The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

holy year. 3-Secretary OF the Navy
discussing the battle fleets projected
tary of the Navy Wilbur, Owen J.
Roberts OF Philadelphia and Chief
Justice Arthur P. Rugg Of the Massa-
chusetts Supreme court.
XKTORKING rapidly and smoothly,
the senate passed the appropria-
ton bills for the Interior and Agricul-
'tural Departments and the combined
treasury ost-O Office measure. Only
slight changes were made in any Of
them. The house passed an emergen-
cy deficiency bill carrying 1857 100000
for immediate expenditure. Major
provisions Of the bill, in addition to
the Inland Waterways corporation
item, are $15O,0OO,OO0, to be used in
refunding internal revenue taxes Tile
igally assessed and collected So, 5O1, 200
for continuing work on dam No. 2 at
Muscle Shoals, Ala; $275,0O0 for eradi-
eating reported epidemics of bubonic
plague among rats at New Orleans and
Oakland, CAL, and $150,OOO for repair
ing the coast guard cutter Manning.
During the discussion OF this meas
ure 1t came out that the appropria-
lions committee had turned down re-
quests Of the President for money to
pay the expenses Of the St. Lawrence
and the agricultural commissions, and
that Chairman Martin Madden had
sharply questioned the legal right Of
the President to appoint commissions
without the authorization Of congress.
MORE than million farmers in IS
AVA states were represented by lead.
ers of the cooperative marketing
movement who gathered In Washing
ton last week, and those leaders de-
clared themselves opposed to any cod
ding by the government and emphati-
cally against the proposal Of the Cap
per-Williams bill to unite producers
and spectators into one organization.
The men who dominate the national
council Of farmers cooperative mar
keting associations now ask only
that the government take up. in behalf
Of cooperation, the Introduction of
senate resolution calling for an inves-
tfgation Of alleged unfair tactics by
the American Tobacco company and
the Imperial Tobacco company Brit
ish) against the Tobacco Growers Co
operative association.
The Dearborn Independent has been
printing a series of articles designed
to show that the cooperative move
ment Is plan of an international
group Of Jews ito turn over to an Or
ganized international interest the en-
tire agricultural industry of the re-
public" The magazine mentions, the
names of Julius Rosenwald Otto
Kahn, Bernard NJ Baruch, Albert D.
Lasker, Eugene Meyer, Jr., and Aaron
Sapiro. The last named Is counsel for
several of the cooperative organiza-
tions. and he has taken steps toward
bringing suit against Ford and others
for $1,O00,000 for alleged libel He
has mailed to Ford formal demand
for a retraction within thirty days,
this being required by. Michigan laws
as a preliminary to libel suit.
WIDESPREAD disregard Of the
eighteenth amendment and yio-
lations Of the national and state pro-
hibitiOn laws led to the formation Of
the national citizens committee of one
thousand on law enforcement, which
last week concluded its. annual, meet
ing in New York. 1t adopted resolu-
lions for presentation to the President
and the governors of the states, and
special committee carried these to
Washington, where 1t was entertained
by Mr.. Coolidge at breakfast One of
the resolutions requested the President
and the governors to urge all officials
,"of every rank and classification, APP
pointive or elective, to join them by
precept and personal example and so
far as they may by active participa-
ton In all administrative efforts, In
maintaining among the citizens of our
republic the high determination to
obey and enforce the law of the land"
A second resolution "commends to'
the people of the United States, and
particularly to their official represen-
tatives, the attitude of the President
In his obedience to the provisions Of
the eighteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution in the hope that the example
of the first citizen of our country may
induce those who are now willfully
violating the prohibitory statute to ac-
cept his leadership in conduct and in
dorse in practice the integrity of his
fidelity to the supremacy of the law"
This same subject of dry law VIOLA
ton has aroused some of the reform
ers In congress, because the testimony
in the divorce case Of Representative
Scott Of Michigan has brought out the