INK SLINGS. — Nobody worries much this kind of weather about keeping the home fires burning. —Hay making is on. Wheat will ‘be ready for the harvest by Fourth of July and before we know it the crick- ets will be singing, then fall won't be far off. — Where is the follow who scared us into believing that the Earth is cooling off? What has become of those sun spots we heard so much about this time last year? —Looking for a job is the present occupation of the army of graduates that has been mustered out of the colleges of the country this month. From what we hear the looking is easy compared with the finding. —Over in Wilmington, Del., police arrested an airplane pilot and charg- ed kim with flying while drunk. Evi- dence was produced to show that he really was intoxicated but they had to let him go because there is no law against drunken drivers of anything but automobiles. —It appears that Ramsey, Mac- Donald and Charley Dawes have set out to do what the League of Na- tions hasn't been able to accomplish: [nsure peace to the world. They'll aever get it done unless the English Premier persuades the Chicago bank- sr to take his country into the League. —The sale of the Valentine prop- ysrty at the corner of High and Spring itreets is another step in the march of yusiness to the downtown district vhich began some years ago. Thir- y years ago there were less than a lozen business places on High, from Allegheny to Water. Now there are mly four residence buildings in the wo squares. Is there so much more susiness being done in Bellefonte, or 3 it simply being split up more? — Last week we expressed concern s to getting Bellefonte over the our thousand mark before the next ensus is taken and suggested that omething be done about it. Yester- ay morning when we stood in front f the Elk’s club and watched more han eighteen hundred little folks | zramble into busses to be transport- d to their picnic at the park we ame to the conclusion that more i being done about it than we reamed of. —1It is a fact worthy of more than assing thought that the death from coholism in Kansas, in 1927, had creased six hundred per cent. over atin 1919. Kansas is the pioneer ry State, and long before the Eigh- ;enth amendment had beén made to | 1e federal constitution it was notor- | usly arid. It is just as surprising : 1d significant that the increase in ennsylvania, over the same period as only one hundred and sixty-seven sv cent. Others may have explana- ons for these singular results in stinctly “dry” and “wet” States. ‘hatever that may be ours is that e “moonshiners” of Pennsylvania e making purer liquors than those Kansas. —The tariff bill that recently pass- . the House of Congress will put : sarily a snob, e farmers in a worse hole instead helping them out of the one they ! e in. The new bill can’t possibly Ip any other farmers than those Montana, Kansas and North Da- ta. The maximum benefit it could to them, expressed in dollars and ats, is about seventeen million dol- 'S. The other commodities raised rate by the same bill would take ree or four times the amount gain- by the farmers of these three ates out of the pockets of the mers all over the country. The -iff, in the last analysis, is only a ck way of taking money out of the kets of one class and putting it o those of another. —Last week was notable for big ~s events. There was the tragedy the Altoona Speedway, “Hell'n iria’s” visit to the King George at lindsor palace, the passing of the 'm’ relief bill, the successful trans antic flight of the three French- n with the first airplane stowaway, i several mystery murders. It was : biggest week for live front-page ff that we have known for some ie, yet not a single metropolitan vspaper played up the real sensa- 1 of the week. Anybody who has ked at Queen Mary's picture as en as we have and could not see sensation that was lying in her wouncement that she intends to rten her skirts doesn’t know when really big news is breaking. ~If you think times aren't chang-' turn to our “Fifty Years Ago” | imn and read what was regarded a highly gratifying commence- at program at State College fifty rs ago. Then try to imagine the rms of indignant protest that 11d be gathering around old Mt. tany now had a replica of that gram been pulled off there this sk. The college boy and girl of ay uncovers, stands at attention reverently sings: “For the glory old State. For her founders, ng and great.” But would they it if “artillery salutes” and lec- 3s on Martin Luther were re- ed to give the thrill that bana certs, theatricals, joy rides and se parties now supply for com-' cement. KK STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 74. BELLEFONTE. PA.. JUNE 21. 