The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
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HocH DER WHISKY!


The kaiser's greatest ally is whiskys
This l say, because whatever saps
the strength Of America, lowers it's
efficiency, and steals its wholesome
food is manifestly playing into the
hands of Americas enemy.
Women may economfze in the kitch-
en-, can the beans and cabbage, save
the crusts, and skfmp the butter, bat
one saloon will waste more human
energy over the bar in one day than
they will conserve in week.
Why plant your front lawns in po-
tatoes and raise carrots instead of
geraniums in your window garden !;
why eat corn pone instead Of white
bread, and fried rice for steak, and
all that sort of thing, when every
pound Of food you are saving to make
men strong is doubly duplicated by the
still, which flows to make men weak7
Every glass Of booze that passes
over the mahogany bar in the drinking
place does as much damage to the
manhood of the nation as ten-inch
shell fired from one of the kaisers
Krupps.
For whisky never did any good and
never will do any good. Every ounce
Of 1t means lowering life's efficiency.
It makes the muscle f1abby. 1t OBJ
scurcs the brain. 1t let's down the
moral force.
Every drop of whisky means so
much less honesty, loyal courage, and
intelligence.
The kaiser could make no shrewder
move than to substitute every grog
shop in America, to keep on at full
blast, ladling out the stuff that takes
the stamina out of this great people.
Nobody, no nation, can conquer
America. But America can rot. She
can guzzle her beloved poison and sink
to maudlin weakness, while she pirates
CT personal liberty" and slobbers in
congress and out, over the vested
rights Of poison sellers.
General Organ in q recent letter to
his fellow soldiers, used this Ian
guage:
"Our job Is to whip the enemy hard
and with the least loss to ourselves. In
training our military machines to- do
this we must eliminate back-lash, rat
ties, and useless loads. We must have
every part healthy, strong, and depend
able; no part defective, diseased, or
obsolete.
"This cannot be If we are to permit
booze in any form in our military ma
chine. Alcohol, whether you call 1t
beer, wine, whisky, or by any other
name, Is breeder Of inefliciencY..I
Whif6 " affects men Inherently, the
results are the same, In that all af.
fected by 1t cease for the time to be
normal. Some become forgetful, 9TH
ers quarrelsome. Some become noisy,
some get sick, some get sleepy; others
have their passions greatly stimulated.
When you stop to consider the thou
sands in division, do you not see how
vital to efficiency is the elimination
of liquor? If one officer or man Is
permitted to use liquor, then others
will claim the right to do so. How
can a division of troops be ever ready
ever up on the bit to drive ahead
or to thrust back the enemy's drive
If through the presence of this insid-
ious evil some soldiers forget their or
ders, or become noisy when silence is
essential, fall asleep when every fac
uIty should be alert, or absent from
their pcsts?"
Hurrah for the Saloon Long live
personal liberty Hoch der whisky -
Dr. Frank Crane, in New York Globe.