Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-05
THE REFEREE
Rag.CheMin2
(By Albert Applet

Rag Chewing
An appropriation to pay for
folding twenty-siX million copies of
speeches and pamphlets, is one of
the interesting items of the national
governments budget estimate for
the next fiscal year. Ten million
copies will be issued by the senate,
rest by the House.
Everything seems subject to
change in our civilization --except
rag-chowing by congress. People
who talk a lot never have tins for
much actual doing. TO speed things
up in Washington, it raight &c a
good IDEA 10 elect dumb men to con-
gress. Whist? oh, no. that kind of
dumb.
The will of the late Augustus ID.
juilliard leaves Sl0,0O0,000 to the
Juilliard Musical Foundation. 1T
will be put in the bank and the in
teres' used to educats young Amer
icians with musical talent, but with
out money to develop their ability.
The future of broadcasted radio
concerts will be taken care of, in a
similar way. Radio will be en-
dewed, legacies used to furnish the
finest of music free to the public.
Some millionaire probably has
thought of the idea already and
changed his will accordingly. Why
rot do it now instead of waiting for
his death?
Nine-tenths of the alcohol drunk
by the thirsty before prohibition was
In beer, according to Commander
Evangeline Booth.
The return of ''real" beer, accord
ingly, would undo 80 per cent of
prohibition, That's something that
has occurred to few of the lib
erals" However, King Alcohol was
put out Of business on account of the
other 10 per cent, which went into
firewater. Minority rule. Abuse of
whiskey by a few brought prohibi-
ton to the millions contepted with a.
mild drink.
Bootleg 80.
It's costing over fifteen million
dollars a year to enforce prohibition,
This is shown by figures furnished
to congress. That's getting off
cheaper, for the nation, considering
the sum that used to be rung up on
the barn oom cash register.
One of these days there may be
a. national referendum on prohibi-
tion, probably at q presidential cleo
tion, though the chances are at least
tWo-to-cne against. The election
would be decided by the vets who at
the last minute might change their
mind and vote dry. The key to
liquor sentiment is in the commonly
heard expression: Glad my boy
and the rest of the rising genera
Forgetting
When the war ended, the average
Englisiaman believed that his coun-
try never would trade with Germany
again on q big scale.
Yet, John Bull, balancing his for
eigp trade books, f1nds that England
last year bought 12o million dol
lars worth Of German goods.
Have you observed how rapidly
the war is being forgotten in our
country? It's fading III Europe, too,
though at a. slower rate. Hatreds
politicians were not pouring kero-
sene on the fire to hold their jobs.
Time heals all wounds.
Sun
Grossman, young New York scien-
tist, thinks he has found a way to
| y'can sunlight"--store the suns en-
ergy and keep It until needed, even
at distant places. Whether he has
| it or not, it will come, just matter
of time,
Meantime, in coal and crops, we
have a more perfect form of
canned sunlight than the in
ventors ever will discover.
Grossman's claim calls attention
to this: The chief motive of CIV
ilization at present is to find cheap
power.