Arizona republican., 1920-03-10
The Strong Position of Tobacco

The anti-smoking campaign. which Mrs Lucy Gaston hopes will render this snokeless nation by 1925 will certainly proceed beyond the bound aries a joke There many earnest peo- pie believe that tobacco any form is harmful; there are others to whom the of it by their neighbors offensive there fewer who think the use of t is sinful cannot enlist the interest of great of the people
 There s same cause for the abolition of tobacco was for the abolition of alcohol as beverage. prohibition had had to depend solely upon the efforts of those who believed the manufacture. sale and of liquor to be morally wrong, not would have been made in the liquor traffic It was only when it to be more generally realized that the could not afford liquor traffic that the destruction of it was de- cided upon.
 general of the people toward pro- hibition illustrated by that of the people of the southern years ago when region began going dry. The people of the south realized that liquor dangerous thing to be within the large colored population. It nterfered with production, and under the influence of alcohol that population which held in check with some difficulty at the best was likely any time to flame beyond control.
 The first aim of the south absolute pro- hibition, regulation by which the distribution of
 Perhaps, then prohibition could not have liquor would be held in check.
 The influential advocates not tee totallers and they did expect become tee totalfers.
 n ithlustry sought relieve itself, first by regulation of the handicapping effect of liquor, and it only when perceived regulation futile that who had sympathy with prohibition, turned to it the only instrument by which the material and the damage inflicted by the liquor traffic could be averted. With the great majority of the people prohibition merely matter of business, of morals religion sentiment altruism come certainly not soon, but for the compara- lively small number of earnest who had been laboring since the time of Neal Dow and Father Matthew to make the nation dry. They the nucleus the skeleton, of the army which slowly forming for the final, successful
 Mrs Gastons little band hardly be regarded nucleus anything Nothing is a nucleus which something else is likely attach increase its proportions, it's importance and its in fuence. Little Robert Reed fifty years ago would not ''the dirty weed.' But there be enough little Robert Reeds any other try harvest great of ice.
 Tobacco may produce tobacco heart other physical Arrangements. frequent lighting of cigarettes in offices may a great useful time. Lighted cigarettes thrown carelessly into piles of nflammable rubbish may produce con fagrations But tobacco heart S frequent or well defined disease. Office of cigarette lighting time consumer. And of the great majority of who tobacco in one form another, with great enjoyment and with little dis either their pocketbooks morals few would far toward reducing fire hazards O wipe out tobacco.
 Even tobacco peculiar enioy- watching enjoyment of others Men and women who do not and could smoke heard to express their pleasure at the evident tentment reve1ing a good cigar after dinner They say they enjoy the incense from it.
 Of course, the fragrance O the aged pipe is a different thing But set out to destroy all four-footed because not approve of the fragrant pole-cat.