The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-11-16
The Treatment OF Drunk ards.

Last ysnr the Mayor ui Boston M.
pointed three Commits toners ii ron.
slider anil report upon tho treatment
III drunkenness in tho city institution
md IN rtlsa,. nsylnms. ,oiin. ihe
proper relations between society and
afahl,altl4 an,l Suggest narn-ui.t fl
tn. reform III in.hfia,.s. Tue report
~ The commission u short anil zen.
siblc. The Commissioners seem tu
have spent much time nnd thought
upon the ~nhirc, which they were ~.
pointed IL consider. hut they have
had the ~elf.lehiul 10 cund.nsn the
result IT thuii observations iain such
hflet snurt that their conclusions
can bc readily presented ~ Second
hunI. They condemn the method II
dealing with .lrnnknrd~ which Il com.
INnu Iii I'LL ctr .tlrEr elites Nv which
mrn ahtl women arrested nnl charged
With intaNhatlan ulr lined la so,ne
-nal! amount. generally -ln, "a -rnt
% Il work huilse az prhifen'lnfs Tor
SOM Shnlt pr,ina, commonly ~ ,ln.a
II tho iin, II pail tho burden fall~ ~.
IN tic family ~ 'l,e friends III iii.
dtalnknrd, who are innocent ~ MI
fnuli and nrt sufficiently punished
hy Tie Nero fact III his drunkenness
Ii liz IL sent 10 Prison the term IT
lii. confinement II lang ananEli fni
him " gei snhrr. Int not long enough
fnr him - acquire huligs ~ sahlints,
III consequence Iii lint Il lestnril.
ton IL liberty + followed Ly Il nov
~IIse nill II another commitment
liz polio. rsutiflirs uf London anl
Nm York establish thiH ,a,'t beyond
raraiyuntllrc. anl thu eas.s eli.,l bs
til Boston t'.ifiinis tiHittf- ii 4 Young
woman Who hal lrrn committed III
thu why iifiy. seven TIN II anil anothe
~ Who hai served oui eleven sriit.
,tt,ss III thirty lnya Imprisonment
III Il your may /. alluded IL merely
a. illustrations III Il w.ll.knonn
thfain. Iii ndtlllIonto The tendency
III thu method IT punishment ~ heal
upon tie innocent AMI unfortunate.
anil 1T future IL laftilln TIL. vicious,
til. .liaftt. may III brought TINT II II
not economical. since Il prevents tln
continued aiI advantageous IL. II
tin lular III Those VIII nrn inpiIR.
uin.d. IL WORT defect. however, Il
L. fallur. H. ta,ke my distinction
between arunknrl- ulisl criminals.
Hs confptlndInr both III tie sann
ltnIshmell' thu FORMER ARE degraded
iii tllrli aMn opinion aia in Iii. rsii
mutton II liz community. anurssi.tv
uHlly driven Ii crime. nlnnhmidA
mr. weak, diseased h.inrr, trouble
aomr u society, Int they should nni
br cla~sed with ihiese-nnd burglars.
who ~. Direct, and consciously Ut
war With society. These roilrln.
slniin lend naturally IL ihr ieeam.
III hlalIun which the Commissioners
make for Il nov departure III il.s
treatment OF in.'hrlaisH. They sliT-
.sst thai the city of Boston should
convert til. institution III Deer Island
into il SORT ~ refoemntofy where nll
kinds III agricultural anil mechanic.
i'll labor rnn lM carried on. Ihitler
dlinknlaA should u. sent for terms
long enough 10 enable their eon.
situations ~ recover thoroughly from
III. effects III alcohol and I'D give
them IN opportunity II acquire lnb.
IL III industry. In som. rH1ea II YEN
would u. sufficient fol this purpose,
IL, others three years might lpe ls-
,lniira. There would br enough IL
7 punishment Involved III tin rsfnrmn-
tory Process To innke Ii thoroughly
aHl,itlsis. So long N Ill. present
SYSTEM III lines and temporary TN.
pfi.aninsfi a.lsrr To manufacture
itaf,kntels tst.H, af I. forming them
TIL iali. Ill ia relation hll duties
u. shn community 'tsNail's Ii hi saife
shouts 1. l.ulnuFiy Studied anil W
itnsf Boston vii adopt H. recon-.
III uiatinn III H. COMMITS -.snrss ~
sii4i The les; Il tile country mnx
IT III ~ Iii s>lefi' Il i. ane
III 'ir advantage III nnr multiplied
STATE nil laeal governments thu
liz, afford admirable facilities fuf
tying nrM experiments with It'll,
ilsk. \. Il. Ilm'la,
ILLS tf.ntiaeit t,sA,, 10 H. jn.s
u,nl lifht fuMniL lhr ln,hlint., and
l4tsst II. 'it hi good Ia them ani 81
HI" enAiiy, II il nnn III followed III
, I'm aispa E.sirlatltn, IL shali .lrstin.
tl4t traffic sind stop ils manufacture
III rehliHteH l;at II would stem
til heGph, fully 10 remove the In
,hlin,r from iln se,til.s 81 his H..
hanoh.rs und ruin. until cured III
Iii. mnluhy contracted under sn.h
influence and surroundings, and
then send Him ndfift nmiI thr sam.
influences 10 repeat III. disease ani
again take take the remedy " ".
fo.mntoi, lnl,at oil so.ue Deer