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White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 December 1915, Page 15

In an address before the Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health, Charles W . El ot, president emiritus of Havard University, after advocating the public treatment of tuberculosis as a potent means of exterminating that ancient foe, said “The next evil whic h should be attacked with the utmost vigour by all boards of health is alcoholism. It should be* brought home to tlit* entire population that the habitual use of alcohol beverages reduces in a serious degree tin* produc live* efficiency of the community. The entire annual bill of the* white race for alcoholic drinks is worse than wasted expenditure. Recent experiments on the nerves and glands of the human body have demonstrated be yond a doubt that alcohol invari ib’y does harm, and never any good either in health or disease. The use of alcohol as a defence against exposure or fatigue has been given up by all sensible persons, l'he habitual use of alcohol is the* proliti source of a great variety of diseases and disabilities in the* human body, c many frightful disasters in human reproduction, and contributes to produce in innumerable instances family poverty and distress. Degradation through the use of alcohol is the greatest evil the v\hite race is suffering from.