The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-12
July II, 1912.
Beer No Enemy Of Whisky
and Drunkenness

the brewers IN an to educate ~ puDuC 10
the belief that beer is harmless and practically
Intoxicating drink. They urge it a substitute for
whisky declaring that it's extensive will promote
true temperance in that it will gradually dispace
whisky drinking These brewers have strong ally
for the promotion of this doctrine through the Hearst
newspapers.
1t is false teaching, carried for the sole pur-
pose of enrchng the brewer Instead of being
harmless drink Gin spite Of the small per centum Of
alcohol contained in beer) it is proved by fact to be
of the most harmful beverages. It's increased
sumption has decreased the consumption of whisky
one ota. This dscredits the substitution theory.
The following facts pertaining to the deleteriou5
effects of beer drinking, and comments the falacy
of the substitution theory excerpts from article
appearing in the Banner of Gold, written by Hugo
Hoppe, M D.. nerve specialist, Konigsberg, Germany:
The result of extoing as of the potent
factors of civilization and the mghtest Of whisky and
brandy has been that the consumption of the distilled liquors
has changed little while these liquors has been added
beer the Of which has already far exceeded the undm
shed of the distilled liquors. and has led great and
still increasing beer alcoholism
1t has been thought that the alcohol beer because of
its weaker concentration (beer averaging about AZ
alcohol and distilled liquors about 80 per kinds
1000 per cent? much injurious fact practically
harmless and hears that opinion expressed today
Professor Strumpel of Bresau has clearly shown the
of this opinion and the serious danger beer He said,
in lecture in Nurnberg in 1894:
Nothing erroneous, from the physicians stand
point than think of diminishing the destructive effects
of alcoholism by substituting beer for other alcoholic drinks
that the victims of drink found only those
where whisky helps the people of low grade of culture
forget their poverty and misery
Chronic alcohol poisoning of the brain, the so-caled
chronic alcoholism, rapid course, and is
intensive with whisky drinkers than with beer drinkers
whom the symptoms appear slowly and are therefore,
less conspicuous.
Because the symptoms of chronic alcoholism appear
slowly and less readily observable in the heavy drink
than in the whisky drnker the former is far fire.
queny than the latter But thousands and
sands of who take their daily pint rendered stupid
silly and dissoute by beer. They will probably still
act regularly the daily business routine of office which
they have become accustomed but without special exeron
half automatically like machines. For any further exerton
however, for Improvement for productive activity
they lack the DESIRE the initiative and the energy The
makes them stupid and heavy; it destroys power
buoyancy of the mind bunts the higher feelings
ests and the gradual giving aspirations and
ideals Enthusiasm and devotion dwnde away to give place
sendugence, incidence Boosting and egotism. The
term "beerphilstne, often heard among observing
people, is here we'll applied