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As It Itstands Itstands itstands stands bis his statement is ls really diacouraging dI dig digcouraging . couraging propaganda CHILD CmLD DELINQUENCY DELINQDENCY DEUNQCENCTAND DELINQUENCYAND DELINQDENCYAND AND THE TIlE ALOON SALOON SALOONEvidence SALOONEvidence ALOONEvidenca Evidenca Evidence is mounting in the dalb daily dalbnews dailynews dailynews news columns that parental and andchild andchild andchild child delinquency ia ls is traceable to the thesaloon thesaloon thesaloon thesaloonTo saloon saloonTo To me this liquor Uquor phase phale ia Is no dlf dif dlfferent different ditterent ferent than any of tha the ethers others , , , and andI andis andis is I . only an e effect ect . , not a causa cause of the thetrouble thetrouble thetrouble trouble The drinking of alcohol alcobol ls Is lsa Isa isa a custom cu tom to which man haa has sub auho sub- auhoscribed subscribed subscribed - scribed since Ilnee long before betore Christian ChristianIty Christianity Christianity Ity The handling of the dnmken drunken dnmkennesl drunkenness drunkenness nesl ness problem through all tha the age ages ageshas ageshas . has been founded on self selt restraint restraintpopular , , popular scom scorn , , popular disgrace di.grace digrace . and andsuch andsuch andsuch such regulatory reeuIatory 1n1Juencelt-uot 1n1Juencelt uot influences-not influences not influences - - not pro pro- prohibition probibitlon prohibition - - hibition bibitlon hibitionObviously bibitlonObviously Obviously , . for tha the average healthy healthyperson healthyperson healthyperson person a moderate consumption of ofalcoholic ofalcoholic ofalcoholic alcoholic beverages beveragea never haa baa has beeu beau beeuconlldered beauconsidered beeuconsidered conlldered considered harmful by a majority majorityof of the people In this world world-or world or - - or I be be- - believe beUeve believe - lieve Ueve by all medical men . . Overdose Overdoses Overdosesnot Overdosesnot . not only are harmful but pollonous poisonous poisonousas pollonousa a as . harmful harm1ul as an overdose of medl medlcine medlcine medlcine cine which killsPrimarily killsPrimarily kills killsPrimarily Primarily what we need is II lead leadershlpand leadershipand leadership ershlp--and ershlp and ership-and ership - - and discipUne--along discipUne along discipline-along discipline discipline - - along .1nP 1nP sins sinslsr . suniIT .1nPlar lar lsr lines linesWhen When prohibition was wal repealed repealedmost . , , most of our political leaders prom promIsed promised promised Ised there would be no return of 01 the thesaloon thesaloon thesaloon saloon . . We not only returned It It , , , put putwe butwe ut utwe we Invited females Into It it . . The facill facW facilltiel facWties tacillties tiel ties provided for tor man's mans ' fallin tailing failing , hal has halthereby hasthereby hathereby * thereby been extended to women . . The institution of separate leparate aa1ooJl saloons saloonsmight saloaasmight . might ba be corrective it If any saloons saloonsare saloonsare saloonsara are necescary neceSl&l neceSll necessary & ' ) at aIL alL Hours af of op 0p- 0p - 0pera operation . era eration tlOD could be adjusted to discour discour- dlscour discourage discourage - . age drunkenness dnmkenne81 as u in England and andCanada andCanada aadCanada Canada ' Cheap Cl'Ieap ClIeap dive dives . along the theroad theroad theroad road known as al roadhouses roadhouse . e.117 e117 easily e.117could easilycould easilycould . . could be regulated recuIated out of existence existence- existencewithout existencewithout existencewithout - - without orohibltlon roblbltJon orohibitlon . . . |