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THE DULUTH RIP-SAW
14
Entered at Fostoffice at Duluth, Minn., aa Second Gian Matter.
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member", so to speak, by subscribing and paying one or more years
in advance. The young lady at the counter will receive the money and
give you a receipt.
The autocratic majority of the board of education seems to have
abondoued the idea of asking the taxpayers to vote a $2,000,000 bond
issue for Supt. Bentley and his Chicago chums to spend on new school
buildings. All the power and influence of the "Big Six” will be centered
on the task of winning the school election on Saturday, July 21.
It must be confessed that considerable new school construction la
needed. Despite that, the people do not propose to see their precious
funds dissipated by an improvident superintendent and stranger arch
itects from tho Windy City. In principle, the people of Duluth demand
employment of home architects so long as there are several competent*
and reputable local firms.
Aside from all these matters, it is very sensible to avoid increase in
bonded indebtedness. Afteady, outstanding bond obligations aggregate
$3,000,000. The treasury funds are sadly overdrawn. It even has become
necessary to rob another fund to secure money to ruin the architectural
beauty and symmetry of the Central high school building, a nationally
known structure.
Economy is the demand in all public business and the public schools
should respond to a safe and sane extent. It irks parents to see their
children denied educational facilities, but even the schools must respond
at least moderately to financial pinches. Times like these are well
adapted for the practice of economy, lopping off luxurious fads, frill*
pud fancies and specializing in the essentials. While waiting tor ’better
times and money, the educational staff profitably can bring the pupils
up to the standard in reading, writinf and arithmetic. The pupils have
been found sadly deficient in addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division. If that sad defect caa be remedied, lash, of spacious buildihgs
and well filled rooms can be endured for a year or two wlthnfeal benefit.
The "Big Six” majority may continue to serve as a Tubber stamp
for the presumptions, autocratic and ruthless Supt. Bentley, but the
temper of the public had to be taken Into consideration in tbe long
contemplated issue of additional school bonds in the sum of $2,000,000.
* 1 *
Some kind friend has seat the Rip-saw a copy of the Chicago Dally
Tribune in which a marked paragraph states that William K. Fellows,
architect, was slated by the new school board in the Windy City to
become chairman of the building and grounds committee. Mr. Fellows*
name was submitted to the city council without previous publicity. *
We compliment architect Fellows on his recognition In his horns city.
We never have doubted that gentleman’s possession of ability and tt Is
right and proper that he should use his talents for the benefit of the
Chicago schools.
It probably Is safe to take It for granted that Mr. William K. FeUows
Is a member of the firm of Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton, Chicago arch
itects who have been seeking to adventure In school building in Duluth
bj grace of their determined booster and night school chum, Supt.
Bentley.
In being picked for service in bis home -city and in accepting the call,
Mr. Fellows not only is doing a duty, but taking a logical course.
Instead of letting the Chicago board of education come to Duluth for
a man of ability, Mr. Fellows is called and cheerfully responds.
So long as Euluth has competent and efficient architects, they should
Lava high preference over Chicago architects or those of any other city.
We cannot stand idly by and see the school board “Do It to Duluth” by
.humoring Supt. Bentley's obsession that Messrs. Perkins, Fellows &
Hamilton are the only architects on the Continent with whom he can
Buccessfully work In planning and building $2,000,000 worth of new
school buildings in this very peculiar city by the fresh-water sea.
In the Duluth Herald of June 11, Mayor Snively is quoted as having
said, “The government is urging us to build a municipal dock,” etc., etc.
- Would it be inquiring too closely into affairs of state to ask. the
Mayor to let the people know what particular agency of the govern
ment is doing the urging in this case? The people know'all about
the resolution of congress passed some years ago in regard to the
obligation upon certain small ports to provide adequate dockage in
order to insure continuance of their governmental appropriation, but
there is on file in Duluth a letter from the department at Washington,
explaining that Duluth was not even remotely affected by this reso
lution and that this city was not in mind when the resolution was
adopted. For this reason, It would be interesting to know from what
source the complaints have emanated which have influenced the federal
government to exert the pressure upon Duluth to which the Mayor
has referred.
