EFFECTS OF TEA, ETC.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2305, 25 September 1908, Page 1

EFFECTS OF TEA, ETC.

[To the Editou.] Sir,—Permit- mo through the columns of your paper to comment briefly upon a fow remarks given utterance to by one, P. G.' Andrew, in your issuo of Tuesday last. First ot all lie complains that ten affects his nerves and upsots his digestion, perhaps this effect is brought about by improper methods of brewing that bovorago, lotting it stand, say, from toil minutes and upwards, in which case tlio abovo condition could bo easily accounted for. Cocoa also appears to produce disastrous results, (no mention is made of coffeo anil milk) and cold water he finds unpalatable and practically ends by saying that his. only inltcrnative is ale olivine, which to use his own words, he finds pleasant and comforting drinks. AVell, to my. mind, there is a good deal in imagination, and P. G. A. is probably one of those. persons who. lias succeeded in persuading himself into believing that these latter suit his constitution hotter than tea, etc., because lie happens to prefer them tand fails to see why he should- take out a nroli ibition order against himself and the rest of the sober community merely on account of there being a ftw drunkards abroad. AA r ith .regard to this statement it looks remarkably like a case of “none so blind as those who will not see” as hardly a day passes without striking evidence of the existence of large numbers of victims to drink, and that being the caso the only way to arrest the spread of this terrible evil..is to .remove the temptation by voting “No-license,” -not forgetting for one moment the importance that education, reason, and example bear upon, the . question. AAuth reference to free will and moral responsibility, it is a well-known fact that alcohol most effectually destroys in a number of cases all that a person may possess. I may here add that stealing can hardly lie placed on the same level as drink, inasmuch as it does not create a craving for itself as the former does. —I am, etc., “REASON.” Gisborne, Sept. 23.