The Falls City tribune., 1910-04-22


mony is produced to show beyond
the possibility of doubt, that the use
of alcohol. even in moderate quaint
ties tends TO shorten life. In Eng
land statistics show that for every
100 deaths among total abstainers,
there are 131 deaths among the tenn
perate drinkers" In an investigation
covering sixty-ene years it was found
that the death rate among policy
holders from the ages Of thirty-five
10 th~irty-nine, the death rate was
eighty-three more in every hundred
than among total a%bstainers. The
unavoidable conclusion is that alco-
hol in any form, aud in any quantity
shortens life. The use Of alcohol
even as a medicine IN medical doses
is condemned. Here is what The
company has to say about alcohol
Alcohol is not a demon. it is a
drug. 1t is not a stimulent, but an
anesthetie. In so-ca1led moderate
doses it reduces muscular and men
tai efficiency. 1t suppresses the
higher brain functions and at the
same time let's loose the lower. II
Is most harmful Il those with weak
family histories. The effects of its
excessive use can be transmitted 10
children. The experience on large
groups of insured lives shows that
alcohol shortens life
To the lasting grief of the saloon
men and the surprise of everybody,
Lincoln went dry by "A big majority
of one in ten or almost 900 votes.
More votes were polled than at any
election in Lincoln's history. The
moral is easy, When the righteous
arise in their power they are in the
majority. God made the earth to
be better, not worse, and when the
better class of people plant them
selves %squarely upon any issue, it
is bound to win. Lincoln represent
ed IA strategic point in the great con
fliet with the saloon power. Every
bit of strategy known to the liquor
forces was brought to bear on Lin
coin. Al the big guns were trained
in that direction. But in spite of all
that. Lincoln went dry by a big mar
gin. It's n Knockout blow to the sa-
loon interests in Nebraska. County
option next. aud then ?
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The city pastors are doing yeo-
mems service in an effort to bring
about better conditions. Should their
members ever become equally arous-
ed existing abuses would quickly be
corrected. In an article headed,
''The City Pastors" the pastors of
Falls City publicly declare their at
titude TO this vexing and disturb
ing question. While exceptions will
probably be taken by some to their
positions, 1t nevertheless remains
that they have the drop on the law
less element and are determined to
make the most of their advantages.
And why not? For time out of mind
the saloon and its allied grafters has
profited at the expense of the home
the church, and humanity in general,
and a day of reckoning has come.
Simple justice SO long tardy is fast
redeeming herself. 1t may appear to
some that we are hitting the sa-
looms hard, but it is letting them
off easy when compared with the I'M
namable abuses for which they
stand publicly condemned.
Right is right and wrong is wrong.
There is no fellowship between the
two. In every question of right and
wrong n nan is either on one side
or the other. No man IA serve God
and the devil. The fact that a prac-
tiee is convenient or profitable does
not make it right. Whatever is
wrong is bad as a business practice
even though for a time it may be
highly profitable. Any business that
is dependent for It's success upon
anothers loss or damage is essential
ly bad. And any man or set of men
making n livelihood in this manner
are in a disreputable and base bust
ness, This is the status of the
saloon and the saloon men in society
today. We have no personal quar-
rel with them en- themselves. They
rel with them ourselves. They
tunes. But we stand ir|reconcilably
opposed to a system that enables one
man to profit Ivy the undoing of his
fellow.
When We requested the city clerk
to give us a certified eopy of the