Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-21
THE REFEREE
lBy Albert AppIel

Weather
Rodger Dolan's uncle writes from
prince Edward Island Canada: THE
snow here is to 10 feet deep on
the level but it's piled up about 30
feet high along the railroad tracks.
ITS a reasonably mild winter only
80 below zero as l write. But we're
all dreading the big spring thaw
wher the snow will turn to an ocean
of slush.''
You might keep this in mind. as
an antidote when our own weather
Iseen1s contankerous.
Graft
Old records dug up in Jerusalem
tell OF water system built in the
time Of Christ and show that Pom
titus PLATE. who had charge of the
| job, was accused of grating
This, which happened about 19
centuries ago, sounds like modern
times. Since grating by some pub
tic officials is over 1900 years OLD,
our generation can hardly expect to
get rid of it. Dishonesty. we have
with us always. And public officials
on the average, are just about 8
honest as the public. Government
| is a mirror of the governed just as
a magazine or newspaper is mir
EOE OL llS ISdueTS.
Thrce-Mile
Our prohibitionists would like to
extend the three-n1ile ocean limit
along our shores. Inside that line
is our territory. Outside it belongs
to the whole world under interna-
tional law. Easier to catch rum
smugglers if Uncle Sam could move
the line out to say, Is miles from
! land
Russia tries it-rules that only
Russians can fish within a line 12
miles from her arctic shores. Eng
land objects and sends warship to
protect her subjects who want to
fish up to within three miles of the
Russian coast. Our Department Of
State can tell our ambitious prohib.-
tionists that this Anglo-Russian in
cident establishes an important Pre-
cedent.
Valuables
After making her will, Mrs. Isa-
bella Fowler put it safely" away n
a bureau drawer in her home at
Ossining. N. Y. After 20 years she
dies. Her husband finds that rats
had chewed the "a tatters.
Luckily the probate clerk is able to
piece it together so the estate can
be administered as Mrs. Fowler de-
sired.
For all your valuables you should
have three kinds of protection
against rats, fire and theft. a safe
deposit box in the bank is best. If
you insist on keeping them at home,
use a tin can and line it with asbes-
tos. Most of us are too careless with
our valuables unless they're in cash.
Where are your insurance policies,
will. ETC.?
The Ku KluX klan now has =
membership OF 1,450.000. says DR..
Ernest Crandall. director Of lectures
for New York City's Board Of Edu-
cation. He claims Connecticut with
$4,000 klansnan. leads the northern
states.
The editorial moral to be drawn
frcm this depends (which side Of
the fence you're on But a klan
membership of 1,450,000 surely has
been a windfall for the textile in
dustry.
The English. controlling the bulk
OF the worlds supply Of raw rubber
are said to be planning to pay OFF
part Of their debt to us by lacking
up khe price. Meantime Uncle Sam
who has one eye open when he
sleeps, despite the folks with bad
livers S investigating possibilities
OF producing much rubber in our
territories, especally the Philippines
The relief will come by synthetic
(artihciaD rubber. Our rubber man
ufacturers already know how to
make it. Only reason it hasn't been
put on the market, it costs more
than the rubber taken from tropical
trees. a cheaper process will be
found by chemists. when the price |
of natural crude rubber passes GER
tain height.