South Bend News-Times, Volume 39, Number 156, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 5 June 1922 — Page 6

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES MONDAY MORNING. JUNE 5. 1922

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FIXING TELEPHONE RATES Th hMrir-s before the täte public Utility commission today vitally affects th pocket book of evry to?hor. user cf this city and that hould mean cvrj' citizen. Telephon are o much a prt of modern lifo and so great a ronvnlr,w tht they hould be within th reach of all. They five t'.rr.. That rr.ni that 11? Is prolonged. They brim? easy contact -with the community. That speaks for more and deeper friendship. The theory of public utilities is now .Irmly established. No lor.Kr doesj the rule exist that a privat corapany may charge all that a tolerant community will bear. No longer does the theory hold that there private companies are private enterprises to be conducted on basis of competition or of monopolistic jo wer. It is well understood that the community and the utility company are partners. Th franchise Is the public contribution, a necessary and important contribution. The funds for the construction and extension of lines also cornea from the public in the form of investment. That Investment is entitled to a eafe and conservative return or there can be no extensions. A bankrupt utility Is worse than no utility and one unable to extend its service to meet public needs 1 a handicap on municipal progress. The public Is willing to pay a fair rate for service, but it must be assured that the rate Is fair, not exorbitant. In the present hearing: the public should be entitled to the closest scrutiny of the cost of the lines, the salaries paid to executive, any royalties on patents, rny expense to which the company is put to maintain a hsh grade and efficient service. When that cost is determined, the rates should be a mere matter of mathematics, not of persuasion or argument. Telephone rates have always had factors that make rate making difficult. The measured service of so much a call has an argrument in its favor but It Is most unpopular and In a city of this size has never been feasible. Someday, perhaps the telephone company will put on measuring devices which will charpre for conversation by the minute Instead of by the call. That would seem to be the fairer way. It would mean a rental of a line for a specific time. It might also te.nd to reduce useless conversation over telephone lines which would be something: of a boon. The city of rverett. Wash inert on, has this measured service, and these results may be Interesting; to those who argue today from the public and the company viewpoint: Tes made with the tele.hronometer while the ystem wru still on a flat rate basis showed that EO percent of the subscribers Ufed 78 percent of the .service at a cost of .64 cent per 'telechrone, which 1? the term u?ed for one minute of conversation. The other ZO percent used only 22 percent of the service at a cost of 2.27 cents a telechrone. Yet all jaid the jamn hit rate for a similar das of service. "Telephone service Is now given for as little as Jl a month, which entitles the subscriber to 60 telechron-s a month. It he uses more than that amount he pays one cent a te!rone for It. Singleparty bu.-infs's telephones that formerly cost $6 a month are now $5.25 a month, which entitles the subscriber to 60 telechrone?, or a' most -I minutes of conversation, each business day. o WOMAN AND THE FARM Over 7. (" ft farmers' wives have given their reasons for wishing that their daughters do or do not marry fanner, in letters to Tho Farmers Wife. The significant thing is that of the 7.000 only 4 20 f-nt In letters stating why they desire other careers than that of the farm for thir own daughters. That speaks for contentment, at any rate, when ?4 percftnt of any iriven walk of life testify to Its benefits and to Its opportunities for happiness. It would b interesting to have a similar expression from other walks of life, from those who marTied buslr. men. doctors, lawyers, newspaper men, plumber.". nrper.tTs and travelling salesmen. That w i'.d be a real referendum with some very defir.it .1 it i on which tbe girl, the very unusual girl of . who ruUs her life by reason and statist!. '5 a: d not by hr heart, could find some guide. The reasons givenVy the farmers wives are more than interesting to those who wish to study the effect cf environment upon character and the human mind. Boiled down to phrases, the vast majority of farm women plead as Its Just if lea - n: ) Growing children need out-of-door life and piny. Women earn Independent income on farm. Farmer and wife are automatically home and lvstne.-s partners. arm family Is a unit in Its work and pleasures. Country life necessarily community Ufa and unselfish. Good living always assured -though mans are moderate. ' Family h3 fresh and abundant fo-'.d all the year. Kindness and jrr.t!enes developed by care cf dependent yov:r.f life. Divorce, crime. disipatlon and frivolity at a minimum in t' countrj-. Far..-er is Integral factor of the jiitlon's progressProved that large pr cent of world leaders were country bred. Necessity for daily work is not drudgery but eppcrtur ty. Keal neighbor. found In the country and true re'hborinr develops bst eort of character. Country life offers the widest field for the grace of fervlce. No matter whit happens the ground Is always there for a r.w start. Turn for a moment to that six percent whose c"&!!y prayer is an escape for their daughters from their own condition in life and you f.nd these lessors: Lrtck of amu.serr.ent. Zsnr.r. working h-ur? four a. m. to seven p. m. Farmer's wife ear marks: dress, carriage and expreeslon are. apparent. Farm woman not social equal of her city sister. Ilardshirs too gr'at for benefits received. Prefer life where drudgery flrij fufferln? are redurrd to a rn.Ir.lmum

