| Show THE TRU temperance PERANCE CAUSE prof of the augsburg AuK iburg seminary boa bm recently lulled a little book data about the temperance meng all over the world it will be 4 of interest lote reat to all 11 II engaged io in the war oo an the be liquor traffic the originator of the be temperance Ino ta is dr benjamin rush born at t bristol joser dear philadelphia on 00 christmas eye ete 1746 in IM 1786 lie he pub ifred a treal tr etlee lse on the be effects of alcoholic leoti ollo liquors on the human the states to is the badje of the she temperance movement and ad the pam plat hiet of dr bush bail to Is ate abe aurang pol beloi the stag nt delely against flail drink was vae formed by few farmere at litchfield lilton field connecticut lo in 1789 it attracted some gome attention but did not extend its ito influence very far another temperance society was d in moreau saratoga county i new york in 1808 other societies were formed a few years later in mao eso busette and new york and in 1834 the movement had bad spread to twenty one states there were over wo goo citations olat ciati fona ons with about a million members mem bere the warfare had not at tola this time spread to all intoxicating drinks and it was wag found that while the importation ot of the stronger rooger at diminished from rail ins in 1824 to 2810 gallons gailon la in 1882 the consumption io ot 01 wine and cider had bad more than doubled Joo bled this suggested the necee sity alty of total abstinence and in ila 1836 the national convention at saratoga decided that the should refer to all intoxicants the origin of the word teetotaler tee J prof says that pastor jewell jewel secretary of the tern tem perance society at hector N Y to in 1827 conceived the idea ot of putting toe letter T before the names la in hie bai records of all those that bad signed the pledge and that these after thin were known as IT T ireland to la mentioned as the be tiou country where the temperance movement was very early introduced jeffery de ded wards dwards founded a society in skit boron beneo wexford county IP in 1817 but the real apostle of temperance to la that country was the catholic priest father matthew in 1840 through ule efforts larts ef about half the copulation of ireland bad signed the pledge he died la in 1866 and since that time no efforts have been made for the cause in that country in scotland bootland the be first temperance society was founded to la greenock by ju his john dunlop in october 1829 lo in abe be your year 1860 1850 there were in soot land societies with mem bers ben the movement reached england to 1830 1880 mr henry forbes from bradford who had attended a most meet log ing in glasgow founded a society that year the 2nd and of february and at the end of the year there were eighty societies with members in england too there to is a tradition as an to the origin of the word ates tea total A certain a mr richard Bl who suffered from frana tam stam meri meriting tig ones once said at a meeting from this time on I 1 will devote myself to t tt tot elsm y and his audience adopted the now new term at present there are in england between five and six million teetotaler teetotalers tee em in norway the temperance reform has galled mood many friends in later year in 1842 the bylaw by law prohibited the manufacture imports im porta aloa said and sale ale of intoxicants cut but the low law was refused royal toya in 1846 1845 a was formed by RN andresen in sweden the first fint temperance solety society was founded in april 24 1819 by some soar of the students there we aw now dow members in the he various societies clet les in denmark the ha first temperance society wu was formed in 1840 iceland bw baa members pledged to acain flo IOB in germany and SwIts Maud but bat little h km wien done do tor for the co temper ance oluse aul the same la Is said of holland and belgium A temperance temo eranee society in france has hai weal mom bars bam but bat these are not tee russia and finland have but few temperance people spain 1 Is said to be the most moat sober land in europe italy greece mud and turkey are nearly as aa free arm fr an the vloe vice of drunkenness as a spain io in austria Au atria on the contrary the hev vice loate to almost general the drinking drink lne habit was wag hardly known to la africa mud aud asia the tae advent of mexico central and sauth america were originally sober countries but contact with Eur europeans has baa changed the conditions there and temperance work to Is almost unknown ater this review of the warfare against intoxicants prof pro Nyda bl closing statistics are rather disappointing according to him the united states stated the cradle oi 0 the movement anti and the boram fo ram country in the ranks rank for morality still till spends more every year for liamor than tor for the necessities of lite lire and for education these theae are the figures too toe united states yearly for fair the he cin conversion version or of pagans for or brick for building purpose aw SM for potatoes potato ool tor or on u rones for for silk toe for furniture st lor aar ami tot for woolen rood VA for boos boe SM for flur flour for books beoka and papers for oot cotton too goods for lumber for fori bacco for iron and aad steel joir or most meat and tot lor |
