The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-10-01

Do they send out circulars TO tfle1f pol2y-
holders urging them III they can get I'D I'd
drink beer freely2 Never: Even II Tor
eign countries, many large companies in
sure only abstaine's or give abstaiilef3
more insurance for less money.
"a The prominent philanthropic men
and women. who are doing special rescue
work IN our nation along score OF INES.
would crowd the largest auditorium III our
land They labor among the wreckage OF
humanity and seek to lessen and prevent
the miseries of mankind They nave hrss
hand knowledge of the causes o. crime.
poverty insanity. deformity. and delin-
quency. IF assembled, the vote against
drink would be unanimous Not ore would
plead for more beer and whisky In tace
of such facts, good citizens ought not 10
demand liberty to drink and indulge III i
custom so destructive of human happiness.
Surely the State Is justified in denying
that liberty and the man who patronlzes
the bootlegger is not a good citizen. He
not only disobeys the Constitution OF the
nation, but he violates the law OF nlS own
life.
(5l Among the witnesses in the SUI
preme Court of Experience, the. expert
mental psychologists give most valuable
testimony, Il is rigidly scientific. By the
apparatus that shows the "time-reactionss
of an individual. the psychologist demon
Strates that even light beer lessons the
activity of both body and mind, while
making the individual believe that he acts
more rapidly. These experiments prove
two Things: First, that small amount
of alcohol really lessons the vigof OF the
drinker; and, Second. that it deee1yes nm
respecting his own condition, making tlin
think that his actions are quicker, WteIl,
in fact they are slower The glass Of beer
makes the laborer feel that it has BAN
ished his WEAKNESS, when, III reality, 1t
has only benumbed his senses. SO that he
is not aware OF his fatigue. which. how
ever, not only remains but is increased by
the liquor.
PERSONAL LIBERTY PLEA
ANSWERED
Mr. "Wet:" DO you realize that the Lib
erty to drink whisky which you demand.
If exercised by the. surgeon who is to OPP
crate ON your. son, might cause the lads
death? Be honestl Will the pleasure
from the liquor equal your sorrow for the
beloved boy?
MIR. wet" DO you realize that the lib
erty to drink which you demand, would,
if freely exercised by all those who run
autos, greatly increase the deaths and &C
cidents, now so common, and make nigh
ways too dangerous for use? Be honesti
DO you really wish to contribute TO that
multiplication of death and misery?
Mr. wet" DO you realize that the lib
erty to use wine which you demand, Il
freely exercised by college students. would
blight thousands Of young lives and also
burden society with dangerous derelicts?
BE honest! Is it worth while to pay such
price for few glasses of champagne?
MIR. wet" Do you realize that your
demand for liberty to drink liquor, if ex-
ercised by athletes, would bring defeat to
every bali team in the world that uses
whisky? Is it ever said that the cham
pion won because he drank more whisky
than his opponent? Be honest! Is 1t a
liberty worth having, which II used by
mountain climbers will compel them to
stop before they pass the foothills?
Mr. "Wet:" Do you realize that the
liberty to indulge in nluch beer, which you
claim. if generally granted, would surely
bring back the saloon, the promoter OF
every vice and crime, the robber taking
bread from the mouths of thousands OF
hungry children, the prolific source OF
disease and misery? Be honest! Is your
satisfaction of the thirst for liquor suf-
flcient TO justify that vast human wreck
age?
Mr.. @Wet:" DO you realize that you are
responsible for the bootlegger. whose oper-
atoms create innurnerable crimes. institute
civil war in our land, impose great fnan