By JOAN
CLAYTON
-: Another Repeal Celebration
ll
ErS"GIRL"
"M Fervor Sicays Vs; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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-TV M. W. SPRAGUE has resigned his post as special treas-
J ury adviser because he
Roosevelt monetary program and foresees a dangerous infla
tion ahead which he feels it
writer does not find O. M. W. s
can claim no relation, we, have
-a man with that name and from
the dervish dance of the dollar
staging. His resignation wipes out the mystery, which was
no mystery at all ; and we feel the family name has been vin
; dicated.
For 0. M. W. in his letter to the president hammers home
the arguments against price
which we have been emphasizing. Though you inflate prices
you cannot maintain inflated prices unless and until there is
demand for goods which are in
supply and demand will still function: and if cotton goes to
20c a pound it will not stay there
consumption. The higher price
tion and increase the prevailing
We quote some pertinent paragraphs from Mr. Sprague's
letter;
! "I am opposed to the present policy of depreciating the dol
lar through old purchases in foreign markets for two reasons. I
am convinced that this policy will prove ineffective in securing a
- ' speedy rise in prices. This is not because of any inability to de
preciate Ibe dollar.
"When a government announces it determination to depre-
elate its own currency it can Certainly accomplish that result,
and without the .necessity of acquiring any considerable amounts
t gold in other countries; since no sensible person will desire
la such circumstances to acquire more of the currency.
"But mere depredation of the currency in relation to the
currencies of other countries will not bring about a general rise
In prices, in-the-absence of widespread distrust of the currency,
at a time when there is a large excess plant capacity and millions
. of unemployed wage earners. "
, ""An advance in prices that has any promise of being main
tained requires the development of conditions that will permit a
anstained demand for more labor and more materials, with re
sultant Increase in the production of goods and services and a -higher
standard oC living. There is nothing in the depreciation ot
the dollar to Induce this increased' demand for materials and la
bor. A few prices will rise, particularly those of commodities
such as cotton, that are exported is large amounts. -
"Finally, and of overshadowing, importance, the present pol
icy threatens a complete break-down of the credit jet the govern
ment, The recovery program involves expenditures far in excess
of current revenues. Certainly as much as two billions of doUars
. must be borrowed during the remainder of the fiscal year.
- "Bonds, Including government bonds, are a unsatisfactory
Investment at a time when a government is determined to depre
ciate Its currency. Already many issues of .government securities
have dropped below par, including the issue that was brought out
. in October.
"I believe you are faced with the alternative either of giving
up the present policy or of the meeting of government expendl
tures with additional paper money."
These are words which the president should heed, but will
not i He has ousted from the treasury all who held to the dem
ocratic platform enunciation of a "sound currency to be pre
served at,aH hazards". Woodin has gone, Acheson has gone,
now Sprague is out. And the president brands as "Tories"
those who disagree with Ms policies. In the stead of these men
he has put Henry Morgenthau, ir. who adopts as his policy
the declaration, "the president must be right and clamps a
censorship on all of his subordinates.
Mr, Sprague recognizes that "there is no defense from a
drift into unrestrained inflation other than an aroused and
organized public opinion : and
with the announced intention
arouse public opinion as to
nere on the Kacific xim we salute O. M. W., and welcome him
to the ranks of those who fight against the catastrophe of
ira uuxauon.
Thwarting the
sv 1 i1 a m
niis obvious mar. concern
JL themselves, and not-f.fr bondholders, prompts rejection
by the New Yorkers of the proposal of the city of Salem to as
sume the mortgage debt against the water plant here. For un
. der the Salem proposal the bondholders are assured of pay-
. ment In fun at maturity of their bonds: while under the deal
- which the New Yorkers must,
expected to surrender them
cents on the dollar. New York baUiers have shown scant soli
citude for the bondholders and there is no reason to assume
they have a sudden burst of virtue now.
