| Show THE TUE TEMPERANCE CAUSE I I The mutter tn hi this column l Is its Isit edited it ml pr i r l 1 by laities huies of ut inter Inter tn hi Ilce work 1 tIIt Jina hn A burn eon to our government by hy bythe the tho American consul nt at on 01 the tho growth of ot alco 1100 holism In Franco I It I hint him always been the Impression that tho thin countries were on Ott 01 tIme the whole the tho most niost temperate find mund Ind that drunkenness wag most prevalent In him those nations wines and amiul other light beverages wet were a not nol an nn accompaniment of ot the tho dully daily din dinner ner hut but here and 1111 brandies and ald other heavy drinks were welo partaken of ot In large H it I up tIp pears however from Irum rota tItus this t that Franco ranks rut Unit a mm alcoholic a he ni a 1 thomie and Ild that the time evil of ot hUH hug so great Hrent In iii 1 that country that a it 1 congress trite hell hellIn In III Pails In iii last humet for the tIme of ot measures to tits tho evil 01 It appears front from statistics presented 1 by out our consul that the tite of ot beverages Pet per capita In itt InFranco Franco la is II 41 gallons In Iii II In tn Germany 24 In England 8 11 while hlo the United ranks loest 10 In lit Inthe II the tho list of ot great Kreit grea with u mi pir Ir capita consumption of ot Billions Ac Ar to this the mont nb rib countries mite aru RIt Canada Finland anti and Norway The Iho consumption of ot alco alcohol hol Itoh In 11 Fiance In thu th lust last 10 years yeam has Increased In 11 I ii alarming it I mig proportion bolt lIe In iii England and Andin In itt the Iho United Putted States there has haK been it a I steady decrease and anil to this titis fact tact foreign observers attribute In iii II part pat t the tim Increasing commercial BU itt of nt tho the United States This hll If is a 11 moro more powerful lecture than any sermon lermon could coull possibly be It I proven that temperance Is II one of ot the causes luses of ot a n strength ant anil that excess excena s In alcoholism If It g among the people Is a n of ot com corn mercial decay It H Is la gratifying to know that title this country ranks sO BO well iveli wel in this respect among tho the other nations nu of or thu titu globe It HIl In is a n matter mattoi of ot common observation alon that the excessive use list of ot alco alec alcoholic holic holle drinks linn limit certainly decrease I In itt business circles In tho the past 10 or o 0 years yearn In itt many establishments o tim tho th stile rulo Is III and rigidly enforces enforced that all ni and alIt low lots shall not litt be ho seen Keen In saloons or partaking i r alcoholic ks In public Drunken Drunkenness ness hess which was us formerly u a very ery com corn inon thing In ranks of ot business s Is III now regarded as ns a it 1 disgrace followed genet geneI ally nIl by b dismissal dl or exclusion anti and ecu cel certainly tautly by loss locus of at credit credi A man who Is itt known to be Ie nit nil habitual user mer of ot alco alcoholic holic hollo drinks timid and an un habitual loses his hit standing at nt the thu banks unit ami tho the of ot his associates a e lion How lo flit far this Improvement In hit the morals 1 0 11 hi of ot the people ns os regards tho tim use imse Intern of or alcoholic beverages h hi s extended to tho th working classes It 11 In is Innot not hot co 50 0 enS to estimate hut but so 10 far tR as lS observation goes oes there has been beel a considerable Improvement In II that direction Certainly we could not lol made tho tite Immense strides that wo WI have In tho the past seven seWn years earM unless tho time great masses of ot our skilled workmen were temperate Wall Street Journal Joural |
