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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

Passing the buck" to the tariff COM
mission would be tantamount, in this
instance and in others as well, to the
delegating OF legislative functions to that
body, so far as practical effect is con-
cerned.
But aside from all this-irrespectivc of
whether Congress did or did not intend
to tax calcium arsenate-the levying of
a duty upon that commodity would ex-
emplify forcefully fact which THE LIGHT
has frequently pointed out in discussing
the tariff law. This fact is that the pro
lection" afforded the. farmers is mythical.
Even if the products they have for sale
are protected" any conceivable imme-
Giate benefit to them, in the form of high
er prices. would be over-balanced by the
increased cost of the things they must
buy.
If the cost of calcium arsenate is in
creased % per cent, Southern farmers, at
least, may well wonder wherein they are
protected by the law whose passage was
urged largely for their alleged benefit
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

try 10 bear the whole expense. when the
direct benefits will accrue TO Corpus
Christi?
Perhaps the authors of the resolution
reported iavorably in the Texas Senate
have become weary of the paternalistic
tendencies of the federal government In
that case there is much TO be said in
favor Of that measure. But any such
praise would be fulsomc if it should
be given without the reservation that
federal aid of the "fifty-fifty" variety
is not necessarily an evil influence The
wholesomeness or Embellishments of
federal aid in any case depends upon the
nature Of the project to which it is
applied.
1t is to be observed that the resolution
condemns federal-aid appropriations of the
''iifty-fifty" kind only. Or, at least. press
digeSts of it do not say that it condemns
federal aid which is not contingent upon
corresponding appropriations by the states
Would the authors of this resolution
recommend the acceptance of uncondi-
tional offers OF money from the federal
government for the promotion of any.
project in which Texas is interested? Or
is their objection aimed merely at the
requirement that the state practice self
help as a prerequisite to aid from the
national treasury?
The test Of propriety in any case in
which the federal government provides
funds for the carrying out of state projects,
irrespective of whether the state were
required to appropriate a like sum, is
not difficult to define-if one thoroughly
and believes in this country's
scheme OF government as originally de-
signed. For such a person the national
constitution would afford an answer in
each instance. Not only the literal pro-
visions, but the spirit OF that document,
should prevail wherever and whenever
icderal-aid appropriations arc contem-
plated
In recent years the federal government
has been encroaching upon the rights
reserved to the states. and no doubt that
movement has received no little impetus
via the laid" route. Many people, al
though recognizing untoward tendencies
in the abstract, are wont TO wink at vio- |
ations Of sound principles when such |
violations mean pecuniary or other ma
terial gain to them. When a state. as
we'll as a person, is the recipient OF
gratuity. there is established the beginning
OF relations which tend to preclude OBJ
jections to future assumptions of author
ity by the donor. When the federal GOV
eminent appropriates money for the benc-
fit of projects which are beyond its proper
sphere, no one need be surprised if it
undertakes to extend it, !
sphere to projects still more remotely dis
tant from its constitutional jurisdiction.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
"FIFTY-FIFTY" APPROPRIATIONS

A broad issue is opened by a Texas
Senate committees favorable report on
the Davis-Darwin concurrent resolution
condemning federal-aid appropriations Of
the "fifty-fifty" variety. This action is
unusual, if not singular. Instead Of seek
ing to discourage the federal government
from furnishing funds for state projects.
most legislatures have taken the opposite
tack.
But there are elements Of real states
manship in this measure. This does not.
however, imply that future trouble is
invited in all cases wherein the federal
government co-operates with states in pro-
viding money for the promotion Of their
welfare. There are some projects Of such
nature that they can be carried out
with fairness. to all concerned only bv
means of the "fifty-method." Consider.
for example, the Corpus Christi harbor
project. Would it be entirely fair to the
people OF Corpus Christi, or Of Nueccs
county, if they should be denied aid by
other parts of the country that will share
IN the benefits to be derived from the
establishment of frst-class port facilities
there: On the other hand, would it be
altogether trooper for the rest Of the couu-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
BETRAYING THE FARMER

