THE ALLIANCE HERALD, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 27, 1919
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Governor Coolldge of Massachu
setts Is suggested as a likely candi
date for governor by the republicans
of his state. Coolidge came Into
prominence just one short year ago,
when he was elected governor after
rather bitter campaign, even for
Massachusetts. He was re-elected
the first of this month. He has made
an exceptionally good governor, and
Massachusetts seems to be a hard
artatfl to govern successfully, but not
very good governor Is mentioned for
the presidency.
Within a few weeks, all the favor
ite magazines will be back on the
helves again. The printers' strike
la New York city ended Monday,
When the men decided to obey the
orders of the international officials
and go back to work. The typo
graphical union has an enviable rec
ord In the small number of author
ised strikes, but every such occur
rence as the New York walkout In
jures the cause of organized labor.
The labor unionists themselves
should be the first to condemn lawlessness.
amendment has been adopted.
An Is In all such gatherings, the
leadership will be taken by a few
who will do the actual work of fram
ing the new document. The others
will attend all sessions religiously,
care for their committee duties and
look extremely Intelligent when a
constituent happens to show up.
The elected delegates to the com
ing convention are, with a few pos
sible exceptions, representative of
their constituencies. They are as
competent as any similar group of
citizens to frame a new eonstitution
to fit new times. As a matter of fact,
aside from the difficulty of amend
ment, there was little the matter
with the old one.
The would-be reformers will see
only an opportunity to fasten their
particular governmental scheme on
the state. Dozens of hare-brained
and half-baked theories will be urged
upon these helpless delegates. There
will be short ballot advocates; min
imum wagers; single tax adherents;
men who will urge higher salaries
and men who will want certain sal
aries decreased; those who favor a
one-house egislature, and those who
would lengthen the terms of all of
ficials; In short, there will be a be
wildering lot of suggestions made
by theorists who will fight for their
favorite schemes until the cows come
home. Out of the maze a new con
stitution will be framed.
If the leaders qf the convention
are wise, it will be a short, concise
document, easy to understand and
possible to amend. If that sort of
a constitution Is put up to the people,
It stands some show of adoption. If
the theorists get the ear of a ma
jority of the delegates, the whole
thing will be time and labor thrown
away.
There Is getting to be less and less
comfort for the man who has salted
away a goodly supply of wet goods
for the drouth that is to last. The
past few weeks there have been num
erous robberies reported from all
over the country, and It has come
to be almost as dangerous to have
liquor In the house as It used to be
to have diamonds. The story Is that
all these robberies are made by men
desperate for booze, which may be
true, but a likelier solution Is the
Wgh prices which the bootlegger re
ceives. It's easy enough to sell good
liquor and no questions are asked
by the purchaser, to whom an un
broken revenue stamp looks like a
gold bond.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION
Within a few weeks the delegates
to the constitutional convention will
be at work on the task of framing a
. new document. It Is no easy job,
but it will be more difficult than
necessary because from the minute
that the first roll call Is over, the
convention will be besieged by re
formers, who will hang around, but
tonholing members and otherwise
hindering progress, until the last
funds for this work, and one good
result has been that the national or
ganizations have districted the fields
and allotted certain portions to each
denomination. If the Presbyterians
are holding the fort well in one field,
the other denominations exert their
efforts and spend their money in an
other. The Ignorant heathen, not
knowing the difference between the
various roads to salvation, is content
with what Is offered him. To him,
any organization that heals the sick
and comforts the sorrowing is good
enough.
It may be that the new movement
will accomplish much. It has noth
ing to lose but Its time it has a
world to gain, to paraphrase Karl
Marx. But judging by past perform
ances, one may be justified in having
his doubts. Nearly every denomina
tion has been working along similar
lines In a more limited way, of
course for years, yet definite re
sults are apparent in only a few Iso
lated Instances. It Is one thing to
make a survey and another to
have the recommendations adopted.
Church organizations are conserva
tive, and loth to make changes. All
through the church there is needed,
not only men with broader points of
view, but men with an actual grasp
of affairs and knowledge of condi
tions. It is high time that common
business principles find their way,
through the pulpit or otherwise, to
the church membership. Too many
drives will hasten the day.
