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The WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERY DAY.
Some Facts About Denmark and the
Liquor Curse.

Some Facts About Denmark and the
Liquor Curse.
In a recent issue of the American
Brewers Review, Chicago, there ap-
| peared a detailed STORY" attempting
to prove that Denmark had settled"
the liquor question by the use of beer
and light liquors, and claiming that
the people of that northern empire
kingdom required stimulants because
of the severe climate.
In reply to an inquiry made by the
Associated Prohibition Press, Miss
Astrid Blume, president Of the Danish
W. C. T. u, forwards a most inter-
esting comment upon the claims made
in this leading brewers journal. Here
are some Of the claims made by the
brewers article, and the facts as CIV
en- by the W. C. T. U. president, Miss
Blume:
The Brewers Review says: "a dis
tinguished scholar of Copenhagen
said to me, The people of this climate
can partake freely of stimulants, and,
in fact, we must S them"
Miss Blume writes: 1T is a fact
that the leaders of expeditions in
search of the North Pole, such as Fri
thiof hansen IA Norwegian, and 9th
ers, absolutely forbid stimulants dur
ing their journey. They cannot bear
the cold if they take a drop of spirits.
I think that is a proof against the
distinguished scholar"
The Brewers Review asserts;
"Denmark would never submit to any
such superficial experiments upon SC
serious a problem as prohibition"
President Blume says: "All tenn
perance people in Denmark work for
/; prohibition, and thousands of others
have been won for the idea of local
option, so we hope ere long to get law
in that direction"
The distinguished scholar" in the
Brewers Review writes: I'm all the
Government departments and public
works Of the Government, such as
ship yards and railway (State) shops,
the Government forbids the sale of
spirits, but provides the men with
light beer; hence we find that Den
mark has gone further in favoring
beer than any other nation.
The fact as stated by Miss Blume
Is: II am sorry to say that the dis
tinguished scholar Is not quite right
on this point. In most of the railway
(State) shops you can get all sorts Of
spirits, and it is no rare sight to see
drinking people there. How it is in
the shipyards I don't know. On the
public places the Government does
not forbid the sale of spirits, only
tries to make it easier to get the
mild BEERS"
Perhaps he thought he could i'm
pose upon the readers living some
5000 miles away. The Brewers Re-
view correspondent then proceeds to
make the astonishing statement:
II have yet to- see a man drunk
upon the street or in a public place in
Denmark"
To which Miss Blume replies:
Drunken people upon the streets
and in the public places are a very
common sight in Denmark. am
glad to say that you would seldom
meet a drunken woman out of doors,
still, 1t may happen. But drunken
meni Ihave seen them In Copepha-
gen, in the little town where / live
myself, in the villages, in the railway
stations, in the train, everywhere. I
don't know If it Is worse in America,
but God knows we have-oh, what a
quantity of drunken people both in
doors and out Of doors in Denmark"
In other words, the liquor trade
editor Is caught once more at his old
game, deliberate Misrepresentation,
to bolster up his fast failing cause.
The testimony f 1.-The president Of the
National W. G. T. u, of Denmark,
who is herself a resident of Copenha-
gen, pointedly exposes. the dishonesty
Of the Brewers Review correspond
ent. .-N .
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