The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-12
!B|CkNELL NAMED,
DESPITE PROTEST
Of NEW YORK MAN
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drinlx.,' he remarked, "thcn the drink
tnkes the rnnn. a realization of the
Injury TINT alcoholic beverages are
doing to their respective nntions Inns
led the scientists and ptblicists of
France. England nnG Gcrmnny to join
II, propngnnln against King Alcohol,
whose throne Ia now totterlng.
at Is in the Unitcd states where
y tile Temperance movement IN seen In its
most aggressive form
"Over 4b,o0O.OOO people in this ,coun-
try, that liz. ons-hnlf of our pop,iln-
tlon. nrc to-dn., under prohibition laws.
Why. Not because tile majority of us
arc Mt hcnrt prohibitlonists, but be-
cause the saloon element combines
with the most undesirable pcOplc Of
the city and form Il political orGnnlzn-
tlon thnt Inns become insOicnt, nrrO-
CANT and sinister. This 1lns gone on
to such nm extent TINT majority Of
those desiring good government have
decided that the only way to secure n
ssccnt administration of municipal uf-
fairs is to eliminate the saloon, but IL
iolS as though the silent ballot would
do the Hor::.. Tic city of Los Angeles
In welded to high license. The number
of snl0ohs IS limited to 200, each ono
pnSinE II license of $500 per year.
riverside. Ret!lnnds, Pasadena nnd
several other Southern California cities
have hnd prohibition from the date Of
their organization into municipalities.
Adolph Busch, of Anhcuser fame, has
beautiful home surrounded by n
trophicnl park III prohibition Pasu-
dcnn.
.The cherry looks nice In tile bottom
of glass, ana there Is something very
attractive In the vivid green of The
mint as 1t projects from long goblet
on hot day, but 1t looks as though
we were going to soon have nn oppor-
tunity to renew the experience of our
boyl,ood days, when our principal bcy-
ernEcs were snssnfrns ten and BUTTER
milk.
The Playground Movement.
"a great fnctOr for health, II COM
Farnfivcl! now feature IN our city life,
is the playground movement. This cdu-
Gated, intcl!iEcntly directed movement
has spent in New York during tile last
eight years about Sl5,OOO.O0O; In Chi
cngo during the Inst three years Sill
100000. Boston was the leader In thi.
work, and has nn ideal system of play
grounds. municipal baths ana GYM
nnSiums. Every other progressive city
In the United States is follo,vin. In the
In my own city would like to point
In detail to the work done under the
direction of the Los Angeles Play
ground Commission, of which the able
president Is woman.
"This playground movement is doing
more than nil drugs in the fight
against tuberculosis. II begins mt the
be sinntnS-wltll the chiltl-tenchcs II
chest expansion. ana makes it II lover
OF fresh MIR mud I'm outdoor iife.-
Dr.. Lindley said that the national |
is the National Forest Re-
serve, which viii prove most po-
tent facto rin health. and which should
be preserved.
Pure Food Discussion.
In speaking of the Importance of J
pure food and drugs. in relation to
public health, DR.. Wiley said that there
Is Very generally mistaken idea in
regard to adutersted or impure foods
in that they are associated with the
effects of a violent character, produc-
ing sudden illness or even fatal re-
suit. However 1t is a fact that these
effects are rarely met with except in
the development, of ptomaines in foods
producing a poisonous effect.
THE adulterating and misbranding of
drugs leads TO results of the gravest
character in actual therapeutics. Sub
stitution of one drug for another in
jures the person by deprvinG him OIL
the remedy which the physician sup
poses he has administered, In one re-
spect our, national food and drugs act
may be criticized, namely, in admitting
into interstate commerce drug products
which are not of the standard strength
and purity prescribed by the pharma-
copoeia, provided their actual strength
and purity are named upon the label.
These drugs which are not of actual
strength and putty may pass freely
into interstate. .cSnipelTe if labeled 50
as to show their variation from the
standard, or the consumer may often
pharmacopoeial names which do not
conform to pharmacopoeial purity and
strength.
This condition should be reinedied
by State legislation which should re-
quire drug stores within the State to
sell only, in standard prescriptions ar
ticles of pharmacopoeial purity and
strength.
THE final effect upon the public
health of purity of foods and drugs
would be, first, to ward off disease,
and, second, to effects its more speedy
cure.
I'VE must not starve or poison pau
pers and criminals. If tney are en-
titled to real food, how much more
Is IN worker eNtllleO 10 lls Liz puic
food law was not enacted TO ruin the
manufacturers, but we must separate
the drug store from the grocery store,
and believe we will do it.
Only Poor Liquor Kills.
"Somebody has asked me about tenn
perance l was called upon to declare
myself but, like the man standing for
the suffrages of the people, ! had to
be careful. Therefore, ! said that
theoretically j was prohibitionist
ia man must drink liquor let 1T be
the pure stuff, not the adulterated ar
ticle. The great evils of drink are
due to more adulteration and cheapen
Ing of the products than to any other
cause Alcohol as a beverage WAS
never intended to make people drunk.
"A beverage is something which makes
you feel more kindly toward Your
neighbor Most liquor has lost its
qualities as q beverage by cheapeningl
and becomes an intoNicant, Some time
ago l met friend in kentucky, who
was in the life insurance business. r.
asked him how he could make a liv- |
ing there when the big companies Will
not insure drinking people He told
me that he had orders not to write a
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