The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-07-05
Behind Other Nations in Re-
StrICtIon OF Opium.
is IN ANOMALOUS POSITION
Initiated Movement for Control Of the
Traffic and Has Neglected 70
Adopt the Necessary Remedial
Measures-Laws Urged
to De Passed.

. the United states n today the one ma
7 ton which has not been vitality affect.
ed by the movement For. with the
single exception Of tho act Of 1909.
which by no means strikes at the
heart OF the problem. congress 80 far
has failed 10 consider the necessary
remedial measures. fnd today. In the
words Of Hamilton Wright member OF
the American delegation to the Inter
national Opium Conference. tho Unit
I'd States Is IN the position, after hav'
ing received the cordial cooperation
. OF twelve powers. Of being far behind
IN the movement" u 10 clear case.
Eay those who are urrlug the suppress.
3 sion NJ the opium trade, Of neglect az
nome and charity abroad
ln his message 20 congress the 9th
nr day regarding tho opium traillc.
President TAFT laid stress upon this
. legislative innct0n' when he said;
20 have several times called the at.
trn''on Of congress To the necessity
ipr the passage OF the proposed meas.
uros. and now endorse the Wow Of
. tho secretary OF state that congress
should promptly pass these measures,
moro especially because this govern
wout took tho initiative and has been
generously supported boy twelve other
governments In its oIort to mitigate.
| n not entirely suppress, the worlds
opium owl"
Passed Law 10 Save our Face.
The one nutlopIum law which Ia
now on the federal statute books rs
tho so.callcd "oplum.cxclusion act" Of
1909. whose purpose II Is TO prevent
the importation into the United States
OF the vicious form OF opium used foI
smoking This law was not passed, Il
IL curious 90 note. until after the as
somblinc ul tho international Opium
Conference. when II was discovered
that over since 1850 this Kind of opium
had been legally imported into the
United states and that II had yielded
IN annual revenues the enormous sun
N s27.C00 600 The promptness Will
which congress repealed that priyi
lego was due. says Commissioned
Wright 10 the fact that 1T woult
DO quito IMPOSSIBLE nor the American
commissioners 20 appear NJ the shang
hal conference until tho federal gov
eminent Ind taken some steps toward
houreclcnnlng
Although several Of tho individual
states during the last few years have
revised and strengthened intrastnto
Legislation aimed 20 coninc narcotics
10 legitimate uses. yet tho federal gov
eminent has done nothing There have
been urged upon congress. however
throc bills. each Of which strikes al
some important phase NJ tho opium
frniilc and all Of which have the gen
raj approval Of the pharmacy boards
~ tho different states Of the Union
which are charged with the enforce
ment. under the police power Of tho
states NJ the state acts for the rsgu
latlon OF the sale Of narcotics.
Three Bills Urged.
The flrst Of these bills calls for an
amendment 10 the act OF 1890. rogu
loting the manufacture Of smoking
opium within the United States: the
second imposes n tax upon and regu
lRtes tho production. manufacture. and
distribution Of various habit formlnp
drugs: and tho third bin aims 10 rogu
tate the practice Of pharmacy and The
sale Of polsons In tho consular dis
'rlcts of the United States In China
The opinion Is expressed In Washing
/ ton that the signing Of tho interim
''onal opium convention on January
% last at Tho Hague win stimulnt,
congresses into activity. for by Tho
terms Of the treaty entered into al
that time by twelve world powers II
he ordered that the laws suggested IN
The convention shall be proposed by
the several governments 10 their mar
, ll0ments or legislative bodies within
the period Of Fix months Mr.. Taft
therefore, In sending his message Il
congress on May 81. was ahead oil
time by about seven weeks. so that
technically al least. this country has
Kept to the agreement
Women and Politics.
Women are taking more and more
interest In politics every day and
the movement Is particularly no
tceable In Washington where no
body, man or woman, has vote
There are purely political movements
q n Washington under constant discus
sion by the womCn which have moth
Ink TO do with the matter OF suifrag,
for the sex Republican women an,
taking an interest In the success OF
I the Republican ticket and the Demo
cratic women are taking an interest
IN the success Of the ticket OF thciI
party, and thus far the women Of both
sides have insisted that the move
mont shall be for the success OF theli
parties at the polls and that no At
tempt shall be made on behalf Of ans
, particular candidate for the nomlna
lions.
There was a harmony breakfast pro
NOTED by the Democratic women her,
recently, accounts OF which alread,
have appeared, There we're presenr
, At the breakfast the wives OF mos
7 OF the candidates for the party's pres
ldentlal nomination. Following mi,
nd