. . The Salem iplant is assuredly worth not more than $950.-
000 at the present time. Of this amount some $903,000 rep
resents tne equity or the bondholders, the remainder the
, equity of the stockholders. Salem offers to assume the $903,
000 in bonds and to pay the remainder in cash. The New
York bankers (being the same
is successor trustee for the bond
I mon stock of the water company by assignment as collateral
i pending payment of loans) refuse-to permit the pity to as
- sume toe $903,000. on the ground that it might be unfair to
tne otber bondholders.
i This objection might be
. of the bond issue. The indenture under which the bonds were
issued, and which is perforce
definitely outlines the plan which the taty of Salem is now
proposing. It specifies that where a municipality acquires a
plant and -assumes the payment of the bond against it. the
particular bonds so assamed
. then endorsed. If there is any discrimination it is one which
was designed by the attorneys for the water company when
they drew the indenture covering the bond issue.
What ta do now ? There is only one. thing to do,, and that
" is to proceed to condemn. If the trustee for the bondholders
does not want to take the guarantee of payment of $903,000,
then he can take-what a Marion county jury says the plant
,-is worth. And the engineers latest estimate was $695,000.
Maybe if the trustee in New York recalls his experience at
Hoquiam, Washington, he will be glad to have the city renew
"its proposal. , -
a Ki??6iPkTrtailt ars doing a fine thins la ccting as sponsors for
tuVnv.0BOT of 019 governor and members ot the legislature. While
WvadM?9' LkaT Ukea the lead and are doin the work. It should
toT iEi2t-.tt,t to tt U-Slem affair; that everyone is cor
tate's tu2ii,ttfBd hoir toapJtallty to the leader in the
laJUaal and ? hdl to tomorrow night at the armory. It Is
ni-sawclety. xt is u7y Ujr oe because they think It is too
er the session. llertr creetlEf from Salem folk to our guests
the Continent
is out of sympathy with the
his duty to combat. While the
name in his herdbook and so
been unable to understand how
Massachusetts-could stomach
which the president is now
raising by dollar devaluation
production. -The old law of
unless the cotton passes into
will attract greater produc
surplus.
retires from the treasury
of joining in the effort to
thejdangers that impend. Out
Water Deal
ior tne stocicnoiders wno are
have in mjnd they would be
for somewhere from 50 to 75
house of Chase National which
issue and owner of the com
,
valid were it not for the terms
binding upon the bondholders.
are to be designated by lot, audi
it-ufs;
Bits for Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Doable Salem's population
in five short years or less:
Is
(Continuing from yesterday:)
Fortunes will be made in the flax
and linen industries that are cer
tain to come to the Willamette
vaUey
But the enclurlns enterprises In
this field, and successful from
the start, will likely be the ones
organised and conducted In the
atmosphere of a spirit of coopera
tion, with all persons concerned
willing to put in their means and
devote their services on a basis
calculated to insure solidity before
looking for considerable profits
and high rewards
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With the industry thus organ
ized and conducted, and with tho
natural and other advantages fav
oring it here, it could stand the
competition offered in this coun
try.' or likely to confront it in the
future, and be in condition to
compete in foreign markets
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The reader who has followed
tote series must have been con
vinced that the industry up to the
fiber stage wcild thus re on an
even keel with cotton fiber In
terms of cost allowing reason
able profits to the growers and
the concerns performing the ret
ting, scutching and sorting.
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As to the processes above that
stage, beginning with the spin'
mng of the fibers Into yarn,
there might be a shade in favor
of cotton goods as to cost ot man
ufacturing, under natural condi
Daily Health Talks
By EOYAL S. COPELAND, itD. ' '
By ROYAL S. COPELAND. M. D.
Uattad States senator from New Yorki
former Ctmaitaaloaev Heart.
XewTork City
Mr NHQHBOR who suffer
from a akin dlseasa called "psoriasis'
Is very fond of my small son. 1 am
concerned about my child' catching
the disease. Is
there any dan
ger T
X was glad to
answer this let.
ter and advise
the worried par.
nt that there Is
no nsed Cor anx
iety. Psoriasis Is
a chronic inSam.
matton of tha
skin. It. ta not
contagious, and
cannot be trans
mitted from one
Individual to aa
other. Wot is it
a sign of general
Dr. CopeliMi
ill health, for Strang as tt may seem,
the-condition. Is frequenUy fatisd in
robust and otherwise - perfectly
healthy persons. ,
Confused With Eczema
This ba&hiig disease Is frequently
confused' with eczema. Unlike
seme, psoriasis doea not Itch. It Is
dry. and ta usually found on the
unexposed surfaces of the body. -
Eczema Itches. It Is moist, and
nay be found anywhere en the body,
especially tb hands and face. One
thing; eczema, has in common with
psoriasis la that It Is not contagtooa.
