The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-24

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critics combined
An editorial in School and Home
Education, a leading educational
magazine OF Illinois, says oi the
con- mittee OF hity:
"Nhat can be the motive OF any
committee OF iniellige i men IN set
ting in array their influence against
4 movement that. 10 -pite OF the
want OF skill in Instructors IN TO
maov instances. j. without question
doing more T. promote Temperance
in this nation than sny other one
influence now active. It i not easy
n conceive. Il certainly cannot bs
IN the interest Of science, nor can II
he in the interest Of better living
among those who are wasting their
earnings and destroying their bodies
and souls in our drAmshops.
Again. IN tie VI ir'h number Of
the same magazine, co nnenung on
the reply to the cub com mitiee, the
editor save Of the Alcoho.---iood
doctrine a promulgated by the
committee of fifty:
80 call alcohol food is to en-
courage hundreds Of Thousands to
place in jeopardy their Well-oeins
here aud perhaps iorsyer' VINO
wonld svoid the danger Il the whole
truth we're known
E ..The part Of esssntial value IN
man i ,be moral will. WHAT l. tot
{ nbvsicsl effect Of slc0hol upon tn q
q cells o. the BODY that help u rein
fo-cs the moral will2 suggests
j line ofiovestigation that the scienlls
r Win d, well to follow before b
bs-tens to proclaim that alcohol
q food. thus leading the Ignorant =
d class il with bread and meat a. die'
e II certainly often undermlne7 to-
?, health and leads n moral weakne-
J. and imbecility. Whist leads to tnl
ol : certainly not food as ihe teri
i understood by the plain people.
% Hon. Henry Sabin, ex eupeIlI
D. ,.npent Of Public Instruction
le Iowa. writes as follows IN the Jou
" nal of Education Of February 70:
I'd uWhaiever charges are made az
ly inst the system Of scientific tempe
C snce instruction may, with ecu
force. be brought against every enc
al 10 control and abolish the gigAn'
NJ evils. which threaten Americ'
youth OF today. In cerla
'er quarters, the practice OF inculcauI
he total abstinence seems 10 De one
IL siye. and yet no one was ever hAI'
ply "a by such teaching. On the OH
tee hand. no one can deny that hund'e
'en even many thousands, nave oe
by ruined through habits which CO
tie meoced with the moderate use
iaii intoxicants.
red "Let me quote an extract III
led the reuort Of the committee OF q
D a. telegraphed to the Ottawa ou
cen Failing to observe the dis'incu
70 he,ween the diametTIcally oppo'
ynl- conceptions Of use and abuse, 60
re- q the advocates Of Temperance
ced rrstiop have not besita',d TO te'
his orr children TIA, the horrible
iore snits OF a prolonged use Of slco
ked nv :. expected 10 follow any
lber rar,ue from total abstinence
ply, That i not FAR from the 'ru
ion. bscau.e we DO aim 70 ifach u
now fiat there j. a possibility, and
strong one at that, that the ore
ON sult. Of intemperance may iol
auy departure from total ao'tlnei
ner We are earnest enough 10 our
the termination to impress upon
rls.,ic mind Of the child ina.
lssa- origin Of the drink habits ia az
ion, ing il to fasien itself upon y
New when the mind and body are q
D on II that plastic state which Is 10
the ept 10 early childhood.
lper These citations from the med
and educational press tell ineiI
agai- s,orv The fsllscy that mone
, un- drinking il safe hss been dI-pr'
cien- hv centuries Of bitter experIe
ionsl and again by modern science.
Glen teachers and physicians OF
, ~ United states will oe the one
suits give it new lease Of life 10 'ne
1urth ;ng generation.
cred. MARY Il hVN