The Butte daily bulletin., 1919-06-14
BUTTE, DRUGS AND PATRIOTS.


The United States who already slaves to the drug habit
that the drug imports have increased twice fast as the popn
that Of the narcotic drugs imported into
the United States used for purposes other than legitimate
medical made in the report of the treasury DEPART
special investigating committees probe extending over
the last four years, should. passing
moment.
The fact that of oI'm alone, the people OF the united
IS to 72 times much per capita do
the citizens Of other countries, China and India included
also revealed in the commission report rms, NINA Yo IN
noted for its munccn donations to organizations
missionaries to China and India to The natives
countries the pcrnicou drug habits through the
medium of regular in bible study.
And what is more startling, is the commissions statement
of belief Thai the of opun morhinc c"cinc heron and
similar drugs may be expected to increase by leaps and
bounds after the nation becomes prohibition at the end Q" s
month.
That the report the federal committee is not the least bit
cvouooraIcd may he inferred from conditions they arc|
known n city of Butte Here, according to al
statement several months ago by DR.. w. c. Matthew'S
city health officer there at least one Thousand per-
sons who known victims Of the drug habit, not to men
ton possibly hundreds more with whom the use {" drugs was
hidden vice particular statement the doctor asserted
that drug stores of the city were assisting IN the spread o inc
habit by icy selling the drugs and declared that supplies
bcne brought regularly to Butte over the various raul
road lines entering the city.
The doctor also stated that of cokc supplies bought
u; something $50 $50 that each ounce CON
tanned grains and that grain doses, put up IN c"psncs
being pcCed romiscuonsy to habcs at 'he r"'e o"
per dose. So it would SEEM we have drug prol'eers III
eur midst we'll as food proiilccrs
Then to back up the statement of Dr.. Matthew's Chief Muir
,v police departments has repeatedly stated IN ponce
court that there establishments in various parts OF the
city where boys girls ured To telr de
srucon through the OF drugs He even cited instances
in which such establishments had been operated within the
shadows Of some school buildings and that the best Gus
toners such places The scholars o such schools
In the knowledge of the Nrtcr of persons have been
rrsted by the city police and charged with pc'n2 drugs
Tn as much as the cvs authority with the imposition
of penalty vaglHncy in such cascs 1t naturally rcse"
with or busy federal agenls-WlI whom Butte has been al
uc1cd v large numbers the last few to carry slcl
Investigations further and put end to The Illicit sales o
opium morphinc cocaine and hcroin here
However, although there has at all times been sIper''A
of federal agents. regular, special and just pih hoohs II
Butte we to find anywhere recent instance "aert
ic evidence gathered the police city OF drug selling
has been by the federal agents to brnS ABOUT measures
that would put end to such traffic
agents OF whom speak nave hcel
,usytto busy, fact doing nothing instead OF fohnipS
down evidence that would put stop to The importing m'
Butte instead Of putting III ter Tune III securing eN
cnce upon which those piess pro1leera who are even worst
Than their the food line, could be Jalled heSe eu
cra agents have put time attempting to frame up eva
dcnces sedon against persons who dared raise 'nei
voices in criticism OF The motives of big business in criticism
leaders.
Then the other hand have The esllnahie laaeS I" III
W. c. T. U who have spent hundreds Of thousands-!es
dollars in their cndeavor to smut pooIe from "
lives Of the inhabitants the United States In Butte alone
we venture say the W. G.. r. IT, and the anti saloon leas
have spent many thousands dollars for the suppression OF tn
booze traffic while, possibly of the worthy ades an
gentlemen have ever given thought to the greater evih