Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

may make any boy slave to it; g
The cigarette habit does not help a
boy in his life work, and may pre-
vent him from obtaining good posi-
ton in business; Most all reliable
business establishments refuse to
employ boys who smoke cigarettes.
5th-The following are among the
poisons and drugs used in manufac-
tuing cigarettes, arsenic, cresote,
nicotine, opium. saltpeter, TONGA
flavoring, and rum, all of which are
harmful. 9th. Cigarette smoking
make boy dull and stupid. impairs
his memory, and prevents his adj
vance in school. 7th. Smoking
creates an unnatural thirst, which
may lead to drinking of intoxicating
liquors. 9Th. Smoking is selfish
habit, which may cause an annoy
ance and disturbance to others. 9th.
Tobacco effects the eye, ear and
and nose or sight, hearing, and
smelling, also the heart. 10th. 1t
costs more than most boys can af-
ford to have their nerves and health
ruined. 18th. Smoking is useless,
and expensive habit and always does
harm in a greater or less degree.
18th. 1t is also a filthy habit, and
defiles the body, and any thing that
defiles the body or Injuries it is
sin against God who created man in
His own image.
Sincerely yours,
EVELYN E. WRIGHT.
John Lunn,
Randolph, Maine, April II, 1925.
Berling Germany.
Dear friend:
The United States passed the 18th
Amendment because the invention of
machinery has absolutely revolution
lied the Industrial world. Never be-
fore were clear eyes, steady nerves,
and sober brains so essential as to-
day. The alcohol that every alco-
holic liquor contains is a narcotic
drug It Injuries body cells, especially
the brain and nerve cells, first in
their action, later in form. Thus,
1t disorders for a short time. or per-
manently if continued nerve control
of the body, reason, will, self con-
troll and morals. Half century
ago it was, not unusual for news
papers to ascribe many of the nu-
merous freight and passenger
wrecks on American railroads to
drunken engineers" During the
half centu4 railroad mileage in the
United States has increased from
5000 miles to 264,000 miles, 2,00O,-
900 men are now employed. These
railroads carry each year more than
two thousand million tons of freight.
and more than one thousand million
passengers. Therefore, temperance
is the cardinal principle of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS. Neither may man drink off
duty, should it become known to
the members of the organization,
without being expelled from the or
der.
In these days of fast time con-
gested traffic, and heavy trains, the
engineer needs all of the brains he
has, and cannot afford to have them
should not drive an automobile I'M
der the influence of liquor, for he
endangers other peoples lives as we'll
as his own.
Wonderful electrical devices for
handling ship cargoes have greatly
increased the imperative require
ments for carefully trained, skilled
men with clear brains and full con-
troll of their faculties. The liquor
traffic may have been possible in the
agricultural world. in the age of the
horse pillow. and the mule teamster,
but it is not possible in the age of
the tractor and the auto truck. The
liquor traffic may have been possible
in America in the age of the drunk
en- sailor and the drunken engineer,
and the age when manufacturing
concerns were not held responsible
for the health and safety of their
employees, but it is not possible in
the age of the industrial develop
ment which has revolutionized the
mining industry, the vast manufac-
turing interests, extensive interna-
tional commerce. and the tarde acti-
vities and other great industries, and
enterprises figure in the economic
progress of America.
Sincerely yours,
ARNOLD L. PEACOCK.