If so many Southern farmers had not
been converted to protectionism. a move
ment might be started to have the United
States Supreme Court apply to the Ford
.ncy-McCumber tariff law the same prin-
'Ciple which the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals recently invoked in nulliiying
this states fire-escape statute Readers
OF the news may recall the substance of
the latter tribunals decision. The Leg
lslature, the court said, had no right to
delegate legislative functions to the state
fire marshal
Congress, in leaving tariff rates to the
tariff commission, delegated legislative
functions to that body. OF course it
might be pointed out. per contra, that
the authority to revise schedules was
given to the President. That is true.
But the limitation thus implied is merely
technical. In practice, the President has
to depend largely, If not exclusively, upon
information furnished by the tariff COM
mission; that body is supposed to consist
OF experts, and the President, even If he
was an expert in such matters-and he
does not pretend to be-would not have
the time to give his personal attention to
every rate question that might arise. Be-
SIDES, has Congress any more right to
delegate legislative functions to the Prcsi-
dent than to his advisers:
A specific occasion calling ior national
application of the principle invoked by
tho Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals is
suggested by the report that the tariff
commission has before it the question
whether commodity greatly needed by
thousands of farmers shall be protected
or admitted duty irec. That commodity
IS calcium arsenate, a poison used in the
combating OF the boil wcevil. 1t IS the
most efiicaCious antidote for that pur-
pose which science has yet been able to
discover or evolve--and it comes, when
| it comes at all, from Germany.
The Fordncy-McCumber law does not
specifically impose an import duty upon
calcium arsenate. Neither does it place
calcium arsenate on the free list. The
only part of that statute which might
! possibly be construed as pertaining to this
commodity IS the provision that duty Of
% per cent ad valorcm shall be levied
upon all chemical compounds not specifi'
cally provided for.
Whether calcium arsenate is a chemical
compound is technical matter Did the
trainers and supporters OF the tariff law
have calcium arsenate in mind, and would
| they have known whether it was a chem
cal compound if the question had arisen
Did they intend that it should be place.
on the dutiablc list, in the face of Their
Iproicssed desire to do everything within
! their power TO aid the American farmer
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
Pointed Paragraphs

The dentist does a wide-open bust
ness.
Optimism takes a day off when a
man has the toothache.
A peach Of a girl ought TO become a
well-preserved woman.
Methuselah had the distinction of be-
ing the original grand old party.
A pessimist is n man who views his
neighbors through q smoked glass.
About the time you break in pair
Of new shoes they begin to break out
Every man should keep a dog-if for
nothing else than TO try his funny
stories on.
No man should pose as theorist I'M
less he has explicit confidence in his
imagination.
A small boys idea of playing safe
is to get his mother to promise not
to tell his father.
A woman is always contrary enough
to agree with man just when he
doesn't want her to.
If you would be happy don't pur-
chase today and read the bargain adver-
tisements tomorrow.
Nearly all that gltters has been of
fered as an inducement for people TO
part with their money.
1t takes woman who doesn't know
how to do thing to do it better than
n man who knows all about it.
The short-sighted girl who wears
glasses may not be vain, but she
knows that she looks better with them.
If an old bachelor doesn't wake up
some morning and find himself en-
gagged to a widow there's no hope for
him.
The average man would soon ac-
quire a lot of money if he could sell
his get-rick-quick schemes at 10 cents
each:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
THE WAY TO REAL REFORM