1929. NO. 25. e South and the Democratic Pa Sepator Simmons, of North Caro- lina, Senator Blease, of South Car- olina, and several other more or less prominent Senators and Representa- tives in Congress from that section refused to attend a dinner arranged for the purpose of promoting har- mony in and inspiring hope for the Democratic party of the country. Their reasons for this abstention was that they cherish a prejudice against the chairman of the National Demo- cratic committee, Mr. Raskob, and felt that their presence might be construed as paying tribute to a man who had mustered the biggest Democratic vote in the history of the party without their help. But the dinner was a great success without them and the tribute to the chair- man was both generous and enthusi- astic. Some southern Democrats are not Democrats at all, but vote with the party because they can depend upon Democrats of the North to protect them from vicious sectional and pernicious legisla- tion with which the Republican par- ty constantly menaces them. Before the Civil war the South was the principal seat of Whigery, which preceded the present Republican party as a political entity. The Ham- ilton theory of government has still a good many adherents in the South and the ties which bind many Southerners to Democratic prin- ciples are fragile and easily broken. Only the fear of negro domination has held many of the leaders of that section to Democracy thus far. Moreover the South has been and still is, a breeding place for bigotry. It is impossible to conceive of a Hef- lin in the public life of a northern community. It is true that we have snobbery, hypocrisy and fanaticism in plenty. But they are usually in- fluenced by mercenary considerations and their zeal is measured by the recompense assured or expected. In the South intolerance is the rule of action and it is as deaf to reason as it is impregnable to the force of logic. Because of the solidity of the South for the Democratic National candidates the North is solidifying rapidly for the Republican party. In view of these facts it has become a grave question whether the South is not a liability rather than an asset to the Democratic party. — ——The young man who marries his employer’s daughter is not neces- and the young man who marries a stenographer may be a capital prize winner. mm—————g A mses. Tariff Mongers Serve Strong. _ Senator Borah’s resolution to limit “tariff revision upward” to agricul- tural products was defeated in the Senate, on Monday, by a vote of thirty-nine to thirty-eight, and the tariff mongers of the east have won another great victory over the corn belt. It was assumed that President Hoover was in sympathy with the purpose expressed in the Borah res- olution but the records afford no evi- dence of his helpfulness. In his call for the special session he asked for limited action and subsequently ex- pressed the hope that his wishes would be respected by the leaders of his party. But when the Mellons and Grundies and other beneficiaries of tariff bounties adopted the opposite view, he subsided. The defeat of the Borah resolution indicates the purpose of the Senate to ratify the action of the House of Representatives in increasing the tariff tax on more than 2000 subjects, and adding a billion dollars a year to the cost of living to the American people. The close vote on the ques- tion might justify a hope that some respect will be paid to the in- terests of the people in the further consideration of the measure. But the tariff mongers are “in the saddle” and they are not likely to relinquish any of the advantages they now en- joy. A few of the corn belt Sena- tors may protest but their voices will be drowned in the rejoicing over the triumph of special privilege. If the recently enacted farm relief law had any virtue it will be destroy- ed by the tariff legislation. For ex- ample, if the farm bill helps agricul- ture by taxing imported corn or wheat or potatoes the tariff bill in- jures' it in greater measure by in- creasing the tariff tax on sugar, farm implements, wearing apparel and other commodities the farmers must buy. Thus the platform pledge of relief to the farmer is violated but the promise to the manufacturer Is fulfilled. It is the way of the Repub- lican party. Favors are extended freely and liberally to those who con- tribute generously to the campaign fund. It is a business proposition and one that has grown into the class of “big business.” Preparing for a Successful Battle. The appointment of an advisory committee composed of fifty earnest Democrats by State chairman John R. Collins is an encouraging sign of a hopeful fight for victory in Pennsyl- vania next year. As was stated at the recent meeting in Washington, and has been repeatedly eryressed in these columns, the outstanding need of the Democratic party in Pennsyl- vania and throughout the country is a thorough organization and contin- uous effort. A campaign of four or