The Detroit times., 1917-10-30

lsigns that the hon IS awakening and
that ihc indign.ties That n has TOO
/ iong eadured are coming % an end
/ 7 l1a wide pread a-ee' lor 0i popular
ghts g having an immediate rifacr
/ tn the direction of the suppression ~
the baneful power nf The saloon. The
people have taken hold of HE polg//
cal anu social and economic end OK
NE liquor question with vigor.
Enemies Of an Enemy
How widely strong drink D. look
ed upon as an enemy of ihe welfare
Of the individual and OF the com
munity may be seen by writing out
even a partial list OF the classes OK
persons who haye registered them
selves as opposed to- IT, Perhaps
corporations. those modern. unsent-
mental and wholly selfish creatures
~ the new times, should be put first.
FOR their judgment is certain 20 be-
based solely on considerations og
selt-interest and commercial enec-
uveness Today these corporations
nre shutting their doors 10 drinking
men for the responsible positions
Educators say that the effects OF al
cohol are evil; and the report of
the committee OF fifty leading edu-
Gators, by no means temperance
cranks is one OF the strongest doc.
uments this generation has pro
duced
Doctors and preachers have both
condemned drinking and pointed out
Jos banrful effects. each from M
own standpoint Athletes put a ban
uTon b. while unexpected recruits
have been found i'm bartenders them.
selves who have formed q society OF
total abstainers No mention has
been made OF that company greater
han any OF the others, who are
sworn enemies of strong srink be-
cause OF The harm IL has wrought 10
dear ones
Fettered or Free
Life is becoming more intense
rverN year The struggle for exist
enco grows ever sharper The need
for The free use OF all Of a mans
energies 10 enable him 20 survive
and succeed has become potent
temperance argument a man can
not pay tribute 10 the flowing bowl
and still have sufficient store with
which 10 do business in the world.
Alcohol may have a food value in
The sCnse that Prof Atwater claims.
bur it Is everywhere recognized that
IN the case OF worker IL does not
put more power into him, but rather
takes power from him II is only a
whip FOR jaded horse
As he looEs into his future. every
young man should decide. once for
all that ha viii use the course that
contains no risks. but insures lib
erty for the expression of his fullest
! powers. He cannot afford TO fettor
/ himself by any dangerous appetite.
I II he wishes 10 make sure or being
free man. with clear head,
/ steady nerves, strong muscles. and
a BODY AZ for all normal functions.
/ responding 70 the impulses OF his
will rather than 10 the goad Of an
artificial stimulan' then he must. in
! the expressive slang " the day. cut
/ OUT strong drink
The College Of Drunkards
have seen The wreck OF q great
/ vessel fast in. the sands OF the sea-
/ shore. and on its masts. by bit of
! stupidity on the part Of somebody,
the advertisement Of a well-known
brand OF whisky The sight must
have suggested "a all Of the thou.
sands who beheid IL. those other
wrecks TO be seen In almost every
community who might also be labcl.
ed whisky. that's ALL No man who
| still retains strongly within his
| breast the sense Of manhood can
look unmoved upon the spectacle ot
? man become a drunkard
! Whence comes these drunkards.
each Of whom has broken some wo-
mans heart? Perhaps some few are
! deliberately made such by the do.
| signs of depraved mon become de-
! mons but most OF them are grad.
yates Of the school OF moderate
drinking II is the man who boasts
hat he knows when 10 stop" who
/ one day awakens 10 the score that
he cannot stop Social drinking does
not always lead 20 the gutter. OF
course but all who reach he gut.
ter travel thar way