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GRINDING OUT LAWS
With Congress and several legis
latures now in session, the annual
grist of new laws is being ground
out by the legislative mills. Aside
from those making provisions for the
ordinary government machinery
most of these laws are worse than
useless.
There are so many laws now that
e :en the lawyers arc unable to ke*'p
:rack of them and the general pub
lic only hear of them when one lias
been violated innocently by some
citizen.
Laws once passed are seldom re
pealed except to be changed into
another one of the same nature. New
commissions, new boards, new com
mittees and all sorts of additional
government agencies are being cre
ated, each increasing the burden of
taxation far beyond any real bene
fits derived.
Every man elected to a legislative
body thinks it is up to him to origi
nate some new law, or copy one from
some other state. Most of these
law’s carry some kind of a tax and
a lot of officials to collect it from
the people.
The burden of government is be
coming unbearable and sooner or
later the people will revolt and rele
gate the lawmaking fiends to the
obscurity which they deserve.
Candidates should be pledged to
repeal foolish law's we have already,
instead of passing new ones.
ANOTHER EUROPEAN WAR
Due to the claim of France that
Germany has been secretly supplying
herself with large quantities of arms
and other war material, evacuation
of the occupied areas of Germany
will not take place as scheduled.
Whether the apprehension of
France is well founded is hard to
positively verify, but at any rate
France will stay in the occupied
areas for the present.
At the time the treaty of Ver
sailles was made, President Wilson
and Lloyd George agreed to protect
France from German invasion if
France would withdraw her contem
tion to fortify the left bank of the
Rhine. But the United States Sen
ate refused to stand by Wilson, so
England also withdrew the promised
guarantee to France.
If Germany is really planning a
military come-back, France will re
fuse to get out of Germany and as
England and America have left her
io take care of herself, they can
hardly interfere.
The situation is further compli
cated by France’s pledge to defend
Czechoslovakia and Poland from
German aggression. In view of this,
it seems that the United States was
wise in staying out of the mess.
Some of the best informed writers
on European affairs declare that as
soon as Germany gets on her feet
and the horrors of the last war are
tially forgotten by the new genera
tion another was is inevitable.
Whether the League of Nations or
some similar agency will be able to
lay plans in the meantime to avert
such a catastrophe is perhaps the
greatest question before the woild
today.
We haven’t heard Overseer Vol
iva’s explanation of the recent eclipse
of the sun. O. V., you know, con
tends that the world is flat.
STUDYING ECLIPSE DATA
Durnng the total eclipse of the sun
on January 24, clouds spoiled the
magnificent spectacle for those liv
ing along the western portion of the
path of totality, but in the east clear
skies prevailed and millions of peo
ple viewed the wonderful sight in all
its glory.
Early reports indicated that as
tronomers had secured highly satis
factory photographs of the pheno
enon, from which much valuable
scientific information may be worked
out. This will take about three
years.
Those who witnessed the eclipse at
its best may readily understand the
terror which these events inspired in
the early ages of mankind, when all
sorts of devices were resorted to for
the purpose of appeasing the dragon
which seemed to devour the sun.
The ancients made a serious study
of astronomy and it is said the earl
iest eclipse of record occurred in 2137
B. C., when two Chinese astronom
ers, Hsi and Ho, attached to the em
peror’s court, were put to death for
being drunk and failing to give warn
ing of the event.
The entire series of eclipses repeat
at intervals of eighteen years and
about eleven days. Butt here is a
fraction of a day involved, so that
each succeeding eclipse occurs about
one-third of the way around the
earth farther west than the corre
sponding one of the preceding series.
This makes calculations more dif
ficult, especially owing to the moon’s
apparently rapid movement.
Astronomers predicted the recent
eclipse within about four seconds of
the actual time of occurrence at any
given point within the path of to
tality.
Next to losing a war, the worst
thing is to win one.
FEWER LYNCHINGS.
Amid all the discouraging phases
of present day life in America, there
is one fact that stands out as a wel
come contrast to other evidences of
decadence in law observance. This
is the marked decline of lynching.
In 1892 there were no less than
255 lynchings in the United States,
while in 1924 there were only 16.
While 16 is just that many too
many, the trend is certainly encour
aging and it is the hope of every
right-thinking person that this blot
on our national escutcheon may soon
be entirely wiped out.
Many factors have contributed to
the desirable result already noted,
among them being that of education
among both whites and blacks. While
all the victims of lynch law have
not been negroes, by any means, the
large majority have been. Neither
have all cases been confined to any
one section of the country, although
from the negro’s former tendency to
a certain diabolical crime the far
greater number have occurred in the
South.
