THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 138, 5 March 1908, Page 11

THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

[The matter in .this column- by a representative of' thn New. Zealand Alliance, and The Dominion is in no v, ay VesponBible for tho opinions expressed therein.]

NOTES AND COMMITS

■ ; .'■ • ■■■ ■ . * —rrr-.: , f i.jl i . " INYERCARGILLfr There have.been six; Supreme Cdtirfc sessions in Invercargill since. No-license becamo effective. .' At every these, . without'exception,''. 'the : t Sjujjremo CourtJudge who presided has cof|iplinis)ted. tho , district on thoabsence of.crime. Tho .ivo: (is iiscxl -. < 1 were -*■:;as r follow August. $8,; ■ 190G,. session.—Mr. ' Jnstico Gooper,;/<. 'T.Voongi atu-. one criminal caso." ; ■ seseion y MK'/justice' the 'district .'on'.the absonce|k> f ;'sc*ri^ us cri ni'e.'' March 5,1907,-session Williams spoke similarly. There were'only two cases, both of which were disHiif-Sctl,-" a\i/l clashed by the.learned Ji|clga as trivial ; ; 'i.-IOW,. , s^Bsipnf^Mr.', Justice,'.'.G}ap*n.v%i\ • He wi|s very-pYeasecl>ipybo:abld itjjf'{c&ngratflliite' theGrand . Jury' oil tho .cqplfmativci ;ibsencQ of crime ;"from- this 'largo;antj 3 vg^Aviiigulistyict,. Tlip caieiidsir, wais/an- exjipedingly 'small ' Qfie, : . and it. sCemed to' hi_ni',3i)v ,: cqmpa'nsoniwitly , to shoiYyia'imtfKeu. diminution . in;; crihie," '• C'v^u^st,i9 - 18Q7tt,V'sp58jQi][.77Mr;-' ■ Justicp'jWilliams: "Theje ' had i; p.PPtI- - total', absence, 6'fcfin^o>4 u ri!!S .the last three months.",. FiiiMf.Vi,jori Dcccpiber 10, tho last;- Mr.Justice illiaras .again ctingratnlated :tbo Grand, jjfnryi'on tho "remarkable absenco/of Facts thingp, iand .'i!i luvcrffargiir the facts are as we:prophesied • thev-tf;.wou}4.be;- - .Business better than: ever ltf.was-- Building extraordinarily; active, ;>work. 'offering. .Advertisements' were sent nil ovor lately. by. tho Invercargill : Labour asking for .carpanters.ii -Land- .gjno jhp -in price; Mr; It. M'Nab, Minister, fgr Lands; reporting that ho had never, bcforojisoeiv; tho business men of Invercargill so'confident in '.tho futuro of their town;- 'In '•fjic^ u , everything but crmio ; ; ;If all. New Zealand were under' No-Jicensi, it would .be the, • most';prbsper6us r least'.'criminal, country '■ in ; 'tbe-world. . ■ -. C■, '