Out of consideration for the difficult situation of the national treasury,
due to falling revenues and enormous war obligations, Duluth has not
urged its claim for a new federal building too strongly, although the
present structure has become quite inadequate. From what the Mayor
tells us, however, the federal government is not disposed to act in the
same spirit towards Duluth. , .
Mr. Snively is Mayor of Duluth. He Is too faithful to his trust to
ally himself with any clique or secret propagandists. He is not a believer
In the principles, or lack of principles, of the old time politicians who
held that politics was the art of ruling people by deceiving them. There
Is every reason therefore to expect that the Mayor will place his
correspondence with the federal government on the subject, prior to this
date, on the table, so that no suspicion of secrecy can attach to any
movement in which he speaks for the people of Duluth.
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Henry Ford’s personal paper, the Dearborn Independent, has been
doing some wonderful work in showing the public the evils and dangers
of indulging in this national orgy of issuing public bonds. Many a
municipality is sadly suffering from an issue of bonds, not only unpgld,
but mounting higher and higher and-demanding payment la the final
accounting. In a late issue, the Dearborn Independent tells the story of
a Michigan municipality’s experience with bonds, viz:
“Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, furnishes an example of the cost of bonding
a municipality for long terms. An issue made in 1892 matures in 1927,
I* paid, It will have cest, for a loan of |15,000, an aggregate
OI 139,749.
“Tha debt was contracted for the Improvement of the municipally
dwned waterworks, aad the original bonds ran for fifteen yearn at fire
per cent. No provision was made for a slaking fund, and w» judge
there was no attempt to secure a profit from private consumers, and,
JOHN L. MORRISON,
Editor and Publisher,
Suite No. 14, Phoenix Building, Duluth, Minnesota.
Telephone: Melrose GIO.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1»23.
A LITTLE TALK WITH THE SUBSCRIBERS
TEMPER OF THE PUBLIC HALTS SCHOOL BOND ISSUE.
LOCAL ARCHITECTS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS*
PUT THE CORRESPONDENCE ON THE TABLE.
THE HIGH COST 07 BOHD-AGE.
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SATURDAY—-THE DUBUTH RIP-SAW—JUNE 23, 1923
at the end of the period, a refunding issue, running twenty year*, waa
negotiated at four and on*4ourth par cent. The elty authorities made no
provision tor a sinking fund at this time, either, and at the present
time the original debt itill remains.
"The question of paying the bonds in 1907 was, one which the village
authorities feared to tackle. At that time the annual budget waa but
$17,000, and to spread a tax tor the full $15,000 would hara doubled
the rate, almost. The rate then was $9.80 for SI,OOO, and to have
collected sls would have closed some official careers, although in the
end the city would have benefited.
"Of coarse, If the sinking fund had been provided for In the first
place, and honestly administered, the bonde would have been retired
at maturity, and a saving of the Interest on the refunding bonds effected.
"Carl H. Peterson, city manager of Mt. Pleasant* la an enthusiast in
the pay-as-you-go policy for municipalities, and in emergencies, where
bond issues seem imperative, favors serial issues rather than long-term
obligations. He has pointed out that, had serial bonds been Issued and
cared for in tbe case of this loan, the saving would have amounted to
$18,750, or about three-fourths of the total interest eharge.
'The first appropriation for a sinking-fund was made In 1988, when
$2,000 was set aside toward retiring the bonds at present maturity.
Meanwhile other bonds have been Issued and- the Interest portion of the
tax dollar Is on a par with that of other cities of its class.”
SAWDUST
AND
SHAVINGS
Wait for the senatorial election
—it comes July 18.
The longest day of tlie year is
here. Improve It as best you can.
Wait for the next school board
election —It comes Saturday, July
21.
