The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-05-05

NOU dll Cllc evils VI Il1O WIZ ~
are to be laid to the door Of in
toxicants, for the drug habit IS
causing serious alarm these days.
In the nature of things it is so
secretive that it is more difficult
to handle even than the liquor
evil. However, DR.. Simon of New
York brings a word of cheer for
he says the grug addicts in the
United States are about 25O,OOO,
which is a substantial decrease
from a year ago. The fearful
thing about the drug addict is
that his moral fiber is destroyed
so there isn't much to work on
even when a cure is affected.
With all the scraps on at the
Genoa conference, we are begin
ming to think that we are lucky
to be out of it all. 1t is doubt
full if we would be much help IN
settling these European cues
lions, but we might be caught by
an innocent by-stander and be
seriously injured. Thus far no
body seems to have won much,
although Lloyd George seems to
be in the way of being the mas
ter hand.in guiding the affairs of
the conference.
The world is beginning to
understand that a red Russia may
mean a red Europe and no one
wants that. Even Gompers says
that it would be crime to recog-
nize Soviet Russia and our own
organized labor has been more
bolshevic than has seemed safe
in time past. 1t is another case
of theory being very plausible
until the acid test of practise is
put on it and then the theory
breaks down.
A Conan Doyle says that
clergymen know the least of all
of the inner meaning Of Chris
tianity. And now the clergymen
all over the country are taking
their morning sermon hour to
show how little A Conan Doyle
really knows about spiritualism.
They are very kind to Mr. Doyle
and do not accuse him of being
a trickster but that he IS the
victim of trickery.
While a little late, we wish to
congratulate the Caledor1ian-Rec-
ord it's Automobile edition of
April 22d. 1t has forty pages
with fine display advertising and
interesting up-to-date reading
matter to say nothing of the
regular features of the Caledoni-
an. 1t is bit of newspaper
enterprise which reflects credit
on the craft in the state.
Temptation is coming near
Gen. Pershing for his home town
wants to make him a present OF
a house, He should remember
Dewey and how his house came
down about his ears like house
of cards.
The New York Tribune de-
clares that golf is the only sport
of Scotch derivation which can
be enjoyed within the law and
then forgets that golf is great
strain on the ten commandments.
The district attorney of New
York says that the first crime
wave was in the Garden of Eden.
If the thing is as old as that, we
don't need to get exercised.
Representative Mondell wants
the pay of congressman increas-
ed. Evidently he hasn't heard
that talk is cheap.
Spring has opened up with a
good crop of political aspirations.
There are many who think that
a newspaper just grows and that
if there is a code of ethics that
it is a poor thing. The Miami
Herald has very truthful ex-
position of newspaper ethics,
which we all try, more or less
successfully, to live up to and
which we are printing just to
give you a pause the next time
you want to say well you never
can believe anything you read in
the newspapers:
There are many loose-tongued
people who take great delight in