The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-02
DOMAIN Or TEMPERANCE
ALCOHOL AND THE LEGAL PRO-
FESSION.

! The leading article in a recent issue
of Case and Comment, one of the most
| influential of the legal magazines, was
entitled, "Dethroning King Alcohol,
| and came from the pen of Prof An
drew Wilson, of the Washington Col
lege OF Law. In his discussion of the
liquor traffic Prof. Wilson said
"A citizen must necessarily be OPP
| posed to all measures and all things
which are antagonistic to the purposes
or Vernment-promotion of the gen
eral welfare, protection of individual
rights, and the protection of collective
| rights.
No lawyer regarding his citizenship
in that light will permit private gain
to lure him from his duty to the public
There are certain questions which deal
with the moral welfare of the people,
and upon these he can and should
exert most potent influence. One of
| these questions is of such vital i'm.
portance that it is deemed proper at
| this time to call attention of those
entering the profession to it in this
way"
SO Prof. Wilson went on to say; and
one Of these important questions he
covered comprehensively in this state
ment: Alcohol is the chief enemy of
the race, and hence the public-spirited
citlzen should study the movement
against it. The moral forces through.
out the centuries have waged war upon
the use Of ardent spirits 1t is strange
that the human race, with the instinct
OF self-preservation, has not long since
| eXterminated them"
Here are some of the salient SEN
fences which made these utterances of
| Prof. Wilson very notable:
THE time has now come when no
one believes that the saloon is of value
to society. 1t lives upon the weak
nesses of men and women"
THAT alcohol is a poison and that
alcoholic liquors are poisons, will not
now be seriously questioned"
professor Ladd said that ethyl
alcoholic liquors are poisons. will not
plenty of it in whisky and if you add
ethyl alcohol to whisky you add
| poison"
The only wholesome constituent of
whisky is water, and all the rest of
it is poison
Manhood and womanhood are of
great economic value. Alcohol is the
worst enemy of those who hesitate
longest in having the traffic de.
| stroyed"
In many places the wage earners
are against prohibition, and yet 70 per
cent of the money that passes over
the bars of the American saloon comes
from them"
'Organized society is entitled to the
best and most efficient life of it's mem
bers"
Scientific investigation has shown
that approximately 80 per cent of the
children of parents who indulge in
| alcoholic beverages are subnormal:
| that they are predispOsed to insanity,
epilepsy and tuberculosis. This is a
fearful price to pay for personal
| liberty"
IF prohibition increases the income
from the trade, all engaged in it would
be its ardent supporters"
1T has been the great pride of the
liquor dealers that they have been in
partnership with the government"
king Alcohol is being dethroned,
and the movement which is now
closing his reign is undoubtedly part
of that irresistible force referred to in
Daniel as the stone cut out without
hands which smote the great image
upon it's feet and broke it in pieces,
and the dust thereof was blown away
as the chaff from the summer thresh-
ing floor"