At one nine psoriasis was believed
to be caused by an Infection. . This
theory bar long , been elaeardeoV Cer
tainly, no germ has been Isolated
that Is capable - of earning this dis
ease. No evidence has been advanced
to confirm the belief that ttla Infec
tious. -
Recent uvsstlgatlon tends to show
that this disorder Is a vomit of some
disturbance In the digestive tract. It
si possible tt may be the result of
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tions on an equality with those
found here. -
This might follow, from the fact
that there may always be le3s loss
in handling cotton fiber than in
working with flax fiber.
S
The reason is in the extreme
fineness of the fiber of the flax,
resulting in the working out of
a percentage of the weight In pre
paring it for spinning, and in the
spinning process itself. This loss
is partially made up in low grade
fiber worked out; this residue
having some yalue for other uses,
but not appreciably comparable
with the value of the yarn.
Let the reader get the dea of
what is meant by yarn. The re
sult of spinning is yarn, whether
applied to flax, cotton, wool, silk,
hemp, ramie, mohair rayon or
other fiber, vegetable or animal.
The yarn stage is next above the
fiber stage. There must be yarn
from which to fashion thread and
twine. Yarn is the. article that is
woven into cloth.
The yarn fashioned from flax
fiber may be infinitely fine. A
strand of this fiber may be divid
ed and divided again, and a third
and fourth time, and on and on.
until it is so fine as to not be dis
cernible to the natural human eye,
It is said tfiit a girl working In
a Belfast mill took two pounds ot
flax fiber and succeeded in weav
ing it into a single yarn that
would reach from Belfast to Ber
Un some 1400 miles.
vitamin deficiency, the exact
nature of which has not yet been dis
covered. Lew Preteia Diet Beneficial
recent report states that suf
ferers from "this skin affliction axe
benefited by a diet that la low in
protein. These authorities -daim that
when the diet is exceedingly low m
protein, foods, the skta clears and
only faint traces, can be detected.
Sufficient protein J included in the
diet to make up for "wear and tear"
of the body without Increasing, the
protein cot tent It is advised that
foods, such aa meat, fish, fowl, meat
soups, esxa. Urer and Udnera, which
are high In protein content, be omitted
from the diet OT course, a diet as,
sever as this should only be con
tinued uader the personal supervision
of a physician.
Since psoriasis Is a chronic disturb
ance, and requires prolonged treat
ment, the victim becomes discouraged
and' sometimes resorts to patent
medicines. The number ot salves and
ointments that bar been reconu
mended foi this disorder is legion. In
desperation, the sufferer win try any
thing ones, and in many instance
the "remedy irritates hie sUn rather
than benefits It
Areid Upr escribed Oiataaeats
' "May I worn you against the us of.
any oIntmnt that baa not beenjir.
ecrJbed by a physician who has first
carefully examined th.eruptiaa and
studied your skin. X say this because
not all skliis are alike; aa ointment
that may b beneficial t on Individ-.
ual may be harmful to another. ' -
In applying an ointment tt is ad- -visas
first to get rid of the scales
and rough. layer of akin. These scales
which are characterisfw of psoruuts
are best removed by taking a. warm
bath, , Use a stut brush and plenty
of soap.- ixter therouc! drymg. ap
ply the prcscrfbed ointment net
become'- dcouraged, for by persist
ence you may overcome -tb- aSUe
tlon. '
fcwrlpM. 193 X.
e m
One may get from this an Idea
of what was meant by the "fine
linen" of Bible days.
When the time comes for or
ganizing cooperatively concerns
in the Salem district to take up
the growing rettlng and scutching
of flax, it is conceivable that some
of them will In duo course of time
take up spinning, or even carry
on further to weaving, or even
still further, to the manufacturing
of specialties.
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Many spinning mills are found
in the Belfast district, and in the
central European countries, that
do not attempt to go further. In
that part of the world few con
cerns carry on from the growing
and processing up to the yarn
stage, and through the weaving
and making of specialties. Among
these few are- one ot two con
cerns that are several hundred
years Qld 1 going back to St
Bartholomew's night (Aug. 24,
1572), after which French weav
ers fled to northern 1 Ireland and
transferred their flax and linen
industries to the Belfast district,
thus bringing about the inception
ot those gigantic and world era-
bracing industries there.
