The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-02

was from a profit Of three per CEN for
II company to a profit Of 26S per
cent for another company. Other Of
fetal estimates showed that for 1920
the range Of profit on investment var
led from four per CEN to 357 per cent.
The Federal Trade Commission was
enjoined by coal operators from pro-
ceeding with it's Investigations, on the
ground that the act Of Congress Great.
ing the Commission did not technically
provide the authority it had assumed
in demanding certain classes Of infor.
nation pertinent to an analysis OF the
coal situation. AS a result the Com
mission was unable to do much more
han scratch the surface With the
additional power conferred on the
Presidents Coal Fact Finding Com
mission it is believed that such a body
will be able to follow up the lead Of
the Trade Commission and get at the
bottom Of matters in such a way as
to o the profiteers and the in
constituencies that are responsible for
the ~upheavals in the industry that
prove so detrimental to legitimate cap
ital invested in coal mining, and to the
more important welfare of the great
masses Of workmen employed in coal
mining.
Secretary of State Hughes recently
asked His Majesty's Government at
I Dndnn tn nanntiotn N nnu, traofv with
the United States permitting the au-
thorities of each government to search
vessels Of the other up to a distance
of twelve miles from the shore. The
purpose Of the suggestion was to pre-
vent the smuggling of~British booze.
Britain declined the proposal and held
out the encouragement in a note to
our Secretary Of State that the SNUG
Cling of liquor is only temporary, and
a condition which will no doubt be
suppressed by the United States u
thorities within the not distant future"
1t is explained in Washington that
British diplomacy is hard-boiled
against joking, and therefore we must
lohO lNihS bCOi sc . SoNSii
iously in its prophecies regarding the
mot distant future" Another horn
to the bootlegging dilemma on the high
seas concerns the Bahama Islands,
where the booze shipping industry has
been waxing fat on profits. The Brit
ish government has shown it's friend
illness to the American efforts in cop
ing with the Bahama situation by
warning it's Governor to put his house
in order. In still another instance the
British have shown their willingness
to help by preventing the changing of
registry of American and other for
eign ships seeking to cover their move
ments in smuggling liquor into the
United States. Our English friends
have shown no indication hat they
intend to give up their own 'alf and
'alf, or forsake the Scotch mists; but
by their cooperation they are evidenc-
ing the proper respect for the rules
regarding liquid refreshments on our
side Of the mighty ocean Under all
circumstances their observation that
the illegal sale of liquor in the United
States will be "suppressed' and that
within the not distant future" is very
encouraging to the prohibition en-
forcement officials.
One Of the appetites acquired by
Europeans for %succulent American
foods during the World War was for
condensed and other canned milks.
The result is thai the American COW
is called upon to produce for export
eighteen times as much milk for can.
ming purposes as before the war.