The Arvada enterprise., 1910-09-30
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EVIL Of MODERATE DRINKING
e's "% useful in Arts and Sciences,
o0 Very Injurious to Hu-
man System.

4-Tf, iSe COMPANIES are doing
soou "orK in spreading information
calcui''ed to promote the health OF
tne p"pIe. Pamphlets and letters
contaih valuable information. These
shou'u De read and considered. They
arefnN Ihe vapOrings of sentimental.
is's' 0ut experience of people who
Ihahe ejaculation based upon reliable
statis'ics. 1t is the opinion of-insur.
ance authorities that use of alcohol,
even moderately, is injurious Alec,
mol is poison, and effects are those
OF poison. Chemically it is a combi,
afastiteH-ef-two parts Of carbon, SIX of
hydrogen and one of oxygen.
one Ieatiet says: alcohol is useful
IN science and in the arts. 1t is a
good luel and can be burned In Ger.
tain Kind of stove without formation
OF clhKers and without injury to the
stove. If the stove had brain, ner,
yous 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
heavy toll for this service.
Ihe 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" (?) 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 tol
erated in some circles. His wit Is o
alcoholic flavor, his eloquence is with
out intelligence. Otter he Smells" o
what he has sinelled. His converse
ton has the flavor of stale alcoho
weakened by carbon clinkers, and h
has become a useless member of soc
ety-tolerated because he must be to
Grated
A Distressing part Of it is that II
moderate" drinker imagines himse
entertaining and delightful compan
and will not recognize his standing
Some large companies have colleC
ed statistics to determine effects
al4obd .ue.~their, business. They sci
Ebnr his to policy holders and sta
ments which should be arguments t
temperance to those not willing
die to win.
Because of loss to them they a
ehemies to the traffic, and enmity
placed on business principles. No a
peals are made to sentiment. Fact
speak so strongly that they should /
considered.
one Company declares alcohol a
enemy, and that it is the duty of I'll
companies to combat it. Says a
other. "Alcohol, by reason of its pc
soEous effects, is an enemy Of life II
surance companies. Directly and /
dITectly, 1t is responsible for no sma
portion of the mortality rate"
The effect upon the mortality rate
stated; tThe companies, guided /
business experience, medical opinio
and lay common sense, have alway
discriminated against the steady ii
pier, and periodical free drinker. Pu
, ished statements relating to morta
iy among immoderates are meage
but the effect OF alcohol has, in
broad way, been measured by the e
perience of the United Kingdom Ter
perance and General Provident inst
ntion. covering a period from 1866
1905 This company aimed to tar
none but total abstainers and tempe
ate drinkers.
ON analyzing the experience it WI
found that for every 100 deaths amor
total abstainers there were 131 deatl
among the temperate drinkers, shoN
Ing difference Of 81 per cent. in (
Yor OF total abstainers.
For period Of 81 years prior
1861 the mortality was 83 per cen
greater among moderate drinker
The Scepter of Life finds that for e
cry 100 deaths among total abstainer
there were 146 among the moderet
thinkers. These facts speak s
strongly that they force attention.
The man who weakens vitality b
moderate drinking dies from som
other cause-at least so the certificat
states. A man who is burnt out
contracts some disease and dies. Th
certihcate shows consideration for hi
family and states only part of tn
truth. The death certificate shoul
read; This man weakened his vita
ity and easily became a prey to tn
disease which directly caused dealt
Alcohol was one cause of death"