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WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-Five
years of prohibition of the manu-
facture and sale of intoxicants. finds
tho problem still being discussed.
but with tho question of law en-
forcement being taken up in earnest
at last by a president of United
States.
Slowly and without ostentation. the
dry side has made its impression
upon Calvin Coolidge, so that law
enforcement may be expected hence
forth with all the vigor that the
government can command.
Mr.. Coolidge. in his early days In
| politics was counted as not alto
gether dry" but whatever he may
have been, he stands only today as
the only president In the last five
years who has won the absolute
confidence OF the "drys". Here is a
significant announcement by the
board of Temperance of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church:
Tho vigorous and intelligent
action of ATTORNEY General Stone In
New Jersey with lie qui.o evident
personal interest of the President
OF the United States in the problem
of law enforcement clearly heralds
the dawn of a new day. Recreant
officials will be put down. Faith
full men will be elevated. Criminal
rebellion will be crushed. The pro-
hibition law will be enforced"
For several weeks there have
been whisperings that Mr.. Coolidge
had taken the prohibition problem
into his own hands and vas watch
ing enforcement very closely. The
"drys" have been tubilant. They
claim to have been harrassed and
obstructed at every turn by sub
ordinate officials inc that tho presi-
dents recognition of the situation
Is a moral victory for the cause
of enforcement.
Mr.. Coolidge has had relatively
little to say about prohibition since
he took office. He is represented,
however, as viewing the matter from
the viewpoint of law and order. An
amendment forbidding the maDufac-
ture and sale Of liquor is n part of
the constitution; a law has been
pdSot0 PtpF iuAh6 lciiditiNo ~
ton and there Is nothing for an
honest and sincere public official to
do but enforce the law.
Some OF the feeling expressed by
the "drys', that they have not been
given cooperation by the govern
ment Is due to the presence in high
administration quarters of pro
nounced vets. The secretary of
the treasury. Andrew w. Mellon, is
called a wet. having had large
Interests in a d.stIllery before pro-
hibition came. He is much too busy
with the financial side of the govern
ment TO give personal attention to
I, tho work of one of his bureaus
| that OF internal revenue. which in
cludes the prohibition unit-and
while no one has ever proved that
he intcrfered with prohibition en-
forcement. the "drys' have never
been satisfied and there is pending
in congress a bill to re-organize the
prohibition unit by removing It
from the authority of the commits
sloner of internal revenue.
The "drys' have been b~esieging
every president since the Eighteenth
amendment was adopted. President
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Economy, National and State

Those who will take the trouble to compare
Governor Fuller's inaugural address with Presi
dent Coolidge's annual message, last month, will
notice a close harmony of policies and of ideals,
especially on matters of public economy, says the
Boston Transcript. For example, President Cool
idge said:
The costs of our national and local govern
ments combined now stand at a sum close TO
500 for each inhabitant of the land. A little
less than one-third of this is represented by
national expenditure, and a little more than
two-thirds by local expenditure. 1t is an
ominous fact that only the national govern
ment is reducing its debt. 81 = = Economy
reaches everywhere. 1t carries a blessing 10
everybody.
What were such words but a virtual plea for
local cooperation with federal policies of econ
umy, to the end that economy might become ma.
tion-wide in the completest sense? And what but
Il virtual response to that plea are such words
as the following from Governor Fuller's inaug-
ural?
Departments ecommendin increases in
appropriations should also furnish informa-
tion as TO where and how the additional rev
enue TO be obtained. y = y 1t is true that
general taxation or general revenue may
be suggested 3 = T. but it does not squarely
meet the issue. Tho goal TO which we should
direct our continued efforts is a common.
wealth without n debt. 1t should be done. 1t
can be done.
And again, as to municipal expenditure:
When the citizens realize that municipal
taxation is the great and rapidly growing
burden that bears the most heavily upon
them and that it is increasing in an almost
unbelievable way they will act = " = 1t is the
most important problem today in municipal
affairs v y r / would recommend that even
further restriction be placed upon borrowing
under the general laws, etc.
In comparing national with local indebtedness
President Coolidge was not passing the buck
of needed economy from federal to local respon.
sibility; nor, in emphasizing municipal indebted
ness, was the governor doing the like toward the
municipalities, nasmuch as state laws are SUI.
preme in such matters; but, even as the president
sought and is receiving due cooperation, so is
Governor Fuller seeking it at the hands of mu-
inequalities as we'll as through legislative pol
icies. In short, the whole Republican policy of
economy, state and national, is being welded
INTO an effective program and Governor Fuller is
playing a wise and laudable and forecful part in
This welding.
, 1925-01-18
CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Found Some new crossword puzzle words. Yes, they're in this
one. but you'll find your old friend. EN-" in this one. too.
, 1925-01-18
Agriculture, the Crux of
Prosperity