Dirtiness arour.i averag farm tires a woman's oul. Dull monotony of prolonged houho!d drudgery becomes Intolerable. This particular r.inrir his rendered a real pervice. In th light of the ("hir.igo vie report tha 50 percent of the outct girl? of that city come from the ccur.tr-. Probably those who wlj-h will f.nd In the laments of the six precent a clue to their problem. The gjris vvho .ire troubling tig cities do not come from the homes of the 94 percent. They come from the plaer-a of discontent and perhaps society may take enough interest In thes to see that the catise cf unr'f-'t and of disappointment Is removed. o A LIQUOR REFERENDUM On thfs pa? ?s printed a communication f"?m the head of the Anti-.iioon league of Indiana. diet:s--ing at some length an editorial printtd a short f.me ago in this ri'-wspaper. That editorial rugTested that the opportunity of. the dry forces to forever establish prohibition upon the broad basis- of popular will and to forever stop any fjuestton of the fundamental Viasi? of that law by a referendum of votes is at hand. There is pending at the present time In congress a bill which provides for such a referendum by congressional districts and giving to such dlrtricts as vote for bet r or booze, the right to rix conditions for their sale as a beverage. That bill is a liauor measure, pure and timple. It would create such oases in the United States that the whole purree of the constitutional amendment would bo defeated. It provides in shore Tor a form of district secession from the Union on t.is one question and under the name of home rule, would nullify the greater rule of the people as a whole. The editorial suggestion was made that the dry forces take up the challenge and amend this measure so that a nation-wide vote be taken on the Question of light wines and beer. In the full and sincere belief that such a referendum would stop these agitators for all time and forever take the liquor question cut of politics. The v ?t forces have two arguments at the present time wl.'ch although untrue In fact, have enough of a popui;tr apreal to make their agitation seem worth while. The f.rrt of these Is that the prohibition amendment has resulted only in taking away the right to drink from the working man and that the man with wealth and money ia able to evade its provisions. The second argument Is that prohibition was slipped over on the country when some two million of Its be?t blood and brains was on a foreign shore, fig'hting to save thi.: country. It is a slander upon that fine body of men who fought in France to charge that they would have raised their vote. and their voices against this constitutional amendment. But It Is truo that It was passed in their absence and that they, if any one are entitled to a voice in tho making of the fundamental law of the land and to be represented In such changes. It Is as absurd and humiliating that the AntiSaloon League or any other temperance force should be compelled to keep on guard to protect a part of the constitution as it would be to have a hired organization thee to prevent any repeal or invalidating of the ltvr against human slavery, the right of women to vote, or the protection of homes from illegal search. They all stand on the same basis. The leadership of the dry forces, the professional leadership, Is only scarcely better In its Etrategy and its