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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 375, 18 September 1926, Page 13

An English doctor says there would be drunkenness among men if women learnt to cook roast beef and bake potatoes. Women answer that then* would be more money to provide roast beef and baked potatoes if men did not drink.

Below are Thirteen Points against alcohol that have been enumerated by Dr. Hawn Emerson of Columbia University, formerly Health Commissioner of New York City. 1. Alcohol is a cause of death. 2. Alcohol is a cause of primary disease. 3. Alcohol causes disabilities through inheritance. 4. Alcohol lowers resistance to inf 'ction. 5. Alcohol increases susceptibility to poison from heavy metals. 6. Alcohol increases mortality rate of infections. 7. Alcohol increases the severity, complications and time of recovery from industrial accidents. 8. Alcohol increases the prevalence of venereal disease. 9. Alcohol increases the general morbidity and mortality from ether diseases than those due directly to the of alcohol. 10. Alcohol shortens the span ot life. 11. Alcohol delays and renders inaccurate neuro-nmscular reactions. 12. Alcohol reduces judgment, discrimination, endurance and precision of action. 13. Alcohol reduces consumption of milk in the United States.