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The American issue., 1926-08-01
(Thc Outlook, July 7, 1920
THE HORRIBLE EXPENSE OF
PROHIBITION
Editorial.

A little work with slate and pencil
takes all of the scare out of the headlines
the wet newspapers have been putting
over their reports of the proceedings OF
Senator Reeds investigating committee.
The $35,000000 which was blazoned as the
cost of prohibition, according to the esti-
mate of Wayne B. Wheeler, amounts,
when figured out, to one cent per person
per year. This was money spent by the
Anti Saloon League, with which the
people as taxpayers are not concerned"
Nor did the Investigation show that the
100000 which the league has spent IN
Pennsylvania since 1919 has anything to
do with the Republican primary in that
state this year.
Another sum which the wet headlines
have played up is the $29,oO0,00O which
General Andrews asked for, to be used in
prohibition enforcement
But it turns out that of this sum $751;
100000 is to be spent for building coast
guard vessels and the like. Prohibition
enforcement is only part of the coast
The American issue., 1926-08-01
Saturday Evening Post, July 8. 1920
ONE-TOPIC TAKERS


Another name given these takers is
@anti-prohibition pests" They are pests
and "bores" and "single-track minds" be-
cause
Science may reconstruct the universe,
men of daring may play tag with the
North Pole, revolutions may threaten en-
pires, governments may fall, notable books
and plays may appear and Jess Sweetser
may bring home the British amateur golf
championship, but the anti-prohibition pest
appears to be as ignorant of these topics
of conversation as if he dwelt on some
lonely reef on Friday Island. There is just
one thing he wants to talk about and none
track mind, but it is laid out in a circle,
track mind, but it is said out in a circle,
and there are no switches, sidings or
bumpers to prevent his going around and
around the same old ring. :. No new
thought, no novel angle of approach, no
fresh argument, ever mars the perfect
Standardization of their gusty diauibes.
Why these deadly bores talk SO much
and do so little puzzles the editor, who
thinks the issue is to be decided at the
polls. Ballots speak louder than words,
but the wear and tear on the ears of the
majority is not nearly so severe
The American issue., 1926-08-01
CThe Congregatonalist, July 8, 1920
LIQUOR DRINKING AND SLAVERY
By Lawrence r. Howard.


Several strong points of similarity be-
tween drink and slavery are brought out.
Whatever other arguments were employed
in their favor the profits involved gave
them their strongest support. 1t is this
that is back of most of the propaganda
against prohibition, just as in England it
is preventing more effective action in Par
lament for greater restriction The Brit
isher who thinks he is making stand for
personal liberty is mistaken:
Not the greater independence of the
Britisher, but, on the contrary, his lack
of it, is what makes for drunken women
on the streets of London and other ter
rible sights resulting from drink.
1t is the financial standing of the liquor
business just as the financial stand
ing of slavery maintained that institution
The American issue., 1926-08-01
WHAT THE CURRENT MAGAZINES ARE SAYING ABOUT
PROHIBITION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
bv Emm ]. Transea
(Reviewed by Emma L. Transeau)

guards work The actual expense of pro-
hibition enforcement, therefore, narrows
down to perhaps IS cents per person. It
is not likely that the American people will
regard that as an extravagant expenditure
for enforcing a law which gives effect to
an integral part of the Constitution of the
United States.
The American issue., 1926-08-01
BLIND PIGS NOW AND THEN
New York City Always Has Been
Infested With Blind Pigs; Need
for State Enforcement Law

Federal prohibition administrator of
New York, Chester P Mills, estimates
that there are $4,000 "speakcasies, or
blind pigs, operating in New York City
Attention is called to the fact that this
number exceeds the number of licensed
saloons operating in 1918 Excise Com
missioner Sisson reports that there were
l3085 licenses for saloons in that year
The enemies of prohibition are making
much of this statement by the prohibition
tive proof that prohibition is failure and
that it is strong argument for the return
Of the licensed saloon.
The vets purpose in fighting for the re-
peal of the prohibition law is to make
booze more accessible If prohibition has
resulted in increasing the number OF drink
cmporiums in New York City, what are
the vets kicking about?
1t is apparent that something is wrong
with the figures. In the first place it is
only an estimate. If the administrator
knows the exact number of blind pigs in
New York City he must know the location.
Why doesn't he close them? He is guess.
ing, and one guess is as good as another.
But, for the sake of argument, assume
that the figures are correct. There still
remains the fact that there were vastly
more drinking places in New York City
in 1918 than there are now because blind
pigs and speakeasies fourished in that city
under license to as great an extent-or
greater-than they do at the present time.
This was true in all cities where the
licensed saloon operated. It was very easy
to determine the number of blind pigs in
those days, for the operators of these
places were careful to pay a government
license fee of SIS, but completely over
looked the little matter of paying the city
and state license fee. The checkup, for
instance, in the city of Chicago, in the
balmy days of license, when that city was
supporting more than 1000 saloons,
showed that there were more blind pigs
or speakeasies operating in the city than
licensed saloons.
But, aside from these considerations the
IdCt IeHdHlS tndt the Legislature ana the
Governor responsible for the repeal of the
state prohibition enforcement law are
largely responsible for these blind pigs
Federal Prohibition Administrator Mills
places the blame for their existence upon
the failure of police cooperation. How
can police cooperation be expected in
state that has no state enforcement law?
The repeal of this enforcement law left
prohibition enforcement in New York in
the hands of approximately 100 federal of
fcers, and what are 100 federal officers
compared with $4,000 policemen, which is
the size of the New York City police
The American issue., 1926-08-01