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The reason that paint to cover
surfaces from water or air must
have linseed oil (linseed meaning
liax seed from lin which Is French
for flax) is that no other known
chemical substance will perform
this service. It would take a chap
ter by a chemical scientist to ex
plain. But in short nothing else
will serve. No substitute, natural
or synthetic, has been found,
though the search for one has
been persistent and world wide.
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The pursuit of the principle of
a flax pulling maehine that would
replace tho back breaking task of
hand labor In this task went on
for generations. Many men in
many, countries were engaged In
it The first one to get it was a
Canadian- preacher.. The device
that he discovered was in the
first machine that came to Sa
lem In 1924. Soon wo had here
the largest fleet of these machines
in the-world haye yet But sev-
oral improvements were made In
the state shops at the peniten
tiary.
There Is said to be now an Eng-
iisu machine that Is successful.
ana mat can be made and sold
at a much lower price than that of
ine uanaaian machine.
But most of the flax of the
world is grown in small patches.
ana punea and scutched bv hand.
The work Is generally done on the.
Jaaa; the same as it has been per
formed in ail the generations of
tne past. Tbere are a few neigh
borhood rettinfc and acntchln
piants. nut there is perhaps no
cattery of hand scutches in the
worm now as large as tho one a
few year ago discarded in our
state plant It had 30 machines,
power ariven xrom one motor,
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Innumerable experiments hare
oeen made In short-cuts for ret.
ting and drying flax straw, many
t continued on page 10)
The Safety
aive
-Letters from
Statesman Readers
Keotsu, Ore., Nov. 12, 1933.'
Editor; Oregon Statesman,
8alem, Oregon. -Dear.
Sir:-: .AS"
Talk abont a three-rlnred wild
animal eircus. If yon can show
us one mat ha the present eco
nomic and political . situation in
tats etate heat, in show yon a
two-headed, horned owL It's
surely worth tho price of a news
paper to leant about all the tunny
V
, - .SYNOPSIS V '
Tsnr and lawelv Patrlda War'
emlava the eard akQl she in
herited from her late father to help
support her rtepmother and step
sisters by playing at bridge parties
given by the weaitay airs, xaiecn
Sycott Pat receives Ifty cents an
hAor. Rhm dednsea tho ffer of Ju
lian Haver belt, noted bridge expert.
to mak her his secretary "
nr when, after takifisf her home.
he trie t soak lev to her. Her
atfrtai ateamother IS faTMOS at
Pat's refasaL Later, at MrsvSyeott'a
home, Patricia meets tiara iracy,
her ideal, only to leant he Is en
gaged to the socially prominent
Martha March. Pat is heartbreken.
New Year's Eve, Bill McGee, a
sax&H-time peKiieian and thug, in
sists that Pat accompany him to
danc. They stop at a rival racket
eer's place where Bill demands set
tdeseent for infringement oa hia
territory. He la shot and Pat Sees
in terror. Arriving heme. Pat is pat
out by her stepmother who says the
police are looking for her. Led
Frayne, a friend, offers rat a some
with her. She suggests that Pat get
in touch with Haverholt
CHAPTEB EIGHT
"I don't see how you 'can advise
that," said Patricia, hurt "Particu
larly after what Phil has said about
oeonle who play cards."
"Phil and I are. two different
people. We disagree there, Call np
Jotian Haverholt Patricia. You're
old enough, smart enough, pretty
enourh to take care of yourself.
You'd have him wound around your
little finger insid two days. You
could make him pull you to the top;
you could be famous In a year.
Contract bridge is the sweilest
racket going these days. Go ahead,
Pat"
"Ho "
Toull neveT find a job other
wise," predicted the older girt
After two weeks of job hunting
Patricia herself sometimes wavered.
Every morning she went out in
borrowed clothes; every night she
returned on borrowed carfare. She
lived from day to day. Some day
she would get a job, must get a
job. The situation now was impos
sible.
