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PUT AMERICAN WHEAT GROWERS FIRST.
News stories telling of the blockade of Canadian
wheat at Butfalo and other Great Lakes ports must
bring forcibly to the attention of Nebraska farmers
the fact that their interest in wheat docs apt end
once their own product is in the elevator or even at
the primary terminal market. Conditions far east
and concerning grain grown a thousand miles from
Nebraska, when they tend to monopolize railroad
cars and motive power, may interfere with Ne
braska's ability to sell its own crop at a fair price
or even to market it at all.
The records show that Canadian railroads on
September 27 placed a virtual embargo on ship
ments of grain from the United States for export
through Canadian ports. Since that time almost
no grain grown south of the border has been so
shipped. In this period, however, 71,000,000 bush
els of Canadian wheat has been shipped down the
lakes to the American border and cither has been
trans-shipped to the Atlantic coast on American
railroads or is awaiting shipment. This ties up
American elevators and railroad cars greatly needed
to carry the product of the western states to Omaha.
Chicago and export terminals.
When American railroad facilities at best are
inadequate for the needs of American shippers, it is
doubly embarrassing'to imve the situation made still
moru critical for the benefit of foreign shippers.
There may be some question as to the power of any
governmental agency to impose an embargo, but cer
lainly some way should be found—either by govern
ment or by the American railroads—to put America
first.
CHANGES PROPOSED BY NORRIS.
Two conflicting impulses struggle within the
breast of the American electorate. One of these is
to favor anything that is new or savors of change.
The other is to oppose any departure from the old
ways. Neither of these attitudes of mind provides
the proper method of considering the proposal of
Senator Norris for an amendment to the constitu
tion designed to make the federal government more
directly responsive to the people.
The fact that in Great Britain a new parliament
has gone into session immediately after election,
while in America the congress which was elected
at about the same time will not meet in regular ses
sion for a ytar has made it appear that there is
in this respect less popular rule in this republic than
in the British kingdom. A similar contrast appears
in the prompt installation of the new British prime
minister. When a similar change of administra
tion was ordered by the voters of America, it will
be remembered, Wilson retained his office four
months, while President-elect Harding was forced
to wait from November to March before putting
in force his policies.
The Norris amendment would inaugurate the
president the third week in January following elec
tion and would convene each new congress the first
week in January. The same proposals are made in
the reesolution of Senator Ashurst, which has been
endorsed by a number of prominent lawyers. How
ever, Senator Norris goes further in advocating an
added clause to abolish the electoral college and to
elect president and vice president by direct vote of
the people. Inasmuch as each state would retain
its present proportionate influence and the decision
would not be made by totaling up national ma
jorities, the objection can not be made that this
would diminish state rights. The question here is
how dose the power of government should be placed
to the people.
Under this section of the proposed amendment,
it would be possible to have a president of one
party and a vice president of another. It would
also enable an outstanding national figure to run
for the presidency independently of any party
nomination. Under the present system, by which
the people do not vote for president, but merely
for party electors who meet and choose the presi
dent, it is necessary to file a list of electors in each
st^te. The machinery is so complicated and in
direct that it is practically impossible for any man
to run independently.
The whole question of party government is
bound up in this section. Side by side with this
movement is one within the separate states for the
establishment of direct primaries for the nomina
,ion of presidential candidates. Thus would entire
responsibility for the choice of president and vice
president be placed on the voters, without interven
tion by any national political conventions.
While the proposal for more prompt installation
of president and congress seems advisable, the pro
posal annexed to it, for the direct election of presi
dent, requires deep consideration. All in all, the
long line of American presidents has averaged up
much better than any line of kings, or even of
prime ministers. In general attainments our presi
dents have also been above the average of congress.
The two suggestions contained in this proposed
amendment should be separated and each consid
ered on its merits.
WHY IOWA WON'T PLAY YALE
Iowa and Yale gridiron warriors wiil not meet
in football fray next season.
And it is well.
Yale is one of the ''Big Three.” The triumvirate
of college football does not believe in games away
from home.
Iowa, champions of the 1921 Big Ten confer
ence season and undefeated again in 1922, went
down to the Yale bowl last fall and gave the Blue
a decisive beating. N
When the schedules were being made out tor
next fall, Yale "invited” Iowa to return to the Yale
bowl for another game.
