Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-06-03
Wastes Of Liquor,
Substance Of an 10drcSS Delivered IN the
Second Presbyterian Marcb, Knon-
riUe, Tennessee, Suudoy Night Muy Cd,
1880, ly the Pastor, Rec. i. Il. ,Stu,yts.

rUe, Tennessee, iSuudoy Night Atay 2d,
1880, dy the Pastor, Rec. i. Il. ,Huyyts.
| purpose to address you tonight,
| Christian friends and fellow citizens, on tho
wastes produced by the liquor traffic in our
country, State, county aud city. And if [
can present before you such facts and fig
ures as will staftlc our people into sense
OF peril and responsibility, and stir them up
to snch action az tho condition Of things
demands | shall be abundantly paid for m,
time and pains.
] wish TO lay before you simr,g
financial or economic sdo of the suhita.. 4
eide that affects every pcroon in th1 a,J
Aud by tho wastes Of liquor ! ,ucon si,n
direct losses it causes to tho American
people by wasting their substance, earnings,
time, health and life.
| There arc legitimate uses for alcoholic
liquors, everybody admits, in medicine aud
various arts and industries. But it is
stated on the very best authority that su(ii-
cicnt alcohol is illictly distilled every year,
and on which no revenue is paid, to meet
| all tho Legitimate requirements of the
nation. SO that VIC may, without fear of
eXaSScra;ion, characterize the entire amount
OF Intoxicating liquors known to exist in
our country "a M out and out waste. IT. is
Of no good whaieonvcr, on the other hand
! q positive injury, as il makes 10 cquivalaut
return, only destroying tho means mad
bodies and life aud homes Of the y. op!e;
and so adding nothing to the permanent
wealth Of the nation, Being liy!css and
harmful it comes under tho head Of &c.
structivo industry and may be set dawn as
| q wholesale and criminal waste.
OUR NATIONAL WASTE
Ia 1867, in these United Etatcs, 81 600.
100000 were invested in tho liquor busi-
ness. In 1870 there wcvc 2i1 Ills licensed
and unlicensed retail drinking snloons, and
7,216 licensed wholesale liquor establish
mcnts, total of 2IS,00l places where
Intoxicating liquors were sold.
The amount of liquor consumed in this
country in 1872 was 337, 900, 900 galous;
it would li!l canal four feet deep, fourteen
feet wide and over 100 mics in length.
The 100000 saloons formed into line would
make street over thousand miles in
length. Tho drinking millions III our
country, i've abreast would make solid
column extending six hundred miles. The
drnnEards i've abreast would extend over
sixty miles. There arc one hundred and
forty funerals every day in our country
from victims of strong drink, men COMO
down TO drunkard's graves of whom Gods
word says explicitly they ahall not enter
into tho l;ipgdon of heaven.
First under tho national waste look at The
wholesale destruction Of tho products Of
tho soil wheat, barley, corn, ryc, etc.
Nearly, if not over, $4,000, 900 bushels of
precious grain and fruit orc DESTROYED oycry
year in the manufacture of the liquors an
nually consumed by our people. This vast
quantity of grain, given to feed tho body
and prolopg life, By tho lust and sin of man
converted into wholly innutritious and in
furious drinks. Infinitely better were it
for the whole land if this entire amour.
were annually buried in tho Atlantic Ocean.
These nearly 100000 bushels of grain
would furnish over SOC, ,000,O 900 four pound
loaves of brood, or seventy nino to every
family in tho land. How can nation OK
poet long to prosper, or with what faoo ask
an omniscicnt and righteous God to ciyo
them fruitful harycsts and keep from them
pestilcncc and famine whom thoy arc de-.
voting the sacred products OF heaven to
elements of destruction and death. And
what wonder is it that thousands in the
land arc half fed, and tho times become
depressed and people clamor for bread! Ii
is publicly stated that ovory year at least
100000 worth of grain nnd fruit arc
destroyed in the manufacture of the lionor
consumed by tho American people.
Next look nt tho enormous waSa Is
money. directly spent for liquo, IN fla
United Statcs. Tho hncrlrar .ryala
claiming to stand at the head cI rs wor'l
in civilization and public exaaYlc .panl
! every yoar for Intoxicating drinks over