five months every fourth year against a disciplined and well equipped force, always “on its toes,” is almost in- evitably futile. The purpose implied in the action of chairman Collins means a correction of this fault. The vote polled for the admirable candidates of the party for Presi- dent and Vice President, last fall, is ample evidence that a large propor- tion of the electorate of Pennsyl- vania believe in the political philoso- phy of Jefferson, Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson. All the votes cast for our candidates were not register- ed as Democrats, but all of them are in sympathy with the principles of the party, and if properly encouraged by hope of future victory will con- tinue to support our candidates, while most of the professed Democrats who were enticed by the bogie of intol- erance to vote for the opposing can- didates will return to thcir party allegiance when they discover they were deceived. The Republican party of Pennsyl- vania is utterly demoralized by fac- tional fights, personal animosities and disappointed expectations. The lead- ership of the Mellons is widely con- demned as selfish and inefficient. The single Senator in Congress is out of step with the President and the Rep- resentatives are in revolt against the controlling element in that body. Governor Fisher has become very unpopular with his party, and the jails of the big cities are yawning for the leaders who have repeated- ly and deliberately outraged the pub- lic conscience. The time is ripe for a general renovation, and chairman Collins has adopted the most prom- ising method of bringing it about. The officers of the United Mine Workers of America will not promote the interests of the organ- ization by quarreling among them- selves. May Be An Eventful Visit. The contemplated visit of Ramsey MacDonald, Premier of Great Brit- ain, to President Hoover, complish much good in various directions. It is the Premier's pres- ent intention to sail soon after Par- liament adjourns, which will be about the last week in July. No time has been fixed for his return but ashe expects to attend the Assembly of the League of Nations in September, his stay here will be short. But he will have ample time to discuss with the President many, if not all, the questions at issue between his gov- ernment and ours and come to an un- derstanding, at least with the Presi- dent, on complete adjustment of dif- ferences concerning the freedom of the seas and parity of naval equip- ment. There is no question as to the at- titude of the new government of great Britain in the matter of world peace. Mr. MacDonald has always been opposed to war, and from the moment of his recent victory he has been adjusting the machinery of his government to measures in the inter- est of peace. If the administration in Washington is sincerely of the same mind the proposed meeting be- tween the President and the Premier will produce results. There might be wars, notwithstanding such an un- derstanding between the United States and Great Britain. But such a conflict could not be world-wide cr as crucl and destructive as if either or both were directly or indirsctly involved. In any event it may be expected that the visit of Mr. MacDonald will reveal the sincerity or falsity of our professions of peace. The Kellogg treaty was a gesture in the right direction but the immediately subge- quent adoption of an ambitious navy- building programme served as a «:ontradiction of our prefession in the minds of the leading statesmen of the world. When the Premier meets the President “the cards will be spread upon the table” and there can be neither evasion of the issue nor deception as to the purpose. For this and other reasons the visit of Premier MacDonald may be welcom- ed as a harbinger of better under- standing in future. rt Ap ——————— publican party may survive such may ac- | Republican Denioralization Impending The consideration of farm relief legislation in Congress has revealed some interesting facts. It has shown that the Republican party of the country is hopelessly divided, and though it has a substantial majority of record in the Senate, it is unable to enact any important legislation in that body. The House of Repre- sentatives is under complete control of a hard-boiled machine which is ex- ercising its power in the most ruth- less manner. But it cannot create laws without the concurrence of the Senate and conscience has a stronger appeal in that body than the exigen- cies of party. The second vote on the debenture provision of the farm relief bill proves that. But the differences among the Re- publicans in Congress on the farm relief question are trifling compared ‘with the antagonisms which will develope when the tariff bill is un- der consideration. In that contro- versy President Hoover will be in