The Newtown bee., 1896-11-27

known to the public and even to mem bers of Grants own family.
 If anyone i5 doubtful about the awful results of the liquor traffic, let him study the report just given out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Massachusetts in special report on the relation of the liq- uor traffic to paupcrism, crime and insan- ity. The paupers are first considered. of the 3230 of both sexes and all ages found iu state institutions during the 12 mon hs ending August 30 1895, 2I0s or G5 per cent were O. had been addicted to the use of liquor. Some 505, or about fourth of the liquor users, had been ex- cessiyc drinkers. The total abstainers numbered >GC, of which, however, 429 were minors. Thus over three fourths of the adult puupors have been addicted to the liquor habit ana 39 per cent of the whole number ofpaupers attributed their pauperizm to their own incorporate hub it's. Nearly twothirds of the whole nun Der use tobacco, but only three could b found who had u~cd dsugs of any kird Sxty-ctght per cent of all were foreign born and 5N per cent had never been nat uraliz"d. Of the IoI9 native born, only JO5 had both parents native. It may thus br sa that the almshouscs are re cruited to very large extent from rhc non-nauve element. Aud it should also be add, d that the drink habit prevails more largely among those confined in city than in the country almshouses Coming now to the criminal class VI have tho following general facts relating to convictions during the year to August 20, 1895;
 Conv.ctious-muIrs-fo
 Drunkenness alouo, 15,51 Drunkenness and other crimes, Gos Al other crimes, 7,4jo
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 Drunkcnuc4. alono, 2,u33 Drunltouuc44 and other crimes p other crimes, IOIu All cou> >Ictons, both sexes, 2GG73 Ot which for drunkenness alone, 7,575 This is, of course, for the whole state, and the cases of "drunkenness and other crimes refer to those in which drunken ness formed only part of the oHense Considering the facts by age periods, it should be mentioned that all but two Of the 56 persons under II years who were convicted during the year had "otheI crimes charged against them and not drunkenness. Of the 1856 persons of both sexes between II and 20 years who were convicted, 2lI were drunk eases alone and 902 were cases of ''other crimes" In no less than 2l, 1863 of the ?, G72 cases, or nearly 82 per cent, the [ fender was in liquor at the time the of- fense was committed. The agents of the bureau went among these criminals, looked up their records and made person al inquiries. They found that the nun Der addicted to the use of liquor was no less than 9 ,l37, or 94 per cent of all. But they found only 45IG who were ex- cessive drinkers. Most of those chased as total Abstainers were minors. Practi- cally the whole adult criminal class is class, The agents found that in P ,514 cases, or 84 per cent of all, 1 the incorporate habits of the offender led to the condition which induced crime. They found that nearly 58 per cent of all l the criminals Classifying drunkarda only as suchJ had fathers addicted to the use of liquor, and over 20 per cent had drink ing mothers. They found that so per cent of them used all kinds of liquors (whatever they could get hold of), and only about 5000 who used any particular drink exclusively, and most of these were lager beer soakers. Is it any wonder, in view of these facts, (and they cannot be disputed) that an increasing body of our citizens are coming to regard the work of the saloons with alarm? The harvest of the saloon is truly terrible!