Phil was a constant visitor to the
apartment He and Patricia tore
at each other's nerves, were barely
on speaking terms. The girl was
too young t make allowances for
the man; he was too intolerrnt to
make allowances for her. Endlessly
Led played peacemaker. But some
times Patricia, wretched at the im
passe of her own affairs, wondered
if her friend did not tire of the role.
Two people, both jobless, Phil had
lost his position as a telephone
lineman months before, dependent
upon the strength and generosity
of another rt was not right Patri
cia knew that But she was helpless.
Then came the afternoon she
dropped into the Hotel Beaucarme.
She seemed very casual aa she
strolled through the lobby and
turned off into a pleasant chintz
hung room where several dozen
people were playing cards. She was
not casual. She had come deliber
ately. She had come to gamble.
She paused at the desk where an
attendant was seated. Her heart
was beating: fast, Her hands were
ley. When the attendant looked up,
she said, Td like a game of con
.tract"
. "For stakes?"
Yes, please."
Is a cent a point all right?"
"Yea."
At a cent a point a player of
average abilities might lose ten dol-
lars on a single hand. Patricia had
exactly five dollars borrowed that
mormng .from Led. But ahe did
not intend to lose. She paid the
one dollar fee and watched the at-
and Impossible situations that de
velope. Reminds me of that game
of "poison" we boys used to play
at school when we all took hold
of hands in a ring around an old
tin can, the object being to. see
saw beck and forth and make
some hoy stumble over the can!
and whoever did it was "it." He
was. "poison" and then the fan
began.
Well, that's the way with life.
The experts are trytag to find
out who Is "It"
First tho experts took our for
eign market away so that whereas
once we exported the products
from 4S million acres of farm land
now we have it piled up as' "sur
plus.
Next the experts took away the
buying power ot the American
public so that tho consumption of
this surplus became less.
Now they are going to tax our
bread and butter and clothing to
feed the seedy, while the cotton
farmer, . in ' rags, plows his crop
under, the dairyman,- in rags, uses
oleomargarine and the pork barrel
artist keeps his flock of brood
sows to. raise more little jiggies
to sell to Uncle Sam while he Is
flash with bonded i dollars. Oh
boy, that is a, keen situation.
But of all. tho torn foolery I
ever saw is- this matter ot. liauor
control. That's the best ring of
the eircus. .
Will some one answer the ques
tion, "It public- opinion was not
behind the federal prohibition act
what makes anyone think the pub
lic will care enough about it to
help enforce a state legislative
act? - Furthermore, by the time
th -state, county, city and numer
ous commissions levy their rev
enue tax fa addition to federal
revenue, will some one tell us
how that will put the "bootlegger
lout of business? The United
States government ' didn't do it
Is a state more- powerful than
the nation? . . r
And if some of oar brainy law
makers themselves broke th oa.
UonaL law of prohibition, what
makes them think the people will
obey any law these state legisla
tors put through. . f.
John J. Beckman. In his mln
ority report as" published in the
papers, ceoes right out and
frankly eays or lmpnes that he
ana some of the "best families" of
tondant eroas the room to a table
where three men sat .". v
To the nervous, anxious gin
was apparent that two of the men,
assisted bv tho attendant were
argiiih; with the third. She uessed
why. Tb fat, short man, his round
face red now with annoyance, did
not' wish to risk an unknown as a
partner. Eventually thou rh he
shrugged and gave up. A moment
later the attendant beckoned and
Patricia threaded her war Pet the
concentrated players toward f that
table. She acknowledged introduc
tions to Sam GiUis and Arthur Bay,
her opponents, and to Wally Edge,
her partner. The latter was stfll
sulking.
What system do you play?" he
asked shortly.
Any system," Patricia Informed
him coolly. Edge looked at her with
sharpened interest, unsure whether
- was posing or telling- tne sxmpi
r2lh. At th end of th first rub
ber he was sure. His abrupt respect
was almost fanny. Patricia waved
aside hia lavish compliments aad
settled to the serious business or
playing; bridge.
She won lust as she had thought
she would win. Sh had not thought
sh would win thirty-five dollars.
The sum seemed stupendous; In a
haze of incredulous joy she heard
Edge urge her to return the next
day. heard herself promise. She
sped from the hoteL She ran all the
way to Leda's, burst in breathless,
so excited sh could scarcely speak.
Leda and Phil were at the table.
