The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-10
BEER Is NOW CALLED
TEMPERANCE BEVERAGE.
Classed as a Non-Intoxicant and Re-
garded as an Aid in Crusade Against
the Whiskey TRAFFIC.

Under the caption, "a Temperance Dis
course" the Duluth Herald, one of the In
huentlal papers of the Northwest, and a
steadfast opponent of the whiskey traffic,
takes the stand that beer is In reality a
Temperance beverage.
The Duluth Herald says:
In this age of temptation, with fanatics
and extremists on all SIDES, 1T is indeed
hard to escape the delirium of extremes in
everything that pertains to the social up
nfting of the human family. There are
titful waves of reform under the gulse of
Gcd. home and native land, and still crime
and dissipation walk hand In hand and
seem surprised at the meagerness of the
harvest.
''The tearing asunder of marriage ties,
defalcations and murders are filling ONT
jsils and almshouses full to Overlooking.
and yet there seems to be no remedy as
the mill of i~ntemperance grinds on. The
evil has been fought by ubiquitous pro-
hibition laws, high license and local option,
all of which have signally failed to correct
or even modify the-e evil.
The evils OF intemperance have not been
reached and never will be until there Is a
enforcement of whiskey and beer at public
bars. .Whiskey Is a ~drunkard's drink, while
beer Is an invigorating. notwithstanding
tonic, containing only 3b per cent. Of alco-
hol-a pure barley, malt and hop liquid
food that should not be regulated by high
produce a drunkard. 1t may be misused
by the %glutton. but It will not produce
commit ally of the acts complained of by
society. Beer as a beverage is natures
drink, and Is so being classed by all
thoughtful men and women. 1t has been
caught in bad company by being sold over
the same bhr with whiskey, the fluid that
fires the brain. that creates an alcoholic
stomach and sends Its victims by millions
'whiskey Is tolerated Is the revenue derived
from Ii. The crusnde against the drink
habit, II conducted along rational lines,
done by. eliminating the alcoholic drinks
and pushing the Introduction and sale of
the n~on-intoxicant lager beer. This done
and society will have no fault 70 find
will be entirely void when liquor drinking
is pushed aside. as then the vile fusil oils
in alcoholic beverages will not be allowed
to ruin the body and soul"
William Marion Reedy,. editor of the
Mirror. in a recent issue of that paper de-
clares that good beer is the greatest in
fiuence in behalf of temperance In this
country. He writes as follows:
With the growth of the beer industry
and the steady Improvement of its product
6ons5 gore on q 2 s sfeaq ae,.1 Tai1 iaIds OIL when II the Se
frequently, in early days, lured men into
sottishness and Influenced them to crimes,
particularly crimes of violence. Where
beer is sold there is order presiding over
good nature.
For beer is but mildly stimulating; In
deed, Its stimulation is nothing much
oAlOilktI lilIu Il DC4 Ne0ANG oCllo VI u
freshening vigor. Properly made. beer Il
a food quite as much as 1t is a drink. II
reinforces bodily tissues Instead of disln-
tegrating them, It soothes the nerves
rather than racks them. 1t facilitates the
functions of what are called mental facul-
ties instead of distorting and pervertine
and confusing them. All these assertions
need no proof stronger than the results OF
ordinary observation.
"Beer-drinking Germany leads In philos-
ophy and is unsurpassed In wit, In poetry,
in art, in research. Germany is so great
that almost the whole of Europe Is en-
deavoring to form a league against her. IT
fictile skill Germany is pre-eminent, fol
the trade mark made in Germany has
driven British manufacturers almost tc
that rage OF fear which Is hate. Germany
gives victorious commercial battle to al
civilized countries except the United States
in the arket of the world, and Tho
people Of the United States have become
within the last twenty-five years a beer
drinking population.
Lord Salisbury spoke, some years
since, of dying NATIONS Today Grea'
Britain herself complains of deterioratfoi
in the stamina of her people. Salisbury;
diving nations were particularly Iatfns-
, the French, Spanish, Italians-all of then
nonrbeer-drinking nations. Great Britain
drinks some beer. but her ruin Is traceahll
to gin and spirits. France. on the sothe
hand, is 'bucking up CONFIDENTLY with tn
! F~renchman's turning away from a6sinthe
the fairy with the green eyes, and taking
to his beer. The argument from contem
porary history is in favor of beer as I
coutributary agent towards the making o
the men who are to command and contfo
the future"