in recent years and that such drinking as
there is is done by the smart Alexis"
One far-visioned young man says:
The ultimate effect of the Volstead law
upon the young men and women of today
will be helpful, but not until we have
passed through the transition stage which
is now upon us.
The American issue., 1926-08-01
(American Review of Reviews, July, 1920
WHAT CONSTITUTES FAILURE?
Editorial.

WHAT CONSTITUTES FAILURE?
Editorial
Closing a series of paragraphs on the
political phases of prohibition, in New
York and Pennsylvania particularly, the
editor comments as follows on the ques-
ton in the title:
There are two current lines of argu-
ment against prohibition. They are totally
unlike, yet the vets continue to use both
lines of argument indiscriminately. One
argument is to the effect that prohibition
interferes with sacred personal rights and
that it ought to be abolished so that peo-
pie may obtain the alcoholic drinks of
which they are now deprived. The other
argument holds that prohibition ought to
be abolished because it cannot possibly be
enforced, inasmuch as drunkenness is far
more prevalent and the evils of alcohlism
far greater under prohibition than they
were before.
Our regular readers are aware that from
our point of view prohibition has gone be-
yond all expectation in the extent to which
ii has shut down an enormous manufac-
turing industry, ended great line of i'm
port trade, converted hundreds of thou
sands of liquor stores and saloons into
places carrying on other lines of retail
business and affected the ordinary habits
and expenditures of millions of people.
The American issue., 1926-08-01

Mahatma GahDdi, the great Indian ma
tionalist idol, is quoted in London dis
patch as telling what he would do if he
were emperor of India. G4bndi's first
declaration is: "I would prohibit the inn
portation of intoxicating liquors and close
down every distillery."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03
MAKING TAX FIGURES TALK

ITO ADD a new set of figures to the
L array that are dangled before the
voters this year a genius for trouble
making set the experts of State Audi
tor G. w. Clausen's Office to work to
determine whether or not King
County has been offsetting the coast
Of state university maintenance and
building through contributions to the
state highway funds.
Well, King County has, If the fact
is of any interest to anybody. King
County's surplus highway contribu-
lions since 1905 are a little bit less
than the total amount the rest Of the
counties have contributed toward the
support of the university since the be-
ginning of statehood in 1889. The fig-
ures, of course, may be subject to cor
rection for slight errors but they sat
isfy curiosity.
The put and take" tables Of the
state highway engineer show King
County up to the beginning of this
year had paid s12,413,S93 into the pub
lie highway and motor vehicle funds
through property taxes, auto licenses
and gas fees. This Is 1850 of the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03
Dairymen Must Help Themselves Saws Scollard

There are two million people in
the entire state of Washington and
there are nine million people in what
will soon be Greater New York." said
]. A. Scotland in addressing the CO.
operative picnic recently held on the
Southwest Washington fair grounds.
IF you think" he continued, that
these nine million people are inter-
ested in you or are thinking about
your problems you are mistaken. No
one is thinking very much about your
welfare except yourself, SO you must
do your utmost to add to your mem
bership. You must learn to think as
a unit. The structure you aim at can
not be built in a day but the future
is assured If you continue to CO.
operate"
Mr.. Scollard, continuing, outlined
the history of the building Of the
great cooperative dairy associations
of Western Washington, calling atten-
ton particularly to the success of the
Lewis-Pacifc Association of which he
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03
Writes Article on Idaho
Stump-Blowing Contests

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow.
"Stump-blasting contests" is the sub
ject of the leading article in a recent
number of DUPONT Magazine, being an
article by Prof. G. r. McDole, soil
technologist Of the Idaho agricultural
experiment station, describing con-
tests held in Kootenai, Bonner and
Boundary counties last spring. Gov
eminent powder was used.
Zone commonly thinks of stump
blasting as work." says the editor of
the magazine. yet in the Pacific
Northwest stumping has recently at
tanned almost the status of a popular
sport. Agricultural colleges and
county agents are promoting better
land-clearing methods through stump
shooting contests which have been
conducted successfully at various
places in Washington and Idaho dur
ing the past six months. The accom-
panying article is presented as a con-
structive program that can be adopted
with profit in many states"
Professor Melodies article says:
by insisting upon safe methods in
the handling of the powder and upon
all spectators withdrawing to safe
distance before permitting any shots
To ho
ing Is contacts in which IS contes.
tants took part without an accident. +"
He also says: ut is believed that
this method brings out the needs of
the different communities much bet
ter than demonstrations. The element
of competition stimulates much more
interest than demonstrations by a
powder expert"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03
Oregon Jerseys to Feed
New York Children

