The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-20
CHEWING GUM FAMILY.
The Most Effective and Least Harmful
Form of Dope.


/ Not only to enconomists and states
men, but also to psychologists. paysoIo-
gists, snciologists and the great masses
Of the plain people ii general. Che re-.
ported decay IL tie ehicle forests 81 VA.
catan offers food for profitable specula-
ton Without ehitle there can be no
chewing gum. and with the exit Of chew
/ ing gum there must be inevitably arrive
radical change IN the daily life and
habits of countless human beings. The
exact nature of this change, of course.
Is beyond all possibility Of accurate
proheev. but It IS certainly not inn
proper 10 point out that, at its best. It
viii modify profoundly the whole course
OF civilization. and that, at is worst,
it may stagger humanity
Chewing gum, like yellow journalism,
the science Of aeronanties and the nitia-
tive and referendum was unknown a
century ago, but since then it has won
secure position as 8 necessity OF life.
II Is indeed one Of the most important
Of all agents for combating that uniyer-
sal wreck 1T nerves which threatens
70 enguif every one Of lis. Human
existence ID this hvsterical twentieth cen
tury Is not static bnt dynamic not
u being, lint an eternal and painful be
coming We live III hreakneek speed; w.
crowd 4 million complex aud fateuing
acts into every hour: We are forever np-
on nonstop, psychic 10y ride The re-
suit is ] frightfuI hatteFing 81 tile
nerves an enormous using np Of the
emotions, an unhearable running annex
OF the faculties. Something Is needed
some brake As il were, on governor
70 keep the human machine from rat
Ting ITSELF to pieces
That something IS technically known
as an anodyne, or dope. and Of all forms
Of dope chewing gum il at once the
most effective and the least harmful.
It furnishes a safe eesapement for ex-
eessiye energy, il gives the bone and
sinews, from the waist upward con.
slant and agreeable exercise, and it
deadens the intellect without engender
ing actual inbeeilitY. Nothing else pro-
duees SO certainly and pleasantly
many professions. To the chorus
girl, the fioorwalker, the theatre
goer diplomatic and the lonely shep.
herd it is a pearl beyond price. With.
out the malleable aud inexhaustible gum
to occupy them, all Of these persons
would think Indignantly, and thinking
would soon drive them to the sanatoria
that dot our rural hillsides broken In
body and smashed IN mind The har-
assed telephone operator, with no COB 4
benign gum to bite down hard upon.
would soon 60 crazy twenty times dav.
The enslaved congressman, with no REL
silent qnid to ameliorate the gnashina
of his teeth, would soon fan tooth
less and doddering prey to Cannonism
and gag rule. And the fioorwalker.
with no gum 10 entertain him upon his
stately but tedious perambulatious
would inevitably take to cocaine, knock.
out drops or Virginia plug cut.
Chewing gum is no longer a toy and
no longer luxury The world needs
it and the world must have it. and il
the chiele trees dry up. then more ehicle
trees must be planted There is no
necessity for continuing them to Yueatan.
Let million acres be set aside in every
American state for their growing. Let
them be planted in all the public parks.