• • •
It no longer is au fait to twist
the British Lion’s tail on the Fourth
of July.
• * *
Tell the whole world that it is
cool in Duluth in the good old sum
mer time.
• * •
Don’t starve that brain of youra
—read the Rip-saw, the Great Fam
ily Journal.
• * *
There is a better feeling in Sup
erior—John T. Murphy is back for
the summer.
• • •
If you don’t see it in the daily
papers, you probably will find It In
the Rip-saw.
• • •
Don’t borrow your neighbour’s
Rip-saw—borrow $2.00 and sub
scribe for it.
• * •
There are those at Cloquet who
very much doubt that a democrat
can be a Christian.
The civil service board seems to
be the ole houn’ dawg the most
often kicked around nt the city
haU.
.• • •
"Let n* love on* another” la a
fitting motto for the coamopc tan
residents of bistorts Minnesota
Point.
♦ • • ?
It la amusing to watch A. D. 0.
Gillett and Clough Gates trying to
pass themselves off for the Siamese
Twins.
• • #
Don’t imagine that the Marshall
Field estate will hand any park
ground* to thia city without a very
substantial consideration.
That get-rich-quick spirit 1*
found among citizens of St. Louis
county as well as among the Ponzi
people of the effete East.
• * *
Wasting at the bung an<* saving
at the spigot is the In which
more than one city official la this
broad land has sadly erred.
• • •
The wild strawberries and rasp
berries will soon be ripe—wait for
them and then can a few. They
will taste good next winter.
• •
France seems to have become
the selfish and greedy boy among
European nations. This fact seems
to make the British Lion a bit
restive. -
• • •
A *‘nut” at Crosby hid In a hay
stack for several weeks because
he feared three women were after
him. He was not the chief of the
fire department.
• • •
The Park Point school is closed
for the summer, therefore the parents
down there will have to “lick
their naughty boys personally until
after the dogdays.
Remember, that it la unlawful
to Bell fire-crackers In Duluth or
to explode them on the Fourth of
July. The noise makes King George
very, very nervous.
• • •
The longest day of the yew to
here and it will not be long before
you will be worrying over where,
when and how your winters coal
will be forthcoming.
It might be well to remind the
city commissioners and the heads
of departments that a city ordi
nance provides a punishment for
violation of the civil service regu
lations.
• e e
Mayor Saircly wtluld have made
a big hit had he kept the scaly
carnivals from coming to Duluth
rt»>« summer instead of promising
to keep them out of the city neat
summer.
• • •
If Duluth must have carnival*,
let them be home-made and home
produced. Some clean, elevating
and Instructive home entertain
ments could be worked up and pre
sented b I Duluth’#
people.
• • • •
It would be a wonderful .asset
to the city <Jf Duluth and the cause
of law enforcement and the catch
ing of criminal* if Chief Pond were
personally acquainted with *ll the
prominent # chiefs of police in the
United States and Canada. He
might have gained such an ac
quaintance had he cheerf ully"been
permitted to attend tha sttinwl.
convention at Buffalo.
Dealers in illicit booze in Duluth
literally are taking the outlawed
saloon into their homes, as this
big litter of little bllndplgs on the
residence streets and avenues j'ain
ly proves.
• * •
Odin Halden expects to be ill at
home until after the senatorial elec
tion in July. His present illness is
the result of an urgent request by
the Preus-for-senator campaign
committee.
•' • •
Mad&m director Barnes is wear
ing a Bird of Paradise hat since
she returned from roaming around
Rome. The cr&tlon is the admir
ation of the area and the envy of
the women.
*•- -• *.
If salvation were really and truly
free in the*’ Westminster congre
gation at Cloquet, perhaps "Buck
skin” could and would have been
snatched as a brand from the burn
ing long ago.
• , • •
The U. 6. railroad administration
has paid out about $8,000,000 in
settling 19 £8 forest fire claims.
A reasonable measure of relief
would have IboejUd that sum to
about $25,0(80,’0V1.
