Show EDUCATION VS LEC legislation the claim has frequently been becu made that no man can be forced to live a righteous liseby legislation I 1 egi and in the t same breath it is pointed out that the proper course to pursue is to educate the individual to understand the right and he will naturally live up to it this premise we admit Is right in flost most cases but there are am exceptions r tor or instance the great majority ol of the i people ot of this state have been educated educate a T ctorn birth that the use ot of tob bacco Is harmful and they themselves greatly diminish their chances tor for success in life by acquiring an appetite tor for the weed this contention is backed up by science which unequivocally de dares clares that tobacco contains a po poison I 1 son that effects the physical mental and r moral deve development developing lopin ent ot of the user and this truth has been impressed time and an time again upon both young and old in every hamlet in this state and yet the use ot of tobacco is on the increase I 1 in this one instance then we contend that education has failed and so it is tair fair to demand demana some legislation to see what they will result in legislation affecting any industry I 1 which strikes at the morals of mankind always comes in tor for bollent crit from a certain class argument of a facetious character is generally first used to dissuade those who are bent upon bringing about reform and if that tails falls the cry of 0 personal liberty is raised this proceed ure was fol lowed in the tight fight against prohibition with marked success until the people i e everywhere saw through the subterfuge and with one mighty voice beclar ed that intoxicating liquor should go the same tactics are being pursued now by the tobacco trust and those whom it can deceive and so when a bill is introduced in the legislature seeking to prohibit the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and cigarette paper the smoking ot of tobacco in public places indoors and the advertising of tobacco in newspapers newspaper 1 magaz magazines inu billboards etl the ac eai Is ii met alth derisive declarations of ottist just what the measure Is hoped to accomplish and the most extreme and ridiculous situations are painted in order that the bill will not be taken seriously but the time has actually arrived when the people of this state must either assert themselves in this matter roll up their sleeves and wage warfare upon tobacco or it will become their master the great tobacco trust perhaps the greatest in the world today has decreed that the girls shall take up the tobacco habit and without opposition on the part of the people the trust is now hard at work to bring about its purpose look at the attractive advertising on billboards read the compelling invitations to smoke that are printed sn in the newspapers and magazines notice the inducements that re constantly being put forward to get the young man started to using cigarettes they all tell the same story of the determination ot or the tobacco trust to accomplish iti its purpose and we the people are dalily sitting silting hy by and permitting this thing to go on unchallenged it has beef been intimated that high cense will never accomplish anything because the tobacco trust will take care ot of the retailer on that score scora by paying the license no matter how high it may be made and this would not be hard to believe because experience has shown that the tobacco trust Is willing to pay any price to get its product onto the market and it cau call only sell its product through the retailers tai lers but the great outstanding fact Is that the trust has announced its purpose and it is tor for the people to say whether or not that purpose shall be accomplished this week a bill was introduced in the state senate which Is designed to prohibit the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and cigarette papers the advertising of 0 tobacco in any torm form except en on tho package in which it 1 Is tf aufai smoking of tobacco ln in any public place the bill is a one and ought to receive the heary support of all ai the people petitions ought to bo be circulated and signed by the citizens and then forwarded to our representatives in order that they may be fully advised of 0 the wishes ot of their constituency utah ought to lead in these matters 0 of reform for the very reason that this people have had longer and more intelligent teaching to the effect that these things are harmful and wrong and the people believe those teachings also now I 1 is our opportunity to take action and w we should not let it pass unused |