Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-11-13
Observation-Disclosures
. Comment and Criticism
Observation-Disclosures

Florida and California both have
| glorious sunshine. Both have the
richest delights of j prodigal Mother
Nature.
But California, as a State. doesn't
merely take from its people, II also
gives.
California gives the protection Of
good laws. Florida apparently seeks
to be merely a paradise for the rich,
Ter the spenderS, for the profteers and
spectators.
For example, q workman may be
killed IT work in Florida and the an
cient doctrine Of assumption Of risk
still applies.
There are no laws for compenSa-
ton of workmen or their families for
injury or death in Florida.
1t isn't so long ago that an innocent
man VAS logged to death in an I'M
speakable turpentine camp in Florida.
! Florida puts men in jail 50 that its
/ road gangs shall be filled.
! Florida imposes no State income
tax, no State inheritance tax. Il seeks
to be the taNless haven of the rich.
And withal, Florida basks in golden
sunshine and its soil gives freely in
an outpouring of fruit and flowers.
There seems to be some hope that
at last an airing will be given TO the
affairs of the Continental Trading
Company and the old Teapot Dome
case.
1t Is more than broadly limited that
there are certain Senators who are not
content to let matters concerning this
conspiracy die out. Powerful lnfu-
ences, looking after the best interests
of the public, are bringing pressure
to bear on the Senate TO take some
action promptly upon converting early
in December.
BY the action Of United States Dis
trict Judge Kennedy at Cheyenne IN
the Teapot Dome case, Government
counsel were prevented from going
fully into the Continental Trading
Company deal. They needed more
time to investigate certain transae-
J tons bearing directly on the case.
There has been a great deal too
much eoncealment so far about the
Continental deal, Some of the main
facts are beyond dispute. II is known
that part of the profits of the Cont
mental Company fake" company,
as Justice Riddell of Toronto described
twas used for the purchase of Lib
erty bonds, which were traced to for
mer Secretary Falls account in West
ern banks.
The others besides Sinclair con-
cerned in the Continental deal have
made extraordinary efforts to keep
from testifying in court.
Blackmer and O'Neil, leading oil
men, have taken up residence in
France and remained out of reach.
| Osler, when wanted, also went abroad.
Stewart of the Standard Oil of Indiana
| left the country and only returned
after the Cheyenne trial was ended.
There has been a plain conspiracy
on the part of the fugitive witnesses
and others to defy the Government
and balk il in getting at the full truth
of the Continental deal in connection
with the Teapot Dome case.
1t is time that the Senate broke
down the barriers Of silence and con
certed evasion.
With the advent Of the Ford air
plane on the market in a New York
| City store, comes the beginning of a
new era in the development of air
! trans portatlon.
The Fords, father and son, who have
cheapened transportation and brought
pleasure to millions, are now looked
to for the development of commercial
air service. In a few years one may
| look up and see hundreds Of planes
dashng through the air at great
speed, carrying freight and passen-
| gers cheaply, efficiently and in a small
| fraction of the time that is now re-
uuiI I'd in land transportation. What
| this may mean in changes In industry
and In the employment of railroad and
other transportation workers can only
be guessed at.
The retail price of the Ford air
plane is now $4,000, but like the
Il fivyer. as sales and production in
cfeases and new developments in its
manufacture are made, the price will
decrease. In those future days peo-
pie may jump into the family air
Il fiivver or tax an air bus and sail
through the sky to California, Florida
or wherever business or recreation Is
sought.
Dean Inge Of St Paul's Cathedral,
London. VINO is known as the Gloomy
Dean" when asked to give his opinion
IN the recent decision OF the Episcopal
Church in the United States to drop
the word "obey" from women's mar
rage VOWS, said: =.
= don't think it is the law Of God
that a wife shall obey her husband,
but when TWO ride one horse one rides
behind"
The London Evening News, which
secured the expression Of opinion from