Iowa declined.
“Conte west,” said the Hawkeyes. and we 11
play.” ,
But Yale demurred.
Yale loses in prestige by this move. Princeton,
conquerors of both Yale and Harvard this year,
"came west" to Chicago and won after the Maroons
seemed about to beat vhe Tiger. Princeton won the
tesoect of the middlewest.
ONE MODERN ADVANTAGE
Any attempt to find a mitigating circumstance ,
' in connection with a train week is almost doomed
in advance to defeat. The crash of cars at niglif 1
is terrible in any of its aspects; men, women and
children are caught, ami crushed, some to die, others 1
crippled and maimed, and alt to suffer terror and 1
agony.
Yet _ occasionally out of the calamity flashes ;
something that indicates that man has made some
progress. Three crowded coaches of a train run- ;
ning out of Omaha were overturned i-n Iowa Sun
day night, and 130 persons were injured, but no
lives were lost. This fortunate outcome is due lo
one of the modern conveniences that has become
so common that it is no longer looked upon as the
miracle ft really is.
Not so many years ago the account of a train
wreck usually contained the announcement that
“ihe wreck caught fire from the coals of an over
turned stove,” or “the exploding lamps threw blaz
ing oil over the wreck and so oh all was wrapped
in flames.’’ In the wreck on Sunday night, as soon
as the first shock of fright had passed, the passen- j
gers discovered that the cars were still lighted, for ,
the electric connections were working? line. Then i
it was only a question of untang'.ing from baggage ]
and seats and confusion, and making the way out !
of windows.
Once in a while a modern invention justifies it- |
self by taking some of the horror out of a disaster ;
that easily might have been terrible if the mitigat- ’
ing agent were not present.
SHORTCOMINGS OF CIVILIZATION.
One of the major sins of civilization is its waste- ,
fulness. This is not to say that the use of anything:
that adds to the welfare or happiness of mankind is
to be condemned if it does not bring in some benefit
that tan be computed in dollars and cents. No, the
real waste is the failure to utilize the good things
of life to the utmost.
To leave food to rot on the trees or in the liebl
is waste, criminal waste for which society as a whole
is to blame. To allow vast stretches of fertile land
to remain unproductive for the lack of water that
lies at hand in a river is waste. To neglect the op
portunity for cheap water transportation is waste.
Unemployment, poor management of industry
and bor disputes that stop production are waste
ful. So also are wages that do not permit the work
ers to enjoy comfortable clothes, good housing, nu
tritious food, books, travel, art, music and all that
goes to make up wholesome leisure and recreation.
Complete elimination of waste in industry would
give every worker in the country all the comforts
of life that are now available to the man earning
$150 a week, delegates to the New York state indus
trial conference were told by an engineering expert.
He explained that he was not speaking of an actual
wage of $150 a week, but that his view was that
by abolishing wasteful practices the cost of produc
ing goods would be reduced to a fraction of the
present figure. Money wages might not be increased,
but what counts is the amount that can be bought
with wages.
Through standardization and efficiency the waste
of industry is steadily being reduced. The effect is
not as yet noticeable, but a great part of human
progress may well be looked for in more efficient
working and living.
The spectacle of ardent democrats traveling to
Lincoln to give advice to Brother Charley is more
amusing than'' interesting. Brother Charley gives
advice; he doesn’t take it.
The Sunday schol barometer shows high pres
sure these days, with high pressure in the offing
and a heavy fall of candy and sweetmeats about
December 25.
It would seem that Italy pulled a “flivver” when
it turned Mr. Ford’s offer down amidst loud official
laughter.
The real sentiments of the giver are not always
manifest in the price tag attached to the gift.
Booze at the steering wheel means the under
taker at the front door. «
Ways of Using Surplus
Potatoes
' 1 From the Drover* Journal-Stockman.
On account of the crop of surplus potatoes in ve
nous sections of the United States, the question as to
the use of the extra supply and also culls is an im
portant one. One of the men in this country who has
given considerable attention to the utilization of the
potato is H. C. Gore of the bureau of chemistry of the
United States Department cf Agriculture.
