davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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10 increasing. Investigation into
the methods Of Illicit dealers pro-
duced the opinion Of several wit
nesses that most people ate
opium Poppy heads from which
opium has been extracted are
openly sold in the streets. Peas
ant mothers buy them, and feed
their babies with them to make
them sleep. British Bulletin Of
the Society for the Suppression Of
the Opium Trade January, 1929
Since Britain has acquired man.
date in Mesopotamia. opium trade
is flourishing there, too. Recently
q film was shown in London H.
Illustrating Sir Ross Smiths flight
by aeropfane from England to
Australia. One of the pictures
was taken in Busra, Mesopotamia,
where he alighted en- route. This
picture showed a native sitting at
q stall selling opium and over
head was a crude sign: Licensed
by the British Government"
II a thorough investigation be
made regarding the opium trade
in Africa, and particularly in the
newly acquired British mandate
territories (which used to be Ger
man colonies and where special
precaution was taken by the Ger
man authorities against opium and
other drugs. It will be found that
legalized trade in drugs and opium
is increasing, because the British
authorities with their double
standard of morality think that
opium does not hurt the backward
people Of India, China, and other
countries.
The motive back Of the British
opium policy is that the govern
ment is making money out Of II.
and India Is the place where the
largest amount Of opium is manu-
factured and sold under the mo-
nopoly Of the British government
and the British government intends
to keep up this profitable business.
For that reason the British gov
ernment has begun to spread prop
sganda in America through Of
ficial agents such as, Mr.. Cirja
shankar Bajpai, Of tho British In.
dian Civil Service. uphoiding the
nnliov of the British government
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II your spine II not too much out
of alignment. that win correct
minor subluxations Of the verte-
brae. and will at once give In.
creased health and vitality. and
often automatically remove dis
eases Of various sorts, for every
organ in the body is fed through
the nerves which emerge from the
little windows (foramina) on each
side of the spinal column. When
these nerves are in anyway
pinched by the vertebrate bones
being slightly out Of alignment.
the organ fed by this nerve suf.
fers. until something or some
body lifts the pressure Of the bone
off the tender nerve. II In Just
as II a window had fallen on your
finger and you were waiting for
some one to raise the window be-
fore you can get relief from the
pain"
STRETCHES HIS OWN SPINE.
Then the doctor went through
a group Of exercises which he
takes every day to keep his spine
straight. and also got into his
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During the ten years ending
1867 the net receipts from the
excise duties increased at the rate
Of ~ per cent. The receipts from
opium CONSUMED in India, not ex-
ported being at the rate Of a per
cent. the net receipts from liquor
and drugs other than opium at the
rate Of 4S per cent. This last in.
crease was due not merely to the
expansion Of consumption, but also
to the imposition of progressively
higher rates Of duty and increasing.
ly extensive control of the excise
administration. The revenue from
drugs Excluding opium) has risen
in ten years, the increase being
at the rate Of 81 per cent" In this
connection It can be safely asserted
that during the last forty years
the revenue derived from liquor
and opium has increased more than
500 per cent.
Miss La Mott points out that
according to the latest statis-
tics during the ten years ending
with 191s.19, the receipts from
opium consumed In India, not ex.
ported increased at the rate of 90
per cent"
Mr.. Bajpai and Mr.. Sastri, who
were at the Washington conference
AZ British agents regardins India.
gave the American people the i'm
preston through their talks and
writings that the intelligent In.
dian opinion Is supporting the
British opium policy. and some Of
the missionaries hold the same
view, but the fact IL different. In.
dian public opinion is dead against
the British opium policy, not only
because 1t 10 devitalizing the nation.
but because II 10 corrupting other
nations for the profit of the British
government and traders. The
Bombay Chronicle In an article
on August 80, 1921. says:
mo indictment can be too
strong for the opium policy
the government Of India.
The government is making lars
profits from the cultivation and
the sale OF opium, exporting every
year $4,000 chests, the opium being
turned into morphine by British
Continued on Page g.
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forced China to allow unrestricted
importation Of opium.
China became the victim Of
British greed and has been
drugged, and all impartial OBJ
servers will agree with the emf
nent American sociologist, Prof.
Ross, of Wisconsin University,
that Britain's opium policy to
China was a crime against civiliza-
ton. No less than $4,000, ,000, 900
worth Of opium has been poured
into China since the days of East
India Company.
