The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-02

The supreme court mas nanded
down a decision that the child
labor Law is unconstitutional be-
cause congress cannot do Indirect
ly what the constitution says it
cannot do directly. 1t is con-
sidered an invasion of the police
powers of the states. We all
know the evils of child labor in
factories and coal mines and we
do not want to see a return to
these conditions. But we be-
lieve that industries have been
educated to find that child labor
is inefficient because of the lack
of stamina of growing youth
and the lack of concentration
common to the early years of
life. It is doubtful if industry
would go back to the general
employment of children which
was common when the law was
passed. The employment of the
young at healthful and gainful
work for a part of the time out
of school hours will not work any
hardship and might be produc-
tive of good to the child.
President Harding declined to
attend the dedication of the
Woman's Party building in Wash
ington. 1t does not seem to be
the consensus of opinion that the
best interests of the country will
be served by drawing sex lines in
politics now that there is gen.
eral suffrage. The best work
the women can do is to work |
within the established parties
along with the men to better
conditions, to work out problems
and to elevate morals. The
women haven't all the high |
ideals in the country and they
can afford to join with men who
are working for better legisla-
ton instead of setting them
selves apart as a chosen people.
President Harding did wisely to
discourage the movement of the
separatist movement.
After all, why should the
world worry if the Irish will
fight among themselves and con-
fine their fatalities to their own
forces, and the Chinese want
three republics and each one
wants to fight it's way through
he solid phalanx of the heather
Chinese to the top of the Celes-
rial heap. If the pot will just
,oil and not boil over, we may ,
lave to let it go on, even the I
league of Nations can't seem to c
Interfere in these purely domes-
ic brews.
Americans are on their way to t
)beramergau and the Germans
re finding that Americans areka
God help to pay their bills. 1t .
) difficult to get to the Passion n
lay without getting into Ger
IAN territory but it is safe to s.
ay that Americans will stay .
here as little as possible with :,
witzerland and Italy also call a
lg them, to say nothing of tt
outhern France, as smiling and b
ttractive as ever, it being rather G
Untouched, physically, by the D
ar. c,
The Germans still talk fair W
nd DR.. Wirth is no exception Il
hen he talks of the nations y
wing each other and living to- 81
ether in peace. Just now the d.
It has no desire for the canary b.
nee he says the world is tired 10
hating and desire to love each ~ ~
her again" The will to war tn
1914 was Germany's. May
lie will to love be Germany's for Ia
long time to come, because she br
ust have found out that war is ov
IT as profitable as it once was. H
Russia isn't pleased with the do
enoa conference and she is very WI
UGH inclined to blame all the Ia
her nations for her present ne
oubles. The New York Times We
eaks clearly on Russian condi- tn
ms in the following editorial: my
The temporary failure to agree at pl,
noa has prompted the soviets to ms
lr out fresh flood of lamenta- wo
ms and reproaches. Russia, they
:. is ready to enrich other nations die
h profitable trade and yet the of
ers will not have it. Won't they, vet
eed AS Secretary Hughes stated in
the other day, "there wa,
no legal obstacles to- trade with Lu,