Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1909 — OPIUM MAKING PROFITLESS [ARTICLE]

OPIUM MAKING PROFITLESS

Chicago Man Who Desired to Manufacture Drugs Hears of Law. Washington, Nov, 23. A certain man is desirous of starting the manufacture of opium in Chicago and the revenue collector of that city wrote asking whether this is permissible under the internal revenue laws. Revenue Commissioner Cabell states that the applicant’s attention should be called to the act which prohibits the importation of opium in any form, except for medical use, and provides a fine of not less than SSO nor more than $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, for receiving, concealing, buying, selling or in any manner facilitating the transportation, concealment or sale of opium.