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TOBACCC'S FOES
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~ LOSING GROUND
Canvass of 7,847 Editors Shows
- 1,393 Communities Against
Abolishing Weed.
ANTIS LOSE THREE STATES.
Utah, Under Mormon Infiuence, Only
Commonwealth to Adept Prohibi
tion Mecasure During Year,
“Is tohacco going to have its secalp
added to the belt of the prohibitionist |
beside that of the Ilamented but as
yet not altogether late alcohol?” is
the question asked by Garret Smith
in an article in the current issue of
Leslie's Magazine.” - l
The writer reaches the conclusion |
that while there has been increased
agitation and legislative activity on
the subject of tobacco following the
success of the drive for prohibition
of iiquor the efforts of reformers seek
ing to abolish tobacco have no general
support. Thig opinion is based on the
results of the questionnaires on the
subject sent out to newspaper editors
of the country by the Press Service
Company of New York City.
The gquestions asked were:
(1) Do you favor the enactment of
laws prohibiting the personal use of
tobacco by adults?
(2) In your judgment does the gen
eral sentiment of your community
favor such legislation?
(3) lls the use of tobacco personal-
Iy objectionable to you?
- No argumentsg accompanied the ques
tions and from their form it was im
possible for any editor to de@rmiue
the attitude of the questioners.
Out of 12518 editors questioned,
7,847 replied according to the summary
given. These editors, it Is estimated,
represent a combined ecirculation of
21,870,046. Of the 7,847 editors reply
ing, 7,393, or 03 per cent, represent
public sentiment in their communities
a 8 opposed to anti-tohaceo legislation.
Only 260 editors, or 3 per cent of
those replying believed there wus any
considerable sentiment favorable to
tobacco prohibition. There were 174,
or 2 per cent, in doubt, while 20 failed
to record their judgment,
Editors’ Judgment Unbiased
“It is of special interest to note
that 569 editors in answering the first
question, personally favored such
Tegislation, although only 260 of theih
reported that public opinion also fa
vored the prohibition of tobacco—an
indication of the conscientious effort
made by the editors to distinguish pub
lic opinion from their own personal
opinions," the article continues,
“The highest percentage of replies
reporting public opinion favorable to
prohibition of tobacco came from Utah,
where 42 per cent of the editors
thought the public were for such g
movement, Utah is the only state
which bas since adopted an anti
clgarette law. The result wag fore-
cast by several of the editors who
stated that the influence of the Mor
mon Church was against tobacco. The
Mormon Church s also strong in Idaho,
which Is the other state where the use
of tobacco was recently prohibited,
_but the governor has signed the bill
Just passed, in which the prohibitory
legislation 18 repealed. lln this state
89 per cent of the editors estimate
sentiment In their communities ns
against tobhaceo prohibition, which,
nevertheless, is 6 per cent helow the
average reported opposition,
“The legislature of Tennessee some
weeks ago passed and the governor
has signed a bill repealing the anti
clgarette law of that state. The ques
tionnaire showed 93 per cent of its
editors belleved the public against
anti-tobacco legislation. The legisla
ture of Arkansas has also passed a
bill repegling its anti-cigarette law, In
this s{né 65 pér cenf of the editors
reported against tobacco prohibition,
1 Arizona’s Practical Joke
" “A bill, introduced in the current
session of the legislature of Arizona
to prohibit smoking in publie 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 defeated
by the senate. The questionnaire
returns from. that state were 92 per
cent ‘no.’ 2
“In Towa where the ‘no’s’ were 05
per cent a bill to repeal the anti
cigarette law has been passed and
signed by the governor,
“A bill to repeal the anti-cigarette
taw in Kansas, with 89 per cent ‘no's,’
I 8 receiving the attention of itg legis
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 of the editors
declare their public against legislation,
In Oklahoma an anti-cigarette bill has
been reported unfavorably in the
bhouse. The editors of that state re.
ported 94 per cent against its publie
support.
“Outside of Utah, where Mormon
infivence predominates,” the article
~concludes, ‘“the _anti-tobacco move
ment appenrs, s in the case of Ten
nesgee, Arkansas and lowa, to be los
“Ing ground and is not to any consid
erable extent supported by thg peo
ple.” :
The friends of tobacco feel parties
darly elated over this showing, Inas
much as 192021 was a maximum yea:
in legislative circles with 42 state leg
Jatures in session and the tobacce sub
‘ject recelved an unusual amount o
«consideration,
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FOUND ANGLING GOUD SPORT
Many Notables Have Been Devotees
of Sport Immortalized By
Sir Izaak Walton.
When President Harding prepared
himself for the responsibilities of his
great office by spending a few weeks
fishing in Florida he added one more
“to the long list of notables who have
been devotees of that sport. It Is re
corded that Noah was not only a good
boatman, hut a skillful angler as-well.
iLong before the flood, and far away
‘ In the mists of time, there is a Baby
lonian legend that Belus, son of Nim
-1 rod, discovered fishing. The first au
i thentic record of angling appears when
the Lord asks Job: “Can’t thou teke
out a fish with a hook?' The great
Homer Immortalizes the art in the
““Ilad’ and “Odyssey,” stating that
godlike men, when pinched for dinner
fished with crooked hooks, and’ even
dived for oysters. It was Plato, the
Greek philosopher, who once sald:
“There Is nothing In angling that Is
noble, or daring, or requiring skill.”
