St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-24
ALCOHOLIC EDUCATION.
Leland Rink Filled..GOod Ad-
dresses. Effects of Alcohol


The meeting held at Leland rink yester-
day afternoon. at which all of the Women's
Christian Temperance unions in the city
were present, to celebrate the passage of
the bill providing for the teaching in the
public schools of the effects of Intoxicating
liquors, was remarkably well attended, no
less than 400 persons being present. The
services were opened with the singing of
Take 1t to the Lord in Prayer" followed
by prayer, in which a strong appeal was
made for temperance. Mrs. n. w. Win
chell. the presiding officer, then arose and
in few words stated what the Nobject of
the meeting was The chairman of the
general committee of the Presbyterian con-
ference, Rev. DR.. Brown of New York was
then introduced. He said he had not seen
the text of the bill as passed, but stated
that instruction was to be given in all the
schools of the United States on the effects
of alcoholic liquors. He was glad to see
that West Point and all the
he thought there was no place
which needed it so much. The United
States government has now taken hold of
this vast problem, continued the speaker,
and has demonstrated that it can cope with
and govern the liquor traffic. l rejoice in
the passage of this bill as national meas
IRE, and because it acknowledges that the
temperance ladies of America have some
rights which even congress is bound to re-
Spect The Presbyterian conference has
stated that it would hail with delight the
total abolition of the liquor traffic, and this
move is move in the right direction. This
measure is blessing to the millions of
school children in the United States in
more ways than one, and will bring forth
fruit in later years. The teaching of this
is compulsory in many states, and if a
teacher does not endeavor to impress it upon
the children he cannot draw his salary. 1t
will not be long before it will be compulsory
in every state in the union.
The speaker then stated that most all the
prominent physicians i'll the country had
given it as their opinion that two-fifths
of all the diseases from which people die
are produced by the use of liquor. One
disease in particular he mentioned. which
is said to kill more people annually than
smallpox and typhoid fever combined. He
said that it had been proved that nearly all
the insanity in the world was produced by
alcoholic drinks. Strong testimony was
cited to show that alcohol was rank mar
cotic poison, and that medical men'were
beginning to frown upon it as a drink.
Dr.. Hewitt of Kansas was introduced.
He said he represented the temperance
workers in that state and brought their con-
CALCULATIONS. He considered the temper
ance work divided into three phases: First,
the educational phase. which lies at the
bottom Of the whole thing. He was glad
to see that the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union had so thoroughly and so sue
cessfully taken hold of the matter This
educational phase rested on the fact that al
coholic beverages in any degree are Injurious
The ignorance that prevails even in our
midst of the effects of Intoxicating drinks
on the human system is surprising. Over
a million dollars is wasted annually for
this worse than poison, YET the people will
not look at it that way. There would be
no poverty in the United States if the
liquor traffic was abolished. The working
man should learn it and strike for temper
ance and sObriety instead of shorter hours
and more pay. DIR. Brown here gave
history of the work in Kansas and told
how the prohibition was engineered through
the legislature. This he thought was the
second phase of the work. He did not
think it wrong for ministers to dabble in
politics when there was work for them to
do in such matters. Do not think when
you have prohibitory laws and prohibit
ton legislature that your work is ended.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,
and if moral suasion will not do the work
apply law as we did. To win in this great
battle you must keep on the alert all the
time. You can enforce prohibition, and
the law is now enforced there just as
strictly as any other criminal law. I will
say right here that the saloons have been
knocked out and exist no more in Kansas.
Of course there is some drinking done on
the sly there, but it is not publicly attained.
Our ministers are all prohibitionsts there
and can tell of the many men who have
come to them seeking deliverance from
their terrible curse x The
cause is on the onward and upward mount,
for in allsmy travels have seen it in various
forms. In closing ask you all to be faith
full and God will give victory.