The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-01-28

Il
Before you are qualified TO go out
and teach rightly il is important
that you be acquainted with some OF
the big problems that the people
who are endeavOring 10 help human
ity are wrestling with. Your task is
a task Of service and you can best
serve God and mankind by making
your work a part Of the great move
ments that are on foot at the present
time to abolish crime, poverty. i'm
purity and disease and 10 bring civic
righteousness, prosperity, whole
some living and health in their stead.
One OF the great reform move
ments before the people OF the Unit
ed States today is the effort TO abol-
ish the Liquor traffic and all the
evils attending il. do not know
what your mind is about this ques-
tion, whether you are in favor OF
doing away with the sale OF liquors
as a beverage or whether you are
not: that is not important 10 me just
here. Personally I believe that II
the sale Of liquor as beverage were
prohibited and abolished a great deal
OF the crime and poverty and misery
that exists now would disappear. II
you do not believe as I do about IL,
shall not quarrel with you. have
arrived at this conclusion by study
ing this question TO some extent, but
il you have arrived at a different
conclusion you no doubt have rea-
sons for thinking as you do about IL.
But whatever may be your own
personal belief in the matter you are
responsible for the manner in which
you teach the subject OF temper
ance 10 children. II is important
that you know the truth about the
effects Of alcohol on the body, the
mind and the morals OF the people
who use il, as well as upon their
children. I purpose in this short
discussion 10 talk about this subject
not from the moral but from the SCI
entiflc standpoint. Before you can
discuss it intelligently with children
or older people you must know some
facts that can be marshaled on short
notice, else your arguments will be
so general that people will not pay
much attention to you. In dealing
with a subject OF this kind II is very
necessary 10 be specific.
sometimes shoot quail. When I
first began hunting some years ago
I had one very important thing TO
learn. When the covey would rise
| would throw my gun TO my should
er, pull the trigger and fire at the
bunch. l rarely got bird. II TOOK
me some time TO learn that had to
single out an individual bird, take
deliberate aim at him before shoot
ing. Whenever | do this l usually
bring down the game.
Now I purpose to single out a few
points and take deliberate aim al
them in order that you may have
both the facts which you can use
and also lesson in temperance tar
get-practice. shall discuss the sub
ject under the following headings:
4. The cost Of the liquor traffic.
2. Alcohol ard Efficiency.
3. Alcohol and Crime
1. Alcohol and Disease.
5. Alcohol and Morality.
6. Alcohol and Degeneracy.
7. The progress made by the Tenn
perance Movement.
You will be astonished TO learn
that we people in the United States
spend nearly s2,O00,000,OO0 every
year for strong drink. II We were
heather nation not knowing the val
ne OF money suchFthing would not
seem so astounding; but in our case
it is hard TO believe that such large
amount OF money passes across the
counter for alcoholic drinks. We
spend about s8OO,OO0,OO0 each year
for tobacco; about s435, 100000 annu-
ally supplies us with boots and
shoes; the same amount pays for the
bread that we use. We are inter-
ested enough in our children TO pay
out considerably over s3O0.0O0.O0O
for public education. Think OF i'll
II each individual in the entire
country had TO pay an equal amount
Of our public education bill. that
amount would be only about 1915:
but il each had to pay an equal part
Of the liquor bill he would have 10
pay about $1,000. And this condition
exists in the United States Of Amer
ical For our churches we spend