Much has been accomplished with
HE WONDERS IF HE IS OLDEST
MAN IN UNITED STATES
COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD « UNDERWOOD. N. Y.
The oldest bachelor on Cape Cod,
and perhaps the oldest in the nation,
is Daniel E. Swift, of West Wareham,
Mass., who has just passed his 101st
birthday. “Marriage is a job you can
not let anybody else do for you, and
I’ve never had time to bother with it
myself,” is his explanation of his
bachelor career. He fought through
the Civil War and was twice wound
ed.
NEW HEAD LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINEERS
KEVSTOHE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
L. G. Griffins, of New York, for
mer vice-president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive engineers, who has
been elected grand chief of that or
ganization.
a view to better understandings be
tween the white and negro population
by the formation of inter-racial com
mittees, composed of leaders of both
races, in many communities.
Whites and blacks must live in
America and by approaching the
problems which this fact presents, in
a spirit of helpfulness and fair play,
much antagonism may be avoided.
Stirring up of race hatred by either
side must be strongly condemned.
San Francisco's new medical
building, 15 stories high, will have
the floors numbered from 1 to 16, the
number 13 being omitted.
Bootlegging is dangerous only if
you do it on a small scale.
What we need is a movement to
make America safe for Americans.
If you must get in the way of an
auto, pick one wfth nice soft balloon
tires.
It might be wise to give a little
tax publicity to dodgers as well as
to payers. *
It must be great to have money
enough to afford being an American
ambassador.
Schoolboy’s question: There aren’t
no “ain’t you” is they? It’s “aren’t
you,” ain’t it?
Retirement of army and naval of
ficers apparently does not extend to
tongue and pen.
An Oklahoma bandit left a for
tune—when shot by a policeman as
he was leaving the bank.
A wife often neglects her husband,
because he neglects her, because she
neglects him.
If necessity causes physical
changes, pedestrians of future ages
may grow wTings..
Ibanez, the Spanish author, is con
ducting his revolution against King
Alfonso by mail. Hope our next war
may be fought that way.
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Clock Famous In 1876
Begs a Befitting Home
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 16—The tower
clock that won the highest award and
special bronze medal at the centennial
exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, will
be given away to the municipality or
building which will provide it with
the most suitable home.
This announcement was made today
by Dudley F. Fasoklt, 133 North Pearl
Street, Albany, N. Y., a nephew of C.
F| Fasholdt, pioneer clockmaker who
constructed the prize mechanician.
The famous old clock is today pin
ing away its existence in a back room,
practically forgotten despite the fame
it won in competition. Its owner said
he was moved to make the offer only
by the desire that the masterpiece be
given an opportunity to fulfill its des
tiny of usefulness and service.
The clock will operate four dials j
up to 100 feet across, setting its hands
every half minutes, and its owner de
clares that it will not gain or lose
more than ten seconds a year.
The clock mechanism is enclosed in
a solid mahogany and glass case and
is capable of giving many years of
faithful service to the municipality or
building which will adopt it. 1
Moving Mountain Menaces
South Wales Community
BORGOED, South Wales, Feb. 16 —
The natives of Bargoed began a series
of prayer services recently with the
hope of bringing about the advent of
dry weather which it was believed
would, arrest the movements of Mt.
Troedrhiwfuwch, near here, which has
done great property damage and be
come a menace to the community.
Fresh fissures have appeared in the
foot of the moving mountain and are
highways have been closed to traffic.
Water mains supplying more than one
hundred thousand persons in the
Phymney valley have been broken by
the pressure of the moving earth and
several hundred workmen have been
employed to make repairs as rapidly
as possible.
Several sections of a newly con
structed main trunk sewer which cost
more than three million dollars have
already been destroyed and in some
places the pipes were pushed out 20
to 30 feet from their former positions.
Uruguay Government To
Embark In the Meat
Busines On Big Scale
MONTEVIDEO, Feb. 16.—Uruguay, I
although geographically the smallest j
South America republic, has always i
been something of a pioneer in the
matter of up-to-date legislation. Hav
ing already established several state
owned enterprises, she is now about
to build a meat packing plant which
will supply meat at cost price to co
operative associations of butchers, and
also export it.
The scheme as recently approved,
involves an outlay of five million dol
lars to be raised by an issue of six
and one-half per cent bonds. The en
terprise will be an autonomous de
pendency of the state, to be adminis
tered by a board of twelve directors,
seven to be named by the government
and five by the cattle owners.
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Wrangles among various claimants
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Fools are not all dead yet. Som
religious fanatics on Long Island ex
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Feb. 30.
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