full sympathy with the recalcitrants on the farm relief question. Mr. Hoover is willing to swallow almost feny pill made by Dr. Moses, of the Senate, and Joe Grundy, who appears Cures for Crime. From the Philadelphia Record. Indiana, like most of the other States, has been investigating the causes of crime. The idea of investigators was to discover the influences that lead a “youth to commit some act which brings him within the grasp of the law. They went to Pendleton, where the State Reformatory is situated. They learned some illuminating and start- ling facts. , During the last 20 years 20,000 young men between the ages of 18 and 25 have been committed to the institution. Of these more than 87 per cent. came from homes where the father and mother had separated and one or the other had remarried. Only 1 per cent. of the population of Indiana is illiterate, yet that 1 per cent. furnished 37 per cent. of the .inmates of the reformatory. Among all the 20,000 there had been but one college graduate and only 15 high school students. No youth who had belonged to the Boy Scouts had ever been committed. The percentage of Negroes and foreigners was very low, the great majority of prisoners having been born and raised in this country. The obvious way to cure crime, SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE: —There are now 5500 miles of roads designated as ‘“Thru-Traffic’” highways in Pennsylvania over which motorists may drive with a reasonably assured sense of safety. —While en route to State College to see her son graduate from Penn State Mrs. Eva Ives, 50 years old, of Chester, suffered a possible fracture of the skull in an automobile accident near Middletown on Saturday. The car skidded and over- turned. Her son, George Ives, who was driving, and his aunt were not injured. —Berwick plant of the American Car and Foundry company has announced re- ceipt of an order for 106 thirty-ton steel gondolas, ninety-four. thirty-ton steel box cars, two thirty-ton steel flat cars and sixty-six steel hopper cars, which are to be shipped to South America. The con- tract involves abou: twice as much work as a domestic order. —Lewis Edelman, of Tamaqua, con- tracted rheumatism when the leaky rad- iator of a truck under which he was ly- ing to repair the springs doused his feet and legs with water. Referee Thomas C. Seidel, of the Workmen's Compensation Bureau, has awarded him $405, to be paid by his erstwhile employer, the People’s Garage, of Tamaqua. —Charles Meehan, of Centralia, lost the seat of his trousers at the Columbia coun- ty court house and he wants $7 for a new pair. That was the amount of a bill he submitted to the county commissioners, accompanying it with a statement that the seat had been forcibly removed by a nail when he sat on a chair in the prothona- tory’s office. His visit there was on bus- iness, he said. —Two convicts escaped from the West- ern Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, last Fri- day, by secreting themselves in packing boxes which were hauled from the insti- tution in a delivery truck. After the truck had reached a point distant from the prison the men forced their way from the boxes when the driver left the ve- hicle to make a delivery, stole the truck and drove away. — Further assurance of the construction , of the New York Central railroad branch | through Lock Haven was given when the te be the master of the House, on jt would seem, is to end divorce and Beech Creek Extension Railroad company tariff ligisletion, but he has male a record in favor of limited changes in tariff schedules on agricultural’ prod- ucts while the bill under considera- tion provides for a general increase on manufactured products and vast- ly ‘adds to, rather than reduces, the burdens of farmers . We are not greatly impressed with Senator Brookhart’s threat to “form a new party.” That Senator too fre- quently “talks through his hat.” But there is significance in the dec- laration of Senator Borah that in the event the measure of the tariff mon- gers is to be pressed, “Congress may as well adjourn now.” That means that the insurgent Republican Senators will keep the fight up indefinitely, ana that they will have the benefit of at least the moral support of the President. The Re- an ine quarrel for a time it will emerge from the battle so com- pletely demoralized as to be beyond resuscitation. But what is bad for that bunch of bandits will be good for the country. ——If the new Labor administra- tion of England procures enduring world peace, which is possible, it will deserve perpetual life. The Prohibition Problem. Mrs. Flornece P. Kahn, member of Congress from California and one of the judges in the Hearst contest for the best method of solving the pro- hibition problem, commenting upon the enterprise as well as the result of the competition