Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-05
Tn. Taboo on Moderate Drinking.


General rule heretofore in force on rant
Navs forbidding employees 10 orihN
tsbre on duty. now farhids employees
10 indulge at all in drinking out OF EN- EN-
niovment hours. or in ANY other con-
aues which Will impair their health or
make them less alert and less captpie
,,h;,.. on duty. The owner of one OF
the nations pets-a prominent pase-
baIl team-announces that moderation
in drinking is not sufficient; the play
ere on his team must leave aleehei
entirely alone and abandon clSarets'
trba Modification for such rules may De
souna not only in the difficulty of be-
ing moderate in indulgence, but also IN
,na cumulative and after effects OF DIS
s;na,ton. The world is moving; the old
fetch of personal liberty at what
ever Gust of danger 10 the public at
laroe seems to be losing its power.
The 1onrnal of the American Medi-
cal Association thinks that the time
NOV come when every man to whom
the life and safety of others are en-
trusted may be expected or even re
o,,ir..5 to be as abstemions as pail
PLAYERS and railway employees.
And now we would ask the able
EDITOR If this admirable publication to
name TIE man on whom the life ana
safety the happiness and future Oh
others are not entrusted. Every human
being is entrusted with intelligence
enough to distinguish between rlght
and wrong, between his on God-giVeh
nrivileras and those that will confiict
with the privileges of fellow human
beings. If he is deprived by nature OF
these advantages. we have provide"
institutions for him. If he deliberate
w rohs himself of those faculties TO
crafty a self cultivated idioey that
il is his personal liberty" ne is en-
dangering the safety and lives of 9TH
ers and deserves to be dealt with as
severely as the most rigid of our pro-
visions demand.
But what of the bastard whose hVil-
hood is the tempting of the weak 10
hazard the safety of themselves anu
others for the. sake of gratifying that
cowsrdly fetch which they have been
ta,;eht hy tie makers and sellers oil
booZ4p n YOU are a stakeholder in the
booze business or the owner Oh
premises where the traffic is tolerated
Won are as bad as the rest and deserve
that which is as surely coming to you
as It is that there is a just God above
u.s.
Tha day is coming when the person
al liberty" proclaimer viii be branoeu
as a coward, as he deserves, and the
moor fool who drinks as much for the
sake of having his own way or TO
r1eAse some other fool as he does To
crafty his pretended thirst, won
voice his contempt of law and COM
mon deceney in the public places In
Maine now, the common braVado OF
the average city business street is
ITO hell with the law! The boys are
bound 10 have their booze and II they
can't get it one way they will an
other"
Brilliant sentiment isn't it? Shows
marked advance from the feur-leggeo
animal of the horse species, the wear
er of the long ears, doesn't 1t? fe'
you hear it everywhere and that II
the personal liberty" propaganda
made up of those who are'taught thes'
sayings by the willy makers and sell
ers of booze" These are the mel
| who demand to be allowed to go as Ia
as they like and their habits take them
! whatever 1t may cost the public
| large. Are We to do it always W.
think not We believe The Journal
| American Medicine is right; that IN
| time is on the way when men VIII d
| required to forego the pleasure
making themselves a menace to soci
| ETY..
If a man has no right to kill, he ha
10 right to rob himself Of the nature
| intelligence that would prevent hi
from killing.
II we intend to restrain the unfor'
unates of disordered mind, we Shout