Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-04

Doaer which commanded that the growth SALE and
consumption opium should the Empire within Ever
that date the colossal moral conflict has waged territory
the United States against the vicious and dbasng private
habit the world has known Hundreds of thousands of officials
gentry students merchants and denkepers have been drawn into
Blood has been shed and has been destroyed great scale
Opium extracted from the poppy plant and prevent the
opium traders from carrying all of the money at the
government compelled in 1857 the restrictions
cultivation Of the plant This resulted in its increased cult
the time when the Empress Doage took the crusade
against the habit seventies of the opium consumed China
product So much had the plant into the production OF food
of the necessities of life cowdng the local aborng
people the starvation There money opium than
anything and leases land rentals and mortgages became ad
the lucrative opium To farmer the renqush
ment of the poppy would spell blue ruin.
AS earnest of resolve ehargy itself
speak with the the the Imperial Government
ceeded purge its ranks of opium smokers felt that the
example the people In the words Of the
E officials fond of the vice how they guide the honest
folk under hem?" So officials sixty years age
rated they found themselves unable throw off the smoking
others given stated within which to break off,
end of the they cured they obliged to resign
results of these regulations startling Not only
hundreds dismissed but several high them two govern
vepesden of imperial in their perseverng
conquer the habit These distressing caused the reg
aons relaxed allow smokers past fifty continue in
office
the leadership of Lin grandson the famous reform vceroy
destroyed the Indian opium anopm societies spang
into existence and co-operated with the officials
ago founder of the AnOpum League reported In
city thousand dens have been shut In other
cities from two to while still other
cities such places have been done with In hundred
thousand throughout the land the den and dives have
Altogether between and million places for the
smoking of opium have been removed"
The accomplishment years just elapsed surpassed
all authorizations The production of opium China has certainly been
sevenyve eighty cent and the reform leaders
insist ninety per cent
authorities awake the enomiy of the evil and the
organized good work with Chsanke zeal and
coming bad form in China smoke opium longer
fashionable pass around the pipe dinner parties The national
beginning show ITSELF and the slaves of the put
the blush worth while to make the smoker his
chased opium open his permit big wooden
that he conceal No has greater horror of losing
Chinese there hope that the rising generation will
shrink from opium from cobra.
Now liquor what opium is to the yellow If our
public opinion and laws had been long with alcohol
China been with respect OPIUM might have suffered quite
severely have the Chinese The lesson from the Orient that when
society realizes that destructive private habit eating into the va
question consider whether attack that habit but how
There analogy between the opium smoking of China and
drinking of America In China they handicapped by the
treaty Britain and in America handicapped by the
profits from the ahe profits that into the pockets
millionaire brewers and dseTs the rich wholesale liquor Dealers
keepers and the Wretchd blind tiger together with
that into the National treasury and into city treasures
the tips and brides policemen and officials
profits that stand the immediate and universal
prohibition