The Washington times., 1922-09-07
The March
of EUents

Gus whlskey and gin so Tar
this year have killed 122 peo-
pie only. Those figures are not cor
rect. Whiskey usually kills slowly.
Nobody knows how many whiskey
has killed this year. Thousands are
walking around that are as surely
marked for death as though their
gravestones were standing over
them.
However, 122 dead in a year, or
1922, would be a small price to
pay if all the other work of whis-
key were done away with.
1t wasn't the number of whiskey
drinkers killed that counted in the
old free and easy whiskey days. 1t
was the number of women and
children that never touched whis-
key, and that were impoverished
and disgraced by it, that counted.
II prohibition could protect the
women and children from the work
that whiskey USED to do, bootleg
whiskey would be welcome to it's
small or large toll of weak-minded
self-poisoners. They will die out
after a while.
A hay fever victim, sneezing,
cursing his fate, asks "What can
you write encouraging to millions
that suffer at this time of year q"
Two hopeful things may be said.
First, incubation to prevent hay
fever shows some results. Second,
future generations need not know
hay fever. The flying machine will
settle that. Hay fever subjects will
fly away to some point above the
zone OF irritating pollen, or cross
the ocean in a few hours to Europe.
where hay fever does not annoy.
A pious person has supplied five
hundred leather-bound New Testa-
ments for the use Of professional
ball players. They are asked to
carry the Testament in the hip
pocket when they play and read
one text every day. The idea seems
a good one, barring the question of
respect in sliding" on the New
Testament.
Howard Saturday, arrested, hav-
ing liquor in his possession, was
fined $50. When he told his boot
legger's name, the fine was reduced
to S..
The law ought to be changed.
Substantial rewards should be paid
for giving information as to boot
leggers, and names of informants
kept secret. That would soon end
bootlegging, for it makes its GUS
toners poor, and they would tell to
get the money.
Our friends the Canadians are
prosperous and booming. Their
money is at par, their crops abund-
ant, their railroads are running and
efficient. Strikes don't tie them up.
They have excellent government re-
sources practically unlimited. A
great empire is growing up there
to the North, destined to be greater
than all the British Empire as it
stands now. And this country is
glad Of it. A good pacemaker is a
good thing.
Serious revolt is reported in South
Russia. Odessa is alleged to be
leading a revolt against Bolshevism.
That is good news for the world 8
big oil men. There is a good deal
of oil in South Russia.
The Daily Mail takes the revolt
quite seriously. But it probably
won't amount to anything YET.
Trotzky's 100000 soldiers will pre-
vent that.
Eventually, however, Russia,
like other countries, will 60 back
to some form of the old system of
government, based on special re-
wards for special ability, and un-
usually special rewards for un-
usual cunning. The human race
does not change overnight, or in
century, its methods of doing bus
mess. Selfishness is the main
spring, "TOO MUCH for few. too
little for many" is the program.
CONGRESSMAN f. G. Hicks of New
York, in a hurry to attend the open-