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PhllidelphU, tJnfidtjr, Aumt 3, 1921 ANOTHER WHISKY FARCE SOMEWliCltB in tlie u'roup of men who arc appointed to ouforeo the Federal Jaws In this general neighborhood there must be some one with authority to answer questions, to i Hit Into Inquiries and to assume responsibility. That man, whoever he is, should be made to account for the shameful farce revealed in successive reports of thefts from the rooms in the Federal Ittiililine where seized whisky has been stored in large quantities. Tbo locks are broken at intervals. The public is informed that on each occasion many thousands of dollars' worth of liquor has been stolen. Yet the storage rooms arc supposed to be guarded. The corridors of tho building are never In darkness. The elevators arc closed and locked at given hours. Any one who took barrels of whisky or cases of stuff from the storage rooms would have to carry the loot down four flights of stairs in plain sight of dozens of Postofficc employes. ilr. McOonnell. the new prohibition di rector in this State, calls the recent theft at Ninth and Chestnut streets "an inside job." Of course it was on inside job. But who are the insiders who have been making n sort of lar;e-sized speak -easy of the Federal Huilding? -5 - , BRYCE ON THE PEACE VISCOUNT lJUYCE, though he is pos sctMcd of qualities of mind and spirit seldom surpassed In Kngluml or anywhere elsc.Mias had no part in the recent impor tant councils of the llritMi Empire. Ho has been a solitar . on outsider and one .whom practical-minded politicians prefer to regard as an intellectual and nothing more. The extraordinary address in which at Williams College jesterday IJrjee charac terized the Treaty of Versailles ns a failure and a source of danger for the future U sure to make a great stir abroad. The people who fought Wilson nnd those who in the Senate of the I 'nited States fought successfully to keep us out of the League of Nations will find great comfort in it, since no other man of llnce s promi nence Iras yet come forward with virtually such frank criticism of the I'aris plan. J ,But Viscount llrycp is, nfter nil. the idealist, thinking in terms of a perfect sot tlcm'6nt of troubles that were brewing and spreading for half a century, lliat would be a great deal to ask of statesmen who, after all, were seemingly far more sincere aTd more eager to do right than tho majori ties of the people they represented. A MAD MEASURE IN WHAT can hardly be regarded as other than the most flagrant thoughtlessness, Representative Kissel, of New York, has introduced a bill under which members of Congress would be paid on the basis of their attendance. Thirty days' consccuthe ab sence would mean the enforced surrender of the scat. Possibly Sir. Kissel has been omitted from the lists of congressional junketeers. Per haps he is envious of Senator France's pro longed European tour, including Russia. In any event, his program is one of revolu tionary cruelty. Who are to embark on distant vojages, who is to "investigate" Haiti, f into Do mingo, the Panama Canal, the Philippines, Alaska, if not tin Federal legislators of the Nation? Who are to repel the onslaughts of scorching summer with carefully selected "dajs off," if not the Senators and Repre sentatives? Chained to their desks. Congressmen might give the impression that they were indispensable. A stern eradication of any such belief, even at the cost of squelching Mr. Kissel's pet measure. Is In order. CIVILIZATION FOR the best part of a )ear Sid Hatfield, .clansman, and some of the most ruthless plstol-toters of the Haldwln-Felts Detective Agency have been storing at close quarters into eoch other's guns, the onlj devices et applied conspicuously for the solution of tin; highly technical problems that uudtrliu the Wst irginia soft-coal strike. No mi. knew which would shoot first. Hatfield, grim, youthful, ouiet and un lettered, and testifjing for the strikers he forfe n Senate lutcstigution committee , told Ilia questioners that he expectid to be the first to go. Now he Is dead. A ltaldwin J'clts man is under arrest for the shooting. Ami since Sid was n sort of leader among tho people of his community, unci sinn he personified the cause formulated b. the miners lu their opposition to the strike breakers, it is easy to imagine that the feud which has achieved the aspect and dimensions of civil war in the West Vir ginia coal fields will have u fresh beginning. The outside world should do more than wonder at this revival of medievalism in the aoft-coal country. Disaster of one sort or mother has visited every one who had any thing to do with it. The business of the bituminous fields is disorganized. Ouo of the proprietors of the Daldw in -Felts or gaaizatlou was shot to death in a .street riet, No oue knows how manj miners have hien-killed in the sporadic lighting. The prlke is not near settlement, though it has """.been in progress for more than a yeur. 