La Junta tribune., 1909-05-29
Anti-k srcoticS.

curse oI our country ne vice ~.
narcotics. in its various forms.
threatens to engulf our nation II We
fail to suppress the manufacturing
and the importation.
The plain tobacco weed vas not
sufficient TO satisfy the growing craze
for money making and this tobacco.
mixed with other more dangerous In
gradients, as alcohol and opium. the
same combination made Into little
cigarette. planned In cunning and
dangerous form that Its nature Is
such that u does drag down the
wouldbe noble youth. OF It's evil II
fects we need not stop TO dwell upon
It Is understood that the meaning Of
numbs and stupefies" Many OF our
state legislatures have already passed
good laws protecting the rising gen
Grafton from this evil It may not be
generally known that In Colorado 1T
Is unlawful for any person to give or
sell cigarettes to any person or per
sons under the age OF sixteen years.
and any person violating this act
shall be fined not exceeding one hun.
dred dollars or imprisoned In the
county jail not exceeding three
months" ANY person who shall
sell, give or furnish any tobacco or
article made In whole or part OF to-
bacco to any child under sixteen
years Of age without the written or.
der OF the father or guardian Of such
child shall be- fined In a sum not
less than five dollars nor more than
one hundred, or imprisonment In the
county jail not more than three
months "
Iowa has Law In effect prohibit.
ing smUkinS of cigarettes by minors
IN any public place or on the prem.
,sos Of another
Minnesota state senate passed the
house bill prohibiting the sale. manu-
facturc or giving away OF cigarettes or
cigarette material The bill will so
into effect August /. 1909 unless We
tool by the governor. and it Is
oo,tain he viii sign II.
/ Kansas Is well termed the sun
Flower state OF our union-she
stands for principles OF purity. beck.
oning the cast, south. west and north
to fal! In line. For many years her
noble people have struggled with the
liquor traffic. coming out victorious.
and now for strong effort to re-
move the evil of narcotics. 4 young
man under twcnty-ohc can no longer
buy tobacco or smoke around = place
of business and the party Who sells
10 them or permits them to smoke is
subject to fine and Imprisonment. as
Is also the one to whom he sells.
The leading railroad men OF our
country are awakening to the fac,
that they cannot afford to tampcr
with narcotics The manager OF the
Rock Island road. In issuing an orler
refusing to hire men who smoke 81.
sarettes. said In my Judgment II
II impossible for cigarette smokers
to make good railroad men" DO you
think he said. that the travelling
public would feel safe on the Rock
Island road II. for example. Il vas
known that the train despatchcrs
were cigarette fiends. or that the
drivers OF our big passenger engines
were devoted to smoking cigarettes.
or that the switch tender and tower
mea worked with cigarette be
tween their teeth"
Prcsidcn, T.. II. Hartman. of
the Board OF Directors OF the Union
Pacific railroad said. "Ciearc,te
smokers are unsafe. I would Just a.
soon get railroad men ou, of the
insane asylum as to employ cigar.
cite smokers"
Another prominent superintendent
said: Under no circumstances will
] hire = man Who smokes cigarettes.
He Ia n dangerous at the front end
of a motor A. a man who drinks. In
fact. he Is more dangerous. A motor.
man needs his nerve all the time.
and = cigarette smoker cannot stand
the strain
The opium bill In the United States
consresA I thiak, passed. prohibiting
tho importation Of opium In the
United States except for medical pur.
poseu.
In some parts OF China the cult.
vation OF the poppy is forbidden.
which 10 evidence that In that nation.
20 stepped In the opium habit. the
people are awakink to the fact
that this evil iS great curse to
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