Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1675, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 6, 1923 Page: 4 of 4
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Peril’s River
rVBI.HHII> «fl«LT.
STIVE MURPHY, Publish*-,
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Jrr.i h» *i f»-e* I'nMoftu-* hi '
ri pproinhrUM ninrr**r.
TORTURC APPLIED TO FEET
I Medern PeJal Covsrinfje, Accord.ng
i to Phyt cian, Among the Great-
est of Physical Cm*.
se—— • -
dtaacairnox Si • »«»« i' *ov.-.
Modi're. !'«>*».
■lanu.-try II.
matter of enforcing law
I Ur Iter in Eastern Maoazlne Has Dim*
I Rather Harsh Things to Cay of
American Methods.
In a lone rtc.ro of w! ul rt“rh*H
Bin ncer called iiliyulcid s ot. foot «.nt
loom up on flic aiupiih tt nn I least «v
cu-ulih- of Miilcli uimii l« amity. If
iu“ii and women were lioin with the
wretched opjil.nii'.eii they foil xlioon
! they noulil have u fijld to raise their
voices in IntoenrutiiiD ever the cruelty
of Nature In alUliMi;: them with mjcIi
n burden. la It not u stniure jiuiartox
that we nhould ({lory In our adeiitlMc
loKCiiulty tl.nt lau en; hied us to eon-
i struct the fijtna maeli ne while we
have lost the art of wulktnz correctly
and making oer fi ef rad hero re, Il.v
- Him oer 11 -i ran i ,» n-. “t
I Evan mIi?u guarding an official dcptmlaldc as In inimentK of 1 > o:uo-
j whose Ii'. liar Urn l him tenth I, the hm»*'.i Kus*i>e I.ym n 1 * k, M. D..
. . . ... In tiie Health ISallder. If »ve were
| IzimIou «<p ‘hies not «*rrj a *u *■ ,f( fly U|,i,:,nte!y
IObservers arguing the mutter talk lll|(1( n the u-e of our luwei lliulia
! race prejuilicc, | 'tii|'cramt'iil, linuil* that tumid lie n eons.'sti at pio'{tni:i
1 Illinium, respect for low, etc., anil But wl.y In .st upm enrio.liv; our feet
•tuiw the nub of the whole thing, low la n \vu>‘ “*
. - . it » rej’sonn't.** In wnlktnx
,-euforveniant, say* Collier e. _ I,, the run- mt.-mil* »f flyln*
! A nntn who (onimits runnier in or e li!i:'i>,': nrncial ou wheels In vurl-
J Ktiglnml has ahoul one month to ous typo.i of coni eyiiiiu-s wo actually
‘live, auil he diel at the end of a condescend to come Into coutnet wltl
'rope. Vast areas uf Canada north ..............
[of iin are safer from prime than
-many streets in Chicago anti New
| York. The law up there will track
,* orimirral for weary months, try
fhim in a few awift, just hours, and .
‘then punishment follow*. The prison
population of England has fallen olf
,*»y two-third* in thu last half ten-
W |
i An America i engineer of <mr ar-
Gf.NLE ALWAYS V.'O.TTH WHILE
Londcn V/rltor Undoubtedly la Cnrreot
Whsn Ha Dcclsros There la
Magic in it.
Tim anonymous writer who supfUef
“A Woman's Cuu. erle" to the Kntiir-
tiny Review In London, pay* this trib-
ute to tlm woman wlm unities:
“Wherever she foe* she Is met by '
j piaintnnce travel* as a Britisher in wdcniiiiiig faces nnd griU'hm* nets;
tha wilds of Mexico and Afrien, sim- ‘,v, u H WHl‘cr "•» the
’ . , . . - rioniiiouH politician to Dnd her u idi nn-
tply because he know* from expem ul (j ,1llllv BUWt.t,Uua
. nco that lie is safer. In lOlfi llu ro food that may tempt her.
