Evening star., 1923-05-26

treaty proposition to be negotiated
between Canada and the United
States. 1t is not stated whether the
Canadian manufacturers are support
ing a plan to invite American manu-
facturers to share their field in COM
petition. When the Taft reciprocity
treaty was refused Endorsement by
Canada, in 1911, it was the eastern
manufacturers Of Canada who up-
posed il, while the Canadian farmers
were eager to have ii. IT would b.
interesting to learn how the two in
terests line up on the same proposi-
tion twelve years later.
At the conference on weights and
measures at the bureau of stand
ards the delegates advise that the
long tom as d measure for coal be
abandoned, since it's 2,24O pounds
confuse the public The short ton"
is more easily remembered as a def
mite unit, 900 pounds. The confer
ence proposes a still more definite
| measure for coal. consisting of heat
units" Under such rule the shiv-
ering public would not order a tor
of coal, but would say: Send NJ
1000 calories.'' Then the dealcr
could dilute the calories with slate.
stone or diamonds, as he found most
convenient, anu il would make no
difference, since the bill would he
based only on the heat units. JUS
who would be scientific enough L"
make home tests Of how many units
of caloric were represented in the
mass is not made clear.
Edison declares that the time viii
come when all coal will be burned
at the mouth of the mines and its
calories converted into electric cur
rent and delivered in that form for
power and heat anywhere within "a
radius of several hundred miles
There will be a stop then to the pres
ent crude hauling of more or less inn
pure carbon and its burning IN thou
sands of places.
Not only will the burning Of coal
carbon in the present crudity hc eIH-
cd. but other energies will lie sui
Stituted in place OF coal for the pro-
Tluction of heat. power and light
| the wind. the rays Of the sun aud the
waves and tides.
Mr.. Walter Holland-true to his
name-claims to have gotten the pro
hibition amendment lin dutch" He
makes the point that it is null ami
void, because. according to his arGu-
ment, it was repealed by the passage
Of a later amendment-the women's
suffrage amendment. This is how il
all comes about. according to Nj.
Holland
The prohibition amendment was
passed without any serial number
simply as article =" Then the WON
ems suffrage amendment was passed
in the same way. simply as "articl.
- Neither was given serial mum
ber, and the law is that where two
laws have the same title the latest
of passage repeals the other of the
same name.
Won't the Shipping Board. the 81
premc Court and lot of other folks be
surprised? The discovcrer has not Vet
! had an opportunity to argue his dis
covery before the Supreme Court.
What a lucky thing il is that the
women's suffrage amendment came las,
but, then. the ladies always do have
the last word.
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The Department of Justice reports
that the profits of the alleged swindlers
in oil stocks have been reduced from
100000 a day 10 practically nothing
One of the men indicted is the famous
DR.. Cook, who once claimed 10 hav.
been the first discoverer of the north
pole. This seems to be a cold world
for the explorer, whether he goes to tht.
arcticS or 10 Texas. There are 100 in
Gictments found in Texas against pro
moters OF oil We'll stocks, and the trials
will last all summer
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