Morris tribune., 1894-07-18
". c. 7. U. COLUMN.
EDITED BY NORRIS UNION.

Ninety-two Ter cent of our crime l.
tic result of intoxicating liquors. lar
roll d. Wright
For fifty years no smoker has gradu'
ated from Harvard College with the
honors of his class.
The drinking habit is disappearing in
Iceland aAd with it, crime. In 1890 on
ly eight persons were imprisoned ON the
whole island, the population of which
is little over 10000.
Ohio Wesleyan University at Its re-
cent commencement conferred upon
Miss f. E. Willard the title L. /. D. in
recognition of her statesmanlike ability
and her inestimable services for the pur-
itlcation of the laws of this country and
their righteous enforcement.
A prominent physician of San Fran
cisco says: mo cigarette that ever
heard of is free from opium. Beyond
question the boy who smokes cigarettes
stunts his growth, wrecks his nerves
and weakens his heart and kidneys long
before he reaches manhood. +"
Miss Willard says: II once asked T.
A. Edison If he was total abstainer,
and when he told me TINT hewas, Isai
May / inquire whittier it WIS home inss
fluence that made you so?" And he re-
piled; No, think it was because [ AZ
ways felt that / had better use for my
head
Although the Importation of intoxicat.
ing liquors into Alaska is prohibited by
our government, the collector of Gus
toms, upon whom is laid the duty of
keeping the liquor out, has been fur
nishcd with only a single row boat with
which to patrol and guard three thou
sand miles of coast line.
The following amendment to the con.
atitution has been introduced into the
New York Constitutional Convention,
viz: There shall be added to Article
II tie Constitution: Section. No Ii
ccnSc to traffic in Intoxicating liquors
Shall lie granted in this state; but til,
lcA isiature may by law tax and restrict
s;ch traffic, with purpose TO prevent OF
diminish the evils thereof.
Intemperance in drink heads the list
of physical causes of insanity, and do.
nestle trouble and grief the mora,
causes, but out of over 1900 cases of in.
sanity we find intemperance in drink the
cause of ST. cases, or 27.4 per cent, and
domestic trouble and grief in only 70
cases, or "a per cent. There can be no
doubt that intemperance in drink in
duces insanity in fully % per cent, Of
all the insane cases in the United States
G tLer directly or indirectly. 1t is also
for very much of the imbe-
clity and idiocy of the offspring of ii
temperate parents. Fifty per cent of all
or idiots and imbeciles are without
doubt the offspring of drunkards
Where strong liquors are increasingly
we find a proportionate in
crease Of alcoholic insanity. Where the
consumntion Of alcohol doubles, there
we find the cases of insanity from IL.
will rise over 80 per cent.
Altogether, not taking stock of the
money we expend for champagne whose
sparkling bubbles burst about the brinl-
ming goblet, and the other imported.and
natives wines which drive away cark-
Ag care tho people of the United States
end %nnually Tor drink anditobacco
the almost incomprehensible sum OF
81 ,641 SOB AGO.
Thu mind is incapable of grasping the
largeneSs of the total, but when it is re.
memEcrcd that this is more than the
medium of the United States;
that is, $27 per head more than the per
capita calculations; that it proves that
the head Of every family, supposing
he handles the purse string, pays out
1896 annually for drink and tobacco,
and that every dollar in the United
States goes each year over the bar or
counter of some tobacconist, some idea
Of it's magnitude can be obtained At
lanta Constitution.