The long and bitter complaint OF
the purchasing power among the
farmers has ended. says the Lincoln
Star. There is a worldwide demand
for farm products and a more sta
bilized credit understanding that per-
mlts Tree expectation at satisfying
prices. The best belief OF enduring
prosperity comes when there is a
demand for materials from the farm.
Europe has been making progress.
with the Troublesome question of re-
partitions and war settlements set
tied temporarily at least. Money IS
plentiful and interest rates are low.
Transportation facilities are adequate.
Inventories are being reduced. Con
ditions economic warrant the fore
cast that both agriculture and indus
try are good enough TO promise n
considerable period OF what is com
monty termed prosperity.
The prosperity, we have been
waiting for. praying for. preparing
for. has arrived. Greet It, and grasp
It for yourself and spread its benedic-
ton among those you have the pow
or to help to prosperity.
The pendulum is again swinging
our way. We're about I o bask once
more in the sun Of plentitude. Above
the horizon we see the harbingers OF
good crops well paid for; unemploy-
ment rapidly decreasing; the resump.
ton OF business activity; railroads
giving record-bresking orders for re-
placement of all old equipment; saw.
ings balances that have reached the
highest marks the banks have chr
ried for years.
Let's all do our share in sreasins
the wheels to keep prosperity in &C
tlon. work faithfully: employ help
literally. buy freely. save intelligent
ly-taik and act and perpetuate pros
perity.
In Nebraska the total gain in
value of farm crops produced in 1924
was $50. 662 900 over that of 1923
despite tho fact that a considerable
less acreage was planted.
The percentage increase In the
value OF Nebraska crops is estimated
at about thirty per cent. while that
Of the entire nation is estimated al
only sixteen per cent.
Truly prosperity has started &c
shine on the west once more; anc
nothing is a more certain barometer
OF the property OF the country thar
the value of It's farm produce
which has almost doubled tho aver
~ Increase in value OF the natioa',
NgOLa.
, 1925-01-18
Another Lie Nailed

Now one OF the professors at Beloit tells us
that most of this talk about caveman methods is
poppycock. The old idea was that in prehistoric
times the hardy native did his counting with a
club. When he wanted u-womun he knocked her
pn the head with a massive mallet and carried
1cr off like a sack of oats. But this Wisconsin
educator says that this is fiction. He has been
fcading the tablets and otherwise delving in the
past and he says that the earliest lovers were
not harsh. They strung beads for their sweet
hearts. They made holes in quaint pieces of wood
aud threaded them on thongs. Likewise they made
strange sounds that served as music. They did
not play the ukulele or carry chocolate creams,
hut their methods were not vastly different from
those OF our twentieth century Lotharios. The
pioneer lover did not attempt to impress his
sweetie with Il granite adze. Instead he brought
her yiolets from the wildwood and he sat in front
Of her cave s%tringing funny things on a strand of
gut. lie even raised his voice in song. The love
which makes the world 90 round has been much
the same for all ages and with all peoples.
, 1925-01-18
Nailed to the Mast

