New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-20
DRINKING AND ITS EFFECTS
4 MOVEMENT TO GET AT THE FACTS.

INCARNATION WHICH WILL BE COLLECTED BY a
COMMITTEE OF wELLcKNowN MEN UNDER
TIE PRESIDENCY or SETH Low
QUESTIONS TO EE ASKED
The liquor question is the subject which COM
,,,,iee Of fifty men, representing different communal
ties and occupations, Under the presidency of Seth
LOW has decided to take up and study. in the hope
Of securing a body of facts relating to the medical
,,s,,tive ethical and economic aspects of the
question which will a basis for intelligent
nnhic and private action. 1t is the purpose of this
committee to discuss with absolute impartiality all
che facts which Ii is able TO collect. and thus 10
SECURE FOR the evidence which ii shall present a
measure of confidence the part of the pubic
rhjch is not accorded TO partisan statements. The
,ecers Of the committee follows: Setn Low
rrosiaent: Charles Dudley Warner. vlce-prcsident;
professor Francis G. Peabody. secretary; William
= Dodge treasurer Executive Board-The above
named officers and DR.. J. : Billings. President {.
~ Eliot Colonel Jacob l.. Greene ana General
Francis \. Walker.
same of the members are the following; Professor
Felix Ai.er President T.. Il. Andrews. Of Brown
university: Bishop Edward q. Andrews. DIR. J. :.
Killings. Professor H. =. Bowdi;ch. the Rev. Dr.
charles \. Briggs. James c. Carter Professor r.
n Chittcnden. William 5ayari Cutting the Rev.
W. : W Dixie. William +. Dodge. the Rev. Father
p Doyle. Presiden; G. w. Eliot. Of Harvard; the
Toy Father Walter Elliot Professor Richard I.
Ely Bishop 7. +. Gai,or, President Daniel c. GH-
man of Johns Hopkins: the Rev. Dr. Washington
gladden. Rabbi Gustav Gottheil. DR.. H. K. !. Gould,
colonel Jacob J.. Greene Henry Hitchcock. the Rev.
N Y Illumination, President William Preston John
con Professor J. +. Jones, the Rev. d.. William
cb.nncv Iangdon. Dr. James MacAlister. the Rev.
Alexander Mackay-Smi;h. Professor J. j. McCook.
,he Rev Dr. T. r. Munger. the Rev. +. q. Peabody.
bishop H. G. Potter, the Rev. W. : Rainsford'
Jacob H. Schif the Rev. c. W. Shields. Professor
ol' nd
Wright.
This committee has sent ont the following letter
which explains itself:
Washington y g. December TO- lSs'
,ansum a Committee Of Fifty, OF which Seth Low.
Of Columbia College. New-York. Is president Is en-
Saved in the study Of the liquor problem Among
,Se questions which seem mpor.an; in connection
srj.h the work OF the subcommittee ON the physo-
iS5 there may be mentioned the following
l. Is the regular consumption Of a moderate ATE
G%ointe1ance Of health and working power in any
class OF men? If so. IN what class ana what Is me
average quantity thus useful , - ,
." What is the quantity of whiskey. wine. or beer
which the average man in good heath may CON
sumo daily without special FISK OF inJlilhs ms
sai,hs Does this vary in connection with Varia-
tions Of age. of climate or OF occupation anu what
IRE committee is fully aware Of the d.tcuiiy OF
securing trustworthy evidence with regard to these
20 and methods commend themselves 10 the in
;enlgence of the community an attempt To- coiIec'
e.
Win Iris object in view the questions on the ~.
closel form are addressed - large huihpci o.
mon IN various parts OF the country VINO are ABOVE
sor,y wears Of age and are engaged IN inentat
r,rk Of a hig. class. TIE list includes the name
~ Judges lawyers scientific ana meulCdI H'."'
banker financers. managers Of corporat.ons' &c.
Won are willing to contribute the re.u!; OF Your
re-s,nal exuerienCe solution OF me pi'"i''''
Won ave earnestly requested 10 answer 'he PuoS
,ions on the incOsed sheet. ana return me SAM a.
~ earliest convenience To Dr. John ;. bllhnss,
Any Medical Museum. Wash ington. -. =, LOT
which purpose envelope IS inclCseu Inv - -
,bns received will be used in the compilation OF
STATISTICAL tables but the individual reports VIII De
ned strictly confidential: they need nol De S'S'e''
on1 M na mos Will be given in any case
The following IS the suD-committee 1T ~.
Rljiogs chairman. Army Medical Museum W islI-
sc5oo Boston: General Francis a: Walker Nas ass,
Shuses Institute Of Technology. Boston; " W III.
IAN II WEIGH, Johns Hopkins Hospasai. be e.an1iS
professor r. H. Chittenden, Shefeid Hcien!.i I'm.
school New-Haven Dr. q. Alder BIUiie!' say
insane Asylum Utica. " Y. 100
The letter which has been prepared by me com,
r,,ee viii be circulated all over the country ana
IL blank form for answers 10 form are the
irclosed The questions on TINS plank 10, ia az 20, a
oIowing: l. Age. 2. Occupation. j. are you a
to;al abstainer? T. II have you always Dee,l
s. DO you drink spirits. wine or peer , 80 - /,
as social function but not daily: b. 10 you uI IN
sn,ri,s wine or beer every day as a matteI y.
hpahi,o II so please state the kind and the amour,
~ iinuor thus consumed. Of Affirmative dhS w.
are given 10 either OF the las TWO liz
state whether any particular form OF aic,Die ~,
= In vour case found be specially desirdpie "
unjesirable) Z Are you aware OF any chroh'S u a..
,urb,nce of Your health and II so What - -
n,'raS Give any facts derived from your per,
sonsi experience which wall throw He"' ." '"e