The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-19
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'''N'f'HN'A tAfiN r lfNl axe
arc out Of work 0~verpraduction Of cop
per winch means n big surplus both
on This side and tho other side Of thu
atlantic, has caused a fail in the price
OF copper. This labor will have to
the ountry for work The Pacific coast
mas much money invested in %shipyRrds
and tens Of thousands OF workers. The
governments delay in permitting for
elsn contracts 10 be accepted or In
building new ships for the American
merchant marine has caused much con-
Germ. Now the ban on the taking OF
snip contracts for foreign concerns has
been lifted, The Pacific coast should
oehetlt, provided 1t is still possible to
compete with foreign shlpbuiiders. That
Is oehatahie. Certainly II the contracts
could have been gotten last November
the S~hlphuilders would have surely come
out on top
Prohibition OF the liquor traffic is
causing no serious unrest in the big
cltes where hreweries and distilieries
abound. Most Of the plants will be
converted for other uses and the real
estate in saloons is exceptionally val
liable or account Of the shortage OF
store space and the need for dwellings,
new or remodeled | travelled through
all the dry states of the West.
All Praise Law.
saw a good deal Of bootlegging. |
saw a few persons intoxicated. Unques-
tlohahlN the consumption of liquor has
been greatly reduced. But | have yet
to meet a man or woman. property
owner, former bartender, business man
or working man, soldier or sailor, who
has lived in the dry region and doesn't
nave a good word to say for prohibi-
ton. Merchants who thought II meant
a loss OF business have been surprised
TO mo just the opposite. Bills are
paid more promptly.
The average working mar has more
money to spend for his family and
himself in the stores. Newspaper ed
itors claim this means more advertising
and more reading Of papers, magazines
and hooks. Night life is not so gay
as In the cafe and cabaret era. but
the Jazz band sttl keeps young folks
happy from coast to coast, while the
fhVNer and the roadster, the phono-
graph and the piano take up evenings
on the boulevards or at home.
The epidemic of influenza hurt the
United States more than did the war,
business organizations, large and small,
indeed the whole social fabric. suffered
moro loss directly or indirectly on aC-
count OF the plague than the Curtail-
ment or the restriction of certain bust
nesSeS Vet the public has apparently
made no demand for preventative mea-
sults or the expansion Of the federal
public health service, Some day some
| political marty IL going to max a big
hit for Itself by paying some attention
by legislation or appropriation or other
wise to the health of the people of the
United States.
As for war, the people want it pre-
vented forever. They are oNerwhelm-
ingly for the league Of nations not be
cause they are sure it win prevent war
but because IT may. And since the
opponents Of the league haven't offered
anything else that looks better. the
people will stick to the covenant. They
don't know any more about 1t now
than when it was first drafted that
Is the plain folks who don't take time
to scrutinize legal documents and in
VOWED opinions from senators, pub
l~lcists, lawyers n officials Of this or
any other nation, They believe MIR.
Wilson is at heart a pacifist in the
sense that he wouldn't sign a docu-
ment that was sure to bring more war.
So they view the opposition to the
league as a sort of splitting of hairs.
hey will therefore brook no delay in
signing the peace treaty,