Since time beyond memory educators
OF all nations have taught moderation.
They have cautioned against extremes
and excuses in every phase OF life Thus
they have been Natures Spokesman. The
'happy medium has beer their common
slogan. whether the field Of instruction
be politv. religion. social relations or the
conduct of life. Educators have disagreed
on other matters. but never concerning
this one. And education always has been
and forevermore will be, civilizations
greatest facility.
II is this facility that Henri Chcron,
French minister of agriculture, has under
taken to use for the betterment Of his
country. A recent dispatch from Paris
reports that he has initiated a movement
designed to convince the French people
that they owe it TO themselves. as indi-
viduals. and to their country. as a social,
political and economic whole, to drink
wine instead Of liquors OF high alcoholic
content"
France has less pressing need for
such an educational project than have
some other countries that might be men
toned. In earlier times France consumed
proportionately more OF wine. and less of
stronger drinks, than did any other coun-
try. And her people were not intemper-
ate. Wine-drinking is still characteristic
OF France; but during the last generation
or so, stronger drinks have grown in
popularity there. OF course the Use of
stronger drinks in France is not of mod
ern origin; absinthe and similar bcver-
ages are not new. But the typical French.
man Of some years ago drank only wine,
and was none the worse for it. The COM
paratively recent increase in the consump-
ton Of stronger drinks may truly be de-
fined as an excess.
How to bring about a genuine reform?
The French minister of agriculture dis
plays the elements OF real educator by
rejecting the extreme measures adopted
by advocates Of sumptuary legislation. and
by undertaking to show the people of
his country that it is to their interest
to give up strong drinks voluntarily and
revert TO the exclusive use Of wine. Com
batting extremes and excuses, he refuses
t oadopt measures Of that description. He
is an exponent OF. moderation, and in
resorting to education. rather than to
drastic compulson, he is emincntly con-
sistent.
The French are not a people to hold
back when they think that force is the
only means of attaining desired end
But they arc old enough to know that
the individual cannot be compelled to
cast off old tastes. and take on new ones.
in a twinkling; and that any attempt at
such compulsion is subject to the law
of reaction. They know that extremes
can be overcome only by degrees; that
the sudden removal of one kind of cx-
cess is a signal for the development of
an excess Of the opposite kind. They
know, in short, the utter futlitv Of sump-
tuary legislation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
ANTICHPATIOSS.

/ love preliminary things,
The tuuing-up of flutes and strings;
The little scales musicians play
In varying keys 10 feel their way:
The hum-the hush in which it dies
But most to see the curtain rise.
! love preliminary things,
The little box the postman brings:
To cut the Irvine, TO break the seals.
And wonder what the lid reveals;
To lift the folds in which it lies
And watch the gift materializc.
The snOw-drOp and the daffOdil
The catkins hanging straight and still
The blossom on the orchard trees.
DO you know greater joys than these
Each represents the hope that springs
in all preliminary things.
u. II. j. in Sunday
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

people could expect from either party.
And you've gotta admit they had a
great influence on American life and
letters. refer to that great poem
Westward Hoe and the first line of the
national anthem"
What line is that?" asked DUNN.
ION, say, can you SEED by the
dawn's early light?" returned Drummer,
rushing for his life, with DUNN in full
pursuit.
Copyright. 1928. by the Associated
NeWspapers.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

the senior partner, after watching
him through one of his performances,
sis a regular circus"
"a circus" said Mr.. Linklns.
Eyes," was the rejoinder. The per-
formance never comes up to the adj
vance notice"
A city dweller, thinking to be a
bit CHEEKY with a much disgruntled
farmer who had just left pretty
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
THE LURE OF SELF-EXPRESSIoN

