SECTION H 

 AN ENEMY OF HOME AND COMMUNITY 



CHAPTER XXXIII 

 ALCOHOL: AN ENEMY OF HOME AND COMMUNITY 



1 . Why did Congress pass a prohibition bill as a 

 war measure ; and why have the states of the Union 

 adopted an amendment to the constitution, prohibit- 

 ing the manufacturing and sale of intoxicating 

 liquors for use as a beverage ? 



2. What are the strongest arguments for total 

 abstinence ? 



3. What are the chief ways in which alcohol 

 injures the home? 



4. What are the chief ways in which alcohol is 

 an enemy of the community ? 



Alcohol and the war. During the Great War the Ameri- 

 can people were concentrating all their energy on bringing 

 the war to a successful and speedy termination. Activities 

 which helped win the war were encouraged ; those which 

 hindered were opposed. In England Lloyd George is re- 

 ported to have said : " We are fighting Germany, Austria, 

 and Drink, and so far as I can see, the greatest of these 

 deadly foes is Drink." 



After this country entered the war it was evident that 

 alcohol was hindering the work of the government in many 

 ways. The nation needed the full use of its man power, 

 money, food, and railroads. The liquor traffic was using all of 

 these in a way that hindered the work of the government. 



536 



