Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-30
Illblec0''S' !. ] Foes I 4 s !
]. LOSING GROUND.
gaIlya,ss@et ,847 Editors Shows,
~ 1873 Communities Against d
Y Abofshing Weed.
ANTS Lose ]. ii HREE STATES.
Utah, Under Mormon Influence Only
comfio nweaath TO Adopt Ruohibl.
I.s:si zion Measure During Year.

y
!. { sIs tobacco going to hare It's scalp
added 10 the belt of the prohfbitfonist
beside that got the laniented but as
{ bet not altogether late alcohol: ~ 81
fhe: question asked by Carrot Smith
IN an article In the current issue Of
Ieslie.s Magazine. =
sTlie writer reaches the conclusion
that while there has been increased
Rgfsat ioh,,,and leg slatise activity on
lhs ssYb;eetsof tobacco following the
Success Of thei drive for prohibition
sfffiqaor The efforts Of reformers seek
hlga6 abailsh tobacco have no general
support sFhis opinion is based on the he
tssH!tsl dff the. missionaries on th2
sMl[tect sent out to newspaper editors
Ss the country By the Press Service
Houibaiiihis,!.:'iGjf Sew York City.
ils3'hsli ESSstiGlis asked were.
aHsa is!I14; or favor tile enactment OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tile personal use OF
r sopt5t,g ~: uuultSs: 49, 81 ~ =
ssll3s3s;: .Ia,:Ylur Judgment dues the gen.
Afat saIti,nent. of YOUR community
kpNeE; ~ Gehs eglslution:.
sq3} Is the use Of tobacco Personal
Is ;alijectkaimble 10 YOU? s.5s.
syhio rents lacean:panied the cues,
lions aud from their form IT was i'm
possible Ffdr any editor 10 determine
Me ;atfittfdes Gf lie questioners.
hfptis inf I2. JlS editors questioned,
5iS4erepl ed according TO the summary,
siNeEfs + These editors, it is estimated,
fantsselii d .cduib:ned circulation OF
Sf,STGO463 istlf ttieTI,S41 editors reply
iIs, 1888; or 50 per cent, represent
rublfc,sefitiluent in their communities
Is eplitseds tQ5anti-tobacco legislation
Only 300 editors, or 3 per GENT. Of
those replying belieyed there was any
Transferable Sentiment. favorable 70
tol;neto prohibition. There We're Ia.
6ri ! per cent, in Doubt, while 20 failed
to recota.Ihet judgment.
~, Editors, Judgment Unbiased
1T is OF special interest to note
that. $50 editors in answering the first
question, personally favored such
legislation, although only 260 OF them
reported that public opinion also fa-
Soied, the prohibition Of tobacco-an
Indication of the conscientious effort
made by the editors to distinguish pub
lie opinion from their own personal
ppinlans,n The, article continues o"r',
The highest percentage Of replies
reporting public opinion favorable To.
prohibition Of tobacco came from Utah,
where ~ per cent Of the editors
thought the. public were for such Il
movement. Utah IS tile only stare
which has since adopted an anti.
cigarette law The result was fore:
cast By several Of the editors who
stated that the influence of the Nor.
smon Church was against TOBACCO. Tho
heGmnn Church Is also strong In Iaaho
ahii}i is sthssothei' state Where :tHet use
II $tObat10 ~ was: recently -prohlbated;
sslssEs sgosaf8dss has signed site bin
turf Iasseds, " which Ahsa pg s
Legislation Ia gepiale led mSMs state
6y pe9 tent of the edisors esflinatS
rent,lsssat shl their saRRaS HES aps
eeainat tobacco prohibition. which,
seserfhelsss., is 8 per cent beleY the
sssfa sc Isp6rtsd iopposltfon.iS as;Ast:
this legislature OF Tennessee some
peess gsc5 passed and the goaernor
has signed bill repeating tie %:antE-.
cigarette la@ of that states The ques.
tionnsire showed sS per cent of its
editors believed the public against
slitRtobacco: legislation. The Hlesisla-
thre of Arkansas has also passed il
bill repealiag its anti-cigarette law. In
this state 81 per cent of the editors
reported against tobacco prohibition.
Ari,ona's Practical Joke !:
81 bill, introduced in the current
session of the legislature Of Arizona
to prohibit smoking in public dining
rooms and other public places, was
first amended to. prohibit the consump-
tion in public of peanuts, chewing
gum, tea and coffee and then defea:ed
by the senate The QUESTIONABLE
returns from that state were 81 per
cent no.
an Iowa where the nos were 8s
per cent bin to repeal the anti
cigarette law has been passed and
signed by the governor.
"a bill to repeal the antl-cigarette
Inv in Kansas. with 50 per cent nos
is receiving the attention of its lesis-
lature. Last year a petition for a
referendum in Oregon to prohibit the
use OF tobacco failed OF sufficient sig
natures to bring the question to a,
vote, and 95 per cent Tof the editors
declare their public against legislation.
In Oklahoma an anti-cigarette bin has
been reported unfavorablr in the
house. The editors of that state re-
ported 94 per cent against. It's public
support. s.
Outside OF Utah, where Mormon
influence predominates," the article
concludes, .'the aptl,tobacco move
,ment appears, rs In the case of Ten
.nessee. Arkansas and Iowa, to be los
ino ground and SISsnot TO ANY conSid-