To the list of life's ironies which may
be compiled from almost any days news
reports, the story of Wallace Reds death
makes an addition that will touch the
hearts Of thousands. OF course the trag-
edy presents a serious lesson; but so do
all pathetic incidents resulting from human
shortcomings. The normal healthy person
can hardly imagine himself in such a
plight as that from which the popular
mCtion-piCture actor made his fatal at
tempt to extricate himself. But neither
mental nor physical oddity is essential to
the average PERSONS understanding of the
pathetic irony CT Reid's career.
He had never wanted to be an actor
he had told his friends. But his work
was cut out for him by those who thought
they knew better than he what his talents
were. He wanted to be director, but the
producers-in effect, at least-laughed at
him. They put him before the camera,
instead of on a stool just back of the line
that separates the real from the make
believe. There he made good" and there
he was doomed to remain-unless he
should gain the means and develop the
will to break away.
He was going to do it, he had told his
friends-"one of these days" Possibly
his determination to break the drug habit
was a measure of his desire to become
the master of his own professional des-
tiny. But no matter; this question, an
swered either way, detracts nothing from
the appeal of the ironical
That appeal is heightened by the state
ment that his fathers career had been
marked, by an almost identical experience.
His father, Hal Reid, was known only as
a melodramatist 1t was his ambition to
write plays of a higher class; plays in
which he could express in fullest measure
his sense of dramatic art But his first
work was a "mcllerdrammer," and I'M
fortunately for him-from his standpoint
it was great "hit." Then nobody
would listen to his plea for an oppor-
tunity to do anything else; he must con-
tinue to write "mellerdrammers."
1t is easy to say that he might have
written other kinds of plays, willy-nilly,
ii he had possessed sufficient will-powcr
is opposed by those upon whom one is
dTeCtly dependent LOT MS immediate Ill
come. In any case, a person is only what
he is-just as Nature made him; if he
has the force of will to lift himself out
OF rut, the ability to do it is inherent
in him--a gift of Providence.
Thousands, millions OF people have SUI
fered the same kind OF disappointment
that was Wallace Reds when, longing to
become a director, he was marked as an
actor by those whose say-so determined,
at least for immediate purposes, the ma
ture OF the work he must do. Long be-
fore Gray's Elegy was written, mute,
ingloriouS Millions were buried in coun-
try churchyards.
Who shall say whether Wallace Reid
was mistaken in his appraisal of his own
talents? Who can critcse with assur-
ancc the producers who put him in front
OF the camera instead of on the stool that
he had marked as his proper throne:
About all lhat can be said with as,
surance concerning such matters is that
happy indeed is the person who loves,
beyond all other tasks, the work whereby
he earns his daily bread.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

a nervous pas
senger was sitting
underneath and
kept looking at the
b ulky package.
fearing it would
fall on him. For
some time he man
aged TO keep silent,
bat when the train
y2nF humninp ovpr
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

anu inc CluD DOE
remarked 4: "When-'
ever l hear that
song it carries me
away"
With a mischiev-
Gus side glance at
the circle of other
members within
earshot a fellow
member said: "Cau
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

a switch and the box gave an ominous
lunch he turned to the owner, saying:
Excuse me, but do you think that
box is quite safeT'
"Oh, yes" replied the other cheer
fully. TITS locked, you know"
Fisher, an ardent angler, was
proudly exhibiting to his young wife
lis days catch.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

lllilhllldiu W II Y
work, hailed TIL e
old m a n wit h
Hello, large. And
how'S the m ilk-
maid ?"
The farmer re-
piled /: 1T amt yer
idiot! 1t comes
straight out O tn
cow"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

y I e II [ I n e v
beauties :" she said
en- t h u s iastically.
But, dear. I've
been so anxious
for the last hour!"
Foolish child
he said, gently ca
ressing her, ito
worry needlessly.
Why, what could
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

ana terrifying SCI
ries of facial con-
yulsions. and end
ed with a most
lame and impotent
paroxysm that al
ways disappointed
the expectant OBJ
server.
"Y our sneeZe,"
said Mr.. jenkins,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

have happened to me?'
'Oh, L didn't worry about you,
dear" she replied. But it grew so
late l was afraid before you got back
to town all the fish shops. would be
closed, - SAP. 7-r.'-. .-'as ---r-F
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

\ bill has been introduced in the Icgis-
lature making it penal offensc to drive
a motor car while intoxicated. This
should be a warning to all motor cars
to keep sober.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

Men who go down to the sea in ships
these days, occasionally get drink Of
hooch.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
The Once Over
DUNN AND DUMMER DEPLORE
VOTE TO END FREE SEED
DISTRIBUTION
BY II. I. PHILLIPS.

