The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-26

er's view is n narrow gauge one 1t Is
expected OF the man in the street that
he shall regard with undiscriminating dis
favor opinions that run counter To his
beliefs, especially such as are strenuous
ly refornatory, because man OF SGch
type is engroSsed with the exactiocs and
reiaxations OF every day life. and nc has
neither inclination nor the ability tn Gull
tivate a judicial attitude of mini Ii is
surprising however. to have n clergyman
for years identiSed with the practical
workings Of reform in national an1 .1,u-
nicipal affairs. who has studied conditions
at first hand-aIl OF which experience
tends to develop breadth or vision. faii
to recognize the value to the cause OF hu-
man advancement of those who hold eN-
tremist views like the anti-cxpansionists
and the Prohfbitionists. The stimulating
effect of an active and intelligent point
cal party in opposition is very generally
recognized: in the game way the cN-
tremist serves the useful purpose OF
keeping the conservative reformer from
becoming too complaisant by sternly
forcing upon his attention the need or the
especial reform and the Ubiquitous hino-
ORANGES thereto. These extremists
have undoubtedly contributed largely TO
the development of public sentiment IN
favor of sobriety, and this important ac-
complishing rs certainly not dew
IFS work IL the reformer cannot bring
himself to make due allowance for hu-
man nature. or TO modify his teachings
down to a working basis that men Will
accent he is not TO blame. His province
Is TO proclaim the truth as he sees IL
n his message be indeed very truth IL
will prevail; II IL be error IL Will sooner
or later meet It's Waterloo IL Is the
work of the statesman and the politician.
not OF the would-be reforme-' 10 harness.
truth to expedency."
The frame OF mind that permitted
famous Archbishop to utter the shallow
epigram: Better England free than so
Der" appears TO be common TO ooth the
Bishop OF New York and the Rev. Edi-
tor of the Anglican Church Chronicle
In either case IL would appear to many
that an adequate conception of the magni-
tude and malignity OF the alcoholic curse
would have brought forth other and
ulster views. When. sir / speak OF the
alcoholic curse, I mean, not simply the
resulting degradation of deep drinking
with its untold sum OF human misery
but those other and vastly more nuIler-
ors abnormal conditions OF deranged
physicaI and mental health that so great
iv lessen life's pleasure and efficiency,
and that are brought on by the so-called
moderate drinking of men VINO never
drink 10 drunkenness or any where near
10. -, t.
That churchmen. uttering the views
quoted. believe them to be true
without saying for they must not De ..
those who dare think one thing ana
another tell" but Mr.. Editor. so also
thought their forerunners Of the early
mart Of the seventeenth century WIN
fh.y spurned the idea OF the earth
movement round the sun: and that X
further had n daily rotation about its az
Is was to them philosophically false anu
absurd and theologically erroneous.
Great surgeons and physicians and other
,,cn Of science are now informing the
world that the active principle OF aIco-
- No,-.r,ees fs n toxin Of che Saccha-
-o,,,,.css cerevisiae and indeed n poi
SON bacteria. George Newman. ".
u r. 6. OEdin) d. =. II, Carnh.- &c
1901 I. Ethyl alcohol IS the eNcretu'i -
a fungus. Cs) excretious which are toN.S
., tbe orranis-n which excretes them
are also toxic TO all higher ORGANISMS
IN alcohol IS therefore toxic TO the yeast
plant. and. from its inherent natur'.,
toxfr To- Ell animal protoplasui-' w inh.,'
: u,u Ph. d. NJ u. Frcf- ~ FnNS.'i-
orv. Northwestern University Medic"
School. Chicago)