The White House breakfast for the business
men representing the committee of 1000 was well.
conceived publicity in support of prohibition, its
observance and its enforcement. There are mum.
berless laws that should be obeyed, but the prin.
ciple of law enforcement is dramatized at this
time by the Illicit liquor traffic. If the eternal
battle between law and lawlessness were pictor-
tally represented as n battle front, it would Mt
once. appear that the salient commanding the en-
tire front about which the combat now RACES
most fiercely is that of prohibition. The men who
ate sausage and waffles with the president un-
derstood that fact.
The president is for enforcement; he is also
for observance. He patronizes no bootlegger.
There are no White House cocktails. He Is
against the elevation of the big guns ON the bat.
tleships of the fleet for the sake of his policy of
economy; but he will increase the dry nayy's'
strength a. much a. Tie elnerSens ieqs-res. Mr.
, 1925-01-18
The Paris Settlement

At the Paris conference to appor-
ton Dawes plan receipts the United
States had two choices. It could hold
fast to the Wordsworth agreement
for payment of u Rhineland arms
tice costs, forego any other claims
on the German PREPARATION fund and
wash It's hands OF all responsibility
for the execution OF the Dawes set
tlement. Our allen custodian fund
could have been drawn upon to meet
tho German-Amerlcan joint commits.
sion's damage awards and our inter
est in ~reparatlon collections would
then have been limited to the $780,.
600. 900 Rhineland costs and the
twelve-year period in which they
were originally to BIO llquidated.
The United States might have OBJ
tanned a larger actual reimbursement
in that fashion. But 1t would have
been subordinating sound national
policy to cash returns. We elected
at Paris to accept something less for
both occupation and damages. but
we have fortified our position as a
creditor of the allied nations and as
a friendly c~o-operator n Europe's re-
storation by emphasizing and broad
ening Dur partnership with the allies
in the enforcement of the Dawes set.
Element.
We are to collect our private dam.
"a ~ rtaIaNa athrAftrh NhA ronarostAn
commission, scaling them down In
value throLsh deferred payments.
We are TO receive more occupation
annuities and more firmly with the
Dawes plan, since our stake in II Is
increased from $3.50, 600. 600 to 5000.
900 900 and the time limit of REIN.
| bursement under It is extended from
twelve to at least twenty-five or
thirty years.
The allied powers were willing to
| face certain monetary sacrifices in
order TO make America once more a
factor in the PREPARATION Commits
| sion's work. They valued such an
association highly and 1t was wisdom
on our part to consent to It. Great
| Britain. France and Italy are our
debtors. VIC are asking them to pay
their debts. As a sensible creditor VIC
ought to be glad TO help them to col.
lect what Germany owes them and
| thus strengthen their ability to settle
with us. The logic of our debt pol
| icy has always required us to CO.
| operate with the PREPARATION commits.
| sion powers in executing the repair
J alton sections OF the Versailles
| treaty.
We have now come out into the
open as n direct beneficiary. of the
commissions operations and a guar
antor OF its authority to collect. We
have entered into an agreement with
France and Great Britain eagerly de
sired by them and in tho long run
financially advantageous to us. II
has the added merit OF being a ma
terial contribution on our part 10
general economic recovery and to the
peace OF Europe.
At the Paris consultation the real
American policy of world duty and
h%elpfulness has again triumphed.
, 1925-01-18
ENFORCEMENT, taken up
AT LAST BY President, may
BRING Definite RESULTS

Wilson was lot in sympathy with
the Volstead act; in fact, he vetoed
1t on a technicality. but plainly did
not like the measure anyhow. Mr..
Harding eve served liquor at the
White House table. but took c drink
regularly after his golf game until
some one reminded him that his act
in carrying any liquor from his
rooms in the White House to
the golf club was a violation of the
Volstead law unless he obtained n
permit. After that. Mr.. Harding re-
Trained and toward the end of his
career, became a t~eetotaler and
made at Denver a plea for law en-
forcement which entirely satisfied
the "drys'.
There are various measures pend
ing in congress relating TO law en-
forcement. Most of them look
toward the strengthening rather
than the weakening of the vo1stead
act. The Stalker bill for instance,
would provide Jail sentences for first
offenders. The johnson bill pro-
vides for deportation of aliens con-
victed of violating the Volstead law.
1t once passed the house but failed
to be voted on in the senate and is
now up again before the house.
In addition to the foregoing, the
'drys' are trying TO get legislation
which shall place all beverage
alcoholic liquors under control of
government agencies for sale and
distribution and that particularly
the government should acquire all
liquor now in government bonded
warehouses. The purpose of this is
said to be legitimate distribution.
This is not all. however. for the
"drys" are urging. too. that event
ually congress should place under
, 1925-01-18
Stabilizing Oil