'There is, lustead, a prospect of more blood shed, more violence and a spread of the disorder that martial law, proclaimed in tie, bituminous towns, has not been potent enough to prevent. Newspaper readers know all about South ern feuds and they have been pretty well informed about the methods of strikers who determine to take law into their own hands. But they know little obout the lilghlv or ganized detective agencies finm-d for es tilonage in industrial fields, In plants and ictories and for more dangerous work in ji where violence rustics after continued ' Jbs or lockouts 'Iliey are extremely i ".T-tant I factors in tho economic order of lvw that invaded tot West fl i.' '-Bfytp E. 'aftH flwfii ffW,'." Virginia bituminous regions encountered something deeper, tnarc stubborn nnd even more cudurin: than the spirit of trades unionism, They encountered tho clans. They came Into conflict with men who knew as much or more about firearms than they themselves did. On that account the soft coal strike has been prolonged tragically. The errors of those in any station of in dustry who believe that all problems of economic practice can bo settled by vio lence or terrorism have become dally more apparent. The question persists whether the people of the United States are so lacking In intellectual resourcefulness and in tho talents of social administration that the must stand by nnd see Issues that vitallv affect their lives, their country and their (lovernment disposed of by the use on both sides of methods that prevailed in the twelfth century. IRRITATING TAXES ARE THE WORST POSSIBLE KIND Secretary Melton's Proposed Revenuo Raisers Are Bdd Economically and Politically SECKETAItY MELLON repented before the Ways and Means Committee this week the ta recommendations he mndc in a letter to Chairman Fordney on Mnv 1. They contain just ns many objectionable features in August as they did in May. Among them arc suggestions for n flat tax of $10 each on automobiles; a two-cent stamp tax on bank checks and three-cent letter postage. These seem like the propo sitions of a hanker who does not sec beyond the pages of his account books. There is no economic statesmanship In them nor is there any appreciation of political expediency. The need of revenuo to run the (Jovern meut is admitted, but the need for a re duction in taxation Is not onlj admitted, but it is c'nnnroitslj demanded by nil classes of the community. No plnn to lev, new tines so nnnojlng ns the three mentioned will satisfy popular sentiment. When the war was at its height and the (lovernment was straining every nerve to raise money it did not tax bank checks be cause it did not wish needlessly to irritate tho people. The sum raised by the tax would be so small that It would be foolish for Congress to seek to Increase the revenues lu this way. Tho automobiles are already doubly taxed. When a man buys a car he has to pay to the (iovernment 5 per cent of its cost, and he has to pay to bis State an annual tax for tho privilege of operating it on the high ways. The purchase-price tax for n cor costing only 51000 nmnunts to $50. Secre tary .Mellon would have this supplemented by a thiid tax of $10 n .car. This would compel the owner of a car costing $1000 to pn.v the (lovernment $100 in five 3 cars, or - per cent a car. As the automobile is a necessity nnd is uied increasingly in transportation, this tax is in its essence a transportation tax. Huslness is suffering enough fiom the tnx on railroad tinnsportntlon without extending a similar tax to motor vehicles. The Secretary of the Treasury, it Is true, recommends cutting in half the tax on rail road transportation. It could be removed entirely without decreasing the revenues, for it would remove an obstacle in the way of tho resumption of business and would thus increase the earnings of corporations nnd the Incomes of the people on which taxes are colli cted. There is not a single .ulid argument In favor of three-cent letter postage. The Postofficc' Department is not losing money. It ought not to mnki money. The mails should be carried at the lowest possible fig ure consistent with sound business methods. Such n policy encourages business, for it increases the frequency of communication between buyer and seller and VrifiJ'Oncns the wnv to the transfer of more alir. ,4d goods. Some of the other suggestion lnVde by Secretary Mellon are Ics objcctloinjjle than thosp already mentioned. It is generally admitted that the excess-profits tnx should be repealed. It has been demonstrated that) the heavy surtaxes on large incomes, taxes absorbing more than two-thirds of the in come, are rapidly defeating their purpose. The) have forced men of large fortunes to Invest in tax-free State nnd municipal bonds. But this practice is taking from the general business of the country the capital that it needs for its expansion. The Government is getting less nnd less revenue ever.v year from this source nnd tho gen eral business of the country, on the pros perity of which is dependent the continu