Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16
DE-. Wiley Talks to Members Of
Ref0rmerS' C0nclave.
GOES AFTER DRUG USERS
Exposes Use Of Caffein and Its
Danger.
AMERICANS OVERTAX KIDNEYS
Declares That We Use Too Much
Tea and Coffee and Do Not Need
Artificial Stimulus.

Before a small but enthusiastic body OF
the reformers' conclave. gathered In the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce this
afternoon. DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. chief Of
the bureau of chemistry, dealt some
heavy blows at the cocaine habit and
cocaine traffic In this country, even going
so far as to say that If the sale of CO.
caine cannot be properly regulated its use
in this country. even in medicine, should
be abolished altogether.
DR.. Wiley was perfectly frank with his
audience. who applauded him again and
again. I'm not like you, a prohibition
ist,' he said. II don't want to come here
under false colors. You must arouse the
people to the dangers OF these drugs" he
added. Look at the size of your meeting
this afternoon. 1t shows you what in
terest people have in this subject. Nearly
all OF you come from q distance. How
many Washingtonians are here? 1t
wouldn't take q great mathematician to
count them.''
Ca6ein the Common Drug.
Defining a Matchmaking drug and the
drug habit. DR.. Wiley said that the most
common drug in this country was caffein.
and that it's greatest danger was at the
soda water fountain, where 1t is dealt out
in various forms to children whose par
ents would not dream OF letting them
have tea or coffee. This ought to be
prohibited" he said. cor if the drinks are
sold they should be taken under their
proper names.
There are many coffee drunkards and
tea drunkards in this country.
Il take 1t that in a state OF health we
have no need for an artificial stimulus.
Ca ffeff has a d'roCf fnndoncV IN RrfQht'a
disease, or other forms of kidney dis
orders. We should not give our over
worked kidneys anything more to do. The
normal American kidney has now all the
work 1t can possibly do.
Drugs Should Be Avoided.
MANY OF these drugs are taken to
avoid fatigue. They deaden the sense Of
fatigue, yet fatigue Is natures danger
signal. and the man who strikes it down
is the same as the man who removes
the red lights at a railroad crossing.
Don't get disheartened If 9your efforts
are not at first successful. / am not
discouraged when the legislature. or the
courts. or the executive officers turn
down my principles. 1t spurs me on to
DR.. Wiley was vigorously applauded at
the termination OF his address.
Sa1OOu e hC0S u Ouk1uSnIs
In his lecture on "A Joy Ride on the
Water Wagon" last evening, c. N. How
ard Of Rochester, N. T., said that the
ride represented the Identification Of the
Individual with the spread OF the move
ment over the country. He mentioned the
decrease in the use of whisky and beer
over tho country during the last two
years. and declared that the day OF judg-
ment for the American saloon had come.
THE greatest movement Of the day."
he said, els against the saloon, which
God has sentenced to die. The organized,
licensed. denounced saloon Is going be-
low. The water wagon runs the world
and Is running the devil out OF the world.
Broken-hearted women have been PRAYING
to God for generation for the with
drawal OF the intemperance evil, and you
and are living in the generation when
the prayer will be heard"
Comparison Of Costs.
Mrs. Mary C. Brehm, who presided at
the session. illustrated last years cost
OF liquor with the cost OF bread and Of
religious and educational works by differ
ent-colored ribbons cut at various
| lengths. The ribbon representing the cost
Of liquor consumed in this country was
as long as all the others together.
Henry Brolaski will address the con-
ference on gambling at o'clock this
afternoon. There will be ten meetings
| in the churches this evening The assign
ments of speakers for the evening are as
follows: Foundry Church, c. N. Howard;
Church Of the Covenant, Miss Cora +.
Stoddard; First Presbyterian, Miss Mary
C. Brehm; Luther Place Memorial, Mrs.
Frances w. Graham: Metropolitan Pres
byterian, the Rev. c. H. Mead: In1man-
uel Baptist. John G. Woolley; New York
Avenue Presbyterian, the Rev. S. q. Pat
ton; Mount Pleasant Congregational, Mrs.
Helen j. Waterman: United Brethren. c.
r. Jones; Lutheran Church of the Ref
ormation, F. j. Hendrickson, and Beth
any Baptist Eugene w. Claflin.
The conclave will come to close to-
morrow evening after a reception to the
delegates by former Senator and Mrs.
T. q Henderson,