Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-04
THE DRIFT OF REFORM
Degeneration Of the Human Rae.
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Thoughtful men fully realize IA.
real remedy for the cure and ~ ais
lion of the drink evil has no, -, 81
| pointed out. The pledge edns.g IA
local option, high license, probib'i
legal punishment, all appear 10 y. = !.
be superficial measures to corra., ~ !, .
evil They do not reach back - ~, -
real causes, and are based on assrm u
tons of states and conditions Which, =
not exist ~
Yet the constantly increasing .,..
ton OF these various measures is es.'
ing away the confusion, and uren,.;-.
the public mind to support the rssi
remedy for the prevention and corrss
ton of this evil
To scientists certain ranges Of t...
are appearing more and more nro..:
nent every year, and like dis,.s.
mountains in the morning mists 49,
promise with clearer light and mos ons
accurate observation, of reveal;n.
many of the laws and conditions wbi.s
result in inebriety and allits attena,u,
evils.
The drink problem is, briefly a v,..
army of men and women who persis, !.
destroying themselves, Gripping ~.
children. and entailing upon future 0sn
erations untold weakness and disease
They are literally anarchists in ,bs
worst sense, destroying their propertv
iefying all law and order, and FORM
ing centers of disease and depensr,.
ton for both body and mind. Scsn..
declares such conduct is that Of nsaDs
and diseased persons; also that sueb
disease is governed by laws and force,
which can be understood and prevented
This drink disease is practically Il.
degeneration and decline Of its victims
along regular progressive line. il.
opposite of evolution and growth. Tia
remedy science points out is eonfnA
ment, isolation, control and treatment
on the same principle that smallpr
or any contagious disease is treated
The victim is dangerous to himself and
others, and has no right to lberF
which permits him to destroy both bOir
and mind The moment he poison
himself by spirits, he should be ward
of the state and come under full con.
troll. He is unfit to enjoy the freedom
of citizen. Science indicates ha.
the inebriate could be suppressed andde.
prived of all liberty at once, and placed
under control and care; that each cty
and state should declare inebriety
dangerous disease, and provide work.
house hospitals to control and treat
them. That work should be means
of treatment, and each victim made 70
support himself under the control Of
others, in the best scientific and SAM
tary conditions for health. The poss,
bility of isolating the great army d
non-producers. the saloon and criminal
population, who are practically drunk
ards, and combining them in work hos
pitfalls. changing them TO producers ss
fact sustained by experience in many
ways. Tax the spirit traffic to build
such places. and then confn, every ss.
loon supporter who is an inebriate u
them, and the drink curse will be pras
tically broken up.
Science indicates clearly that heredi
ty, environment, disease, injury star
walton and excessive nutrition are actiV'
causes of the drink evil. II also
indicates that only from a Thorough
study of these causes and the victims
can the remedies be found. The drift
of public sentiment is unconscioHg
turning toward the recognition OF tn'
disease of inc briefly. and its treatmel'
and control in hospitals.
The next great move along the line
of temperance reform viii be the Or
ganization of workhouse hospitals no'
as charities in narrow sense, but As
self-supporting, training Hospitals
where the victims can be protected ana
restored, and the evil studied; also ins
means of prevention discovered and %
piled. This is along the line Of 'n'
latest teachings of practical science
The public is ready to sustain ls1'
combining the inebriate. EyeryWnei'
thoughtful men are ready for posll''
rational measures that will bring N
mediate relief, by combining the u
ebriate. and, if incurable, keeping l-
and making him a producer rS'u. .
than consumer and burden. l''s
the evil as disease; contine ana Nus!
the victims in hospitals; ana ~
saloons will disappear in obeaienSe
higher law of demand ~
supply. This is the outline NA'
ing of science to-day; these are soneg
the mountain facts that are STOW"
coming into prominence ~
entists a fascinating consciousness y
great upheaval and revolution o. pe ~
emit methods of reaching the orlnA n =.
grows with each step forWaru
T. ID. Crothers, in Union Signal
FACTS AND FINDINGS