CHINA BEING DRUGGED.
Through the influence Of Chi.
nese reformers supported by the
American and German govern
ments the curse Of opium traffic
in China was ended and Britain
had to stop importation. But
China is being drugged by the by
products Of opium by the British
through the agency of the Japa-
nese and other smugglers. The
surplus production Of opium in
India In being taken to Britain.
where It Is being transformed into
morphine and other drugs and
then sent to China.
A. J. Macdonald, formerly of
Trinity College and author of
Trade Politics and Christianity
In Africa and the Far East"
points out that British firms
which exported fourteen tons Of
morphine in the year 1914 are
more responsible for drugging
China than Japan. The Rev. Jud-
son Brown, in his book, Mas,
terry Of the Far East" points out
that China is being drugged by
morphine manufactured in Eng
land and Scotland from Indian
opium.
In 1915 sixteen tons Of MIR.
phine entered China through Bit
ish sources. DIR. John Dewey,
after his recent visit and study in
China, has asserted that Ameri.
cans are increasingly taking part
In smuggling drugs into Chinp
DIR. WI, Of Picking, in a state
ment to Tientsin Times. shows
that importation OF morphine into
China In recent years has reached
nearly thirty tons q year.
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marry; and II he does not obey her
silent command. he has to pay the
penalty-often with his life"
Going back to DR.. Riley's other
rules for a long life, asked what
particular method Of breathing he
advocated.
Rhythmic breathing, not the
lung-bursting deep breathing ad-
vocated by some fanatics" he re-
piled. showing me the method he
used daily until II had almost be-
come an unconscious habit. and
perhaps the reason why he never
felt fatigue at his work, but was
rather refreshed and renewed by
II. He seemed to breathe like a
cat. with his whole body, rather
than with his lungs alone. inhal-
ing slowly while mentally counting
ten seconds, and then as slowly ard
rhythmically exhaling several
times in succession. raising his
hands above his head while inhal-
ing and slowly lowering them on
exhaling.
only in the morning, on arising,
Is II necessary to raise the arms
to take this breathing exercise.
One can take II at ones work. read
ing, talking. or anywhere at any
time, and keep fit forever"
what about bathing for lon.
gevity?" asked.
Bathing every day is a darn
fool habit" the doctor announced
with feeling. Nobody can live
as long as they ought to and do
Il. 1t dries the natural oils Of the
skin and II destroys the natural
elasticity Of the skin so necessary
to health and long life. Adam
and Eve had no soap. They prob
ably used fine sand which was
better. The only thing one should
use in the bath in addition to
water Is Epson salt. which
loosens the effete matter and dis
solves II out OF the pores without
drying or filling up the skin
with alkaline matter"
TEPID BATHS ONLY.
Should baths be cold or hot?"
l asked.
Neither" he replied, "just
tepid. Show me a habitual cold
bsther and I will show you one
who II not already rheumatic.
will be 30 in a few years. The
cold bath 10 too great a shock
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The British government, indi.
rectly. through the government Of
Hongkong, is aiding in smuggling
opium into China. During the
year 191S.1s, no less than S,66s
chests Of opium, each containing
140 IL pounds, were sold direct to
the governments Of Hongkong and
Straits Settlements Whittaker's
Almanac. 1921. page 500. Much Of
this enormous amount OF opium
must have filtered into China.
OPIUM FARMER TAXED.
The British bulletin on suppres.
sion Of the opium trade January,
1929 says The opium farmer In
Hongkong pays the government
the sum OF $4,000, 900 annually for
the privilege Of importing raw
opium. This he prepares and sells
in the colony. But 1t is quite i'm
possible for him to recoup himself
for the vast expenditure. 1t would
appear he retains as prerequisite
all the by.products from the proc
ess Of preparation and It is prob
able that his profits are obtained
from these and from Illicit trade
on the mainland Of China"
Regarding the British opium pol
icy in Straits Settlements, Miss
Ellen N. La Motto, one of the few
Americans who have made an ex-
haustive study on the question Of
opium and fighting this drug evil,
writes:
"The opium trade Is also legally
established in the Straits Settle.
ments, where the local govern
ment makes nearly one-half of its
revenue from opium sales and ex-
else duties. In north Borneo and
Sarawak there is also an opium
revenue. In certain of the unfed-
Grated Malaga states under the
British protection, the opium reve-
nue. forms Is per cent of the total.
