Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-31
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW
To Make Alcohol undrinkable.

o MAKE ALCOHOL OHortnkdDie.
A cablegram comes 10 us that the
Russian government thru one Of its
ministers offers a prize to anyone that
Will suggest a plan TO make alcohol un-
drinkable. This suggests that at last
the temperance millennium is at hand
for scientific men will easily furnish a
formula. 1t goes without saying that
when alcohol In its various forms be-
comes undiinkable the saloon curse be-
comes thing OF the past for unless 1T
IS drinkable there viii be no demand,
land il no demand the sale will end. And
it would seem good political economy
for the various nations of the world to
at once join with Russia, not only in
buying the undrinkable formula. but
10 enforce the manufacture of alcohol
by the undrinkable process. Such
law would he much more practical than
passing prohibition laws 10 prevent the
sale after drinkable alcohol is manufac-
tured. Much more sensible than to IL
cense the sale OF dr'inkable alcohol after
il is offered to man in the various forms
OF wine, beer, cider, whisky. brandy,
rum, gin sind the other names given
ii by civilized and uncivilized nations
the world ever.
one thing is certain that
even df Russian succeeds in
producing undrinkable alcohol all
other nations, civilized and bar
barous. all islands, In fact, every foot
of land as we'll as all ships of the ocean
must join in this plan, otherwise the
vast amount of smuggling that would
go on, would render the efforts of any
one nation futile and Ineffective.
Strange to relate and harder to under
stand is the fact that the creator inn
planted In the minds of all created be-
ngs the necessary knowledge of how
to make dninkable alcohol. Still more
mysterious is that the Creator made the
human throat and stomach enjoy the
taste and first effects of drinkable al
cohol. 1t would not be flying
In the face of Providence. to have all
nations and peoples, change the art
Of manufacturing drinkable alcohol
into undrinkable. For the Creator did
allow men the knowledge of making
wood alcohol, which is certainly un-
drinkable But perhaps the Russian
minister wants plan to manufacture
alcohol as solid instead of a liquid.
Perhaps h.. wants the Irishman's po-
teen. the Germans beer or the Yam
KEGS whisky to come out in chunks.
Even then there would be a provision
necessary to manufacture this solid
alcohol with the drunk" in 'innocu-
Gus dessuetude' 1t will be well for
those DESTROYS of obtaining the $4,000
prize to write for particulars.
The more one looks into this ques-
ton the more it seems as tho the Rus
sian minister was working along the
lines OF the Iowa prohibitionist or
democratic high license theory.
wouldn't it be better for this minister
to offer $4,000 for an anti-alcoholic
serum something mothers could in
oculate their children with at birth
dhey would all use iD and thus end
al once during the lifetime of that hui
man being any and all desire for
drinkable and undrinkable alcohol.
That would accomplish the same end,
for without demand there would be no
supply.
And meanwhile while the scientists
are working out the formula to make
all drinkable alcohol undrinkable,
while they are preparing anti-alcoholic
serum, the leisure time of all parents,
including said Russian minister's, will
be well employed il they teach their
children, both by theory and practice,
the evil effects of the present day al
cohol Gin all of its various forms) upon
the human system.
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