The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-06
j. 5. AIDS
IN JAPS'
D0PEPLOT
Narcotics Going From Puget
Sound to Aid In Ruin
OF China, Charge

wngfnR Its fight against thu use and
Illicit trafric Of narcotics. has set
itself TO tho greatest single reform
movement ever undertaken IN
America. was stated Tar the annual
meeting and banquet OF the club at
the Shanghai restaurant Tuesday
night.
I'VE propose 70 see the entire
! world fired FROM narcotics" declared
pr. w. X. McKibben. secretary.
/ Existing conditions In the United
Il States. tho shameful attempt Of ia
\ ran to enslavc the Chinese people To
the drug habit. and the Joker In
the Harrison act that largely do
stroys the effectiveness Of thai 9th.
srwise good measure were pointed
out by other speaksrs.
Prof. A. W Linton. OF the Uni
verxlty Of Washington. reviewed tho
remarkable ssrht OF the Chinese 70
public against the smoking Of opium.
II 1T was a very great victory" the
h speaker said. but. while tho use OF
opium was practically stamped out
ether and much moro deadly habits
are bcing formed. refer to the uss
Of morphine and cocaine. with which
drugs China Ia being flooded.
4 ~ large part Of these narcotics
ars going into China thru japan. SO
fnr a. know no denial has ever
been made Of thix."
II How The export clause Of the Har.
rsson act aids In tho Worldwide dis
sributicn Of narcotics and boomer.
angs to our own dctrimcnt was u.
Illustrated by Prof. Linton.
In one period of fivc months"
Prot. Linton said. '-hsre was ship
ped 20 Japan thru Puget Sound
ports alone. enough morphine and
cocaine to supply 10 legitimate doses
for every man. woman and child IN
that country. Only small par, Of
this was used In Jspsn- Meat Of Il
found in way into China
OCR OWN OPIUM
STRUGGLED RACK To Us
Our drug Manufacturers export
also much opium Tor medicinal pur.
pcsra' which N converted on tho
other side Of tho ocean into smoking
opium. Part Of this In then SNUG.
gisd. unck into ths unnnd Statea.
The same h true Of rnorphsnc and
cocaine
II II want 10 speak IN highest terms
of tho efficiency Of our customs Of.
nc~rr- But whsn druxs can hs 20
easily sccrwtsd Il II Impossible 20 In.
terreps all that snuexisrp attempt
to bring Ia On oss liner alone In
1919 they found SIS ounces Of Co
caine."
rros. Linton snen pointed out tns
prcvsieacs q he drug habit IN this
country.
sssiany psopis think mat drug sd.
dicta are found only here and
there ~ lid. Hut local health
officials say that there are 1000
users OF narcotics IN Seattle alone
They reprsscnt an glasses OF society.
and tho number n increasing rap
idly
Support Of the Miner bin. Assigned
TO amend thu expectation clause Of
the Harrison act. wan urged.
Police Inspector Hans Damn pre-.
scented figures Of narcotic cases In
the police and federal courts. max.
ing = plea for heavier sentences for
smug.iers and peddiers.
III II havc IN my preservation . list
Of cases tried In the federal court
! covering q period Of one year. from
Oct !. 1918. to Oct !. Of this year.
This list. Of course. includes only
; dope pcddlcrs. all Of whom were
/ tried under the Harrtpn act. and
does not include drug addtcss.
The HIST shows that IN the fed.
evai court for the year past there
were hut ~ convictions. Twenty.
stu cases are still pending. OF the
~ cases Of conviction. II received
fines averaging tszo each. with no
imprisonment Three received peni
Tertiary terms Of approximately one