If you owe* the Rip-saw for a
subscription, pay in cash, not by
refusing tha ngifty. Your paper will
be stopped prdtriptly upon a fi
nancial any arrearages
that you may owe.
T* *
Although be is a dyed-ln-the
wool democrat, Judge Scheib* is
permitted to %eh)iig to the Calvin
istlo denomination at Cloquet. It’s
hard to keep a good man down,
even if he is .a Wilson democrat.
_ e' • •
Since Odin Halden retired to the
privacy at his home for nursing
through a severe politjeal illness,
the noble capltol building smells
less redolently of an exhillrating
mixture of alcohdl and grape lelcs.
• * •
Duluthians find out that self
help is not so hard after all. Thay
recently have put the Duluth Boat
Club in good running order, aa
well as sent Hpver to England
to bring back some more sculling
honors.
Even -if they do succeed la de
feating Clough and Coole for the
school board, the autocratic ma
jority should not count too mqch
o . handling director Knight. That
hombre has a will and a way all
hia own.
• • •
If yon wish to so# what Duluth
brains, enterprise, money and com
mercial courage can accomplish,
take a good long look at the Mc-
Dougall Terminal Building. Any
city could be proud of such an im
provement.
ee*
When the state republicans deem
Odin Halden’s political support a
heavy liability, he should retire
from the ple-eounter contingent
and prepare himself for the day
when he shaU be gathered unto
hie fathers.
see
With Anna Dickie Olesen out of
Cloquet, the Big Interests will feel
safer and much more comfortable.
Wilson may have made the world
safe for democrats by going into
the World War, but his stunt did
not reach as far aa Cloquet.
It la Whispered that Madam di
rector Colton hi* had enough,
hence will not try to woo election
to another term on the board of
education. Nervous little Alpha
probably will get more mothering
as a result oj her. retirement from
public life.
• « e
An addition to the Tomllneoa
fleet came In the other day on Iti
maiden voyage to Duluth. It was
600 feet long tafcd carried lt.OOd
tons of coal. A jffw cargos like that
last November would have safe
guarded thousands against the
rrort Kh, «- , I .
Visitors to tid subrub of Park
Point should remember that all of
that delightful jsubrub U privately
owned, therefore! care should be
taken not to trepfais on or destroy
the property of others. You will be
welcome down there it yon leave
your vandalism “it horns.
• | Y
Since chief of police Pond Is new
on the force, It wtould have been
a practical and beneficial thing to
have permitted him to go to the
Buffalo convention. At that con
vention, he could have become per
sonally acquainted with the head
of many a polfce department, there
by facilitating co-operation In the
future, /
e e .e
The people are waiting for the
police to clean up Raleigh St. and
several nearby avenues In West Du
luth. Boom flows freely out there,
tfrnnVa to lawless aliens and negli
gent members of the police depart
ment Arrest, conviction and then
deportation to the lands from
whence they came, would make
West Duluth much more safe for
law, order and decency.
Tha Orest Family Journal recent
ly was the prond recipient of a
tall-cream, Minnesota-made cheeee
from the Twig factory of Messrs.
’Peterson and Nelson. The old head
sawyer wishes to return thanks for
the luxury and to tell the world
that It was some cheese.
Political observers report that
Madam Spring seems to be crouch
ing down like a woman planning
to spring before the public as a
candidate for the v school board.
The Rip-saw does not belleva that
the public will vote for a candidate
as springy as Madam Spring.
Tha "Big Six” majority of the
school board does not dare to go
to the people with a bond election
this July. To give up the pleasure
of spending $2,000,000 of the tax
payer’s money must be a sad dis
appointment to . Supt. Bentley and
his architectural chums In Chicago.
Carnivals for Duluth are about as
welcome as a wet dog at a tea
party. A traveling carnival’s visit
to a city Is a good deal like a
fisherman who cleans his finny
catch in your front yard, and then
leaves the heads, scales and in
testines on the carefully cultivated
lawn.
