A CITY AIM s. GU Sc /,
ANN nTLIER MATTERS
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Those who have carefully considered The
cansas of nauoerism, are fully persuaded that
r,ear.rrnrHs of il is directly caused by drunk
ennass If apy one doubt the truth Of this
conclusion. let him visit an Aims House OF
one Of the large cities, where the abundant evi-
denee on which this persuasion is founded, is
so concentrated as TO be irresistably compre-
bended al once. There, almost every physi-
cal. mental, and moral consequence OF lntem-
perance is shockingly manifest. II the visiter
Is rot wanting in perception, he will soon dis
cover that he is in the home of the drunkards
of both sexes. Here and there, in different
parts Of the Hospital, and Out-wards, may be
seen few sick, aged. decrepid, blind, lame,
men and women, who without their own lault,
enjoy in common with the ruined drunkard,
the benefits OF tile Institution. Alas, Tor those
having relatives and FRIENDS, who have cast
them off in their helpessness 10 be companions
Of vile persons; made such Tor the proht OF
decent people. There are not many oil these
deserted ones--there should not be one.


A recent official statement Of the Philadel-
phia Aims House, makes the average number
Of inmates, 1916, for each month OF that year,
(Not half have legal setlement) For Sc
veral years, the deaths have averaged about
45O. ,1ftf,,4 #,s
Now, the horrible effects of intemperance,
on body, soul, and spirit, as seen atthe Phlla-
delphia Aims House, and as felt by TAX pay
ers, and deplored by every sober person ac-
quainied with the facts, are but as drop IN
the ocean Of evils, compared with the aggre-
gate in the City and its precincts-in the peni-
tentary and the prison for vagrants.


sI The amount of Poor TAX assessed for the
wear lS42# was