Mr. Gore states that at the end of the recent world
war about twelve factories were dehydrating (the
term means drying) potatoes In the United States and
at least four factories were operating in Canada. Since
the war. production has largely ceased, although some
| dehydrated potatoes are still being produced to be used
j principally as an ingredient of the dehydrated soup
vegetables.
TWo kinds of dehydrated or dried potatoes are made,
dried sliced potatoes and dried rice potatoes, the for
mer being produced in greater quantities than the
latter. In manufacturing the former potatoes are
peeled, trimmed, sliced from to U inch thick, par
boiled In steam or boiling water, spread 6n trays, and
dried in a current of warm air until brittle. Rlced po
tatoes are made by peeling and trimming.'cooking the
i tubers in steam until soft, and forcing thorn through a
' die plate when hot. The shreds which arc obtained are
■ received directly on the drying tray and dried. The
I peeling is done by machines, but the trimming is a
| hand process.
j The time of heating varies from two to twelve min
utes and many different forms of driers are used. From
| the standpoint of uniformity and high quality of prod
ucts. forced draft driers have proved to be very suc
l eessful. Cooked Irish potatoes are fairly resistant to
; heat and can stand drying for ten or twelve hours, at
. 120 degrees Fahrenheit without detriment. They are
more readily damaged by moist than by dry beat.
If the finished product Is dried to a moisture con
tent of 10 per cent or less. It will keep indefinitely In
air-tight containers without spoiling. It has been
found out. however, that unless the moisture content
is reduced to 6>a per cent or less, slow browning will
occur on keeping at or above room temperatures. When
kept In air-tight containers at low temperatures, the
original color may be retained indefinitely.
Dehydrated potatoes are a great convenience in ho
tels, dining cars, restaurants and oth^r institutions
and on shipboard, chiefly because their use obviates
the necessity of peeling and trimming. "There Is now
no wide market for dehydrated potatoes." says Mr.
Qore. "Should a demand for them arise, however, a
logical location for factories would be the potato pro
ducing centers which are near enough to large cen
ters of population to afford the necessary labor.
In Germany, as a result of persistent effort an im
portant process ha* been developed to convert the
perishable potato into stable form. This is done by a
steam drying method In which the potatoes are con
verted Into potato flakes, which are later milled Into
flour.
Several factories in the United State' now usd the
flake process. The supply of potatoes required for a
factory each season is from 150 to 200 cars distributed
through a season of from 150 to 200 days.
Sound potatoes under United States grade No. 1 arc
used and rots are not acceptable. The capital required
for a factory is about $250,000. The flour Is used prin
! clcally as a bread Imurover and has other baking uses.
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“The People’s
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Editorials from readers of The Morning
Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee
are invited to use this column freely
for expression on matters of public
interest.
Shall the Language Law lt» .Modified?
Omaha.—To (he Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The so-called language
law of Nebraska will he up for con
sideration before the Nebraska legis
lature at Its coming session. Reason
enough exists for asking that the
drastic terms of the Reed-Norval law.
as Interpreted by the sirfireme court
of the stale, he modified. What is
asked is not that education in the
English language he displaced in the
Schools of the state. AVe understand
that the official language of the state
should he understood by all its citi
zens. but that is no reason why all
the citizens should ho restricted to
the ttsp of a single language.
As long as the requirements of the
law are carried out, in letter and in
spirit, what harm ran possibly result
from teaching a ch id another lan
guage?
A man's reverence for and belief in
Cod, or Ills patriotic devotion to the
interests of the country in which he
lives, cannot he measured by the lan
guage he speaks. The late war proved
this to the satisfaction of anyone who
is not too bigoted or hide bound to
admit the fact.
I'nder the Reed-Norval law only
ane day In the week, thut observed as
Sabbath, can he devoted to teaching a
child who has not attained and passed
the eighth grade a foreign language.
The court says this is to make sure
that the child is well grounded in
English before permitting it to take
up another tongue. But, if the child
regularly attends the day school, as
provided for by law-, and there re
ceives instruction exclusively in Eng
lish. will it not be as Well grounded
in English, if at convenient times
and without interference with the
regular course, it also he given in
struction in another tongue?