• • •
As friends, fellow citizens and
customers of local firms, Duluth
ians could and should have form
ally greeted the Range automobile
parade on Friday of last week in
honor of Vie. Power. You can prof
itably be polite to a man’s sup
porters if you cannot vote for the
man, himself. •
• • •
A huge train of automobiles,
bearing “Power-for-Senator” banners
visited Duluth Friday afternoon of
last week. These big-hearted hust
lers on the Mesaba do nothing by
halves, as Duluth would find out
through trade channels,- If they
were given a heavier measure of
neighborly regard.
• • •
Kommander Guy Eaton, who was
near death’s door while the legis
lative Investigation of the Armory
was on, has regained his health so
rapidly since the Solons adjourned,
that he is planning to"fco down tkp
lake* on his annual water fete.
For safety’s sake, he probably will
take a full medicine chest.
A lawless old damo at West Du
luth boasts that publicity given her
dirty blindpig by tha Rip-saw has
had such advertising value as to
greatly increase her daily sales.
Messrs. Crowley Bros, once made
a similar boast, but they are out
of business today. It’s a hard nut
the Rip-saw cannot break, es
pecially when the police do their
full duty.
Poets' Corner
CREAM OAK VS. GASOLINE OAK.
(In support of tho contontloa that
th* Cream Can wiU pay more debt*
than th* ■'Gaooltne Caa, x. L. Chronln
recently aubmitted a poem to th#
Soring National Bank Journal which
Is herewith reproduced for tho *nter
talnment and Instruction of tho Rip
■aw'i readera)
THE DAIRY COW.
Aye bene ynet a gude Swede farmer,
for more than saxteen yare.
Aye raise some wheat and corn,
and fat some hogs and steer;
Aye watch that farmer cloee for
where da money gits.
And aye find it koming kwlckeet,
when yon ban pallin’ titte.
Dose fallas wat ban raisin’ grain
and baullu* dem to town.
Hay got no money la da pocket;
hay been broke da whole yare
rauad,
Dem fellas what ban fattln’ stock
ban rich and ban not poor.
Sometimes hay make plenty money,
some time hay losin’ more.
But dem f alias wit-an hr indie cow,
hay got bully ting, you bet;
Hay never loose him whole yare’s
crop, if ground bane dry or
got too vet.
Yen hall ban strikin' down da crop
and yust ban raisin’ fits,
At night hay call dem brlndlee- in
and yust ban pullin’ tltta.
Hay got dem separator, what makes
lots of cream.
Hay got dem money cornin' in,
yust like a pleasant dream;
Hay got da money in da bank, hay
got da money In da mitts.
Hay been no Rockafalla —hay yust
ban pullin’
THE OLD COUNTRY STORE.
(Mi, the old country store, what
Joy there to visit,
With postoffice boxes 'mid cobweb*
galore.
That gave us the letters and papers
on Monday,
That rode in the mails for a fort
night or more.
iver a city with street care
and bridges
And viaducts, factories, yea, all of
these.
Can e’er beat tha store at cross
roads oa Cow Creek,
Where I first bought candy and
crackers and cheese.
-—Ed. Blair
THE HALFWAY HOUSE.
Just beyond tho bend of winter.
When you hear the robins sing;
Just before you get to summer.
Is ths halfway house of spring.
Thine yea see the grass grow
greener
Than It was the day before;
There yon watch the leaves and
blossoms
Open out a little more. „
Oh! how oftea wo would linger
' When we hear tha robins sing,
Just around tho bead of winter,
In tho halfway house of spring!
■—Contributed.
NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR HAS
VIOLATED OATH OF OFFICE
Contumacious Chief Magistrate Spurns Constitu
tion by Signing Measure Repealing Law
for Enforcement of Prohibition.
