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Practically all the clamor was for increased duties. Chester H. Gray, chief lobbyist of the American Farm Bureau Federation, called for general upward revisions averaging 100% higher than present rates on agricultural commodities. The argument, in effect, was: "We want these rates?because we want them." Few if any witnesses paused long enough on the stand to give reasons, to detail the difficulties of foreign competition, comparative costs of production. The fanner's attitude was that he was entitled to these increases by virtue of his vote for Herbert Hoover and that technical explanations were nonessential...
...that one could adjust the air supply reaching the runner's lungs, it would be possible to eliminate one racing difficulty; breathlessness and subsequent fatigue. Then, if one could arrange a little flag so that it would run around the track at a steady speed just a little higher than the average speed of the previous record holder, and instruct the runner to follow the flag exactly, one would eliminate another difficulty, that of pacing at the exact speed best for a certain race...
...editorial note is on the subject of "Reversals in Illinois Criminal Cases." It shows that the higher courts of Cook County, in which Chicago is situated, reversed 11 out of 15 decisions appealed to them from the lower courts. The article states that there is "one law for the innocent and another for the guilty" in the work of the Chicago courts and gives considerable evidence on the unusual procedure of these legal bodies...
...cannot appropriation be made subject to such distribution as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine after thorough investigation; part for Coast Guard, part for customs, part especially for Canadian border; part for doubling or trebling present field force, increasing salaries to induce higher type men to apply for this responsible and hazardous work; part for more thorough, stringent surveillance of breweries and distilleries to prevent illegal distribution of high-powered beer and diversion of industrial alcohol; part for intensive, nation-wide education campaign, employing best talent to prepare accurate, striking posters and circulars emphasizing danger to individuals...
...France contraception on a large scale has existed for 100 years, due to the inheritance laws which share property equally among the children. Many blame France's static population on this, and the French Government has passed extremely strict laws against spreading birth control information, but France has no higher birth rate than England whose population increases 300,000 annually and where contraception is perfectly legal. In Holland the spread of contraception has been rapid in the last 45 years in spite of official opposition, because the midwives of that country have learned its methods. In other countries...