The Detroit times., 1914-08-03
Uncle Sam Trying Out
Sub Tropical Plants

------------------<----
will give them an effective tool to use
In the effort 10 check the Illicit use
or cocaine. heroin. morphine and 9TH
er dangerous drugs In this country.
Dr. Lyman +. Kebler. chief OF the
drug division OF the United States
bureau OF chemistry, has frequently
pointed out that the use OF opium,
morphine and cocaine In this country
Is excessive and far beyond, what II
demanded In legitimate medicinal use.
The United States. for instance, with
. population OF only 100. 600, 900, i'm
ports and consumes 100000 pounds
or opium year, or eight times the
amount imported and consumed by
the people OF Italy, Spain, Germany,
Austria Hungary and Holland, with q
combined population Of more than
leo. 10000
In considering the present bill now
pending In the senate. the committee,
discovered that the increase In the
use OF opium In the United States
during the past so years has been 351
per cent. whereas the population has
Increased only 1s1 per cent. II II
estimated that $4,000 ounces of Co
catne are sufiicient. for all legitimate
medical uses In this country each
Year. Ten times that amount, how
ever, or 100000 ounces. Is imported,
and drug experts point out that
large part OF the products imported
must pass into Illicit trafiic such az
that which IL alleged to have been
carried on at Sing Sing and which
at various times has been thought
to exist In other institutions OF the
country. The making OF drug fiends
has become Q practice In many of
the larger cities, and several years
ago In New York city peddlers were
discovered selling cocaine to school
children In small doses.
A new title has been created In the
list OF government positions, and I'M
Gle Sam will soon
Social Service have ON the pay
Experts Wanted. rolls an employe
to be known as
social service expert" For the first
time In history, social service work
has been recognized as q profession
by the United States civil service
commission. which has issued papers
for an examination to be held Aug.
10 for the position OF social service
expert In the United States children's
bureau. at salary Of $4,000 year.
Social service Ii q comparatively
new study and the children's bureau,
as the newest bureau created by act
Of congress. will be the first branch
OF the government to have on its. per.
sonnet a recognized expert OF the new
profession. According to the an
nouncement made by the civil service
commission, the duties OF the position
"will be the Investigation OF such sub
jects as juvenile courts, desertion. or
phanage and relevant legislation,
with studies OF the special groups
known as the dependent. the delin-
quent and the defective, and OF pub
lie and private provisions for recrea-
ton"
A person aspiring to win the title
or social service expert and the salary
or $4,000 will have to have a number
OF prerequisites for eligibility. He
or she must have an educational
training equivalent to that required
for bachelors degree from a college
or university OF recognized standing,
such training to have included at
least two years special work in so
GEOLOGY or economies. and at least
three years professional social work
In municipal or state departments
dealing with such subjects as are re-
lated to the care of dependent. de-
linquent and defective children, or
service in charity organisation so
ciety. settlement house. or other sim
liar organization. This examination
for social service expert Is what Is
known as ''non-assembled," that is, the
applicant may take the examination
in HIS or her home city, or any place
where he or shg may be. but papers
must be filed With the civil service
commission at Washington prior to
the hour Of closing business, Aug. 10.
The examination papers for the posi-
tions of statistical expert, and expert
on sanitation in the chifdren's bureau
must be fled at the same time. and
Aug. 10 and 20 the regular civil SER
vice examination for special agents
and research assistants VIII be held
at the various offices OF the civil SER
vice commission in each state.