The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-12
EVILS OF PROHIBITION

EVILS OF PROHIBITION
DR.. Hobart A. Hare, professor Of
therapeutics and diagnosis at JEFF
ferson College, in q recent address
before the Business Science Club,
declared that alcohol is beneficial to
the human body and. when used In
moderation, supplies q distinct need
OF the system. He extolled the cock
tail-before-dinner" habit, declaring
that q ,stimulant of some sort before
a heavy meal is an absolute necessity
to q man who returns from a day OF
hard work with his energy gone.
when the digestive organs have been
lying dormant while the brain and
muscles have been in use during the
day. and he ~contended forcefully that
an alcoholic drink Is needed to start
the fow Of blood to the stomach.
DR.. Hare summed up the prohibit
ton idea in this forcible manner:
Thousands Of normal human beings
are being deprived Of the beneficial
effects of alcohol to-day, simply be-
cause a few rotters who do not know
when to stop, must be saved; rotters
who might we'll be eliminated SO that
their species would not be perpetu-
ated."
DR.. Hare decried the habit Of COM
ing home from a hard days work at
business and eating forthwith q hear
ty meal. He said there should be a
nap Of fifteen minutes at least to re-
cuperate energies, and said that while
soup Is valuable in starting the flow
of gastric juices to the stomach, a
cocktail Is better in that respect, and
he added that mans system Graves
alcohol just as 1t Graves tobacco and
coffee. Natural desires, he argued
with undeniable force, are safe things
to follow.
alcohol is a substance that is
easily burned up. and 1t quickly gives
the patient the energy that is needed
to digest his meal" said DR.. Hare.
The point, of course, il to use it In
moderation. 1t is possible to take
too much alcohol, and the after eff
fects will be bad. But just as a good
fireman does not sdfocate his fire by
allowing too great al accumulation
Of ashes. SO q wise man does not take
an excess Of alcohol"
The wisdom of DR.. Hare's remarks
Is well known to thousands from ex-
perience. The unwisdom Of prohibit
ton and the inanity and ~senseless-
ness Of this extreme and provincial
enactment r beginning to dawn on
the sane and sensible Of the country.
In the wild excuses of the war, in
the delfrium due to the excitement
attendant upon q world upheaval
which turned topsy turvy men, man
ners, customs. business, commerce
and all life and the ordinary trend of
the world. this ubiquitous measure
was put through without the hard
headed. sensible people taking any
part. either n way or the other. 1t
was done by 'cranks and extremists
alone and the people Of the country
are only now realizing what has been
done to them and to the country.
II we are to be really big and
great. as our manifest destiny indi-
Gates, we must shun such small, mar
row and provincial acts and we must
get back to the broad. hard, smooth
path Of sanity. common-sense and
profound wisdom. which experience,
and sincere effort at up
lift. growth and development have
built. We shall not struggle upward
to things that r. really great by 60
ing backward and adopting small
town Observation-Disclosures Star.