not bcrn put forth by
person Of considerable reputation Us writer
artl thinker.
Now, tlc reason why Germany las never had
any Temperance sorictcs Ia because slie Inns linI
lttle need of them; while, III tl,ia country, they
wcsr the outgrowth OF great and crying cyl,
which AMOUNTED 70 aI1 inatspe1,sahlo Necessity.
fatller, who reecntly died. very old nan, llas
frequently told ne that In hts carly life, bciorc
n temperance eoctcty Wua heard OF, drinking
Was universal. and drunkenness exceedingly
r1t7I1
ycars--amoDG Americans. Let. 1t bu remarked
right here that so,nc classes Of f0retgncFa
an,ong ua aso tnore. given ta tnsem-
perancc th9. Ansre""st txo, not"atstn.a N,1 1s
little troubled with temperance societies. Tho
first Important movement IN DcAnlf Of temper
ancc III this country was that of TIC WIetlEtg-
tontans tnauguratcd and carried on BY tnebratrs
others of their class, from Impending ruin.
| This movement swept the country, and
Included in ts ranks tens Of Thousands Of tntenl-
pcrate men Of ul gratles, iram hilh Of ah occa-
ali thcse drunkarls, ut Il time when llquor-acl-
| lug WIS a. mich restrained and as "rcspccta-
| Biz !" here ns Il now Is IL Germany
| Then llow Ia II In ClMcagoa Surely there t1
ia ever hcatl from temperance societies In or
ul,ollt tile thousands Ut 6aloils it tts city, a1
the Keepers arc, or hive been. tho very iers6lls
most frequently eluvatl to placcs of ltotlar ar'si
| pubyE tgu6k. hHyt tHeIff Nv WI HUI Ahfu ~
| lie ueace and sofIrscty tllat reign In Dcrl[na
| Mrs. Swssllelm herself liilows low far 1t Ii
| otherwise.
md Exploded notion that the drlvttE Of tlic
lVuor-fralllc into thu haIls nf only disteputablt
1nal ts tho ea,lsc Of thu adulturatiuE Of liquors
| Tho sale Ut groceries ia n reputable business,
| anl many hiKhly-respoctablc people are eli
| gagged III it; set there IN no kt,a q
foGtl that eaIl be prolltably mlultcratcd TINT i
nut, mud often It is done with t0tsonous sub
stalccs. IA with these, 50 with liquors; II
ctncs Ut tho eel!ish.lr6s and cupltllty OF nan
kind. Undoubtedly 1t would he . long step
forward 1t Our people Hho drink 1n'N c''uid tt
induced to coufne themselYca to lcur aud tilt
| lighter wines, to the exclusion Of whisky ant
k!ndred beverages. Dut how shall It be done
ErllU answers, Ilowt
ntu told by Gcrmans that, "ln tho o.
Country, II is considered Mln,ost ~ taispcpatahl'
to drink whisky aa It Il tu steal; that nun wht
do 1t aro shunncd und pointed At, M un!it fo
the association Of respectable pGop]e, ayel
though they tlo not Ket fNtoxtentea.h
submit, then, that the Legitimate result o
these observations with tho Germans should no
ho to discourage temperance movements alto
getler, but to raise the question whether 1t !
not advisable tn lct.up Uni beer and other null
drinks, while the warfare 10 rcduublcd aEatns
wh.sky, gin, etc., until 1t shall be naaalu ~ ~
popular RHd ~ uncommon In THIS country as Il
tlesmany. j. A. i.