Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-09
L0MBR0S0 ON CURSE Of DRINK
Reviews Evils of the Liquor
Habit in Many Lands.
Train OF Criminals In Its Wukc Prov
cd b., statistics of InvcstigntOrs-
Wine Not ~ Kennedy, But n
Cause Of Alcoholism.


Tror. Cera,e Lombroso, the Italian
student. who dlod in 1900. IL considered
the leading authority upon subjects ,e-
lated 10 the studv of crime and us
causeg. In his book. "Crimc: It's Cause3
and Remedies" he dcvotcs "A chapter to
Catholicism and Crime" Bv "nlcoho!-
ism" Professor 1,or,broso means no, tho
diseased ply sical condition called by
''at 'crm' but tho excessive use or al
Tohohc liquors. The following Is trans"
luton ol portions OF the chapter nGincd'
anu " worthy Oh study Especially 'ro-
i'S"'r bo>nnrosos views OF wine as
re''ouF lor the evils or temperance
as proposed by some writer's. including
'''' cIi'''S VI 'crVh'n popular uailS va
Pers' ought to he widely quoted
IL is wen h"oWh iact that, ia7 from
ren"cr'h" rigorous temperatures more
to'e'"p!e' "'cohoi ac'uaily auginents inc
UanFeTa % extreme coId or extreme neat
III inc ROAR regions as well as In tho
'H"lcS' t'e sailors ana soldiers, thinking
!" N''h Nrea''f power I" resist latigue
I'""N as'TaNato thelr condlton ny drink
'i'E "IcohoH' liquors In cholera cpl
"''Ilcs thc occasional drinkers were AT
'a'Ncd lar more severely than the az
s'aihors Inc mortality among aostaln-
ers was Only l'' per cent among the
drinkers VI per cent
Nlcohol is one OF inc chief c"rtai'-
eFS Oh human me- the man Oh ~ WHO
u'llkS mas pronhpie NE OF 10 years
hel"rc him' the apstainer' one OF ~
years
PAUPERISM A CERTAIN EFFECT.
ono of tho most fatal effects of al
coholism is naurer,sm. The alcoholic
father has blind. idiotic. paralytic chit
dren: and even though he be rich, they
must end in poverty. for they can
neither think nor work.
1t is a TACT that with the increase III
wages drunkenness ana us accompany
ing crimes also increase IN Lancashire
Tor instance with the Increase OF the
wages or the miners from to II shilI-
ings the mortality caused ny drunken
ness grew from 40 to l,3oi, ana the
crimes from l'3-9 10 $500 but IL is sun
worse when wages are lowered. Then
they drink to supply the heat when does
not com" from lnSniflclent clothing an"
lttle 1ood. IL Is taken 10 support the
cold ana hunger better; ana IN It's turn
the alcohol makes the partaKer weaker
and poorer holding him forever after IN
its power,
1t may be stated IarodoXically' that
alcoholism is the product or too much
as well as too little wealth. But II Is
more than stranS" that during the lam
Inc in London. in ls"l-'l, not a single
one of the 100 members OF the temper
ance society applied Tor a'd.
Drunkenness Is one or the most ire
quont causes of divorce In Germany ana
the children OF these divorces are most
apt to drift. into crime.
ALCOHOLISM AND CRIME.
A,oobo,ier, 10 cor,acte1 directlv with
crin,o hoth from the social and the
n,tboIogicoI noint of view. We find a
erst ,roor II, these statistics which chow
n great increase In crime in civilized
lard. oxn,ic,b,o only bv the excessive
abuse of alcoholic drinking, the con-
sumption of these liquors being in con-
slant proportion to the increase III cr'',e'
Ihe"e Is another proof III 'he s'""s
OF crininahtY IN france mace ny fe!'''
Wh" hrinES INTO re!i'l the p"'n'e''s'' ''
tween CRIME ana thc c"'lSuihP''oh VI
WING ana alcohoI' III least "u'i"S t"'
pcriodS 'hos' crops were s''"''E ~
creased d>o| 5N "', o', 'o' or decrease"
uS'l' 81 o. 49, u" '"' MS pa'"'-
i'iSm IL Il" INC more il''rea'''S 90 so"..
writer's pretend 20 aUr'""Vo 'n'S '"''''
hlU'H'c To "4'"''o'' "u' ''' ~ "'''''
such an extent 'hat '"'H ""' o'"'e t"'
d'i"s'cN Oh vine III '"oS' .o'''''', ,
promo 10 cr''h'' l'u, we sec '"'' nV'''"
ms 10 t"'S' S'a''St'NS '"' H''''''''',
the amount OF ".'on"' consumer anu ',.
""''''c' % ''S'''''9 ,''' '''',''' ',.,
a"fPo he'TlH :" wv" US '"''o "' w.
''a a'h' UNI o. VIM 'U"H"'i'''' N''''''
PROOF % '"'9 law - '"'' ''o ""'
"nlcA most % 'U' .''"'eS "''
IL ''''t '"' -" " nv Il "'"' - mus. 49,
cd in germany '> per cent w
crimes N''' '''""''''u' O' '''' ''''
'N""'"f' u i'''' " '''I'''"' f''' wa
~ c''n''' are '"''.'''''''" u" ,'''S ''''
"heh h'"'H H''" u '''''"'"'"
PERCENTAiF or DRCNNAtDS.
rerri found tina: although crimes
orair.i ,n. no,scn decreased greatly
from 1S.7 t. l>t9 IN tie months between
AUGUST ar>l December. in the month OF
November. when the new crop Of wine
is roo1,. ,hc cri,ncs Of assault ana muir
de-. Increased tremendously.
", vo,.-iu,, Il ts ,etin,atcd that alcohol
t.. ro,ronsl5,. FOR from - per cent. to -
nov c,,. of nj, crimes
f., ~c,v vorl, of ,oio3 accused OF
crime ., son verc r1hlt,ul drunkards.
In EoIlaud m, cans. of four-afths of
,bo crIr,ce wac aicohol,c ,iouors
IL r,rp,ard 1ocoo ont Of c975, com
do,..,co NJ the ossiscs. ana 81 900 OF the