The Ocala evening star., 1915-10-06
VIC. I.U. DEPARTMENT
Mrs. f. Van Hood, Editor

The Legal Aspects Of Prohibition,
written by Herbert c. Shattuck. A.
g.. IL B.. of the New York bar, IN a
law magazine called Case and Com
ment, for December, 1913, page i6l, 4
e. follows:
THE basic fact underlying all agi-
tation for the restriction Of prohibit /,
I ton of the traffic in Intoxicating liq-
uors Is that alcohol. the essential in
gredient Of those liquors, in inherent
I IL harmful and dangerous when used
a. a beverage. The scientific ac-
curacy of this statement seems now
TO be generally recognized. The pub
/ lie schools of the nation teach il. Al
cohol is a waste product in the activ-
/ ity of the yeast plant, &C. F. Hodge,
/ Clark University, Physiological As
/ poets of the Liquor Problem") an eX-
crement of the yeast fungus, par
asite which is midway between a
plant and an animal.-(T. Alexander
MacNicholl, VI. D., New York, vice
president American MeXical Society
for the Study of Alcohol and other
| Narcoticsl. Alcohol Is an active
poison to the nervous system.-G
Wharton & s. Med. Jur.. 5th Ed. Sec.
S2D. 1t ranks with other poisons
like strychnine, arsenic and opium
;Sir Andrew Clark. physician to
Queen Victoria). If it is a food, it Is
a poisoned food.-(Dr. F. Peterson.
New York;.
This dangerous character of alco-
holic liquors is recognized also by
the courts. They have declared that
intoxicating liquor in its nature is
dangerous to the morals, good order,
health and safety of the people, and
is not to be placed on the same foot
ing with the ordinary commodities of
life.-(State ex rel. George V. Aiken,
~ s. C. 222, 20 s. f. 22s, 20 l.. r. A
345; Schwartz V. People, As Colo. 239
1O4 Pac. 92).
Alcohol il Dangerous
If then alcohol is a dangerous
drug, it is but natural that the traffic
in alcoholic liquors should not be con-
sidered in the same light as business
of other kinds, but should be separat-
, ed from them and be treated on its
! own merits. The courts recognize the
, fact. They say that Intoxicating liq-
uor is an article conceded to be
frought with such contagious perils
to society that it occupies different
status before the courts and the leg
islatures from that of other kinds o1
= property. and traffic in it is thereby
placed upon a different plane from
that of any other kind of business
| Therefore no question in cases deal
ing with intoxicating liquors of tn,
power of the legislature to say gen
orally what beverages men shall drinl
or what they shall eat or wear. TIL
/ discussion in these cases must dea
solely with a distinct article of trade
| What DIR. GeiseI Says About Bette
Babies
DIR. Geisel quoted from n celebrat
ed German scientist who investigate
the result of alcohol on children
Munich, the greatest beer drinkin
city in the world, and in Maine. Sh
said his observations proved tina
two and a half more sound babie
were born in "dry" territory than
"wet." Continuing, she said: "H
went up to rock-ribbed Maine, yo
know, where prohibition doesn't pre-
hibit Ever hear that before? tt
only reason prohibition doesn't PR
hibit is because New York and Ne
Hampshire are so "wet" that the
slop over and two and a half MOI
sound babies were born in Maine tha
i'm Munich. Seventy-one and a ha
babies out of every hundred born
Maine were sound as compared
twenty nine out of every hundred
Munich. Therefore, it is up to W
mothers and those of you who expe
to be mothers to move into "dry" te
ritory, for it's better for your bus
ness"
Election for Prohibition Will be He
in Florida Seaport
The campaign for prohibition
Escambia county has opened
- earnest and from now until the da
= of the election on Ocotber II it is e
. pected that both sides will put for
p their best efforts for success.