ance of other revenues, is checked by lack of capital. What is needed now is a taxation plan which will encourage business rather than discourage it. Every tnrlff expert knows that there is a point at which a tariff ceases to produce any revenue because it is so high that It stops importations. The way to increase revenue by a tariff is to lower the duties. The tame rule will work when ap p'led to othpr business taxes. Raising tne revenues of the Government is not so simple ns increasing the profits of the Standard Oil Company. Tho price of oil nnd gasoline enn be put up a cent a gallon and a much bigger stream of gold will flow into the coffers of the refiners. lint if the (iovernment should tnx oil and gaso line a cent n gnllon there would be decreased consumption, nnd this would affect not only the taxable profits of tho refiners, but would affect the profits of everv other busi ness This is curious, but it is none the less true". They need some psychologists in Wash ington who can explain to the Congressmen and tho Treusifrj Department how the mind nf the citl.en reacts to taxes of different I.inds. And they also need some economic untesmeu who know that taxes which en courage business will yield a great deal more revenue than tnxes which discourage it. CARUSO'S FAME AND ART THE uncritical untitle of immense popu larity has proved a plague to mam an urtist risen hith ill tho world's esteem That resentment on this score was uttcrl.v foreign to the genial nnd generous Kurico Caruso is one of the reasons why the ad miration in which he was held was so Htrikingly mingled with sincere affection. His acute sense of humor was equal to piercing the folly of the blindest or deafest adulation, nnd lie wus prouo to derive amusement rather than vexation from tho judgments of the frenzied nnd thoughtless. It is related that one evening at the New York Metropolitan some years ago Caruso, who was not billed, "substituted" in the off stage serenade in "I Pagliaeci," a number usually assigned to n minor artist. Several of the papers next dav commented severel.v upon the rendition of this portion of the scoie, attributing the offense to the humble singer programmed Caruso laughed. That was tjpical. Tvpiciil olso was the state of the public's mind "If you'll tell me who wrote this piece," urges the imported critic of "I'nnnj's First Play," "I'll tell you whether it Is good or not." Not nil of the Caruso-worshlping public, but at least considerable numbers of It, are indicted by this sample of Shavian Irony. Respect for Inbels, idolatry of a name, undoubtedly enhanced Curuso's eurn ing capneitv of recent jenrs. In a sense the grent singer was also 0 great victim Tho vital contribution which this tenor mad" :o the history of song has been nil but overwhelmed by furor. The facts will bear examination Perhaps the least criticized of all operatic trx of his era, Caruso, so far as his v. . EVENING PUBLIC XEDGEIPmivADELPHll, WEDNESDAY, ATJ&U&T 3, purely vocal attributes arc concerned, was superbly armed against tho test of scrutiny. The glow and power of his lyricism, tho rase and authority of his tones, stamp him not merely ns oue of nature's favorites, but as a sincere and painstaking artist, a musi clanly exponent of cultured song. Histrionically his weaknesses were many, although he enjojed a fitness for comedy roles, nnd in highly marked character parts such as Eleazar In "La Julve," his care fully acquired technique served him ad mirably. H is the fashion to regard Caruso's career as continuously meteoric, b'ut the truth is that his early jcars In America, even us a star of the Metropolitan organization, were by no means free from obstacles. The star of Jean do Reszke, a polished, adroit and exceedingly versatile artist, was descending in 100:J, But the clever nnd handsome Polo, whose vocnlis'm owed so much to technique nnd careful nursing, had inspired public in terest in the Wagnerian nnd French operas, of which Caruso did not even pretend to be a brilliant Interpreter. What happened was unexpected. Tho new Italian school, with Puccini as Its then leading figure, was just winning its spurs In this country. Caruso glorified- It with the overmastering eloquence of n voice precisely suited to its demands. It was no mean conquest. The popu larization of modern Italian music drama owes not a little to the compelling fashion in which Caruso illuminated its sentiment, exalted Its melodramatic passions and to some extent cloaked Its defects. Lesser artists might have rested on such laurels. To the public surprise, however, and to tho gratification of thinking music lovers, the lusty tenor sought other fields, presented Faust and n capable Don Jose with vivid force and achieved one of his most signal purely artistic triumphs in the classic "Armlde" of Cluck. Wagnerian roles were tempernmontnllv outs'do bis compass, but save for physical handicaps his Des (Jrieux In "Manon" dis played his adap'nblllty to the niost delicate requirements of the French