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Russia’s Victory Over Liquor

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 16, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 46.

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Russia’s Victory Over Liquor

The vast sum of $450,000,000 is what Russia has lost in revenue through the prohibition of the liquor traffic, according to a statement by the Russian minister of finance. But what Russia has lost in revenue from that source she has made up many times over in the bettered condition of her people morally, physically, and financially. The people have sprung up from the bondage of that thralldom, and are banishing poverty as well as intoxication. The tremendous increase in their savings bank deposits at such a time as this speaks volumes for their improved condition; and that which tends to the welfare of the people cannot tend to the detriment of the nation. Whatever may be the outcome of the present war in Europe, Russia has won one victory for her people that means more to them than a victory over their military foes.