In all these countries this business
is a government monopoly.
Egypt is being civilized by Brit
ain and there the people are being
drugged too.
The Rev. H. Il. e. Hayes, of
Menouf. Egypt, states that opium
10 produced in Upper Egypt and
threatens to sap the life Of the
ssopiA- cultivation of the poppy
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BRITISH OPIUM POLICY is A MENACE TO THE WORLD, SAY
DR. TARAKNATH DAS WHO SHOWS SCOPE OF THE TRAF

regarding the opium trade in India.
Facts regarding monopoly In
India arc these: ~ The British
government advances money free
Of interest to the Indian farmers to
cultivate poppy from which opium
h manufactured. a. In India there
are more than 1900 opium shops
licensed by the British government.
81 These shops are supplied with
opium from the public monthly
auction sale Of opium manufac-
tured by the British government In
India. (D There are two kinds Of
opium manufactured by the Brit
ish government In Indis-provi-
sional opium for export purposes
and excise opium for consumption
In India. (5) The latest government
report, that Of 1853, shows that
741 tons Of provisional opium was
exported from India and during
the same year through licensed
drug shops the British government
distributed no less than 532 tons
Of excise opium in India.
The havoc created by opium,
liquor and other intoxicants in
India can be understood from the
following remarks made by an In
dian statesman:
1T depopulated the country and
degenerated the people. From
having once been q fine, manly
race, the Assumes natives Of q
province Of Hindustan) have be-
come the most abject and worth
less in all India, the growth Of pop.
ulation among them was checked:
the men became prematurely old.
the women bore fewer children and
the children rarely lived to become
old men,"
STATISTICS DO NOT LIE.
Total revenue Of India for the
year 1890 was s677.S50. 900. Out
Of this the government realized
s7s,7l5,bo0 from opium and liquor
trade. In the year 1920-21 the
total revenue decreased to ss74,.
l2s,boo, but the revenue from
opium and liquor increased to $685..
0so,0 900 (statesman's year book.
1921. page 1881.
The statistics Of British India TO-
1918 have this to say on the sub
ject Of excise;
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Some Of the apoiogists for the
increasing drug use in America
suggest the increase in consump-
ton of opium Ii due to prohibi-
ton. but the fact remains that
reports quoted above are Of pre-
Volstead act days. Consumption
of opium and It's by.products has
been increasing during the last
two decades and It will continue
to do so unless the root OF the evil
be properly attacked and eradi-
Gated.
CHINESE WERE INNOCENT.
1t is a general misconception
among the American people that
the Chinese are at the root Of ths
opium evil in America. The Chi.
nese were the victims Of British
opium and they are acting as some
Of the smugglers Of opium and
other forms Of dope" in America.
Among the smugglers of opium in
America, Chinese are very insig.
nificant when we consider the vast
machinery of the international
opium ring. with it's elaborate or.
ganization In all parts Of the world.
This ring Is provided with the
dope" of all countries. particularly
India. Chinese were not the orig
inal "dope-fiends," but they were
the victim Of British greed and
Britain's opium policy. China did
not want, to have any opium. No
opium was manufactured nor poppy
grown for this purpose in China
until late in the nineteenth GEN.
tury and China adopted the meas
ure Of growing poppy and manu-
featuring opium to compete with
the British trade in opium; China
adopted this measure very reluc.
tantly.
China fought against the opium
evil, forced into the country, by
destroying all the opium found
and prohibited importation of
opium by a law, but the British
government, a Christian govern
,ment, fought two Opium Wars,
holding the view that opium trade
by the British merchants was
legitimate and that China had no
right to stop II. China was de.
feated in the opim Wars and the
Treaty of. Tientsir. signed in 1859,
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

<<vYoU can live to be $50 IL
you live right, eat right.
- breathe right and bathe
right" declared DR.. Joe Shelby
Riley.
DR.. Riley Is q cousin Of the
famed Hoosier poet, James Whit
comb Riley, their fathers. Reuben
and John, having been brothers.
DR.. John Riley. DR.. Joe Riley's
father, lived to be 103, and rode
horseback almost to the day Of his
death, and his son says that he
himself expects to live a half a
century longer than did his father,
who was q surgeon in the Confed-
crate army.
