Labor's Liberty
ABOR'S LIBERTY
Legion, as it Is
termed by Matthew
Woll, vice president
of the American Fed-
eration of Labor, Is
in action for the pur.
pose of bringing about
modification of the
Volstead act and
swweptually the repeal
of the Eighteenth
amendment, It con-
a national
organized trades,
Matthew Woll
sists of
committee of the
and it held a two day convention In
Philadelphia that was attended by
about 200 delegates from all parts of
the country. Mr. Woll was in the
chair, and he did not mince words in
stating the alms of those workers
who are opposed to prohibition, and
at times his language was almost in-
flammatory. He declared the groups
which “forced” prohibition on the
country were the industrialists “who
were prompted by .the desire to in-
crease their profits through higher
production by making machines of hu-
man labor,” and the church groups
“who have admitted their failure to
rule man by moral suasion, but seek
to force their rule by of the
big stick of the law.”
the use
wllieve
is,” Mr.
much
want to see
broken, if
Asserting that h»
In “milk and water
Woll continued.
law and order today. 1
the shackles of injunction
not by lawful methods, t thro
physical resen
gressiy
“There is too
eness
munities will regal
“Our nation came
a violent disregard of order.
The negro was free iy bloody strife,
in complete and
order. Labor unions ca: in being
and won for Ameri high
standards of living, rougl trikes,
] sthods.”
throu zh
lockouts and other
A report to the committee, ritten
by Woll and 1. M. Osborn, ident
of the cigar
inion, held out th
galization of light
might be enacted t the next con-
gress, It stated that only 17 members
of the senate and 45 represeptatives
were pro} bition “die hards” and that
some of them were “listed among the
most val of Washing
well known ”
1kers’
wines
ued customers
ton's bhootleggers,
Neon worth further 3
: f 4
+ onside aration, is
3 3
si] the ver-
Governor
of New
gainst Mayor Ji
New
mmy
ork
metropol
i
warring
believe
The charges, It will be rememb
were filed by Dr. Jol
and Rabbi Stephen 8. W behalf
of the city affairs com and al-
leged malfeasance and misfeasance on
the part of the mayor, whose removal
was asked. Walker's reply was hot
and vituperative, branding his accus-
ers as “Socialists,” though in later
public statements he asserted the Come
munists were to blame for the fight on
him. The governor in dismissing the
charges said he did not find in the
documents submitted sufficient justi
fication to remove the mayor or to
proceed further In the matter. There
was no evidence, he added, that
showed Walker had failed to act on
information given to him or that he
had failed to keep himself advised as
to the activities of the subordinates
beneath him,
The city affairs committee prompt-
ly announced that the fight on Mayor
Walker and on civie corruption would
not be abandoned.
ered
n Haynes Holmes
ise on
miitee,
HAIRMAN ARTHUR WOODS of
the President's commission for un-
employment announced his retirement
from active work with the organiza-
tion because he Is going to Europe to
study employment conditions there,
He also said that a perceptible im-
provement in general economic condi-
tions has been registered In recent
weeks,
————
F PRESIDENT HOOVER wants to
be renominated-—and its is gener-
ally supposed he does—he will win by
acclamation on the first ballot in the
1032 Republican convention, granting
that the test of party sentiment made
by the Washington Post is accurate.
By the same token, Vice President
Curtis will be renominated if he
desires,
The Post polled the approximately
1.000 delegates to the Republican na-
tional convention of 1028, About one
half of them answered, They were
nsked to state who, (n thelr opinion,
would be the party nominees next
year,
As to the Presidential nomination
PICKARD
the responses were distributed as fol.
lows:
President Hoover—487.
Senator Dwight Morrow of New Jer-
sey—13.
Calvin Coolidge-—12,
Lowden, Dawes, Borah, and
tor Watson of Indiana
vote each,
Theodore Roosevelt was second in
the list of probabilities for second
place on the ticket,
N THIS connection it Is Interesting
and perhaps surprising to read the
statement made by former Gov, W. IL.
Harding of Iowa tc the Republican na-
tional committee, to the effect that
the farmers of the Midwest are solid
in support of the federal farm hoard
and of President Hoover's farm re
lief policies. This, Mr. Harding says,
he learned in conversation with “thou.
sands of farmers in my own and near
by states.” He declared the Demo-
cratic seed of discontent has fallen
an barren soil, and continued. *
American farmer today
wheat at 20 to 30 per
the
ada.