methods than that of thewets, which is vicious and unAmcrlcan. The presence In Washington of the men named in the communication, their constant rresence In congressional halls and committees, their preslstent appeals for fund3 for their support Is not only a constant Invitation to combat by the wet forces but is in itself a suggestion that the prohibition amendment rests on a different basis than the rest of the constitution. The benefits cf prohibition have already been so manifestly great as to appeal to every thinking man. The reduction in misery, vice, crime and human wreckage can be so amply substantiated by observation In any community that there is no argument as to its benefit?. But the fact does remain that the public conscience, led astray by constant agitation of both professional groups, does not recognize violation of this law a. criminal and that the law is weakened In Its operation by the fact that social 'ostracism does not follow its violation No one considers the selling of liquor of as great moral turpitude as the holding of a slave. No one shrinks from one who buys booze as they would draw away from one who denied woman a vote. Yet these laws are on the same level of dignity In, the fundamental law of the land. A referendum, nation wide, now and at this time would give notice that this country Is willingly dry. If, by any ill adventure, that vote should be wet, the representatives of the people should see that popular will prevails. For no law is higher than public sentiment and no l.w which is not backed by majority opinion can operate. It Is time to settle the question, now and forever. The people can be trusted to settle it right. c A MODERN CIV1LIZER Have you ever stoppsd to consider how much of jour life and your morals depends upon the material things of life? Perhaps the story of the Afghan amlr, ruler of about seven millions of Mohammedans, may be somewhat Illuminating. Until the present rujri ascended hia throne the evidence of wealth was proclaimed by the number of wive?, very careiully ruarded from the- eye of neighbors, shot out frc4n any eyes save that of the owner or husband as you wish to view that relationship in a half oiviiized community. The former amir 'r.ad 100 wives. That meant many walls, for with the increase in tho number of wives, it was the custom of the country to build T.ew and larcrer walls about the palaces. With a multiple of mates, experience had suggested to the oriental mind tht tafety of pcssssJon p-u only in the larger seclusion. The present amir has but one wife but he owns 51 automobiles. About the time that he took to himself a queen a salesman for an auto concern caught the kingly fancy with his speed marvel and "polygamy vanished t:tn the royal establishment and his whole attention was turned to the mechanical magic of America and France. Now the other nobles of the country are buying machines and there are fewer walls being built as afetruards acair.sr Jealousy. Every modern invention raises Just a little the standard of life and with each upward trend, there comes a higher moral tone to civilization. It Is not always so strikingly Illustrated but a comparison between the morals of toe! ay with those of 25 years lco and with a half century or a century in the past will be convincing. Freedom from drtidccry gves the soul a chance. It likewise remows temptations.

