Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-05-03

An estimable lady friend of the JOUR
NAL, much concerned for the welfare of
the young, sends a clipping which she
would like to see reproduced in whole
or i'll part in your paper. "Unfortunate-
ly," she continues, many of our own
small boys are falling victims to this
deadly habit, and it will do no harm to
call the attention of parents to the real
nature of this vice"
Very small boys indulging the cigarette
is sight of frequent occurrence-sO fire.
quent the wonder is-who has the heart
to sell the vicious goods to his neighbor's
children
4 couple of weeks ago the Southern
fH"r"hmo" had something to say on the use
of cigarettes by boys. the widespread nature
of the evil, and the harm that is being done
by it. We are glad to know that this evil is
beginning to attract the attention that it de
serves, and to call for remedies. First of all,
it is great gain that the deadly nature of
the evil has been recognized. Then, too, it
is not confined to any class or locality. but
seems to he doing its deadly work everywhere
and in all circumstances. And every per-
son in this land who has boys ought to be
actively interested in this matter In this
connection we are glad to quote the follow
ing:
The American Anti-t igarette League is
an organization of boys and girls with boy
and girl officers. The present membership
now numbers over 3o.OW. 1t is inter
national. The boy president is Frank Buck,
of Toronto. The general headquarters are
located at 1O6 La Sale avenue Chicago, H.,
from which place is directed a great cam
paign to secure one million Signers in one
day to the pledge of the American Anti
Cigarette League, with the cooperation of
the Sunday schools of the United States and
Canada Every local Sunday school super
intendcnt in the United States and Canada
was asked to present the pledge of the
American Anti-tigarctte League in the Sun
day school on Worlds Temperance Sunday.
November 2ith. The pledge is as follows:
Desiring to become a member of the Ameri
Anti-C Cigarettc League, ] hereby agree to
abstain from the Use of cigarettes or tobacco
i'll any form, at least until reach the age of
twcnty-one years, and to use my influence
against its Use by Others Statistics show a
great falling off in the manufacture and sale
of cigarettes The last Internal Revenue re-
ports show decrease i'll the item of tobacco of
anu III tIlt nllIllDtT vi tlSdTttttS Ol
|, ,461 ,I36,WN. This Is due almost solely to
the agitation of the League, i'm the wide an
nOuncement of the action of large business
houses against the employment of cigarette
smokers. and the stringent laws that have
been passed as consequence of this
agitation.
The concluding paragraph of the forcgo-
ing is especially worthy of consideration by
those who question the harm that the Use
of cigarettes is doing. If the managers of
large business houses refuse to employ users
of cigarettes, it can be for no sentimental
reason, but solely because of the effect that
the cigarette has on the user. And if its use
units boy or Il young man for taking any
responsible situation, surely no other argu-
mcnt against it is needed But there are
other and even stronger arguments against
it, as very many capable phySicians will
strongly testify.