for the generous prizes said: “To set up machinery so cumbersome as to be in danger of defeating its purpose, was if pos- sible, to be avoided; the simpler the modus operandi the better. The plan itself must be practical and one that would not take years to ac- complish its purpose, with the chance of conditions becoming worse in the meantime.” This language may be interpreted as praise of the Hearst undertaking or criticism of another action on the subject. During the Presidential campaign Mr. Hoover appraised the Eighteentn amendment and the Volstead law as “a noble experiment” and solemnly pledged his best efforts to give the experiment force and effect. In pur- suance of this estimate and pledge he has created a ponderous commis- sion to review the Volstead law, the | processes that have been employed for its enforcement, all other laws in the federal criminal code and the | procedure in all federal courts, and recommend such alterations, changes and amendments as may seem to it expedient or desirable. The chair man of the commission estimates | that it will take two years to com- plete its work and it may take half a century to put its recommenga- tions into force. The principal Hearst prize was {awarded to- Franklin Chase Hoyt, . justice of the children’s court of New i York city. There were 71,248 com-« _petitors and the grand prize was | $25,000. Four other prizes of $5000 | each were awarded by the board of ‘judges, composed of Congressman James M. Beck, of Pennsylvania; | Congressman Florence P. Kahn, of | California; former Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri; Rt. Rev. Monseig- nor John L. Belford, of New York; {Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, of | Washington; Rev. Dr. Nathan Krass, Temple Emanu-El, New York, and Archdeacon Joseph H. Dodshon, of the Church Temperance society, restore the old-time family life. Make every boy join the Scouts and compel them all to acquire a college educa- tion. : Which, of course, is absurd. The investigators only half did their job. They found out where the first of- fenders came from. It would have been more useful to learn where they went. If crime in this country could be restricted to first offenders there would be no need for President Hoover's commission. It is the men who have served 2a term in our reformatories and have not learned their lesson who are the menace to our communities. If lack of wholesome home life starts a boy in a life of crime he cannot be altogether to blame. But if the reformatory fails te teach him that he has evolved a wrong impression of his place in and his duty ‘to society, then surely much blame attaches to it. ; The Senate’s Opportunity. From the Pittsburgh Press. | The tariff bill is now before the Senate committee. As passed by the House it was even worse than the measure reported out by the Ways and Means committee. As approved by the House the bill revises upward the duties on more than twenty per cent of the ten thousand items mentioned. It would increase the cost of living $600,000,- 000 or $7000,000,000 a year. Rates revises upward the duties on wear- ing materials and other necessaries are increased. Consumers will be taxed beyond reason for the benefit of small groups. The sugar tariff, for instance, will cost the farmers of the country far more than the relatively small num- ber of beet sugar growers will gain, to say nothing of other consumers. Many of the agricultural tariffs will benefit the farmers but little, while the increase on manufactured articles are certain to impose added burdens. The Senate Finance committee, we are told, expects practically to re- write the bill. The committee should. “It has an opportunity to consider the “interests of the consumer, which got small attention in the House. | t—————————— \ “Washed” Postage Stamp Frauds. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. ' The ingenuity of those who seek for easy money is illustrated in as- tonishing fashion by the indictment of the ten men who are charged with defrauding the Government of large sums by washing used postage stamps with a chemical solution and selling them as new and valid to- kens.. Except for a very slight dif- ference in color they had all of the appearance of perfectly good stamps. The intimation that nearly fifty men who specialized in “stamp collecting” may be arrested is likely to make some perfectly innocent persons feel (a bit uneasy. It seems amazing that any one ' would resort to fraud of this kind for | profit. This is particuluarly true when we are told that some of the stamps were of the two-cent variety. Yet it was not so many years ago that the late Chief Flynn of the United States Secret Service arrested a gang In New York for counterfeiting pennies. They were making big profits, too. All of which goes to prove