(5) On the morals
The use of alcohol numbs the sense of right and wrong. More young men have become criminals from the use of alcohol than from any other one cause. Anyone who reads the daily papers can see that many criminals give the use of alcohol as an excuse for having committed a crime.
(6) On brain work
Some people will tell you that alcohol stimulates the brain, so that one can work faster and better. This is not true. Tests have been made in this matter, and it has been found that men doing mental work will work about one tenth slower and make one fourth more mistakes when given one drink of whisky a day, than they will when not given any whisky. If one drink of whisky a day thus reduces a man's power and accuracy in doing mental work, what do you think three drinks, or ten drinks will do?
Fig. 38. The mind not clouded by alcohol works quickly and makes few mistakes.
Fig. 39. The mind clouded by alcohol works slowly and makes many mistakes.
What business men think of men who drink
Many business men drink, and they know the results of alcohol not only from the effects they have observed in others, but also from the effect they know it to have on themselves. When a man applies to them for a position, these business men almost invariably ask him if he drinks. The man who does not drink stands nine chances in ten of securing the position, while the man who drinks stands only one chance in ten. This shows what business men think of the effect of alcohol, even when taken in moderate quantities. They know that it reduces a man's power to do mental as well as physical work, that it causes him to make mistakes, and that it may finally destroy his morals and result in his becoming a thief or a criminal.