What is said to be the largest ship
ment Of purebred cattle to cross the
continent has arrived at its destina-
ton In New Jersey from a shipping
point in Oregon. This shipment, which
consisted Of 100 registered Jersey
cows and heifers, was made for the
Walker-G Milk Company, one OF
the largest and best known producers
of certified milk In the United States
The Jerseys will be used as founda-
ton stock in the Walker-Gordon herd,
which at the time of the arrival Of the
Oregon cattle numbered 1871 head,
and was made up almost entirely Of
grade stock. Greater and more eco
nomical production Of high quality
milk Is expected from the new stock,
and 1t is planned to gradually replace
the grade cattle with high producing
purebred herd
The selection Of Oregon Jerseys for
a commercial herd in New Jersey is a
remarkable tribute to the Western
breeders, for the Walker Gordon Com.
pany had the entire country and the
Island Of Jersey to select foundation
stock from. The Oregon cattle, how.
ever, have three or four generations
of high-producing sires and dams be.
hind them, and this undoubtedly WIS
the deciding factor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03
Prepared Skinned Milk
Now Sold Commercially

Large quantities of skim milk for
merly wasted or inefficiently used are
being converted into a marketable
product by number of companies
utilizing a process recently perfected
by the Bureau of Dairying, United
States Department Of Agriculture.
One company has sold more than a
million pounds during the last year
for poultry and hog feed. At Grove
City, Pa, this manufactured product
concentrated sour skim milk-is made
under the direction of department
dairymen and sells at four cents
pound, netting 81 cents a hundred
pounds of skim milk.
Briefly, the process consists of the
use of culture containing myco-
derm, which is yeastlike organism,
and an active culture of the bulgari-
Gus type. When used in combination
they are able to develop more than
double the amount Of acidity in the
skim milk produced by ordinary Tactic
cultures alone. The use of this mixed
culture has made 1t possible to create
an acidity of per cent in skim milk
which when concentrated at the rate
of 8 to gives the finished product an
acidity of per cent. An acidity of
Q per cent removes the difficulties
formerly experienced in concentrating
skim milk in the vacuum pan, and 6
per cent acidity in the finished prod
uct prevents spelling. The product
has been kept in good condition for
more than year.
Concentrated sour skim milk Is a
pasty, semifluid product. AS poultry
feed it is mixed with water or dry
mash. Good results are obtained
with the product when fed to baby
chicks in dilution of l to 8; when
fed to laying hens either in paste
form or in a mixture of pound paste
to pound of dry mash; and when
fed for crate fattening at the rate Of
40 pounds of the paste to 100 pounds
of mash. y.i
The utilization of surplus skim
milk in manufacturing this concen-
trated product promises greater out
let to the dairyman for his products
and assures the poultryman of uni
form supply of good feed that has ex-
cellent keeping qualities.
Foot and mouth disease is on the
increase on the Continent of Eu-
rope, and as precautionary meas
ure the English government has
placed an embargo against meat car
casses from the Continent. Holland is
the most seriously affected country by
this embargo, as England is her larg-
est customer for veal and pork prod
ucts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03

total received from all counties of the
state. Applying this percentage to
the $11,394,144 of federal aid received
allows King County credit of 49,
030,842 from governmental funds. AS
only $3,795,60 has been spent on
building King County roads, s11,649,-
075 Of King County money has been
taken for the benefit of other counties.
University appropriations up to
January /, 1926, are the only ones that
can be considered for that is the last
period when the highway accounts
were balanced. Up to that time $751;
29O,812 of appropriations had been
made available since the state was
admitted. King County's taxes have
averaged about 27% Of the state totals
which, when deducted, leaves $780,
293 to come from other sources. Still
further adjustments must be made for
student fees, university tract earnings,
interest on investments and other in
come so the contribution from other
counties is whitfield down close to the
total Of Kings road contribution to
the smaller counties.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03
esTHE STAMPEDE OF YOUTH

