Evening journal., 1916-01-24

evil and the drink habit. / know very
well that the pleasure of drinking is
an old heritage OF the Germans, but
we must by self-discipline, deliver
ourselves from that evil. I can as
sure you that in the course Of my
reign Of twenty-five years / have OBJ
served from experience that the
greater part of the crimes which
have been appealed TO me for deci-
sion ought to be reported as the re-
suits of the alcohol evil.
Without speaking of the results
or drink which / do not need TO de-
scribe. ! will call your attention. es-
pecially to one effect OF intemperance
which touches your future profess
sion. The next war. the next naval
battle will demand from you sound
nerves Now the nerves are ruined
by the use of alcohol. The nation
which absorbs the least amount OF
{ alcohol will carry home the victory
| depend upon you now in this naval
school and later among the battle
ships that you watch yourselves and
! each other In this regard and that
/ you do not count alcohol beverages
as among your privileges"
Who is in the best position to
speak for the German people? The
emperor, who thus takes a decided
stand for total abstinence, or the
brewer who makes his money
by cultivating appetite and feeding
liquid poison and debasing public
opinion?
Let us note also some moral phases
/ OF this question. Investigators agree
that from 60 to 80 per cent OF all the
crime In our land is due TO liquor
and 40 per cent of the insanity. The
Chicago Tribune made out a list al
the close of the year 1908 OF nearly
thousand murders that had come
under its notice. due directly Ia
drink; and I'm its statistics for ten
years nearly twenty-five thousand II
not caused directly at least indirectly
by the liquor traffic
The liquor business is the chic
cause and source of the social evil
Liquor and licentiousness are th,
twins in the zodiac of hell. Wher,
YOU find the saloon you will fine
either beside il or behind IL ol
above it the house OF prostitution
The saloon is the creator OF anarchy
and the promoter OF riots. Whenever
there is a lawless outbreak in the
city does the chief Of police clos,
the libraries. the schools, the church
es? No When there is q prospec
of a riot, his first step is TO close the
saloons. Why2 Because there arr
tho sources of riot and anarchy.
You can never stop the liquor bus
mess by the license system. vii
not liquor bought over a mahogan!
bar make a man drunk just as quicl
as liquor bought over a pine coun
ter? Limiting the number OF saloons
does not decrease the amount o
drinking The higher the license The
greater the effort TO attract custo
mers. The finer the surroundings o
the drinking place, the greater th
allurement and the injury. You can
not regulate the booze business an,
more than you can regulate the bit
OF rattlesnake, or fire on a bar
rel OF powder by degrees. A ma
, hearing that a dog could be cured q
, hydrophobia by cutting of its tai
wrote to a veterinary, asking wher
+ was the best place to cut off a ma
! dogs tail. He replied. Right benin
l its ears" SO II is with the liquo
I traffic. II is said that in some insau
p asylums, they test the sanity OF p;
r tient by turning the water on at n
@ faucet and then asking the patiel
s to mop II up. II the person is crai
s he keeps on with the mop. II he
Il sane, he shuts off the faucet Whic
s will the American people do in q
Y saloon business?
{ A saloon-koeper on the Fourth
n July in an eastern city. put out son
? whisky barrels in front OF his pla,
=. OF business and upon these som
n beer kegs. and on top Of these son
e empty bottles and in the mouths an
I bungs he stuck American flags. tn