The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-24
RUM AND woRKMEN.

Interesting aud destructive Facts Cleaned
from the Report of the S.w jersey Bu.
rean Of statistics ~ Labor aud Indus
tries.
Fourteen States halc Bureaus Of Sta
tistics Of Labor, the oldest being that
Of Massachusetts. which. under the
management Of a staiiitician Of ability
and experience, Hon. Carroll u.
Wright. has contributed immensely
10 the facilities for the study Of various
social and industrial problems. The
Massachusetts, Bureau was established
In 1869; but the bureaus In six Of the
fourteen States date from 1888 and
1874. II Is to be hoped that otbor
States will establish bureaus at rs
early day as possible. II costs but
little comparatively 10 sustain them;
and the facts aud statistics which they
can gather, arrange aud print in annual
reports would be Of incnlculable value
to Legislators, and % all students of So
cial and economical questions. Much
Of the legislation which y being pat
upon the staiute.bo0ks deals either d.
rcetly or indirectly with such questions,
and Is too often based upon unsupport-
ed theories rather than well-ascertained
facts. No State can really afford 10 be
without Bureau Of Statistics Of Labor
and Industry.
We have been looking over the sew
enth annual report Of the New Jersey
Bureau of Statistics " Labor and In
ilstrie<. and have been specially i'm
pressed with chapter concerning the
condition Of wnge-cnrner..' and how II
can be improved The chapter u made
ap ~ passages from letters Of indiyid-
ual workmen and others. and Is very
interesting ~ well as instructive. vari-
Gus industries are represented. much
Information j. given. and not q few
striking suggestions ARE offered. Rum
appears IN a large number of cases ~
the fruitful cause Of material. physical,
4ocial and moral deterioration. and
prohibition. total abstinence. local OPP
lion aud moderation aru named ~ the
most efficient remedies. according TO
the personal views ut the writer We
quote some Of the sentences. first rs to
the cause.
whisky and beer arc thu vruat obstacle.
hafp."
siniempcrapee s Tho caase ~ rery much
sTeichsdfass 10 our fam les
I'M greatest rvll IL strung drink
'Otn morals here arr low On accouut-of
aMany az the hands drink - esce...r
'srhe liquor trBnsc has bad erect on our
asirong drink lnlufes . great many of us.-
Morality wgnd he good escnpt for dfunk-'
anness
Too large a portion Of our wages go TO tho
ssilefs ~ rum and beer.
aDriuksnRess Is ibe hans Of the workins
aNsny of cur men iofc beer more than their
aDrlns i the working msn's curss.-
Tobacco ard ilquof arr great iuluryl
Except for bcer ant whisEJ' vs are very
senm dos much 10 lover us''
swgfklurfnsn dfink too mitch for thelrown
'''Iium and beer are our rrsst eretnies.' =
Our eaii,iitleH i muen Iurer than itahould
b. Tbs result. prinelpaliy from the use Of
uquor and frum ignorance.
hNneh inmofaliy -uh-ky is sf the bot
lanl"
~fRn1fancr aud lntrtniefante are the rhuf
esuss~ vhieh pfetsnt - ftum iwptovinE
.intesnpefanee = the great wee of me
painters Nt
AZ to the remedy, the following sng-
ee.tions are made.
Lass prohibiting The Manufacture sai
ssle of liauof ue'ila improve the uoftiHE'
msn eandlfion."
AIoesi orsiea has Irsprovca our eoaat
| to8." -.
"A protibitery isv voud 10 much Cor cor
Tns nqnor tfafnr hss bad c6ees On sreds.
| pfetlhIfion wouid DO Tpqf.
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