The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-08
". G. 2. Y. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS n. /. HOBBS.
Statistics Furnish . Startling Arrumsnt
Against the - Ink Habit.

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Against the Dsfnk Habit.
\ when Gladstone declared before the
house Of commons that drink had in-
hcted on the world greater evils than
war, pestiIence and famine comb bined.
WAS he indulging In mere rhetorical
,exsgera,on When the supreme court
OF the United States solemnIy declared
IN 'is Official decision In the case of Cali
iornia versus Christensen (l89O) thst =
greater amount Of misery and crime 4.
shown BY the statistics Of every state
70 be attributable 10 drink "than to snv
o'her source" was Il for the moment ln-
dnlging ia . thonghtIess statement for
the purpose OF pleasing the "tcmperance
people!' Well. perhaps 80. Giadatone
may have been out Of his head and tbe
supreme court may have been hypn0-
tlzed. Let us make little excursion
into mathematics 10 see.
IN 1883 the British Medical Journal
published the result Of an inquiry made
by the British Medical association Che
principal association Of the kind in Eng.
land. or, perhaps. IN the world). The H..
quiry WAS conducted during period or
nineteen months (Msy 8, 1885, to Dec.
A. 1856, and related 10 the effects or
drink on mortality. Each Of the doctors
contributing 10 the inquiry n7o in oil III
different sections OF Great Brittany tool
his death certificate book and from lhe
Of three years gave, in the
case Of each death OF male over twenty.
i've years Of age, the immediate cause or
death. the ags at death, and the drink
habits Of the man who died. From the
data supplied BY this inquiry has been
carefully reckoned the number (12O.OOCj
Of intemperste persons d ying every year
10 England and Wales from aIl causes
and, what is more important, the mum
Der Of these who were killed BY drink.
This latter number is littlc over 5000.
L does not include those (infants and
2thers) dying % result Of crime or neg
gsnce on the part Of drinkers, or as d
'esult Of inherited defects, but simply
hose who kin themselves with alcoho.
rhe number 10 about the same for The
Jniied States, estimating on the basis of
be ratio Of absolute alcohol consumed
o The two countries.
Thirty thousand killed each year ID
he United States. 10000 more in Eng
and. Let us 60 further. In the report
i the Swiss federal council 10 1866.
fter : special and exhaustive investigs-
lon, it appears that The amount of q.
ohol consumed In the countries OF Can
da, Norway and Sweden. United States.
'reat Britain aud Ireland, Austro- HIM
ary, France, Russia. German .Zolvefe,n.
,elgium, Switzerland. the Netherlands
nd Denmark is GIG ,72l. 1856 gallona, Or
bout Elk times g much g 10 E0gland
nd the United States alone. The same
mount Of absolute alcohol cau Be safely
eckone - causing an equal amount OF
1ortAlity, on an average, Ia al theae
Six times 60 OO0 equals AGO.
0O-the number OF deaths each year
aused 10 these countries BY drink.
Three hundred and sixty thousand
ear! IN an average generation Of thir-
r-ihree Years the number IL nearly H.
OO 600 II 660.O00l. In the lifetime OF
man Of seventy years the aggregate
cath roll will reach the amazing figure
over 25000. 900 f25 400 ,OO0I.
Remember in looking a. these stupeu-
Gus figures, that they represent. not the
umber Of drinkers who have died. but
le number who were killed By drink.
ememb Der the estimate 10 based upon
'Iisblc data furnished by one Of tho
Pst scientific associations on the face OF
le earth Remember that In these
CURES Is not included the large, but H.
number OF those dying ss
10 result Of inherited defects due TO
rink, or the result Of crime and nsnli-
snce on the part Of drunken men aud
omen- Remember that the estimate
rove IL lower by one half than tic
'ual estimates given OF all persons slain
! drink And remember that the above
uniries do mo- comprise by any means
those 10 which the devastation of
ink 10 spread. Among those not H.
uded are A australia. South America.
pain, Italy. Portugal and oriental cOun-
ies. - Voice.