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Good Faith There should be but one question for the people of this city to study in relation to the future of the gas company. That should be the necessity of measures and authority from the legislature for the issuanc e of securities and a machinery for operation of that company when the present franchise expires a year hence. The franchise, really a partnership contract, was made in good faith nearly twenty-five years ago and contemplated just one thing. It was drawn for the purpose of giving to the city the gas plant for its own profit and use after those who had invested their money received back what they put into the plant with interest’ each year at the rate of 19 per cent. The giving of a large interest rate was for the purpose of attracting capital. It was also a compensation against any speculative value that might be gained through the growth of the city and the increased value of this utility. The men named as trustees were chosen for their high standing and reputations for honesty. They were men that the citizens trusted and the stockholders knew were safe to guard their interests. Those trustees justified the confidence imposed in them. They chose directors for the company who have so wisely managed its affairs that the plant has been able to make necessary improvements and extensions and create rather large reserve sfunds. The men who invested their money in the certificates of the company have received their interest at a high rate. To repay them the face value of the money they invested is an easy matter as the plant is worth at least twice the value of indebtedness against it. # Under the original plan, about which there can be no question as to intent, the city is soon to be in position to take over the plant and receive its profits for all the people. There is no injustice in this for any person who invested his money in this public enterprise. The only injustice that could occur would be a legal battle by some stockholder or group of stockholders to prevent the original purpose from being carried out and cause the city either delay or money to defend its rights. It is merely a matter of good faith. No changes in state laws should affect the bargain with the people. It is a partnership agreement and the rights of the partners were fixed definitely. If there are any laws needed to enable the city'as one partner, to complete the bargain, those laws should be obtained this year. That is the whole question and the only question.
Bar Needs Better Organization From time to time various bar associations discuss methods for improving the practice of law. Recently lawyers of New York, including some judges, undertook to do something about the lawyer known, as the ambulance chaser. Fortunately they tackled both wings of the problem and the ambulance chaser who chases for the corporation as well as the chaser who chases the victim of accident came in for criticism. Undoubtedly some improvement of a bad stiuation will come of this self-investigation by the legal fraternity. However, they have merely scratched the surface. For a long, long time the more eminent members of the bar, especially those known as corporation lawyers, have sought ways to put a crimp in the activities of lawyers who represent clients suing for damages, and who too often resort to crooked methods in their practice. But eyil as ambulance Phasing is, there are other evils connected with the practice of law that affect more people than ambulance chasing does. These evils grow out of the character of some lawyers who never should have been admitted to the bar. The criminal-minded as well as the cleanminded can graduate from law colleges and pass bar examinations; and modern crime is so well organized that crooks have their “mouthpieces” or lawyers in every large community. While all lawyers are officers of the courts of justice, many of the criminal lawyers make their money helping criminals to defy the law and escape punishment for their violation of it. In other words, they help fight law and order. There is in all forms of organized activity a tendency toward such complete organization as leads toward self-government. In recent years there have been established courts of arbitrat.on in which disputes are settled by experts and without resort to courts of justice. That is, business is developing its own courts in which the fact-finding is done by business experts. That seems to be much saner than leaving business disagreements to a judge and jury who know nothing about the business except what they learn from witnesses in a trial. But the profession best fitted by education and training to organize itself into a self-governing organism is the legal profession. It is easily possible for lawyers to organize a bar association in every community of any considerable size, so that every reputable lawyer would be a member and disreputable lawyex-s could be kept out. If, then, the public came to understand that a lawyer member of the organization could be depended upon, because vouched for by his organization, clients naturally would go to members of the organization when in need of a lawyer. With co-operation of the courts, disbarment of disreputable lawyers would be a simple operation. Not all ambulance chasers are disreputable, while some lawyers who don’t go in for that practice are. But while we have many bar associations they really don’t mean much, if anything at all, to the public, and not as much as they might mean to the legal profession itself. In short, the legal profession is not organized. There is better organization and hence better selfgovernment of the medical profession. Hie gradual, but steady evolution of business toward higher standards is due to better organization and increasing capacity for self-government. Qualifications for Citizenship Apparently it is to become a settled policy of the government that citizenship is to be denied or taken away from persons whose political views are not in harmony with those of the majority. The government took this position in its effort to deny citizenship to Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, the
