The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-11

craving for liquor, which is the evil
dence OF the disease. A large per-
centage OF inebriates confined in
State institutions are OF this class. III they
were cured instead OF being burden TO
the state year after year, they would be-
come self-supporting, law, abiding citi-
Zens; hence aside from a humanitarian
standpoint, it certainly would be an
economic measure of vital interest
TO tax payers, which, after reading The
Government official reports on this sub
ject, no one can dispute. Already the
United States Government has placed the
Keeley remedies and treatment in six OF
the National Soldiers Homes. The last
annual report from the one at Leaven-
worth under official signature shows
saving 20 the Government in that one
home OF eos, ,655.24 annually. What could
be more convincing? If tho State passes
a law as suggested, the fee for curing State
patients will be merely nominal, enough
TO cover the cost of remedies and services
of a physician.
You say in the article referred
to that DIR. Keeley has acquired
enough OF this worlds goods to
warrant him in giving to the world his
precious secret. He has frequently stated
his reasons for not doing SO. II his for
mula was published, hundreds of drug
gists and physicians would think they
could improve on il and in less than ayear
it would be so changed and adulterated
as to be worthless and would soon fall
into disrepute. Already imitation Kelley
institutes outnumber the genuine three
to one. There Is something over hun
dred or more genuine Kelley nstitutes in
n fa htxt, rod i'm
itators. The latter copy DIR. Keeley's
literature and his methods so far as
they are able, and are experimenting with
all sorts of drugs for remedies. IL the
Kelley treatment was thoroughly under
stood by moral and temperance teachers,
all Kelley Institutes would be full to
overfiowing with patients. Many in
telligent people seem to think that
DIR. Kelley pretends that he can
cure a habit; make it impossible for boys
and totally depraved characters to drink.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Everyone knows that alcohol is a poison
and that any poison takes in sufficient
quantities will produce a disease. DIR.
keeley is the only man living
who has convinced leading scien-
lists that he has pathology
for the disease of inebriety, a disease
"a capable OF diagnosis as any other disease
and very much easier TO cure. After
man has taken the Keeley treatment he is
cured, the craving for liquor is wholly re-
moved, never to return unless the pa
tient wilfully recreates the appetite.
He, of course, is still free
moral agent, and can do so IL he
prefers dissipated to sober life.
Fortunately less than 10 per cent. OF
Kelley patients are SO foolish; their
lesson has been too expensive, their men
tai, physical and financial sufferings too
great to ever again tempt them to tribe
with that which has caused them SO much
pain and sorrow. Temperance societies
are doing a grand work warning the
young and creating q sentiment of total
abstinence in the community, but they are
not in sympathy with the drunkard-the
man diseased--because they look upon his
malady as a sinful habit. Their treat
ment Is purely sentimental and no dis
ease can be cured by sentiment.
All newspapers are anxious to give the
public the news, and as rule try to treat
every subject fairly; but sometimes treat
lightly subjects which should have seri-
Gus thought. Most of the leading news
paper writers of this country are
staunch friends of the Keeley
treatment. Probably more has been
written about it than any other
subject except Christianity. Editor
Modill, of the Chicago Tribune, has prob
ably printed thousands of columns, for
which he has never received one penny.
He has been the means of making thou
sands Of homes happy that were once desc
late. General Taylor, of the Boston Globe,
has personally sent "a men to the local
branch at Lexington and has paid for the
treatment himself. He has watched the
Keeley work for three years and is ever
ready 10 lift up his voice in behalf OF
same. The same can be said of hundreds
of other publishers OF newspapers and
magazines throughout this country.
Enclosed please find the Last annual re-
port in relation to the Kelley treatment
at the National Soldiers Home at Leav-
enworth, Kas. 1t is signed by a Govern
ment official aud being the only copy
have, request that you return it after
reading same.
have written thus fully TO you, be-
lieving you would be glad TO correct an
error and that you would not intention
ally create false impression in regard to
n movement that is doing so much good
for humanity. Yours truly,
A. c. Dow.
Lexington. Mass, March 9, 1895
TO rHE EDITOR OF THE NEWS:
That Tenth Ward Caucus.
GIp-In your issue of Thursday last