The Washington times., 1922-06-18


to improve the environment and
get tho right conditions for de-
velopins all that In good in all
Of US.
That the present system 10 de-
fective. IL proved by the results.
It is logical, then. to find the sys-
tenn that II the true one. Voca-
tionai training would seem to
offer to the young the right Of
selection of the branch Of activity
which is most fitted to them.
WHEN . party Of addicts meet
w together IS 'whiff themselves
into oblivion. the conceit has It
that they are on q sleighridins
party. travelling smoothly over
the SNOW" And It Il this fright
ful sleighriding which viii ruin
the Republic unless the Govern
ment takes hold with . strong
hand.
There are 1900, 900 "snow birds"
In the United States today. They
spend between 100000 and $5.-
100000 every day for dope. There
is no question but what the evi1
is spreading or that It will con-
tinue to spread.
Back OF the traffic II an inter
national ring. one or two Of whose
members could almost name, and
they are served by hundreds Of
vicious agents. to whom human
life Is absolutely less than moth
Ing. They are served by the cum
ming Of serpents and the cruelty
of wolves.
The result 10 that the heads Of
the snow ring" net something
like a profit Of $1o.ooo.o 900 . year
from the traffic in the United
States alone. This ring l. backed
by organized financial interests.
Every day It spreads crime like .
pestilence. For a price II deals out
agonized death. The heads Of the
snow ring" are greater criminals
than Judas Iscariot; their vendors
are beneath the level of white
slavers.,
Normal human beings have no
idea whatever Of what goes on In
the dope circles Of New York or
Chicago, among the big cities, or
in such peculiar communities as
Hollywood. the motion picture
center, where thousapds, half
crazy from too much easy money
and too much notoriety, have ex-
hausted every normal sensation.
But II the evil were confined to
the cities 1t would not be 20 ter
rible to contemplate.
1t In no longer a city vice. It
Is spreading to the small cities and
to country towns. This Ii due.
in part. to the returned soldiers,
many Of whom had become accus-
toned to morphine or cocaine in
the relief Of suffering from
wounds. Some of It is due to the
temporary visits Of young men and
young women craving excitement
to the cities. Most lof It L. due to
the deliberate effort of the snow
ring" to extend its field Of profit,
to corrupt the small towns as the
big cities have been poisoned.
Physicians are In the pay Of the
''snow ring" Nurses are In its
pay. as are drugstore proprietors
and young clerks who need the
money. am speaking Of the
small town. not the big city.
Every devilish trick and device
that can be thought OF 10 resorted
to by the agents Of the dope ring
to encourage the use Of narcotics.
Usually q little cocaine is sug.
gested as q local anesthetic to re-
lieve some sharp pain. Then q 1T
tie morphine may be recommended
to overcome nervousness and in
ability to sleep. Then heroine II
introduced AZ something new and
not 80 harmful a. the old drugs"
and soon another victim is chained
to the galleys.
In the first place. ] recommend
to the Attorney General that there
be a Federal investigation--C Con-
gressional--into the drug evil in
America find the Government
authorities impressed with the
facts and statistics that I have
laid before them. I I.think a reso-
luton win be introduced In Con.
gress before long. asking for an
investigation. The next step viii
be corrective and constructive.
II may be that, In the end. the
Government win have TO construct
and maintain sanitariums. one on
the Pacific coast. one on the At
lantic coast. one in the Central