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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-16
A SALOONKEEPER'S VIEW

The Cleveland, Ohio, Press quotes man
whom they call F'the best known saloonkeeper
in Cleveland" as saying:
"a man who builds home for his family
in a wet district is a fool All residential
districts should be dry districts, and saloons
confined exclusively to the business sections
of the city"
Probably this saloonkeeper was not weigh
ing his words very carefully, but was talk
ing for effect in an attempt to get in line
with the reform swell which the saloon is
eagerly trying to ride over the bar into
quieter water Ito use decidedly mixed meta
phor) but the remark is worth studying.
If man is fool for building home in
a "wet' district why is he not fool for hay
ing home in "wet'' city? The mere push
ing of the saloon few blocks from the house
where he lives accomplishes no important
result; the atmosphere of the town, the poll
tics of the town, the moral perils of the town
are practically the same.
In short, it is cup to- every American
citizen who has home to consider whether
he wants the saloon to exist in antagonism
to the home at all and since, if he has
home he purposes to keep it, the problem
becomes-How to get rid of the saloon en-
tirely.
By the way, when the saloon gets ready to
endorse the Presidential district" idea, isn't
it pretty nearly time for some other people
to move on bit?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-16

most medical students of that day placed
the responsibility for large part of the
prevalence of the dread consumption at the
door of drink The French scientists, who
are far in way our leaders in this cru
sadie, have for decade past been laundering
AGAINST drink as the chief cause of tuber
culosis. Thousands of American physicians
testify to the accuracy of this diagnosis of
the case Why is the organized movement so
slow to tell the imperiled people the chief
source of danger?
We suggest that some such statement as
that of the great French scientist, BRoUAR-
DEL, be incorporated in our literature against
tuberculosis:
alcoholism is, in fact, the most powerful
factor in the propagation of tuberculosis;
the most vigorous man who becomes alco-
holic is without resistance before it.
Is it possibly true that such an incorpora-
ton would offend some who now contribute
literally to the crusade against tuberculosis
or would tend to political complications? If
that be the case, it raises other and graver
questions.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-16
THE NATIONAL PRoH1B1r1oN1sr

just about as bright as the probability that
the sun will not rise upon election morning
this year.
Something Of the nature of a miracle will
have to take place to prevent either event.
There was never time since the Prohibi
ton party was organized when its leaders
and workers and rank and file were so thor
oughly determined to fight it out on the line
which we have drawn and to push the fight
ing to the utmost of our ability, as today
Anyone who is basing calculations of any
kind on any assumption to the contrary, is
getting ready for a glorious disappointment.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-16
January 1e, 1908.

tically every important daily in the United
States has prostituted itself to the extent
of full page of its space to tell this brew
er's lie, and there now begin to arrive the
secondary dailies with a reduced quarter
page advertisement of the same character.
Of course, in certain way, the explana-
ton is simple The Anheuser-Busch crowd
pays an enormous sum of money, aggregat-
ing hundreds Of thousands and, perhaps,
reaching into the millions, for the publica-
ton of this advertisement.
But are we to be forced to conclude that
any public enemy who will pay for the priv
ilege can use the daily papers of the United
States to delude and defraud the American
peonle? Such a conclusion is almost ihev-
liable and irresistible We hope there is an
exception. somewhere, in the list of great
dailies; as vet we feel far from sure of its
existence
There is still another phase of the matter.
The United States Postotfice Department has
assumed with or without sanction of law,
great authorities over the papers which go
in the mails The business affairs of the
publishers of these papers are invaded with
a observation-disclosures that would do credit to
Russia Advertisers, medical and otherwise,
are subjected to censorship that is exact
and effective. During the past few years
scores Of men have gone to prison for using
the United States mail to defraud a few
people out of few dollars by misrepresen-
tation.
By what right are the daily papers and
the brewers allowed to form this damnable
combination by which the American peonle
are deluded and defrauded, wholesale, by
the publication and circulation Of barefaced
fa1sehOOdS?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-16

We are not blind to the abuses which have
crept into the liquor industry-BeVerages.
1t doesn't need very good eyesight to discover
that the whole "liquor industry from the sot in
the gutter up to the kept" politician in the Sen
ate is big "abuse."
We have many "dry" counties in Texas, but
few Prohibitionists down there bold enough
to assert that the sale of liquor has been entirely
banished in them.-C Congressman Slayden.
