The Washington times., 1921-12-23
Today,
90 Much Hypocrisy.
And the Wal! Street "BIoc. T"
Canada as Pacemaksr.
Cooks and Poets.
: ARTHUR BRISBANE
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congress Is to consider beer
ana wine sales with a tax to
raise money for the soldier
bonus. It is the only way to
raise revenue for the soldiers,
say the statesmen. Many other
ways Of raising money were
FOUND to send men across the
ocean.
The richest country in the
world easily found a hundred
billions for war. What makes
it SO hard to find even one bill
non for the men that fought?
There has been enough hy-
pocrisy attached to prohibition
without making the soldier bonus
responsible for evading and
twisting the law.
If Congress believes that alb
solute prohibition is a dismal
failure, putting the country on a
bootleg whiskey basis, and that
beer and light wines should be
allowed as aids to real temper
ance, why not say so?
Thomas jefferson, declaring
that whiskey killed half the pop
ulation and ruined their families,
advocated light wine and beer
without restriction, while forbid
ding whiskey, to make the people
temperate. 1t is a fact that
temperance had been increasing
In this country since Jefferson's
day, thanks to the wines of Cali
fornia and other States, and to
light beer. If absolute prohibi-
tion is q failure, try Jefferson's
plan without hypocrisy. If the
prohibitionists won't let you, be
patient and finish the expert
ment.
Congressman Ansorge. Republi-
can, from New York. wants
law to forbid "blocs" or groups
in Congress of special regional
or class membership. He is agi-
tated. perhaps. by the agricultural
"bloc," led by men that take the
country's farmers as seriously as
though they were bankers or cor
poration owners.
Has Mr.. Ansorge thought what
his bill might do to the oldest,
most highly respectable. fattest,
and richest "bloc"-the one thing
shat represents Wall Street and
the governing financiers? If he
knows nothing of that. "bloc."
which recruits members regard
less of territory. he is too inno-
cent for modern life.
Canada has for sale one mill
lion tons Of stone. many locomo-
tives, miles of track, gigantic con-
crete mixers, etc, which means
that she has finished her we'll
planned power canal. the Chip
pewa-Q -Queenston enterprise. To-
day or tomorrow water from the
Niagara river will be poured into
the canal, and Canada will have
made another big stride in the
race for supremacy on this North
American continent.
In proportion TO their wealth
and population. the Canadians are
giving us a good fight in prog
ress and national improvement.
They fight us at every point, in
real accomplishment, and beat US
often. That is the right kind of
war between nations, competition
in high accomplishment. Canada
is a useful neighbor, a good pace
maker.
A lady of Chicago asks 100000
from a publisher for signing her
name to what she calls a second
class recipe for making waffles.
Such a recipe would produce in
ferior waffles, the lady says, and
they would disgrace her. She is
good cook, and her complaint is
just, although the bill is high.
When men are civilized, cooking
will be more than a science-it
will be included in the arts. Great
cooks will share in glory with
painters and poets, and have their
monuments. Man is what he eats
and thinks. The cook that sup
plies the food and the poet that
stirs up the thinking are alike i'm
portant.
Little Gloria Caruso, the great
singers baby, will get one-half Of
his estate, few million dollars,
which make many millions Of lire.
1t will be unnecessary for her
and her descendants to work, which
is a pity. Few, as DR.. johnson said,
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