The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-14

insures labOrers against accident. Ex-
perience has proved that the use Of
alcoholic drinks greatly increases the
risk of accident, and also interferes
with and retards the recovery Of per
sons who have been injured. Accord
ingly the Vienna Total Abstinence
Society. the majority Of whose mem
bers are union laborers, decided to
publish and distribute amorg work
men 100000 Of the famous leahet, en-
titled. Away with Alcohol" The
contents Of this leahet. the edition Of
which has since reached 100000 is as
follows:
Every body knows that there is al
cohol in whisky. and In al other
drinks that are distilled, but all are
not aware that we havo re very
same kind Of alcohol in beer and
wine That is every drink having
spirits, from the poorest grog to the
costliest wine, and every kind Of beer,
no matter how light. contains alcohol.
The main difference among them all
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tain. Take light beer for instance;
one-twenty-ffth Of that is alcohol; Of
wine it is one-tenth; and Of whisky,
one-fourth OF course. this shows
that there is more alcohol in whisky
than in any other drink; but anybody
who pours a quart Of beer or . pint Of
wine down his throat gets more alco-
hol into his system than if he had
swallowed a quarter OF a pint Of whis-
ky.
Everybody knows also that if
these alcoholic drinks are used to ex-
cess. they produce injury, and may
cause death. But often people mag
inc that moderate drinking is Of some
use, or may even be necessary. But
the truth is, that drinks that contain
alcohol produce harm under every cir
cumstance and they are never Of any
use. never necessary.
These are the reasons why alcohol
is never necessary. never Of any use.
What 1t does is to send thousands
upon thousands to the hospital to the
lunatic asylum, to prison and the
grave
How does it happen?
First. alcohol injuries the stomach
and causes serious stomach troubles;
the appetite becomes poor the food
does not digest wen and cannot nour-
lsh the body. From the stomach it
gets into the blood. and by that means
it attacks the liver, the heart the
veins, and the Kidneys What is called
dropsy generally results from alcohol
drinking But il Is the brain that spf
fcrs most from using alcohol. Deliri-
um tremers is only one of many brain
diseases produced by alcohol More
than one-half of the men that are sent
70 our state insane asylum here in vi
emma lose their minds BY reason Of
drink
But furthermorel the damage pro
duccd by alcoholic drinks does not
end with those that indulge, but it
extends its destructive influence to
the next generation. Great nu.Abers
Of idiots, detectives and epileptics owe
their condition to the love Of liquor
among their ancestors
IAN in all alcoholic drinks pro
duce harm in every organ Of the body.
occasion thousands Of accidents and
crimes. iniure our present generation
and that Of the future But they pro
duce the greatest amount of harm
among those people who have been
weakened through poverty those weo
for want Of good food have ncs been
properly nourished. And they arc stu
worse for children than for grown
people. Under no circumstances ought
children to receive liquor that con
Trims alcohol not even the smallest
dose; Never a drop OF whisky or beer
for our children"