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Show ' Conductod by tho Nntlonnl Woman's Christian Tcmpcranco Union.) I m DECREASE IN LIQUOR OUTPUT. ki Effectives answer to tho chnrgo made "fey tho Uquor Interests that "Prohibition "Prohibi-tion does not prohibit," is furnished by tho report of Commissioner Osborn of tho internal rovonuo department for tho fiscal year ending Juno 1, 1915. r' According to this report tho mnnufac- ! turo of both distilled and formonted liquors has very materially decreased. Tho production of distilled liquors, 7 xc1ub!vo of fruit brandies, was 42,- ; 477,492.8 gallons less than for tho pro- a ceding year. Tho figures for 1914 woro 174,C11,C45 gallons, and for 1915, 132,-, 132,-, 134,152.2. Thcro has been a decrcaso , of 6,358,744 in tho number of barrels ' of boor manufactured, tho numbor of I harrels for 1914 being 66,105,445 and i for 1915, 59,746,701. For tho first thrco months of this fiscal year, for which figures havo i been mado public, thcro Is also a sat- 1 Isfactory decrcaso In tho output of dis- f tilled and fermented liquors ns com pared with tho corresponding threo months of tho provious year. Of fer mented liquors tho output for tho first t throo months of tho now fiscal year was 17,458,565 barrols, ns compared with 19,181,605 for tho samo months ; last year. Of distilled liquors thoro ( woro withdrawn during tho first thrco i months Of tho current fiscal year 27,- 903,829 gallons, and for last year 38,- t 456,420 gallons. I , ALCOHOL AFFECTS ARTERIES. :M Tho statement that "a man Is as 1 old ns his arteries" is as truo ns it is !m familiar. Tho normal healthy nrtery j is endowed with a wonderful nmount a of elasticity, so that it is easily cap- :fl nblo of accommodating varying quan- w titles of blood according to tho re- I quircments of tho occasion. When tho heart pumps a now Bupply of blood j Into tho arteries, they Immediately ex-1 ex-1 pand to rccclvo tho additional blood, I ., and then quickly contract again in order to pass it on through tho clrcu-t clrcu-t latory system. Hero again wo wit- ness tho hardening offects of alcohol, (which causes an ever increasing loss of elasticity. Tho arteries becomo hard and brlttlo, and in tho enso of strain aro llablo to break, and thus causo a hemorrhage, small or largo. ' This condition of tho arteries is known as arteriosclerosis; and if an artery bursts in tho brain, tho result Is usually us-ually a stroko of npoploxy, causing moro or less paralysis of ono sldo of tho body. Tho escaping blood forms a clot, which so presses upon tho norvo cells as to put thom out of action, at least, for a tlmo, if not permanently. It Is not necessary to cay apoplexy Is ono of tho sorlous dis-, dis-, enscs, and It is uncommon for a per son to survlvo a third Btroko. Dr. A. B. Olson. - PERIL IN MODERATE DRINKING. Doctor Ploctz, editor of tho Archlv fur Rassen-und GesollschaftBblologle, , declares that "It Is just tho uvorago iJ . i moderate uso of alcohol which Injuros a tho race moro than genuino drunken- J ness, slnco thcro Is hero relatively no I elimination through Btorllity or Infant 1 mortality as Is tho caBo with tho hard drinker. Mnny who Imaglno thorn- ' solves In tho category of tho wholly ' moderate must actually bo placed In n r lowor category. From tho standpoint I of raco hyglono, nn absoluto end of tho drinking of alcohol Is tho most de- , slrablo. Tho greatest need Is that ,' tho avorago 'moderate uso' should dis- ' appear that is, drunkenness is sec- ! ondary." j WITHOUT SALOON REVENUE. Cadiz, tho county scat of Harrison i county, Ohio, Iibb b6en dry for nlno- toon years and Is said to bo tho wealthiest wealth-iest town of Its slzo in tho country. If tho wealth of Cadiz woro divided 1 oqually to population, each man, worn- I nn and child would havo ?2,"500. Tho ; latest estlmato of tho wealth in tho threo banks and tho threo building and loan associations Is $2,300,000. Cadiz pays $23,000 annually for church ! Bupport and ?17,000 for schools, be sides largo buiiib for a library of 8,000 volumes, and a 40-ncra park with pavilion, grandstand, lako, raco track, otc. f UP AGAINST MODERN BUSINESS. It Isn't tho crank who is putting tho liquor traffic out of business. It's tho business man, tho railroad man, tho hanker, tho lawyer, tho merchant, tho men who havo to depend upon someone some-one oIbo for efficiency In tho various dopartmonts of tho important works. Tho liquor traffic is up against tho t (fcLhodorn buslneaa ago. It Is up against ""WuT" onemy that it cannot throttle of buy or browbeat or bluff, and It might as woll 8avo what it can and go out of business. Wichita Boacon. MAKE PROTEST EFFECTIVE. It la a great thing for tho votor to jnako hla protest against tho liquor traffic In tho prayer meeting or by his pannor of Hfo, but if ho would rcnlly tell tho govornmont, as woll aB tho Lord and tho pcoplo, that ho wants tho saloon closed, thoro is but ono jnothod by which ho can bo rocog.-nizod; rocog.-nizod; but Just ono law under which his opinion can doclaro itself, and his conviction makes Itself felt, and jthnt lnw and method aro fulfilled when ho drops into a box a ballot that calls for prohibition. Frances E. Wlllard. X JJK fflP |