people today to work hard, and in
diligence of this laziness by foolish
parents.
Judge Mcintyre puts the first cause
here mentioned as the principal one
for the delinquencies among our
youth of today. One strong remark of
his stands out very pointedly: ut
makes no difference what your faith
may be-Buddhist, Catholic, Jewish,
Protestant, Mohammedan-instill In
your children in their infancy the
moral principles of that religion. En-
courage obedience to them during
childhood. And send your boy or girl
out into the world equipped with a
definite set of religious standards.
Such boy or girl almost NEVER
finds his or her way into the criminal
courts"
And again: LET me urge on par
ents to teach their girls that they are
the regulating force of the world.
Woman is the architect Of decency.
The world depends lpon her to incul-
cate high ideals of living, reverence
for the Almighty, spirit of brother.
hood. A good girl is capable of lead.
ing young man into right"
Every effort in training should be
begun at the cradle. 1t is never too
early to begin to direct habits in your
children, and every effort thus made
will repay you a thousandfold in
building up the character of your off
spring SO that there will be good
foundation upon which to build the
principles that will keep them out of
trouble in late years, equipping them
to be the citizens and parents of the
future.
The Hon. William v. Brothers OF
the Circuit Court of Illinois, gives it
as his opinion "that the three impor-
tant contributing causes of crime in
the present day are the automobile
the movie and liquor"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03

is president. This association has
grown in five years from a business Of
$4,000 in 1921 to sse0.764 in 1925.
and with the final liquidation of the
bonded Indebtedness in 1927, the asso-
citation will be the owner of a plant
and business free from debt, valued
at 100000. 1t Is through cooperative
effort, Mr.. Scotland asserts. that
Washington dairymen enjoy q Is
cents above the market on milk per
hundred pounds, and one cent pound
on butter. This advance does not
seem much on a few hundred pounds
of either milk or butter, but on the
enormous production of an associa-
TONS membership, it runs into the
thousands of dollars annually. This
advance in price is guaged by the mar
kets of the Sound cities as compared
with that of Portland, Ore, which is
universally lower. In Oregon the
dairymen have not as yet been able
to cooperate effectively as they have
I'D here.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03
Improving the Soil
By Green Manuring
Rv j. NJ. BOIL

A noted agricultural writer recently
said, 1.-THE great need today is not
to grow two blades of grass where but
one grew before, but to grow better
grass so that it will bring greater re-
turns for the labor and money ex-
pended in growing it," What will
make it possible for us to grow bet
ter crops?
More fertile land, of course, SO our
problem really Sits itself down to i'm
proving our soils. Once we have &C.
complished this-bigger and better
crops will naturally follow. Just as
a factory can, and always does, pro-
duce better goods when better equip
ment is used, so will better land grow
better crops. Diversified farming,
crop rotation, the application of fer
tilizer, all help greatly in building
up the fertility of the soil.
The least expensive way to build up
soils, however, is by the practice Of
green manuring" which consists Of
growing leguminous crops during that
season of the year when our land
ordinarily lies idle, which are plowed
under preparatory to growing the reg
ular crop. These green manure crops
improve the soil as follows:
Add plant food-by taking nitrogen
from the air and depositing 1t in the
soil for succeeding crops.
Create humus-by Incorporating in
tho soil ala the vegetation produced.
Conserve moisture-by shading the
ground in extreme dry weather and
by adding humus to the soil which
holds moisture. .
Control weeds-known to spread
most rapidly while the land lies idle,
by occupying the ground when no
regular crop is growing. Green ma
nure crops prevent weeds from
spreading. 1t is fact that weeds
are most aggressive while the land
Is idle.
Improve tilth-by root penetration,
which breaks up Jumps and hard soils,
BY the addition of humus which al
ows the penetration Of air and SUM-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-03

Under this heading, Vera L. Con-
molly writes a most Illuminating arti-
Gle telling Of the good and bad quail
ties of the youth of the present day.
The article appeared in the recent
number Of Good Housekeeping, and
it is one that all parents and guardi-
ans of young people should read, as
well as the young people themselves.
1t can but help both generations
to hear what is the opinion of many
of the judges of our juvenile criminal
courts. for the reason of the lawless
attitude that is taken by the youth
of the present day to all rules and
regulations that experience has shown
to be good for the upbuilding of char
acter and the overcoming of vicious
tendencies.
1t is the opinion of Judge F. Nc
Intyre, of the Court Of General SEES
sions "that my experience in this
court leads me to believe that most
of the serious crime in our country
today is carried on by young people,
between the ages Of sixteen and
twenty-three. Among these. all
classes are represented" He gives
also as his opinion that the causes
for the rotten moral standards and
general "jazz" spirit of the times lie
deep down underneath, and may be
summed up in the following category:
/. Lack of religious training in
childhood.
2. Absence of parental authority
and discipline.
8. Failure to instill ideals of mod
esty and chastity in female children.
4. The age-old problem of liquor.
5. The production, by dissipated
parents, of paranoiac children.
6. Unsupervised amusements, in
Guiding especially "joy-riding," cheap
movies, and indecent modern dances.
Z. Lack of proper recreational
facilities in most peighborhoods.
8. Unwillingness of most young