Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-28

farmers at Hitch Held, Connecticut, IN
1859. II ATTRACTED some attention but
did not extend its influence very far.
A mother lemperancs society was
nrganiz q In Moresu. Saratoga county,
New YORK, In 1905. Oihor sacleties
sere tot mel few ysars Aver IN NJ"
sachusetts nnd N W York and ia 1884
the movement had sprend to twenty.
one etates. There were over 5 900 assO.
c,ni'ons with tb5ut million nembers.
The warfare bad not at this time
spresd 10 all intOxica.ing drinks. and
I, was found that while the importa-
ton nj che sirongsr liquors din nisne1
-rnm 5,77] 77iGs nsid 1924 = $40
ilJ gallons IN 1882, tho cor sump,iU
Of vie and ciuer had more than
ieubled. This suggested the nec,s-
silly OF total abstinencr, aud In lSy0
the natiouai convention at Saratvg
decided that the pie ige should refer 10
all iLt9xlclnts.
Concerning the origin OF the wcrd
"leetolnltrr," Prof Nydahl says TINT
Pae.or Jewell, secretary Of the tenn.
psrance society a. Hector, n Y, In
1927. conceived the idea OF putting
the letter 4 Dsforo the name, In his
records Of all thuse that had slgued
the pledge, and that these a',et this
were known as "r-totplers.n
ireland is IN sntloned as the country
where tho ttmperance movement
was very early introduced. Jefiery
Stewards founded society Ia SIKH.
bereD, Wtx'ori county, In 1917, but
the real apostle Of temperance 10 that
country was the Catholic pri est
Father Matthew. In 1910. through
his efierts, about bali the
population OF Ireland had signed the
pledge Ho died in 1856, and since
that time no spsoial efforts have been
made for the cause in that country.
In Scotland the frat temperance
society was founded Ia Greenock by
Ju ige John Dunlop in October, 1929.
In the year 1850 thsre were In Scot
land 250 societies with 10000 mem.
bers.
This movement reached England
In 1880. Mr.. Henry Forbes from
Bradford, who had attended q meet.
Ing in Glasgow, founded a
society that year, the . d
OF February, and nt the eLd
Of the year there were eighty sooietirs
with, 10000 members. In England,
too, there lie a tradition as 10 the origin
OF tue word "toe.total." A certain
Mr.. Richard. who suffered from STAN.
mering, once said at meeting: "From
this time ON, will devote myself to
t-t.t-iots lism," and his audience
adopted the new term. AT present there
are 10 England between five anu six
| million teetotalers.
In Norway the temperance reform
has gained many friends In later
years. In 1912 the Storing by law
prohibited the manufacture, importa.
ton and sale OF intoxicants, but the
law was refused royal tanction. In
1876 society was formed by r. N.
Audressn.
In Sweden, the frat temperance
society was founded In Vsxlo. April
"a, 1919. by some O. tho students.
There are now 200, 900 members in the
various societies.
In Denmark the frst Temperance
society was formed In 1870. Iceland
has 1900 members pledged 10 abstain
rC m inloxicants.
In Germany and Switzerland but
little has been done for the temper.
anee cause, and the same lie said Of
Holland and Belgium. A temperance
society in France has 100000 mem.
bsrs, but these ars not teetotalers
Russia and Finland have but few
temperance people.
Spain lie said to be the most sob
land In Europe. Italy, Greece and
Turkey are nearly as free from the
vice OF drunkenness as Spain. Ii
Austria, on the contrary, the Vice IL
almost general.
The drinking habit was hardly
known In Africa aud Asia before the
advent oil civilization. Mexico
Central and South America wer,
originally sober countries, but contsc
with Europeans has changed the con
diiions there, and temperance work II
almost unknown.
A ter this review OF the wariar,
against intoxicants Prof. Nydahl'
closing statistics are rsthel
disappointing. According to him
the United States, the oradl,
o. the movement ami the foremosl
touutry in the ranks for morality
snli spends more every year for ilquoi
thsn Tor the necessities OF lie and ri
education. These are the figure:
Tao United States yearly spends 10
the conversion OF pagans, 60, 900, 600;
for brIck for building purposes, $50
900, 0O0; for poIotoes, sll0, 900. 900; for
CHURCHES, ?5,0O0,OOO for schools,
ilB6, 100000; for silk, S!e6,0O0, COO; 10
furniture, sl75 900, 900; OF sugar an
| nniaaars copb 900 0OO: for wnolen