DR.. Joe Shelby Riley has already
passed the half-century mark.
and he Is making all his plans to
live a century longer. But he de-
clares he has no. monopoly on the
method, that anyone can do II II
they know how. Some have un-
consciously almost attained the
goal, but 1t can be done scientifi-
cally.
DR.. Riley cited the case Of the
Kentucky mountaineer, John Shell.
who died recently at the age Of
134, after having lived in the Ad-
ministration of every President in
the nation.
LIVED CLOSE TO NATURE.
He was at the time of his death
probably the oldest man in the
world" said DIR. Riley, and he,
untutored son of nature. uncon-
sciously hit on the method Of pro-
longing his life beyond the usual
span. but his case proves that all
men under similar physical con-
ditions might attain this or a still
greater age. He lived close to ma
ture. and that Is what all of us
must do II we desire to live to
an advanced youth, for 1t is Also
possible to keep the body young,
though old in years"
But. doctor. we cannot all be
mountaineers," I remarked.
80" replied DR.. Riley. but
those Of us who cannot live in the
hills must do other things to
make up for the loss-such
things as conscious and syste-
matte breathing, exercise Of the
right sort. spine stretching, ETC..
and right here I want to stress
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"On what particular scientific
fact do you base your expecta-
ton to live $50 yearsT" I asked.
1T Is a well-known biological
fact that all vertebrates live
about six times the number Of
years required to attain their full
size or mature growth. Man. re-
quiring twenty-five years for de-
velopment. and being king Of the
vertebrate kingdom, should live
at least $50 years, since he, being
possessed Of reason. should be able
to prolong the period set by ma.
ture for his existence. Men do
not die. They kill themselves"
he said.
RAISES EDITORS limit.
Arthur Brisbane, that modern
prophet in the editorial world.
has the right idea" the doctor
continued. He recently stated in
one Of his editorials that man
by exercising due care over his
physical functions, should live
to be 144 years Of age without
the least difficulty. place the
limit q little further, and will
tell you why It is absolutely pos
sible for a man or q woman to
live to this advanced age and
at the same time retain to
great extent all his faculties and
even the appearance Of youth.
In regard to my own develop
ment, according to the verte-
brate theory. did not attain
my full physical development
until I was thirty. so, biologically
speaking, I should live to be $50,
though have conservatively
placed my span Of life at $50.
l am not going to kill myself.
as other men do"
You mean you won't work
The Washington times., 1922-08-20
AMERICA GREATEST
SUFFERER THROUGH
SALE OF NARCOTICS
International Secretary of the Friends of
Freedom for India Points Out That the Per
Capita Consumption of Opium i'm This CSun-
try is Thirty-SiX Grains.
BY TARAKNATH DAs,

Secretary of the Friends Of Freedom for India.
~ Plum traffic is becoming a growing menace to
J humanity American public conscience has been
~ reused against the menace, but the seriousness of
the situation is not generally understood.
Every day. in every big city Of this great republic
the public health officers and the police seize large quan
ties Of dope from illegal vendors and smugglers
America is being Systematically drugged. OF all the
civilized nations of the world the capita consumption Of
opium in America is greatest-36 grains per annum
According to the Monthly Summary of the Foreign Com
of the United States une 1929 the import Of opium
containing per cent Of morpha into the United
States for the year l91S-19 345514 pounds worth
$516605s and for the year 1890 the opium import
626 1876 pounds, showing increase Of 382 pounds
Statistics printed in the Government report Of hearings
before the Senate committee investigating opium traffic
give the number Of addicts 100000 in 1912 and
100000 in 1918.
The pamphlet issued by the United States Treasury
Department Public Health Service shows that whereas in
Italy per capita consumption Of opium grain and in
Germany two, in the United States it is thirty six
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It 10 most alarming that Amer.
iea IL not only consuming opium
per capita more than any other
eivilized nation but the youth OF
che nation Ia the ready victim of
the habit and national vitality is
being sapped. To combat tho
menace the New York Health De.
partment has opened q clinic for
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

drugaddicts, and it's report for 1919
shows that among the thousands
Of patients treated, one.third OF
them became the victims Of the
deadly poison before they reached
the age of twenty. and half Of the
patients treated were under the
age Of twenty-five.
