The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-03

' '" LHMnN-
ton Tor checking tho evil 81
alcoholism legislation. force.
arbitrary limiting of personal ubcrt'.
aud an the rest of ~. comes now aud
then % practical suggestion which b.
r%cfrcshiug one 81 these De- the sug
session made by Francis O.. Wood of
Albuquerque Co tho kuis nts of COO
lumhus in e meeting uf that order
~ Lac Vegas last SUNDAY, Mr. Wood
suggested that the order as an or
g|anisation place the ban OF disap
prevail upon the great American in
stitution of treating. that 1t take o
stand against b custom handed
down from our fathers OF have one
on me.
Mt Wood suggests that u the cus-
tom of treating in saloons and other
public places where liquor Ia sold b.
don away with. the consumption OF
alcoholic liquors in this country in.
iead OF the fegukr annual increase.
promptis wouid bc decreased about
M half Ne thinks the nuual crop
81 habitual d]runkards would be- re-
duccd by nt least onc-half The
chances are that Mt. wood S. just
about right Think over the list Of
your friends and acquaintances and
count from among them the number
OF men who drink alone In public
places. The smaliness Of the mum
Der viii ast"nish you And from
those who do drink alone. the CON
Armed consumers Of excessive guam
uties 81 alcohol. count those who
have reached the stage where liquor
has become o necessity who reached
that stage trough the sociabiHty
route. It's probable YOU viii find
ninety per cent arrived tina way
No man deliberately becomes a
druukard The habit Is "a creeping
habit. II does not grasp n throttle
its victim AN az once. libc opium or
c%ecainc. The treating custom is the
national sroaser of the skida.
II Is mighty easy 70 tsko another
with O. group OF friends u o. mlghty
hard 90 keep away frnm the have
q little one with me- when tho other
fellows are buytns one hates "a
"riker and hates to be one. our
national institution Of treating is So
well established and so widely re-
spccted that M man who doesn't
conform just about has 20 climb ON
the water wagon aud De "a CLAN.
2" stretch one driuk into ton Be- tho
c1eicst thing under the shining SUM-
and with ten under the belt. there Is
NO limit 10 Hhcrallty. even with the
rent money
Mr. Wood doesn't proposc To- stop
treating by lnN he doesn't even
propose 10 place ANY check ON hospi-
tally with liquor In the home. nt
least we assume ne does not. sincc
his suggestion h sensible in every
other Way. nc doesn't cy,u propose
60 make amt reeting % rule Of the
order he Was addressing lie merely
proposes hat individual members of
that order 'stop treating. a is bis
enough. he thinks 60 IL every mem
Der would steu out Of the "haN, u
on ms hriEade There would Dee
enough ~ O hoic In the ranks to have
a national Influence 10 would be- o.
voluntary movement .n behalf nf the
weak brpther-and the brother who
takes finances on becoming weak So
long as he trains with the have an
other "n me crowd.
suppose the membership Of half "a
dozen 90 the great fratcrual societies
Of this nation should take up this
proposal make b au Individual priu-
ciplc aud abide IS thc rule Wouldn {
10 make % hole 30 the dr.ik o,le n
would
There are common sense pracural
ways of chez king the drink c1h aud
this limiting OF thc Institution II
troatins limiting a. 0y personal vol
uniary sanction and consent among
large bodies OF organized men. is one
Of those Why's