Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-05

LeitheadS stomach BltterS-4l.oU
per cent.
Old Kentucy Bitters-30.31 per
cent.
!. X. l.. Bitters-27.4O per cent.
Richark's kaGripp Speciic-24.Ol
per cent.
And so on almost without end,
These bitters are sold in this state
of North Dakota, and cause no small
proportion of the infractions Of our
prohibition law, being in reality What
they are intended to be, poor whisky
disguised in one way or another. .
Now think Of ministers Of the Cos
pei, temperance workers and other
good citizens taking this stuff and,
Recommending it to others. Think OF
the mothers of our country giving it
TO their children, and then wonder
why there are so many d%runkards in.
the state. We have made the saloon
business illegal in this state, but we
go on making our homes a nursery
for the viper of intemperance by us.
ing the thinly disguised whisky, and
poor whisky at that. We are willing
to admit that many people take this
stuff i%nnocently, not knowing what
they are doing, influenced largely by
the recommendation of others and by
the %specious lying advertising of the
patent medicine concerns, and by tes-
ttimonials which on the face appear
genuine. Take the advertising priv.
llege away from these PROSECUTORS OF
American homes and the patent medi-
cine business would scarcely survive
over night. Some of the better peri.
lodicals are refusing this class Of ad-
vertising matter and l am glad to say
a very few of the newspapers as well.
Until recent times the religious pa.
pers Of this country carried patent
medicine advertising, much Of it Of
the pernicious type. Think of 1t, peo-
lple! Religious periodicals aiding and
abetting the great American fraud"
Preaching temperance and sobriety
on their editorial and reading pages,
with often a reading notice advertise
ment setting forth that the following
valuable prescription is the best thing
out for coughs and colds. Then fol-
llows: Get at the drug store ono
LOUNGE of Pinex, add to it n pint OF
whisky with so much sugar. Now
what does one of Pinex cost
you? Why, fifty cents. Well, what
is Pinex? The analytical chemist
'says it is Canada Balsam, which you
may buy at almost any drug store for
ten cents an ounce. A substance Of
no special value in the treatment OF
coughs and colds. But what about
the whisky? That is the n ingredi-
entthat will make you feel that you
should take more. Preaching temper,
ance on the one hand and inviting
YOU to get drunk on the other. Look
at the patent ihsides of the country
. weekly and there you will see II
again in all it's glory. Ingenious ad'
! vertising. l should say so, and it is
!, "a great, pity that so much ingenuity
should be used for SO vile a purpose
Is it any wonder the medical profes'
sion is fighting patent medicines!
!, THEY see this evil in its true proper
) lions and realize, as others cannot re
alize, the untold harm that is being
done in this prohibition state of North
Dakota every day by a set of vampires
9 and criminals who trade onthe ignor
ance and credulity of their fellows
8 .for the sake Of a few filthy dollars.
6 Let us look at another class of nos
Y trums, and one Of the most heartless
t of all. | refer to the baby killers.
and here is a list OF them:
Mrs. WinsloW's Soothing Syrup
morphine.
Children's Comfort-morphine.
Dr.. Fey's-morphine.
l. DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syrup-mor
8 phine and chloroforn.
DIR. Groves Anodyne for Infants
n morphine. I
9 DR.. Fowler's Strawberry and Pep
permint-morphine.
Hooper's Anodyne-Infants Bran'
morphine.
$ Jadway's Elixor for Infants-Cod
r Elm.
DR.. James Soothing syrup-Hor
DIN.
Koepp's Baby's Friend-morphine.
III DR.. Millers Anodyne for Babies
morphine and choral.
j., ". Moffet's neutrality-suspicious.
opium.
Victor's Infant Relief-Chlorofor1
and Canabis Indica.
n "A goodly list of baby killers. in
deed. They are properly termed bab!!
killers, for they are all that and more
You will notice that they almost al
n contain opium or its alkalcids, whil'
some contain chloroform, choral ant
canabis indica. All dangerous drug
Y In the hands of the unskilled. Man.
n 4 poor little infant has been quoted
hut with the quietness which know
no awakening, by the unconscious
hand Of the one who gave 1t birth
lit Is a we'll recognized fact In medi