The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
The Presidents
Annual Address
Continued from Page 81

COnLlQu6u kIOA ooO o''
manufacture of distilled lifuors on
son,ember Sth, and their Importation
for the period Of the war. Beer anu
wine are not included in the prom
h,,;or though much more foodstun IS
used in their manufacture tnan III
that Of distilled liquors. and the rev.
enue they pay is not nearly SO great
Women did not make the law ou'
women made the voters that made
the law. and it looks to me that they
must make over some voters Witn
wider vision and stauncher determi'
nation not merely to cripple but 10
throttle and destroy the enemy tna'
may cost the nation millions IN men
and money, absolutely unswerved by
bribe or threat, and who know not
the word compromise in the face ol
the nations need.
How encouraged every mother felt
in the spring as she knew ner SOL
would be in this awful war. when
word came of the orders prohibiting
sale of liquors to soldiers in UNIFORM
and then the law creating a prohibi'
tion zone around every camp to save
the nations defenders from the temp
tations of drink and vice. When
the Florida boys were called to the
camps early in August, all the saloons
were closed in the cities within half
mile of the armories or hotels where
they were barracked Ten days this
lasted and loud was our rejoicing.
Then came the message to the au-
thorities that the President had mod
flied the law holding that such pro.
hibition applied only to permanent
camps, and straightway the saloons
opened in Jacksonville, Pensacola,
Tampa and West Palm Beach, and
again sorrow settled down on the
mothers.
American Medical Association
The house of delegates of the
American Medical Association, repre-
senting a membership Of 10000 of the
ables physicians and surgeons of the
United States, at their annual meet.
ing in New York in June, passed this
resolution:
Whereas, We believe that the use
of alcohol is detrimental to the hu.
man economy, and whereas its use in
therapeutics as a tonic or stimulant
or for food has no scientific value,
therefore,
Be it Resolved, That the American
Medical Association is opposed to the
use of alcohol as beverage; and
Be it Resolved, That the use Of al
cohol as therapeutic agent should
be further discouraged.
DR.. Mayo, the noted Minnesota sur.
geon, in his speech before the asso-
citation upon the occasion Of his in.
stallation as president, said: "Alco.
hol's only place now is in the arts
and sciences. National prohibition
would be welcomed by the medical
profession. We must aid in all that
will elevate the general standard Of
and conserve the American citizen.
Prohibition is war measure, the val.
ue of which is beyond discussion.
Medicine has reached period when
alcohol rarely employed as a drug.
having been displaced by better rem.
edies"
With such promulgation from the
medical authorities, it seems to me
it is high time our organization raised
higher plane for its membership, SO
ii look to this Convention to strike
the words "as beverage" from our
pledge.
Secretaries Baker and Daniels
How encouraging it is that Secre-
tary Baker of the War Department
and Secretary Daniels of the Navy
are emphatically for prohibition of
the liquor traffic and for the protec-
ton of the nations defenders from
drink and vice. They have helped
much to secure legislation that tends
to safeguard the morals and health of
our men.
Last month Secretary Daniels ad-
dressed the Clinical Congress of
North America in Chicauo ara r,..a