Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-29
BEER R S FOOD.

DEEM 'LhCOO rOOO'
There is an old superstition binding
the human race, and staying the pro-
gress of reform, and that is, that there
is much nutrimenti in beer; that a name
falling strength is renewed by the use
OF it. To do away with this supersti.
ton which ~entangles so many in its
destructive meshes, we must do away
with the ignorance which prevails In
regard to the real nature of beer, it's
component parts, and its effect upon
the human system.
The President of the Brewers Asso.
citation declared in one of his addresses
that beer is a physical blessing to all
who use it," He says, ''Taken alto
gether, beer, as u beverage, can not be
excelled, as 1t has a number of quail.
tiles which, Jointly, have a most salu-
tary effect upon the human organism"
When this assertion is made many PEG.
pie believe he is speaking the truth,
inc in their utter ignorance of what
are really beneficial results upon the
system think their own experience YER
ifies the assertion.
Now let US apply the test of science
to beer, and try to discover wherein
these qualities exist that are of such
benefit to the health of the beer drink
er, and SO renew his strength. The
chemical analysis of beer made in the
most careful manner by q noted scien.
list at the request of DIR. Elisha Har.
ris OF the Board of Health of New York
City, shows us that beer is composed of
ninety per cent. of water, six per cent.
OF alcohol and four per cent. of extrac.
tive matter Of malt and hops. Now.
which of these does the beer drinker
think contains the nutriment that is to
benefit his system? The benefit does
not come from the six per cent. of al.
cohol, although its effect is the one the
beer drinker Graves, for chemical an
alysis proves that there is no nutriment
IN alcohol, DR.. Richardson, in his sum
ming up OF the effect of alcohol on the
system, declares "there is no
thing In 1T that can build up any tis.
sues or supply any vital force" and fl.
nally says, there ia no element in IL
that is life giving, but on the contrary.
life destroying" Even the advocates
oil lager beer admit that the less alco
mol they have in it the healthier it is.
vi the four per cen left, scientists tell
us tina two and two thirds per cent.
OF 1t is an indigestible gum that under.
goes no change in passing through the
body, and n and one third per cent.
Is composed of sugar, vinegar, lupulipe.
the bitter principle of hops, and car
bon acid gas. If there is anv nutri
ment here 1t is in the atom of sugar ),
In one of the resolutions adopted BY n
ate Brewers Association, at Detroit.
malt liquors are called "drink food. -
In regard to beer being food, Baron
Lieoig, the great German cbemiut
whom all recognize as of the highest
authority in science, says in his ga.
mlllar Letters on Chemistry, THAT beer
furnishes no element capable of enter.
ing into the composition of blood, mus.
GUAR fiber, or any part of the vital
principle" Again he tells us. 'stha&
as much flour as can lie on the pointof
a table knife contains as much nutri.
tive constituents as eight quarts of the
pest and most nutritious beer that ia
made 1t has been calculated that if
a man drinks seven hundred and thirty
gallons in a year he will get as much
nutrlment as he would get from ono
five pound loaf of bread, or from three
pounds OF meat. If a man ate an ordi.
nary amount of meat, say one hundred
n fifty pounds in q year. then he
would have 10 drink fifty times seven
hundred and thirty gallons of beer in
That time to get as much nutrition
from it as he did from his meat, which
would be about three barrels a day.
Then why is beer SO often prescribed
for sick and weak peopleY
Does it stimulate digestionp The
amount of alcohol in lager beer is
enough to interfere materially with di.
gestion. This produces n craving for n
larger amount of beer which only in
creases the trouble without the victim q
being conscious of the cause. In re.
gard to the claim that there is not
enough alcohol in lager beer to injure
ones health, DIR. William B. Carpen.
ter n of the greatest Psychologists of
the day, says, II have shown, by nc.