The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-28
Speech of Lieut.. Hobson Given
Close and Careful Attention
The Address Was oowed Very Closely BY the Great
Audience and His UT FRANCES. at Times Evoked -
Great En- thusiasm.
Great En- thusiasfn.

The address of Mr.. Hobson was fol-
dience and his utterances, at times.
evoked great enthusiasm.
Mr.. Hobson said: In this great hat
tie for civilization against the liquor
traffic. we must conform our war;
fare to the fundamental principle
OF strategy. You need not only sem
timent. emotion. will. courage. the
qualities OF the heart. but you essen
TALLY need science, system, method
and organization.
/. The character of the foe.-You
cannot wage war until you know
your enemy You cannot undertake
to prescribe remedy or a cure for
any Ill until you understand the ma
ture of the Ill. until you make your
diagnosis.
At the bottom of this whole liquor
question lies the nature OF the drink
evil. l do not believe there is any
high-minded man who will question
that II liz an evil, the greatest evil of
the body polite and the body social,
although men may differ as to the
treatment. II this Is superficial
disease. you certainly do not wish
to apply organic or deep treatment,
but vice versa III II Ia an organic
Ill. then you need not expect to cure
IL by transient or superficial treat
ment.
Alcohol Not u Stffnuiant.
The great question is whether we
are dealing with an organic Ill. For
tunately. science gives US our answer,
and, sfngular1y enough, the answer
has come forth to upset popular i'm
preston. Investigations have been
a nd
States for a number of years to find
the true nature of alcohol and Its
effects upon the human system. and
science has pronounced that alcohol
Is not stimulant, that, on the con-
trnry, Ii is n narcotic and an anaes-
thetic, just the opposite OF stimu-
liant.
Some people would be inclined to
question it. Some people cay i
know better because haze been
there" What Is supposed to be slim
ulatlon is the effect of this poison in
paraiy2ing in part or in whole the
higher centcrs OF control whose func-
ton il To keep all the activities in
CO. ordination. You have noticed the
in-co-oraination OF physical move
| riont. staggering. for Instance. 1t is
because of this paralysis OF control
that these other activities OF a lower
order appear to he stimulated. and
the net resalt Is semi paralysis. in
stead Of stim ulation.
Wren THIS TaTt was discovered, 1t
raisea the question whether the pre-
s1.rlptions that have been has-d on
the assumption that alcohol Is q
stitnulant would not have 60 lie mod
fled. q ~ an extraordinary fact that
many physl sians have found that
prescriptions for the use OF slim
tiant based on alcohol, instead of
giving beneficial results, produced IN
jurlpue results,
The Snake Bite Dciusion.
In the ciRe of snake bite, whtskey
not only encs not tend to effect a
cure, /. may actually prevent the
cure In the city os Paris not long
arc two men were bitten by mad
dog Thay were hurried tn the Pas
tour Institute end treatment com
menced. One OF them began to get
better and eventually recovered. The
o .her would not respond To treat
mont although he was less severely
h!tton. aud he died. II was diseov-
cred that the second man had a sys-
ten charged with sicsaol The pres
enee OF that poison prevented the
neaspine fram taking effect.
Alcohol and Tuberculosis.
! was brought up as a boy with
the idea that aicohol was peculiarly
adapted J. to prexant pulmonary. .trou-
bic. But, on the contrary, 1t has
ftcer found that consumption has u
close relation - he amount Of aico-
hoi used. In France. almost every
body drinks snrAe kind az an alaafsiie
| beverage. In two sections Of France