The Detroit times., 1914-11-16

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when
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then, weakened b yease. they began to
drink. and
Rome
fell"
There appeared to be no doubt In
the speakers mind Of the ultimate
success of the prohibition movement.
II cannot guarantee that we will
be successful in this fight" he said.
II will guarantee however, that IL
we're licked this time, we'll try II
again with the next congress. IL
we're licked there well make a gal
liant fight at the polls In 1916. Each
time we're whipped we'n go ahead
with another fight with the rem
nants OF the strength We have left
from each succeeding beating. We're
bound to win and I'll make IT as my
prediction that, IL victory doesn't
come before, in 1924 we'll elect
president pledged to call special
session OF congress to pass prohi-
bitory law. and that, In 1925, the
United States. through al Its length
and breadth will be free Of the
curse.
Now I'm going to tell you what
alcohol is. The things that I'm GO
ing to tell you are not the result Of
my own Investigations: they are not
the fruits Of my own prejudice. They
are the things that science says about
alcohol.
AlnNhAl Ia n
protoplasmic poison. IL attacks the
fibre In the human organism and. for
that reason, Its work Is slow. but
none the less certain.
"Seond: Science says that alco-
hol is a bit-forming drug Of very
insidious nature. It's effects are SO
slow that the brain and body cells
do not feel its habit-forming infiu-
ence until II is too late. When the
body Is drugged with morphine. or
others OF the more powerful habit
forming drugs, the cells wriggle and
squirm and cry out for relief, relief by
drugging with the same deadenins
poison. They demand that the pain
OF recuperation shall be deadened by
the influence OF the same poison thar
put them In the condition In which
they are. Alcohol belongs to the
same class. according to the investi-
cations OF scientists.
Third: Alcohol reverses the pro-
|cesses OF evolution. Mankind builds
the ladder by which IL rises. We
have reached our present state be-
cause each succeeding generation has
Improved upon the condition In
which the generation before left IL.
Science tells us that certain poisons
have, what is called an affinity for
certain portions of the body. For in
stance strychnine produces convul-
sions. II attacks the base OF the
spinal cord, the seat Of movement.
Alcohol, science tells us, attacks the
upper portion OF the brain, the
reasoning power In one generation
means that the next will be just one
step lower in reasoning ability.
Hence the process of evolution n
reversed.
THAT the ravages OF alcohol have
not produced a more marked effect
upon our nation has been due to the
fact that the motherhood OF our ma
ton has been sober. Mothers too, are
deteriorating through the hereditary
faint OF drunken fatherhood OF the
past The canker will eat deeper and
deeper as time goes on. The reversal
Of natures evolutionary processes
will become more rapid instead of
slower Something must be done"
At this point the speaker outlined
the results of series OF experiments
on puppies brought up as alcoholics
and others reared as non alcoholics, to
show the results OF excessive alcohol
ism upon the offspring. He quoted
statistics to show that large portion
OF the infant mortality OF the United
States Is caused by alcoholism from
which one or both of the parents suf-
fer. He Also made the direct charge
that alcohol Is responsible for the
death OF 100000 persons In the United
States every year.
The speaker used his own expert
ence in his candidacy for the United
States senate from Alabama az an ex-
ample Of the political powers Of liquor.
He declared that, because he had sent
out-under his congressional frank. two
million copies OF hts speech "The
Great Destroyer" the liquor interests
were out 70 get" him when he ran
loI tue beudte ne sdlu lndt Charles
Lewis, national political organizer for
the "liquor trusts" was sent into Ala
bama TO take charge OF the campaign.
One hundred stenographers and 500
field or ward workers were employed
at enormous expense. The press was
brought up. he said, and IL was impos.
sible for him TO obtain any notices
OF his meetings, even though he offer.
ed TO pay double rates for them.
When he was defeated the news
papers. he said, chronlcled II as "the
passing OF Hobson" and referred TO
him as politically dead"
II may be dead politically" he con-
cluded, "but in my death throes I'm
going to deal the whisky truth the
worst blow in its history My con-
gressional frank does not expire for
six months after my term Is up and
I'm going TO make use OF It. I think
Il Is no more than right that Uncle
Sam should pay portion OF the cost
OF educating and preserving his youth
The whisky trust doesn't think I can
do anything more. Its hackers know
that sent out 1000 900 copies of my
address on The Great Destroyer
They think haven't funds TO send
out any more.
Every copy OF O speech that
send out. with its accompanying let
ter. costs me half cent. Uncle Sam
does the rest Yet your readily see
that when the copies mount ND to the