The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-26
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EFFECTS OF STRONG DRINK
cites Body and peeeives People
Who Drink u.


Who Drink u.
I. Every workingman Ia bound to
consider what is best as food for him
self and his family. II he fails to do
this, he may spend his wages upon ar
ticles Of little use In building up
strong. healthy bodies. and 80 prac-
tically waste his hard earned money.
says Temperance. A great many
workingmen only earn a bare living.
wage: while many more only get suf-
ficient to live decently with no room
for extra expenses Of any kind; and
only a small number obtain money al
lowing of enjoyment of Injuries. So
the strictest economy is necessary In
spending wages.
Q. Now the average amount spent
upon Intoxicating liquors by each man.
woman and child IN the United Statss
IL something over t23 per year. OF
course. this sum includes what drunk
ards spend. as well as what Ia paid by
sober folks. Perhaps the amount spent
In this way By a good many would b
less than nifty cents per week. sun
1t is very important that what n
bought should be really helpful. n
the workingman is wasting his wages
on alcoholic drinks. when 1t ought to
DO spent on food, or clothing. or otheF
useful objects, then both the man and
his family are not getting the full ad-
vantage from his earnings. and health
and comfort will suffer.
8. When q gallon Of beer Is split uN
into its several parts, So parts are
found to be water. z parts alcohol and
parts solid matter. The nutrimene
depends upon the solids. but only six
tenths Of these are food. the rest 10
waste. To get half a pint of nourishs
ment a man must drink 104 gallons Oh
beer. This is like eating sack OF
char to get a grain of wheat. The
famous Doctor Liebig said II you drop
the point of a knife into -four. the
quantity you obtain represents as
much nourishment as you get in q
quart Of ale. In wines the proportions
are: Water rs, alcohol Is, solids 4.
Spirits are simply alcohol (50), and
water (50). This, then. Is what SCI
ence tells us. II is evidence that every
chemist Is bound to give. and It shows
that intoxicating drinks can do moth
ing to make flesh or bone, muscle or
nerve. for they do not contain the
necessary food. They are useless
therefore. to the wage-earners.
4. intoxicating drinks are really
made for the sake of the alcohol they
contain. This dangerous drug has a
powerful effect upon the body. It
stimulates and excites II, and so de-
ceives people that they fancy they aro
better for its use. when It Is actually
destroying them. No man In health
needs stimulation. A stimulant is like
a whip to horse. Alcohol may be q
good medicine In the hands of a doc
tor, but 1t is not food. and 1t is a dan
gerous article IN common use, often
leading to disease. intemperance and
other evils. No working-man can at
ford to tamper with alcoholic drinks.
8. 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 exhausting la
Dor OF foundries and FORCES. and in tho
hard training Of athletes. abstinence
from Intoxicating drinks is always
found the best. 1t Is the natural re-
suit. These drinks cannot strengthen.
No matter how a man feels under
their influence. he u surely losing
and not gaining energy. What folly
Il IL then for our American people to
spend s2.1O6.476.S50 yearly on alcohol
ic drinks.
8. They are largely drunk for pleas
ure, but even II such pleasure were
right. the amount spent Is very excess
sive, and Is the cause OF much drunk
enness and wrong. Even the makers
and sellers of these drinks admit that
many millions are wasted on htemper-
ate drinking. As a matter OF fact. tho
money spent per week by the average
workingman Is almost, II not quite, q
| useless expenditure. and take from his
earnings what II wanted for other
purposes-to properly feed and clothe
the family. to give 1t the comforts Of
home. or to provide against the time
Of sickness and old age. Il does not
| then pay the workinGuan to use in
toxicating drinks. Such practice 10
an economic waste. and tells against
his efficiency as a worker. and against
the well-being Of his family.