All children of the state should be
so educated that they will become
good American citizens, loyal to their
country, its laws and its flag, ifnd
this means they must know its lan- ,
guage well. But should that limit
them to one language? AVe do not
believe such was the intention of the
legislature. Judge Eetton fairly ex
pressed this view- in his dissenting
opinion, where he says there is no
better reason for refusing to let a
child study a language outside of
school hours than there is to forbid
a child to study music or take
dancing lessons. i
Bet us have a language law that
will protect out* schools and our citi
zenship. but not one that puts a bar
on a child's opportunity to obtain a
complete education, and to learn more
than a single language, especially
when that bar may be lifted without
doing any harm or weakening the
law' that wisely reeks to make all
acquainted with the official language
of the state ip which thev live.
HENRY E. KROIlMIBBER. |
A Woman Replies lo "Real Man.”
Sargent, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Oh. please, dear editor,
do not let “A Beal Man” turn the
women loose with their automobiles
on the prairies of Nebraska. They
might run over the family cat instead
of the prairie dogs mentioned—we
have our prairie dogs pretty well e*
terminated anyway and do not need
their assistance.
Some woman has petved "Mr. A
R. Man” by having the audacity to
pass him without asking him to ride.
MRS. PENNY.
A Third Man Heard From.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: An article appeared in
the paper in regard to women driv
ing automobiles. I hasre had sev
eral years' experience driving in large
cities where traffic is handled with
skill. I find women are no better
than men to use common horse sense.
They cut in and head one off and
seem to think they own the street
and town. They won't even take
their turn where there is no traffic
officer.
It should be against the law for
any woman to drive a car. They do
not look to see what is coming or
going, lots of times, and it looks like
they don't care. TRUCK DRIVER.
N'o Doubt.
Wayfarer—An airplane just fell in
votir clover patch.
Farmer—Fine! That'll bring the
aviator good luck.—Boston Tran
script.
One lesson Learned.
Jud Tunkins says that every time
he hears about a peace conference
he gets nervous for fear another war
is going to start.—Washington Star.
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NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for NOVEMBER, 1922, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.73,843
Sunday .v .78,105
B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
ELMER S. ROOD, Cir. Mgr.
Sworn to snd subscribed before me
this 5 tii day of December, 1922. i
W. H. QUIVEY, !
(Sr.nl) Notary Public
In JEST and VERSE
Ityplayg and Comments on
Events That Are Passing.
BALLADE OF TIIB GREAT WAR.
(Memorla in Aeterna.)
Reign of ruin! Who rifles by night
Over the roads and past the weirs?
looms a troop in the lurid light.
Rings a cry on the startled ears.
Hoof-beats volley among the merrs.
The winds rush down and the dead
leaves dance—
Rapiers, rapiers! Musketeers
Ride again in the land of France!
Boots and saddles! And bold and
bright
Youth goes galloping. Youth that
jeers
Death and the dust in pride of
might—
War is ever the word it hears;
Peace is ever the word it fears
When roll the drums of the foe's ad
vance.
Athos, Porthos, the Musketeers
Ride again in the land of France!
Thrust and parry and press the fight!
What of the heroes famed of years?
Do. they fly with the eagle's flight
When France ha* need of them—
, France in tears!
Do. they laugh at the foreign spears
And sing with the song of guns!
Perchance
D Artagnan and the Musketeers
Ride again in the land of France!
L'Envoi.
Stirrup-cups for the cavaliers.
And the old oath of old romance—
"One for ail!”—and the Mu»keteere
Ride again in the land of France!
THE KING OF THE BLACK ISLES.
The Flaw in the Peach.
K. H. L.: She was a peach, this
dainty miss who stood near mo in the
crowded car this morning. But why.
oh. why does such a peach—In a chic
little hat, dainty suit with fur
trimmed collar, and tha Line clutched
in her neatly gloved hand—why, ob.
why should such a charmer munch on
Mister Wrigley’s best? Softly, with
no smacking sound; evenly, as though
she were Coue-ing to herself, she
masticated! As Cappy Ricks would
say. had he been there, "By the Holy
Pink Toed Prophet, yrm ruin yourself,
gal. you ruin yourself.” And she did!
She didn’t get my scat. When I saw
the wagging jaws I • slumped hack,
stunned and inert. Does any one of
your Line family know the answer?
