The Detroit times., 1911-05-15
BEsET COUNTRY
tCoatiaaed from page L.

nghting OF bulls and men Is worse
than fighting in which there are bru-
tai men on both sides. II Is small
comfort that we are not worse than
The French In Sabbath breaking and
impurity, but In both France is i'm
proving slightly, and in both We are
growing worse rapidly. In the con
sumption of liquors We drink only
half as much per capita as Germany
and Britain In beers, and as II to
Bhow that beer Is not substitute
for whisky, those countries consume
twice as much as We do or hard
liquors also. But Canada consumes
Dnly onefourth as much per capita
as we do, and all our temperance ef-
forts have not yet reduced the per
capita consumption of liquors, which
falls only In hard times, in unfeeling
disregard of Henry Georges theory
z that poverty is the chief cause OF
drink. On the contrary, We reduce
our liquor consumption 10 gallons a
year per family In hard times.
"Our doctors and professors fall
behind Germany In laboratory expert
mentation on alcohol. The Germans
show that printer will average
tenth more work when he drinks
nothing for a day than when he
drinks single ounce, which Is not
moderate drinking but microscopic
drinking. We fall behind France In
putting these new discoveries as TO
alcoholism and physical degeneracy'
before the people in municipal post
crs, that proclaim In the name OF the
- sfar NtaE Of
mayor and health officer, that alco-
holism IL chronic poisoning that
comes from the daily consumption
OF wine, beer or spirits, even to the
extent that would not produce drunk
enness.
The supreme reform Is TO enlist
the churches in reform, in which the
Presbyterian Church of the United
States has done pioneer work, by es-
tablishing a permanent temperance
committee and labor department. The
Methodist church of Canada follow
ID with a department OF temperance
/ and moral reform and the Presby-
tartan church of Canada came next
with a department OF social and
moral reform.
ITO get rid OF our national perils.
we must find and remove or reduce
their cause. Our philanthropic work
B deals far too much with consequences
and far too little with causes. In place
4 OF aims for poverty, let us demand the
nreventive charity or just wages and
|oral reform"
causes of evil, he said, were the
war. which segregated men from
homes: the invasion of lager
under the claim that It was q
nperance drink: unrestricted and
@nIImited immigration; commerclai
<om and IAN unexampled luxury
which multiplies libertine dudes al
worny windfalls under great family
frees.v
Mr.. Crafts addressed meeting Of
women in the Central Methodist
church on "An international argument
against alcohol and the saloon" Mon
day afternoon. In this address he ad
vocated the framing of an ordinance
for Detroit for the censoring OF NOV
ing pictures by a member OF the board
Of education or an officer OF the So
ciety for the Prevention OF Cruelty TO
= Children.
The Pastors union, prior to the ad'
dress of Mr.. Crafts. adopted resolu'
ton. presented BY the Rev. f. II
Pence, for the appointment of com
nittee to go to Toledo to interview
~Billy' Sunday, evangelist. In regard
to his coming to Detroit. Mr.. Pence
said Detroit needed something tc
arouse II sor its self-conscious ma
teriality, having apparently forgotten
that II had an immortal soul.
The following were appointed to the
committee: The Revs. NJ. p. Fixes
e. II. Pence, G. b. Allen. ]. p. Huget
A. Homrighaus, Charles ID. Williams
@. ]. Tannar, J. NJ. Nyce and DR.. A. .
studer. of the Y M. G. A.
Mr.. Fixes said that he had talked
with Mr.. Sunday about coming to DE
troft. and that he said he would come
IN october, 1912. for six weeks, pro
yided the big, downtown churches
closed every Sunday during his pro
posed campaign Of six weeks.
The following were named heads o
the committees of the union: Civics
I the Rev. Myron T. Adams; Sabbath
observance, the Rev. c. w. Baldwin
hnti-saloon. the Rev. G. w Rrugh
Spiritual. Rev. J. ID. Jeffries.
PROBE GIRLS DEATH.
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