The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-31
np,NK pAUPERlsM AND CRIME

DRINK, PAUPERlSM AM
,,., peport of the Massachusetts
oP Labor statistics fo"er
Temperance Lecture 1,bor
The Massachusetts, bureau Vi A''"
statistics is not a conserValor % nv
ale But an official report Whlcn ~ ll-''
s,,a4 ;serad is one of the strongest teni-
,,,,,,r,,, lectures ever made. The s'aue-
,,,on+ has been prepared in pursuance
Of law passed by the legislal ure' "i',a
:. ir+anded to show the relation u
+ha Hnuor traffic to pauperlsn, cilln"
"a insanity in the state. Inc ln'e@'
ra+;on has been especially close anu
e,L,,,s4iva and the facts were care
f,,1l,, verified before they were given
publicity or+ shows
~ to- the wear ended August so
' ,a"V 4Ioro we're $3.50 persons OF both
sexes and all ages in the oiii0l o,oe
strt5,tions of the state. VI tLGao
~. G5 per cent, had beeh ,..
the use of liquors, ana Oh INC ,r,
5o5 or about one-tourth' ll'iN ca
drinkers to excess. There were
total abstainers, but more thAn n"-''
or 429, were minors .,
In brief, the report shows tha' 'Li
fourths Of the state pauPerS n"'0
d,,Ioed in the liquor habit, ana % per
cont of them attribute their colluI'f0-
- choir intemperate ways. OF the pau
s,o,.. Ga Der cent. were foreign Dorh'
I'D q n4r cent. had never been nat
,,ro1izad The native born numpereu
-. -. cf these the parents OF only
305 were naUlve NIX -lIais- tells
e 4,Df{ 1,a, =
,eir tribution by foreigners to the intem-
peramce and pauperism of the state.
My The report goes into details, and that
portion of it relating to pauperism and
an drink alone covers 100 pages. With
-. regard to the relation of drink 70
MS crime the following table gives the
cks facts in condensed form:
Convictlons-male-for
With Drunkenness
Drunkenness and other crimes.......... 6s3
All other crimes ''4''
hey Females oo.
Drunkenness alone. ............ 2032
mes Drunkenness and other crimes........ o g
0 IN crpr,t.jGns Eot5 scxes G72
MS or which for drunkenness alone......l7,5I'
,,. In this department also there has
boon great ,ainGtcness 81 inquiry. The
n. facts are considered by eye periods and
careful analysis and classification
made. 1t appears that Of the entire
,hty number Of 26.672 persons convicted. no
less than 2l,s53, or 50 per cent, were
q q ain liquor" at the time 81 the arrest.
lose The total number addicted TO the use
rms. of intoXicauts was 25,l37, or % per
cent of the whole, though but 4,5ld
inc would confess themselves excessive
for drinkers. Here, as in the case of the
ould paupers, most of the total abstainers
'ise- we're under 81 years of age. The for
cign born element figured in the Grim
sup inal statistics as follows:
med Total number in 1895. % G72 or 100 per cert
;,,, OF which native born. l3 or 81 per cent
Lo' For'n-born nat allied. 3,726 or 1879 per cent
We Toreign-bom aliens. S,S15 or - per cent
&C Both parents native. 4,0S9 or 1873 per cent
i " Both parents foreign. 81 POI or 795 per cent
laFe In the matter of insanity it appears
you that out of $50 lunatics GIL, or 81 pes
laVe cent. had been addicted to liquor, ant
E 10 of this number 81 were excessive
the drinkers. The adult insane numbered
say 1881, of whom esq., or 81 per cent, hat
lpce used liquors.
ROD There is much else of interest to the
was student Of sociological science in TIN
-, report. The above facts and figures
h'ii furnish their own comment on TIT
nav effect of too great indulgence in tn
Vlldl cup that inebriatcs.-Troy Times.