TUCKETT.
' AIDA.
The ringing song of soldiers,
A velvet voice’ of love.
Sobbing sigh of tragedy
And woven in among
Those golden melodies—a harp,
A violin, a horn,
A silvery flute, a grotesque dance
To beaing of a drum
The throng intense and eager
And quick to grant Its praise.
The rainy noisy night outside,
The roar of the "L”
Were melted In the magic of
Memphis’ ancient spell. V. s. B.
TO MY UNKNOWN LOVE.
We met but once, yet that sweet hour
With you shall ever halloWed be.
No fairer Jewel in Mem’ry’s dower
Shall e’er mean half so much to me.
You have forgotten? That which I
Have cherished as a thing apart
Meant nnuglit to you? Without a sigh
Mayhap, you cast me from your
heart.
Yet nightly as the shadows fall
My cares and sorrow steal away,
And in my dreams I give my all
To thee—my lover of a day!
DE8DEMONA.
Ah choo, ah-choo—as far as we are
concerned, ah-choo. you Cantrlbs can
have the whole bally, ah-choo, Lino
today and ah-choo—welcome
All we have to say is, ah-choo, ah
choo. ah choo! R. h. L.
Special Lump . . .$9.50
L!on .$9.50
Lion Lump . < .$10.50
Screenings $6.00
Delivered AH Over
the City.
Lion Coal Co.
2118 Nicholas St. WE. 2605.
Typewriter Repairs on
Any Kind of Machine
We sell as well as repair all
kinds of typewriters. We
guarantee both our typewrit
ers and our repair work.
All-Makes Typewriter Co
205 South 18th Street
“From Slate and Nation”
—Editorials from other newspapers—
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Tin* Wrong View.
Klom the Chappell t»b.i HegiiUr.
Occasionally we hear some one say
"A fellow hasn't much of a chance to
get ahead in this world unless he is
in business for himself." And when
we size that same fellow up we find
that nine times out of tell he Isn't
trying us hard to get in business as
lie is to get out of Work.
Tlie trouble with the nveiage
young mun of today Is that lie im
agines the man who owns a business
has a soft snap, lie sees tho busi
ness man on the street during busi
ness houi>, and takes it for granted
that ho is depending solely on li's ent
ployes to run the place and make
money for him and furnish him an
excuse to loaf, lie never realizes that
the business man doesn't work by tho
clock, and that many times when em
ployeg have rolled down th$ir sleeves
for the day slid departed the owner
of the establishment has to spend
long tiresome hours figuring out
problems the employes never have to
face.
Being in business for yourself
means depriving yourself of many
things you can enjoy if you arc work
ing for some one else, and sonic one
else has to worry about where the
money to mo#t the pay roll is coming
from. Being in. business for yourself
means carrying upon your shoulders
responsibilities far greater than the
salaried man knows anything about.
There is a vast difference between
drawing a pay envelope and making
a pay envelope posslMe. Learn to
do your work so the man you are
working for will see that you are In
terested In the business. Learn to
manage your own affairs success
fully, and you’ll be far happier than
if you were "In business for your
self."
After the Billlwards.
From the Sioux Falls Press.
The Automobile Association of
America is after the signboard adver
tisements which line so many of the
nation's highways. In the first place
it believes that such signs mar the
beauty of the landscape, and. in addi
tion, it feels that the billboard consti
tutes an absolute menace to the mo- |
torist by attracting Ills attention from
the l oad ahead, often causing a more
or less serious accident.
But it is difficult to see what the i
association can do about it. If the
merchant prefers to spend his money
on billboards rather than in the news- I
paper, his good judgment may fairly j
lie questioned, but the fact remains [
that it is his money that he is spend
ing.
Tho association official likewise
thinks that the day of billboard adver
tising lias passed. He says:
"These signs serve as a distinct
menace to motorists, especially when
they are placed, as many of them
nre, at a sharp curve or a road inter
section. A motorist, driving along
the highway and approaching such a
sharp curve or road intersection
wants to see what is aiHund that
curve or down the intersecting road
much more than he want* to see a
huge sign advertising "Whor.ir" tires
or somebody's patent medicine or
chewing gum."
He likewise thinks that the day of
billboard advertising has passed.