ONE MORE DRIVE
The inter-church movement is the
latest thing in religious circles. On
the face of it, the objects are most
commendable, being, first, an actual
survey of religious, social and eco
nomic conditions throughout the
world, county by county and city by
city in the United States and a more
general survey in other countries
There is more duplication of effort in
religious work than in any other
field. There are cities and towns
which boast of large numbers of
churches, when as a matter of fact
they are equipped far beyond their
needs.
At the present, not more than a
third of the churches are really
needed to accommodate those who
attend. The other buildings must be
kept up at a big financial drain on
the membership. In dozens of places
several weak churches could unite
and form an organization that would
be strong enough to do the work
that should be done, but petty jeal
ousies, often fostered by the preach
era themselves, usually stand in the
way.
This state of affairs is not seen in
the foreign mission fields, however.
For years there has been inadequate
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NOW
THE FLAUOR LASTS
SO DOES THE PRICE!
1ST
THE COAL TANGLE
A week ago, the coal situation
seemed in a fair way to be settled.
The miners had announced that they
would obey the mandate of the court
and return to work, pending adjust
ment of the wages question. They
have announced that they will accept
an increase of 31 per cent, which
seems not to be exorbitant, although
other workers, not so well organized,
have not enjoyed anywhere near such
good fortune.
The operators Beem perfectly will
ing td grant the increase, provided
they receive assurances that the bur
den will not fall on them, but on the
public. Mr. McAdoo has charged that
the operators are making "enor
mous profits" and the impression
seems to be general among those in
formed on the subject that they are
perfectly able to meet the increase
and still make a reasonable profit.
In this connection, the announce
ment of Secretary Garfield Tuesday
to the effect that the public must not
be asked to pay more for coal than
present prices unless it is necessary
to provide reasonable wages to the
miners and reasonable profit to the
operators assumes interesting pro
portions. The whole question of
wages and profits will receive a
thorough airing, and In time both
siaes win oe rorcea to accept an
equitable settlement. In the mean
time, the public suffers. The time
will come when state wages Boards
will take care of all such questions
unless the two parties to labor dls
putes can learn to settle their diffl
cultles without inconvenience to the
third party.
THE PRICE OP MILK
The state department of agricul
ture is now putting Into effect the
provisions of the new dairy law
passed by the last legislature. Two
provisions of the law are worthy of
attention, the first being that an an
nual license fee of a dollar Is exacted
from dairies having more than five
animals in their herds. The other
prohibits the sale of milk or cream
from any animal that has not been
examined by a licensed veterinarian
within one year, and this applies to
the Bale of all milk or cream, not
withstanding the size of the herd
Milk Is selling In Alliance now at
prices ranging from 12 to 15 cents
a quart. Not bo very long ago there
was a big Bupply at half that amount
Why the increase?
Ten or fifteen years ago, a lot of
families kept a cow. They used only
a small part of the milk, and sold
the rest to their neighbors. Then
came the law requiring cattle to be
examined by a veterinarian when
milk' was sold, and though the cost
was slight, it was sufficient to make
a good many of these families give
up their cows. It wasn't bo much
the money it was simply a distaste
for all the monkeywork the law
caused.
Now, with butterfat bringing un
heard of prices, the dealers are hav
ing hard work getting sufficient milk
to supply the demand. It's too much
work for the farmers to bring milk
to town, when by using the separ
ator, they can get more money for
their cream and still have the skim
milk left to feed to the bogs. The
price of milk will be higher before
It is lower.
In the name of prqtectlng the pub
lic, these inspection laws raise the
ante until the small produced doesn
have the money to look at the cards,
You can't blame the dealers they
make a mighty small margin of profit
on milk as compared to other com
modules. You can't blame the pro
ducer. Sometimes it's a question
whether these barriers thrown up to
protect the public are worth all they
cost.
Father's Punishment
"Out after hours again, eh?" said
the father.
"Only ten minutes," replied the
son.
"Well, go at once to your room
sir, lock yourself in, and bring me
the key. This thoughtlessness must
be checked." London Tit-Bits.
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