Milford chronicle., 1931-05-22
DRYPROPONENTS
FORM STATEWIDE
FACT FINDING UNIT
[COrnnued from Fir5t Pdge]


job of your paid officials, but for the
purpose of showing the dirty, filthy,
disreputable condition of the places
selling and the even dirtier, iilthier,
and more disreputable character of
the dispensers of Sudden Death
Hooch.
Fact Finder committees armed
with facts can get action and are
getting action. The influence of
these committees is being felt
through the state. Keep up the good
work"
Dr.. Harold e. Tiffany, official
chemist for the U. S. Government,
and for 16 years professor of Chem
istry of the University of Delaware,
said in part:
81 have been asked to give brief
talk upon the quality of alcoholic
liquors before we had prohibition,
and the present time. Of course, as
you may know the prohibition
days extend as far back as 2000
years B. c. Search of the historical
records shown continually complain
ing about the bad quality of all
forms of fermented and distilled
liquors.
Centuries ago it was learned from
experience that all forms Of spirit
uOus liquors contained something
that had an i'll and damaging effect
upon the physical powers of man
kind. Some of the common i'll ef-
fects of all forms of intoxicating
liquors are a arrangement of the
nervous system of the body-first an
exciting or eXhilaration of the fac
ulties, later a depression, partial
paralysis of the powers of@locOmo-
tiOn and movements of the muscles,
then a complete or total paralysis
of the muscular power. Fusel oil is
the poisonous part of alcohol.
"As civilization advanced alcohol
became an industrial necessity. To
make it available to industry it was
necessary to remove the tax. To
render it unfit for beverage purposes
it was denatured to prevent its di-
version to beverage use-hence, the
bootleg menace was established be-
fore prohibition. All the industrial
nations of the world practice dena-
turing, and until after the war the
U. ranked third or fourth in the pro-
duction of denatured alcOhol-h0w l
believe we lead-nOt on account OF
prohibition as some would have you
believe, but because we lead the !
world in manufacturing.
"The wOrld-hOnored Father of |
Our Country was not too proud to |
go down on his knees and ask guild |
ance of the same God who guided |
Israel. We, today as a nation are |
the living answer to those prayers. |
We are proud to teach our young
about our Cradle of Liberty in Bos-
ton, but do we try sufficiently to
impress upon these young and fer
tile minds that the hand of God
reached that very same cradle, and
matured that infant liberty to our
present great and sturdy maturity?
Could we have survived to the
present greatness had King Alcohol
rocked that?
1.-THE eyes of the world arc once
more looking al America - watch
ing our noble experiment. ~
Lieutenant Governor Hazel de-
clared that he believed Statewide
could accomplish much,
and promised his aid. Mrs. Lewis,
the newly-elected secretary, spoke
in similar vein.
The Rev. w. E. Dashiell, of Del
mar, Mrs. Edith Driscoll, of Will
mington, and DR.. H. V. Holloway,
State superintendent of public in
struction, expressed belief that the
Statewide committee could accom-
plish much. DR.. Holloway spoke of
The teaching of the effect of alcohol
on the human system in the public
schools which is mandatOrp.E