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Hungarian pacifist, carrying her case to the supreme court. Now, proceedings are under way to cancel the citi-, zenship of Ellen Dawson, arrested recently for her activity in the textile strike at New Bedford, Mass. The government’s contention is that Miss Dawson, an Englishwoman, obtained citizenship papers fraudulently six months ago, in that she was a communist, and as such honestly could not have taken the oath to uphold the constitution. Another instance is that of John Tapolczyani, a barber of Harmony, Pa. Tapolczyani wrote a letter to his brother in Hungary, in which he said he was a communist in principle. Censors of the Hungarian Dictator Horthy turned the letter over to our government and proceedings to deprive Tapolczyani of citizenship were instituted. The government, it would seem, has abrogated the principle that any citizen may think as he pleases and seek peaceably to persude others to his views. Stopping the Flood It was pointed out recently in these columns that there is a growing realization among officers of the government and members of congress that the federal government can not enforce prohibition without the wholehearted co-operation of state and local authorities. The tendency more and more is toward concentrating efforts of the fedeTal agents on smuggling, illegal diversions, and major violations, leaving the so-called police work to states, counties, and municipalities. Organized prohibition advocates also apparently realize the hopelessness of attempts to have the federal government police the country. “It is our conviction that police and judicial action relating to minor violations of the prohibition law are primarily matters of state, county, and municipal concern,” says a resolution adopted at a recent meeting of the Board of Managers of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, a leading reform organization. “The great need of the temperance reformation in America today is a forward movement to capture the administration of every state, county, and town in America for honest, efficient enforcement of all law,” said Deets Pickett, research secretary of the board, in his annual report. Presumably, if this program were followed, federal agents would concentrate on such problems as checking the inflow of the $25,000,000 worth of liquor which Bishop William Eraser McDowell estimated would come from Canada this year. They would give up raids on night clubs and speakeasies and such minor enterprises in which they have engaged heretofore, leaving this end of the work to local peace officers. Prohibition Commissioner Doran, for instance, told congress that most of the liquor smuggled from Canada comes through Detroit, and yet there are only about 100 of his agents assigned to the entire state of Michigan. If the plan which is being advocated had been followed, those agents who entertained their wives and lady friends at the expense of the government night after night at New York cabarets instead might have been trying to apprehend the persons who were smuggling the champagne and whisky they were drinking. A woman in a Utah city asks the mayor’s Christmas tree committee for a baby. If that isn’t ultimate faith in “this prosperity,” just what is? Newspaper agencies complain of a scarcity of good news pictures. Aren’t there any more 106-year-old people to ride in airplanes? Last June the treasury department predicted a deficit of $94,000,000. Now it comes up with a $37,000,000 surplus. Gosh, we hope they never predict a surplus. The number of cigaret advertisements appealing to women is increasing. We expect almost any day now to see assorted colors in fags, to match hats and gowns.
______ David Dietz on Science - ; Telescopes Keep Pace No. 233 THE machinery which drives a telescope is as important to the astronomer as the telescope itself. This is a fact which the layman, perhaps, has overlooked. But a telescope, no matter how large its lens or mirror, would be valueless without the proper sort of mounting and driving machinery. The earth is turning on its axis from west to east. The result of this is that the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west. Everyone, of course, is familiar with the
from the north pole of the earth would reach this star. All the other stars, however, appear to circle around the north star. Stars near the north star make a complete circle. Stars at a great distance from it appear to come up over the horizon in the east, go across the sky and set in the west. Therefore, if a telescope is turned upon a star, a few seconds later the star has moved out of the field of the telescope. This is due to the earth’s rotation. A telescope, therefore, must be mounted and equipped with driving machinery which will continuously turn the telescope in the opposite direction to the earth’s rotation, thus keeping time with the star’s apparent motion. When stars are photographed, time exposures of several hours duration are made. The slightest fault in the motion of the telescope would result in a blurred and faulty photograph. In the early days all telescopes were driven by heavy clockwork. Most small telescopes are still driven by such mechanism. The larger telescopes today use electric motors which in turn are kept in time by clocks The larger telescopes today are entirely controlled by electricity so that the observer to move either the dome of the observatory or the telescope needs only to push the proper button.
