The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-06
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the UnlUGQ DCdICS ciO oPPO
autocracies of any kind. Some
times some one thinks different
". Gompers said recently that
1T is my judgment and con-
viction that the American people
who did so much to defeat MILL
tary autocracy in the last war;
will not now consent to the SUD-
stitution in the United States Oh
an industrial autocracy. NOW
we understand better the mean
ING of citizenship and the rights
of liberty, we are going to sur
render to any gang of men be-
cause of wealth alone" Gompers
is probably right. We DO not
like the autocracy OF mllltarism'
nor of wealth but we are just as
much opposed to the autocracy.
of labor. We will have none OF
them and that is what will save
rs. if we are saved. When either
wealth or labor attempt to. dc
tate, the great mass of common
ers find corrective measures,
which up to this time have work
ed reasonably we'll.
The recent honor which has
come to Governor Hardness is
wholly aside from politics: he
did not need political office to
bring him fame or win himself
name. He adds lustre to the
Office rather than the office
shedding any resplendant light
ON him. He has now received
the John Scott Medal, (which IS
awarded for useful inventions
The invention which brought him
this medal was his, fiat turret
lathe, used in making artillery.
Governor Hardness was an IN
ventor of note long before he
discovered politics. He is one OF
the states big men.
Prohibition is causing strange
things to happen. Boston has
taken to moonshining and Back
Bay is one of the spots chosen.
Six hundred gallons of sour mash
was recently found in the heart
of the business section of Nash
vile, Tenn. We haven't heard
reports from the other cities but
moonshining has certainly open
ed branch Offices in some OF
them.
1t is necessary to find a reason
for things for then we feel better
if conditions are no better. 1t
is said now that mismanagement
of the American railways caused
the loss of millions of dollars
yearly for the last ten years. If
this is so, no. wonder we are
paying the bill in increased rates.
With prices coming down, the
good old dollar of our daddies
will look like more than thirty
cents.
These are more or less stirring
times, when it takes. much read
ing to keep at all sabreast of
National and World movements.
The following editorial from the
Miami Herald brings the subject
of education to the fore in con-
nection with the Smith-Towner
bill:
Chambers of Commerce, Rotary
Clubs, women's clubs and associations
without number have come out In
favor of the Smith-Towner federal
education bill. In spite of this, the
measure is being bitterly fought in
and out of congress.
II is painful to realize that this
opposition is confined to one organic
alton, and that a religious one-the
Roman Catholic church. Its priests
are opposing the measure at every
opportunity, while through its so
cieties il is waging a relentless war
This inveterate opposition or, as il
has been termed by the LITERARY
Digest, war to the hilt," on the
part of the Catholic societies, while
it has solidifed the opponents Of the
measure, IL has, on the other hand
caused its friends to rally TO its sup
port with renewed ardor. This injec
tion of sect into the discussion 4
both harmful and unwise, because Il
beclouds the issue and arrays Protes
tant against Catholic.
If there is one institution dear L
the Protestant American, IL is tn,
public school; If there is one institu
ton, aside from his church. which q
dear to the Catholic American. st Il
the parochisl school. Consequently
when the pet OF either one is menac