The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-15
ENCLAND'S DEADuEST ENEMY

500; wines, 1926, 400; spirits, 40,
07S,000. The government revenue last
year from excise duties amounted to
s197,95O,OO.
In the present crisis, what does the
British government propose to do? It
admits that drunkenness has increas-
ed rapidly in the country since the
beginning of the war. Efficiency has
failed by reason OF drinking and the
armies in the field are suffering be-
cause the folks at home lack the
sense of honor and patriotism to keep
sober. Was ever such self-stultify.
ing confession made by a civilized
nation! Indulgence in alcoholic bev.
erages has proven a drag to the con.
quest on the field of battle. Unpatri-
ot'c Englishmen sell drink to other
disloyal Englishmen who gulp 1t
down. The great British government
stands spinelessly by and hesitates
to throttle the nefarious traffic that
so seriously binders her activities and
threatens her very life. Why not pre-
scribe 1t as a war measure? Every
loyal Englishman who has his coun.
try's interests at heart should cor.
daily welcome such an act. Do the
people of England wish the world to
have the impress that large number
/ Of her subjects love liquor far above
the love of country 80 that the gov.
eminent is afraid to take the action
which the public welfare imperative.
ly demands Appeals to British patri.
OTIS to drop liquor during the war
have miserably failed, so the govern.
ment has allowed these jealous patri.
OTIS to keep their iodls whilst she is
tinkering with liquor laws and in
creasng the liquor revenues. So the
government stands in confessed i'm
potency before the alcoholic guzzlers
Of the realm, thinking 1t has solved
the vexatious problem. Men of Eng
land, hear me! Listen and heed the
voice from above: "Woe unto him
that giveth his neighbor drink, thai
puttest thy bottle to him and makes
him drunken also"
Prescription Is the only rightful so
luton Of the liquor problem. 1t meets
the demands of the hour of reason
and eternal Justice. One of the great
men of England, John Ruskin said
Drunkenness is not only the cause
of crime; 1t is cr,me and the en-
couragement to drunkenness, for the
sake Of profit on the sale of drink, is
certainly one of the most crimina
methods of assassination for none!
ever adopted by the braves of an!
age or country"
Here is another timely and impor
tant massage from one of the grea
men of Great Brita n, Honorable 10
seph Chamberlain: 81 need not speal
of the great evils which this countr!
suffers from the indulgence of stroni
liquors. / need not speak of the los
Of life, of the increased cost of taxa
ton. If l had but an enchanters
wand.-if / could destroy tomorrow
, the desire for strong drink in tn
| people of England-what change
what changes would we see! W.
should see our taxat on reduced b.
millions sterling a year. We SHOULD
see our jails and warehouses; empty
| We should see more lives saved 4
twelve months than are consumed Il
| century Of bitter and savage war
| We should transfigure and Transform
the face Of the while country"
| In a time of tremendous crisis
| when England's life was in the ba
ance a great leader tersely said
England expects every man to
his duty" If the England of today
as the England of Cromwell, of We
lington, of John Bright and of GlaC
stone, by the grace of God, 1t wi
measure up to "The Need of tn
Hour" as Edwin Markham put it.
Fling forth the triple colored flag {
dare
The bright, untraveled highways c
| the air,
Blow the undaunted bugles, blow an
yet