Deseret Evening News | 1908-07-31 | Page 2 | Opium Habit in This Country

OPIUM HABIT IN THIS COUNTRY Million More Pounds Imported From 1903 to 1907 Than ThanIn In Previous Five Years RESTRICTIONS INCREASED nc Desire lre to e Idol to lao ICI 1 u Washington Jul July to hIs trill to China to attend the tho com cam lag meeting o of tile the coin II ml slon which Is I to Inke make a and Investigation of the opIum Dr one of the bus hus been heen makIng nn an II in cItIes o of the Iho Statts lund InformatIon from officIal lS na to tJ Importation ann and use o of Ih tile drug In this country Dr Wright right Is to be to toil t tel th thin slon What whal tho Iho collons are aro hero antI lie he expects et time other nations to do the same Thu rho Imports IC of crulo opium frotH rol u 1903 to were Pound a Ilan Ii In ill the t lie pieced rig le live i years ears perIod 11 pet cent of the d In Into into to and TO 60 to 90 I per her cent or that amount tram Tue of smoking opIum Imported 11 In 1878 WiD lIne jOO pounds Ind and In 1907 1 It Il Ils as s pounds theme thure tune II a larger large Chinese II the tOrner former thal In thin the later latter period und nd hiatt Increased Ilu had Js Its n Wright says that there Is In umi ovi eI Int of the tue druI drug to oley obey Ih the law respectIng irs that thai many of these Chinese lre are 10 he have I the of It ItI I by theIr countrymen dIscontinued have been en made regardIng the tho use of the tho crug drug lit In different cIties J or In Nei New York about one third or of U about G In Oue On put It II ut at TO 50 her 1101 cent whIle hl I a great of Chinese smoke loke It to 10 toa n a less lees degree to 10 Dr 1 also In that there lre mire probably WOO persons person In Sour New York City who lre nrc opIum ore ora In It h Is that there thoro are who are confirmed opIum The Tho commission meets In the first of next