that the little things are not to be despised. | The crooks do not sneer at them, | even though many honest folks are | inclined to do so. ——Those southern communities , Which voted for Hoover, for Presi- ident, are indignant because Mrs. | Hoover entertained a colored woman ——The cost of enforcing the dry New York. The decision was unani- ‘at lunch the other day, and we find laws is vast in money and the toll jmous and the merit of Judge Hoyt's jit. impossible in life is simply intolerably high. | paper was quick availability. to sympathize with | them, purchased two parcels of land, one in- cluding the athletic field of the Lock Haven State Teachers’ College. The land was leased at a rental of $1 a year un- til full possession is given and the full purchase price of $52,000 will be paid. —Mary Ellen Roush, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Roush, of Northum- berland, was taken to the George F. Geisinger hospital, at Danville, on Tues- day, suffering from lockjaw. More than a week ago she fell wh le at play and suf- fered a deep gash in her knee. On Mon- day her jaws began to lock and she com- plained bitterly of back-ache, which phy- sicians say are certain signs of tetanus. —Bondsmen of C. Russell Walton, for five years secretary of Berwick council, have been notified by Council of a short- age of $3071 in Walton's accounts, and i asked to make good the amount within sixty days as provided by the bond. An audit of the books revealed the shortage, showing the money as having been re- ceived by the secretary but not paid to the treasurer. Walton was not re-elected as secretary at the beginning of this year. —A driver of a cake truck was held up and robbed by six men between Locust Gap and the Wolfenstein mountain near Mount Carmel, on Monday. The man, Ray Snyder, told police he had been rob- bed of $400. He said that as he approach- ed a wild spot near the top of the moun- tain the six masked men carrying re- volvers spread out across the road and ordered him to stop his truck. When he complied with their request, the men took $400 from his pockets and ordered him to drive on. Snyder returned to Mount Carmel and notified police, who late Monday had found no trace of the highwaymen. Reversing the natural habits of tur- keys, the poultry department of the = Pennsylvania State College agricultural experiment station is growing 134 birds in complete confinement. White Holland, Bronze, and Bourbon Red varieties are represented in the flock. The young . poults were obtained from the Ontario | Agricultural College. A regular chick starter all-mash ration is fed, with milk the only drink allowed. The poults also get cut green alfalfa. The experiment includes the keeping of growth records and weighing the turkeys every two weeks. It is planned to carry the. birds through to market age in complete con- finement and also to follow the same sys- tem with breeding stock selected. —The body of David Fiddler, 43, who had made several unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide, was found in a hole filled with water in a stone quarry at West Myerstown, Lebanon county. He ap- parently had ended his life with dyna- mite on the edge of the hole and then top- pled in. Four weeks ago neighbors found Fiddler, unconscious, hanging to the raf- ters in a barn. They cut the rope and hur- ried for a physician, but when they re- turned Fiddler was gone. An hour lat- er he was found in a woods half a mile away with bullet wounds in his abdomen and head. He recovered from the wounds and returned to work at the stone quarry where he was employed as foreman. A week ago a terrific blast was heard at the quarry before dawn. Investigation revealed that a large boulder had been shattered by dynamite and nearby were scattered bits of clothing identified as having belonged to Fiddler. —An adult female goshawk with one young, also a female, was taken in Pot- ter county recently by game refuge keep- er Ernest Hunsinger of Conrad, Pa. This is only the eighth known record of the goshawk nesting in Pennsylvania, so far as the records of the Game Commission indicate, and it is hoped it will be the last. The goshawk is a bad enough menace during his sojourn here in winter, and were he to become common as a nester the small game population would decrease greatly. At the nest of the goshawk kill- ed by Mr. Hunsinger were found telltale evidences of the destruction of valuable game birds and animals. Young goshawks demand an abnormal amount of food dur- ing the first several ‘weeks of their exist- ence and often eat double their weight during this period. A bounty will be paid on all goshawks killed during the period between November 1 and May 1. The en- tire carcass of the bird must be sent to the offices of the Game Commission, at Harrisburg, within 36 hours after killing.