Sena-
received one
his
more than
is selling
cent
farmer across the border In Can-
His corn is bringing 30 cents per
bushel more than in th rgentine,
The Republican f the f
board—hoth of whic we Der
would destroy—are responsible for
this
irm
nocrats
advantageous condition”
I FING
pok
companied by Qu
Barn} and
PRAJADHI
of Siam. ae
‘inl visit
during
oo, 4
King of Siam
were duly photog
in state to the
on Massa
day the royal «
mal call at the
within front
Mrs. Hoover met
to the Blue Room
conversation, the
honor of presenting .
Hoover giving
ue entered and was
sion
the
COnser
Ss 108¢
The king
hustled back to the
and the return ¢
Hoover quickly follows
Queen Rambal Barn
a great time
{
Kk, purchasing
minister,
ine ge
gear, espe
wear. She has
ing the
Far
{)rricial, groups within the Prot.
int Episcops u
and the
United
alter.
prettiest
East's ro;
church In
have recommended vital
ations in the church codes that will
surely cause long and loud discussion.
After six years of study, an Epis
copalian commission advocates a re-
vised cannon creating ecclesiastical
courts to pass on problems of mar-
ringe. It would permit ministers to
remarry communicants gnd divorced
persons whose fitness had been ap-
proved, eliminate all mention of
ground for divorce and remarriage,
and defining nine causes for anoul-
ment.
A commission of the Preshyterian
church, deploring the Increasing di.
vorce rate, given its approval to birth
control practiced only “in fidelity to
the highest spiritual Ideals of the
Christian home,” and suggegts the es
tablishment of courses of Instruction
in marriage.
The Presbyterian report will be sub-
mitted to the general assembly of the
church In Pittsburgh May 28. The
Episcopalian revision will be presented
to the general convention in Den-
ver September 16,
pent educa-
ors from all
parts of the country
gathered In Urbana,
Il, Friday, to take
part in the formal in-
auguration of Dr,
Harry Woodburn
Chase as president of
the University of Il.
nois. State officials,
alumni and students
went to make up a |
great throng, and the or HW.
program lasted all hase
through the day and evening. In the
morning the procession formed at the
library and marched to the men's gyin-
nasium, escorted by the university's
famous military band. President
George Barr of the board of trustees
presided over the Inaugural cere-
monies. Governor Emmerson extended
greetings on behals of the stute: Sam.
uel Wesley Stratton, chalrman of the
corporation of Massachusetts Insti.
tute of Technology, spoke for the uni
versity world, and President Ram
melkamp of lilinois college for the
schools In the state of Illinois
Presbyterian
States
There were further festivities In the
afternoon, and In the evening Presi.
dent and Mrs. Chase held a reception.
Doctor Chase, who was formerly presi.
dent of the University of North Caro
lina, has been acting president since
Inst July, when he succeeded Dr. Day
id Kinley. There was a note of sor-
row in Friday's celebration, for Dr.
E. A. Alderman, president of the Uni.
versity of Virginia, who wus to have
taken part In the program, passed
away on the train on his way to Ur
bana; and only a few days hefore
word had come of the death of Mrs
Kinley in Shanghal, China,
PRESIDENT HOOVE R'S little trip
to Cape Henry, Virginia, to take
part In the celebration of the 324th an.
niversary of the landing of the first
permanent English colonists wns sad
ly marred by a torrential rainstorm.
He and Mrs, Hoover went there on
the Department of Commerce boat
Sequoia, and just as ceremonies
began the downpour came, All
drenched to fhe skin and took refuge
in the railroad station, where tea wus
served. The President took his wetting
good naturedly, and Mrs. Hoover,
laughed, though her new hat
ruined.
the
were
too,
was
REAT BRIT
ain's landed
gentry never did like
Philip Snowden much,
and their feeling
against him was In-
tensified last week
when he dellvered hia
in pr
linment, The chance
‘or of th Xehequer,
from iliness
opera-
budget speech
wenk
va ff severe
Philip
stood
Snowden
VIRAKers and
ded to
exch
has been
SOVIET RUSSIA se
a ing the week. Bj
of State
wh
the Sovi
ension
ef GYPT'S nilwy
1 when ti al Alex an
ir Nile running at
41 persons lost
Curre dita
earthquake in Transcaucasia
killed nearly 400 of the inhabitants
Ten men perished when an oil well
near Gladewater, Texas, exploded and
became ignited.
ILVER hag sunk so
“J low in price, the
ratio in relation to
gold being now about
60 tc 1, that many
sergsons think some
thing should be done
about it. Four sena-
tors are out to discov.
er what this some
thing may Ye. They
are the members of
the senate foreign re-
Iations subcommittee
on commercial relations with China.