HOW CHILDREN- ARE MADE DRUNKARDS

The,other.'Slay 1 1• attended t!; fiineral of a • '-',3ea^'fneh^^n(L. : fa'ticotj.vWhen | 20::j , ears of i light's Mitfiisl'country: '?'•; "•' 1;' "';V.'.'? v, .-".- -.-; Th6,paC!> , 'iio.^'foryhinisel i f was iiot ; rapKl • !: for;!• » pliysiplogica 1 ly';, balancedj ' yet : bo coffltl maintain -it j without' artifi-', 1 oial. nsiistaTice.ot/So ho .was compelled—mark, ; you,; I-l spy -compelled—to keep; proppedrup -by stinsiijant&. : ? -It is.*a-loiig (story-to a short end. '- Tho '^d'termination eawo .38.. X'His-.imbtlier)'vsister;arid '"closest-; friends . could' iftt- Vc'cciunt'for. this fine' boy's merging ■ into ; .-raan.' i u-orkc-d hard; over. that' boy! - .ButT-had'nothing to build upon.. .: His.nerToUs : |striij:tUTe',ivas .sand—quicksand... .i' ''.'ButVi'-T'said ,rhis:'m6ther'- : ..t0, .m-e; ;"How : could-Robert becomo suoli a.slave to drink?. . What, was .the cause?'' ■. y-v Of: course,' .there was a cause; there must . be a -riot, know " it/ ; b-ut, aet'ecmiiicdi'tp ;find;.it..-}.V'- ' - -The,essentialthing to .know.!wlien treating:.instability.. is,, the... family;-history ;of ; ,the /.-patient'.-'r'lii-Zthis-case 'tlievfariiily;history was : excellent.. ;Ho;canu> of sturdy.Scotch stock., ■'J Nci.. nervous;-affliction .on 'either,, side' as;.far, ' back as 1 ' could:: be traced,.: v Grandparents,' ■ father and'mother; were all temperato pcopl^;, --^TKe,.'sister,\thrM 1 years' older., than .the brother,' was a l 'normal woman; "the. mother of ■threo henlthv'boys, athletes and strictly torn-. •: perata;-in; all -thin igs. : -'''V-V. 'Jet hwo;.worhad r an 'extraordinarily brilliant .yoiirig . man:--whoso ■ career was . ruined. because lie had to liavo stimulants.:; He-ab- - . horrd;'th'o niado i mighty efforts to eel albngywith6ut"jt/;but';itiwas a'physiological; impossißih'ty. : : .Afrer.-rlong'. iiiKl'minute .investigation I tlisf . . / awful,''.--warning '.truth,-which.-when: it reached the heart of his mother, brought, her to. the,grave.;She;had .allowKV;:hi3_-.de}icate.','baby/ rierye-cells" -to ■ be'/ poisoned:' distorted,. by opium' and alcohol- — . mnocontly,'-lgnovainlv, o('. course.;This;pTiotlior of 'was; yory'jll iinine-'. diatelv! aftw his<birth. . Re was given to n , : 6uppo3edly/.fC3ponsible : ; nurso.;-.The best- .in- • tehtib'ii^dv'prse' v 'oari , ncit- -feel t!ip future' rfc Bponsibihty -to the child.: If - the child dis- - - annoys..her., by;.its ,'Cries,'- , ' what i^'mpro,natural-than,th'at sho ; shonkr . give tho baby a dose of-ono of the much ad-, . vertisad ''harmless ' oopthincj . syrupsOf coqrfoj. baby sleeps qiuptlv:: he is m an opium . sleep. Of - course, lie looks aft nud wcllnonrished; die ! is ■ drjig-bloatcdi- ■' ■ In this: case !• founcj thfit a littla gm waa frequently put. intp thn baby's milk. "It "isgood for-:tlie.-.kidnovs,i'':thc.old mirso.said; ' Th^iiVshtf said. that' it "\rns the oustom'- tojgiydi ■ a little i:"footlnng s.vrup". to all babies;./'li: helps .to: soften up tho gums.''' l£. did. And ' <•. it. alsbvhelped .to';;.s6ften -tip.tin o _c}elical6 t.is-; bups of ; .the\brafn:w-' --. ; ; .Ayiieh jthpj .the .-baboiwas . ; : ' given; to'her/.; f-But. h'<j;missecl;his/opium ;-'hp yelledVandrwerit' into; spashis ;';'ev6ry ;iievye- : -cell :was. : there ■ / .wasVjii'Koure;;-rpr;-liia': -'''sacthing, "sivcetly" v : '.-:;sl6p{,Yonl^.r^p.. ; ■; effect. w^'bifriGd^.tl>i sryoiirir; jpoi- ... soned,hy'dftigs';.wlicn : ;a\bab'oj;; ajic|-03t-rac'i.ped Bs';,af':t)r.ti_pkard:;)wlien'':a ■ i'r.fl'n";-: ; ,beca}i3P 'his: WaiiKodd's'* - ■ sitics.'Y ;1 ' : -V iv '^'S l - - ' How many Mpthcrs,.'arid gopd riiothers, too,- . .aro;inn'ocently, aiKl; iEno,i i ;i':itly .allowing their sons and; daughterp.- t'o. start.lp.n 'a .clruiikard's .. ; carper,:cominc'iici>ig;-at.th'e.;oradlo in tlje'same wayl;;. These-mothers -.forget due thing: that , every . healthy ;. baby /should ' cry . ; and kick.': That is-its».way of-filling. and- tlcv -. . veloping its; muscles. . To; ''scotho''. it with ;. ■. anything lint purpj'pptJ, frcijh air/jihd'loving arms, is to 'soml.'it ;oijt iutp 'the' world an nn- - . dev'el6j)ed-Kelplcss- boii'ii;. - !