Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-07
Some Facts.

Some Facts.
Weisarn from census reports tina
liquor costs at Wholesale prices over on,
and one-half times as mucn as public
education, and from statisticians. np
parently careful and reliable, that til.
retail drink bill Of the United States il
nearly twice as great as that of the mos
important article OF food, nsmely, bread
and more than that of wooden and cotto1
goods and boots and shoes combined.
Lawyers, judges, ministers, philantbro
pists and statisticians are remarkably
unanimous in their verdict that three
fourths of all the crime and pauperisn
OF the land ls directly or indirectly
tracsable 70 strong drink.
That great statesman and champion
of civil liberty. Gladstone, whose opin-
ions on other matters certainly have
weight, whose every utterance on polit.
ical questions produces a pulse beal
around the world, Gays: 'Intcmperancc
10 the cause Vt mere snffsring than war,
famine and peatilenoe combined"
ST these things are SO, surely, all
mon vino havs the welfare
of their country, their fellow
man, or themselves at heart must array
themselves against this evil and, if pos.
sibls, drive it from the land. This is
the only logical course open to those
who accept the truth OF thsse assertions
But before accepting such e~xtraorci;.
nary statsmsnts We are inclined to
push u Investigations further. It is
evident that If the above statements are
trus intoxicating liquors, when used as
Z beverage at least ..are intrinsically
harmful.
WHAT'S the testimony of science on
this point? In investigating the sub
jsct snch questions a.. the following
would naturally present themselves .
the mind for answer, to.wit: What is
it that intoxicates OF what is
the Intoxicating principle and is it
Identical in all of thsae beverages
What per cent. Of this Intoxicating
principle il contained in the different
bsvsragea? Do intoxicating liquors
furnish nourishment, in other words are
they food?
Do they give strength? Do they
furnish warmth to this body,
or arc they any protection agaipst
cold! Are they favorabl. to long
life Do they promote health?
How il this Intoxicating principle
ranked or classed by scientists
Among the authorities quoted, The
naEss of Richardson, Carpenter and
Parker are well known by the medical
profession throughout the world as
thoae OF eminent physicians and
psychologists, and as especially compe-
tent authorities on the subject OF which
they speak.
lst. What is the Intoxicating prin-
|ciplo &o?-"Aloohoi is a pure OF highly
reotifed spirit, obtained from fsrmented
liquors by distillation. 1t is the intoxi-
eating principle OF all wines and spirit
Gus liquors, n wine, beer, brandy,
whisky, &c"-Nutfelrs Stand, Die.
Alcohol consists Of nine atomic parts;
two OF carbon, ak Of hydrogen and n
OF oxygen."-Dr. Richardson.
End. What per sent Of alcohol ia in the
different MISUNDERSTANDING to DR..
hlchardaon's estimates hard cider son-
tains per cent; malt
liquors Gale, beer, &C., from
3 to 10 per cent wines from 10 TO 25 Der
cent; gin ss per cent; whiak4y As per
Ger: rum Az per cent; absinthe so per
cent; and brandy so to 81 per cent.
ID. Do tho intoxicating liquors
.lnrnish fooas-Baron Lisbig, the great
German chemist says: "As much -four
A. can lie on the point Of q table knife
10 more nutritious than eight quarts Of
the best hayarian beer. Beer, wines.
sparta, DC, furnish no element capable
g. entering into tks composition of tho
blood, muscular fiber, or any part which
70 the seat of tho yital principle.
compared with milk, alcohol shows
no trace OF being ' food in any particu-
lar. We want no better evidence and
We could hare no better proof That
alcohol y not : food."-Dr. Richardson.
Alcohol is not . true food. 1t inter
ierss with alimsntation.s-Ds. Ed. Smith
r. e IS.
Alcohol is not . true food in the ever
OF scisnce."-Dr. Markham.
4th. Do they give.strength7
They give no strength to the body;
ths5 only excite it to action, and wear il
out mora quickly. I have put thi.
matter to ths test by msans,of explain.
ment. and ! hays found that the idea
thatfalcohol gives iorse is entirely false.
Alcohol Wsaksns tho muscular contrao-
ton and lessons the tims during which
The contraction can continue. II two
men OF equal age, skill and build wsr. to
contsnd in : feat OF strength, and one OF
them INDUCED in alcohol and the other
did not, tho chances Of success would be
MON the side OF the sbstainsr, other
'hings being equal."-Dr. Richardson. !
Weston. tho great Pedestrian clearly
Am0nAfratod tb~ t.rtL ~ ~ - l