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IUNDAI, OCTOBER 24th, 1M8 LESSON IV (Senior) ALCOHOL: ‘I'll GBQAT WASTE!

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"Why is there a liquor problem?" The. ward “problenfloften carries with it the idee that the situation is incapable of olution, or that it 1e very difficult to solve. To many people the word "problem" carries both of these ideas when used with respect to liquor. Cer- tainly it is not a new problem. Paul warned the early Christians to forsake drunkenness. If you study early British history or American history you will find that alcohol has always been a scourge to human life and s problem in hu- man society. Alcohol has always been s companion of vice, cruelty and poverty. yes, the partner of all that is evil. Is it not strange that the human mind has not conquered this plague which has blighted humanity for centuries? Our scien- tists have been amazingly clever in conquering problems related to distance, time, transportation, disease and production of goods. Why have they failed here?

We are happy to be able to tell you they have not failed. Scientists have studied this problem carefully and their research ls still going on. The big job now is to get across to the public what scientists al- ready know. But to come bsck and answer our questions. “Why is there a liquor problem?” The an- swer is twofold: 1. Because liquor contains s. narcotic drug, ethyl alcohol. 2. Because its manufact- ures make such huge profits. Al- ways remnrnber that alcohol is a non-essential, habit-forming ,drug which cOsts a lot 0f money.

The Cost To Canada

How much does our "problem" cost CnnadisnsTAccordlng to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics the year long drinking party which ended March 31st, 19W, cost the Canadian pocket book $713,778,000. this was an increase of 375000.000 over the previous year. The retail cost is close to a hslf billion dollars Our liquor bill is just about twice the sum total spent in Canada for all religious work plus s11 ed- ucstion in sll grades of schools. Try to visualize the amount spent on the maintenance and hosting of school buildings, on teachers’ salaries, on home mission work of all kinds. Canada's liquor costs just about twice this amount. I-t represents about $60 per year for every person in Canada over twenty years of age.

What do we receive for money thus spent? A few hilarious hours of rather senseless conversation, followed by a train cfsocial pro- blcms fleet alarm us. If Canadian business could be increased by this amount what gains would fallow! 'I‘he demand for houses. clothing food and furniture would set the wheels of industry whining with greater speed, giving employment to thousands and higher wages to all. , A family can spend its income only once. Money spent on liquor cannot be spent on the more es- sential and durable goods. It is obvious that since so many families spend nothing on alcohol, others must. spend largé. amounts. Imperi- ence of social and welfare workers is that daily essentials. such as food and clothing, are sacrificed for alcohol. The dry goods merch- ant, grocer, and others suffer the loss of business, while millionaire brewers and distlllers amass for- tunes. Millionaires are being made at the expense of the homes of the nation.

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Does the liquor-business rob us of anything in addition to our money? Alcohol is made from such materials as barley. corn, potatoes and sugar, and such food- stuffs used by brewers and dia- tlllers is lost to the normal food channels. Sir John Boyd Orr, Dir- ector General of the United Nat- ions Nod and Agriculture Organ- izstlm (FAO), stated (Nov. '47) that “world supplies of bread cereals are 104300.01) tons short of tho ‘ needed to maintain even the present meager rations in many lands. There is no hope that the present shortate will and with the 1946 harvest. Gtocks sre so low that even with a bumper cereal crop in toss many countries will be forced to continue bread rationing through 1949." Orr caut- ioned that “long continued hunger in wide areas of liturepe will result in increasing social and political unrest." and declared “further economic shocks of an already dis- treated and fmpovenlstsed world may lead to a “‘ breakdown of the structure of human society." In the face o! such conditions it is criminal that manufacturers of intoxicating liquore are permitted to consume millions of tons of food products in the production of al- coholio beverages. Not a kernel of wheat or grain of earn should

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of this has been unnecessary when we learn that Britain is now using 1,250,000 tons of coal, 100,000 tons 0f Milli‘, and 900.000 tons of grain annually to produce alcoholic be- verages. The sugar and grain is imported. II’- is true that she hopes to get much needed American dal- 1a.rs by the sale of some of this alcohol, but her people are losing far more than they will ever get back. A pint of beer represent Sea. of barley and l4 ca. of sugar.

