RACE PRESERVATION.
Dr. Maleeby says: "Alcohol paitu-u larly attacKs germ cells, and Prohibition is simply a move for the self-pro-rervstion of the race. lairge numliei* of feeble-minded children arc the pio mats of damage done to the stink l»> poisons. These are racial poisons. "It is possihle that liquor docs molt harm by helping the spread of venereal disease than it does on its own account. In view of what America has shown us. it Is obvious humbug to pr« tend any further to protect the race and youth from V.D. unless we get alcohol out of the way. "In Boston there Is a per cent, reduction in V.D. since Prohibition. The work of the Prohibitionists is in
dispensable for creation of the great American race of tin- future. Prohibition gets the dirt out of the way, cleans up the mess, is the i -ginning of the end of what I call the racial |K>isons. clears the tb-ld. and gives the forces of con- . truction and creation a fair chance for their work.
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White Ribbon, Volume 28, Issue 325, 18 July 1922, Page 15
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