The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07


Mrs. Helen VI. Cougar gives special attcn-
tion To- the crime and financial phases of
liquor tra1ic. She engaged tho Chicago
Press Clipping Bureau TO clip from tho prcSs
all crimes reported to br due 20 the LIQUOR
traffic committed from January to MAY I,
1898, four months, no duplicates or police
items TO bc furnished. She has these pasted
on piece Of cloth the width of an ordinary
newspaper column. II makes 40 feet. or
seventy Na-ds Tho summary stands
Four hundred and hfty accidents, l22
murdcrprs, 1874 murdered, sixteen women
murdered. sixteen children murdered. thir-
teen wives murdered by drunken husbands.
100 families afflicted, ninety-ryc assaults.
fights and brnwls. forty-two suicides. four
teen women drunk, ak divorces. ak cmbc2.
elements. The bureau rend, at the time of fur
nishing this, but about ono-third of the
papers OF the country. Let II bo remembered.
also, that the telegraph Is out Of reach uf q,
large part Of our country. and many crmr-
committed never reach tho wire-. Sh" has
Investigated forty-thrro of the mobs and
burnings ot human beings. that make "
blush a5 u Nation for our brutality and law.
lcssncss. and finds that the criminals wrrr
drunk ut the committing of their crimes and
the mobs were fired hy liquor before bcinl;
rouscI to their brutal deeds. Right.
ron WORKING MEN TO ccvsrprr.
In the course of lecture he Delivered tho
other week at st. Johns Church, Middle
town. Conn, Rev. J. NJ. Clcary President OF
the National Union. said
"If the drinking habit Is so beneficial to
man why does he give So many excuses for
the habit2 He uses II To make him warm and
To make him cool, TO reduce the burden Of
his sorrow and To increase his jpy. The
evil attacks all alike. the rich ~ we'll n the
poor The evil has done moro harm and
continues 10 do so, far morr than any other
evil.
cover the drinking man. the total alb
staiLcr always has an advantage. The
drinking man is always in poor condition To-
combat with disease. | have spent most NJ
my life In Milwaukee, and in tnat city ar"
located massive brewcries, and also the
Northwestern Life Insurance Company, and
from purely business motives the directors
ut the company will not insure tn" lives ot
the brewer, or tlrir employees. WhW Be-
cause the life Of "a man in that position Is
not n good risk.
The liquor business cannot point out ono
good reason for its existence. Ia this coun-
try sl20.0OO. 900 u year IL spent for drink.
This is twice tho cost OF all the churches in
rhis business Is the curse Of tho
Garner. II IL also accounta-
ble 10 > crop o, tramps. "nu aiG iaos''y
young men who 20 about drinking and beg
ging and nave no sense OF shame or honor.
"Of course temperance n not the only
virtue in man, but tn" parent of vice X GER
tainly intemperancc. The foundation ot 4
good life IA temperance. Against rum "a
urrayed the best sentiment OF the country.
aud the great Wendell Philips remarked that
II universal suffrage 'aicd It would hc on
account Of the saloon influence. There
never was cause moro friendly % IN"
working man. who. II they all were total
nhstuners, could have thoi' own Wa. IN all
public matters