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Why Is it that a man will he a dfctT.t law abiding citizen in everything else, but become a perrert fier.d in handling the lights 0:1 r.: car on a public highway?

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Tin; t.niivr ncoui I JUIXS1. PuCOM-B "Was your

Some men can get more satisfaction out of blazing the üjhts in th other fellow's face than they can in violating" the ISth amendment.

father under the influar.ee of liquor when jour mother hit him?" LITTT-E GIRL "No. your worship, he was under the table."

We grabbed this off a sign in Charley Drenfleck's food emporium: "Choi'-e apple?. Oranges, Imported Nuts and Fruit Cake. Shop now and avoid the rush for Memorial day. Itfaemher the early t ird cotch.es the worm."

Joe Grand Iader -was filliny out an app'.i'ation f.-r life Insurance Wa.lt IVg.in. John Dellaven. Paldy P.urkart, Jack IrAin. et ..U please r.-te) and he filled it out as follows: NAME J re Grand Leader. AL)DIIEV Country Cut). AGE 10. li I S I N E.S P. n t e n .

TWK.YTV YI1MIS AGO TODAY. Ividies wore bustler. Operations were rare. Nobody had seen a silo. Nobody had appendicitis. Nobody were white shoes. Nobody sprayed orchards. Cream was 5 cents a pint. Mostt young men had "livery bills." Cantaloupes were muskmelon.. You never heard of a "tin Lizzte." Doctors wanted to see your tongue. Milk shke was a favorite drink. Advertisers did not tell the truth. Nobody cared for the price of gasoline. Farmers came to town for their man. The hired girl drew, one-fifty a week. The butcher "threw In" a chunk of liver. Folks said pneumatic tires were a joke. Nobody "listened In" on a telephone. There were no sane Fourths nor electric meters. Adam Beehler had only a few children. You could drink or leave It alone. When anyone said. 'This is a Studebaker Year," it was taken to mean that there had been an extraordinary run on harness. Lloyd Greenan didn't have lumbago. A persistent drinker was avoided. Instead of followed. A man predicting the radio would have had to put up with the bother of tho long train ride over the Vandalia to Logansport. There was no traffic cops and no need of same, because the girls wore wool hose.

.Tun as soon as Jo gets tim we are informed he is going to tabulate

1 a list of voters, who still admit they j are democrat?. Joe claims there 1 are several in South Bend, he has I heard rumors of two in MishawaKa. ' and another one down by Polling

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wt: .nn going to thy to skm, i ms nr. to jaki: iioffmaxx. BILL: BILL: At the Arlington Hotel in Pichmond. Ind., this sign Is on all the stationery and In every room : This hotel is Fully Equipped with Automatic Sprinklers. Statistics show tnat Loss of Life Has Never Occurred In a Sprinklerod Building. In case of fire you May Get Wet but Not Burned. To me that's a wonderfully consoling thought. Before I g to sleep I always recite this little prayer inspired by the sign: Now I lay me down to sleep. Statistics guard my slumber deep. If I should die. I'm nqt concerned, I may get wet but I won't get burned. GADDING GUP.

June Bride show starts tonight at S o'clock at the Oliver. Nelson Jones has asked Chief of Police Lar-

1 ry Lar.e to see that no moths get t into the theater for tonight's perI formance.

OVFRirilPwD IN AN KLEYATOTL JOHN SMOG OR (to Charley Bailey) "I say Charley, I want to insure my coal yards against fire. What would a policy for $20,000 cost?" CHARLEY BAILEY "What kind of coal I It the same kind you sent me last?" SMOGOR "Yes." BAILEY "You don't need to bcther insuring that coal."

Come early if you don't want to miss hearing Charley Sax sing "I'm Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage." Mr. Jones and Mr. DeHiven's gowns will he on display In the lobby Immediately before the performance, as this Is positively their farewell tour.

Don't m.ss Feeing the Baby Elephant and Clarence Pteed both will be on stage and properly tagged, so there will be no confusion.

The audience will be searched for vegetables.

Curtain rises at 8:15, If we can find it.

We PubikPulsQ ax lint rnoiiiuiTipx. To the Editor of The News-Times: I have just read your editorial of May 19, 0n "The Liquor Question." In this editorial you speak of Congressman Hill's bill for Congres.-ional District Local Option on the beer question and suggest that it be amended so as to make It national instead, and that In that form every prohibition adherent should welcome it and support Its passage by congress. Your reasons for doing so are that a nation-wide vote on the question would result in an overwhelming defeat of the liquor Interests, and would then make the problem of enforcement easier. The spirit which you" show in this editorial Is commendable, and the discriminating analysis of conditions brought on by the liquor Interests themselves, and their mis-representations as to the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment by a minority only, are also convincing. I think that a nation-wide referendum on the liquor, or beer, question would result just as you predict, and I believe the friends of prohibition would need entertain ro fear as to the outcome of such an election; and I agree further that such a popular

victory for the cause of prohibition j would do the cause a wonderful amount of good, perhaps accom-i pllshlng all that you predict in the! matter of stamping violators of the prohibition lay as criminals in public j