M. E. TRACY SAYS: “The Kellogg Pact . . . Seeks to Accomplish Little, but Extend the American Theory of Law and Order to WorldWide Proportions.”
TWENTY-SEVEN senators stand in the way of ratifying the Kellogg pact. That is less than onethird of the senate. What is even more significant, the twenty-seven ar not unanimous. About half of them are merely undecided, or indifferent. The other half shades down from mild reservationists to irreconcilables. Not more than ten or a dozen are willing to commit themselves to a negative vote at this time. That being so, why clutter the stage with useless discussions? The Kellogg pact represents no mystery, no complex problem, no doubtful or dangerous course. It is a simple declaration by which governments agree to outlaw war. It commits them to nothing, except an ideal. It binds them to nothing, except their honor. tt tt tt ‘Spreading the Gospel’ Whatever the Kellogg pact may mean to others, it means little to us Americans, except the expansion of a principle we always have advocated. In this country war never has been visualized as the primary object of statecraft. Free from the pressure of traditional hatred, we Americans have been privileged to develop anew revolutionary* idea. From the very beginning of the republic, we have been taught not only to regard war as the last resort, but to believe that some better way could be found for adjusting international disputes. The logical result of that training is a conviction that war is morally wrong, that the governments of the world should so declare and that human intelligence should devote itself to discovering a saner method of providing for national security. The Kellogg pact gives such a conviction official form. To all intents and purposes, it accomplishes little and seeks to accomplish little, but extend the American theory of law and order to world-wide proportions.
a a a We Can Afford It We have heard a lot about extravagance, especially as exemplified by instalment buying. We have been told that the vitality of the United States was being sapped, that people were squanderng their savings and mortgaging their future to get automobiles, victrolas and radio sets. Not only run-of-the-mill pessimists, but people who should know better have warned us against disaster. Some of them have painted such gloomy pictures as to leave the impression that our prosperity consisted of little but long-time contracts, bill collectors and frozen credit. It is almost shocking to learn thal we have cash deposits of $53,000,000,000 in our banks, that more than one-half of it is represented by individual savings accounts and that 65,000,000 of us carry life insurance to the extent of $95,000,000000. Such figures make the amount we spend for candy, cosmetics, golf and even the movies seem less alarming. an a Just Plain Glasses Optimish, if carried too far, is as bad as pessimism. What we need is not rose-tinted, or blue glasses, but those of a plain variety. Real constructive achievement, does not depend so much on what we hope, or fear, as does on an accurate sense of value. Life has grown so complicated that it demands poise, judgment and self-control even in its minor phases. Unchecked emotionalism is bad, no matter what form it takes. Wanting things, without knowingwhy, gets ils into more trouble than anything else. A 45-year-old cashier, who has held his job for two decades, who has been respected by his employers and associates, stands up in a Nev' York court and pleads guilty to second degree forgery. He has been stealing money for seven years. The amount is $67,000. Contrary to the usual case, he did not want it for wine, women or gambling, but to please his wife, to buy better furniture for the parlor, to get a swankier automobile, to lead a more luxurious home life. Extenuating ' circumstances all, but leading to crime nevertheless. Nine-tenths of the crime, nine tenths of the tragedy, nine-tenths of the quarreling, nine-tenths of the war can be traced to uncontrolled desires, appetites and ambitions. Too many people in this world still have the idea that if what they want is legitimate, they have the right to get it any old way. n A a Need for Discipline The philosophy of self-expression, about which we hear so much leaves self-control out of the picture, yet self-control is about all that spells the difference between twentieth century civilization and the jungle. Civilized life not only makes us dependent on each other for the things we need, but for the things we must go without. The very nature of system implies discipline. The more we discipline ourselves, the less we shall be exposed to from government and society. The more we depend on expertness, tjie more we must sacrifice to become expert in our own particular line. The faster we go, the more customs and rules we must learn to obey. Caveman stuff does not go with forty horsepower automobiles corporations to which 100,000 stockholders look for dividends, switch towers that make it possible for r lunatic to throw i a whole railroad yard into confusion and governments that look to popular intelligence for guidance.
