Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-03
Nv. Paul NJ. WhiteSides.

hAwed efforts in the crusade against
Cpfum selling in the Philippines. This
wi has been fought with great sue
cess, but recently Japanese and Chi
naee have secretly peddled the drug
though the villages in much the same
manner as cocaine peddlers ply their
trade in the large cities Of America.
FRY as they will the government Of
fcials in the Philippines cannot wholly
stamp out the opium evil The worst
sfeature is the danger to some of our
asoldiers in the islands who fall before
the temptation.
VA number of opium vendors, caught
While surreptitiously selling the drug
To soldiers, have been severely dealt
with and the effect was a good one.
Since it became regarded that the
Itroube was entirely Of the past, the
/ members have again become active
%Uncle Sam is equal to the emergency,
sIowever, for no sooner was an official
Mport received than instructions were
&Sued for an immediate crusade
aGRinst the opium sellers.
Not infrequently the army physi-
03ns have had pathetic cases in their
cRrge and great care was necessary
t0 bring the patients around. On the
Whole, though, the American soldiers
aae better protected and make bet
TIL stand against the temptations to
cultivate the opium habit than the SOL
ders of the French army. The French
government has not met with the
s6me success that the Americans did
III crusades against selling of opium
III soldiers and naval men in Oriental
waters. The evil was taken into
Ffance and the police have met with
great difficulty in stamping out opium
dens, which, as rule, are establish
ed by women who follow the army.
Bourke Cochran
wants 70 establish an autopost coach
service for one year on certain rural
mail routes. For this purpose he asks
II a bill recently introduced the ap-
priatio of $4,000 for experimental
purposes
s Congressman Cochrans idea of such
an auto is a pretty good one The We
3 nlcles are to carry ten passengers and
5000 pounds of baggage each. a 10
cent fare is stipulated. The merchan-
dise rates range from cent for suit
case to 20 cents for a 200-pound pack
age as large as barrel.
a@ So now the farmers may ride in au-
Eomobiles after awhile. They will be
aQn the order Of stage coaches and will
Svoot along the road as the old stages
did in the old days-only different.
SNhe demand for light buckboards will
pkely not be so great if the expert
Ment is not successful. To be sue
Ncessful it must not alone please the
people, but must yield revenue to
The government.
# postmaster General Meyer, while
advocating postal banks. said at a re-
Gent dinner:
These banks have so many good
points and such few bad ones that
fhose who want to find fault have to
%eSaggerate their defects. In this they
remind me of an old librarian 7 used
ito know.
81 lie was strict old fellow and kept
aaclose watch on books. When / would
return volume he would examine it
llnutely before he would issue an
sother book.
On one occasion, after failing to
8hnd anything to criticise. he ran over
sthe pages a second time and found a
small hole on page 80. 1t was caused
oy defect in the paper.
"Ah, a hole!" he exclaimed "a holo
! on page 49,"
And page 90" he continued can
rs1er hole"
senator Beveridge tells this story to
Illustrate moral idea about finan-
cier:
Inns hnancier had a remarkable
Aue" vi morality" said the senator. Fl
was walking with him one afternoon
Wien ne passed young millionaire.
Inc hnancier turned his head and did
not speak to him.
Don't you know young Rocks? 7
asked in surprise.
Yes, know him. was the answer.
Don't you speak,
no. We DON'T replied my COM
pahlon. Hadn't he the audacity to
say That I swindled him out of $780,
Oh no. + said. ha said only