The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-07-08
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When Lord Bryce pays us a
compliment, we feel that it is
well considered for he is the best
British authority on our system
of government and we nearly
added that he was the best au-
thority on our laws and customs
even in this country. When he
tells the assembly at the Man
sion House in London that the
United States Constitution is the
greatest single contribution made
to government and applied sci
ence, we have reason to think
that our Bills of Rights is a
pretty sane document. The occa-
sion Of this remark was the In
augueration of the chair OF
American history in England, but
Lord Bryce never gets fulsome
even on these occasions Of the
exchange Of pleasant nothings.
At the same meeting it was
suggested that the constitution
was not sufficient to prevent q
civil war over the slavery ques-
ton but Lord Bryce pointed out
that for more than eighty years
the British Parliamentary system
has been unable to settle the
Irish question, which is not as
complicated as the old slavery
question, and that civil war has
been perilously near more than
once over Home Rule.
The Lake torpedo Boat COM
pany, which also builds subs, is
concerned over the slicing off OF
the sub appropriation to the
Naval bill. If the company can
not get contracts with this gov
eminent, Japan is said to be ask
ing prices for subs and Spain has
also been inquiring so we may |
be building boats for foreign
governments instead of for our
own use. This may be mostly
smoke to see it's effects on Wash
ington. But we do know that
the Jap is worming his way in
to the affairs of the world and
that disarmament doesn't look
good to the Japanese program.
1t might be we'll enough to build
boats for Spain but it seems to
be written in the clouds that one
day the world will have to settle
with Japan. The Island king
dom is going to need the Napo-
leonic lesson recently taught the
Germans, before it will under
stand that world dominion is
difficult of attainment.
Prices went so high that the {
decreased and the law !
IF diminishing returns operated
so that in many cases those who !
had commodities for sale were q
worse off than in the days of t
more moderate prices. 1t often
that with overhead ex- .
,enses the same or higher than a
when business was at its height,
he volume of business decreased o
until there was not as much \
money coming in at the dollar t
,rice as at the quarter price. r
There is a business depression y
a doubt and prices of =
abor and goods are coming down il
o some extent. But there is b
'lenty of money yet in the coun- I
ny and some of it in circulation =
When a cool million or so can ex- d
hange hands on a prize fight o.
We better not be too hard on =
zero and his fiddling since the i
pirit of the gladitorial days is n
lot quite dead. r.
A movement is on foot to a
aise an endowment fund to be y
nown as the Woodrow Wilson L
Endowment The country would a
Ike a chance to catch its breath p
efore starting out on any more y,
hilanthropic work. n
1t IS said that peace with Ire h
md may be near because of the y
ondon Conference. 1t might be ]"
if an Irishman didn't so love m
fight. in
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