The chairman, Key Pittman of Nev.
ada, has just started for China, and
will be joined there by Arthur Van-
denberg of Michigan, who is on n
trip to the Philippines. Claude Swan-
son of Virginia anc Henrik Shipstead
of Minnesota will soon sall for Eu
rope.
Pittman and Vandenberg will in-
vestigate the possibility of a loan of
some of the treasury’s surplus silver
bullion to the Nat.onalist government
of China for coln.ge. Swanson and
Shipstead will consult with political
and economic leaders of Europe con-
cerning a possible international con.
ference on a plan tv suspend the prac.
tice of demonetizing silver coins and
disposing of them as bullion. Both
these ideas were presented to the
President in two resolutions by the
senate, but Mr. Hoover made no re-
sponse,
Sen. Pittman
JC STRADITION of ex-King Alfonso
may be asked by the Spanish re
public when he settles down some.
where; he is accused of grafting. Gen.
Damaso Berenguer, dictator of Spain
until two weeks azo, is In prison await.
ing trial for the part he played In
the Morocco military disaster of 1021
and for the execution of two officers
after the revolt ot Jaca last Decem
ber.
(®. 1931, Western Newspaper Union)
Latest Feature
New Bag Useful as Contain-
for Large Volume
of Produce.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture. )—-WNU Bervice,
The public, long advised against
“buying a pig in a poke,” can now dis
regard that bit of warning: that is,
if the poke happens to be one of the
new cotton bags with the “show-win-
dow" feature, recently devised by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, In co-operation with the North
Carolina State College of Agriculture
and Engineering.
Suitable for Farm Products.
The new bag is a result of the de-
partment’'s search for new uses for
cotton. It 18 now being offered to the
trade In small sizes suitable for pack-
aging onions and other
farm products for sale to the retail
customer, The bag Is woven In one
plece of cloth, but one side Is of very
open mesh so that the contents may
be seen readily by the buyer. The
other side of fine mesh permits the
printing of the brand.
This “duplex” bag saves the retail
grocer the time necessary to weigh
each Individual order, It also pre
customers from pick over
This bag Is more adapted
package In many In.
and when
housewife ean
it and use |t
wotatoes,
ting
ready
empty, the
rinse the out of
2s a dust
Promises to Be Popular,
The new ced and put
to be
wr a very la
¥ The attr
tivene if the pack » however, and
tl fron
sizing
cloth.
bag was produ
too late last season
y
i
used as a container f
} 8
Coc cidic 0818S 3 Is C ommon
Malady of Young C h icks
©] %
3 5
bow of
OT Wn +f ny
£ } WEOKR OF AE
the cause
yout
the breeds
Large Potato Yield on
Pennsylvania State Farm
The i
Pa., has
the countr; hat its
REgeme
best
sclentlf
more than made up
Its yield of potatoes
SON wn mething phenomenal,
acre this farm
welg of potatoes, while
yield far
average. The
wonderful sleld
ARUre a
on 28 theres was n
the country's
seed Baed for this
was obtained In northern Michigan
and was of the russet variety. To
prepare the land at Allentown soy
beans and seven tons per acre of barn-
yard fertilizer were plowed under In
the fall and 950 pounds of commercial
fertilizer waz applied on each acre
In the row, A fertilizer heavy with
phosphate and potash was adopted,
Succulent Feeds Full
of Necessary Vitamins
There was a time when all vegetables
were classed as green feed In the
hen's ration. We now know that man.
gels, apples, pumpkin pulp and sugar
beet pulp may have some value as a
bulky and appetizing succulent feed
but cannot be classed as green feed.
Carrots have been found to contain
vitamins which make them very close
to green feed In the ration of the hen.
Some poultrymen find that hens which
ent carrots are apt to produce eggs
with rich yellow yolks and such eggs
seem to have a high percentage of
hatchability In the spring.
Some feeds that are both succulent
and full of necessary vitaming are the
green leaves of alfalfa and head let-
tuce,
BCres
shove
Individual Farrowing
Pens Favored for Sows
Sows that farrow In March or April
should be placed In intlividual pens
nt least six by eight feet In size at
least an day or two before they far
row. These pens should be equipped
with “guard rails” around the walls
to protect the pigs from the sow when
she lies down. The farrowing pens
should be lightly bedded with short,
clean, chafly straw so that the small
pigs cannot get tangled up in It and
be unable to get out of the way of
the sow when she moves and les
down as Is likely to be the case if too
much long straw Is used. Enough
artificial heat should be provided to
take the chill off the building and to
dry up the moi-ture In it. |
Valuable
Forward Truck Crop
Profitable for Years.
of Agriculture }-WNU Bervice,
asparagus has become perhaps
most Important of all the perenninl
vegetable crops in this country and
one of the most valuable early truck
crops, the
of Agriculture says.
