The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
EFFECTS OF STRONG DRINK
Alcohol Consumed Stimulates and Ex.
cites Body and Deceives People
Who Drink II.

l. Every workingman is bound to
consider what is best as food for him.
self and his family. II he falls to do
this, he may spend his wages upon ar
ticles of little use In building up
strong, healthy bodies, and so prac-
ucally waste his hardearned money
says Temperance. A great many
workingmen only earn a bare living
wage; while many more only get suf-
ilcient to live decently with no room
for extra expenses of any kind and
only small number obtain money al
lowing Of enjoyment of luxuries. So
the strictest economy Is necessary In
spending wages.
2 Now the average amount spent
upon intoxicating liquors by each man.
woman and child In the United States
Is something over S23 per year. OF
course. this sum includes what drunk
ards spend. as well as what is paid by
sober folks. Perhaps the amount spent
In this way by good many would be
less than fifty cents per week still
II is very important that what Is
bought should be really helpful II
the workingman f. wasting his wages
on alcoholic drinks, when II ought to
be spent on food. or clothing or other
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.
g. When a gallon Of beer is split up
into its several parts, Sc parts are
found to be water, parts alcohol and
Z parts solid matter. The nutrlment
depends upon the solids. but only six
tenths Of these are food the rest is
waste. To get half a pint OF nourish
ment a man must drink lOi gallons Of
beer. This is like eating a sack Of
chan 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 a
quart Of ale In wines the proportions
are: Water rs, alcohol rs. solids 4
Spirits are simply alcohol CjO). and
water (5Ol This. then. is what sci
ence tells u.s. 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
L. Intoxicating drinks are really
made for the sake Of the alcoho! they
contain This dangerous drug has
powerful effect upon the body II
stimulates and eNciIes II, and so de.
ceiyes people that they fancy they are
better for its use, when II is actually
destroying them No man in health
eeds stimulation. A stimulant is like
a whip to horse Alcohol may be
good medicine in the hands OF doc.
tor but II is not food and It Is a dan.
gerous article in common use, often
leading to disease, intemperance and
other evils No workingman 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 tie railroad. In
forced marches and long campaigns
amongst soldiers. in the cxhausting Ia
Dor of toundrics and iorges. and In the
hard training of athletes, abstinence
from intoxicating drinks is always
found the best. II is the natural re.
suit. These drinks cannot streng hen
No matter how man feels under
their influence. he is surely losing
and not gaining energy What folly
II Is then for our American people to
spend 81, lO6,476,SjO yearly on alcohol.
ic drinks
6. They are larg ly drunk for pleas.
ure. but even II such pleasure were
right, the amount spent Is very eXces.
siye, 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 intemrer-
ate drinking. As a matter Of fact, the
money spent rer week by the average
workingman is almost. If not quite. a
useless expenditure, and take from his
earnings what is wanted for other
purroses-to properly feed aud clothe
the family. to give II the comforts Of
home. or to provide against the time
of sickness and old age Il does not
then pay the workingman to use in.
toyicating drinks. Such practice ia
an economic waste, and tells against
his efficiency as a worker, and against
the wellbeing of his family.