Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-08-21

but as 3-guarantee OF good faith. -
Boston Courier.
The Moundsville Herald says that
the protest against the manufacture
of cigars by conyicts at the West
Virginia Penitentiary still rolls on.
At late meeting in Wheeling, q
call was issued to makers of cigars
all over the State to join the pro-
test. Let the good work go on.
Thunder it into the ears of the di-
rcctors until the order is recalled.
Let them know that they are strik-
ing deadly blow at one of the lead
ing industries of the State. We
have two manufactures in Morgan
town. We want them protected.
No "free trade convict labor in
ours, if you please !-Morgantoicn
Post.
When we read the opening SEN
tence of the above item, we paused
for moment to consider what pos
sible objection the convicts OF the
Penitentiary could have to the man
ufacture of cigars. Did they consid-
er its deleterious effects upon the
health 7 Did they think the bust
ness too low for them to engage in,
or did they trace their own misfor-
tunes and crimes to the consequent
ces Of early indulgence in baneful
practice
AS we read on, we found it was
not the cOnvicts themselves who
were rolling up the protest, bat
others who are more interested IN
the manufacture of cigars. Is it
possible that cigar making is "one
Of the leading industries Of the
State 2" Cannot this great industry
be diverted into a better channel,
into something useful? 1t is esti-
mated that in the United States
nearly 1OO,O00,O0O of dollars are an
nually spent for tobacco. Our boys
are stunted and dwarfed in mind
and body by it's use. 1t is said :
Whole nations become weak and in
significant from the use of tobacco.
1t is said of the Turks that they
were strong and brave once, so that
all Europe was afraid of them. Now
they are lazy and degraded and
afraid of all Europe, and the Ger
man nation is said to be deteriorat.
ing from the same cause.
The German government has how.
ever taken the matter in hand and
now every boy under sixteen years
of age in Germany, who is found
smoking, is arrested and fined.
Smoking is strictly forbidden in
military schools because it was
found the smokers were more feeble
in body and duller Of intellect thar
those who did not use tobacco
Both smoking and chewing are for
hidden in the military academy al
West Point and the naval school al
Annapolis and on the u. s. training
ships.
The Legislature Of Vermont has
wisely forbidden both teachers an(
pupils in public schools to use tobac
co.
| A visitor to one Of orr large citiel
lately, said, that while the girls ant
young women were strong ant
wholesome looking, the boys aut
young men were .stunted and puny
and if the young men did not stol
using tobacco, the next generation
would be a weakened and inferio
race. No young man who is an in
veterate smoker has ever graduated
} at the head of his class in Harvard
or any other college where records
have been kept regarding the use 0
tobacco among students.
In all of our institutions of leaIn
ing, owing to the fact that most o
the boys are drying up their brains
with tobacco smoke, they are de
generating in scholarship and tn
J percentage of the girls is steadIl.
gaining on that of the boys.
Now, word to the girls. Don
marry a man who loves tobacco.
will be his idol. He may profess t
i. love God and to love you, but h
. will love tobacco better than either
He viii leave yon any time for goo
; smoke. He can live without 20
| but he cannot live without tobacco
How many of them have tried it an
proved to their own satisfaction a
least that they can not live witheu
it. Never marry man who's