The Constitution and the laws of
the United Statee made in pursuance
thereof shall be the supreme law
of the land; and the judges In
every State shall be bound thereby,
anything in the constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary not
withstanding.—From the Constitu
tion of the United States.
Governor Smith of New York,
has violated his oath of office.
Under that oath, how can he
"sustain and .uphold the Constitu
tion of the United States and the
supreme law of the land” by sign
ing the bill repealing that State’s
law enforcing the 18th Amendment
to the Constitution, ratified by 45
of the 48 States of the Union, New
York State included? 0
The governor is on record as de
nouncing the one-half of one p-r
cent alcoholic content for beverages
provided in the Volstead Act. While
killing the State law, enforcing t’.- ->t
act, with eyes upturned to the cell
ing, he called upon heaven to wit
ness that "I yield to no man. in
my reverence and respect for the
Co:.bH „tion of the United States.”
It reminds one of the devil’s
well-known relish for holy water.
Governor Smith would have each
state determine for itself what
should constitute an intoxicating
beverage, a proceeding which would
comp’etely nullify the 18th Amend
ment and put an end to national
prohibition.
The executive of every State is
sworn to enforce the Constitution
atT- f, the laws enacted In pursuance
tlureoi.'' The governor and state
adminis*r*. f io*’ of > New Y rk have
placed New York In open rebelli .
agai” the Constitution of t\"i
United States by their nullification
of the 18th Amendment. They have
given support and encouragement
to every bootlegging and moonshine
making outlaw in the United States.
act was immediately followed
by a rum flood from Canada.
The day following Governor
Smith’s rebellious action, Judge
Goodman of New York r discharged
a violator of the law who was
caught with 110 gallons of liquor
in his possession. It is true Judge
Goodman told the policeman who
arrested the man to take him be
fore a federal commissioner, but if
he did the news dispatches fail to
mention it.
The Constitution of the United
States expressly declares that judges
In every state shall be bound by
it, notwithstanding ths laws of fny
State to the contrary.
New York’s cabarets and night
resort* Saturday night staged a
gaudy celebration of Governor
Smith’s repeal of the enforcement
law, and the withdrawal of 1,000
-policelhen from cafe duty by Police
Commissioner Enright. Many private
drinking clubs are preparing to In
stall bars. The duty of these police-
TOAD MOUNTAIN TATTLE
(From The “Tightwad”)
.By E. R. JOHNSON IN FRAZEE PRESS.
Awful Sensation—Lottie Beasley fainted at a party on Saturday
night Said she was under the Impression that her ears were showing
and only complete oblivion ended the agony.
♦ • • •
Nothing Doing—Llge Willetts says that a distant relative of his Is
among those captured by the Chinese bandits, but needn't expect him
to dig up any ransom. Just paid his light and water bill.
• • • •
Reunited—Mrs. Steve Barnes wishes us to announce that she haa
recovered her health sufficiently to resume work and will again take
in washing. Steve who has homesteaded at the creamery all winter hag
returned to the Barnes household, lured by the prospect* of better far*
and a little change for terbacker.
• • • •
Just As Good—Gab Howell says after looking over the list of
aspirants for the U. S. Senatorshlp he came to the conclusion that he
was as big as' any of them and will 111* for the office. Aside from
the abilify to clean a bullhead quicker than any other man in town.
Gab Isn’t overly much, but when his announcement Is published the
voters -will not hare to look over a mess of past records. Hs hasn’t
any—good or otherwise. *
* # • •
Pall Regalia—The editor of tha Tightwad has bees invited to attend
the Holstein association meeting at Detroit the 26th of this month and
will go right or not at all. We took our near best suit to the paint
shop this morning to have it colored up In real Holstein style and with
a bunch of cowslips pinned onto our chest we should be able to monop
olize the attention of every heifer wa meet.
• • • •
Social Doings— Neighbors and friends of Dod# Hit# broke in onto
his peaceful repose Saturday night, it being the fiftieth anniversary of
his birth. He was presented with a noustache cup, given by the ladies
of tha W. L. A. O. To our notion, a horse feed bag would have been
more appropriate to his general makeup and habito. When Dode hits
tha soup course he gives a magnified Imitation of a canary taking a
saucer bath.