maimer. Comparisons of the Caruso voice nt Its best with that of Tamnguo, ltrignoli, Cam paninl nnd the grent Italians of an earlier day arc difficult. Memories antedating the ubiquity of the talking machine arc in evitably tricky. Wfint can be sold without reservation is that at the peak of his fame Caruso au thoritatively outdistanced nil rivals, that his repertory was comprehensive nnd con tinually growing and thnt clamorous popu larity occasioned not the least deflection of his laudable ambitions. For oil his joviality and camaraderie and ostensible carelessness, there is evidence of linn, consistent character as well as na ture's largess in this ever-memorable ex hibit. Some of the misjudgmonts nre cer tain to subside. The authentic fame will endure. A SECRET LABOR BALLOT THE Railroad Labor Hoard decision in the Pennsjlvnnia Railroad committee's enso tho full text of which now is available prescilbes the form of ballot that must be used In the new election that it has ordered. Whether the election will be held Is not definitely known. The Labor Board has no authority to compel the parties to the dis pute to hold the election. Its power is exhausted when It has stated the facts in the case and appealed to public sentiment. In the first election the representatives of the railroad company declined to permit the employes to vote for an organization whoso oflicinls should represent them In ne gotiations, but Insisted that votes should bo cast for individuals. The union men, how ever, prepared a ballot of their own nnd voted for their union. The non-union men voted for individuals. The railroad company declined to recognize thp ballots prepared by the union men as valid. Now tho Labor Board orders that the ballot shall provide for the votes by three classes of voters, namely, those wjio desire to be represented by the Sjstem Federation of the Railway Employes of the Amerlcnn Federation of Labor; those who wish to be represented by the American Federation of Ruilroacl Workers, and those who desire to be represented by individuals or any other organization. Those in the Inst class must write in the ballot the uame of the individual or organi zation by which they wish to be represented, .tml rtc! rofrr must sign htt name to tho ballot! This ballot would prevent thnt freedom of choice bj the Individual emplo.ves which would be possible if the men were not re quired to sign their names, It would force the union men, whether they legnrded their union officials ns their best spokesmen or not, to vote for their union. It is unfortunate that tho decision did not order a pnct ballot that would have en abled the men to vote their preferences with out fenr of reprisals. This country uses the secret ballot in political elections, and It has worked very well. If the experiment of creatln; committees of employes to negotlnte with the e-mployers is to succeed, such arrangements will have to be made as will Insure the freest possible expression of the preferences of the em plojes A proper modification of the form of the ballot would remove this vital objec tion to the Lnbor Board's order for a new election. DR. BALDY'S DIFFICULT JOB IT WILL be Infiiiitel.v jegrettablc If. be cause of the declsiein of the Supreme Court by which State npprnpi lotions for charitable purposes nre withheld from insti tutions under sectnrian direction, nnv un fortunatp person in Pennsvlvanlu is even temporarily denied needed shelter, aid or medical treatment. Already sum hospitals aie reported to be in dlflicultv because of the lack of State funds upon which thev were accustomed to depend in part Dr. John M. Hnldv. whom Governor Sproul has just appointed to direct the new Department of Public Welfare will havo to pel form most of the hiird and important work that will be needed to denr up the present tangle in tho affairs of ninny chnri table Institutions thnt have been aided until now by Stnte appropriations Dr. Halcly has had long tiaining in a sort of service that leaves him peculiarly fitted for his present office. The State Board of Medical Education and Licensure, over which he has presided, functioned for the sole purpose of advancing the standards of medical education and practice in this State. Largely because of the worn It periormeel cnllege'.nnd hospital practice has been con siderably improved in jnanv instances nnd the Stiite has been virtual! cleared of medical quacks. Particularly at this time tin State Direc tor of Welfare will require unlimited tnct, patience and executive abilltv Tho State will be fortunate if tho attempt to systema tize the expenditure of public money set aside for charitable purpose does not create bitterness in mnny quarters and incite nn unwholesome sort of sectarian prejudice. Mr Edison thinks the piesent a little less clever than the past genera'ion, which himpl menus thnt he has reached another notch In his temperamental elevelopment. The Preacher had 'the same- Idea when he said. "Ml Is vnn't" " He generalized, hut back of his mind