Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-01
BRYAN URGES
PROHIBITION
SECRETARY OF STATE GIVES
ADDRESS BEFORE NATION
AL ABsTAINERs' UNION.
LOYALTY 1O"kING" BACCBUS
Says It Is Greater Than Loyalty
to King or to the
Kaiser.

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Bryan declared in an address under
the auspices of the National Abstain.
ers' union here tonight that the Euro.
pean war had developed that even
patriotism is no. match for the appe'
tite which alcohol cultivates in its
victims. The secretary was urging to-
tai abstinence and referred to re-
strictive measures which some Of the
belligerent nations have taken against
intoxicants.
Growing Disposition.
There has been a growing dispO
sition in this country and throughout
the world to emphasize the evils Q!
strong drink" he said. But even the
most enthusiastic advocates of tenn.
perance have been surprised at the
CHASTITY light which the war in Eu.
rope has thrown upon the subject. II
compelling force which throughout the
ages has led men to offer their lives
for their country, is no match for the
appetite cultivated in it's victims. 10y
atty to Bacchus Gambrinus and Bar
leycorn is greater than loyalty to king
or kaiser or car. The use of drink
has been found to be SO destructive OF
efficiency that the belligerent govern
ments, mot on moral grounds, but
purely on economic grounds, have
been compelled to resort to restrict
i've measures. The aeroplane that
drops its bomb from above and the
submarine which shoots it's torpedo
from below are less to be feared than
the schooner that crosses the bar"
Drink Led to .idleness.
Mr.. Bryan declared that drink led
to idleness and that American bust.
ness men we're drawing the line more
strictly against the use Of alcohol by
employees. 81 ,.,
"Why?" he asked. Because a clear
brain and a steady nerve are required
In every important avenue Of indus.
try and alcohol %befuddles the brain
and paralyzes the nerves.
mo employer cares to put business
in the hands Of a tippler; the man
who drinks cannot safely be trusted
with the care of life or property"
Total abstinence, he remarked, was
a virtue even behind the bars.
Mr.. Eryan said the amount. spent
annually for drink in the United
States would build 100 macadam high.
ways across the continent and added:
THE amount now expended in paw.
ing the road to perdition would, if
spent for good roads, soon lift the
mud embargo from the entire country.
Present Manufacture.
"All who labor in the cause of TEN
perance seek to lessen the use of in.
to~xicating liquor-some by persuading
people not to drink, some by urging
laws which will prevent the manufac.
ture and sale of liquor, while still oth.
ers divide their energies between the
two lines of work.
"As for myslf, while l have definite
views as to the means that should be
employed for solving the legislative
problem presented by the liquor traf.
fc, l shall confine myself tonight to
the first line of argument and appeal
to those present and to those whom
l may reach through the press to take
their position as individuals on the
side of total abstinence; for whatever
difference Of opinion may exist as to
the relative merits Of different legis.
lative remedies, no one-Will deny that
the total abstainer to the extent of
his influence lessons the use Of alco-
hol and by SO doing both reduces the
evils of intemperance and lightens the
task of the legislator"