The Falls City tribune., 1910-11-11
ALCOHOL is CAUSE OF EVIL
Most Prominent Figure In Crime, Pau
perlsm and lnsanlty-Prob-
lem 10 Hyeienio.

The following interesting study of
the temperance problem In Its close
relation to hygiene, as seen from Il
medical point of view, has recently
been added to the vast array of EVIL.
dence which science Is accommodating
against alcohol by DR.. +. ID. Crothers,
superintendent of the Walnut Lodge
Hospital. Hartford. Conn, and n of
the foremost medical experts of the
United States:
The so.called temperance move,
ment of today Is really an evolution.
airy struggle upward from the ignor'
ance and decisions of the past. and a
call for a larger knowledge of the
great laws and forces that govern the
progress of the race, The study OF In.
ebriety is scientific, and should be con.
fined to the facts and the laws which
govern the growth and development of
this great evil. Every advance of sci.
entilc knowledge makes II clear, from
a larger study of the causes, that
many of the diseases which afflict the
race are preventable. This Is con.
firmed In the diminishing mortality In
diseases of the present day. An ex.
act study of crime, pauperism, insan.
ity and a great variety of evils of this
class show that alcohol Is the most
prominent exciting and contributing
cause
This fact Is also more and more
evident in disease. accidents and
losses. and 1t is the consciousness of
this, felt in almost every home In the
land. that gives to the temperance
movement a power above all senti-
ment or theory. Statistics show be-.
You'd question that over half a million
persons are sick and dying yearly In
this country, and that alcohol Is most
Intimately related al a prominent
cause. Also, in many cases, the use
of alcohol is a symptom of conditions
which existed before, and in al cases
II contributes to make fatal and hurry
on the degenerations that are present.
lnebriety Is an insanity. s%pringtng
from states of exhaustion, poisoning
defective living, and alcohol Is a mar.
cotic, covering up these conditions and
intensifying them. The inebriate Is
literally insane, because his conduct Is
suicidal TO his own interests and an
taYonizes every impulse of life and
healthy living.
Scientific study and experience
show that the inebriate Is durable, not
by emotional appeals OF secret drugs.
bat hy tho IF ancpratn maauo and
measures. applied along the lines OF
exact laws Of cause and effect. The
suppression of the saloon and educa-
tional measures are all helpful, but
removing the cause farther back.
training parents and children to live
on higher planes of hygienic life in
both conduct and thought, will prevent
and stamp out this great menace to
civilization.
The. army of inebriates, with all
the associated d~egenerations seen In
crime and pauperism. are as truly
grown and cultivated in our midst as
weeds in the garden. Given certain
conditions and surroundings, and all
these degenerations will follow from
lD6IH, WIFI tne 6dIle certainty that
typhoid fever germs, scattered
through drinking water, result in an
E.. epidemic of that disease. 1t is the
stress and strain of life, and ignorant
conduct that brings on fatigue and
weakness, and resort to alcohol to
/ cover 1t up. How to live right, how
to take care of the body and the mind.
L A.. ITCH. III II -
ture, that will bring a race of total
abstainers, to whom alcohol can never
have n fascination. Break up the
great delusion of today that alcohol
Is a stimulant and a tonic, and a new
age will come in. The saloon Is doom
ed to disappear, and alcohol is going
to be one of the great fuel and light
producing forces of the world. Al
= ready It's power has been demonstrat.
ed, and II only awaits the inventor to
devise means for Harvesting 1t into
the great productive forces of the
world.
The temperance problem is a by
ebriate is durable by means and meas
ures along lines of exact science
These facts are becoming more and
more prominent. and with them the
absolute certainty that inebriety will
be stamped out and many of the CON
ditions of which crime and pauperism
are only results will be removed. Both
local option and prohibition are ter.
minals that are absolutely certain to
be reached In the near future. What
we want today is a study of the causes
and conditions which make inebriates
In every community. Knowing these.
we car apply means for their removal
This must be done by physicians and
scientists, and it is the great unknown
fold Of nrnrnntfrn nnnaininn L.. l.