’8'Matter?
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Senator Hitchcock is not staging
an inspiring exhibition by taking up
the time of the senate with daily ha
rangues on the alleged horrors of
black troops In Germany.% The bad
tste and bad temper of the perform
ance might be excused if there were
any practical good to be accomplished
by it.
It is bad taste, as a host, while
charging Clenienceau with bad taste
as a guest, to Indict Clemenceau's
country with charges of crimes
against civilization uni. when Clemen
ceau denies the charges, to attempt
to convict him of lying.
And it Is bad Judgment as well as
bad taste to attempt to do this by
reading in the senate a lot of letters
by irresponsible writers. Mr. Hitch
cock thus places himssif on precisely
the same plane on which the late
Torn Watson won so much additional
notoriety by trying to prove by irre
sponsible letter writers that scores of
the members of the A. E. F. had been
hanged during the war.
What is the matter with Mr. Hitch
cock. anyway? Is lie seeking to in
gratlate liitnaelf with the Sylvester
Viereck-Von Mach gentry who do
Seated him at the recent sled Ion? le
he illustrating the trtrth of the old
couplet:
"A woman, a dog and a hickory tree,
The m, re you neat 'em the better they
lie?"
\ \car Ago and Today.
From tho Kansas City Times.
Honoris of Improved condition* in
the United Slates this fall may re
mind only a few of the depression
that prevailed in the country gener
ally n year ago It wit! bo recalled
that as cold weather approached last
year the most trying problem of tho
Country was provision for millions of
unemployed Industry and the rail
roads were making poor showings
foreign trade had been cut almost In
half compared with its volutin early
In 1920, and the plight of the farmer
was even more discouraging than It
is at present.
The federal reserve hoard s report
of Improved industrial conditions; in
creased employment; better wages,
heavy frelghi trathr and a larger via
nine of exports is Just one testimony
of the change that has come over the
country. The Increase in residence
and business building operations to
date this year has been without prece
dent; highway construction has been
undertaken or planned on an emu
mous sole in many parts of the coun
try, ami improvements in railroad
equipment and track facilities Imvc
been notable.
The farmer, unfortunately has
shared only sliRluly in the geneial
advance. His dollar is little if any
bigger than a year ago. because of the
prices lie is paid for ltis products and
tho disproportionate <*bst of what he
must hu\'. But the farmer, if lie lias
not gained otherwise, is ahead of last
year in that his rase has the sym
pathy and ear of the public, even of
congress. And the farmer at least
hits the assurance that “something’
Ik going to be dona about his condo
tion.
As winter settles down and the end
of the year m2 approaches, there is
little to cause discouragement, com
pared with a year ago; and reasons
numerous and varied for looking to
the opening {’f another year with
con Adduce.
Thin He#eii<»ratliiR Race.
From ill* Detroit Fr»* Pf»M.
According lo nn authority nuoten
at a meeting of the' national commit
tee for the prevention of blindness
every person in the United States
will be Wearing glasses within a een
tury. This sounds alarming, but after
all it is only a minor item In the list
of predicted degenerations which the
human race is nhout to suffer. That
sooner or later everybody in the
world will la* bald headed Is one of
tho established doctrines of biological
prophets, and they are equally cer
tain that mankind is rushing head
long toward a toothless future.
There are further aspects of the
out look which need consideration
The automobile is t.ipidly depriving
the people of the natural Use of then
legs which are said to be gradually
shrinking toward a merely vestigial
existence owing to constant disuse and
the development, of the aeroplane
threntrns to hasten tills process,
which will t>o still further accelerated
bv the radio.
' Alrcadv the world takes most of Its
music mechanically and there is no
particular reason why hooks should
,-ot be published phonographlcally.
(hereby doing away with reading,
which would seem to lie one of the
natural consequences of disappearing
eyesight. Food is progressing In re
finement to a point where it will
come precooked, premasticated and
Prediseated, which suggests that the
bother of eating mav be abolished,
and ns to drinking. Mr. Volstead has
already taken care of that. Kvldently
this discussion might he indefinitely
extended, but it has proceeded far
enough lo point to the conclusion that
the human race is moving toward a
slain in which men will be immobile,
unnppendaged and senseless.
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