were 7,607 “culpable homicides” ")n shops she waves aiddo the tired
(murders) committed in the Unite) *Irl, ’Don't worry rbout me. 1 have
States; in England and Wale* there plenty of time, with a h>o,; that make*
wc 8.7 the Kin ■ei'Minhle t<» nerve tier ether
jwcee '• * customer* to be qiiliUy ready to at*
j Ih ISM. ilmre were murders in („ |l(.r
[the oity of Detroit alone, and De- “J'or her there Ih r.lwnys it rent In
‘froit i* not a very bad town. Deluv, “a onm. hu* or u train, und isiriera •
ieentimetitalitv, legal triek* and lech- n"v'1, Ht 'hv "f l,M
,etc. lima breed crime and murder. ^ u,))y „re uo, of „ ,,U(.u.bl<wlk.
Aa long a* we oomplieate and he- ,rifc.
daril the enforoeineiit of the law, our “ii*r putli In life, in npite of aor-
NEW PRINCiPLE IN LIGHTING
Ccacon, Matt Powerful Ever M*o«,
E;;p"ted to D iplae# All Other
ll:y» That Ccrrd th* Co.vrt.
There hu( le n recently tested a
new hem on I’tflil for lighthouses,
suid to l.e th? in-.-t pow..fill artifi-
cial light ever produced. It is as-
serted tlnii it will >end a In mu 30
miles in the air that cen be seen for
140 miles at sea,
According to the inventor, the
new li„i.t will not only rwulwtinni/.e
navigation al ■“•j near coasts, but will
be of immense service to aviation
and will make night living itl high
altitude much easier Ilian it is at
present. A great Learn of light,
swinging from side to side and pierc-
ing tlv clouds in its path, the new
beacon over Brooklyn, N‘. Y., wan
sien. according to rigant* at Ki’.st
Orange, N. .1.; *.t Oyster Bay, at
Amdyville md at Yonkers. Its vis-
ibility at Yonkers, it is said, was the
nr st surprising, in view of the great
“light surface” of New York city in
between.
1*resent lighthouses sand horizon-
tal beams. These are cut off by the
horizon. The idea of the new leaeon
is a vertical swinging beifni, which
can he seen above a low-lying fog—
and wliiidi will show its position by
the number of its swings, or beuta,
a minute.
TERRiELE CASE
■'polie* must go armed. The guu is rows and difficulties, Ih, <m the whole,
j#U have. I e»,.y one, liecuuae she reiiiHte* Imp-
1 m
ii
E
RUGS NOT REALLY ORIENTAL
1 pine.,* wherover sbe a1*'* nnd the ro-
tter tion of it Is lu everylblu,: uruund
her."
Thoa* Pram •myrna Moatly Chanill*
i Awntwater, With Some Charactar-
••tica of Kinall Account.
Car-coining Moonlight.
It t* piobnb.e thut few persons *r«
•vvhik of the fuel that Hie lull uimm
£lve* aeveiul time* mure than twlva
i A celebrated American textile ao- {bl. nk|,i „f • i,<- pnlf moon. They muy
ithority write* that “th* uiohI iristo- U; sil.l more aurprlseil lo leant thut
italic of I he ahuttla-made curyiet* the rslbi la niiproaimulely n* nlue to
'and rug* i* th* chefnlla axinuiHter,
Visitor—I uoticcd a sign outside
that say* you want a mun to retail
imported canaries.
Manager—Ye*. Are you looking
for the job?
Visitor—Oh, no! I merely wanted
to know how the canar-cs lost their
tail*.
” r ROVED TO BE GLASS
'sometimes called Sedeh axmiiiHter.
be-uu-e it in said to have been first
euiv'OHhfullv produced in Scotland
and indented iu Uniat Britain in
>3P.
r a Tima South African Thought
had Found Blpgast Dicmend
In Warid.
imagine tliinking for « ,l*v or so
you had found the biggest diamond
iStcbblna nnd Brown, taltlna odvan-
t»ae of the extreme senalttvenem to
light of u Helvulutn cell, meusured the
amount ut light eoiuing from the uioou
ut differenl plutH*u. with the result
above mentioned. Tlir reason for the
»:r.„ tmt oi uk» n,*, zzzFzsszszsxzx. j” «*• it
... .1.1 .tntfle UMI ..II b, niH.I- I, ,1,.,h. riMKl.-*-. -ur. b *'n rl"-'rl""ul 1 '■lt of
•onler quicklj in* on* tmem u( uur wilfUitt* to tHt* mm. The ****** plnus. A corrff|>onnent m . o-
•W/i) ati<I in rII d\i*$ and AhA|A*a* momt Ih hrlyht^r ktw«i» liml quattrr hannesl urg roftort* wuch a ca.'H* to
proridisl the Held be plain or mot- ,ul1 ^',u hetweeu full and last t;1# Undon Daily Mail.
