Show Prohibition Arguments Pro and Con 1 j FOR POR 10 Some Sm f lh the I and nJ of f liquor d b 1 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS u Ih tHai TrI t for Ic in th Ike kM 1 An interesting survey or of 1 I mall mortality h in with h Invest mont relating U t to tb the Iq lIquor tra trade l Ii a supplied b by Dr f W WIn In A letter t to Ih the L London R oly Br tm time ago b he W writes we heard a good I both is In and oct of I u ol shout ut tb the w widow whose little al 11 I ii Invited it Tre There II Is 0 on tb the lr band ti lb wilow widow e so m made b by al allIot alcohol I am amnot not lIot aware tl that a any on one hat has attempted to estimate the number ot of eth each ot of t tto these two to clam 1 T The result It of 1 no eaU small I tastily 1 a M ap I It b has b bean stated tat that thai littie Ihne are an ht half a mIllion person a who ho have hv Inv Invest P Pd In money In III lb the 1 licensed lr lt tel u us alow allow that bt bait of t the an era own men Ti The death rte rate of al all ma males above II 1 years of age p is slIghtly UpU over nver 1 Ii a thod At th CIUI census or of 1101 Y Iii In each ch IhO thou thousand sand mI males I aged 15 t yel years and nd upwards were fund found to b be the death deth rt rate of oC the tho ma married as compared with bachelors and w wd d flows I It collo that bUI Investors In the licensed trade di die eh each yr year ot of which 1 some wi wIll b be u mar marrIM rIM mn men baring behind t them t the seat number Dumber ot of widow et entirely ly or pl partly dependent tnt n 0 thee The Tb widows widow mad by drink a are na near nearly ly Iy six II as man many Numerous Inquiries at h home and 1 abroad agree somewhat closely In III at atIna stat Ina lag Ii 14 Jr per cent of nt th the suItes d re reto rite to b be lu du to 10 The h of OR on In seven is Ie b by p D Dr oU ibid who considers that 11 all el to restrain drinking Increase drunkenness I do not nol think th the justness of this n figure lan can b bed it at all I except a as an UI on W a are hen dt dealing wt with male del deaths only And I wa wIt do m my contention the injustice ot of sup aup poing that the or of deaths due wholly or In part to alcohol I n no higher among m mn teen than among III women Ol It If 11 one could allow 1 for the Ial dlf dl feren th the result would uld b Ii even mort more terrible FakIng ln I the fr figure for tor 1 IHS tr for t ng land and Wae Wiles alone w we have v dalh death ot of m male over owr 16 16 4 rf of th the wholly or ply panty due to alc alcohol a and or of this number were ere married nn men Ii I r e s IN a thousand Th The average ep ot of a 1 In and Wales 11 1 41 accordIng to Whitaker Itu I If we p mul u the o of widow Ido 12 lUl b by Ie 1 we II hv have an n approximatIon to th the numb number ot of widow Ido and d rn by alcohol In T There wr were or over 1 wc widows and Ohan orphans made by kohol alcohol avry every c day In the year r re 1 We e mT may now note not come furt further he data dala tb the n 1114 mIen helping heln UI us to emp compare Ic hot hol ned wow widows wit with tb the whose 1 m Cort fortune wr were wholly holy or In part bund bound up with U the welfare Urt of oC tl tb licensed pt trade O Of u the latter aU also tr would be lUBe large proportion or of rUI course II a prin wald b alcohol D Dr m raU recently let te tei on occupational morl mortality in III th the three y years 11 lt lit Informs u ulo us occupatIons In whisk the Moo Be to lo fl 21 he t a hell death eth rate te I III grossly gr In th these 21 opt selected te by D th as having an n alcohol mortality Th which exceed the bY A itt least 5 10 per r cent we c can wo work out th the alcohol col factor and find And It am amount to 34 i pr per tout The t table would t tabs up t too lUt much space for me t to ask ak you u t to print It but It pc I rd ready on demand public o or privet The figures work out t to chow 1 that 5 married I mn man In tl II te tied ml died led In each t from acl alcohol I hv have taken JU e per cent ot of the wh whole lIu sum her ot of d deaths pr in the tl three y years and b U th reckoned the tha married proportion oC o oth abW that In u these n It Te the O alcohol mortalIty 1 Ia 16 p per cent se ll only U 12 pr per Oot In aU all other tt Among the la in D Dr Tt Tat hams ham may t b bv coach to cob et t service wm groom cb Is or t I Ir borer general rI shopkeeper bre brewer chimney br p sweep dok lAb laborer hawker e Inn and hOtel servant A I II glance it at the table will 1 chow that In lanc C easel tb the oct wh whO a ate dying a are drinkers wb who frequent pl pub Ue lie bou house II in lh the where here tb the r re itt In th lb ot of the IJ humus under the th pt present bill 1 wi will our occur oi Often uDer nowadays the tho are aNi bv heavy drink ef erg and ld the lT live ot of their children cel wr tar round Ut the public h house It rant t tb the oly only wealth t ot of a nation I is II its t teaches no mo cre creti cur ti tam tr I I If an stare individuals are I I mortal moria I th the quantity end nt I 1 ot of childhood to In the point tnt of 01 viewer th factors In iii the h destIny ot of nations tin nt t I II I I the I foregoing f figure th the eon 1 I that he be Olin I at t this late I Is rr r I alcohol Is III against 11 England |