The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-03

been It's raVageS upon human Cnar-
acter and intellect, in the cities in
particular, that in many municipal
elections, the element of alcoholic de-
generates held the balance of power
and that in time this element would
hold an absolute majority of the en-
tire electorate
Liberty and f-goyernment would
become impossible, he said, and our
would sink ingloriously
into the dust before the savage on
rush of the yellow races from across
the Pacific
The people of Pennsylvania are
placed under a peculiar handicap in
fighting the evil in that they are
denied local option, he declared. you
are slaves in Pennsylvania; every
body knows it,
IncontroVertibIe Facts.
THE statements which l shall
make" said Captpin Hobson ARE
based entirely upon the information
resulting from a rigid and scientific
They are demonstrated
facts, to be accepted and no longer
the subject for discussion.
at was not until the time of the
Boer War, when the English Govern
ment recruiting officers discovered
the appalling fact that comparative
ly small per centage of those enlisted
tp rnpr1irnn
physical standards, that a scientific
study of the drink question was be-
gun. At this time it was found that
the marked degeneration in the ply
of the Crimean war and of those ex-
amined at the time of the Boer War
was due to alsoholic poison. Immedi-
ately the British Government placard-
ed all that cities of the nation, call
ing upon the people to bend theil
energies toward the wiping out of
the curse.
"The same sort of investigation was
shortly begun by the nations of con-
tinental Europe, and the same APP
palling conditions were discovered .
These Investigations, which are still
going on, have established beyond
a doubt that alcohol, taken in ANY
form or small amounts, is injurious
end dogcnerating.
"If you take one glass of bear it
reduces your efficiency per cent; If
va, toI,o +broo yloecac oF I,oaY, d,,rin ~
the course of one day it reduces it
from 25 to 80 per cent. Alcohol is a
toxin and a narcotic, and it has been
demonstrated absolutely that it has
40 medicinal properties
Captain Hobson then explained in
a novel manner the way in which al
cOhol operated in the system. "The
white oorpuscles of the blood are the
army of defense which fight against
the germs. Sometimes the contest is
single handed, the one corpuscle
graphing unaided with the germ.
Sometimes the corpuscles surround
the germ and close in on it, while
at other times, when the germ is
strong or is accompanied by other
germs they form a phalanX and charge
down upon the germ.
The point is this The physical
constitution is dependent absolutely
on these white corpuscles to protect
it. from disease, and when a man
takes a good drink these corpuscles
get drunk. So when a disease germ
comes along the corpuscle may at
tempt to conquer it, but the result
will lie failure After the corpuscle
has been intoxicated continually its
tissues will DEGENERATE and the hui
man constitution, which it was in
tended by nature to defend, will be-
come defenseless. When The system is
assaied by germs the powers of de-
Tense will already have been utilized
and death will often result Out
of every $4,000 people in this country,
ITO die annually. Out of the same
number, only $40 total abstainers die,
while 1910 of those employed in sa-
looms or breweries die annually out
of the same number.
1000 Deaths a Day.
Alcoholic poisoning is killing of
Americans at the rate Of 1000 a day
In all the wars that have ever been
fought, it is figured by the War Col
lege at Washington there nave been q
100000 men wounded and 100000 men
slain, Yet people talk about the des-
Effectiveness and horror of war If al
the wars that have ever been fought
were started simultaneously today
and fought out to their bloody con-
clusion, when the nation and Cont
nents would be soaking and reeking il
the hlnnd of their dnah and manplnd