Show THE LIQUOR WAR IN GERMANY I 1 THE advocates of beer drinking have been in the habit of quoting germany on all occasions as an example of temperance their theory being that owing to the quantity of beer absorbed by each citizen per them diem there was no room in his stomach or perhaps more correctly speaking no need in his bis system for the stronger and more harmful beverage As to the intrinsic quality odthe of the harm of getting drunk on beer compared with that of arriving at the same state of moral torpidity by means of a more powerful stimulant no opinion to is givan these fine differences feren ces in such coarse grained subjects are troublesome but what will become of all this pro beer argument now that drunkenness has become so appalling in germany that the emperor b has as become alarmed and taken the subject under especial observation he evidently has the legislative power behind him in the work of reform A law nas has been formulated and will probably pus pass requiring that before obtaining a license for selling liquor the dealer shall show that there is a public need for a liquor store and it shall not be located in places undesirable to the community no one can obtain a license who has an immoral character or who is suspected of using his business in connection with gambling or other debauching debau ching practices the druggists can sell only in sealed bottles dealers are also restricted as to the sale of liquor to minors and as to the abuse of liquor drinking on their premises an important feature of the law jaw is that while liable to puni ment for the drunkenness of their customers dealers are riot not allowed to thrust a drunken man into the street they must either give him shelter or take him home in addition to this physicians nurses and other people engaged in similar professions are liable to heavy one fine and imprisonment if proven to be intoxicated while attending atten dlug to duty firemen are likewise punishable for drunkenness |