was probably the idea that the vounkers ellil not measure up to the friends of his youth. And Vee Willie Winkle cooinc In his cradle will say tho same thing seventy years hence. WW s. j AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Plant Against Tuberculosis Being Conducted Along Two Distinct Lines of Research Some Facta Concerning Dread Diseases ' By SARAH 1). LOWKIE I WENT, through the Phlpps Lnborotory and Clinic down nt Seventh and Lombard streets soon after it was built and the other day 1 renewed my Impressions of it by a long tnlk with Dr. Paul Lewis, the director of the laboratory, and with Dr. Charles Hatfield, who, besides oil his National Com mittee duties, Is responsible for the wclfnro of the clinic. Tho two doctors wcro 'off on a vacation and might have been justified In wishing to side-track clinic nnd laboratory affairs, I thought, but there on a warmish Sunday afternoon under the shadow of great pines with vistas of distant mountains they wcro intent on discussing "the Phlpps," its past nnd Its future. I think the subject came to the surface because one of the party assorted that this country took less kindly thnn did Germany to scientific research work, was more Im patient for direct and marketable results and less ready to take the car's gleanings of tentative probabilities ns part of the guino of discovery. DIt. LEWIS disagreed with that firmly. He averted that nowhere, not even in England, would there havo been such nn opportunity for patient research In the mat ter of tuberculosis data as had been gen erously provided first by a private fund through an individual, Henry Phlpps, then by the generosity of the Phlpps family, then by the general public through the $."0,000 fund collected recently, nnd lnstly, the $J.",-000-a-ycar contingent fund promised by the Carnegie Institute. In other words, under the supervision of our gicnt University of Pcnns.vlvniila and through private nnd public nnd Institutional funds, a research costing not less than $75, 000 a year, Irrespective of the actual clinic expense, Is .being carried on to Investigate the sources nnd tho possible arrest of ouo dlseaso out of tho raauy that imperil human life. This research has been going on with dogged persistence for nearly twenty years with llttlo ndvance bcond the Koch dis covery of tho tubercular bacilli In any definitely spectacular direction and yet with far-reaching results. Dr. Lewis snld that the Phlpps had proved the practicability of homo treatment or con sumptives under clinical supervision. It had simplified nnd shortened the term of treat ment In snntorla and in the matter of re searcli, it had classified and tabulated the data so that there were many short-cuts to laboratory tests, which simplified the pre liminary work of both the chemists and the bacteriologists. It appears tho reseaich has taken two elircctlons, one through chemistry, to dis cover some chemical compound that will sterilize the bodv of the Infection without killing the "host," i. c, the tissue on which the Infection feeds, nnd the other through a study of breeding processes In nnimnls guinea pigs chiefly b.v which a strain can be produced that will be Immune or nearly so to the Infection. For perhaps ten cars the Philips Laboratory was chiefly devoted t following up Erlich's chemical theories on tho stciillzntlon compound nnd lately for two years Dr. Lewis, In conjunction with the I'nited States Bureau of Animal Industry, hns ndded an investigation along the lines of genetics. If out of five varieties of guinea pigs, for instance, one could be evolved thnt would show Itself to be relatively immune to tubercular infection, the cause of that im munity might be discoverable anil once dis covered throw light on the eventual possi bilities for immunity in humans. THERE ore two ways of fighting a forest fire. The usual way is to put it out aftci It has begun. A still better way Is to take measures preventing its starting. A chemical that would kill the tubercular plant is one. method of dcstrolng it. A living tissue that is unfavorable to Its growth Is an even better. Both series of investigations nre being minutely followed by Dr. Lwls and his staff of twenty or more skilled and highly tech nical, nn'el skilled and untcchnlcnl workers, lie himself is typical. I should suppose, of tho sort of genius that goes to make a good investigator, tjuiet, gentle and retiring cf manner, ory steady and composed in his silences, exnet In his summing up, cnutlous of generalizations, jet Interested In small differences and variations, vor.v quick on the uptake and slow and painstaking in his re sponse, ns prudent In Ills promise of results as he Is patient In pursuit of them a man slngulnrl suited, I should say. to succeed In his quest of 11 great siscret of nature for tho ver.v reason that ho lespects her ret icences and puts himself, so to bpeak, at her service. I ASKED him If among humans he had found one laro more siisccptiblo than any other to tuberculosis; and to my