Well, what does that prove? You have few
no-murder counties down in Texas, too and what
happens there sometimes?
The author went to considerable trouble to
look up old authorities on the question of the
therapeutics of rum, and was somewhat aston
ished to find them speaking so highly of this par
tcular spirit-Dr. F. T. Bond, im.London Lancet.
Sure, look tip the "old authorities on blood
letting and other seventeenth century notions.
They're interesting highly.
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and New Jersey lines, and then connect
with the tunnel up on Sixth avenue ON
the Manhattan side. From there he
could continue on to Thirty-third street
and go into the Pennsylvania tunnels, or
he could take the crosstown tunnels
through Ninth street and connect with
the Interborough subway at Astor place.
Arriving at Astor Place, still another
choice of routes lies before the tourist.
He could proceed up into the Bronx, re-
turning by tunnel to either the restau-
rants beneath the Belmont Hotel or the
Knickerbocker for luncheon. There he
could do pretty much az he pleases with
out coming to the surface of the street.
He can send a telegram, be shaved, play
billiards, purchase fresh linen or any of
the common necessities dear to the trav-
eler Train could then be taken for the
Grand Central Station, where another
choice of interesting trips await him. By
proceeding through an underground pas
sageway entrance is made to the Belmont
tunnel, and then take train for Long
Island City, when he might again con-
meet with the Pennsylvania tunnel, or
continue on down the subway to Fulton
street aud pass through another under
ground promenade into the Hudson Ter.
minal and conclude his journey at it's
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or Just one-fifth of that of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company's Bridge trains
at the rush hour. Yet 30 popular is the
tunnel route becoming that 1t will soon
relieve the congestion OF the bridge trains
in order to reach which such alarming
loss OF life and limbs has frequently re-
suited.
Since the opening of the Subway New
Workers have become 40 accustomed to
reach any point In Manhattan by the
mere dropping down through an opening
In the sidewalk that contemplation of
future tunnels fails TO arouse any marked
degree of enthusiasm In them: but within
the next few months there will be spot
in Lower Manhattan from which a trav-
eler can reach any spot In North Amer
lea without touching his feet to terra
frma and from which he may Journey
for fifty miles Under ground and under
water, with no hint or sign from the sur
face to tell him whether it Is day or
night winter or summer, or fair weather
or foul Today there Is rapidly nearing
completion at Church and Cortlandt
streets the most gigantic structure In
the world, either above or below ground,
and this, the Hudson Terminal Building,
will be the hub from which everything
subterranean and subaqueous Will radiate
through and from New York.
From Its train platform, two stories
below the street level. one may go direct
TO the trains of every railroad entering
New York city, without emerging to the
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all are connected. They also connect at
various points 18th the Belmont tunnels
and subway and at the Church street
terminal make direct connections with the
Ninth and Sixth Avenue Elevated Rail-
roads, so that 1t will be possible for pas
sengers to change from an underground to
an overhead route without going from
beneath shelter.
A word about the terminal building at
Cortlandt and Church streets Is necessary
to demonstrate the enornity of the work
undertaken by Mr.. McAdoo. Early in
the spring It will be ready to receive Its
10000 tenants. and a few months later
100000 persons will daily pass through
its portals in going to and coming from
trains. Located on the west side OF Cnurch
street. between, Fulton and Cortlandt
street. Dey street cuts through Its cen
ter, forming the necessary court 1t Will
be % stories in height, with four stories
beneath the street level. Above ground
there are two separate buildings, each &C.
cupying nearly an entire block, while un-
derground the train floor and concourse
extend clear through under Dey street, oc-
cupying the entire space between Fulton
and Cortlandt streets The floors above
ground will be used exclusively for busi-
ness purposes, while the four under
ground floors will be used for the ter
mipal proper. Thirty -four doorways will
lead to the train platforms and con-
course. The train platform is thirty feet
below the street level and is to he
reached by easy inclines. The platforms
In the station are so arranged that the
passengers will leave cars on one side 4
and enter them on the other, thus OBJ,
waiting all crowding and congestioui
Trains from the tunnels enter the teri
minal from Cortlandt street, and after
encircling the huge loop will leave 1t Ny
Fulton street, passing directly beneath the
keels of the leviathans of the Red Star
Line as they lie warped into their docks.
