Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-10
The Vices of the World.

ami shurtful lust5 which drown men
inl Destruction and perdition; for the
lots of money is the root of all evil"
A That was then true of individuals
is Nrue today of us as nation.
Ah,efica Is the richest nation on the
fad of the globe. Her resources and
rehabilitation are phenomenal. We are
gr2Nfng richer every hour, in spite of
ou4 iusts. our passions, our appetites
an bur gluttony- therein lies our
danger. Manmon is the god OF
mn bity influence and dulls our ap-
pIW istim Of all higher duties. Mil
iaAfamnion led them on. Mammon,
thd least erected spirit that fell from
Heaven
kid said: Become not vain In
rotpery." Christ said. "Ye cannot
serXa God and mammon."
We might say that the impression
seems to be overwhelmingly that God
takes care. of children, fools and the
United States But We are the
spendthrift children of Israel squan-
dering the riches which God has be-
slowed and that is why we are reap
ing so many hurts from our wild
oats" our riotous and lustful living.
zone of the most surprising facts
reHGding human nature is the capac-
ity men have for acquiring new vices.
Bad and reckless as we are, we have
added only the arrogance of great
wealth, which VIC are pelased to term
sthe american standard" to the fol-
lies Of other nations.
dust now the world is taking notice
of mans inherent tendencies and be-
gijnifing to see the handwriting on the
wall. TO lay aside, for this time, our
uHa efailinss and problems. we would
40ote from the New York Commercial
tg,show what other branches of the
fiuinan family are UP to. The Com
Essrcial says.
1t seems as il mankind has an in
eradicabIc appetite for narcotics and
stimulants and that the suppression
Of ono form of vice of this character
means merely that something else Will
take its place. In British India the
native population is not addicted to
the use of alcoholic stimulants, but
they, have been more or less slaves OF
opium and bhang, which Is deeee-
ton of Indian hemp and one of the
most Objectionable of all drugs in it's
class. The authorities have Sue
ceeded in limiting the sale and use of
these two substances TO considerable
cxtGpt in recent years and have been
c6ngratulating themselves on the im-
prpyement they thought they we're
1qqaafiRg. MI ~.
Their confidence has been rudely
shattered by recent Developments in
Bombay where the native races have
;4cquired the habit Of using. cocaine.
1T seems strange that SO modsrn and
higlpo priced drug as this should get
such a sudden hold upon such class
Of people. The authorities evidently
ossr40oked cocaine or thought that the
natives would scarcely hear about II
and would therefore not be tempted
ieatsperiment with IT.
Within the last few months the
ryrfs,gre of Bomhay have seized large
uuantities of cocaine and investigation
has GFoved that even the school chill
sIren are addicted TO its use, lust as
hSss. a,een noticed in New York City
lyHt{Y of physictans is emnloved by
the government in India to look after
the public health and they are given
yary. vide powers To act. Their au
thority extends from aparantine pre-
Ienfinn Ia b,Ibonie pIarue and other
contagious Diseases to the suppression
Of the sale of noxjous drugs and they
have reported In the government that
trtsf RAtaIl sale in the streets of Bonn
bay has been going on for several
years and is now well organized
"'ce ie.oias '"o~ .'l"' sahss oo
ara e,onloved bv dealers IN noddla tbe
drtss and the complaint made BY
PHYSICIANS is that the local magis'