surpris? lie said that tho Irish peoplo were tne moit susceptible thnt he knew, nnd tho Jewish people perhaps the least. Not, ho explained, thnt the Jews did not die of consumption In grent numbers, but thnt was more due to the tvpe-of occupation and the environment of the great majorltj of them. As a raco they had not a tubeieulnr ph.vslque. He said the ravages of the dlseaso both for Negroes and for Indians was not marked when they wore in a state of nature. The ver.v fact that in Africn It was rare and nmong the uncontainiiiateel Indians almost ns rare made both Negroes and Indians less Immune when they struck so-called .civil ization, hence the death rote with both peoples! During the wnr tho French native' African icglnients worn threatened with decimation from tiibeiculosis and had to be sent back to Africa, whereas regiments of otiier European nationalities were not no ticeoblj affected under the same conditions. I ASKED tho two men if there hnel been any great change In the treatment of patients since the great changes niado after l)r Trueleau's discoveries about rest ami feeding and fresh air They thought there wns jess constant feeding less over-fccdlug thev calleel it, hilt the quiet elurlng the period nf temperature and the fresh air were quite as much insisted upon, the said. When cle cieleel pi ogress has been made, especially in cities, is in the s.vsteiiiatleel examination anil diagnosis of suspects Not only nre the out patients of the clinics kept to n strict regime b.v Mslling nurses nnd a good social service staff, but the use of sanatoria is well regu latcei niul those institutions strictly stain! nrdlzed. As the disease is known to be no longer 11 hopeless one. families are willing to face the facts of It earlier and to deal with it more sjstematleally, and the munic ipalities have put the whole treatment on u more nrnctlcal basis The gieot funds that have been expended nnd tltf patient Inhor that is going Into the mtuutla of tho research havo certalul born gieat fruit. THOSE who have suffered from the tragedy of tuberculosis, either for them selves or for those they love, nnd who have come out, from under the great tribulation able to, cope with life, would do well to visit Saranac Village, up In the Adirondack!, by motor some dav anel on the brow of a hill on which Dr. Truelenu plared his sana torium pause for 11 brief while nnd pay tholr tributo to the great and beneficent person nllty that still presides In spirit overs that lieautlful spot. Hl si -itrcj figure In stone, so maiked bv Invalidism, rfo patient anil serene and above personal suffi'rlng Is a work 1 f nit and 11 tribute of grateful memor worth seeing Out of his sreat hnndlcnii he made an even grcnler power of himeelf for service. Being himself ill lie made ninny well. It must at least he said for Secretary Mellon that ho is making no bid for popu larity with the average voter. ' " - r F g - ' ' r flfflwwfe "' 7 V ST 2MV NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best HERBERT S. FORRER On Drug Users CONTRARY to the general lmpiesslon, prohibition has not Increased the number of drug users in Philadelphia. This is tho opinion of Herbert S. Forrer, agent lu chnrgc of the Federal narcotic squad here. "People are all wrong," snys Mr. Forrer. "If they believe that the advent of prohibi tion has increased tho number of drug users. One who Is accustomed to drinking alcoholic liquor seldom takes up using forbiddeu drugs. "The effect is different, thut of nnrrotlcs being more pronounced. The s.vstem accus tomed to alcoholic drinks rebels at the use of drugs even in n small way. Less Opium Smoking "Wo find that fewer peoplo nre smoking 'hop,' ns we call it. We ore fighting this phase of the work and I havo detailed special men to it. The cITcct of opium smoking is not so lapldly felt by the addict. It has a tendency of making him doze off nnd forget his troubles for the time. "It Is obvious that tho number of drug nddlcts has increased tho crime wnve. One full of drugs hns a feeling of fnlse courage and does things altogether foreign to hlni when he Is normal. "By ninny of the recent rnlels we con ductee'l 1 am convinced thnt there Is a great quantity of smuggled drug In this section of the country. This city's nearness to New York, the ocean steamship terminus, may account for it. "A short time ago wc raided a hotel on Race street nenr Eighth and seized three young men. We found close to $!22.",0()0 worth of drugs. Drugs of the sinuggleil vnriet were hidden lu nil places imngliiable, "Even safe-deposit boxes in reputable banks nre used as their hiding place. "Chinese are giving us some concern. These people have been 'hitting the pipe' for cental los and many don't understand that it is u Government violation to continue lu its use. Some bis raids have been conducted among the Chinese nnd big supplies ob tained. "We nlso unearthed an illicit drug manu factory here n shoit time ago. This is the first case of Its kind we have got here in u iong