We .waited dinner," Leda began
in a tone of mild reproach. Where
have yea keen?"
I've been winning at bridge,
cried Patricia joyfully. Look, look
will you, at what I've won." She
displayed a handful of bills. Leda
sprang- from- the table, nearly as
excited as her friend. ,
Neither of the girls noticed Phfl.
Hia face was a thundercloud. In thel
midst of the feminine jubilation he
pushed back his chair, rose.
"You can take your money and
ret out," he shouted at Patricia, "I
won't have my fiancee living with a
common gambler!" -
There was a moment Of stunned
alienee, Patricia's face was white.
Her hands, still full of bins,
dropped. Even Phfl felt that be had
gone too far. He sat down heavily.
"Phil's crazy," Leda declared- at
length; Turning on him, she said
with an undercurrent- of sharpness,
"Tell Patricia you're sorry."
Oh, all right," he eapitulated un
fraciomxly. Ta sorry, but youH
never convince me that gambling is
honest"
. U Leda had been content to ac
cept the grudging apology the sir
might have cleared. Leda .wasn't
She added tartly, "You're so narrow
minded, Phfl, I wonder you weren't
born or the Arte"
"wea," sam tne man oa ap ex
plosive breath, "so you think Patri
cia's done something cute. Do you
really intend to back her up in
this!"
"I dont need anyone's backing,"
Patricia interposed coldly. The
stricken look had left her now. She
continued steadily, "I know what I
consider right and wrong;. I don't
; . . f . nl i
interfere who your laeas, rnu. n ny
not allow me the same privilege?"
"Go ahead then," he said angrily.
"You can go to the dogs for ail of
me just as your father did before'
you."
Keep my father out of this!"
"Now Pat now PhiL" Leda
looked helplessly from one to the
other. , i
Patricia straightened. Her eyes
were very bright She divided the
bills' she had displayed ao glee
fully, placed twenty-five dollars on
the table,. tueked ten into her
poeketbook. AD this in silence
She said then, quietly, to .Leda,
"Pm.goinr to find another place to
(live. It's evident that Phil and 1
the state have been breaking the
law all along by tanking up on
hard liauor in an anteroom be
fore going -in -to the banquet. If
sueansfrtae case what makes him
think -an one will obev anv law
he assists In putting through the
legislature! Let some one ans
wer that if they can. This mat
ter of liauor control is like the
crop- reduction program, or the
lumber code or a lot of other
ones, everyone has his fingers
crossed and says "It doesnt
mean me."
If I were In a position to offer
suggestions to any one as to the ,
best method of liquor control it
would be just this:
Levy t ie a pint tax on hard
liquors as defined In the Govern
or's committee report
Levr a 2Se a ease tax on tint.
tied beer and wine.
Levy a 25c a barrel tax on bar.
reled stock.
These taves ai iAnn v
placed In the State treasury in a
specific building ' fund to house
the poor, the destitute, the out
casts, the drunkards and to hoy
zooa and cloning for them. .
A specific fund, J repeat, to be
used for -no other purpose than
this, and said tax to he th fin
tax collected from the sae of al-
conouc - coverages. - if you dont
collect It first there never will
be any collected tor the- simple
reason tnat by the time all the
other expenses ot the business are
paid the taxpayers will be In the
hole tor some new hospitals etc.
In fact they say the ones the
state has now are crowded.
Then Instead' of setting up a
complicated state liquor commis
sion I would sen the stuff In the
cheapest way possible. In fact set
a ease of liquor and beer tn prom
inent places where everyone can
get what they want by dropping
in a nickel or the nrli nr
l ever amount desired and the-li
quor is automatically vended out
like gum or Other articles of that
nature. That way there lr no
treating, xno saloon, no bootleg
ring, no big expensive commission
or other officials. v .
f Under thU-system we will soon
have demonstrated to us the real
lessons wears supposed-to learn,
which is, not that there was mere
drinkinr under the ffifctnt
7 --""0 '
amendment &ha hetore ex.AHer.
dent see things eye to eye.1 "VT
Leda did not argue. It was no
use. She did say, "But, honey, don't
bother paying me-now. YouH need
more than tea dollars."
Phil roused. E said nastily. ."Go
on, take it afl. Leda doesn't waat
to be paid in that kind of money."