The Washington times., 1922-08-20
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE TO BE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY?
ALL RIGHT! READ WHAT THIS WASE1INGTONIAN AID


lived
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
DIES AFTER
>, BEING LOST SIX )
DAYS In WOODS

Superior, Wis, July 10.-Joe Dodge,
5-year-old Brule, Wis, boy, found last
Saturday by searchers after wander
ing about in the thick woods in the
vicinity for six days. died as the
result of exposure and starvation at
the farm home Of l.. F.. Clemens,
farmer, a half hour after.
The child had walked a distance Of
three miles through the ~underbrush
and was within 500 feet of the Glenn
ems farm house when discovered con-
cealed under a brush.
a worn path from the spot to a
small creek IS feet away was mute
testimony of where the child had OBJ
tanned water. The only clothing. a
pair of overalls, was covered with
berry stains.
Over six hundred men from Ash
land, Bayfield, and Douglas counties,
including a party Of Fifty Elks and 60
businessmen from Superior and auth
orities of the three counties had join
ed Yin the search Saturday.
The lad was found by H.. Jalmer
Freshman, captain of = posse Of ESQ
who was attracted by the movement
Of a bush. The bark stained hand of
the child, waved in a feeble effort to
sumon the men. dropped as Frost
man picked the child from the ground.
Medical aid summoned from SUI
;perior arrived too late to lend assist
Eance. '-t@. " :.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
SENTENCED FOR
EXTRACT < !! IA SALES
Found Guilty Of Pro-
viding Indians With
Liquor; Both Deny It.

Devils, Lake, N. D.:.July 10.-Frank
Schuck, local merchant, and F. J.
Gath OF Dunseith, this morning were
each sentenced by Federal Judge An
drew Miller to serve six months In
the county jail and to pay a fine OF
5000 for selling lemon extract and
other intoxicating liquors to Sioux
Indians. Both men were tried before
juries last week.
Gath made an eloquent plea before
sentence was imposed. He said he
bore no i'll ~wIll.tpward theyprosecution
nor the jury but added Il have been
that God forgive them. for they know
not what they do"
He told the court that he had been
endeayoring to Secure American citi-
zenship papers. out that they have
been held up pending the trial Of the
! charge against him, and now he fear
ed that they will be denied him since
he has been convicted.
But I stand before you an limos
cent man." he said.
Judge Miller. however. could not be
moved by Gath's plea. but said that
inasmuch as the Indians are wards of
the government. and really children,
there is no excuse why a right mind
ed man should sell them intoxicating
liquors.
"If sentencing the guilty ones will
| do it," said the court, Il mean to put
a stop to it." IN
Schuck denied to the court that he
had any Intoxicating liquor on his
premises or that he had sol any to
the Indians. 1t took the jury five hours
to find him guilty. while Gath's jury
was out about three hours. {
M present term of the United
States district court will come to q
close today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
EDITORS WILL
HONOR MEMORY
OF ROOSEVELT
Tablet to Be Unveiled at Me.
dora; Governor, Will
Accept it !

Bismarck. July 10-When the edit
ors Of the eastern half OF the United
States pass through North Dakota on
their way to the National Editorial
association meeting al Nissoula,
Mont, they will be treated to an elab-
crate picture Of the states interest in
Theodore Roosevelt.
The train Is due in North Dakota
about midnight Monday, July TO-. 1t
will stop for a moment in Bismarck
stop west of the Twin Cities will be
at .Medora, where the editors will TN
veil a tablet to the memory of Roos-
evelt. The train, which will run in
two sections. is due to reach Medora
about IL a.. m. IN the morning of July
II. A. stop of two hours will be made
near the famous Mores Chateau and
the Maltese Cross ranch of Colonel
Roosevelt.
Nestos Will Speak.
At the dedication of the tablet the
editorial association will be repre-
sented by one of its speakers, and
Governor r. A. Nestos will accept the
tablet for the state of North Dakota.
1t is the understanding that at a later
date an arch will be erected over the
Way). inc that this tablet will find
a resting place in this arch as a per-
manent memorial of Medora's former
prominent citizen. One Of the Incl
dents of the Medora stop will be the
presentation to each of the editors
making the trip of a portrait of Roos-
evelt.
Arrangements are being made at
Medora to show a little Of the west to