Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-12-28

governors of anthracite consuming
states to meet with him for consider
: alton of program for reducing thu
, price and insuring the supply of hare
coal. Two of them came, and each pro
ceeded to give Mr. Pinchot a thorough
dressing down for the part he and his
State has played in the anthracite
situation. Nothing daunted, Mr.. Pin
chot has sent another invitation tt
the state executives to come to Har.
risburg and discuss further plans fol
relief from the present extortion in
anthracite" The outcome of that
meeting is likely to be similar to the
first, and further convince the people
that much of the evil of the coal stu
alton is traceable to the executive OF
the state which has the monopoly of
anthracite production.
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IF HALF THE STATEMENTS print
ed in the daily papers of Wilmington,
about the lack of enforcement of laws
by the constables and police of that
city and county are true, then the
people have uncovered and exposed
for their information, those who are
responsible for the wave of lawless-
ness and moral depravity that has
been prevalent in Wilmington and
New Castle county for the past two
or three years. When police and con-
stables can not be relied upon to con-
troll those who break the laws, then
there is a wide-open disregard of all
law by all the lower classes, as well
as many of those who usually respect
the penalty for law breaking. When
the time is reached in administration
of public service, that the Chief Exec
utive of a Levy Court refuses to per-
NIT constables to perform their
sworn duties and Public Safety De-
partments are accused of lax en-
forcement of laws, especially those for |
the moral welfare of all the people, it |
is time for the citizenship of Della
ware to arouse and enforce admins
tration of public safety laws. Too long
the disregard of laws against the sale
and transportation of liquor, have
been permitted to be broken, without
an organized effort for their enforce
ment. Prohibition laws can be and
they will be, enforced; but they never
will with men at the head of town,
city, county or state government; not
in sympathy with the laws, to direct
The enforcement. The people will have
to organize without regard to pOliti-
cal opinions, or religious beliefs, to
get the results desired. 1t is time for
that organization and action. Force is
The only means to get respect for the
law.
THROUGH THE MILLS OF GOD
grind slowly, yet they grind exceed
ngly SMALL" has been quoted in con-
lection with a thousand causes. Not
often is it applicable to roads, but in
1T least one instance, no glove ever
fitted tighter!
Two friends lived across county
line from each other; in the one
was good roads, connecting
with the nearby county seat, in the
)ther was opposition to good roads,
md no good connection with the
county seat.
The two friends had many an argu-
nent on the subject, he of the good
'oads county exulting in what the
rood roads did for him, he who had
,oor roads being glad at the small {
less of his taxes.
There seemed no winning the argu- !
nent for either. The one had def !
lite saving in hauling and time, the !
Their had much smaller taxes. I
Then the farm house and the barn G
fu6TG llN6u Iu6 OppOAChb VI SOON 7
Dads, caught fire. He telephOned in f
family to his county seat, meanwhile /
is friend was also crying "fire" to
is county seat, over his telephone!
The fire engines from the up-to- 4
ate county seat arrived and put out
he fire before those from the poor T
pad county were seen! e
Of course the poor-road advocate
ad to pay the cost of that fire run; a
was not in his county! And of d
purse the cost was much, much more II
ian road tax would have been. But d
e paid it cheerfully. D
EITHER we get good roads next a
ection, or I'm going to move across a
lie line!" he said. =
Adequate fire protection is just one g
hundreds of reasons why any other lie
ind of a road than hard road is
expensive, unreasonable, u
nd foolish! II
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION
Is always been a bone Of contention =
this nation. Instead of considering n,
from a business standpoint it has HI
variably been dragged into politics.
What would be wrong with consid- u