"X suppose you think It's tainted,"
Patricia suggested Ironically. j
That's exactly what I think." 1
"Well. I don't" Led assured him
airily. His objection settled the mat-
ter for ber. She took th money.
Later at the door, when he was not
watching, she, attempted to return
it Patricia refused. She tried to
thank Leda for all her kindness bat
the other brusquely refused to lis
ten. The two girls kissed and
parted. They understood each other.
Both of them realized that men.
could be pushed just so far aad ao
farther. Both of them knew that in
the long run Leda's friend would
always be sacrificed to her sweet
heart. Phil might be domineering,
arrogant and intolerant; Patricia
might have dozen times his brains
and charm; but Leda, who loved
them both, must, in the very na
ture of things, side ultimately with
the man. 1 "
On a worldly capital of ten dol
lars. Patricia went off to hunt a
room. For five dollars a week she
did not find a palace. But a fifth
floor hall bedroom with a narrow
iron cot and peeling chest of draw
ers at least offered privacy. Patri
cia was satisfied. She had lived in
worse places.
Next afternoon, promptly at
three o'clock, she returned to the
Hotel Beaucarme. WaDy Edge, her
partner of the day before, was on
the look-out for her. He greeted
her effusively and then to her sur
prise he drew her from the card
room to the lobby adjoining.
"I've got a couple of lambs In
tew, he announced in surreptitious
glee. "Did you see them by the
door? Those birds don't know a
hand from a feet AH we've get to
do is get owr signal straightened
out beforehand aad we're in clover."
Patricia rrgarded the- man's ju
bilant Toumt face with disfavor.
"Tra afraid I don't understand,"
she said coldly. V
"Don't kid me. sister. You don't
play bridge for fun any more than
I do. I watched you yesterday. You
were out to win."
Certainly I was out to win
fairly."
The faint emphasis oa the last
word appeared to disconcert the
man. WaUy Edge was a card sharp
of sorts. His bridge was skillful but
it depended mere en shrewdness
than on ethics. He was careful
though.
He said now, almost haughtily,
"Are you interring that I hoped to
win unfairly?"
"I was inferring nothing at all,"
Patricia- lnforaaed him smoothly.
Widening her eye a a trine, she
added, "Just for a minute I was
afraid you meant to propose some
private understanding between us.
I see now how wrong I was."
She did net intend to make an
enemy of this man ff it were pos
sible to avoid it la her situation
she could aot afford to make ene
mies. Momentarily Edge wavered.
Inwardly he was furious. But after
ell Patricia had saved his face, left
him a loophole of escape. He took
it.
He said with assumed heartiness,
"I should" say you were wrong. I
wouldn't put op with anything like
that never have. That kind of thing
doesnt pay. All I meant was that
we should bid more ' flexibly than
we did yesterday, especially on
third' hand. I believe in opening
third hand light"
"Then it's all right" said Patri
cia, innocently relieved.
(Te BeCoatiBtttd)
O 1932. Vr Kiaf Festarcs radkate. lsc
but that excessive drinking under
any circumstances Is wrong for
one thing. And for another thing
we will find what a great many
already know, that prohibition is
not the cause of the depression,
that the revenue expected from
the business is far less than the
damage done and that members
of the legislature themselves be
law makers and law breakers.
Aside from the- simple regula
tory measures suggested here I
say leave the rest of it np to Mr.
Beckman. and some ot those who
fought the Eighteenth amendment
so strenuously. Let them shoulder
the responsibility of their broth
ers blood upon themselves. They
have asked for It and the peo
ple of the state have given it to
them by a largo majority. I
think it wHI not be long before
a great big surprise will be given
us. It will be: ;
First not so many people crave
their liquor as some would have
us believe.
Second, a few examples of in
toxication will arouse the public
of this state to such a pitch that
liquor y will be burled so deep it
will be a long ime in coming out
again.
Third, some of the law break
ing lawmakers will be hurled in
the political graveyard.
Fourth, the people who place
their ".personal liberty" above the
welfare of the state as a whole
nd who wiir hare- their liquor at
any price will be allowed to live
In a state where they are free to
have all they want whenever they
want It but where they can't en
danger the lives, liberty or prop
erty of the rest of us.
. Your truly, ,
, ? THOS. R. McCLELLAN.
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