The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-07-11
THREATENED BY
new DANGERS.
Workers i'll Temp rance Fields view
With Di may the Coming OIL the
Absinthe Factory.

The announcement that the French
abslnthe manufacturers have decided to
push the sale OF their product in the
United States. and that factories are at
once To be established in New York, st
Louis, San Francisco. aud other large
cities Of this country. is the chief topic
)f conversation in temperance circles. toI
years II has been II matter for eangrat-
ulation that the drinking of abSiuthc was
vice to which the great majority OF
Americans were not addicted. hut ii i,
now felt that II the French manufact.
urerS are permitted To carry oni theii
plans ii will not be long before the people
of this country are closely bound in the
coils of the Green Monster" a con
dition that may we'll he regarded rs The
beginning of the end of Americas great
ness as a nation.
The natural result Of the feeling Of
dismay ut the horrible prospect that
Is threatened has not been confined to
that class of people often known a.
Temperance crauks" Total ahslainers
and workers in The temperance fields have
lifted up their Voices III protest. it Is true,
but their arguments have been no more
emphatic in character than those of the
| medical fraternity. while mru of fore.
| sight i'll nearly every walk of life have
united IN general demand that the Gov
eminent take some steps IL prohibit the
French business men from CARRYING out
their plan They feed that il is the duty
of the authorities To take these necessary
steps nj Il time when the mass of the
people Is vet free from the clutches
of this terrible demon. aud mol wait
until the vice has gained such n foothold
that il viii bc impossible to stay its
ravageS
AS an illustration Of what harm may
he done by ahNiHthe they point To the
history of this drink curse in France,
and they demand that some action be
taken to prevent the United States from
following the footsteps of the republic
across the water.
APPEAL re- WASHINGTON.
or course It Is II question whether the
Government can he persuaded to take
the matter in hand, but II strong fight
to bring about such a result will surely
be made. and when the facts about the
nature and effects of the drink are fully
known there will undoubtedly he raised
such a storm Of protest that Washington
will be compelled To listen il not to heed
it,
me nrNt argument thdt VIII he used
against the manufacture and sale of
absinthe in this country will be taken
from the researches of the French ply
sieianS, whose experience has brought
them into close touch with the worst eff
fects of ahsnthism.
For instance, Dr. Jaequct, one of the
most eminent physicians in Paris, re
Gently reported 10 the medical society
Of that city that the nation was being
ruined by absinthe. lie said that while
the use OF that liquor had folmerly been
confined TO the idle classes. the working
people had now fallen victims to the vice
and that their use Of the poison had
Increased To such an appalling extent
that they new required il with their
meals MS we'll as before lunch and dinner.
and he did not hesitate to say that he
believed that il was the absinthe habit
that was responsible for the morbid If
ritability which, he claims. is so rapidly
Incoming one of the characteristics OF
The French people Br, LanccreauN.
another prominent French physician, il
Just rs confident that the use of absinth,