time. Face Many Handicaps "A man to enforce this nntl-niiicotlc law must be of the highest caliber, although he must mix with the people In the slums and disreputable characters of ull sorts. Ho must, however, never lose bis dignity and must remember his position of tiust and confide nee, and not do anything that would injure the Government service in the lenst. "In back of all peddlers of the forbidden drugs Is a ninn or woman of brains who cilrects the work. These lenders seldom np liear in the open, but they get their work in just tlie same. Don't make the mistake of thinking that only tho lower classes of society nn aflllctod with the chug habit. Some of the finest families have members afflicted. "Ono can be cured of the habit if ho has patience. Tho addicts fieqiiontly go back to the habit when once cured, but thnt is because of weakness. Some 010 cured for good and become good citizens of standing In their neighborhoods. "The best way to reach the cine is by institutional trrotinent. To take 11 drug addict completely off the use of drugs Is brutal anel in manv cases docs not acconis pllsh Its object. You must be- human if uiii wish to leclalm some of these nddlcts. Loss of desire for the elrug Is brought about bv substituting iion-hnhlt-formlng drugs for the narcotic formerly used. "Of course, the greatei part of our vvoik is ti in kin-; down the Illicit dealers. But this does not menu that the licensed elrug dealers escape our eves. We have special men assigned to handle them, ami whcio they are breaking any of tho Miles the pun ishment is severe. Pse Hoys ns J 'Salesmen" "The peddlers have a new hcheinc to dis pose of tho drugs. They hire small boys to sell for them. "Ono thing stands out above all In this nihil tinllic, ami that is that 11 peddler once caught seldom tells who his chief Is or whole he got the drugs. Thp feeing of liile'itj .s nt times streliheel to the limit It U thin illegal honor sjstem that icsults lu tn0 i(. lease on ball of some, of the clefcinl.iuts uu soon ns arrested. "Arrest a man for a minor offense and tho, chances are he wllLrest In jail until the merits' of his case aro heard. But with. the 192i peddlers wo find they hove llttlo trouble, Jin getting bail, no matter the amount. "We nie convinced a syndicate is In ex istence to hamper us and violate the Arutl Nnrcotlc Law, and we arc exerting our every effort to down this Illegal combination nnd sco Its members on their way to jail wiiert thev belong." Mr. Forrer's force Is responsible for the enforcement of tho Anti-Narcotic LaV hi the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey' jund Delaware, being tlie second largest district in the country. HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATIIEKTON DUI.'UY THERE Is no more gala occasion staged In the United States than wben the President nnd Mrs. Harding give a garden party nt tho White House. , Tho distinguished of the land gntlr. They filter through that classic old colonial man sion which Is tho first home of the nation. They emerge In a long queue on to a velvet lawn thnt rolls down n gentle hill, beneath ancient onk nnd maple trees. There stands tho Chief Executive nnd his wife, extending hands of welcome to each elf the ,1000 who have been lnvitwl. A huge fountain throws n sphere of spriiv and the sun shines through It, mnklng rainbows. Tho Marino Band, chid in brilliant frnrlct coats, ploys. 1 The military aids of the President pass ulong the lino. Here nnd thoro they recog nize the diplomatic representative of a for eign Government. They take 3ilm from the line and present him to the Cljlef Executive without the necessity of his living to wnit his turn. It is a courtesy paid to bis post anel to his country. But here comes Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of the Foreign Relations Com mittee of the Sennte, toll, nn3e, austere, one of the most powerful men fn International relations In the world. Mr. Lodge takes his turn Jn the line. He is an American. . e When Brigadier Geneml Charles G. Dawes, now chief of tho new Government budget system, used to be in Washington twenty enrs ago, a oung hish lad bv the name of Francis J. Kilkenny worked as his confidential clerk. Kilkenny afterword started a back-to-ireland movement that made him n national reputation. He Is still asocloted with General Dawes in Chicago anil has made a lot of mono. When the General went overseas to run the flnnncinl end of till' Pershing expedition, Kilkenny wns there as his right hand, nil togged out In the uniform of n sergeant. Now ho is back in Washington again with him. What Bo Yon Know? QUIZ 1. Which Is the "Blue Men State"? 2 Who was Camlllo Desmoullns? 3 Jeuilet"riald?0 BCenCa f "Romco nml t. Who wns Genghis Khan? C' W,"optei'?r0 Artlclcs of Confederation 6. What nieslelentlal administration wns de scribed by Its opponents ns "Andrew Jackson's appendix"? 7. In what citlcu nro tho mints of tho United States located? 8. What h meant by Itomunesquo nrchltec- , w,l,0,,,lJ,tl,e,?rl,"!l" of ,,le wor' '"3'' 10. What Is lanolin? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Tho Sacramento Hlver (lows Into Snn S. Walter nines Page anel jn, y Davis Ww iA"ilcr c"n, AmlmsHiuIors to Great Hiltoln during Wilson's Administration 3. Most of he scenes of the Hook of IMnol are laid In the city of Uabylon 4. Jean AUBUste Dominique, Ingres' wns a noted iTdiich painter, distinguished for his perfection of eleslgn nnel pur ty if llij. IIIh elates nro 1780-1807 y 5. Julius Caesar was assassinated In 4 1 11 e-. (!. "JtoltKelnt" Ihh German wonl Httra Iv' meiuilmi "t me-splrlt " It Is 1 lw. 1 ,?, describe tho spirit of the tlme .1" drift of il.oiight and fcellB I. a pArlo I 7. A wh. rrv Is 11 liRht, shallow rowlV " ,?, i usually curling passem,, ,w b "" 8. 1-Biiueli.iusli U I1H-1 (In. lu for whlskv It IB a coii-uptl..., of uisReb, 1,11,7.. numilng wit.i of f, "iu 1, 9 Itilicirliili lights 11 lt piopnr'v i i,.M i tho bank u' 11 body of water y 10. KiibUn tootles aie uitful tactics of .1.. Uy, nameu; from Fahlus bunotutdr (Delayer), the skillful -nornan onnonSt of the Cnrttiaglnlan general, IImwKSl - ljit ,(. . ' : ' if -51 SHORT CUTS Tho best argument for the sales tax ii all the other taxes. The West Virginia coal-field melo drama is just one climax after another. Congress may now ploy "Yankee Doo dle" to tho tunc of $500,000 on a Monticello. Mr. Mcllon's idea appears to he to make tho automobile carry all tho trans portation tax. As Mrs. Harrison tells ft ono has to go to jail lu Russia in order to lire with an; degree of comfort. The worst that can be said of tin Fordney Tariff Bill is thnt it is as com plicated as the income tnx. Scnntor France says tho Soviet lcadeis aro open-minded. It is tlie natural pose ot men who wish others to be open-hearted. ThcTer Mculen plnn to restore Austrian credit Is to issue bonds against Its national nssets nnd use them to finance imports. Ter Mculen to reduce turmoll-lng, as it were. ' Henry Ford says that in tho big mil roads of tho country there arc too many stockholders who simply wait for dividends. Well, Henry ought to know thnt he also serves who waits. The American Farm Bureau Fcderatloa has switched Its support from the Norrls bill to the Kellogg bill, believing that the Wnr Finance Corporation will extend credit where credit is due. Major General Wood is bard at work on his report on the Philippines. Do the Fili pinos get independence? Docs the Culver sltv of Pennsylvania get Its now provost? Who gets the philopcna? si ii.-.,. .,.... , - With famine stalking through the land, children dying by the thousands, cholera raging and forests nblazc, Trotzky and Lenlno mny console themselves with a few kind words from Senator France. Havo any of you noticed theso sixteen nnd seventeen-year-old boys wearing bandi on their bends to keep their holr back? Ujr tho time nil the girls have their hair bobbed all tho boys mny bo wearing ringlets, Mexico City is to hold n Ccntonnlal Ex position of International Commerce next month. It should do much to promote trade with this country, make trade relations amicable and dissipato disagreements. Wo might have more faith in Fordney'i clnlm that the National Government's ex penditures may be immediately reduced sev eral hundred million dollars if we had not seen how his mind worked on tlie tariff. At a bear hunt in Dcauvillc, France, we are told that "dainty debutantes roil to tho hounds clad In their bothlng suits. Description of tho bathing suits leads, one to the belief that It should perhaps be written "bare." If the door of the Disarmament Con ference stands open there will bo less like lihood of the public later having to stand a Jar. A truo open-door policy means a clear record, which, of course, does not necessi tate tiio publication of nil the preliminary drafts. Tho need for preliminary conference hns caused some of tho Powers to believe thnt November 11 Is perhaps a shade too soon for the disarmament conference, lint they are probably mistaken. An iwfttl lot of talking may bu done In three months nnd a half. Tho presumption Is that the frnmeri and backers of the Penrose bill will furnl the country with Information that will com pleted refute the allegations of Its o( jioneuts that it Is designed to benefit tli iuternntloiinl bankers rattier than the Amer leiui people nt lorgo. President Hnrdlnj nt Plymouth snld the leadership of the Engllfh-spenklng penpH cannot be denied. He also declared faith W the success of the disarmament movement. Token together, the statements are this with conjldeiico rather than iMinroetrrweu 1 bv tact Ene-llNti-Hpenklns people vv-nii t qiioi-iei wiiii his averment ns to tueir i'w- e.'-sllil 1 ill t llieert TMi.i lw nut fit- tw'O llOll Eirrllsli st"tiklii peonies ready to iieliV Itl ', ami tin eiiiiercuce of opinion tnui "' "jj .horso-raclnir has no constructive effect V'! a neaco conference. . ftj v .40V V i P -flBtL. v K v .- .1 v .' i t j; vL.-y","v-''t' ' rV
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