Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-03
PROHIBITION Of
TOBACCO SAID To
BE PLAN W.C.T.U.
Association Opposed to Ma
tionaI Prohibition is Out
With Warning to Smokers,
CheWerS and Snuff Users.

tsN MORNING JouRhAL SPECIAL LEASED WIREl
Washington, Aug. after a two
months inquiry conducted in this city,
Chicago San Francisco and elsewhere
to determine whether there was a
concerted campaign to bar the use
of tobacco, now that liquor has gone
by the board, the association opposed
to national prohibition issued state
ment here today charging that the
ion was backing a movement to have
anti-nicotine laws enacted in every
state.
The w. c. T. U. will celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary five years hence,
and the organization is hopeful of
having congress submit a constitution
al amendment before March 20, 1924,
it's semi-centennial, forbidding the
cultivation, sale use or export of the
weed for smoking or chewing pur-
poses, the statement charged.
The $1,000,000 drive begun last
March by the White Ribboners, it is
alleged, has for its object the crush
ing of demon nocotine, and to this
end, the i-prohibitionists say,
$500, 900 will be expended ostensibly
con child welfare" "health and NOR
atty" Education and information, ;"
and other propaganda methods b.
means of the churches and publ
schools.
The association opposed to nations
prohibition further charges the W. =.
r. U. with planning to finance it's
campaign against tobacco without ap-
pealing directly for funds or naming
the purpose for which the money is
to be expended In support of this
it asserts that already 'in the guise
of public school recitation books
which flagrantly violate the sanctity
of home and filial devotion" fathers
who use tobacco are portrayed as
'iflthy and unfit for childish ca
resses."
One Bill Introduced.
The investigation disclosed, said the
statement, that a bill has been intro
duced 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 a
han on cigarettes. The Anti-saloon
league is also accused of actively aid
ing the w. C. r. u. crusade and of
having indorsed the slogan, nicotine
next"
DR.. p Charles Green of PhiladeI-
mia was said to have protested to
the public school authorities of his city
for permitting. he said, the w. C.
T. y. to establish medal contests and
offer money rewards tn pupils for the
best ESSAYS on the 'viciousness" of
the tobacco habit.
In Evanston. III, where is located
Crest Cottage the national head
Quarters of the w. g. r. IT,. former
home of Frances f. Willard. founder
of the organization and now the home
of Anna Adams Gordon. the present
nresident thousands upon thousands
of copies Of the namphlet. mi
cotine Newt" nv Frederick w.
Roman, Phi. n, professor of
economies at Syracuse univer-
sifv, filled one STORAGE room which, it
was said. was guarded as carefully as
q safe denosit vault" M one but an
ti~ate insder. it was stated, Is per-
Initted To know that the w. G. IT. TT.
Mans shortly to flood the country with
these pamnhlnts. Meanwhile vast
Quantities of other kinds of anti-tohac-
20 literature are being distributed, 1t is
asserted.