Ilw 1 0, , „nai| reneit l 0UI"'u,r- 1'** T*1'?0 ut 1thu, ls Greet excitement was caused r.t
,lloil or a atnaii repeat. , la ,|it( IMO|.e highly relle live charac- , ... ....... ...
“Until recent yv.r* one of tk« of thut part of the mom, that lie* »!>* Bloemhof alluvial diamond d.g-
nMi*t |«>pular rug* ou tha market west of its nioildlun.
wan Ih* Smyrna, named aftor the ; *“—“
city iu Asia" Minor, from which Burly Canadian In&urractlcn.
•many oriental rugs are *hip|*d. iVe- 1 ta lU* ta‘l,,r 1^ l*‘7 t‘w~
; J , . ° , ■ ■ 1 , ax, li.sumwtioa lu Umiulu. A portion
i*nt d i wo very revealed that these )>f tL# Ul*,ut ...led wiili tbu
Suivrna rugv were not oriental at itritiHti ifoiuiuiaaot, bruka out lu ■«-
irII, but made like chenille axiuinatar, volt, aud Hiumpied ui eatablls*i their
'except that the chcuiBe ia very
'«x>arae and heavy and is inserted in
the bialy while still flit.”
• MALL BOV'ti JO <3
A frieud of mine ha* a sevon-votr*
■r rascsr r?.8?,T'5?ii?5? t? -t- t?.sis? rt5y75?r?LS?
College Education a Privilege and Not at A!
a Universal Right
Ey EliNESr M. IIOPKIDS. President Dartmouth Colleg*.
LADY WAS IN A BAD FIX 1
FROM liERVOUS IKDI6ESTiOX
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Too many men ars going to college! Th* onpor
tunities for securing an education by xvay of the col-
lege course are definitely a privilege and not at i:!l a
universal right. The fund* available for appropria-
tion to the use* of institutions of higher learning are
not limitless and cannot bv made so. whether their
origin !{<• sought in the resources of public taxation
or in tiie seeurable benefaction* for the enhancing of
private endow incut*, lt conscpientlv become* essen-
tial that a working theory be * night that will oper-
ate with some degieo of accuracy to deiine the in-
dividuals who shall rnaks tip the group to whom, in
justice to the public good, the* privilege shall bo extended and to specify
those from whom the privilege should be withheld.
This i.; a twofold n.'cessity: On the one hand, that men incapable
of profiting by the advantages which the college offers, or indisposed,
shall not lie withdrawn from useful work to spend their time profttlessly,
in idhncs*. inquiring false standards of living, and. on the other hand,
that the e. ntribution which the college is capable of making to the live*
of competent men and through them to society shall not be too largely
le»aencd by the slackening of pace duo to the presence of men indifferent
or wanting in capacity.
Wc hear much of men seeking an education, but too often they are
only seeking membership in a social organization which ha* reputation
fur affording an education, from which reputation they expect to benefit
if rttey can avoid being detached from the association. The assumption
would te humorous if it were not co serious that enrollmont with a col-
lege require* thut the college shall cither force education upon • the
individual man or surreptitiously bait him to it rather than that he
should crave nnd at the cost of any effort possess himself of the utmost
which the college can give.
It would be incompatible with nil of the conceptions of democracy
to assume that the privilege of higher education should be restricted to
any class defined by the accident of birth or by the fortuitous circum-
stance of possession of wealth,.but there is such a tiling a* an aristocracy
of brains, made up of men intellectually alert and intellectually eager,
to whom, increasingly, the opportunities of higher education ought to be
restricted if democracy is to become a quality product rather than simply
a quantity one and if excellence and effectiveness a*".- to displace the
mediocrity toward which democracy has such a tendency to skid.
