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Alcohol and Political Evil

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 18, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 3.

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Alcohol and Political Evil

An article by Dr. W. H. Riley, in that most excellent of health journals, Good Health, of Battle Creek, Mich., truly says of alcohol: "There is no substance more deceptive in its effects upon the body than alcohol. Contrary to the opinion held by so many,—that it assists digestion, quickens the circulation, strengthens the muscles, increases bodily temperature, and improves the condition of the body generally,—science has demonstrated over and over again that it does just the reverse of all this." And the doctor proves what he says. Alcoholic power of deception seems to be as potent politically as physically. About all of the evil political schemes of the nation are born in saloons.