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Looking Things Up—Homs Clement, who went to Minneapolis last
week, is ia a hospital there. He tried to look at tha top of the Soo .
Line building, fell against a hydrant and a six ton truck tore the liga
ments from his valiss Just as an interarban bus struck him ajnidshlp. , J
He la getting along as well as his father here who fell from tne dray
Monday while unloading a safe and had his hip badly punctured with
broken glass. Both will be out soon enough. 1
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Down At St. Paul—Things are bolting In the eapltol etty over the
senatorship and it is said the situation there Is even more serious than
here at home. Minneapolis Is the prospective home of the governor and
two senators, a condition that has shaken the old town from high
bridge to Midway and politicians there claim It .Is most repugnant to
every sense of distributive fairness. If St. Paul doesn’t watch out,
those sharpers over at the big twin city may get back of Ford for pres
ident aud gobble everything.
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Changed Hi# Mind—Len Hooper has given up tha idea of launching
u magazine, but announces his intention of getting a patent on hie
mother’s spring bitters and will issue an almanac ia connection with its
sale. Some idea! Anything goes in an almanac. Throw in tho signs of
the zodiac, a few cooking recipes, an article on "How to Open n Book"
dash off a dozen sets of weather predictions interspersed with directions
for regulating doses of bitten to be taken at each change of weather
and wind np with mention of the meritorious maasnree passed at thl
last session of tho legislator*. Ths latter win not require much space
and may be substituted with a Mother Goose rhyme.
men formerly had been to see that
these places observed the prohibi
tion law.
The New York wets declare the
repeal of the State enforcement act
is a first definite step toward per
mitting the sale of beer and wine,
and already are planning to carry
their fight into the next Congress.
New York "wets” plan to get back
the "whole flood of Intoxicating
beverages and to repeal not only
national bat state prohibition laws.
It means a clean-cut nullification of
the Constitution/* says Wayne B.
Wheeler, general counsel of the
Anti-Saloon League, "It would make
the United States the laughingstock
of the world and would demonstrate
our democracy is a failure.”
This will be met by a "dry**
drive in Congress tor increased ap
propriations to enable the federal
government to enforce the Volstead
Act. It is. conceded by the Inter
national News Service that the sig
nature of New York's governor to
the repeal bill reduces the number
of prohibition enforcement officer*
in that state from 25,000 to 200, to
the number of federal and
agents within its borders.
Ohio’gTAttorney General, C. C.
Crabbe, telegraphs the Federal Pro
hibition Commissioner at Washing
ton that "Ohio is against secession
and is ready to lend him aid to
clean up New York.”
Governor Pinchot, speaking for
Pennsylvania, New York’s neigh
boring state, pledges the country
that “whatever any other state hat
done or may do, Pennsylvania will
stand by the Constitution and the
laws of the United Btates.”
President Harding will call a con
ference ot governors of states te
meet In Washington before his de
parture June 20, tor Alaska, to
discuss prohibition enforcement and
the drafting of a new enforcement
program.
Addressing an audience at Topeka
Sunday night Senator Capper said:
"New York’s governor seems to
think New York is greater than the
United States and bigger than its
Government. South Carolina once
thought It was greater than the
Union, but was taught its plan for
nullification wouldn’t work. Th*
Volstead Law will not be repealed
nor weakened. It will be strength
ened and an appropriation for lte
successful enforcement will be
made.” *
Nineteen States have strength
ened their ggehlfafttap code within
recent month!. And such legislation
waa pressed la more than half the
legislatures. Altho Maryland and
Massachusetts refused to adopt
State enforcement laws and New
York has repealed Its State law,
there has been a general and a
decided gain for prohibition the
country over. National prohibition
will win—ls winning.—Capper’s
WmVl*
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