The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-04-14

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etruae. healthy bod1sss m % prae-
Cleally wasee bic hard earned moaey.
eays Tsaperaacs. a great many
worh1nemsa oily earn hare living
vaoe: whlle many moro caly ~ suf'
ncisut To live dscsptly With no room
IT, EXTRA sxpeases a any KIND; and
oaly . small numbsr obtain moaey a.
lowing q enjevnent Il iuxuriss. -
~ strictsst eeoaomy b necsssary -
spsading Wages.
:. Nov the average amount speae
upon intoxicating liquors ~ each man.
woman and child In the United States
= sonstAing over 90 - ysar. 81
course. thts sum lnclss1es what drunk.
ards spend. % well q what b paid By
sober folks. Perhaps the amount spent
b this way By . good many would BE-
isss thaa ATTY cents Per week. SIN.
n y vssy important that what -
bought should bs really helpful. II
- workingman 10 wasting bis wages
- alcoholic dsinks, when Il ought to
~ spent q Ibod. a. clothiag. o. other
useful objects. then both the man and
III family are not getting the full ad-
vantage from his earninss. and health
and comfort VIII suffer.
:. whsn sallna q bsss y split W
into IT. several parts. % parts are
found 70 - watsr. Z parts alcohol and
Z paSts solid matter. The nutriment
depends upon the solids, but only SIX
tepths Of thees are food. the rest y
waste. TO ct half Q pint Of nourish-
msnt man must drink 104 gallons Of
beer. This 10 like eating = sack Of
chaR to get Q grain Of wheat. Tho
fAmous Doctor Liebig said II you drop
the point Of . knife Into Aour. the
quantity you obtain represents -
mech nourishment - you get In .
quart Of ale. In wines the proportions
are: Water 70. alcohol 10. solids I.
Spirits are simply alcohol tS0). and
water (s0). This. then. 10 what eel.
sacs tells ~. Il 10 evidence that every
chemist II bound 70 give. and II shows
dat Intoxicating drinks can do moth
ing 10 make lesh or bone. muscle or
nerve. for they do not contain the
necessary food. They are useless.
therefore. to the waseearners.
Z. Intoxicating drinks are really
mads for the sake Of the alcohol they
coataia. This dangerous drug has .
powerful eject upon the body. Il
sttnulatss and excttes Il. and % D.
csivss people that they fancy they are
bstter for ~ uss. when Il IL actually
Destroying them. No man In health
needs stimslatioa. A stimulant 10 like
. whip TO horse. Alcohol may b .
good medicine IN the hands Of doc
tor. but Il 10 mot food. and Il 10 . dan.
gerous article IN common use, often
leading to disease. intsmperancs and
other evils. No working-man can A.
ford TO tampcr With alcoholic drinks.
s. Experience proves what science
teaches. When doctors have tested
alcohol on equal sets Of men engaged
IN hard work against time. amongst
sections hands on the railroad. In
forced marches and long campaigns
amongst soldiers. In the exhaustins Il.
Dor Of foundries and forges. and 10 the
hard training Of athletes. abstinence
from intoxicating drinks 10 always
found the best. II 10 the natural 70
suit These drinks cannot strengthen.
No matter how . man feels under
their influence. be y surely losing
and not gaining energy. What folly
Il b then for our American people to
spend e2.iOs.A76.s50 yearly on alcohol
&c drinks.
& They are largely drunk for pleas.
nfs. but sven II such pleasure wers
right. the amount spent 10 very exces.
sive. and 10 the cause OF much drunk.
enness and wrong. Even the makers
end sellers Of these drinks admit that
many millions are wasted on intsmpsr.
ate drinking. A matter Of fact, the
money spsnt per week BY the average
workingman 10 almost, n not quite. .
useless expenditure. and take from HE
earuings what ID wanted for other
purposss-to properly feed and cloths
tAs family. to give Il the comforts Of
home. or TO provide against the time
IT sickness and old are. Il does mot
then pay the workingman to use In.
toxicating drinks. Such . practice 10
IN economic waste. and tells against
his efficiency - worker, and against
~ vsll.bsing Of bis family.
Nvmssilsrs In Pelltlss.
Msa may b drinkers without ~