The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-13
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EVIL OF MODERATE DRINKING
Alcohol is Useful in Arts and Sciences,
But Very Injurious to HUI
man System.

man System.
Life insurance companies are doing
good work in spreading information
calculated to promote the health of
the people. Pamphlets and letters
contain valuable information. These
should be read and considered They
are not the vaporings of sentimental
lists, but experience of people who
make calculation based upon reliable
statistics. 1t is the opinion of insur-
ance authorities that use of alcohol,
even moderately, is injurious. Alco-
hol is a poison, and effects are those
of poison. Chemically it 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 1t 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 a 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 a very great mistake. He is
outclassed"
To great extent the moderate
topper is Disseminated against The
topper" was always disgusting, but the
moderate drinker" 90 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 we'll 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-
cty-toerated because he must be toll
Grated.
A distressing part of it is that the
moderate" drinker 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 se.1
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 is
placed on business principles. No ap-
peafs are made to sentiment. Facts
speak so strongly that they should be
considered.
One company declares alcohol an
enemy, and that it is the duty of the
companies to combat it, Says an
other: alcohol, by reason of its poi
soIous effects, is an enemy of life in
surance companies. Directly and in
directly, it is responsible for no small
portion of the mortality rate"
The effect upon the mortality rate is
stated, 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 to
1905 This company aimed to take
none but total abstainers and temper
ate drinkers
On analyzing the experience it 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 61 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 146 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
family and states only part of the
truth. The death certificate should
read: This man weakened his vital
ity and easily became prey to the
disease which directly caused death.
Alcohol was one cause of death"