La Junta tribune., 1914-01-24
Qsatet ObServer.

san. seeink tnat SIN II tne mlsnse OF
the blessings Intended for the com
fort OF man.
As you know. h. Is sinner who
does not improve the opportunities
that pass his way. while h. is Il
lects opportunity for good and uses
II for evil This would seem to be
SHINING against the spirit OF good
ness. and eourting the spirit Of
wrong.
But this. probably, has been the
order OF things for generations past,
II not from the beginning OF men on
earth And all this tim. tn. men,
the wise ones at least knew wherein
10 show their fellow men that IL was
better to be good than bad.
of Noah and long before, that vine
was promoter OF degeneration. both
moral and physical.
Drunkenness has been the bane OF
tn. race almost from the beginning,
but II seems that We are only be-
ginning to realize this great fact, and
To be impressed with the thought
that II will lead to the downfall OF
our civilization II allowed to rule and
reign as 1t has.
So serious and earnest has become
the thought concerning this matter
that the best talent OF the civilized
nations are giving their best thought
To IT. aud the verdict seems 10 BE- ey-
erywhere the same
Even Germany. to which vine aud
beer drinkers pointed In proof OF
their contention that these drinks
Ser. wholesome and helpful a.
part OF our daily food. has ruled
against the drink habit. Even the
emperor has seen the fallacy Of the
custom and cut it out himself. and
has cnjoincd abst.mlousncss on the
part Of his great army
The stand taken against the use OF
intoNicants in the army has been ap-
proved by the rulers OF all great ma
'ions This will b. the one bright
star IN the crown accorded to him by
liberty
IN fares the land TO Fastening ill-
prey
Where wealth accumulaie- and men
decay.
King and lords may flourish or may
fade.
a breath can make them. as a
breath has made.
But a bold p.asantry the counfry's
pride.
wh.r. once destroyed can never H.
supplied
Goldsmith
Tn. following l. taken from an
ar,icl. by col l.. Marvin Ross. M.di-
cal Corps, Eastern Department. which
appears in IN. last issu. OF IN. Med.
zeal Recorder. This H. ON. OF tn.
most conservative. and able medical
Journals In the country Alcohol
And Racial D.r.n.racy" T. III. sub
j.ct of Dr. Ross
'Th. widespread custom Of using
alcoholic beverages l. a p.rplcNinr
and difficult problem to attack ON ac-
count of the pres,ir. It holds With
iarr. number of men and women Of
social prominence Who still retain
very liberal views regarding their
use. says tn. doctor. Many p.opl.
b~li.y. drinking essential to social
hility and good fellow ship. " hill. 9th.
ers drink b.cauS. they hAs. inherit.
ed weak and uns,abl. nervous sys-
tenn from drunken par.niar. and ar.
unabl. to rests, its craving
From tim. imm.morial man has
ns.d som. potent narcotic to incr.as.
th. joys OF lif. or d.ad.n III. .dr.
Of sorrow. The ancient monuments
Of Esyp, show IN. us. and abuse OF
alcohol. and IN. oldest Chimes. manu-.
scripts contain r.corcs of drunken.
ness. In the v.das ". find prayer.
to tn. Deity bes..ohinr Him To de--
c-nd 10 earth and enter into a
drunken orgy with his followers ~
that h. might grant their prayers.
''Th. hereditary effects OF alcohol
hay. been recognized from tn. earl
t--t times Plato forbsd. newly wed
ded couples to drink. knowing that
drunkenness bcx-ts drunkards. Aris
totls taught that drunken mother
brought into the world children Ike
Themselves. both Buddha and Ma
homet Understood tn. deE~n.rstins