Milford chronicle., 1927-08-05

| OF course they now smoke clga-
rettes and wear trousers but we will
never believe that women have at
tanned full equality until they start
chewing tobacco.
1t is easier to keep out of the
ditch than hiring some one to pull
you -Watertown IN. " Times.
We like a man that comes right
out and says what he thinks-when
he agrees with us.-Ohio State Jour-
nal.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
(From National Editorial Association)
Especial TO Chronicle)
Washington, August 3-Every pos
sible source of political patronage is
being closely examined by our ma
tional legislators with view to a
heavier yield. Though the Presiden-
tiaI election season is a year in the
offing it is highly important to all
parties to have their local henchmen
active and aggressive at an early
date. One caustic observer here has
said that if the limitation of twenty
cents per mile per session were lift
ed there would be a large summer
colony of congressman and senators
in Washington, despite the weather.
Those who cannot afford frequent
trips to Washington assign to their
secretaries the difficult task of draw
ing water from political well
when it is generally recognized that
the spring is dried up.
The prosperity of the larger cor
porations engaged in the steel and
motor car industry argues well for
the country as a whole, yet it is
bound to have an echo in the halls
of Congress next winter, especially
in view of the proposed mergers. Of
late years Congress has revived its
interest in the study of interlocking
directorates and their inquiry has
produced some interesting informa-
ton.
There is a small but active group
in Congress which has a reputation
to maintain as a "big business" bait
er. Therefore, we may reasonably ex-
pect resolutions demanding inquiries
into so-called monopolies and de-
mands that the antitrust laws be
frightened. The farmers through their
cooperative organizations are find
ing it to their advantage to combine
in the interest of economy and price
maintenance so that the old plant oi
class legislation cannot be confined
to the legislators interested in bust
ness promotion.
Though the conference on shiI
ratios held at Geneva has possibili-
tie for international discord, no one
in Washington, except the State De-
partment and few ranking officers
of the Navy Department are perturb
ed. Somehow the American public
is Indifferent to foreign affairs un.
less there is an eminent possibility
of a call to the colors. The situa-
ton is considered sufficiently grave
for the Secretaries of the State and
Navy to remain at their desks while
every other Cabinet member is away
from Washington on his vacation
Wars start in foreign Offices, not
with the rank and file of the people
Leaders of the major political par
ties are holding conferences here
and in other sections of the country
for the purpose of discussing ways
and means of enriching the party
exchequer. 1t is generally recogniz-
ed that the preliminaries to the par
ty convention, as well as the actual
contest, will require millions OF
dollars. One of the factors that bo-
theirs the leaders is the attitude OF
the Independent voter, who is legion
The line of demarcation between
parties is not pronounced as in other
years. AS a consequence it is i'm
possible to determine the fate of po-
litical projects. At various times
leagues and clubs have been form
ed for the purpose of arousing the
non-voting populace, but their cam
paigns have hardly dented the sur
face. There is an unlimited field for
missionary work in an effort to "get
out the vote"