| Show DRINK PAUPERISM SM AND the massachusetts bureau of labor statistics has just completed an ex hau stive etive report on the relation of f the liquor traffic to pauperism crime and insanity it is the most moet perfect work f the kind yet issued and Is in con to a legislative call of 0 1894 the paupers haupers are first consider d of gf the he or of both sexes and all agea found in state institutions during the twelve months month 4 ending august 2108 or 65 per cent were or bad been indicted to the use of liquor borne or about a fourth of the liquor abere bad been excessive drinker drin kerf the total abstainers abstain ers numbered of which however were minu thus over three fourths of the adult paupers haupers have been addicted to th he liquor habit and 89 per cent of tb the whole number of paupers haupers attributed their pauperism to their heir own intemperate temperate lo habits nearly two thirds of the whole number use dobao co but only three could be bouno who riad used drugs of f any kind slaty sixty eight per cent of all were foreign born and 68 58 per cent had never been naturalized nat u roll sod of the 1019 native torn born only bad both parents native the criminal class statistics show as follows for the year ending august 20 1896 1895 convictions males malas for drunkenness alone drunkenness and other crimes AU ali other crimes females Drunkenness alone 2032 2082 drunkenness and aad other crimes 49 other crimes crimea 1010 all convictions both sexes of which lor for drunkenness alone of the 1266 1256 persons ol of both sexes between fourteen and twenty years who were convicted were ci cases alone and were of other crimes PP P in no less jess aban of the oases cases or nearly 82 per cent the of leoder feDder was in liquor at the time the offense was committed the agents of the bureau wout went among these criminals looked up their records and made personal inquiries thoy found that the number addicted to the use ire of liquor was no leu less iban or 94 per cent of alj but they luuru only who were excessive drinkers trio toe agents found that in cases or 84 per cerit cent of all the intemperate babits of the cf sender fender led to the condition which induced crime they found that nearly 68 58 per cent of all the criminals allying drunkards drun Barda only ats aa such had bad fathers addicted to the use ot 01 liquor and over 20 per cent had dri drink IM k ing mothers they found that 80 per cent of them used all kinds of liquor whatever they could got get hold of and only about who used any particular arink exclusively and most ot of theme thee were lager beer soaker ao akere lu in connection with the report the baring told republican also aleo notes the fao fact that of 1281 adult insane 61 51 per cent mad had been users of liquor and 38 6 per ventoe the whole number were known to have one or both parents intemperate r in oases cases the intemperance ol of grandparents was considered to have led to the lori losa olty anity of the person A altogether the report presents a terrible arraignment of the drink habit babit in its relation to pauperism crime and nd insanity |
