Evening star., 1923-03-27
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

Dirt farmer Secretary think this is
q stamp factory. or. great national
scientific research laboratory? The
guard dies, but It never punehes,"
shout the Napolsonio life guard
And the farmer Secretary takes tt
phtlosophically and elbows his straw
| and never notices whether It Is tina
punch or the enstlags cutter that is
making that grinding noise.
| ~ $&
What lot of sentimentaiity there
ts left In this progressive world. which
does nothing but prate about things
1t does not understand! One day Il
leads good, kind-hearted ladies 20
telling the Secretary of State that he
ought to complicate America vita
Russia's governmental problems
Probably not one OF them has ever
been TO Russia, but they are kind,
and SO they sympathize with the
under dog. forgetting that America
has problems OF It's own, and that In
ternational relations are complicated,
and with entangling ramifcations. 30
that none who has not access 10 tho
| reliable facts and conditions can poe
sioiy form an intelligent idea of the
| best course to recommend.
America has recognized Russia's
need for food and medical aid and
has gone 20 the relief. By helping
| hospitals have been established.
America has given. free. many ship
loads of grain and other food and
clothing supplies. But diplomatic
recognition of the soviet government
Of Russia, which has risen 10 power
by bloody tyranny. numbering hun
dreds of thousands OF it's own peorGs
and threatening to overturn all other
governments. appears to Secretary
for kind ladies. without diplomatic
knowledge, TO meddle with.
No less unreasonable, Il is claimed
by scientists. is the effort OF laymen,
who are absolutely ignorant OF the
subject, TO undertake to stop scien-
tifc research, through vivisection, on
the ground OF pity for the guinea pig,
the cat or dog operated upon whils
under the influence of ether. vivisec.
tion has discovered serums ard vac
cines which have saved millions OF
human lives. Yet rather than con-
slider those lives saved by the ad-
vance Of scientific remedies or pre-
ventives of disease the sentimentahst
}would plead for the dumb beast
whose lite may be sacrificed that
men may live.
Unless they are vegetarians they
are very inconsistent in not demand
ing the stopping OF all abattoirs,
where animals are not even given
lanesthetics while having their throats
cut or their skulls broken.
When Jacob had Isaac tied TO the
sacrifcial altar and the knife raised
4 70. kill him. behold. a ram was dis
covered and substituted, and some
kind Of a beast has been used ever
since TO save the sacrifice OF the sons
OF men.
This is a subject which is STIR
ring Washington just now. A prorlt
inent clergyman, the president Of the
Humane Society. startled certain os
his hearers day or two ago by de-
Tending the humaneness OF vtVisec-
tiop and even advocating the use Of
the dead bodies of criminals for dis
section in the interest OF science.
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1t is authoritatively estimated that
the total amount Of property stolen,
4 through burglary and larceny, alI
fover the United States. does not ex-
tceed s25o,ooo,ooo q year. Compare
that with the loot charged against wa
Erafters.
There are single lines Of graft and
fraud which, as alleged, amount to
more than all the larcenies and
burgIaries combined. The present
gamble in sugar is estimated to- equal
one-fifth Of the total haul OF tee
crooks in a year through prosaio
safe blowing, window jimrnying and
pocket picking. Most of the thieves
and burglars eventually make
amends in penitentiaries. How many
war grafters are yet serving time.
although four years have passed since
the war, and a year since the De-
partment OF Justice received an ex-
ira appropriation OF millions for de-
fense, but not one cent for procrasti-
nation?
) Copyright, 1923. By P. Y. Coliiasl