Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-09-28

= the arch .enemy Of our homes? II
not to us the victory. others will
triumph, some glad day.
Says the Union signali Archbishop
Ireland said in his recent address be-
fore the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union Convention in Chicago: THAT
nation whose progress is most marked
will be found to be that nation in
whose ranks are the greatest numbers
of abstaining men and women"
Under the heading Statistics Tell
the Truth Hester M. Poole, con-
tributes the following article to the
Signal of August 31st:
by the opponents of prohibition it Is
often stated that the drinking of wine
and beer is on the increase, in spite of
the efforts through many years of tenn
perance reformers all over the civilized
world. Let us hear the testimony on
this point. In his delightful auto
biography, the English author, L. A.
Trolope, makes this statement concern
ing Winchester College, which he at
tended early in tho present century, or
about the year 1921:
"All other supplies from the. college
butler to the hoys-the bread, the
cheese, the butter, the meat--were
| accurately measured; the .heer was
given ad libitum. In fact, it was not
given out at all, but taken. Twice a
day the way to the cellar was open, a
hack stair leading from the hall to the
superb old vaulted cellar. All around
were the hogsheads and the proper
tools for tapping one as soon as another
should be out. And to this cellar
the boys went freely to draw as much
as they chose And the beer thus
freely supplied was our only beverage. ,
In the present year of our Lord, succt
a state of things would not be tolerated
Still, much work lies before the love
of his kind. Let US for moment, lool
at the statistics, officially issued regard
ing the consumption OF liquors, mai
and distilled. during the last year.
In England no less than 3013 gallon,
of beer per head were drank, littl
over one gallon of spirits and. sldghti.
over one-third of gallon OF wine.
Contrary to the usual belief, Ger
many annually consumes less beer pc
head than EngIand-only 251a gallon
for each person living in the Kaiser
dominions. But she exceeds that ISLAM
in the consumption OF spirits by half
gallon for each; 1-3 gallons Of win
is her quota.
France makes up bravely for tn
latter deficiency, as each French per
son stands credited with 81 4-5 gallon
J OF the fermented juice OF the grape
OF distilled spirits, France consume
the identical quantity credited
Germany, but that Republic uses onl
s ITO gallons of beer to each person.
America, to its honor be it sale
uses of spirits four.tifths of gallon c
) less than that Of any continental natio
> or of Great Britain, but she imbibes
3 the ratio OF u is gallons of beer fc
) each, and less than half o gallon {
{ wine-t be accurate, just a. Of
gallon.
t Taking all three liquids together, "
: find that per head, annually, there
. consumed in England, 30. II gallon!
. France, %. 10 gallons; Germany, %.
/, gallons; United States, 10. As gallon
a 1t is also found that in England Il
Q use of wine is decreasing and that
9 spirits and beer is increasing.
. However favorable the showing
:. regard to our own beloved countr
s these statistics give the quantity
!. those who do use liquors., malt al
distilled. The work, though braTe
Q carried on, is far from finished.