Charlemagne, who dominated west
ern Europe in the eighth century, ad
vised his subjects to take up the art
of angling in order to be content. “Be
cause,” sald he, “I have never yet
known an angler who was melan
choly.”
But the greatest fisherman and phil
osopher of modern times {s undoubted-
Iy Sir Izaak Walton. In his “Com
pleat Angler” he indicates the prog
ress of fishing, particularly on hu'-i
ing trout. He had a different color
ed fly for every month in i?xe vear,
His books are a sourae of informa
tlon for all, and It has been said that
in them a child may wade and the
tallest glant swim. “Angling,” said
Izaak, “ 1s llke mathematies, In that
it can never be fully learned, at least
not so fully but that there will always
be room for experiment by some suc
ceeding angler.”—Detroit News.
THAT’S THE STORY HE TELLS
But It Certainly Was Unfortunate
that the “Tonic” Should Explode
When It Did.
An Indiana manufacturer recently
enjoyed a restful Sunday in the quiet
of his own home, a steady downpour
of rain giving every assurance of his
not being disturbed. Early in the eve
ning, however, he concluded* a little
walk would be beneficial, and remem
bering his wife having mentioned she
was in need of another bottle of her
favorite springtime remedy, he donned
a raincoat and braved the elements.
Pocketing his purchase, and home
ward bound, he thougnt to have a look
In on the evening service at the church
of which he was a devoted and valued
member. Standing in the rear of the
church, as there was an unusually
large congregation, he became much
interested in the sermon, when to his
horror there came a terrific bang, fol
lowed by a deluge of foam flying in
every direction; all eyes were turned
his way and the, sermon temporarily
discontinued while the erstwhile de
vout church member beat his hasty re
freat amid the laughter of the entire
congregation, having no opportunity to
explain thet he was carrying home &
harmless bottle of “tonic” for his wife.
' He Needed Help. g
“All kinds of communications are
received in a newspaper office. For
instance, an old subscriber asks us to
tell him how to get rid of a trouble
some guest who came to stay a ‘few
days’ and has been there a month.™
“We haven't time to answer a fool
ish question llke that. Just pigeon
hole It.” SRR
“No, I'm going to answer it some
how.. The writer states In a post
script that if we don't give him some
advice he's going to set fire to his
house."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Tendency.
“Our best politica: life, whatever
the howlers may say, Is tending to
ward equality, beauty and holiness.”
~Vachel Lindsay. i
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1921,
SEARCH FOR MUSICAL THIEF
Peculiar and Clever Crook Is Just
Now- Engaging the Attention of
. London Police.
Detectives are searching for an ac
complished thief who plays tbe piano
aond sings for his victim before geing
away with the valuables.
Although known to the police, he has
been “operating” in St. John’s Wood,
London, for more than a month and
his two latest coups have been car
ried out within a few minutes’ walk
of each other..
He returned a fortnight ago to a
house in St. George's terrace, Prim.
rose Hill, where he had taken apart
ments, while the other boarders were
at dinner. Inquiries resulted in the
discovery that the lodger had gone
with jewelry including four gold rings
set with diamonds, worth $2,000.
A woman in King Henry’s road, Lon
don, is the latest vietim. On Monday
the man rang up and in a short time
arrived in a taxicab, He stated that
he would fetch his luggage later.
Insisting in paying in advance bhe
made out a check for a week’s board
and made himself agreeable by his
musical accomplishments, but a pro
longed absence in the bathroom excited
suspicion, and it was found that a
trunk had been foreed and $l,OOO worth
of jewelry sioien. A linely-cased gold
watch, valucd at $5OO, was among the
arucles stolen, and the check was dis
honored.—From the Continental Edi
tion of the London Mail.
QUIT TELLING FUNNY STORIES
Why Cangressman Kelly Sacrificed
Humor on the Altar of Scrious
Statesmanship.
Patrick Kelly, a representative in
congress from Michigan, says that he
used to tell many stories in going
about in his political campaigns. The
audiences always liked them and went
away pleased. Telling them looked
like good polities.
Years later Kelly would meet &
man and he would say:
“l have met _\-:}u before. -1 remem
ber very well a certain story you
told.”
Then he would repeat the anecdote
Kelly would ask him what else he re
membered that had been said, and ha
would be unable to remember a thing.
The congressman began to wonder if the
telling of stories prevented more seri
ous matters from finding lodgement
in the hearer's mind,
~ .He became fearful. He was not
sure, but he decided to lay off the
fuony story. So was the possibility
of a multitude of good laughs sacri
ficed at the altar of serious states
manship.—New York Sun.
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