Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
REPLY TO an. LIS" TEMPERANCE SER.
K1NaMAN. May 26 1884

| h1NdMAN, May ~, 1854.
A very common way to find fault
with those who attempt to accomplish
some needed reform, is to ask why
other evils are not attacked. an. H.
does not seem TO realize that the best
plan is to do one thing at time
The evils spoken of by him are admit.
ted and deplored by all good people
be they prohibitionists or otherwise
and no doubt the publication system
will be extended to the other depart.
ments of evil as soon as the prime
factor of all, the whisky evil, under
investigation, is attended to. an. L."
says "any medical man will agree
with me. that ignorance of the laws
Of the body is the most stupcndious
evil with which the race have to deal. y
Exactly what the temperance people
are teaching and preaching. Why,
they have had studies relating to the
laws of hygiene and the effect of alcO-
hol upon the human system, to be in
PRODUCED in the public schools of Kan
sas and other states No teacher in
these states can obtain a first-gradc
certificate unless qualified in this most
important branch. They are instruct.
ing the youth of our land as to the
debasing and pcrnicious effects of al
cohol and tobacco, at which "Berna'
was so horror-stricken the other day
in Wichita. When through the efforts
of the temperance worker, the masses
of ignorant humanity are brought to
know that intemperance causes pros
titution and gambling, that no closer
partnership exists than that between
whisky and murder, there will be few
cr friends of the liquor traffic to howl
down minor evils in order to draw the
attention of the public away from
whiskey, the final cause of the other.
IN. L." is surely not convcrsant wit II
statistics. He says: religious big
otry is n greater evil than intcmpcr-
ance." and in the same breath goes
on to deplore the non-sacrcd relation,
of the marriage tie, the two prevalent
fashion of heads of families cartailinp
the number of their children rs they
they would grocery bill, and the
wide spread corruption of The young
of the present day, forgetting that it
is The lack. of "religious bigoiry" and
the spread of "Ingersnllism" and in
fidelity that gives vitality AMI strength
to the practices already named.
Take away from Il people the hope
or fear of future state, and they viii
certainly degenerate. IN. L." look tn.
records of the criminal courts and
they will show YOU that nine-tenihs
OF all the crime of the country is
caused by incompetence The coro-
ner's docket proves that ninety per
cent of the suicides are attributed to
the same agency. In the startiin q
has gathered this information from
statistics. we tolerate u traffic in
poison "that murders sixty thousand
men annually, dooms TO an inhcri-
iances of rags and shame two million
g oh ,lrnn nil OF, around
the nccks of three million of women
and casts them into The social sea.
sends two hundred thousand paupcrs
TO the poor houses, over two hundred
thousand criminals to the gallows
and the prisons. beGueaths two hun
dred thousand orphans to public
charity, horrities the year with five
hundred and fifty suicides, seven han
dred murders. and commits to the
demon OF lunacy twelve thousand
human beings" and TO tins may be
added that it takes from the public
comfort the enormous sum of s., 607 =
49l $3.50 annually and spends it ia
crirnr. Yes IN. L." we will attend
to the other evils ynu speak of if they
exist after the liquor traffic is done
away with. Let us hear from YOU
again, but bring facts and figures to
prove your statements. Arithmetic
will not lie" Respectfully,
Mrs NJ. T.. LEASE.