Biloxi, Mis*.—“I ted, for a year or
more, nervous indigestion, or some form
M stomach trouble,” says Mrs. Alonzo
ford, 1117 Clay Street, this city. “The
water I drank at that time seemed to
constipate r.is. I would suffer until I got
so nervous I wanted to get down on the
floor and roU. I felt like I could tear
ray clothes.
"Every night, and night after night, I
had to take something for a laxative, and
it had to be kept up nightly. My stUe
would pain. I looked awful. My skin
was sallow and seemed spotted. I would
look at my hand; and arms, and the flesh
locked lifeless.
“1 happened to get a Dlrth.iay Almanac,
so I told my husband I would try the
Black-Draught, which I did. I took a
few big doses. I felt much better. My
liver acted well. 1 made a good, warm
tea and diank it that way. Soon I found
that nervous, tight tcattng v/aa going, as
was the pain in my side. I found I did not
have to take It every night. Soon , after
a few weeks, I could leave it off lor s
week or so, and 1 did not suiter with
constipation... t gained flesh. I have a
good color, and believe it was a stubborn
liver, and that Black-Draught did the
work.
“I went to my mother’* (f.trs. Dee tars)
one day, and she wasn’t well at all. . . I
told her we'd try B ack-Draught. W«
did, and now she keeps it to take after
eating. It certainly helped her, as# w«
neither will be without it in our homes.
It ia so simple, and the doso can be
regulates as the case may be. We Ml
small doses after meals for indigestion,
and larger doses for headache or had
liver."
Thedford's Black-Draught liver med-
icine is tor sale everywhere. j as
Particularly Is It Necessary That Our Lawyers
Should Ee Educated Men
Dy IIEItnERT S. HADLEY, University of Colorado.
Tin* question will nr.turallv he srk«I, conceding that higher eduoa-
liotinl standards won hi decrease tha yearly crop of lawyers, would it
improve the profession as a whole, the administration of justice and the
confidence of tbp people in lawyers and the courts?
Particularly is it nec’ssarv for the welfare of the country tint our
lawyer* should be educated men within the best and broadest meaning of
that term.
If our system of jurisprudence consisted cf n set of arbitrary rules;
if it was lmsed solely on a system of logic or philosophy, one might prop-
erly become a practitioner who had not enjoyed a comprehensive general
?nd professional education. But such is not the case. Our Hvstesn of
jurisprudence is the result of the struggles and aelrevemeuts, the hopes
Find aspiration* of men who Imvo lived and wrought since civilization
began. It consists of rules of conduct born of human experience and
needs. So if one is to effectively understand nnd administer thi» system
he must understand history in its broadest sense, philosophy, logic, eco-
nomics, sociology, and to know something at least of ancient anj modern
literature aud
gitig* * few ueoks ago by the discov-
ery cf v.hnt was believed to be the
biggest grm stone in the world.
It was of a lovely aqua-marine
blue nnd weighed Iti.OQD carats, a
giant compared with the famous
Cullman diamond. It was found
al the bottom of Hu ctluvi.1l claim on
n farm, being well underground and
very dirty.
Local enthusiast* wh.spcred that
it was worth a fabulous sum. The
tl»li'l<eiuleiua.