esteem in a manner not now the case. However, there Is one Insurmountable objection to doing this one to which your attention has probably r.ot been called, and which. I believe you will readily see. And this Is that even should a nation-wide referendum In favor of beer, or of any other or all other intoxicants, result in a majority against prohibition, and even then should congress legalize the same, it would b illegal so long as the Eighteenth Amendment Is a part of the Federal Constitution. Congress its?---1 f cannot legally do anything which the constitution prohibits, and the Eighteenth Amendment specifically pro hibits the manufacture and sale, of intoxicating beverages. The courts of last resort have held that whisky, rum. brandy, gin. beer, wine, and even "white mule" are intoxicating, and In the trial of anyone charged with the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors contrary to the law. proof that the liquor manufactured or sold is beer, or wine, etc.. is sufficient to warrant a conviction by either a court or a jury. Further, the federal government for over half a century has held any beverage containing as much as one-half cf one per cent or more of alcohol, by volume, as intoxicating, and prohibited the manufacture or sale of the same without firs-t securing a federal tax receipt for the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, as the case, would be. Nearly all the states tefino intoxicating liquors the same way. our own included, and prohibited the sale for beverage purposes of any such liquors without nrst securing a license for that pur-

ment of an enforcement code to carry ' out the provisions of this amendment, it correctly defined Intoxicating liquors Just as the same had been defined by the states and tho federal authorities In the past, and just as congress and state legislatures in submitting and adopting this amendment intended. There is one way, and one way only, to secure legally the manufacture and sale of beer of 2.75, or of 4 or per cent, alcohol; and that is for those interested to secure a following sufficient to secure, a twothird vote in both branches cf congress, and then a majority vote in both branches of the legislatures of three-fourths of the states in favor of taking the Ki;hteenth Amendment out of the constitution. You . are quite right when you say that the wet forces are poor strategists, that their methods are even wors than their cause, and that by the method in which they are bringing this matter before congress they exhibit the same lack of understanding, and show the same disregard for law (this time of the constitution Itself) that they have always shown In the past. Mr. Editor. I hope you do not seriously mean that the friends of prohibition have shown a lack of wise leadership, and that they really are ".omewhat lamentable professional quibblers." Such men a1 Morris R. Sheppard. Clarence Y. Webb. Richmond P. Hobsor, Andrew J. Yolstead and Senator Willis in the concrress of the United States have shown themselves as wise In their leadership, as they have been lofty in their statesmanship. And such leader-; in the. Anti-Saloon League, as Howard Russell, Purley A. Baker. Edwin Dinwiddle and Wayne B. Wheeler, who have had to combat the craftiest and most unscrupulous and corrupt foe which has ever cursed humanity, are anything else than "unwise leaders and lamentable qulhblers." Yours truly. E. S. RHUMAICER. Supt. Indiana Anti-Saloon League.

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pose. With these findings of courts of lat resort in mind and with the unvarying practice of state and federal governments before them, the congress of the United States submitted the Eighteenth Amendment and 48 state? have adopted the same 1.303 state senators voting for to 215 aeainst. and C.770 representatives voting fcr to 93? against. When consres-3, therefore, in the enact-

when thfj1ks company ixh: ti:a. When there's company for u-a Thiers go mighty hard with me; Got to sit an' wait an' wait Till the I a t guest's cleaned his plate. An' I must ask Ma what Kind of pie it is she's got. Mustn't crunch my napkin up Or dip cookies in my cup. When there's company for tea Homo don't seem like home to me Got to wafh my ears an' neck Till they do not show a speck; Got to brush my hair an then Got to change my waist arair. Then walk slowly down stairs an' Try to be a gentleman. V. hen there's company for tea Ma spends hours instructing me Hew to eat an what to say. At. I can't go out to play When I've finished, but must stay Till Ma whispers: "Now you may!" Sittln still La r.ot much fun When jou've got your supper done. When there's company for tea. Then the servant waits on me Last Instead cf trez. and' I Mustn't talk when she comes by; If the boys outside should call, I don't never answer 'em at all; You'd never know that it wa? me When there's company fe-r te.t. (Copyrizht. 19-2. by Edgar A- Guest)

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