The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-23

The agreement signed so extensively is as
follows;
San Francisco, March %, 1892.
We, the undersigned, retail dealers in to-
haecO in the city of san Francisco, hereby
agree to refuse TO sell, or to permit our en-
ployes to SELL cigarettes or tobacco in any other
form to boys under is years Of age, and each of
US win place sign in his store in a conspicuous
place, such sign to read as follows: "NO
Cigarettes Sold to Boys Under 16 Years of
Age
This agreement shall take effect Immediately
upon our receipt Of a notice from the san Fran
cisco Morning Cali that fifty signatures have
been secured, together with the names Of the
signers..
This agreement was drawn up by rep
resentative of The CALL in one of the
large downtown cigar-stores yesterday.
1t was talked over among q number of
the leading men in the trade at little
morning, and was adopted as sort of reso-
luton expressing the sense OF those present
with regard to the matter.
This is better law than the one on the
statutes" said q gentleman present, 'be-
cause it makes it binding upon dealers to
put up signs which will act as warnings to
the boys not to undertake to purchase Gig
arettes at the places OF those signing the
agreement"
"Yes, the present law is dead letter."
said another. "a man in the business can
sell all the cigarettes be pleases 10 whomever
he nj 10 4lc III
boy has to do is to say that he wants the
cigarettes for his father or some other man,
and out they 60. Then the boy smokes
them around the corner"
THE CALLS law is fine one," said a
Kearny-street retailer. II do not think
there will be any trouble about it being ob-
served"
And so the agreement was passed round,
and before evening it had received long
list of signatures.
But this is only the beginning.
THE CALL wants the names of all the re-
tailers in the cigarette trade appended to
that agreement
Ali those who have not signed should cut
the printed agreement out Of THE CALL, stick
it on piece of blank paper, alter the date for
Wiz Neg Va SO 0OiASs bAClI udlHC5 W W.
and send 1t in, with their business address,
to the editor Of The CALL. 500 Clay street
The names and addresses will be printed
In The CALL on the day following their
receipt.
Put yourselves on record, all you retail
tobacco dealers as against this great evil.
Snow that you are not willing to take ad-
vantage of loosely constructed law.
Keen the PiCaraffoc ba
THE CIGARETTE CRUSADE.
Amending the Defects Of Good Lo,r.
Loosely Constructed.
II was quiet and very informal gathering
of cgarette-Venders that met in down.
town cigar-store yesterday morning and
talked over with CALL representative the
matter Of an anti-cigaTette agreement
Gentlemen" said THE CALL man, with
short and simply worded document in his
hand. do you think that q sufficient num-
Der of signatures can he secured to an agree
ment of this kind TO effectually suppress the
selling of cigarettes to small boys?"
Read what you have written" said one
Of the tobacconi.ts.
The agreement was read aloud. 1t was
the same language as is printed elsewhere
In this article.
One Of the cigar men shock his head.
II am afraid that is too strong" said he.
"You talk about putting up signs. That is
a matter that could easily De gotten around.
can put up sign as big as the top of that
cigarette pack there, or say two inches
square, stick it fast in a corner and sa that
/ have put up sign
"Yes. but the signs can be made Of uni
form size and all large enough to be seen,
even If they are not just where they ought
10 be. Besides, you, see. the ag reement says
the signs must be put up in conspic uous
place.
"Yes, but the signs you talk about of uni
form size will cost something for 800 or 400
stores"
"Of course they will. But they will cost
the cigarette-dealers nothing"
"Who will furnish them?"
THE MORNING CALL"
The cigarette-yender was satisfied
Il don't Sc any objection TO this agree
ment, said lsador Raphael. 'If you gen.
temen are in earnest in the matter-if you
want to stop this business of selling cigar
way. The agreement is short and simple, 1t
ought to be effective l shall sign it,
80 shall l, said another.
"And |, said a third.
Lou Ought 10 get Dig dealer TO head
the list" said Mr.. Raphael to THE CALL
man. Then the others will follow"
The meeting broke I'D, and Mr.. RaphaePs
suggestion was followed. But it was not so
easy to get a man to lead in the movement.
Several were spoken to, but they objected
TO the idea OF putting up pacards
'Cut out your sign clause and will lead. u
said one dealer who was approached with
the blank agreement and asked to become
the pioneer In the movement. 1--WE don't
want to frighten trade away from our
DOORS"
THAT will not be the result A sign will
be q good advertisement for you among all
right-thinking men, particularly among
fathers" was the reply.
II can't see it."
Aud so THE CALL man went to Michal-
itschke Bros. 81 Co.'s large cigar-store On the
corner of Kearny and Bush streets.
''Sign IL? OF course / WILL" said Joseph
Michaliiscke. He took his pen and wrote
With John Hancock frmness the first sigma
ture.
Isid0r Raphael was the next and the
others came along In the order seen else
where in this article.
Ii was difficult 10 secure the first ten sig
natures but after that they came easier.
Here and there man refused. MI. Ka-
phael. who WAS one OF those who took the
fist around, and who secured several sigma
tnres, said:
81 am glad OF this chance, presented by
THE CALL Il will tend to put this tobacco