The entire structure is built on the lErg-
est cofferdam In the world, the gigantic
cum. or box, made of concrete, is t4OO
feet long by 17S wide, and its walls are
ten feet thick, extending down to solid
rock. In the neighborhood Of the termt-
nal building the blasting out for a foun-
dalton was extended to an average depth
of seyenty-fve feet beneath the streets
level, although In one place 1t was found
necessary to go to depth OF ninety-eight
feet which established new record for
Manhattan.
Twenty-four thousand tons of structural
steel are employed to support the building.
which when completed win have total
dead load of 100000 tons. The building
contains 100000 cubic feet of concrete
used In floor arches alone. The floor space
of the entire structure totals 1,1S2,0OO
square feet, or about 81 acres. Thirty
elevators have been installed, % OF which
are express cars" not stopping until the
eleventh floor is reached. The building
contains 113 miles of electric wiring, 40
miles of plumbing pipe. 20 miles of steam
pipe and 90 miles of conduits. The office
section Of the building will be Illuminated
by 10000 incandescent lamps and the
1000 ofBces are lighted by 10000 SQUARE
feet Of glass.
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then remarkable statement would smile,
shake their heads sadly and looking at
the nearest person not familiar with
poor Luke's dream whisper: quite gone.
Crazy as March hare, but quite harm
less, poor chap"
Luke's dream is at last a reality, and
today thousa uds upon thousands of peo-
pie are shooting through a tube which
has been driven far beneath the bed of
East River, connecting the cities Of New
York and Brooklyn, and before another
six months will have elapsed there will
be a system of tunnels In operation in
and around New York that Will eclipse
any subaqueous feats Of engineering In
the world
Yes, Luke's dream has been realized.1
and, strange to say, the man who is
mainly responsible for the achievement
of successfully tunnelingS New York's
waterways was considered Just as bereft
of reason as poor Luke himself when he
went to work on the scheme very few
years ago. This man Is William G. Nc
Adoo, who at last succeeded in interest
ing capitalists in his undertaking, and,
by a queer coincidence, the year that
saw his dreams about to be realized was
that in which poor Luke was bundled on
to an insane asylum, shortly thereafter
to be laid away In an unmarked grave.
The tube connecting New York and
Brooklyn was opened for traffic on jan
uary 8, and figures show that the hourly
travel by this route Ia l5,0o0 passengers
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and untimely death. Hundreds of such
examples could be given, but 1t Is as
we'll, perhaps. to eliminate the too grue-
some details.
In an article Of this kind It Is not pos
sible to describe Mt length the detail
of the work In each and every state.
Several carefully chosen examples must
suffice. Pennsylvania, for instance, is
conducting an unusually active campaign.
Already the death rate from this dread
scourge In the Keystone State has been
decreased, and the government has made
an appropriation Of S1,000,000, of which
100000 Is to be used for the establish
ment of sanitaria and camps and $780,
O00 for the creation of dispensaries
throughout the commonwealth. In this
connection It may be added that New
York and Colorado already have state
sanitariums in active operation. where
many cases are annually treated with
marked success.
Pennsylvania Is to have a dispensary
in each county of the state under the
Supervision of a competent physician.
and attached to these will be trained
nurses, who will not only take care of
the patients who are confined there,
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but will visit the homes of all known
consumptives, to see that their surround
ings are healthful and that they are
taking the proper precautions against
the spread of the disease. All cases Will
be registered and a complete record OF
each case will be kept on hle.
Illinois is one of the latest states to
enter actively into the fight against
consumption, the killer. new line OF
attack has been started in Chicago,
where special departments for the treat
ment of tuberculosis have been opened
at the free dlspensaries conducted by
the Rush. Northwestern, Policlinic and
Hahneman Medical Schools. at the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons. and
at the United Hebrew Charities Dis
pensaries. This has been brought about
through the activity of the Chicago
tuberculosis Institute under its new su-
perintendent. Alexander Wilson. The
institute supplies trained nurse to each
dlspensary who assists the doctors, and
who, as In the case of Philadelphia and
Boston, visits and instructs the patients
In their homes.
The vital element that makes the spe-
cIal tuberculosis dispensary so effective In
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gained by CHANGING at the list Of those
given In Buffalo:
"The Dissemination and Control OF Tu-
berculoss. as illustrated in the Bovine
Species"
1.-THE Early Diagnosis and Treatment OF
tuberculosis"
THE Social Aspects Of tuberculosis"
Address to school teachers, ''The Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis in School Chill
dren."
Special address to members OF labor
unions and their friends.