Common Peepul Looked Forward to IL
Each Year, nd Seeds Never Hurt
Any Voter II He Took Them After
Meals, Says characterization Marks
Passing of Only Things Public Ever
Got for Nothing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
Luncheon Clubs.
49,

Brazil Denies Revolution Rumor.
Washington, C., Jan. 23.-The
Brazilian embassy announced that it
had received official information from
its government denying reports Of a
revolutionary movement in Rio Grande
Do Sui. Absolutely tranquility PREVAILS
in the country, theadyices declared.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
A Laugh or Two

Mr.. Linkins, the junior member of
the firm, had a peculiarly irritating
sneeze. 1t began with an elaborate
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

They were discussing concert
which had been held the night before
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
Where to Go
Vaudeville.

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Vaudeville and pictures.
Stock.
Royal: Edna Park and her players
in Turn to the Right"
Motion Pictures.
Rislto: Fools First"
Empire: "Outcast."
Princess: Lights OF New York"
Luncheon Clubs.
Wednesday.
Lions Club at the Gunter.
Salesmanship Club at the Gunter.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

A man entered crowded railway
car and placed heavy box, almost as
big as a trunk, on the marcel rack
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

after all" admitted Drummer, seeds
have been the only thing the common
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

any one whistle it,"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23
MEMBERS OLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to q
for publication OF all dispatches credited
not otherwise credited IN this paper and also IN
local news published herein All rights OF republic
ton OF special dispatches herein also reserved.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-23

Majestic: Vaudeville and pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-15

In what was German East Africa, a modern Garden of Eden has been discovered by T. Alexander Barns of England. It is guarded by cliffs 2,000 feet high. All kinds of wild animals live there togther. MT. Barns is the first man to bring back to civilization an account of the life there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-15

Charles di Giacoma, Pater- son, N. J., defeated death in horrifying struggle, having been locked in vault of bank for five hours. Prank of chum was cause.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-06
A MUCH GREATER COST
One-Man Commissions Con-
sidered Big Jokes More
Costly.

Madison, Wis The one-man tax
commission proposition of the gov
ernor has gone by the board. The
senate would not stand for it. It
was clear to all that as a propos-
ed economy it was a joke. 1t
would not have reduced the ex-
penses of the commission one dol,
lar for the expert knowledge now
possessed by the members of the
commission could not have been
secured for any sum less than that
now paid the two commissioners
is was proposed to dispose of.
The changes of the conserva-
ton commission to a one-man
board on the grounds of economy
is a still bigger joke than the
changes proposed for the tax com
mission. To begin with the one
man conservation commission costs
the state in salaries just 81, 800 per
year more than the three-men
commission cost, to say nothing
of subordinating experienced and
expert men to one man who has
never known anything about any
phase of the important work. The
conservation commission changes
have too much the appearance
of an effort to place the game
wardens where they can be used.
Wisconsin has had one game-war-
den scandal, and neither the state
nor the conservation commission
can stand another Green Bay
Gazette.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-06
Villas County News-S2 90 a year
List of Petit Jurors.

State of Wisconsin Circuit Court
for Villas County-ss.
Following is list Of the names
of the jurors drawn on May 23rd,
1923, to serve on the petit jury
for the June 1923 term of circuit
oo11,.4 Fo,. XL.lac Go,,., a.. W.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-06

Office of the Clerk of Circuit
Court, Villas County, Wisconsin
S.
I, Fern Scott, deputy clerk of
said court, do hereby certify that
on the 23rd day of May, 1923, in
the presence of Fred Meloy, Peter
Sandbeck and w. H. Adams,
special jury commissioners for said
county, the foregoing named per-
sons were drawn to serve as petit
jurors at the term of circuit court
commencing Monday June II,
1923.
Hunter Case, Clerk,
By Fern Scott, Deputy.
We, the undersigned special
jury commissioners for Villas Coun-
ty, do hereby certify that the
drawing of the aforesaid jury took
place In our presence at the office
of the clerk of said court on the
23rd day of May, 1928.
Fred Meloy, Peter Sandbeck, w.
H. Adams, Special Jury Commits
sioners.