| Show confession of opium Sm okera A royal commission in england has been investigating the use of opium and the decision is practically unanimous that the temperate use of opium is harmless in striking contrast with this decision is the pitiful confession of the hopeless slavery of three hundred chinese opium smokers who protested against alie bill before the massachusetts legislature to prohibit opium smoking one of them said we are bound to smoke anyhow whether we hare the right or take it for granted we committed the sin before the law was made and we are compelled or we must stop living the meet interesting te remarks were made by LI sam who came AS a representative of new bedford the boston herald quotes the following from his address people who do not smoke will never know a smokers troubles I 1 had the habit grow into me for the past thirty seven long years I 1 have tried and tried again to stop smoking at last I 1 feathered up my nerve to try again for the last time I 1 decided if I 1 failed to do what I 1 pledged I 1 would die a fiend two weeks ago 1 stopped smoking for twenty four hours my dear fellow men there are not words enough in Confucius 1 dictionary to tell you how I 1 felt I 1 had rather have all the devils in the great hell torment me than to take the right of smoking away from me we smoking men do not ask the people to encourage us but we would ask the public pity 1 |
