Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-08-28

porated into the most hard.headed,
cold.blooded. matter-of.fact diet on
earth. the German army ration. No
other food Of its bulk can take its
place. It Is the belief OF careful oh.
servers Of men. particularly in the
tropics. that the larger the amount Of
sugar. and sugar.consuming foods
they are supplied with. the less alco.
hol ana other stimulants they will
crave.
The United States government now
buys the best and purest Of candy by
the ton. and ships It to the Philip.
pines TO- be supplied to the canteens
and messes. finding that ita use dimip.
ishes the craving for native brandy.
II has long been matter Of comment
from thoughtful observers that the
amount Of drunkenness Of . race or
class Is In inverse ratio to the amount
Of sugar It consumes.
There IL this fundamental difference
between the craving for sugar and
that for "sours." acids. vinegar. pickles,
ETC., alcohol, and for other keen fiav.
ors and highly.attractive luxuries.
that 1t Is real food Of very high
food value and very promptly and
readily absorbable. which none Of the
others are. except In small degree. Al
we have seen, this violent craving for
sugar. leading to excess. largely dis.
appears in children when their healthy
demand for It is supplied by q proper
admixture with their foods; while no
child yet has ever inherited or been
born with taste for alcohol. pickles,
tea, coffee or tobacco.
49,
It may not be generally known that
the State Of Pennsylvania has estab-
lished mounted police force of 220
men and eight oflcers. who are sta.
toned In the least orderly parts.of the
State. II Is their duty to preserve or.
der In these turbulent rural districts.
where hot.tempered foreigners are In.
clined to override the law; and In
cases Of emergency this force is also
available In assisting the authorities
In cities. In 1908 this force made
5,O2S arrests and secured 3,S69 convic-
tions for crimes ranging from murder
to trespass. The police captured tif.
teen murderers. who were convicted.
and two kidnapers who shared the
same fate. The assistance of the force
was asked in quelling several riots. In.
cluding the prolonged difficulties which
arose out Of the street car strike at
Chester.
The following quotation from the
annual report of the secretary of the
game commissioners for 1908 gives an
example of the usefulness Of this con.
stabulary:
"The greatest assistance had in en-.
forcing the law has come from the
State constabulary. Every request
from this Office for help has been
promptly hOnOred. In my report OF
last year cited the fact that during
the year 1906 there were fourteen Of
our men shot at, seven shot and four
killed by foreigners. with not one Of
the perpetrators punished. ! do not
know at this time of the wounding Of
one of our officers during the past
year. This changed condition, In my
opinion, is due to the creation of our
State constabulary and to the unhesi.
tating. determined and persistent pur.
suits OF wrongdoers Of all classes by
members Of that force"
This Is invaluable service in the
cause Of maintaining peace In COM
munity where there are alien races
with a tendency toward lawlessness.
In fact, the Pennsylvania State police,
like the Canadian Northwest mounted
police. has by Its work justified its ex.
istence. Perhaps other parts of the
country will add well.trained mount.
ed c0nstabulary forces to their exist.
Ing law'enforcing power, In view Of
such a good showing.