Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-21
THE REFEREE
lBy Albert Apple,

"Unconstitutional'
We wonder what the early Ameri-
cans who wrote the Constitution of
the United States would have
thought IL they could have looked
into the future and seen the Su-
pren1e Court declaring such things
as child labor laws and Minimum
wage laws Unconstitutional"
There may be doubt al to what
they'd have thought. But there isn't
any dougt about the effect on the
starving soldiers who won our indie
pendence. They fought-or thought
they were tighting--for . square
deal for all future Americans.
However. the best thing about the
constitution Is that 1t can be amend
ed. Two needed amendments are In
delibly obvious.
Alligator Boy
THE alligator boy" Is Henry Crop
pinger, Jr. of Miami, Florida. He
makes his living by such stunts as
diving into a pool of gators ard
sporting with them. Henry claims
he can wrestle with and handle any
alligator up to his W weight.
He can have the job and welcome
to 1t.
In the study of human nature
| there is nothing more lnterestiIg
than the infinitely varied ways IN
which men make money and attract
attention. What invisible influence
makes Henry interested in alllgators
| while others concentrate on driving
nails. laying bricks. digging ditches
and so on? We are regulated from
without by a mysterious force, rs
much as we regulate ourselves from
within. Puppets.
Harding
Grace Hudson waitress who serv-
ed President Harding many meas
during his vacation In the south,
describes him as 8 light eater
only a bowl of half and half tor
lunch, and for dinnera light meal
with never any dessert.
Harding takes life easily and ism I
digging his grave with his teeth.
This, and his sensible relaxation IN
a good outdoor exercise (golf) keeps
him healthy though his Job Is OF a
higher nervous tension than n
other Americans. His Is a system
that would keep most of us fit ard
poppy. We seat too much. too fast,
and don't get enough exercise. Then
wonder why we're not feeling up
to SNUFF"
Should the national anthem ce
ClldilkC0 I I'm eitA0AAt 49, t%
at the musicians convention IN
Cleveland.
It certainly should. be. 1t requires
an expert voice to sing The Star
Spangied Banner" And the aver
"a American audience Is almost
ridiculous when they sinig It.. We
used to roll out America" with a
swing and fervor that expressed the
nations virility and patriotism. The
Germans and English, of course,
sing to the same tune, which annoys
the provincial isolationists.
Why not change to The Battle
Hymn of the neutrality-suspicious..
just so 1t a be sung without max
ing jokes of ourselves.
Speeders
A truck cannot be run through
city streets faster than IL miles an
hour without endangering lives of
pedestrians, the American Railway
Express Company decides. So 1t sets
IL at the speed limit for its drivers.
And 1t puts teeth in the order by
having the cars geared down at the
factory. Just a matter of time until
congestion of population and increas
ing use of autos will compel this
with passengers cars.
Debt
States and municipalities in March
floated only about 70 million dollars
worth OF long term bonds In March
of last year the figure was near,y
126 millions. However. in the drst
three months of 1929 the states and
municipalities issued almost a quar-
ter of a billion of long term bonds.
This rapidly soaring debt is a great
er menace than the national debt.
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