The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-06

Mrs. James Mills, choir singer, who was murdered with Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall of New Brunswick, N. J., asked a spirit ualists these three questions:
 will the minister get a divorce, will he go to foreign country; will I go with him?'
 Fate answered. He got a di- vorce, he went on a long journey, and she went with him. Where is that country?
 Upton Sinclair, who writes books, chides Hartford for that : it boasts of being the wealthiest city of it's size. Why not? Hart ford has achieved wealth. Does not the farmer boast that he has raised the largest hog, and the snowman that he has the heaviest fat woman Spiritual development is a slow growth. Too much must not be expected of a com munity that gets much of its up- lift from the Hartford Courant
 
 National elections, and. indeed, most elections, tend to represent broad currents of custom, opin- ion, and, sometimes, of change. Here is a chance to observe scien- tifical1y.- Senator. Mclean voted for the bonus. Senatorial candi- date Spellacy is for the bonus- Congressman Merritt voted against the bonus. Candidate Mo- Neil is for the bonus. If the bonus cha nges many votes candi- date M'cNeiI should run markedly ahead of his ticket, Candidate Merritt should run behind Nc Lean in the Fourth District. See what happens. Usually the vot- CTS do not stop to discriminate between candidates, but vote the ticket straight, scratches tending to neutraIize each other.
 
 Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, addressing the Bankers Conven-, ton, says of world debt that nothing must be expected ulti- nately except what can be paid by exporting of goods" What a commentary on current notions of economics that 1t could be supposed world trade could, or should, exist on anything except ing interchange of goods. It couId- mt possibly consist of anything else. There are still those who think trade. consists in inter- changing gold for goods. America the goods and other countries the gold. Plain nonsense, of course.
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 Tariffs have their place. They can check unprofitable inter- changes. based merely on greed of competition. They can be made a source of revenue for support of government. There are other functions of tariffs. But international trade remains a mmPe interchange of goods on a substantially even basis. A coun- try which sends out more goods than it gets is a debtor country. One which sends out fewer than 1t takes in Is usually a creditor country.
 
 Conquered countries come un- der a different head. Germany sends out goods, for which none are received in return, just as Carthage did, when it was footed by the Romans. The form of the tribute is different, but the prin- ctp1e Is the same The conquer ed has to deliver his goods at the demand of the conqueror.
 Free State offers amnesty to Irish rebels, following the ex- ample of Lincoln after the Civil war. This is excellent The rebels are a disappearing quan- tity. The Free State is definite ly established, and ninety per cent of the Irish people want it. To be sure, there are mar tyrs who keep a cause alive. But the Christians who were martyr ed did not make war on Rome. They asked merely to live and worship according to conscience. Rome made war on them. Hope less rebellion is little more than political folly.
 Veterans of Foreign Wars have endorsed McNeil. They will op- pose Merritt. That's the way to do it. The more clearly alignment Is made to public questions. the more definite the settlement will be. Veterans must learn to cut their tickets. This will cost many a vote, because cutting and blum dring are almost synonyms on election day. The voter in front of the machine too often loses his head.