Arizona republican., 1901-11-17
THE EVILS OF NARCOTICS
Paper Read by Lula A. Squier at An
 nual W. C. T. U. Convention.

| At the recent w. C. T. |. convention
 at Tempe the following paper was re:,d
 and il was requested by the conven-
 tor that it be published in the leading paper of Arizona-The Republican.
 The object and chief aim of the W. [ C. T. L. is the overthrow of the liquor ! traffic and the saving of precious hu , man soulG- While thus far. our bat teries have been been directed chiefly ;. ';a :nst the forces of King Alcohol. We have come to realize that another evil scarcely less formidable than the dtink traffic calls for our united efforts against it. I mean the use of narcotic drugs. Among these tobacco ranks 1 first. and opium. ciloral. cocaine and cholroform follow. Morphine. laudanum are. of course. classed with opium. as these are obtained from the crude gum of opium.
 The word narcotic is from q Crock verb. which means to benumb or deaden. and they differ from sedatives in that their first effect is to stimulate. well inducing sleep and stupor and death. In the time allotted to me shall touch upon tobacco alone. as believe il is the most important. The great prevelance of the us" of tobacco is one to alarm all thoughtful peop.e. as is also the indifference to it's use
 Tho latter is due largely to ignorance and the fact that it's dangers are not understood. It is our duty as inte'ii- gent women 70 help in the work of cdu- cation along these lines. Having but recently taken up the work of this department the enormity of our task is but just sdawning upon me. Some 1c my hcaIfES may not know that tp- bacco cISf3ins about seven per cent of nicotinsRB FleadIy poison-the most deadly Ue}oh in the world except prus- sic aci sIndll quantity taken from an old s dtH cause death. and many deaths Nay been caused Dy getting a little in tut or scratch. The nicotin" extracted from one cigar would kill two men. the nicotine from the to- b2cco raised in one year would kill all life on the globe. The the opinion of prominent persons is the best argu- ment. I give the testimony Of d few leading men:
 Dr. William Parker. New York Fer many years my attention has been called to the insidious but pos itive destructive effects of tobacco on the human system. Tobacco manu- fsictUrers. and excessive chewers or smokers of tobacco. are more apt to die in epidemics. and cannot recover soon and in healthy manner from injuries or fever"
 M. Landeu. France:-''It is the ap- palling testimony of college of phy- sicians that 10000 persons in our land die annually from tobacco poison.
 Dr. J. H. Kellogg:--'The fact is es- tablished beyond the possibility of sue cessful controversy. that tobacco is a poison deadly in large doses. pernicious and harmful in all doses. IL taints the breath. ruins the digestion. obliteratcs taste and smell. spells the blood. op- presses the brain, depresses the heart, irritates the nerves, wastes the muscles. obstructs the liver. aims the vision, stains the skin, and deteriorates and contaminates every organ and tissue with which it comes in contact in the body. Its influence is to lessen vitality. to benumb the sensibilities. to shorten life. to Kill
 Listen to this: S1 .OOO. .000. coo is spent every year by the world for tobacco. This is more than is spent in the Uni ted States for bread, Christian mis-