Petwéen 1918 and 1028 the aspara-
gus of the country increased
from 30500 acres to 94.030 acres
More than 95 per cent of this acreage
is In the New
Jersey, South Carolina, Georgla, Iii.
and Maryland. More than half
of it is in California About
half the asparagus is grown for fresh
consumption and half for canning.
The Sacramento and San Joaquin riv-
er valleys of California almost
all the asparagus for canning.
A well-cared-for plantation may
yield crops for 15 to 20
Years, rule it
acreage
six states, California,
nos
alone,
grow
profitable
but as a
to renew
Years,
Ross C,
culturist in
and
industry of the
Thompson, associate horti.
the office of horticultural
diseases, bureau of plant
department, outlines
climate and culture
successful asparagus
ners’ Bulletin 1046.F,
ire. This bulletin, which
ariler publication on
free by
25050,
crops
conditions of soll,
for
growing in Fan
Asparagus Cult
necessary
supersedes an e
may b ¢ oblaine
)epartment of Agricul-
D. C.
Comparatively Easy to
Raise Health y Chicks
tension poultry
Routh
y and
raised
id to the
college
Proper season.
separate from
house with
inced feed.
and pullets
h hatch =
Making P rofit or Lo 08S
in Fee ding of Cattle
is frequently
measurement
fitatdeness of
thod Is satls-
preferable on
ing
hen the eat.
feeds and
pared
tie pas
a reasonal
Deficiency of Lime
Soils deficient in lime are unable,
even with liberal fertilizer treatment,
to produce hay of go ality, tests
at the Pennsyl a state college re-
vealed. L manure produced
18 per cent
hay mixture and 20 per cent more red
clover than the hay produced with
manure alone,
Emergency Hay Crops
vd Ge
yivan!
ime with
for this year it is well
that oats, wheat, soy beans, and other
crops can be used Using last year's
meadows for
another possibility,
even If It
field Is fertilized early in the spring.
FARMNOTES
The best
fence posts are late fall,
early spring. ’
®
When fields are too stony or too poor
to grow crops, they should be made to
return profit by growing trees,
. * -
It ie poor economy any time to cut
and sell the smaller trees which will
double thelr own value in a few years,
. » .
In order to get the most efficient
and economical use of a plece of farm
machinery, it is important to keep it
working as many days in the year as
possible,
. » »
Necro and internal parasites in pigs
are best prevented by sanitary man
agement, by which we mean keeping
the organizrms and eggs which propa
gate the two apart from the pigs.
. & »
Curculio overwinters In brush, stone
walls, and the like, The removal of
these hiding places will help control
You know that trees near woods are
never as clean as others. A cleared
area will help,
COULD NOT BE HELPED
The hotel
nosed, Peop
. ’
ares el i
wiarag
OOM, making
took the
manager's
“ an?
I can’t
going
n sorry, si
excited clerk, “t rald
control the movements of the
"
gade.
Has One Good Point
*1 don't
Why,
l ever met,
he's
nount to
nds r,
IF SALARY SUITED
Advantage in Disagreement
greement often moves
¢
rd hrot ¥ B®
nger pr
CAUSE OF BREAK
“How is it you don't speak to Bess
more?"
“She won three of my engagement
The ‘Mystified Noses
The world's attention, day by
homicide seemed like a game
Which maybe "twould be fun to play?
Now Be Good
Griggs—What do 1 think of your
hat? Well, if 1 were you 1
day,
His Wife—DBut 1 was planning on
other one when we visit
dear.
Ho, Hum!
“It says here that style experts de
clare a well dressed man’s wardrobe
will cost $5,000 this year,” said the
missus,
“Huh!” growled her husband, “I'l
go right on being a mighty sick
dressed man if that’s what it costs
to be well dressed.”
" Depends
“Are you in favor of women taking
purt io public affairs?”
“It's all right If you really want the
affairs public."—Bennington Banper.
Living in Hope i
The literary critic met a young and
aspiring author at his club,
“I've just read a book of yours’
he said
“My last one?” queried the author,
hopefully,
“1 hope so,” replied the eritie.
Consolation
Myrile—Mabel's wew husband
be rich, but he certainly looks like
an awful headache.
Gert—Yeh! But shell have plenty
dough to buy all the aspirin she veeds