Show THE temperance QUESTION THE prohibitionists of this country entertain the notion that the cure of drunkenness drunken nepa lies in the suppression of the liquor traffic by law in other word that the great vice of the world can be removed by legislation elpe fience has not been favorable to this theory the appetite for strong drink is not affected by statutes and while there is a demand for liquor the supply will come in spite of laws and or dinan ces and regulations the traffic in intoxicants may be restricted by legislation but it does not dot appear that by such meant means it can be suppressed at the state convention of the young womans comans temperance union rk k in 1 pennsylvania recently the superintendent in of the young work made able declaration we hate given up the idea of ever gaining anything by politics and are ourselves to individual faw now confining work we expect nothing or very little from OW iowa legislation at ton it has been shown that the law cannot make a sober man of a drunkard ly these are wise words they should be taken to heart by temperance workers everywhere if they will labor in their own sphere which is that of moral influence and spend the time wasted on end endeavors vors to fetter appetite with fib statutes in the dissemination of knowledge and the exercise of that power which trong strong and pure minds can bring to bear upon the weak in training the young in reclaiming the fallen and in finding and using means to cure the disease of dipsomania they will accomplish com far more than by punitive and 9 suppressive up measures that trench on human liberty this is in not intended to signify die prova ali of laws and ordinances to regulate and restrain the liquor traffic the arguments and evidences in favor of high leoee we think are such as to convince vince unprejudiced minds that investigate vesti gate the subject but the root of the evil is not in the trade which furnishes the supply it to is in the demand which springs from f sources beyond the reach of legislation the liquor appetite has come down to the present generation through a line of ancestry reaching back almost to the beginning of the world the use of stimulants is not confined to any age or any race and the craving for them is hereditary it cannot be eradicated in one generation vor nor extinguished by statutes es and penalties I 1 it is a wise pro provision in the utah school law which requires special instruction st in the public schools boon concerning er ninor the nature of and effects produced by the use of alcoholic drinks stimulants and narcotics it ought to be enforced and information of this character should form part of the tuition in all the schools in the country the custom of presenting stimulants to visitors in society the practice of treating BO 20 common among men the habit of indulgence in drama so eo frequent with persons who could just as well as not dispense with it should all be abolished they encourage those who W have a disposition to drink to axes excess and make the way harder for those who desire to overcome it the rational treatment of persons afflicted with the inherited disease that leads to inebriety is one of the measures that zealous promoters and advocates of total should study and support fine imprisonment disgrace and contempt have little or no effect because they do not reach the root of the evil A weak will goes down before a strong appetite and either the will must be aided or the desire quenched or both before a cure can possibly be ejected enec ted the remedies which seem to accomplish the end debited dee ired ought tt be thoroughly investigated and if found to be as be bb placed within the reach of the poor as well as th the rich who are cursed with the inordinate and unconquerable craving for intoxicants the diffusion of scientific and practical knowledge the discouragement of tippling among the temperate as well astae as the intemperate nal mingled with discretion and governed by truth in the advocacy of abstinence rational laws jaws and regulations for the restriction of the liquor traffic and the punishment of offenders against public order and decency and a compassionate and pura curative tive course with the diseased inebriate will accomplish a great deal toward the eradication of the great curse of the world worl dand and the effects will be more lasting than those which are brought about by exaggerated exordiums intemperate te temperance in perance lectures vituperative denunciations prohibitory legislation or any measures which are oblivious of natural causes and moral effects |