The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-10

insure hapitual drinkers; ana IN very
comprehensive test made in England
they have proved that about 81 pei
cent. Of moderate drinkers die at the
lifetime average while in the case OF
total abstainers the percentage is 90
The effect on a man s body is not
different from that on his brain.
Therefore it will not be necessary to
dwell on the question as to whether
the brain is helped or impaired by
drink. Nor should it be necessary t.
spend much time discussing whether
the individuals moral sense is made
more keen through intoxicants. We all
know that the tendency of drink is to
For two years | went regularly every
Sunday to the Boone county Jail in Mis-.
souri,. I met many classes of criminals
from the murderer down. In nearly
every instance the culprit attributed
his downfall to drink. Frequently it
was confessed that the tendency to-
ward evil existed before drinking.
But, the better self controlled until
dI ink became master. Then the bad
triumphed. Had drink never gotten
the reins the evil would in most cases
forever have been kept in allegiance.
Judge Pollard of st. Louis says: "The
great mass of crimes that fill the dock
cts of the police court are those com
mitted in the heat of liquor or which
spring from indulgence in strong
drink" In keeping with this is the
testimony from San Francisco. [ quote
from an editorial in the San Francisco
Chronicle of May 5: ''San Francisco
for the past fortnight has been abso
lutely free from disorder, and virtually
free from crimes of violence. There
have been no street brawls. No
drunken brute has beaten his wife. No
gamblers have murdered each other in
low resorts. Except for some dealings
with sneak thieves the occupation of
the police courts is gone.
This absolute demonstration that the
saloons are responsible for all crimes
of violence makes it imperative that
whenever they shall be allowed to re-
open, their license fees be fixed at a
rate which will support the police de-
partment.' A little reflection will
convince one that if they are to pay
the cost of the crime for which they
are responsible they will have to sup
port good deal more than the city po-
ice department. The county and the
state should also have their innings. |
Even then the community is greatly |
he loser. A thrifty, healthy, virtuous
citizen is of incomparably greater
value than one who is poverty stricken,
diseased, or degraded.
Liquor then does not help one in
body, brain, or morals. From an
economic standpoint it destroys pro-
luctive power and lessons earning
1t weakens the whole physi
al being and also leaves man spirit
Tally worsted.
All, but says one, when man is in
rouble or is respondent intoxicants
lelp him to forget his trouble They
make him feel rich and happy. Do
hey? Then weren't they very unkind
n San Francisco to deny the solace of
his great boon in the days following
he recent disasters Yea, were theyi
ot cruel9 When trouble was greatest
nj the sense of poverty and helpless
ess keenest, instead of making everyI
IAN drop his bottle in the street, in
tead of taking vigorous action to de-
troy all the liquor available, they
hould have protected the bottle car
iers and have done their utmost to
end to the refugee camps a goodly
upply of this rejuvenating elixir. In
he weeks since they should have been
onsiderate enough of these poor I'M
ortunates not to deny them anything
5 good as such view proclaims liquor
. be. No, every rational man knows
hat drink only adds to trouble. 1t
My deepens dependency. 1t only in
reases helplessness. Momentary de-
lsion may make it seem otherwise
tut the last state of the man is inevita-
~ worse than the first Therefore, /
onclude: The seller renders no real
ervice to the man who drinks.
THE DRINKER' IS FAMILY.
Well, how about the drinker's fam
Y? We can afford to sacrifice the
tinker for the larger circle of his home
rovided it is served. Can the agent
Or the liquor traffic lay claim to being
orthy of honor at this point? Hard