Tli* Umrrgiuibi found uiucU svuipa I
th) mid eni'ouiiig.'uuiil In th- United
StHtos. Savcu kmidred uiuu trout New |
York seised und t ml tiled Navy Island,
hi the Niagara rlv«r. The loyalist* of ,
Canada attempted to capture tli* ploc*. | stone was finally subjected to tests
_ but fullvd. Tao>' uuecueded, however, I „ (Imtnoiid expert,
old boy who is deaiiiMtl, from Ida , «""« “»* ^.rujlua, the supply ship | ’ T,|f t foun<1 j( fo ,(P „impiv
present predictions, to- become a | ^ldth*.M“d^“lbuV,!mrvi»»^l Nl- i ?,:’w v l,i(‘h h»(l nn‘ btcl>
Ipractica! joker. Hie father ia an in* j Btfnni through the anuenling priHCM. He
valerate pqie smoker, aud has much | HresUlout Vsu Bairn Issued u proe-1 thinks it is the product of an imitu-
peraphernalia touching on and ap- lainatbui of aeiuialliy, forbltldliiK 1“.-, t)()n j-vm.40Ue factory, tliough the
j,rt.:nin«.l»n.to. Th. bo,'. « *«« ^ “
,er deteals bug*, worms, caterpillara | Ul(lnrt ,vprv. *Uir.-mter, and Bloemhof is still unsolved,
or any of the fuzzy or crawly things i Wu* restored.
'that exist <>n this earth. The oilier
{tight the youngster called his mot))- The Medern Child,
vr'e attention lo a white wool) worm llenilln* about the I wo little Kn*-
that was reposing on a black satin I "*'* *“u w,'°‘ '• 1Cuo“"
t it •_ .. , .... ,, Duvle, dlscovured real fairies In tha
aofa pillow in the parlor. I lu- moth- w(KMl, w# winded «f amdl.T
er quickly cried for the alleged head ; .I,!!,, |)m;Mu*e be eo tllileeunL
of the liotiec to come nnd reinnvo the j ltobert. th* four-year-old *.>n of a
Ivateful thing. hiiiI the father found ' actentlftc hian. had llv*<l In tb* eutu*
that his aon and heir had taken on* tr> Af1h'* Hhoirt IU,V, °“e. ;
.... . . , . . h visitor, wishing lo make frltmds
uf Ins pipe-clianers aud roiled it up wt|ll „,,, ,ollk lllm on hl< •
ao it Rttv# the ap|var*nce of a fuzzy, k.-AS. aud asked, “Are there muy
(allies In your wood* her*. Hubert T"
“No," rrsponiled th* eiiltd prompt-
ly, "but thee* are plenty uf tulUilu
funr.l!“
,7iipr-- —r-^r--rr-^v. r,7 t-g TI57, ry — <,7 ^ try, rc C7 C? Tp rrcy ■X? r? ^T7 ^m'r?T1 ’I’TV&ttS
The Conflict to Impair Our American
Institutions cf Orderly Freedom
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Ey ALDEBT J. BEVERIDGE, Former Eonttor Front Indiana.
Tn t!io long and virulent series of attempts to overthrow judicial
revivw of the constitutionality cf legislation from Thomas Jefferson to
the prevent day, every argument was made that is now advanced against
that American doctrine. Not a single new reason, not one item of his-
torical knowledge, is now presented against the power and duty of our
courts to kt aside legislation tl.nt violates the Constitution, which waa
not adduced in the previous assaults.
Those who today are again making the same old attacks, use pro-
cicely, word fur word, the identical language of extravagant denunciation
which the enemies of our American judicial theory and practice employed
during the first third of the last century. \
They mid then, as their successors repeat now, that th? Supreme
eourt ruled America by means of “usurped powers”; tint thj national
judiciary was a “despotic oligarchy”; that it was “an umpire of minor-
ities,” und that unless its |>ov.er to overthrow legislation was destroyed,
the “monster” would destroy American liberties.
■, The conflict to impair American institutions of orderly freedom ia as
old as the republic. Let us b? cs upright aud as brave as those who, in
their day, fought the battles of constitutional liberty; aud, in our day,
defend against all comer* “the faith of our fathers.”
rrawly thing.— Washington Star.
CAT* A* OFFICE HOLDENS
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The admiralty and fho war off’*-* .
In London have each three cats , Crls'1t ***••*
, . , , , . , , Tb* porformuiHv at h crowded p4o-
whieh are regularly atta.-hed to the ,ure ha(| Jtl„ („01,lu(„,|.
t<Ticial staff, and for whom provi- Round the *xlt* there was tha usual tng me you had a larg* fortune?
