New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07
STATE LIQUOR MoNoP Ia
WINS or Mr. GLADSTONE AND y"
EMILE ALGLAVE

EMILE ALGLAFE.
=, - NOT ALCOHOL so MUCH Nd "'N
,,.c,,o, WHICH ri r.Ss ME:s-somE IN
rEREsriNG Observation-Disclosures
WAYS or DEALING WITH
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC..
Paris september %.
Mr. G.adstoaes letter to the bi'"oP -, DO,
published in the London papers OF ias' a..a =;
* drawing attention TO the duties OF 'ne go.
rcr1,d to the sale of liquors IL support
,ol,, what Is known as the G0the1birg SYSTEM ~
selling LIQUORS for the pubic proht Only -
o,are., loca; optlon to be more tnan pa' Ia
and occasional remedy for the present ''isei az
and almost contemplate predlcamsnt winch 10
disgrace TO the country; and II pourS i"'" ~
deserved contempt on high license as
limitation Of numbers" and no remedy TOT ''e
,,us of tho drink traffic Al this represents 'ne
strong opinion Of many years whch ~ SUI '.
as II Il in contradiction with the poIcS
ont By al the Ministries over wnich MT "'"'
has presided. Mr. Chamberlain. douDuess. "'
ooree with his former leader and later adversary
tho mos, nearly But he would hardy ''i'N
I, practical at the present Time 10 Sups''u',
,urtc,n,I FOR private drinkshop,. Another ana
more radical method for dealing WIN 'iie u''in
curse was proposed in the international
OF Hygiene at Budapest only ie" uaS'
Emile Alglaye
PARA f,cu.ty Of law and is favorably known LOT HIS
.i,s in tho relations Of the State to the protec-
,op of individual citizens. For fifteen years ne mas
preached a consistent policy OF turning over ''e
Whole production Of alcohol irto the hahds Vi ''e
state A..
Th,s would seem startling advance in the direc-
ton Of State Socialism in the neutrality-suspicious.
r,, v,boro the citizens are not accustomed to
seeing their Government play the part OF manu-
fac;urer much less that OF dsilsler OF spirits III
France and in other countries OF the continent
where the State manufacture OF toDacco gun
powder AID matches IS chief source Oh revenue
this objection loses its force. Moreover such
monopoy on the part OF the state wou'd not ''i-
,l,. tho direct manufacture of liquors py ho'e'h-
ment functonarles VI. Aglave would no more
have the President appoint liquor distiier' as ne
now arpo.nts rostmasters than Mr. Gladstone "oui
have the municipal sa'oon-keepers electeu W INC
popular vote. 49, -,
=, 20 ~. ero,c,oi side OF the scheme which has
mos, recommended this monopoly OF alcohol to the
Continental governments. II has oeen ptoPo9F'
rs the only means OF bridging over the Han.''
crisis and no one doubts the Immense increase "
it, revenue which would accrue 10 any Hta'e 'i'''
might find II possible to put In pracuce 'i's i'aS'
odlous o. al the systems OF indirect taNa'io''
| u has worked successfully in Switzerland TOT 'he
Ieet four Years More than year ago 1t was INTRO
ducsl into several of the provinces OF I'"'''''
and the way has been made ior II III "e'''""''
! + is also down on various political pro3ra'n"s'
! I'm other countries The world has. therefore, ohiy
n await statistics OF the results a4tcAdy op'ai'"
/ 10 know whether there is here n remedy having
! some real power against the hitherto u'oo'F"'
! 1bie evils OF strong drink
! Il Alclave who Is a man OF science as Wen as
/ ~ law .ays down first principle '"ithour OF
co,,rsa DENYING that the sale o. good liquor
vould need sore sort OF reguatoh)' Inc "u'
oil 70 be combated Is alcoholism ana IN
/ ,.,rtoil, cause Of alcoholism is not so much
| rho ouant,ty OF alcoho absorbed az the bad qna'y
OF the alcohol. Alcoholism diners from NJ
drunkonness which OF itself Is only pasS'hs
! srection OF the human system. inasmuch as II
mobiles deeply and permanently whoie pnr,S o'
7 the organism II is the direct cause o. nan o. '"e
\ .r,-,oa and more than half the cases OF madness
among civilized people. II is still more iatai oS
the diseases which it complcates or oI''"' "
which IL gives rise. on the whole greater MOI
,oI,,, should be attributed 20 1t than to any cpl
demic And al this. NJ Aslave maintains comes
not 40 much from alcohol as from oad a'co'o"
sey,rol recent experiments corroborate his nam
Arguments
II ia a we.lEnown fact that all liquors rs ~
present manufactured for tho trade. contain o'r,
/ ,,I above nure .thyl alcohol. what chemists CAL
Tho superior alcohos. To the general reaher '"eS.
my h.. best represented by potato or fusel OIL
. ,a,nyl alcohol from the fermentation o. sta'0"''
ly hy,lrocarbon which ~ found IN ooai saS
/ butyrc alcohol. By wood-spirit I'm thyi aicohop'
! and iy various others and aldehydeS Ve-h!ui
rcra,ed alcoho: as In the dangerous soporihc
/ peraldehyde introduced into medicine from ~
many some years ago). Now. all these superior al
! cohols have q poisonous power FAR higher than
th?t % pure ethyl.c alcohol The late experiments
/ Of Dr. DuJardin- Reaumetz, OF the Paris faculty,
1 SHOW that XII animal I'VE times more
.th,i!c alcohol IS required than would be needed Il
1 an amyl alcohol were to BE- used. with TINS may
b. compared the other known fact that the spirits
/ % commerce precisely contain a arge proportion
OF amvlic alcohol Fusel oil In America and the
German potato brandy which is so popular on the
Continent FOR terrifying poor wines and for adul-
t,:atius all strong liquors. are not o. recent IN
/ PRODUCTION to tho public.
In the experiments cited there was question ONLY
Of the dose Of alcohol which Kills on the spot In
the practice even Of moderate drinkers although
the dose Is much less yet the difference for evil
between the aicohOls increases wonderfully. Thus
ethyl alcohol bols at Il little ia degrees Fab
renheit-a temperature more than - degrees lower
than the boiling point of water For this reason
pure alcohol evGporatcs through the lungs almost
as soon as Il enters the system; II does scarcely
more than pass through the organism. 1t is N \
evaporation which gives 10 the breath OF drunk~
won it's characteristic, cdor Anvil alcohol. the
contrary boils only at 2i degrees go above waterl
and As a consequence Il scarcely evaporites at a!
/ ~ tho ordinary temperature OF the human body
Thu. no matter under what form 1t is introduced
into tho organism -fusal oil. potato brandy. aduter
atcI liquors OF any dHd-there the amyl alcoho
remains and accumulates. The dose of today il
added to that Of yesterday and the day before, anc
these to previous doses. The quantity of alcoho
taken each day may be small; but In the long rut
"A considerable quantity Of poisonous alcohol Is ac
cumulatel In the system. 1t Is easy TO understand
how amylc alcohol gives rise TO alcoholism
n Is 10 this accumulation of alcoholic poison II
various organs OF the body that certain recent In
vcs,L;atlons of the Paris faculty of medicine at
tribute the symptoms which appear in nearly al
cases OF cnonlc alcoholism. or these the most com
mon l. general cutarrh OF the entire mucous mem
hrano giving rise t. the wcll-known morning eNpec
toration OF the drunkard and often ending in gas