The Washington times., 1922-06-22


Co,operatiye societies among farm
ers for marketing itheir crops used to
be scorned and resisted by bankers.
Now, one cooperative society can
command public credit for sac, 200 900
and get large credits from private
sources additionally. ...
Coneressn,aYi Iiill OF MARYLAND tells
me that there will be at least some
twenty-five new recruits to the ranks
of the VETS in the next Congress.
Mr.. Hill used to deliver lectures on
fthe art and science of government at
Harvard. This would seem to make
him q highbrow. He is also in favor
Of light beers and wines.
He calculates that there are 125
conscientious wets in the House Of
Representatives now. besides a large
additional number of surreptitious
vets who would become conscientious
and would vote for light beers and
wines II they were not afraid of the
Anti-Saloon League. Mr.. Hill calcu-
lates further that the arrival of
twenty-five new vets in the House
will give courage to the vets who
are now concealing and repressing
their convictions. -< go.
Then, without repeating the prohi-
bition amendment. we shall get a
reasonable Interpretation. Of the
word Intoxicating" and we shall see
light beers and wines sold for honest
decent temperate home-consumption,
not through saloons but through gro
ceries or through any other sort Of
shops or stores dealing in bottled
liquids. We shall see 1t. says Mr..
&. Viva ~ fotHIHy 0hnrf
time.
Tho debate In the House Of Rep
resentatives on the subject of the
salaries Of Federal employees ought
to make one thing clear to the mis-
tnfornned Taxpayers of. this 1coantry.
Politicians who are out Of office
and-who ara trying tor get into Of
dces are- always deluding the tax
payers into thinking that Federal
employees are q lot of piggish peo-
pie with tat feet In the public trough,
getting over-fed and leading lux
nrious lives. ". ;...
The fact IL that FEDERAL EN-.
ployes as q" class were worse treat
Cd than probably any other class of
people in this whole country during
the recent rise IN the cost Of living.
The wartime ''bonus'' which they
rot TO compensate them for the in
crease In the cost Of living did not
gin. Most Federal employees have
been leading very pinched lives,
while numerous other classes of
people in this country have been
leading expansive ana riotous ones.
Now by motion Of Congressman
Lshlbach Of New Jersey the Fed
eral employees are allowed to keep
their wartime bonus" for another
year. Congressman Lehlbach de-
serves moro than passing honor for
insisting on doing justice IRE
spective OF popular misinformation
and Misunderstanding.
I am Informed that q very promi-
nent United States Senator will
presently arise from his seat on
the floor Of the Senate and seriously
and emphsticaily present to the
country the proposition Of out
rightly abohshing war by declaring
it- "outlawed." According to this
proposition q country which started
a war would be regarded as hav.
ing committed q :crime." "-.,'~...
At present by international law
the declaring Of war is strictly
legal. Every nation has a full
sovereign right to declare war at
any time and for any purpose. In
international law the Kaiser IL alb
solutely not a war criminal" He
committed q wrong against interna-
tional morals. He committed no
wrong Whatsoever against interna-
tional law.
The proposition for the out
lawry OF war" means that all the