Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-21

ing declares alcohol 70 be q habit-form-
ing drug. with more victims lie Europe
and America many fold over than ali
the otner habit-formins drugs Combin-
ed The victim Of alcohol cannot and
does not lead normal life. The con-
troll thought and purpose Of his drug
ga3 brain is 20 procure and drink this
com modify The liquor traffic has q
monopoly Of the supply. The victim
Is a slave and the liquor traffic owns
him In its Shaving il aid not give
him a chance, Il caught him In the
period of his boyh0od and youth Two
thirds of the drunkards contract the
habit before they are q. one-taird be-
fore they are past is.
Taking a Nations Wealth
with millions upon millions OF
slaves some ab}ect. some semt-slaTes.
some incipient slaves, the liquor traf-
Gc does not allow fair competition for
any other business. but each year col
isets two-thirds of all the money in
circulation. and instead of giving
boundlees service In return Ii cuts
down the efficiency Of four-6ftLs II
oar producers, entalIing loss 1r tens
Of billions 81 national wealth each
year producing the hllk ot our EC-
HtieaI corruption, the bulk of Cur
crime. pagperisu. insanity. iuueras-
tE disease and premature death. and
az this staggering load with she taxi
ing away Of men and capital from pro-
oactIre pursuits is being endured that
few private citizens may enormous
lv enrich themselves
"Tha third finding of modern science
declares alcohol 10 be the specific for
aEgeueEaey, which brings down tlo
e % G.
or life and ia the hltghtina Of on
spring If both parents are alcoholic
only one child ia six SIS normal 1--we
gar c5 SIX are hIghted and become
charges upon society. while the family
itself gradually becomes extinct. 4
nation Is made an of families. When
liquor rams ifs course and a nation be-
comes generally lebauched, # breeds
.degeuerates and must so down 70 ez-
r.uCtlon. This Is the real cause of the
downfall Of the nations of the past
that have persisted. NO great nation
ever even began TO decline until il be-
came dtssjpated. and no matter how
great nation may have become while
sober. once degenerate 1t went down
iueEoraalE To destruction.
when both the parents are total
abstainers nine out or ten of their
f.As -h#A a-ilh- essE.a t-asHA .a
one degree higher and nCbtor IN char
acter than the average Of their par
euts. So a family and a nation that
are sober viii have indefinitely a nat
uraI increase and will gradually pro-
tuCe q InorouEhbr race of men We
have Thoroughbred corn. thorough
bred cotton, thoroughbred horses and
dogs bat liquor keeps MS q race of
scrubs II both parents drink but once
a day. at one meal wine or beer, this
temperate drinking will quadrgple the
chances of miscarriage on the mother.
viii multiply the number Of children
born dead, and will double The number
of children dying the first year Tens
of thousands of little children are dy-
inE every year from cruel wounds i'm
dscted upon their innocent lives be-
fore -hey are born. undermining the
renewal Of the nation and the race in
order that a few thousand citizens may
enrich themselves.
Hour of Destiny Striking,
THE European war has brought this
great alcoholic tragedy home TO the
governments and 10 the hearts and
minds of men throughout tine world as
nothing else could have done. advanC-
ing by decades. perhaps by genera
lions. the fuldilmenC of nationwide
and worldwide prohibition The hour
of destiny is now striking. a call 10
duty is now sounding to good men III
every land such a. has never sounded
since the morning stars sang together.
Our generation must cut the mill
stone Of degeueracv from the neck of
humanity with Iightuiug-Iike progress
lie every surviving land 1t does not
take prophetic eve 10 see the fact
44-- -.E-s 81. a.
world viii be sober. Our generation.
OF course, contains many old drinkers
who viii continue TO drink until theE
die, but the debauching Of the young
viii end with the prohibition of the
liquor traffic and no new drinkers viii
rise to take the place of the old. In
the generations to come men viii rise
and cali this reform the greatest re-
form in the history of the w0rId-a re-
form that ushered in a new era in the
life history Of the human race"
Here Once Before.
Previous 90 the address Haubere.s
fife and drum corps gave 3 number og
selections and the audience Joined in
singing America The speaker was
introduced by Carlton g. Taylor. Cap
tain Hobson appeared here under the
auspices of the Churchmen' Fedora
ton and the Ministerial Alliance IF
Rock Island. He Is making q lecture
tour OF the state with the authorize
ton Ell the Illinois Auti-Safo0u league
lie visited Rock Island l2 years aeo.
aft which time he made "a speech adE8-
eating larger navy
lie arrived in the city yesterday
morning AT 8 o'clock from Chicago ana
spent busy day here. delivering an
address at the Central PRESBYTERIAN
church in inc morning, and following
the meeting at the Illinois theatre
spoke iu Moline in the evening. For
many years he was member OF con-
Eress from Alabama. of which state
be is native but is now a resident
of Illinois. making his home at Evan
ston