fact. • But a fact which escapes attention fr e - quently is that the stars also pursue an apparent motion through the heavens which is the result of the earth’s rotation. The north star appears to stand still. This is because a line projected into space
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BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine.* UNDER auspices of a half dozen health societies and organizations, including the health department of Syracuse, New York, a No-Cold club has been fromed in that community with a constitution and by-law r s which constitute sensible advice for every community. . Asa form of attractive health literature, it is doubtful that the statement concerning this organization could be improved on. The constitution recites the fact that an average of six out of every ten cases of sickness are colds, which means about two colds or four days of illness from colds per person per year. Two types of colds are characterized, those caught from someone who has a cold, and those developing in certain people who are in poor physical condition, the cold being caused by the germs that they usually carry around with them. A cold is a menace not so much for itself, but for the fact that it may be followed by pnueumonia, the second largest cause of death,
IT’S thirty years since we acquired the Philippines and the most colorful figure we ever sent over there was General Frederick Funston. When the Spanish war came, Funston went to Washington to secure a position on the staff of the commander of the Cuban invasion, and he was fitted for it, having served with the Cuban revolutionists and knowing the situation. tt tt tt Funston failed In this, just as Grant failed to get on the st°ff of General McClellan, and he was dejected. He said it was the end of things for him, when in fact it was only the beginning for he went back to Kansas, organized a regiment and took it to the Philippines, where it was the outstanding fighting unit. Funston planning and effecting the capture of Aguinaldo, the leader of the insurrection. a a a If Al Smith joins Raskob and Kenny in the banking business it will be a decided novelty, as most defeated candidates for office go into the insurance business. a a a Mexico has only 65,000 soldiers, but 389 generals and 9,000 other officers, which recommends it as the most wonderful country on earth in which to organize secret societies. a a a Franklin D. Roosevelt is working too fast to send out letters to the delegates to the Houston convention and oher leaders, asking them to form a thorough party organization for the future. a a a He should concentrate on making a good Governor for New York and being re-elected in two years, then letting nature take its course. a a a To strengthen her forces for the anticipated war with Paraguay, Bolivia is letting her convicts out and if she has any trouble opening any of the prison gates she might call on Ma Ferguson of Texas, a a a Clarence Darrow told mill strikers at Kenqsha, Wis., that prosperity was hurting the labor movement. A dangerous situation, my countrymen! a a a Great Britain is the greatest market for American chewing gum, but no matter what the rest of them may do, John Bull probably always will continue to chew the rag. a a a Samuel Thompson, president of the American Farm Relief Federation, paints a bright picture of prosperity under Mr. Hoover, thus adding to the farmer’s already highly developed taste for art.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Club By-Laws Are Good Health Rules
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and that it may lead to rheumatism, kidney disease, sinus trouble deafness or tuberculosis. The by-laws of the organizatio,i provide important advice. These read: “Pay your dues by obeying these by-laws. “Don’t get too close to people who have colds, especially when they cough or sneeze. “Keep up your body resistance Avoid over-fatigue; get plenty of sleep—at least eight hours a night Exercise in the open air every day Eat nourishing food, but don’t be a pig. Drink at least six or eight glasses of water daily. Avoid constipation. “Keep your home and work place well ventilated. Have the thermometer read 68 degrees rather than over 70. Overheated rooms often cause colds. Sleep with windows open. “Keep your mouth shut and breathe through your nose. “Accustom your skin to temperature changes. Most people can do this by a quick sponge bath each morning in cool water. “Keep your hands clean. Wash
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By Frederick LANDIS
\ LL the attention he will receive in South America will fade into insignificance before the perfectly grand reception which will be tendered Mr. Hooover when he reaches Florida early in January by the thousands of office seekers, who have turned over new leaves and resolve to live without work.
Diamonds are trumps, and South has the lead. North and South must win six of the seven tricks, against a perfect defense. I—A-9-7-4 H—None D—K-J-3 • C—None NORTH S—None S-K-10-H -J°3 5 ’ 3 . 5 H—None n—fifi 5 “ D—s-2 C-K-J SOUTH S—s-3 H —J-8 D—9 C—7-3 I AY out the cards on a table, as shown in the diagram, and study the situation. See if yqu can find a method of play that will give Noth and South six tricks. The solution is printed herewith.
