Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
Letters to the Editor
Against Constitution Tinkerlns


To the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--A proposal has been made so to
amend the Constitution Of the United
States as to take from the States the
police power which they reserved to
themselves to regulate social and do
nestle relations within their bounda-
ries. Has not there been enough tin
kering with the fundamental law be-
queathed by the fathers Of the Repub-
lie, not to mention Prohibition and its
child, the Volstead Act, to suggest an
instant public veto on this propose?
Even for the most laudable purpose OF
preventing the exploitation Of child
labor in factories. the change would be
a very unsafe thing to make. The great
majority of the States now forbid child
labor. A few States, mostly those In
which there is a large Negro popula-
tion, still permit 1t.
The real force behind the proposal to
deprive the States Of this police power
Is not humanitarian, although 1t ac-
cords with humanitarian impulse. The
drive comes from the New England fac
tory owners, who want to get rid OF
the competition of child labor in South
ern cotton factories.
And they ought to be relieved from
1t. but not at the cost of still further
invasion Of the rights Of States by the
Federal Government. Too many such
precedents have already been made.
Each one of them impairs the national
loyalty OF some group in many States.
And each act of the kind opens the way
10 others. 1t is dangerous.
U. >. q. CLEMENS.
Trenton, n. j., June 2, 1922.
american soys tastes Cnanseo
To the Editor Of the Evening Public LEDGER:
SirEA recent survey BY librarian
ol CnlcaGo; wnere nved petore com,
ing to Philadelphia. showed a marked
Gnange IN modern juvenile tastes IN
literature. of the authors who caught
S, Sne Iancs Q! ene youtn years ago on.y
yive. Oliver Optic, Horatio Alger. Jr..
"s .L,. @ ots Cooper, ana se',e
S,ocoSsors @ S'p1 70 % tho pas .Fso.i,ns n""s ~ ~
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insre"Sen Enn,n ~ ' ns,a,.n onu na..er
: lamp -. tnu sufor ~, anu San,es
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t. noostse,s .s a anu Ld,son .h gives some nope,
t uut @ Tue u"' Vi Tue ''u 'iine hc'ion are
loi prb nJm. 49, ,,. - A. .
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Iimes. Inc ronantic hunter OF trapper
to,,Is ana con companions o. my youtn
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Mere ooss is hot 'ne enura1er 10
we we ,S Wert poSs ,n.io IS no. .he en- cnaracteI 10
IRE IRE 'he ll,ssinhtloh OF the ian OF tSday.
,vn,,d Wne "on,u Juon ,anti 'has = BOY scout
Mou.u ue.Iur Ine Leathsr st1ckins
tales' Dut ,he nio9ern boy scout knows
ilore uuout wo1ucrait anu the OUT OF
doors 'nah Tue DeersiaSer ever dreamed
or ,,
me american boy taste. according
TO me 1nVesIigation, mas not deteIlo.
iu5ea iusea ne SIMPLY mas Gnangea' S ,i as MA
indeed mas not IN the hustlIng; Ting, 2us,ilng o
t"rmtieth Gentry NGd nEdEhaN.
fhiiadeiphia' June - l9Z..
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To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
nir-May the writer suggest, IN con-
nection witt with the letters of the head.
less Ellen T.. recently appearing in
the columns Of the Peoples Forum re-
garing prohibition. that, along with
John d., ne believes 1t would be
for the good of Ellen E. were she to
abide, by John J.'s' admonition and
work her head on again by reading
the Bible and the biography OF the men
who founded these great United
States
Ellen e. says that the pr lncts used
in the manufacture of beer, wines and
liquors are for eating purposes and
not to put through form of decom- =
position to craze the BRAIN Back to
the Bible. Ellen. Remember. Christ
turned the water into wine at the feast
OF Cana and did drink of It himself
In Timothy (tirst epistlel v, 23, we
read these words. Drink no longer
water. but use little wine for thy
Stomach's sake and thine often infirmi :
ties written, by Paul, the greatest
evangelist in the history of the world
Wesley called fermented liquor ma
ture's noblest cordial" John Calvin
received wine in part payment OF his
salary. Whitehead wrote, Inc!