Paragould soliphone., 1922-12-04
TIE FARM BLOC PROGRAM.

TWE TRI-WEEKLY SOLIPHONE. PeIageulo, AIAansas
 THE FARM BLOC PROGRAM.
 The farm group in Congress is demanoihs Vaiiou' ~ things some of them obviously e1ceiiel' Ill and all of them least open to argument pul noss thinrs costing money. The rural program as "no' Y .sa to involve "a heavy in the taxes that are directly paid by invested wealth ,
 The farmer naturally will shed no tears TOT tna'. 14. aoadn,t care how heavy taxes are paid py otie ueoples invested wealth The heavier the oe''e'' thinks. . n. to
 But one little detail that the farmer IS ap, .o .o overlook is that if industrial wealth IS sup3ee'eu D . heavier taxes it will raise the prces or the ihuus products the farmer has to buy Ahd 'ho'e p'o are unpleasantly high now ,.,a '. Nsoreover industrial wealth will begin insisting ,ncra urgently that agriculture itself make larger otstribuon to government expenses through the hcoe
 The farmers lot admittedly has been hard Tn receh. vaars but people industrial or professlonai incomes cx,niain that the average farmers income tax re'u :. ,;tt1a more than an empty gesture. That may De true or not but point is that the farmers are sos to face real opposition and if they succeeu 'heS VI" set less out Of their victory than they expect
 
 RoozE AND PRISONS. A
 rh. xvota have been making too much Of the 1ac' thas fhe prison population of the United states m reckoned by the Census Bureau, jumped rom A4V'oo' in 1917 to 150O0O in 1922 - as hsh,tion has not .emptied the jas as many hoped II would It wrong however to argue .na' a.oraa has increased the prison popuatloh. It IS ea'' M non hv. census figures that this increase or apou' i0' .ss,sr.ys is less than would be expected from the normal increase of population It means huhefloa : tucrease of trifle per cent in fNe years' anu the countrys population has always grown '"''' that. a.,. na, Aa for the population of poorhonses and other char ffable institutions, there is no question Una. IL nas hsen greatly diminished. Liquor may stii oive M m s e hars of people to crime, thanks to our lnlquitous ts.a...,py and it's tact encouragement by a lot of otherwise reputable citizens; but ilquor makes i poverty than it ever made before Ana It IS Da s,a to believe that there will be less crime II pro hibiton is enforced as it was meant |" ''
 LOVE THIEVES
 A Chicago judge believes that the nauon faces a condition of marital anarchy and the tradi'iohal ~.,not,tv oy the home is endangered. As cure ne threatens to jail serious charge every other man and ..other woman" named in divorce cases brought before him. a,
 It might be a good thing if the judge would make rond his threat and other magistrates would 1oilo" his example The love thieves have been too common'y regarded as romantic characters i'll eterhai uia"e' ana too little as civil and moral criminals they really are policy such the judge outlines would 10 far to remove the glamour from home-wreckhg'
 TO EVERY MAN HIS TURN
 The traditions of titled importance received ahoth er sbach the oher day in England, and this not from an ardent Laborite Socialist but from utied per snn himself the highly popular Prince of Wales.
 When the members of the House Of Loros iiheu tana the oath of office the Prince little
 
 late Fifty English nobles ahead of him. By all the rights of prestige and customs the frnce was entitled to go to head of the line The Cierk ol the House up that royalty received is due Royalty only smiled shook it's head ana waited Tor it's turn number 51 in the line
 Perhaps the Princes action partly an apprecia tion of the fact that have changed even where crowned heads retain crowns, but mostly he acted as a sensible man and a gentleman. His example VIII bear consideration in regions far removed from that lordly waiting line.
 How many Americans, instance of any income or nccnpation if they saw chance to get onto 8 xtrset car up to a ticket window into Pullman consideration of their own unimporance the rights of others?
 CLEMENCEAU'S PURPOSE.
 Clemenceaus public addresses have been rambling what he s driving at Through themselves has nut the matter more concisey than usual in a falk with a New York World correspondent.
 sI have come here" he said ito present general orientation of things not indulge in precise detail i oare to try and appeal to the heart halfway house to the conscience, that England. France and America may not fall further apart through foolish, untrue words"
 This is a praiseworthy purpose, when faithfully adhered to- whatever captious critics may say Opin- iona differ properly enough to whether Clemenceau is the best 1an undertake such mission and wfeth- er ie Is going about it in the best But there need not any great difference of opinion the proposition that the three great powers that acted