The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-02

pouring 1t down an unworthy throat.
1t is well known that the steady
drinker is exposed TO more frequent
sickness and accident, and his of.
spring liable 10 be idiotic, feeble
example of their elders-and as a
result either sUccumb early TO dis.
ease-wlth direct loss of industrial
possibilities TO tho state; or become
feeble and destitute and fade slowly
away in a prison or inflrmary. either
forced abstainerS, too poor to obtain
liquor. or TOO apathetic TO crave any
excitement
Licentiousne5s.
Licentlousness, with all its attend
ant evils, with sexual peryersion and
vene-cal Infection. is a subject we do
not discuss in mixed companies, yet
who is more able than the physician
10 point the moral TO the youth in his
clientele? We know that there is no
scientific doubt that confluence is
strictly compatible with the best of
physical condition, we scorn the
Quack with his blatant suggestive 1T
erature. so allurihg to the youth espe-
cially and yet who Of us has not
heard Of the unspeakable doctor who
advises boys that indulgence Is nee.
essary 10 health and growth. and that
a trip down the line is a magnificent
remedy for cold In the head?
Army OF Unemployed.
Shlftlessness and rowing are fatal
qualities In our rigorous climate. and
IL IS in Ogden and Salt Lake City that
we see so clearly their results, How
many, many times are We called in
to see rheumaticS, tuberculosis. ne
phritis. en- route TO that Mecca OF the
sick westward. over the next range:
helpless sick, busted? Or the sturdy
rouge, II you please, unyacci-
mated, ruptured, hemmerhoided. or OBJ
structed. stumbling Into our doorways
and demanding-yes, demandlng-to
be put on his worthless less again?
This condition OF homelessness goes
right through the great mass of men
known as the army of the unemployed
and for practical purposes. in times
of epidemlcs or great industrial de-
preston, applies to those who even
may have a fixed legal residence.
These have to be classified. from
considerations Of justice and wise
charity. We have
Classified Unfortunates,
(a) Those temporarily out OF work
but with some resources and able to
labor: this covers periodical laborers
as masons. brickIayers, painters. team
sterS, farm hands and so on: and
their resources may. be some property,
savings deposits, local credit, trade
union funds. or lodge sick benefits
(b) Persons without resources.
These make up the reserve army OF
labor which Is frequently so super
nuous, In times OF glUtting of the
labor market they fall at once into the
pauper clnsS-and have TO be taken
care Of.
(c) Tho next lower level shows the
partially futlle-men willing and able
To do something, but below the aver
age in ability. say from feebleness.
chronic disease. inferior mental ca
pacity or training. or perhaps q combI-
nation of these causes.
(d) Then we have the wholly fu-
tile-generally beggars. They are un-
employable; not able to keep up In
their hating ways with average work.
mon or modern machinery
TEL Finally the vicious wanderers,
semi-crImInal yagabonds. and actual
crjmiuals-nlweys rendy, well or sick,
10 prey upon the public
Prisoners Add Burden.
External conditions have also TO do
With the present gravity OF the sltuu.
ton. our prisons are filling up; and
new once bullding: we no longer have
hanging and whipping The trade.
unions Will not consent TO allow these
prisoners TO compete with their mem