Prohibition At Its Worst

New York: The MacMillan Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Irving Fisher to John I. Zoller atop front free endpaper. "This book is the outgrowth of my testimony at the Hearings of the Sub-committee of the Committee of the Judiciary of the United States Senate in April, 1926. It embodies the notes which I have been collecting on the alcohol problem for full twenty years - during which time I have radically changed my attitude toward Prohibition. It also endeavors to cover all the important data, on both sides of the controversy, which were presented at the Senate hearings." - Preface. "When starting for Colorado in 1899 to repair my health I was warned not to let the Colorado doctors give me whiskey; for at that time alcohol was still regarded by many physicians as a valuable medicine for numerous diseases. While recovering my health I soon learned that alcohol is a physiological poison, and out of place in the human body. I then realized that the use of alcoholics was economically costly and wasteful to the nation, and in more ways than one." -pages 1-2. "The outstanding value of the book is the criticism of the statistics given by Mr. Shirk, research director of the Moderation League." - M.P. Ravenel. Mr. Zoller of Little Falls, NY was active in the Universalist Church and served on several corporate boards. p. [xii], 255. Graphs. Reading List. Index. Binding intact. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Average wear to original forest green cloth brightly lettered in gilt upon backstrip. Tanning to endpapers. Faint moisture marks to bottom margin of the first fifteen leaves. A sound signed copy. Fisher H-1121. ; Sm. 8vo; Signed by Author .