Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-08-04
Charge W. c. I. u.
Working Secretly
Against Tobacco

New York. Aug. 3.-After q ewo
months inquiry conducted In thh
city, Chicago. San Francisco and
elsewhere. to determine whether
there was a concerted campaign to
bar the use OF tobacco now that uq-
uor has gone by the beard, the As-
sociation Opposed to National Pro-
hibition issued q statement hsFe TO-
day charging that the Women's
Christian Temperance union ID back
ing a movement to have anti ntco-
tine laws enacted in every state In
the urior.
The W. c. r. U. viii celebrate its
Seth anniversary i've years hence and
the organization 10 hopeful OF hay-
ing Congress submit Q constitutional
amendment before March 20. 1924. its
sen,i-centenniaL forbiddinS the cu1-
ttvatiqL. sale, use or export OF the
weed fer smoking or chewing pur-
poses, the statement charged.
The 100000 drive" begun last
March by the White Ribboness. It II
alleged, has for its object the crush
ing Of Demon Nicotine, and to this
end the anti prohioitionists say $780,
900 will be expended ostensibly on
Child welfare" health and moral
ity," education and information"
and other propaganda methods by
means Of the churches and public
schools.
The Association Opposed to Ma
tional Prohibition further charges
the w. c. T. U. with planning to q.
nance its campaign against tobacco
without appealing directly for funds
or naming the purpose for which the
money is to be expended. In sup
port of this it asserts that already
in the guise of public school recI-
tatfon books which hagrantly violate
the sanctity OF home and filial de-
votion" fathers who use tobacco are
portrayed as "hlthy and unit for
childish caresses."
James Arthur Seavey, managing
director of the association. in OK
planning the reasons for the investi-
cation, said it was started to clear
whether or not the same profession
al and paid prohibitionists who fois-
ted the 18th amendment upon the ma
ton without a popular vote were be-
hind the tobacco crusade. despite
their eager denials."
The Investigation disclosed said
that statement that a bill had been
introduced in the Georgia Legislature
to prohibit the use OF tobacco in any
form and that measures have been
taken in the Legislatures OF other
southern and western states to put
q ban upon cigarettes.
The Anti-Saioon League IL also
accused Of aiding the w. C. T. u.
crusade and having endorsed the
slogan "Nicotine Next"
DR.. p. Charles Green Of Philadel-
phta was said to have protested to
the public school authorities Of this
city for permitting as said. the W.
e. T. U. to establish medal contests
and offer money awards to pupils for
the best essays on the "viciousness"
Of the tobacco habit.
In Evanston. ILL.,. where is located
Rest Cottages" the National head
quarters Of the W. C.. r. u. former
home Of Frances e. Willard, found
er OF the organization and now the
nome OF Anna Adams Gordon, the
present president, thousands uuon
thousands OF copies Of the pamph-
iet Nicotine Next" by Frederick
Roman. PHI. D.. professor of econo.
mics at Syracuse University, MI one
storage room. which it was said is
guarded as carefully as a safe de-
posit vault"
NO one but but an intimate insid,
or it was stated, Ia permitted to
know that the W. c. r, U. plains
shortiy TO mood the country with
tnesa pamphlets. Meanwhile. vast
quantities Of other kinds Of anti,to-
oacco literature are being distribut-