Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-07-14
Wiley Sees Day OF Tobaccoless
Nation Coming.
From the WASHINGTON Times.

From the Washington Times
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley chief sachem at
the Bureau of Chemistry. at Washington
city, and famous as the leader and origi-
nator of the poison squad" and pure food
laws, has adopted new role. He has be-
come the beacon light in the movement
against public smoking.
In brief, DR.. Wiley has joined the Nom
smokers of America, an organization which
intends, in all faith, to start a crusade
against the "nefarious" practice. Dr. Wi
ley has thrown himself, canvas suit and
all into the fight, which will be waeed to
the death of My Lady Nicotine.
Hand in hand with the doctor are several
well-known public-spirited people of other
cities DR.. David Starr Jordan, president
of Leland Stanford University, who hates
tobacco, and said so in a little book; DIR.
Charles G. Pease, Prof. Burt G. Wilder, Of
Cornell Prof. Winfield Hall, of the North
western University, and host of others
are among them. So far as could be dis
covered after diligent search, there are no
members except DIR, Wiley in Washington,
but, according to him, there will be after
the crusade has gained strength, "as it's
just naturally bound to do"
DR.. Wiley admits that person, even OF
the gentle sex, may drink Tablespoonful
of mellow rye" or puff cigar or cigarette OF
pure ray without harm to his or her insides,
but that is no excuse for the publicity of
the deeds. In fact, DR.. Wiley stands for
tobaccoless and drinkless nation until eter-
nifty.
What is this new campaign, doctor =
Its no campaign. It's a sure-enoueh
crusade against the use of tobacco in pub
lie" said he. frowning
What will it accomplish, provided it
lives and becomes healthy"
Simply the abolition of public smoking
and chewing the publication of the air ;
relief for persons who do not use the weed
and whose nostrils are outraged by cheap
smoke"
Now" said the doctor evidently not
relishing the question. Neither nor my
compatriots say man shall not smoke his
lungs to FRAGILE and spit his head off,
provided he does it at home. or in the woods,
or meadows. But not where human beings
are liable to be. 1t is not fair.
81 believe this crusade emphasis on the
word-will work the same sort of good that
the crusade against expectorating on the
sidewalks and buildings did. remember
when a man felt like he had to get a skifl
to cross sidewalks adjacent to Pennsylva-
MIA avenue. This same sort of thing-an
arousing of public interest accomplished
the reformation in short order The vast
majority of persons realized the danger Of
promiscuous splitting, got together, inter
terested the health officers, tackled up signs
reading "$5 Fine. and Presto, the result
was all that could be expected"
lis tobacco bad in the summer time ?"
Extremely so" was the reply.
IN fact" DIR. Wiley continued. 81 an
sure that no. person could suffer from sun.
stroke who had not been a smoker Of
''boozer." The records show such to be the
case. Take man whose system is filled
chock full of nicotine or alcohol which, by
the way. is the greatest curse in the world
not barring jiggers and the moment the
suns rays get him good and right, he crum-
bles up, and sometimes gives up the ghost
This is proved by the fact that farmer
and farmer lads very seldom suffer from
heat. although in the harvest fields the!
are subjected to the greatest amount o
heat
II sincerely believe that the great public
not only in America, but in the entirt
world barring China-is strong against
drinking, and the tobacco habit continued
openly and in some millions of instances
brazenly. College students, a brand Of
animal that is not noted for daintiness OF
very much regard for others feelings, will
crawl beneath the grandstand to take a
pull from the bottle that curses.
Dr. Wiley. whose mind seemed to travel
back to his boyhOod when cornsilk cigar
cites tasted like tobacco, suddenly came to
himself and blurted out
Chewing is out of fashion anyway, and
when, except away down in the dense re-
gions of Georgia and South Carolina do
they dip snuff T. he said.
And as an afterthought he said, People
say chewing and smoking preserve the
teeth That is absurd. | am not so very
old and my teeth are perfect. DO you
think il comes from the detested weed 2
No. sir. il did not. However. have one
explanation for the popular opinion that it
does.
1T must be that the tobacco is so dirty
that the germs causing decayed teeth can
not live, hence perfect teeth
Now DR.. Wiley practices what he breaches.
for the building over which he is grand mo
gu is as clean as pin. No employees may
smoke within its sacred confines There
are no cuspidors. DIR, Wiley doesn't like
them. lie says they are worse than mot
nice"
DR.. Wiley. Chief Non-SmOker Of the
Universe. says. Men, be prepared within
fifteen years to confne your tobacco habits
to your wife and family, and within the
confines Of the family nest"
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