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concerned, while diucluinin, kno loɖs of or
responsibility for the furuor'a motuoda,
would profit directly by the, router rent
shich the fumar was propured to pay owán,
to the facilitina for illegal traffic which
the system uffor led.
The morality of overments, if
not maching the standards attained by
individulo, is at any rate bijber in most
cuoco than that of opium forvera; and in
any case Goverment actions and methods are
Lore widely known and open to criticism than
those of private trudors,
Sonce the systems of direct
Govment control of import, ufucture,
und retail now „pnerally in force have
proved such loss open to buse tuan the
fanding systeus wiich they have replaced.
Incidentally by onabling Government offici_ls and othors not financiully
interested in the truffic to obtain a cloaor
knowledo of the subject the system lands
itself to the,radual introduction of reforms.
For ita proper workin, it requires of course a reasonably officient administration with
officials not open to corruption.
In view of the widespread pro-th
of the poppy and provalence of the opium habit
and the raat difficulties in the way of
preventing the drug from being: convoyed from
on country to another it is evident that
intomatic-l co-operation is essential if
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