Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-28
Jewelers..
The Mission Of whisky. Tobacco and
Coffee.


lIeve.
II 80. He must have made these.
We know what He made food and
water for. and air and sunshine. but
why Whisky. Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and
each performing its work.
There must be some great plan be-
hind II all: the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something OF that plan
and thereby to judge these articles
for their true worth.
Let us not say bad" or good"
without taking testimony.
There are times and conditions
when II certainly seems to the casual
observer that these stimulant narcot-
les are real blessings.
Right there Is the ambush that con.
ceals "kiliing" enemy.
Ono can slip into tho habit OF either
whisky. tobacco or coffee easy enough.
but to "untansie" Is often a fearful
struggle.
Il seems plain that there arc cir.
cumstances when tho narcotic effect
OF these poisons is for the moment
beneficial. but the fearful argument
against them Is that seldom ever does
ono md a steady user OF either whis-
Ky. coffee or tobacco FREQ from disease
OF some kind.
Certainly powerful elements In their
effect on the human race.
II Is . matter Of daily history. tcstl.
aed to by literally millions Of people.
that whixky. Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling. promising. bcguiiins friends
on tho start. but always false as hell
itself in tho end. Once they get hrm
hold enough to show their strength.
they insist upon governing and drive
tho victim steadily towards Ill health
In some form: II permitted to continue
to sulc, they will not let up until phys
ical and mental ruin sets In.
A man under that spell land under
the speli' 10 correcO OF any one Of
these drugs frequently assures himself
ard his friends. why. I can leave on
any time want TO. I did quit for q
week Just to show I could" II Is n
sure mark Of tho slave whom one gets
to that stage. Ho wigglcd through
week. fighting every day to break tho
spell. was finally whipped. and began
his slavery all over again.
The slavo (Codee slave as well as
Tobacco and Whisky daily reviews his
condition. sees perfectly plain the
steady entertainments Of disease. how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand tho drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for few minutes and
then leave tho diseased condition
palmer to vicw than ever and grow.
ing worse. Many times the Coifco slave
realizes that no is between two nres.
He fccls bad II he leaves on and n
little worse II he drinks and allows
tho effect to wcnr OF.
So Il goes on from day to day.
Every night tho struggling victim
promises himself that ho will break
tho habit and next day when ho feels
. little bad tas he Is quite surc to).
breaks. not the habit. but his own res.
olution. It is nearly always q tough
fight, with disaster ahead sure II the
habit wins.
There have been hundreds Of thou
sands of people driven TO their graves
through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone. and II Is quito certain
that more human misery Is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky. for
the two first are more widely used,
and moro hidden and insidious in the
effect on nerves. heart and other vital
organs. and are thus unsupported un.
I'll much OF the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Reader, what Is your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has for
these things? Take look at the
question from this point of view.
There is n law of Nature and Of
Natures God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher. sturdy.
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things In both the Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder
Gus tread of evolutionary development
is fixed by the Infinite and will not be
quickened out OF natural law by any
of mans methods.
Therefore we see many illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops of corn for two or three years.
II she continued to do so every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature interposes n bar
every three or four years and brings
on a bad year."
Here we see the levellng influence
at work.
A man Is prosperous In his business
for n number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature SITS the "leveling influ-
ence" at work IN him. Some of his
Investments lose, he becomes luxuri-
Gus and lazy. Perhaps 1t is whisky,
tobacco. coffee, women. gambling or
some other form. The intent and pur-
pose is to level him-keep him from
evolving too far ahead of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and