The St. Joseph observer., 1922-04-29
o the Editor Of The Observer.

among the causes assigned by the
Bureau Of Immigration for the pres
ent outward tide, In the last eight
months $4,000 Poles have left and
only 5000 have come. while the cor
responding figures for Italians are
$4,000 and $4,000. On the other hand
immigration from ireland has not
been checked, despite the establish
ment of the Irish Free state. Fears
are expressed that liquor worth from
$500, 900, 900 to $1,000, 200, 600 export
ed Just before the Volstead law went
into effect may be brought back un-
der n clause" in the supplementary
Willis Campbell act which was passed
last November. But are these ship
ments still intact? 1t has been sus-
pected that some of them have al
ready been flowing back into this
country.
| But then even II the governor Of
Illinois were TO say anything to the
governor of Oklahoma, instead of be-
coming famous 1t would probably be
ruled out as "hearsay."
In Pemiscot County. Mo-. It appears
that a bunch of lawyers have "pledg-
ed themselves in writing to not de-
fend in any court any violators of the
state prohibition law. We'll. who is
to defend them II the lawyers will
not do it? These lawyers ought to be
"disbarred" unless they withdraw
their signatures from a pledge" that
is contrary TO sound public policy,
common sense and the "ethics" Of
the legal profession. 1t is high time
that Missouri creates the office Of
Public Defender" in this state.
The Bolshevist delegates do not ex-
pect to take anything to Genoa with
them but some sacks.
1t is lucky for the Bolshevlk mag
mates at Genoa that the conference
wasn't at Nice. They couldn't have
stood that. The ex-kaiser of Ger
many is said to have become a pro-
hibitionist. Taking 10 drink. eh-the
poor old rascal!
Present fluctuations OF the German
mark. which are now selling at around
S.O032H, or about 305 TO the dollar,
not only make for uncertainty In Ger
many, but also disrupt the exchanges
of the world. However, II conditions
now imposed on Germany are modi-
fled to the extent that Improvement
can begin and confidence restored, the
return of German balances from
abroad will have tendency to raise
the mark price.
If the Republicans lose Congress
the blame will not rest on President
Harding. That much is already cer-
tain.
The coal strike is described as
President Hardings biggest domestic
crisis.
For five years the brains" of Rus
sia have failed to function.
Speaking Of invisible" empires,
has anybody seen the one that the
Crown Prince was going to rule over?
You will never have stiff knees il
you eat olives.
A justice of the supreme court Of
the District OF Columbia has ruled
that all sorts of intoxicating liquors
may be used in churches. We forsce
great revival. with many lost sheep
! in the folds.
Secretary Hughes at the Washing.
ton conference sank" in thirty-fiva
minutes more ships than all the ad.
mirals Of the world have destroyed in
a cycle Of centuries. Peace hath her
naval victories no less renowned than
war
Tariff making is not what it used
TO be in the good old days. Then
there was only home market to con-
slider. Now our surplus merchandise,
eagerly seeking outlet, sadly compli-
Gates matters. and the tariff that is
meat for one manufacturers goose
may be poison for another manufac-
turers gander. The chief desidera-
tum Of tariff harrassed" Congress
is trade genius who can devise
system OF imports which will keep
some goods out without shutting other
goods in. Unhappily the wall with
only one side has not yet been invent
ed.
A tariff for revenue" only is n
sound democratic policy and funda-
mental principle.
Senator Oscar w. Underwood is our
greatest and wisess tariff reform
statesman OF today.
In the great state OF Missouri the
chief issue which will overshadow all
other issues in the race for United
States senator viii that OF prohibition.
and it now looks as II the "wets" will
knock out the Anti-Saloon League.