Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-28
Plfis Police a,vsl Big Fight
Putting Down Qlnte,lile
Sale Of Drugs
Young Women frequentIng
Cafes Use Dope and flall-
Y Become Insane
10y Associated sress.,


PARIS, Dec. 2s.-Alarmed by med.
ical reports which show the increas.
ing number OF persons in certain sec
tons Of Paris who are addicted to the
use of cocaine, the police have com.
menced an energetic campaign to
suppress the ~clandestine sale of the
drug. They have a difficult job on
their hands.
DR.. Briand, chief OF the st. Anne
L,inatic asylum, says that fully one.
half OF the young women who fire.
quent the cafes of Montmartre and
the Latin Quarter are victims Of the
habit and s0oner or later come under
his care. The attraction of cocaine
is not easily understood by those who
have observed its effects. The origin.
al sensation continues for only a brief
period, while the a~fter-effects follow
swiftly and are terrible.
The law prohibits the sale of the.
drug except on presentation OF a ply
sician's prescription, but the illegal
methods employed to obtain it are
many and ingenious. The walters at
certain cafes make a business OF re-
failing cocaine to customers with
whom they come in contact. Their
usual price is IS cents a gramme. The
police recently raided the %headquar-
ters of a dealer who occupied a room
on the sixth floor OF an Office building.
1t had been His practice to supply his
patrons by lowering a basket from a
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toner had identified himself as a us.
ersby whistling in q peculiar manner
The dealer was severely punished.
The result of his arrest, detection
and of other sharp police measures
has been to raise the price without
decreasing the demand for the drug,
and it is stated that as much as So
a grallene has been paid by persons
whose cravings we're 81 great that
they would not wait. to find a cheaper
supply.
According to statistics published by
the Ministry of Labor there were dur
ing 1917 1902 strikes In France in.
volving 2S1,425 strikers. OF these 72S
were for higher wages. OF the latter,
1863 were successful, 264 failed and
296 ended in a compromise. The win.
ming strikes raised the average daily
pay from 81 to $1.13. The 264 strikes
which failed involved the 32,791 strill-
ers In a loss from idleness Of $29 per
man. Putting all the results together,
and striking an average for the whole
729 strikes successful, unsuccessful
and compromised, it was found that
the average loss per man for the 93,-
1896 strikers 300 days after resumption
OF work was over IS. 1t was only aft
er the 403d day the losses and gains
balanced and that the increased wag-
es could be considered as profits to
the striking mass.
Seven American makers are we'll
represented at the French automobile
exposition this month. The cars and
the relatively. low prices have excited
considerable discussion among French
manufacturers at to whether the time
has not come to discourage impOrta-
ton by a stiff tariff.
The opinion Of French automobile
men Is that the American supremacy
in cheap and light car manufacture is
an industrial one, bound up in their
ability to organize factories for turn
ing out large numbers Of automobiles
Of the same model, a thing which 1t
would be next to impossible to carry
through with a French factory organi.
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