Eton for iiuinteuatice* is duty "uiada cru«h lo «rt outside. i Me—Well, it’s md so big, but it
in Ilia estimate*. A famous “mouaer” "Thlo crash la a nulaunca, “>m- wjjj look big beside your f«at..
» whn..»uBi«.-k s„, ,h» c-TL1., ZZ72.1Z SX ---■—
home office. Jim, who has prowled mined Ids pla** lo wall until the presa
•f tha admiralty for ID years, holds >m over,
the roeord for acnioritv and service. 1* “ sHH*nta«l the comfortable on*. .. . .
. .. • j . if «nlv everybody would do Ilk* me— . ‘'ou ,r,# wonbn have g..rm
A* a matter of fa.1, h*Md>* these of- .“.mi'....... ... .L other. Uu.i e«t out hack to the long, flowing dress,**,
Tony, the ismtldack. is busy hunting
up Ins stock of wire ankle clasps die-
Nhvf—WbHt 'le you mvan by teU-
SHCE SHINE ANKLE CLASS*
/irial talc tlvre are a numlnr “f nn
♦ifftcial •’laliliMW,” who hide in the
.<*llar* during ihe wock and can only
he seen in their glory on Sundays.
.It Mill until Mil the other* Uu»l cot out
—there wouldn't be • crush ui all."
CARS FOR EVSRViOOY
FOREIGN TRADE ZONES
Th’ conference committee in mak-
ing the final adjustments in the
laiiff Lill, left out the provisions for
Sirs. Crawford—We're getting up the c taMi.thment of foreign trade
a *iub tn study anUwuggeaLiou. You loue* in the ports of the United
yaust Jxiin. flutes, lt lias U*n b.dicved that such
Mrs. .Cruhahaw—Automtgtreetiwi? tones would *.d the development of
ff it • a new acliema to get your hue- ro-wporl iu fureigu trade.
Ipfd to buy • ear, you can count laa
Wf*f»’ ____-
, carded during the regime of idiort
skirt*. Women patrons of the »Iihi«
stands tn* particular and went ua
blacking spots on the hems of their
drai^erics, so Tony Just clsiiqwi a
pair of these wire clasps arniiM) tiie
frill* and furbelow* of inli«dy*a
ankLs and the slune pmci'rds with-
out a cnniplaint from the ui<v-t ma>
, Utjiluua |Utfrou.—-Xtw York S<ol
Emphasis on Social Justice’s Golden Rule—
Duties Rather Than Rights
V
Ey E. S. LINE?, Episcopal Bishop of Newark, N. J.
The church cannot countenance violent methods, or an unfair day’s
pay or nn unfair day’s work, or the bicaking of agreements, but it must
never lore its interest, nor forget its obligation in the master’s name for
the multitude in the Imrd places cf life. The church must bo able to
give voice to the aspirations and hopes and desires of this multitude for
something letter in life for thrrnelvza and their children. Out fTem
nn*|>oi!cd homes are to come three who shall maintain tha life of tb
church and the service of religion.
The church has stood for charity and relief and mercy. Rmphred
must be put on social justice and fellowship and the golden rule, upon
duties rather than rights. No one can see the way in which our great
cities have grown up with their homes of luxury and extravagance, waste
and selfish comfort at one end, nnd mean strict* and comfortless house*
aud indecent condition* at the other end of the town, without feeling that
it Is semi-paganism rather thnn Christianity.
The church must moke it* own the cause of the unprivileged people,
those who arc in hard places in life, of thoac upon whom the axistlog
sneiul srnl industrial order press os heavily, rlnic it must stand agaiart
Lijufr’.tc* «».d uafaitsoss on both t.ica.
dr~;r?”TaTa‘mc3Kay»K?c?«ratpTaocacairicacgt^fryriip»xr?x'ysv«;*s*c'*s»,wNM»»<iai
Because America Has Been the Haven of
Refuge to the Disinherited
fcy bAMUEL WEST, Prose Essay, Denver Community Content.
T became an American citizen for the opportunity to be a citizen of
the greatest republic iu the world and to help constitute government of
the people, by the people and for the people.
