The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-29
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EVIL OF MODERATE DRINKING
Alcohol is Useful in Arts and Sciences
But Very Injurious to HUI
man system.

But Very Injurious to Hu-
man System.
Life insurance companies are doingi
good work in spreading information.
calculated to promote the health of
the people. Pamphlets and letters
contain valuable Information Theses
should be read and considered. They
are not the vaporings of sentimental.
lists, but experience of people who,
make calculation based upon reliablel
statistics 1t is the opinion OF insur-i
ance authorities that use of alcohol,
even moderately, is injurious. Alco-
hol is poison, and effects are those
of poison. Chemically ii is a combi-
nation of two parts of carbon. six OF
hydrogen and one of oxygen.
One leaflet says: alcohol is useful
in science and In the arts. It is a
good fuel and can be burned In a GER
tain kind of stove without formation
of clinkers and without injury to the
stove. If the stove had brain, ner-
vous system, kidneys and liver, the
results would be different.
Alcohol can be burned in the human
body. and will temporarily produce en-
ergy, and also clinkers, but it exacts
a heavy toll for this service.
THE man who thinks he can com
pete with the stove in burning alcohol
makes very great mistake. He Is
outclassed"
To great extent the moderate
topper" is Disseminated against The
topper" was always disgusting, but the
moderate drinker" CD was received.
He is not regarded as a man of good
capacities and reliable. Railroads con-
denim the moderate drinker. Insur-
ance companies deny him. Great
business concerns do not want him
In every field he is discounted. He is
incapable of good work, and people
know this too well to be imposed
upon.
Socially the moderate drinker Is toll
Grated in some circles. His wit is OF
alcoholic flavor, his eloquence is with
out intelligence. Otter he smells" OF
what he has smelled. His converse
ton has the flavor of stale alcohol,
weakened by carbon clinkers, and he
has become a useless member Of soci-
ety-tolerated because he must be toll
Grated.
A distressing part of 1t is that the
moderate" Grinker imagines himself
entertaining and delightful company,
and will not recognize his standing.
Some large companies have collect
ed statistics to determine effects OF
alcohol on their business. They send
bulletins to policy holders and state
ments which should be arguments for
temperance to those not willing to
die to win
Because of loss to them they are
enemies to the traffic, and enmity IL
placed on business principles No APP
peals are made to sentiment. Facts
speak so strongly that they should be
considered.
One company declares alcohol an
enemy, and that I. is the duty of the
companies to combat it Says an
other: alcohol. by reason of its pol
sorous effects, is an enemy OF life in
surance companies. Directly and in
directly, 1t is responsible for no small
portion of the mortality rate"
The effect upon the mortality rate Is
stated: 1.-The companies. guided by
| business experience, medical opinion
and lay common sense. have always
Disseminated against the steady tip
pier, and periodical free drinker. Pub.
lished statements relating to mortal.
ity among immoderates are meager.
but the effect OF alcohol has, in
broad way, been measured by the ex.
| perience of the United Kingdom Tenn
'perance and General Provident insti
tuition, covering period from 1866 TIC
1905. This company aimed to take
none but total abstainers and temper
ate drinkers.
On analyzing the experience 1t was
found that for every 100 deaths among
total abstainers there were 131 deaths
among the temperate drinkers. show
ing a difference Of 81 per cent in IA
vor OF total abstainers.
For a period of 81 years prior to
1861 the mortality was SO per cent
| greater among moderate drinkers
The Scepter of Life finds that for ev.
cry 100 deaths among total abstainers
there were LAG among the moderate
drinkers. These facts speak so
strongly that they force attention.
The man who weakens vitality by
moderate drinking dies from some
other cause-at least SO the certificate
states. A man who Is burnt out"
contracts some disease and dies The
certificate shows consideration for his
truth The death certificate should
read: "This man weakened his vital
ity and easily became a prey to the
disease which directly caused death.
Alcohol was one cause of death"
Gains of Anti-saIoon Crusade.
Ex-Governor Hanly of Indiana is a
man of broad views and wide expert
ence. He writes concerning the tenn
perance movement I'm Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. I'VE have closed enough
saloons in these three states to ex-
tend a solid line along street 50
miles long. We have sent home to
breweries enough saloon counters to
line street 100 miles long. We have
turned $50.000.000 annually from this
traffic into legitimate channels of trade
enough to give $4,000 families $1,000
year, enough to maintain 100000
people. This money has gone into
raiment and food, and into the build
ing of American homes, where wife
and children can assemble with nc
cloud in the domestic sky"
American Whisky Bill.
The American bill for whisky alone
at retail prices last year came to over