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and sociology would benefit them, even as it would bene
fit any employer. They also will discover that writers of
textbooks have been very considerate in mention of union
labor activities. They have judged the unions by the as
pirations of their law-abiding members» who are in the
great majority, and not by their unscrupulous leaders. If
the unions find anything to complain about in school text
books it will be^ because textbooks authors could not* en
tirely overlook some of the policies and practices of some
of the unions.—Oregon Voter.
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NUMBER of illusions exist as to prohibition. One is
that liquor is in general use in spite of prohibition.
Our observation is that very little is in use compared with
those dear old days when we could get all we wanted.
Many people had it in their homes then; few have it in
Joan of Arc wore a coat of mail, but the woman of to their
homes today. Wine with a dinner is a rarity today;
day wants to wear the male’s trousers, too.
ten years ago it Was the rule. There are a few groups of
Unemployment has fallen off in Italy. From recent re people who today use liquor, but they are not numerous
ports we gather their chief occupation is nursing babies. compared with the great number who formerly used it but
are now observing the spirit as well as the letter of the law
As a role- to say that a man has the leading role in a
Another illusion is that high school pupils and college
community is to say that he has the leading roll. ;
students get liquored up. What drinking is done by stu
dents is as a rule in imitation of their elders, and there is
Woman is asking too much when she demands both ali mighty little indication of young people indulging. Our
mony and the custody of the pet Airdale.
educational institutions for years have been teaching
the harmful effects of alccfhol, and their graduates
Colleges may turn out professors of philosophy, but it’s about
abstain
better than their parents. Most school graduates
the school of life that turns out philosophers.
are total abstainers regardless of whether their parents
The French have evacuated the Ruhr, Judging from the obey the law. The ideals of young people on the whole are
celebrations that took place among the Germans, these higher than those of their parents, and school education
developes ideals which are not easily lost out in the worid.
are red letter and red wine days for them.
Another illusion is that use of drugs has replaced li
“Don youh start no fight with me, man, says Rastus, quors. The drug evil is greatly exaggerated. Even physi
Ah’s been decorated in de war.” “Maybe yuh wuz, but cians are prescribing few drugs nowadays» in the light of
in mah opionion it’s time yuh was redecorated.”
advanced knowledge of medical treatment.
We confess that we do not believe it unpardonable to
First Sight—“Do you believe in love at first sight?”
take
a drink. Reasonable use of pure beverages is. pieaffi
“No,” answered Miss Gayenne. “After a man has seen a
girl in her bathing suit he should wait and see her in her ant to the palate, stimulating to good feeling and delight
fully effective in breaking down barriers to genial fellow
home clothes.”
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ship. To indulge is a venial offense.
As we get it, the European nations would be willing to
But to buy liquor from a bootlegger, to smuggle it in
pay off their debt to the United States if they could bor or to get it in any manner that corrupts ontf’s self or any
row more than enough money from the United States to other person into lawbreaking—that is a serious offense.
pay them with.
Any man who buys from a bootlegger is helping make a
criminal
profitable, and by his purchase he is de
Lloyd George is wrong in saying the United States ra grading a career
human soul. That is wrong, heinously wrong.
afraid of Japan. The United States is merely afraid that
True, the bootleggers are a low lot, morally speaking,
Japan isn’t afraid of the United States.
but that does not excuse those who pay them to break
Add Statistics. If all the men who have not broken a laws instead of trying to earn their bread by honest effort
single one of the tens of thousands of laws now on the stat It is only a matter of time until no good citizen will en
ute books of the Country in the last two years were gath courage poor devils to break laws for a livelihood. We
ered together in one telephone booth, the telephone booth believe trie schools will be the main factor in fixing a
would still be empty.
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sense of moral responsibility, and are optimists as to the
future. A dry America may not be quite so jovial as a wet
“What do you think about the story of Jonah and the .America but it will be a whole lot safer than a drunken
big fish?” “I shall not permit myself to be drawn directly America riding in automobiles.—Oregon Voter.
into the discussion,” said Senator Yellowback. “If an ef
fort is made to hold nij responsible for an opinion I shall
proceed ..
„..ely to refer the correspondence to the
U. S. Fish commission.”
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so dry, but not so as you can notice it.
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Union labor is to examine the textbooks on history and
sociology used in Oregon public schoob| ft would offend
its tender sensibilities to discover mention of dynamite
outrages, Herrin massacres, Idaho 0 thsissinatinns and
other violence perpetrated by labor’.anion emissaries
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