New-York tribune., 1919-08-03
Tobacco Ban
In 1924, Aim
OF W. T..U,
Continued from page 1

tests to the Philadelphia Board of
Education, with the result that he
finally received letter from Associ-
ated Superintendent Mcdowell inform
ing him that he had taken action
against the "Medal Contest Reciter No.
T."
Move Traced to "Rest Cottage"
The Association Opposed to Nation
al Prohibitions carried its investiga-
tion from Philadelphia to Evanston,
ILL.,. suburb of Chicago, where is To-
Gated Crest Cottage" the national
headquarters of the w. c. T. u, the
former home of Frances E. Willard,
founder of the organization, and now
the home Of Anna Adams Gordon, the
present president
In the statement issued yesterday
the association says of Rest Cottage:
This headquarters is a thriving
centre of anti-tobacco propaganda.
Thousands of pieces of literature are
put out daily. In one room alone is
stored thousands upon thousands of
copies OF the pamphlet entitled 'Nico-
tine Next by Frederick William
Roman, Ph.D., Professor of Economies
at Syracuse University. The head of
TINS institution, by the way, is Chan
cellor Day, bosom friend of John
D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller
Jr, who are among the largest contrib
utors to the support of the Anti-Saloon
League.
But the storeroom of Nicotine Next
IS as carefully guarded by the senes-
chals of the w. c. T. u at Evanston as
safe deposit vault. No one but an
intimate insider is permitted to know
that the w. c. T. U. plans shortly to
food the country with the pamphlets.
Inc reason for all this secrecy about
the pamphlets of Professor Roman,
who is sometimes referred to as the
male member Of the w. C. T. IT,, is
tear extensive publicity of their anti
tobacco programme at this time may
interfere with the cause Of national
prohibition and the bill to enforce it
now pending in Congress.
No Tobacco in 1924
But the organization freely admits
to its friends that its definite and
specific plans call for the total aboli-
~tion of tobacco by the year 1924, when
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union will celebrate its semi-centen-
nial"
The statement also said that the in
vestigation at Evanston had revealed
That systematic. campaign is now
under way for absolute prohibition of
tobacco in any and all forms by state
and national enactments;
That their STATE superintendents
have been asked to appoint anti-nar-
cotic superintendents in each county
and and district wherever the Temperance
Union is organized;
THAT the cooperation and support
Of the Anti-Saloon League and all
o-her allied organizations is expected
in this anti-tobacco campaign;
THAT the drive for S1,000,0O0 by the
W. c. T: u, begun last March, was
largely for the purpose of financing
the anti tobacco crusade and the
worldwide prohibition movement;
and
That, while tobacco is not men
toned anywhere in the budget, money
to combat tobacco will be spent under
The headings of Health and Morals
'Education,' ETC."
phlet Of instructions issued to state
uperntendents of the organizations as
follows:
Make this a year Of pitiless pub
licity on the harmfulness of tobacco
by the distribution of anti-tobacco
literature, by writing polite letters to
the public through the newspapers and
by the use Of posters and stickers.
Strive to place upon the statute
books of your state an excellent to-
bacco law with sharp teeth in it, like
the one now in effect in the State of
Kansas, and thus protect society
through saving its youth.
"Distribute freely your state tobacco
law, and see that it is enforced tuntil
such time as a better one can BE- Sc
culed). Ask the judges of the circuit
courts to charge the juries on the to-
bacco law. Local superintendents
should then carry the law, printed in
bold type, to each dealer in tobacco.
"Cigarette advertising has largely
taken the place OF liquor and dope IDS,
und the willy manufacturers are reap
irg the benefit. Cut out these ads
and send with protest to one, or ali.
OF the three following: To the editor
o[ the periodical, to the cigarette ad-
vertiser or to the firm advertising on
tEe reverse side Of the page.
"Protest against sending tobacco to
soldiers. Enlist every member of our
organization, together with every other