Secretary Work, as chairman of the oil con.
servation board recently appointed by the presi-
dent, has begun his investigation, says the New
York HeraldTribun 1t will be less spectacular
tnan other oil Investigations, but its results
ought TO be considerably more significant. The
QUESTIONABLE which Mr.. Work has addressed to
the leading men in the industry shows the out.
lines of the problem. 1t is a problem in an en-.
ormous waste of n prime necessity of life which
is at the same time exhaustible and irreplacable,
and there is something a~rresting in the picture
of the government offering its assistance to the
petroleum producers in saving both them and
the rest of us from the effects of the curious con.
ditions under which oil must be produced.
The year 1924 ended with petroleum in a de.
pressed condition., due largely to overproduction
Eight new fields brought in during 1923 had flood
ed the country with crude oil, against which the
industry had insufficient protection. less than
1000 wells in that year produced more oil than
all the 100000 wells in the country produced in
1918. During 1924 there were no great new
STRIKES except that in the Workman field in
Texas at the end of the year, but though pro
duction was under 1923 and above
it the surplus remained about the same. New
wells are, of course, much more profitable than
old ones; it means that new wells are brought in
before old ones have been worked out. There is
waste in the oil left in the ground when old wells
are abandoned and there is waste in the use of
fuel oil in competition viii; coal when "%gushers'
<aDlcas its uricp-
, 1925-01-18
SUNDAY, U 1s, 1925

the provisions Of the prohibition act
all intoxicating liquors mad and
purchased before the passage OF the
Eighteenth amendment; at present.
wealthy owners of cellars" pro-
vided they can establish the tact or
fiction that their liquors were OBJ
tanned before prohibition being un'
disturbed by the prohibition law.
For the thirsty. there is little hope
that the Volstead law will be re-
pealed for some time to come unless
public sentiment changes materially.
So far as congress is concerned. 1t
is in the control of the drys. What
might result from strict enforcement
of the law is another question, as
some vets think it will provide the
reaction they long have expected.
, 1925-01-18
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20. Serious.
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80. A stroke.
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, 1925-01-18

VERTICAL.
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ment.
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16. Forty cubic feet IN ship meas.
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&c. Batter.
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81. A color.
80. A structure which keeps back
water.
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50. What cans are made of.
81. Vulgar.
SO. A mongrel.
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43. Headgear.
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61. Thus.
, 1925-01-18

A movement for the abolition OF
the convict leasing system. whereby
the work OF convicts in tho state
peritentiaries Is leased out to a cor
poration. which sells the product on
the public market. has been started
by the Missouri State Federation OF
Labor.
Evening star., 1925-08-09
BY FRANK III. SIMONDS.

~ EYOND question the outstand-
- ing circumstances in the dis
| cussions in Williamstown in
IL the opening days of the con-
Evening star., 1925-08-09
IN WORLD COURT
BEFORE SENATE In DECEMBER
Prospects for Favorable Action Unless Reservations
Are Attached Which Would Not Be Acceptable
to Other Member Nations.