The Solution
HERE you must be very generous and give your opponents a trick which they can easily be prevented from winning. Immediately, however, you let them show their appreciation by giving you two or three tricks in return. South leads a club, North trumps with one of his honors, and the remaining trump honor is led. The small trump follows and West must accept the gift, after South has thrown away one of his spades. And West must also now lead a heart. East discards a spade and South wins, then promptly takes another heart trick. On this second lead of the suit, East must either surrender the ten of spades, therebv unguarding the king, or he must bid
them often, particularly before eating. “Keep your feet dry and warm. Dress sensibly, wearing enough clothes, without being over-dressed indoors. “If you get overheated, cool off slowly. Avoid sudden chills.” Classes of Members The club includes several classes of members, including “Reg’lar Fellers.” who steer clear of colds: honorary members, who are free from colds for a year; probational members in disgrace, who get two colds a year. Any member who gets three colds a year is expelled. Members on probation or in disgrace are advised, if they take a cold, to see a physician; to have nasal obstructions, tonsils , sinues and teeth investigated, and at the first sign of a cold to go to bed for at least twenty-four hours, drink more water than usual and eat lightly. Any one who suffers respeatedly with colds needs the advice and careful study of a physician, who will determine the underlying factors.
FUNSTON ANI) GRANT tt a a TOO MANY OFFICERS o m m HE WORKS TOO FAST
THE most beautiful thing about the increasing number of women at work out in the world is the chivalry of the husbands who have retired and given their wives unhampered opportunity to bring home the bacon. tt a We wish Bill Riley of Byrd’s expedition, who is traveling 7,000 miles from New Zealand to the Yukon to get forty dogs, would stop at our house and get the one we’ve been ( trying to get rid of for six weeks. It’s come back from every place we’ve taken it, but we don’t believe it could find its way back from New Zealand.
farewell to his king of clubs. In either case, the parting is sad. The only other method of play which is not shattered by a very brief study is for North to trump low on the opening trick. But if the trumps are then led, East will have North in all sorts of trouble. And if the ace of spades is led, West will trump, then shut his eyes and return any card in his hand. East, too, must then shut his eyes, if North and South are to win a total of more than three tricks.
This Date in U. S. History
December 14 1775—Howe ordered 100 wooden houses in Boston torn down and used for fuel. 1872—British evacuated Charleston, S.-C. 1799—George Washington died. 1814—Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812, signed. 1819—Alabama admitted to the Union. 1860—About half the senators and representatives from eight southern states advocated establishment of confederacy; official beginning of the rebellion.
Daily Thought
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.—Prov. 21:25. tt a a SLOTH, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always bright.—Franklin.
DEC. 14,1928
The Most Precious of ■ All Years
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON THE life of the modem wornarf is cluttered up fearfully with organizations. One type runs to bridge parties, another to reform, , And in most cases the home and the children suffer. It seems unfortunate that we women are not wise enough to realize that we often toss away the wheat of life for the chaff of the social world. If young mothers only could be made to understand how short is a child’s infancy! The average woman these days does not have six', eight, or a dozen children, as her grandmother did. A family of four is unusual. Too many couples make the mistake of having only one child. Few indeed are the women who actually can be said to be tied down very long by their growing families. And no mother has her baby to herself save for six short years. And six years is but a moment in the span of our days. Doesn’t it look as if for this little time the intelligent mother should consider her child the most important thing in her life and iU proper rearing her most serious work? And yet each day one sees young women who are cross and discontented because they can’t get away when the neighborhood bridge club meets and who consider themselves veritable slaves to their babtes.' They do not know that they are queens instead of servants. Nor do I think it the part of good sense for any mother to give up all her social activities. If any per- , son in the land should keep up with the times, it is the mother. But I do believe that she should put her children first always and never allow social duty to interfere with home duty. The day when daughter goes to boarding school and son to college or to work come all too soon, anyway. After the children are reared, there stretch long years when the days-must be filled with something. Bridge parties and town building and politics are very convenient then. And no true mother ever will begrudge the time she gives up to the children. For the hour will come when those years will be the most precious in all her memory.
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