The Portland daily press., 1896-01-06

than few generations. Think of the
torture of deformed children. Think
of what must be the future of . commun-
ity that is to be replenished from the
ranks of the debased. The family de-
mands p rity first of all Purity of life,
purity of thought, purity of soul.
Let this be remembered. The fearful
effect Is not so much on the drunkard as
on thu family of the drunkard Mr..
Jenkins here read from an address deliv-
cred March 81, 1881, by his father, then
a Portland clergyman, before the Port
land Association for the Prevention of
incompetence. and said he was glad to
know that what he had already said was
endorsed by father he never knew. In
1915 years ago-Portland with pop
ulation of $4,000 had 40 liquor dealers.
'sand l don't think we have that number
now" said DR.. jenkins. He read the
concluding words of the address in which
his father said that he should ask for no
legislative enactment, but only for the
influence of individual example, a wise
public sentiment, and, the smile of
heaven, in order to ensure the success of
the temperance movement
1t is too true that the great mass of
legislative enaotments have been in favor
of property, rather than of the family,
and much of the present law against
drunkenness is in reality against the
family. A drunkard is arrested and
fined. Who pays the fine. In many
cases the hard working wife who takes
money she needs for her family and gives
and his small earnings are Withdrawn
from his family 1t is question wheth-
er such a law is wise Dr.
SHOULD BE RETAINED.
Law does little good if it makes poor
family poorer. 1t serves but very poor
purpose if it makes their struggle for
life more bitter. The two institutions on
which society rests, the family and the
rights of property, and the one should
not be- neglected and the other protected
Then we should not forget that one
cause of drunkenness is poor home. A
tired man goes to his home at night and
finds it cherries and companIonless.
He needs something more than that and
he too often seeks it where liquor is to
be found. Homes must be made better.
An English judge said that many di-
vorce was raised by the fact that the wife
didn't know how to make a home. This
is true of drunkenness also. Did you
ever stop to think that there IS a direct
influence betw cen food and crime, or
that good food is preventative of crime.
gentleman who investigated the cause
of the Chicago rioters, said he no longer
wondered at their violence or that they
were disposed to be anarchists when he
saw what was provided for them for din
ner. Dr. Jenkins said that in a particu-
the good effect of a coffee house where
hot cup OF coffee and roll could be
had for almost nothing. 1t plainly re-
duced the amount of drunkenness. The
wife of a man who was addicted to drink
instead of throwing him over, made it a
D ONT to have good breakfast ready for
him in the morning, and hot cup of
coffee for him when he came home late
at night, and in the end saved him to
his family and to the community.
More and more the leaders in this
movement are looking at the home as the
true center of effective reform, and they
are not going to storm legislatures much
more, unless it be for the enactment of
laws for the
PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY.
Some day civic officers will see that it
is their duty to look after the endangered
family as we'll as endangered property,
and for this I lift up my voice. I do not
know how this is to be done, but do
feel that this is an important matter.
Men and women should be trained TO +
family life. ] hold 1t to he the duty of
women to do the God given work of
home making and if other influences
seem to stand in the way or to call them
in another direction l feel that they
| ,hould be removed. l believe that God
| created men and women, and that he
| placed the solitary in families. When
human nature In normal, men love tneir
homes better than they do any other
| place or passion. A we'll ordered home is
| he best champion to send up to fight
against this Goliah of intemperance
| Why should not men and women who
are unf tied to make a home, be prohib bit
ed to marry especially if they are drum
| kards. That is the prohibitory law
IN WHICH I BELIEVE