Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1914 — The Goteborg System. [ARTICLE]

The Goteborg System.

The “Goteborg System" worts HD» a eharm. Before It was adopted Norway consumed more alcohol per Inhabitant than any other country In Europe, but, owing to the “Goteborg System,” it is now one of the most temperate of all lands. In other words, only a fourth of the quantity of ardent spirits Is consumed in Norway per inhabitant as compared with the consumption before the system went into operation. The saving to the people in doDan reaches into the millions, and crime has practically been eliminated. The death rate as the immediate result of alobhoUstn has dropped from 83 per IOfIOO ot tho population told.