The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-02-08

rrLo ,,,,io;,,,,,l .. c,.. ,,., .i, y, 1870 -
-. '''J''",' laws anu ~ '''' S'e com
'''ed from 'he leh'h Annual Report made by
Charles :. lloyt, Secretary ot the State Board
Of Charitlcs of New Ynrl; IN ,l, Iorisl,ture
,..,.. 80 ,o-- AZ.
49, 49, '',' '''''' "'''O''' an" "o
credited documents. Presented 10y the Prison
Association of New York, AMI the Medical
Sociotv ,f thn Stoto of No,, \-,cl, !, 1921
,rto,-..
W f,of' II'"''t 'cis"lN cA"I,'i'''u' the rallo
W .''',', i"'''o va "'l"n4 ,nc ,ia'c7' ''@i
P', ",'!onS ,hc lolnd'G', iif per cent
! wv =. !. WI" aoiy,N' o''' 'lc,, 'cIiia ~
otn ~ III we ''''e !son lo' women IN
i0,o 90 V""',' "''"No'>'H ih'cih l'''"'''
I-A'vh''eu ""StI''''ol more ana more CON
i'','S ''t S'''lA'cS niaue ny III lowe ol MAS,
,no Hoyci"i years aS"' me haoi's Oh
wv iTt 's '1'' 'e"'i'I! ~ VI nea'y
wy i"t'l'" w. "G i','oltu'' vi uhaIo''
In Ii oi,c iiiS''ncc' III "ilch 0"Il parents were
uio,,N''''S N'Ne' '"lo''c c''''oieh were porn 10
''T T ,,..,. -,
~ .t' "oi h-houSC Oh lolach"c'i iS'ailu,
ID 1910, 'heIc were H~'ofo prisoners committed,
81 ncaLy equa' proportions ol men ana women
-, uhhe''sits9' 'nc '"tim'SS'"herS say, was
, nc l'niiicu'l'c c"u9e Oh inc incarceration OF
'i.l,t'"H"l'cIS % tlc FORMER ana se'eh-e!ghtls
VI 'he i"tI't -'hc pIeu!Sp"SIh@ cause III lhe
cases y, al Tue rest
III ML iioytS summary Oh me pronaoIe
CaoScS "i paaleFI9ih, I'D $500 persons over SIN
'cei years OF age ol3o per cent among the
macs ana +''' per cent among me lemaIeS-
oi' Vi potn seA's' $50 per Ccht.I"ere louhu
10 ne '"'cin p'Ia'c' ana among lhe parents OF
'heSe, "a '"' ~ !raccaoIe, therc OF thc iath
erS fi'9 ana OF thc mothers l'5E per cent IN
'ciipetaSe' y p ,,,,rc.
Dr w y. +. browne, Medical LInacy Com
missioner OF Scotland, says :-"lhe drunkard
moi only injuries ana enleeDIcs ms own nervous
system bul entails mental disease upon his
family Ills daughters are nervous ana hys-
terlcal; ms sons are weak, Maynard, eccentric,
anu SINK uhucr inc pressure Oh excitement OF
unforeseen eNlgchcy, OF inc ordinary calls OF
uu'y' IN snort, inc chlIurch OF druhkards
everywhere are not only predlSpoSed TO lntem-
perance, but they are otherwise weak IN all
Their nervous functions, deficient IN vital and
bodily energy, incapable of Keeping the will
Under control, and especially predlsposed to
ldlocy ana insanity,
lhe aggregate cost OF sustaining the charlta-
bic and correctional institutions under the
charge OF the Commissioners, Tor the year, was
81 ,l5O23O.55 The Police and Judicial de-
partmcnts, in dealing with the same class Of
persons, cost probably five times as much
more or more than So,50O,OOO. AS IA credit
side to this expenditure. 1t ought to be stated
the city received for the year about S3O0OOO
Tor license fees for the privilege OF promoting
the privilege OF creating indies
cribablc family miserics; the privilege OF caus
ing disease in variety OF forms, but especially
idiocy and insanity; the privilege OF foster
ing wee ana crime. These privileges the city
sells for S30O,OOO year, and reaps in return
incstimable misery at Il pecuniary cost OF mil
lions.
Strong drink sends to drunkard's grave
two persons every minute. Shirk 1t as we may
under the fallaciouS plea OF interference with
public rights and fruitful industry, no one who
examines the data. which may be
obtained from the hospitals asylums, poor
houses, end prisons throughout the land, will
fail to find that MS compared with intcmper-
lncc, directly and indirectly, all other causes
of paupcrism, vice, and crime are compara-
lively insignificant.