The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-09

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TT 1859.
than whom thers - NO highsr au-
shority, on eicohOi ~ q country,
saya: In appeafance the beer drink
er may be The pactufe Of health. but
In reality n y incapable or re-
sistfng diseass. A slight injury. So
we're cold or shOck - tho boay or
mind viii COMMONLY provoke acute
disease, ending fatally COMPARED
with inebrtAxes who use dinereni
forms OF alcohol ne Is more incur
able. and mora generally diseased.
The constant use OF beer every day
gives the system NO time Tor recuperA-
tion. but steadtly lowers he vital
forces"
The most dangerous class OF tramps
and ruuians in our large cities are
beer drinkers. Add 10 this the terri
BILE facts that one-haf OF all suicides
committed In this country are among
beer drinkers. and That the largest
percentage OF disesses entailed upon
children through shered.ty come from
beer drinking parents. and the argu-
mont for license In behalf Of beer
becomes more than foolish. Metchni-
kofr. great French chemist. has
recently discovered that alcohol pres
ent in h blood In auantities fur
nished by moderate beer
drinking acts directly as a ~paralyzant
upon the white blood co~rpuscies,
which are III defending army against
infectious germs, giving sach germs
tho right OF way, producing diphthe-
ria. pneumonia, tubercular meningit-
10 and consumption; that beer drink
ing IL one OK n most fruitful sources
OF white agu The dread an
gel OF consnmption has Invaded ev-
cry one OF our homes and struck some
loved one with MS black wing. Query:
no" long VIII u lake the anti-tuber-
cutosis movement 70 succeed and saw
US from tnlS our while We go
right on legab1ug the sale OF beer?
Industrial Efficiency.
Emciency u n workingman's as
set. II - open sesame" to every
rrAncn or trade. FOR lack OF this
dfuR users generauy are not wanted
IN any CLASS OF business. The same Ia
more or Iess true OF alconoi users,
even the moderate
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.sa.na a~sIs.t NoI, ar
hanan.sS @ WHO uIlnks
~, tSs .1anpax SasnNs lhuoceu
osans ae.Ion = aIcouoi on muscles.
~ p.Ioep''o memory, atten-
sohs J~uuSfhcnts he mo-
,nanr o.har :" uuats .aeua.ies, wnleh,
81 .nnr vn-.uS ""uis MAKE
mnrs,,v eha'n' a'ef'' exact ana
| tn. cart.irs :, ~. -
49,. EAn nnuu9.is al tne
nss " sIsat enterprise IKE rail-
~ ansnu -. niercdhule n
sansraiiv $50 nh.s' corporation
I. 80 a'e ac.lns more n more
aHis Anomtedse- M
aaa. uass IIe coming Slowly to
us Aace AthIetes learn
.ons aso. Cnder careful
anrrent ways n by diff
'sne n'en the productivity OF labor
\ .vuno 20 oe sreativ diminished by
Aa.np'e Professor Ashal-
Of atcoho. radncea ~. s%a
fvreseffer. IA - go ~
are In daily n~roauctiv,,v ..Thr
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! LARGEST loss Nv drink l. ~ s,,n,..nh ;
| ed efficiency n hodv go n.nE
great host 81 modar.,s ar,nataue. ehe
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s"oussr'al Tro9ress
2 IeiaIion OF these facts to the
orpssas :. tne state and nation is
Tha sanarn a'poIl7nce.
xams...0 -" OF 'ndustrial
rus.r non aAoos 10 veal Is as
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naa' pHssicAI. mental and neral
49, on lhe Far, OF the working
inan. p.ou tho highest class OF
.as1r, anis ~ turn. GOOD prices, good
n.yu.a..s. soou business. nigh property
.s.n.~.M' Msaa.H- 10 THIS add a
mini..u cost q governmental ad-
m..s.s Iesuitins from a conpar-
e, ansense OF crime police and
49, INpeIses' pauperism. cost OF
80 ia's apo penal institutions,
ny ~ Iesuit "ouid De a minimum
~ .ase ,esisa on the OASIS OF wealth.
Ana. nouta DC tne lueai condition. In
u.nss Mofus' mere would be a steady
nrosna in%oiviauai ana general
prosperity AT a minimum cost.
II must now be conceded that
whatever would impair normal eff
cheney would necessarily and CORE
spondinsiy modify adversely the scale
Of progress. Introduce for instance,
the prevalent use OF some narcotic
drug, like cocaine, morphine, or opi,n,
.among working men. and what would
be the expected result. Why. all
knowledge OF the nature or such drugs.
and all experience and observation in
the use OF the same point to the an
aver. Normal eff cheney would be seri-
ously impaired then would follow no
certainty as the night the day. a cor
responding modification OF every +
Of the tHdEafrial scaya rS1or ruho~ 49,.