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We have dlscusso’ the waste connected with our liquor problem in terms of dollars and food. But the end is not yet. Scientists have shown a loss oi’ 6 to 10% In oi’- ficiency following one pint of beer. This means loss of production and increase in accidents in the nat- ions‘ factories. Alcohol has been called the "befuddltng beverage" and the faculty of self-criticism is the first casualty. This effect o! alcohol has caused men to act in public in a man er which has dis- graced them. pportunities for personal advancement in business and the professions have been closed to many because they have strrrendered themselves ta the drug.

_I.oss or Life

Lives are being sacrificed to liquor. Prof. L. Joslyn Rogers, toxicologlst, associated with the Ontario Attorney-Generals Depart- ment, has stated publicly that 4.5 to 50% of all serious accidents on the highwyss are due to liquor. In i946 there were 688 traffic fatalities in Ontario alone. That means, accord- ing to the Dr. Rogers’ ration of 45% of accidents having alcohol as the main contributing cause. over 300 fatalities in Ontario alone caused by alcohol. The 00st in lives and property damage traceable to alcohol is a sobering fact, Automo- biles kill fsr more than do crimin- als. Not only do we sacrifice lives on highways. Dr. Grenfell, faruous Inbrador physician, said, "I have seen ships lost through collision be- cause the captain had been ‘taking _'a. little alcohol’? The loss of so many ships cf the American Navy at Pearl Harbour was a shocking blow to the Allied Nations and a source of much anxiety to the Allied Nations and a source of much anxiety to the high command. The fact that a pagan nation knew when to attack a Christian country at its weakest hour, and that the attack came on a Sunday morning following Saturday night parties. is sufficient cause for all of us to look at this problem carefully: Let us all consider: l. What will liquor cost me, if I drink? 2. What will I get for the price I pay?

QUESTIONS

1. Why is there a liquor problem? Value 10 marks.

2. What is the cost of beverage alcohol to Canada? (l1) Direct? (2) Indirect? Value 10 marks

STUDY IV. OCTOBER. 24th (Junior) KEEPING FIT FOR. SPORT n; Maryl. ltltchle

“De you like driving-I mean going for a drive yourstll. $11’ Al?" asked Joyce politely, feeling rather sorry for the little man who had told them. of the trouble he could cause to drivers of automobiles.

Sir Alcohol said politely. "Every- body likes a motor trip in pleasant company and through pleasant parts of the country?’

“who was the most interesting person you ever rode with A1?" asked Jerry. “Some famous states- man, I suppose. Did you ever ride with Sir Stafford Crlpps. the great lmglish statesman, for instance? Last February there was a picture of him in Life the magazine, you know."

“But Jerry," whispered Joyce, not wishing to seem rude for she had begun to feel sorry for the little man. ‘That picture shows Sir Stafford Cripps refusing champagne at a luncheon. Don't you remember Daddy explained to us that he is a total abstainer? Sir Alcohol would

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“M-mrrsrn. well, I can't exactly say. I've ridden with a great many Usually they do not remember that. I am hidden away in the glass of the windshield or the varnish on the wood or the finish of the metal work or in the lubericating oil, but there I am s11 the time, and I learn many interesting and use- ful things from their conversation."

“Scznething like the invisible man in a fairy story." laughed Joyce. “I'd love to be invisible scmetlmes It would be fun to hear what people were saying about me."

“Not so funny sometimes." Something like a blush actually tinged Sir Alcohol! little cheek. “I've heard some things that didn't make me st all proud or haPDY. And I've watched results of my work-or my improper use, I might say-that made me hang my head in shairne."

"If statesmen weren't the finest people you rode with. who were they?” asked Jerry. "Great scien- tists. maybe or inventors or some- thing?"

"No Great scientists and famous inventors seem to have little time for riding about the country In automobiles, I find. And I know a great deal about. them and their ways for most of them have to beg me to give a hand in their experhnents and their inventions and tests."

"Then whom do you like best to ride with?" insisted Joyce.

"Well, somehow I seem to like young people best." He smiled.

