The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-30

| however, like so many learn lessons
by passing through the fire of affllc-
tion. While indulging in his new
) practice Of moderate drinking, he is
apt TO invest hard earned savings In
the other mans game. told so allur-
ingly over the tops of good cheer cups.
| All the world looks so roSeate as he
sits in his club drinking high balls and
! listening TO the "GetTich-quick' prop.
| ositlon. Under this influence he in.
vests. Months pass and he is FORUM
ate indeed IL he can come TO his real
senses and realize the truth which
may spare him from financial and
moral ruin. il he grasps 1t in time.
This truth Is expressed b. DR.. Sims
Woodhead OF Cambridge university:
"a man under the influence of even
small quantities of alcohol has no
right to believe his senses. He can
not trust them TO give him correct
! facts, and he can not rely upon his
! judgment for the Interpretation of
those facts"
Business men are finding out that
II does not pay TO drink intoxicants.
No longer I'm many business circles is
IL considered proper to offer a man
I OIL lhloAl'dNlhH hllllhs AlAtl lut Wv
IL War nearly every officer drank In
GERS of the United States army are
total abstainers, and drunkenness
costs an officer his commission
Twenty-three years ago twenty
! prominent men sat Il banquet given
in honor OF a noted physician. All
drank the delicious wine except one
mantle host One of the guests
remarked to the famous physician,
Isn't it pathetic to sec our host drink
water?" Yes" was the cynical an
swer. nineteen fools and one wise
man" Eighteen years later the sur
viyors OF this banquet. twelve In num-
Der. met at another dinner This time
ten out Of the twelve drank mineral
water For reasons of health or bus
mess. they had become convinced that
1t did not pay TO drink intoxlcants.
This sentiment Is growing rapidly
among business and professional men
| Proprietors now insist on their en-
ployes being sober They will not
have drinking employees, If they can
! help H. This standard. they learn
from experience or observation. should
be followed by themselves. Now for
a professional man to be found In
toXicated might cost him his best
practice, In many localities. No long
er do surgeons drink lntoXlcants to
, steady their nerves for an operation.
On the contrary, a strong asset of
surgeon Is his reputation for being a
total abStainer. A man who intrusts
his important business TO legal
mind wants mind that does not con
sumo alcohol as a fuel The human
mind and body is a machine and the
human machine can not be success.
fully run on alcohol fuel Alcohol viii
burn out the human machine. and 1t
VIII not bring Its best efficiency and
highest productivity. This enlighten-
ed. progressive age is race OF the
strong. not of the enervated and weak
Purchasers of labor. whether the la
borer be ditch digger or a United
States senator, want the best results
from that laborer, and II is common
knowledge that when the laborer Is
fed on alcohol he falls far behind the
one that is not This applies TO all
branches Of trade. whether Of produc-
tion or of distribution, Steadily men
have been forced to the conclusion that
they cannot afford TO drink
The same rule thar applies to indi
yidualS applies 10 community. For
tunate indeed Is the clean community
Of high standards where the men have
clear compilations. clear ewes. clear
minds, and clear reasoning faculties;
where they have steady steps as they
look up at tho Skles-where they are
men indeed! With such commun-
ity of strong, real mon. woe TO graft
Who would not rather live I'm such a
community than in the great ccnters
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