"Study fire statistics from your fire insurance companies. They will show you that most fires you have are started by smokers.
"One of the more sinister activities of the Octopus lies in relation to drugs.
"The drug habit, as I understand, has been acquired by many on your earth through your purchase and use of many cheap, unsuspected mild patent medicines, or through your doctor's prescriptions for medical purposes, or through the narcotic drug traffic by your gangsters, with the connivance of some of your unscrupulous politicians. The Octopus's slimy tentacles here surpass themselves. Once the habit takes hold of its victim it is very hard to free him of it, and he becomes enslaved to its use. Unless he gets his daily dose, his overpowering desire and need for it become acute. In that state he will commit any crime to obtain the drug to alleviate his acute hunger.
"Some of your doctors, nurses, medicine manufacturers, mostly your gangsters are to blame. Those who, against human decency and law, deliberately induce those tendencies are reprehensible human hyenas. There is nothing so monstrous as the extreme lust and selfishness of some of you who grind out profits through the suffering of your fellow man. Through neglect or by design you turn him into a lifelong addict so that you can live in affluent luxury and security. There is no conscience guilt, compassion, nor pity, in your soul for him and his babies; but inexorable retribution is bound to seek you out and have vengeance against you and yours in your future progeny.
"Your intensive money-craving tends to cause you, when you are ill, to hazard your health by delaying medical examination, by trying to cure yourself with home remedies or patent medicines, very often risking your health and life by postponement. For the lack of funds, you are often at great disadvantage by not being able to procure competent medical attention.
"Politics and certain politicians give the Octopus another stronghold.
"Earth—Man by instinct is not wicked, he is molded by environment and force of circumstances. Beset with the stress of uncertainties and insecurity of life. And with vicissitudes of selfishness, greed, temptations, desires for riches and power. Contributive to the breaking down in some of you of love, honor, chastity, character, honesty, respect, ethics and morality.
"Your lack of our sense of thought reading, and under your present moneyism system of life the best form of your earth government cannot guard itself against isolated cases of weak, unscrupulous, and treacherous persons.
"Some of your opportunists, amateur and professional politicians, with the lust for wealth and easy money, seek and secure high offices, and permanent soft jobs in your Government. Few hirelings of crooked political bosses and machines reach high places in Government, or attain them through political campaign work, contributions, fixed elections, and dishonest political maneuvers.
"Some few do not hesitate while in public office, through inside information and political maneuvers, to influence and benefit through a rise or decline of stocks, bonds, commodities, and real estate. They use it to speculate on the commodity markets tending to increase food costs. They obtain high salaries, Government offices, and other positions for their near and distant inexperienced relatives and friends, and get kick-backs on their salaries.