Ernest H. Cherrington

Early American settlers had daily practical uses for alcohol. It was consumed before a hard day's work to give a boost of energy or to brace a body against a winter chill. It was often safer than water to drink. In the modern age, however, Ernest H. Cherrington, manager of the Anti-Saloon League's publishing division, believed alcohol was no longer needed. He believed that alcohol, if anything, was more of a detriment in an industrialized and commercial age. The slower working pace on early farms did not require the lucidity and precision that operating modern technical equipment required. This article was printed in the Anti-Saloon League Yearbook, one of many publications put out by the American Issue Publishing Company. Cherrington believed the Anti-Saloon League's best weapon was the printed word, and his division produced more than forty...