In Boston, Mass, originated the idea OF
consumptive class work. 1t is the con-
ception of Dr. Joseph H. Pratt, OF that
city who began TO put it into operation
in 1906 BY this means those who have
consumption are not only given light out
door employment. but they are required
to attend classes at regular Intervals,
where the various needs of the disease
and the Importance of preventing It's
spread are impressed upon them. In ad-
dition class nurses visit their homes and
do what they can to make them com
Portable, seeing that they have properly
ventilated sleeping quarters and that,
above all things, they sleep alone.
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~ IFTY states and territories IN the
r. United States of America have COM
bined to fight the Great White
Plague. consumption. and forty-seven of
these commemorative have already chosen
delegates to the International Congress on
tuberculosis. which will be held Mt Wash
ington. D. c.. from September 21st TO
October 18th, inclusive. At this Inter
national Congress- there will be represent
ed Australia. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, France.
Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland.
Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway,
Persia, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal,
Roumania. Russia, servis. Spain, Sweden.
Switzerland Turkey and most of the
South American countries. Each of these
states, territories and countries will send
its greatest experts in the study, treat
ment and prevention of lung disease, and
thus 1t will be seen that America has
Joined hands with the world in an effort
to dam the stream of death and suffering
that flows in the bed Of the stream hol-
lowed out by the great white plague.
Already the battle is on in America.
At many points along the line the CO.
horts of ignorance and wilful negligence
have been attacked by propaganda and
crusade. and some of the ablest physi-
cians In many states have enlisted them
selves in n cause that has for its ulti-
mate object the control, IL not the en-
tire elimination, of that dread scourge of
the poor--consumption.
The fight against consumption must of
very necessity be an educational one.
and whether the International Congress
will accomplish more than an interchange
Of ideas remains to be seen. Prizes of
ms high as $1,000 each will be offered for
the best exhibits in various lines that
viii be of benefit TO the delegates, and
- is likely that some scheme of an eff
fective quarantine that will prevent the
consumptives of one country from going
to another may be talked over, though,
OF course, the congress will have the
power only to advise and not TO take &C.
tion on such matters affecting the con-
dnct of their individual governments.
In most of the Eastern states of the
United States the state health depart
ments, assisted by the health commits
sioners In their respective cities and the
regular appointed officers of organized
charity work, are carrying on active cam
pc igns, which consist largely of educa-
tionsl exhibits and lectures held in all
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In each and every state where the fight
is being waged special attention is be-
ing paid 70 the cleanliness of the source
OF the milk supply, because 1t is known
that milk from poorly nurtured and I'M
Clearly kept cows is one of the greatest
agencies for the generating of tubercu-
losis. Health northumberland, state
and local-are rapidly waking up to this
fact, and big forces Of the inspectors In
many states are paying regular visits to
all farms where cows are kept. A great
deal OF attention, too, Is being paid to
the eliminating Of the crowded tenement
evil. for statistics prove that the closely
crowded il-smelling, poorly ventilated,
germ.breedipg, tenements, where seven
are often huddled in the space that one
should occupy, are the greatest spreaders
of consumption In the world. health
inspector in large city recently inyesu-
gated tenement in which seven people
three of them children-had been removed
suffering with consumption. The cause
was finally traced to n ragpicker. who
in his ramblings had bought UP the old
clothes of a consumptive and made them
over for his children, thus condemning
the little ones TO unnecessary suffering
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OF the important centers of the states.
In New York state. for instance, the ex-
bihlt consists of maps and charts show
ing the spread of the disease, models Of
tents for the outdoor treatment. photo
graphs of consumptive-breeding tene-
ments and of healthy quarters, and stere
opticon pictures. all explaining tubercu-
loss. its causes, the methods of Its
transmission and its cure. The exhibit
was prepared by the state at great ex-
pense. and 1t must be admitted that 1t
attracted a great deal of attention in
the cities Of the state. All the municipal
authorities were active in cooperating
with the state department, and the local
trained nurses and school teachers and
others whose influence for good In the
spreading OF the knowledge was de-
sired were urged to attend the exhibit
and the lectures, and to their credit IT
must be said that they did SO In great
numbers. At New York city and Brook
lyn hundreds of exhibits were held.
while in smaller cities of the size of
Rochester and Buffalo, exhibits were held
IN three or four halls In different parts
of the city. AS TO the lectures and their
nature, some idea of the scope can be