Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-21
TEMPERANCE.
WASTED HIS SUBSTANCE IN RI
OT0US LiYING.o
Lecture Upon the " Economy of Tenn
perance" by Rev. DR.. j. p.
Newman, OF Washington.

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Newman, d, D., upon the passage" He
wasted his substance in riotous living"
Luke XIV, Is; his subject being the g Econ
omy of Temperance"
sThis should be the purest, the happi-
est, the richest nation on the globe" said
the doctor. "Poverty should be stranger,
misery should be an intruder, vice should
be unknown. We may say with the
psaimist, addressing the throne of the
Eternal, "Thou hast not dealt so with
any other people" Our lines have fallen
in pleasant places. Our geographical To-
cation is in the wake of power; is in that
magical zone between the thirtieth and
sixtieth parallels Of north latitude, wherein
have dwelt the mighty nations of the past,
and wherein dwell the controlling peoples
OF the present. There have been nations
to the north and nations to the south, re-
markaole for wealth and ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
but the peoples who have given directions
to the thought of the world have had their
abode within this magical zone of power
What is there in geography, in climate
SuCH ii tItluGIluOuS luluGiltS OH
the character and destiny of people :?
Within this throne of supreme power, ex-
listed Palestine, that gave religion to the
world Greece, letters to mankind; Rome,
jurisprudence to the race. Therein is
Germany, that gave Luther to the church
and Gutenberg to art and science; Italy,
that gave Columbus to navigation and
the great orators and poets and philoso-
pliers of France and of England have had
their birth within this strange geographic
cal limitation. As if by divine ordination
we follow in this illustrious wake Whether
we shall attain the measure of our destiny
is question left with US"
Rev. DIR. Newman then proceeded to
show that republics were by no means i'm
mortal "No form of government" said
he, demands so much intelligence and so
much virtue as Government for the peo-
pie and by the people. The fate of repub-
lies has been empire, without an excep-
ton; empire may come to us if we do not
go to empire"
The greatness of the United States, and
the grand future that is before it, if not
stricken down by vice, were elaborated on
in manner that ought to have strength
ened the patriotism of every citizen pres
ent.
"Who can master the great fact of the
national wealth of the United States of
America? And then let us remember in
order to get an appreciative idea, that our
national wealth would buy all Russia,
Italy, Turkey, South America, and South
Africa. 1t exceeds that of Great Britain
by S277 100000 Her wealth is the growth
of centuries, ours the growth of hundred
years"
Dr. Newman then paralleled the growth
of the country with the growth of the
liquor traffic, and continued: "Our ma
tons drink bill will average over $500, 000,-
600 year. In 1880 the bill was 1874, 000,-
600; in 1881, 100000, 900; in 1882, 1915,
100000; in 1883, S945,000,000. The total
for these years was So, 1854 100000. What
is the relation of the Government to this
question? 1t is fact of record that the
Government received in revenue from spir-
| its in twenty-one years, from 1862 to 1888,
S842, 100000; in 1882, $4,000, 600 in 1886,
S90000,000. 1t is estimated that 81 100000
bushels of grain are annually DESTROYED in
the production of intoxicating drinks,
! which, at 80 cents per bushel, is worth
! r0OO,DUV,VOO. ISNlOuS SIdlii. w HN nOl
feed it to the swine? Why not feed it to
the animals? Why not spread it as ban
quet to the birds, so that they can chant
| a new anthem to their Creator?
Five hundred and ninety thousand per-
sons are engaged in wholesaling and re-
failing abIe-bodied men. Do you say it is
labor lost? 1t is worse than that, for il
is labor that produces evil. It's, however,
relief to me, as native-born American,
that the foreign element is largely repre-
scented in this terrible traffic, for it is stated
that in one city there are S,034 persons
engaged in the rum traffic. And who are
they? 2 Cinnamon, Jews, Is Italians,
140 Spaniards, 161 Welsh, 2S5 French, 479
Scotch, 56S English, 2,179 Germans, 3,041
Irish, 265 Africans and 205 Americans. |
suppose we must put the Africans and the
Americans together, and the two figures
amount to 40 Only 40 out of S,034.
Six hundred and seventy-two of those en-
gagged in the traffic in that city are I'M
known as to their nationality, and man
engaged in that business should not have
any nationality. 1t is a curious fact that
6,4lS of the S,034 have been arrested for
some kind of crime. What we are to do,
ID W lulS
foreign element"
The doctor showed by figures, that are
indisputable, that through drunkards and
tipplers the country suffers an annual loss
of over $600,000,000, and the loss in the
last Lightweight years was shown to be
$1,000 900 which amount exceeds the
value of all the nations imports by $4,000
100000. He proved that were the money
spent for clothing and household goods that
is now squandered for liquor, it would give
employment TO 223,000 additional laborers,
who would receive S6S,000,000 for wages
annually. The value Of the materials, the
amount of the capital invested, were touched
upon and used most efficiently. The COM
parative numbers of saloons and schools
were given. The 10000 saloons stand
against 10000 schools, and the fact was
commented upon most ably.
Looking at the question from the politi-
cal economists point of view, and speak
ing of statesmen and of their duty on this
question, the doctor said: "They are the
guardians of the industries and the wealth
of the republic; they are bound to consider
those material interests which enter into
the happiness of our citizens as individuals
and as families, and then, rising to higher
plane of consideration, they are bound to
look upon the relation of certain industries
to the private virtues and public morali-
ties of our country. | have spoken to you
of the many aspects of this cause, but then
let us rise TO the waste of intellect.
sob, inebrity, thou habit of folly. Thou
hast dimmed the brilliant genius of the
legislator; thou hast sealed the lips of the
eloquent orator; thou hast torn the diadem
from the monarch's brow and wrested the
scepter from the hand of royalty; thou
hast broken the harpstring of many poet !;
and thou hast sent to dishonored grave
he who was born for fame and destined for
immortal glory. The waste of intellect
More than this; the waste of home, the
waste of love. Oh, lovel How thou hast
been slain in the house of thy friends, born
in the heaven of heavens. Brightest off
spring of the Father Almighty; bright
effiux of His essential wisdom; atmosphere
ct angelic hosts the immortal song of the
sbanqueting room of glory. Oh, love,
How thou hast been slain in the house of
the drunkard. The home where prayer
should have waited to the skies, TIE graft
tnde of the soul There the drunkard has
poured forth torrent of curses upon the
brow of wife and child: there where the