Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
SOME WHISKEY STATISTICS.
They Ought to Interest Everybody
Who Thinks That WhIskey Does
Not Hurt Him, and Cannot Hurt
Him


tFrom Ne,o York yournal.)
Here are a few facts in connection
with whiskey's achievements usher
ing in this particular New Year. We
quote the news report:
"a New York restaurant was the
scene of fierce free for-al fight, In
which almost every male patron In the
place on one side and walters on the
other battled for half an hour carly New
Years morning. Bottles, dishes, chairs
aud whatever was at hand were used as
missiles, aud many broken heads resulted
"Six women fsiuied while fleeing with
many others to the back rooms to escape
the dagger. The fight terminated with
the crowd rushing the doors and carry
ing them into the street, sash, glass and
all. They had been drinking whiskey."
Here is another news quotation:
flames l.. Manson, accompanied by a
young woman, drove In a runabout TO an
uptown hotel in New York city, James
l.. Manson was the son of very respect
able parents, and held responsible posi-
ton In commercial house) He Is now
dead, and his companion has disappeared
They had been drinking whiskey."
Here isstill another news quotation:
Henry Marrer, plumber, was eIgb-
teen years old, weighed 2O5 pounds and
was feet II inches tall. Fifteen minutes
after the chimes had announced the new
year Msrrer was killed In a drunken
brawl in saloon on First avenue. He
had been drinking whiskey."
william Skinner, with another man
aud two women, was In saloon In Pater.
son, N. ]. There was a revolver, which
was supposed to be empty. With this
revolver Skinner killed one OF the wo-
men. He had been drinking whlskey.'
"In saloon in Williamson, w. Va.
James Adams was shot and instantly
killed by Benjamin Adams, aud the latter
was seriously wounded. Henry Sweipert.
bystander, was struck by q bullet and
slightly injured. They had been drink
Ing whiskey."
"Charles Dannenhauer and his wife.
Mary. lived In Philadelphia, and went
out together to celebrate the arrival of
the new year. When they returned
home both Were intoxicated. The wife
got possession of o pistol which was
under the bolster, OF the bed, shot her
husband and killed herself. They had
been drinking whiskey."
This list of the achievements of
the whiskey devil for one twenty
four hours might be very much ex-
tended, but these few examples suf-
fee to remind us of the constant
activity of whiskey, and of the line
of effort in which it is always active.
OF course, alcohol, even in its con-
densed form, has its uses in medi-
cine, in manufactures and in many
ways But if ever there was a per-
version in this world it is the trans
formation of millions of bushels of
honest corn into the whiskey that
ruins SO many men and commits so
many murders.
What becomes Of the bushel of
corn raised on Western plain !? If
it does the work that it ought to do,
it feeds the farmer or the dweller In
cities, or the cattle that in turn feed
US.
The perverted bushel of corn is
changed into four gallons of whiskey.
Here follow statistics concerning
that bushel of corn, prepared by a
thoughtful editor in Kansas aud
printed in the Wichita Beacon:
The distiller, from the bushel of
corn, makes four gallons of whiskey
(with the aid of various harmful
products and adulterations). These
four gallons of whiskey retail for
$16.40.
The farmer who raised the corn
gets from 25 to so cents.