reservations get by the Democratic
Senators. but are rejected by the ma
uon-members Of the court, then the
irreconcilable Senators will 'get from
under" by saying to the people: Yes
we divorced the court from the shame
full league. We Americanized 1t. And
now the wicked foreign nations have
rejected II. Didn't we always say they
were unfit for a self-respecting De-
mocracy like the United States to
have anything to do WITH"
II the foregoing Is a fair analysis of
the court situation, 1t is evident that
no time can be lost between now and
December II by the supporters of the
court If the President and Senate of
the United States are to feel the full
weight OF the pro-court sentiment
which exists throughout the country.
II the court is rejected the peace
movement in America will be put back
for years. If we join the court. how
ever, then the first great step will
have been taken by the United States
to regain the moral ground lost since
the armistice, and America will again
take her stand side by side with her
sister nations in the world endeavor
to hasten that golden day when, as
Victor Hugo prophesied, "the only
battlefield will be the market opening
to commerce and the mind opening to
new ideas"
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Little Paraguay Notes
Rush of Immigrants

Little Paraguay. 1000 miles inland
by river boats from Buenos Aires. is
experiencing a rush of immigration
not unlike the old-time gold rushes in
the United States. Probably no South
American country is receiving a
larger number of immigrants in COM
parison to its size. German farmers
are showing a decided preference for
the little republic, where land can be
obtained cheaply and favorable laws
are being passed by the new admins
tration, which seems to be governing
satisfactorily to all political groups.
Hardly steamer arriving at Buenos
Aires from Europe fails to bring a
group of emigrants en- route to Para
quay. Several new German colonies
have been established there. But the
newest colony projected is that Of a
British syndicate, that has purchased
nearly 250,000 acres Of farm land
stretching for Is miles along the
Parana River. The company plans to
bring over 1000 British families as
fast as houses can be provided for
them.
Still the most important colony
project for Paraguay Is that of the
Canadian Mennonites, who are ex.
pected to begin their migration to
their new home this Summer. The
first group of 500 will prepare the way
for 5000 families from Capaaa.
Evening star., 1925-08-09
BY HAMILTON HOLT.
Former Editor Of the Independent.

On the 18th day Of December the
Senate Of the United States begins the
debate on the Permanent Court of
International Justice. This debate,
unless all signs fail. will continue
long into the Winter. If not till Spring
VIII the Senate accept or reject this
great tribunal, which that old Con-
necticut Learned blacksmith" Elihu
Burritt, prophesied two generations
ago that when 1t came into existence
it would be "the highest court of ap-
peals this side the bar Of eternal JUS
tice," and which our own Elihu Root
has said 'is the latest institution
wrought out by the civilized worlds
general public opinion against war,
for the purpose of giving effect to
that opinion"
Aggressive Fight Needed.
The answer to this question ap-
parently lies in the hollow Of Presi-
dent Coolidge's hand. If he makes
an aggressive fight on the issue, his
influence with the country, and
through the country on his party as
sociates in the Senate, will surely
bring enough lukewarm Senators into
line to get the United States into the
court by a safe, perhaps a handsome,
majority. Dispatches from Swamp
scott telling Of the Presidents con-
ferences with Republican senatorial
leaders are very encouraging to
friends Of the court.
If he contents himself, however,
with only one or two more public ut
terances reiterating his support Of the
court, the fate of the tribunal will
be in the lap of the gods, and the vote
of a single State may turn the tide
either way.
For this is the situation: The
Democratic Senators, with the excep-
tions Of Reed Of Missouri, Dill of
Washington, and probably B1ease Of
South Carolina, are to a man for the
court, provided they are not asked to
vote for reservations that will insult
the League Of Nations or merely save
the face Of the Republican "irrecon.
cilables."
The Republicans are split in two.
One faction believes that the Repub-
lican party is bound by the last two
Republican platforms to accept the
court with the reasonable Harding
Hughes reservations. 1t will follow
President Coolidge. This faction, how
ever. has no leader worthy of the
issue. and its rank and file are doubt
less more interested in keeping up
party morale than supporting world
morality.
Faction Ably Led.
The other Republican faction, which
Is extraordinarily ably led, Is too wise
to reject the court outright and thus
bear the onus of the act. It is pre-
pared, however, to insist on reserva
tons so impossible that either the
Democrats will vote against them, as
they had to do in the league fights, or
else the other nations will refuse to
accept them. In the event that tho