"Young as us?’ asked Jerry eagerly, if not grammatically,

"Well now, those I think of at the moment were a little older. There was By] Apps of the Maple

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‘The body phat." interrupted any. "1 have ht picture lssnsine in my roan. Do you realb lmaw him?"

"Surol Quiet" said the little man. trying not to look too import- ant at having such an important friend. "last tine he rode in one of rny-of our-cars I could scar- cely attend to my business af keep- ing things shiny and oiled and heated and cooled for watching and listening to him."

"Did he know you were there?" Joyce broke in.

"Can't say that he did. Of course he's a clever chap and knows. when he has time to think about it, that T sm to be fcund in all these places inli. there's one place I've been lblg to make my may. that is,

between his lips. Strange to ssy. I'm rather glad about float."

"S0 am I." declared Jerry. "You've ruined Tom Burns as a player-st least someone of your faanily did-fond everybody would hate to see Syl Apps go the same way."

"He won't. He's too anxious to be one of the worlds best athletes himself. and I find that the best way to keep him. at the top is for me to stay as far sway frcirn him as possible. 1 help shine his . shoes and keep the keys of his typewriter c1esn—-f0r he does use a typewriter at times-and I even help rub the pain out. of him when he gets hurt on the ice, for s good bit of me goes into the making or iodine and arnica and the liniments that sll athletes use. Oh. yes, I help him outwardly s good bit, but I'm glad to say I haven't banned him in- wardly yet."

‘How did you harm Tam What- ever-hls-nnme is?" asked Joyce.

"He Iiuruied himself, I tell you." The little man was. indignant.

' “Blunt good did it. d0 him to be

the strongest. man in the line and tho swlftest runner on the field if he wasn't strong enough to say ‘no’ when he xvas asked to drink and couldn't. run away when friends- he thought they were friends - trled to coax him into places where beer and wine and whiskey were sold. Do you think I liked to hear everyone blaming me be- cause the first few drinks that he took poisoned his nerves and slowed up his muscles so that the messages that his brain wanted to send through them to his hands and feet did not get there soon enough to be of much use in help- ing has; to fudge the right play to mahe and the Mo)!’ distance

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he lost his tanner ones M» often and hurt one of the players badly I didrvt went to confuse his brain so that he didrft know what he was saying or doing. And I did not want. to weaken his heart muscles so that he will m"! IX! able to play again."

"Why, how could you hurt. his heart when it's away inside his body?" Joyce was curious.

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rooms. as we might call them, is mus of particularly strong muscle. This, like the other muscles, be- comes poisoned and deadened by alcohol an is unable to do its duty as the pump for the body, pumping blood through the blood vessels. When this happens again and again. the heart is weakened for sood and can't be depended on by the athlete to help hllm. run Icing distances and do the things for which strength is needed. Do you think sll this makes me happy?"

"I should think not." declared Jerry.

“I should think not. too." the little man went an. “And while we are speaking of such lhlflgS-Bl1Cl I don't like to speak about my failures like this-d.’ may tell you that it wasn't my fault entirely that Ransldson. the famous yachts- man was drowned. I knew as well as anyone that he shouldn't have taken two drinks before he took h s bout out that day. Racing Innis are tricky things and one has in he sure not to put on too much sul 0r turn the rudder even a little too much. It takes a clear head to race a yacht. Even when he irpsct he might have saved himself, in" was a good swimmer, but he fcrqrtl when he took those drinks that muscles are like elastic, ready to stretch and crme back quite Casily when the brain orders them in do so. One of the things I do when I get into a chaps nerves and muscles. it seems. is to take the

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t a stretch out of them. They get t0 bl like an old rubber band that Just won't stretch and come back, so are no use in helping one to swim or to reach out and grasp some- thing when in danger of drown- ing." And Joyce was sure that a tear crept down Sir A1coho1's sad lltt e face."

‘Im glad you were brave enough to tell us.’ she whispered patting his hand. “It will help Jerry and. me to remember that we sre cut- side friends, not inside friends. of yours. And we‘l1 try not to blame you too much when people who ought to know better can't be _.".r0ng enough to say ‘no’ or swift gcnough to run away frtrm. you." (To Be Continued)

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, J. Why do athletes nvcid drinking ‘alcohol? Value 10 marks,

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