Because by becoming an Americau citizen I realized for the find
time in my life that men are created equal by being endowed with the
rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of »!t* United
States to rich aud poor alike.
Because it is a mark of distinction to be a citizen of a county
which has progressed more in science, invention and industry in tho mte
hundred and forty-six years of its independence than any oilier country
in the world.
Because America hns always maintained that right ia might aod
has always been of service to the world, maintaining that the badge of
service is the badge of aovereignty.
Because America has been the haven of refuge to the duiuWrttad,
the oppressed, the suffering and the submerged.
Because it* symbols are the law and torch;
Not the sword to threaten slaughter;
Not the flame to dazzle and scorch,
But a light that the world uiav soo
And the truth that shall set men freo.
Disrespect for Law—Unwillingness to Abide
by the Laws of the Land
By SENATOR I. L. LENROOT of Wisconsin.
Tf this great republic of ours, in which civilization has found its
highest expression, shill som? dnv fall and occupy only a page in history,
like the ancient republics of Greece and Rome, it will he because of dis-
respect for laws, indifference to the fundamental rights of liberty, ftr*d
through such indifference failure to enact and enforce laws, without
which there can be neither liberty nor security for our people.
Today our greatest national problem is not foreign entangtemetiU,
ror the tariff, not triyisportation. or other problems which we deem
inqjortADt, but it is disrespect for law—unwillingness to abide by tha
laws of the land.
Some men try to justify this disrespect for law upon the plea thot
the laws are unjust. But to permit ovary man to decide for himself
whether a law is just or not, and not be bound by it if he believes it
unjust, spells anarchy and ruin. There must be implanted in th* heart#
of ihe men and women of America the determination that tiie laws must
be obeyed, and the man who excuses or makes light of violation of law la
himself guilty. The deliberate violator of law is an euetuy of the rwpubUa
and is uot worthy of citizenship in it.
i
There’s Liquor Lawlessness, of Course, but
There’s Nothing New About That
By BISHOP THOMAS NICHOLSON, Methodist Episcopal Otureh. ^
There’s liquor lawlessness, of course, but there’s nothing new about
that. Licenced or unlicensed, legal or illegal, the liquor business in thia,
sountrv hna always been lawless and always will bo until it ia t&tvr-
minated forever. It is outlawed today chiefly because ii always awii
invariably broke all lows by which decent public sentiment sought to-
teep it respectable. Generally speaking, it never obeyed regulations about
•elling to minors, intoxicated persons and habitual dninkarda: It nevwr
»b*ervcd closing hours whcD it could profitably disregard them. It obeyed
>nly when it wos forced to obey.
It is th? duty of every right-minded citizen to do all b« can to
forever eradicate this persistent law-breaking business and there ia nett-
ing more ridiculous aud wicked than its pica that it should be revtbrwt
because it proposes so persistently to defy the law the will of the people
thus registered against it can never be enforced. }
If there is one thing above another which ia the duty »t Awerkwa
litizenship at this hour it is the strongest law enf^reeineut t
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Best Way to Learn to Appreciate United States
Is to Go to Europe t
By ALLAN HERRICK. American Banker.
After spending four months in Europe. I think I quit* a/hw with
die enthusiastic American who set forth his sentiment* upon his iwMrn
21 the following language:
“After comparing devastated Prance, wrecked Belgium, tom Italy,
ired England, disorganized Germany, paralyzed Poland, wad Bust*,
nsted Japan nnd snake-ridden Mexico, I’m proud and witling to stand
ip before any bcwiikered Bolshevist in the land and tell him 1 wwgjfln^
twap these here forty-eight state#, prohibition and clL for w^afo
Snropoau *t»w-pot." ^
Surely tin* tent way to hum to appreciate Amenta ia to fo to
Enroj*. In the light of old world civiliaatiou our own tnalitwtteny lab*
tn • new and wonderful meaning. j
One tiling which fill* all Americana with pride it the iMiWMwiona
trongtli and energy cf this tnuntry as shown in its^roat (alia/ pnyarftsi
Inly the wttidth and idealism of America would enal^t km to aunf
to •vn,h jfr-at relief luzasuns. ’ " * J
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