Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-08
DRUNKENNESS IN THIS CITY.

Dltl y htNNEfo0 N THIS All1s
Mr.. Fred T.. smith. i'm bis Sunday adj
dress in the Clolon.al. said. among
other things
/ this town during the past four days
/ than I have seen IN any other place
/ during the past ten years"
That vas a terrible Indictment Of this
| community. II was a word Of warning
tnat ought to make everybody stop
and consider.
II that is true. what are the churches
doing? What power has the moral ele-
ment IN this City over the forces OF
evil?
II that is true, what kind Of popula-
ton win be attracted 10 this city? Is
a place threatened by the inundation
o. drunkenness to be peopled by God
| fearing men and women who desire.
above an. to rear their children IN right
eousuess, TO flock TO a city marked as a
| resort Of drunkards?
We fear Mr.. Smith did not exagger-
ate. Look az the number Of saloons
that stain the very center Of our bust
ness district. II a stranger were 20
Judge OF business conditions from ap-
! pcqrances. he would naturally conclude
that the drink traffic is on a larger
scale than any other in this City. He
would conclude that the grocery bust
| ness. clothing. real estate. book and all
I business Of a similar kind are OF sec
ondary importance b the liquor traffic
More drunkenness in this town dur
ing the past four days than in any 9TH
er place during the past ten years!
And vet there are legislators who
hesitate TO answer the prayer OF $4,000
! citizens for legislation that viii close
the saloons' In the name Of outraged
morality. what kind Of conscience have
you who refuse TO hear the cry OF the
many thousands. imploring you for do
| livorance from the fangs OF the mon
| ster? Are you morally dead? Or In
sane? or, what is the true reason for
your insensibility 20 a situation that
| strangers hnd APPALLING?
What are the effects ~ drunkenness
| For many years European scientists
have studied that question McClure's
Magazine has engaged competent SER
vices 20 place their conclusions before
| its readers The first article on tho
subject appears On the current num-
/ Der. And the general conclusion Is
! that alcohol is leading civilized human
ity down on tho path OF degeneracy.
The experiments 81 Dr. Emil Krae-
peln, professor Of the University Of
/ Munich have clearly established that
alcohol imuairs every human faculty.
that the higher and more complex the
/ human faculty. the more pronounced
is the effect OF alcohol upon &C. and
that the effects of alcohol are cimulat-
| Eve. that De-. Gee continuous uso even
in comparatively moderate quantities,
impairs the faculties at rapidly u-
crensing rate
Concerning the bad effects ~ aIco-
hol upon those engaged in muscular
work we read
"UnIIke au ordinary food alcohol.
/ when taken ln moderate quantity on
| 200 empty stomach has two distinct
/ effects ou cine muscular syatem-a
strengthening ono and "a weakening
One. During fhe nrFt brief stage after
10 Ie taken the strengthening enact
rrelnm'nafee The alcohol probably boz
ur utilized Hs % food bv the exhausted
body Hut mo- sooner is tho first stoge
over cham Che Weakening erect be-
| comes moro prominent the alcohol
probably acting IniurousIy upon the
nervous system
As for alcohol being help when
us.d with meals the conclusion is. TN,
widespread notion that moderate drink
lur with meals helps laboror do hi'
work. is false"
Regarding the effect OF moderat
drinking upon mental work Professo
| Knepeun and hIs assistant pr kurz
have made several experiments from
which the following conclusion o
drawn.
Moderate daily drinking reduce
s ] considerably the rnuIdliy with WIN.
p ] n1h.tual associations ~ Ideas ar
. / formed Ion tho mind The effect of t.
eohlI De- cumulative. aud increases rau
idIy as time goes ON, Tho notion th1
alcohol 'aumulatcH person 10 m.
mental work De- surely not corroharai
go by the facts.'
Pc An this has 60 DO with moderat
% drinking. which even some physician
lf justify These experiments tell ou
N. story -the moderate use of alcohol
O. never helpful or even harmless. 40