The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-03
Congressman Deliv-
ers Severe Arrangement Of
tlumanity's Greatest Mem
ace, Showing 1t To Be Dead
ly Poison
Exposes F allacies
Of Whiskey People
Liquor Proved To Have No
Food Value and to be Harm
full Even In Moderation-The
One Great Cause of Degen-
eIaCy

Cnanswerable because based upon
the unchalIenged findings Of science.
showing alcohol to be deadly poison
to all higher forms of life, instead Of
possessing food value, which has heen
the major premise of those opposing
prohibition, the speech of Captain
Richmond 7. Hobson. member of
congress- trnu7 RtHbaYna, delivered to
an earnest and enthusiastic audience
In the auditorium OF John Marshall
High school last night was probably
the seVerest arraignment of the liquo,
traffic ever listened to by the citizens
Of Richmond Armed with unlimited
facts and indisputahle data, marshal
ed in 81 most forceful and telling man
ner. Captain Eohson drove his mes
sage home, leaving no semblance CT
doubt as 10 the status of alcohol and
the fearful toll it exacts from hr-
mainly. Captain Hobson spoke for an
hour and a quarter and the deep inn
preston made upon his auditors ce 4
we'll be gagged by the marked, silent
attention accorded him throughout.
the only Interruptions being for ar
plause when he scored point 7ft4r
point against civilizations greatest
menace.
- c-artatn ffobsou rsartet R1chmurd =
late IN the afternoon, after having al
dressed enthusiastic meetings at
Bowling Green, Caroline county, rs-
terday morning and at Ashland in the
afternoon. He left last night for
Petersburg, where he will get an carly
start this morning for Snithtield, his
speaking point today. The spea1er
exhibited no signs of WEAKNESS after
his strenuous day. He asked his
hearers TO consider themselves in the
light Of a jury, with an open mind.
while he presented the evidence
against the defendant. alcohol In or
der, the reasonable arguments ad-
Vanced by the liquor interests were
taken mp and the jury asked to reach
its conclusion, which could only be
that the sale of this poison by one
citizen to another for profit must
end.
Truth About Alcohol.
Rev. Lloyd T. Wilson. pastor OF
Grace-Street BAPTIST church, presided
and introduced the speaker OF the
evening; Rev. George W. Kemper.
pastor of Hanover-Ayenue Christian
church. led in prayer. and Rev. w
Asbury Christian offered the henedic-
ton. Rev David Hepburn, of the
Anti-Saloon league forces. escorted
Captain Hobson from Bowling Green
10 Richmond. A number of interest,"
ing announcements were made by Isev.
Edward j. Richardson, of the Anti
Saloon league forces
The facts concerning alcohol. said
CAPTAIN Hohson, have been established
beyond doubt and are no longer open
for argument Therefore. IL was meet
that his subject should be The Truth
About Alcohol" beginning with ttg
hitEhting OF the life of the unborn
babe. the ever recurring attack OF al
cohol was traced through every stage
of life. eliminating In the reduction
OF willpower and lowering of charac-
ter, which. shown by history. pre-
coded the decline and fail of ali ma.
tons
1t was shown conclusively that al.
cohol is poison and most deadly In a
it's effect: tt has no food value. as the
whiskey people delight in procIaiming
II attacks the new-forming cells III
the brain of n human being and re-
verses the process of nature. which
ts 10 bulld up, whereas alcohol tears
down. More Americans are killed
every year by alcohol than the fotnl
number Of soldiers killed on all the
fields of battle in all wars recorded
in history. Five out of six children 4
of drinking parents are abnormal de-
formI cflleptie. feeble-minded or
hysterical. The efficiency Of individ-
uals is greatly decreased and produce
ton consequently shortened,
Make Nations Children sober.
These were briefly. the salient points
offered as warranting the eradica ton
of the alcohol evil,
On the other hand Captain Hobson
showed scientifically that In case or \
total abstinence there need be no fear
nor anxiety as to what the future has
In store Nine out Of ten children
born to total ahstainers will turn out
TO be absolutely normal and these
children. normal horn, without anv ID
faint of degeneracy in the blood. will n
be highly susceptible to evolutionary
processes. They will be healthy ana
easy 10 bring up. Give them a decent
environment in which to live, and they
VIII end by rising TO a degree higher y
and nohler than their parents Insure n
that nations children shall grow up
sober and the people are bound TO rise;
nothing can stop them; such q ma
ton will build "a wonderful civiiiza-
ton
Captain HobsoH submitted d glowing
report of the prospects for the sue
cessful elimination of the light for ma 3.
tionwide prohibition and painted
beautiful word picture of the glorious
future. when alcohol shall have been
removed from the world
THE day isn't far distant. he safd, AZ
when we win put prohibition into thu q
of the United Estates ana sS
tho day isn't much farther distant IA
when prohibition will be written inf9 4
the constitution OF the world SS'
1t might ba suggested by tho HQu9S N
people. Captain Hohson stated m tk1sH Il
beginning of his remarks, that yt&S
ginia is we'll able 70 sett1o hq
txonhlea tth6nt
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