The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-09
DOMAIN OF TEMPERAN CE
SCIENCE HAS SHATTERED THE
CLAIMS OF BEER.


of wine daily or his two glasses or
more of beer is just as surely sub
hitting his body and mind to the
deleterious effects of alcohol as the
man who chooses to go down on the
whisky slide
Science of recent years has dragged
out into the open the mischief done
| by beer and wine quantities of al
cOhol. A great variety of expert
ments, performed in many countries,
under the direction of expert inves-
| tigators, in laboratories and in the
practical work of everyday life, have
snatched the mask from beer and
wine, and to those who will see have
revealed these drinks as they are
the carriers of poison, alcohol, that
is ever at war with human welfare.
What do the eXperimenters say?
| 1t was q beer and wine quantity of
alcohol equivalent to two or three
glasses of four per cent beer or half
pint of ten per cent wine) that Kraep-
elm found impaired the perception
and attention needed by lookouts,
Isignal men, sentries, engineers, auto
mobile drivers, machinists and others
in military and civil life.
1t was beer and wine quantities of
alcohol equivalent to "A glasses of
beer or 4 to q of a pint of wine)
that Joss found decreased in adult
students the power of attention, con-
centration, mental keenness 40 per
cent the first hour, 1913 per cent the
second hour, 1875 per cent the third
hour.
1t was beer or wine quantity of
alcohol equivalent to glasses of
beer or half pint Of wine) that
Totterman found markedly reduced
the coordination Of eye and hand
work needed in range finding, SEX
Misunderstanding, sighting of guns, deli
cate machine work of all kinds.
1t was a beer and wine quantity
of alcohol equivalent to q of pint
of wine or a little over four glasses
of beer) that Frankfurter found in
; creased II times the relative number
of errors in typewriting.
; 1t was a wine quantity of alcohol
equivalent to q of a pint of winc)
that Aschaffenberg found decreased
the amount of work done by typeset-
ters 81 per cent.
1t was beer and wine quantities of
alcohol equivalent to about two pints
of beer or q of pint of wine) that
i Kraepelin found impaired accuracy in
Workmanship in the Bavarian Army
1t was beer and wine quantities of
Io1a
beer or 1 pint of wine) that Lieu
tenant Boy of the Swedish army found
reduced endurance in shooting 221a
per. cent.
1t was beer and wine quantities of
alcohol (the equivalent of PA glasses
of beer) taken daily that Smith found
impaired ability to memorize and to
add numbers.
1t was beer and wine quantities of
alcohol equivalent to 2-21s glasses of
beer, or 10 ounces of wine) that
Durig and Schuyler found diminished
muscle working ability in lifting and
mountain climbing and increased
fatigue.
1t was beer and wine quantities o.
alcohol that in practically all these
experiments misled the person using
the alcohol into thinking that he was
=, working better, when actually his
work was poorer.
1t was beer and wine quantities OF
alcohol equivalent to 1928 pints
of beer or 1915 ounces of wine) that
Dodge and Benedict of the Carnegie
Nutrition Laboratory, Boston, found
definitely depressed combined nerve
and muscle activity. This with other
results gave ''clear indication of de-
creased organic efficiency as a result
of moderate doses of alcohol
The amounts of alcohol used in the
foregoing experiments are commonly
taken in wine or beer by hundreds Of
thousands of drinkers.
). alcohol is alcohol, either in whisky
or beer" says DR.. Eugene Lyman Fisk,
of the Life Extension Institute. ut
is nonsense to claim that beer is a
hygienic drink. 1t is drunk chiefly for
it's alcoholic effect, and if the alcoholic
effect is produced the danger af al
cohol exists. Any one who doubts
that beer can produce a certain form
: of intoXication need only visit the
: saloon and watch the beerdrinker in
various stages of befuddlement or ex-
element. If beer does not intoxicate
or produce any alcoholic effect, what
} becomes of the racial craving for
, stimulants' which it is said to satisfy?
Furthermore, heavy beer-drinking, as
in the case of brewery employees, adds
the danger of excessive fluid intake,
entirely apart from alcohol The heavy
mortality of brewery employees is
sufficient evidence that beer, so far
as its effect on masses of men is con-
lcerned, is not hygienic drink
&C. r. .Stodd0Td. in Welfare Orator.