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That the enforcement of the prohibition amendment is at present bordering on paralysis is quite evident. Not all men drink, indeed--perhaps not nearly so many drink as drank before--but much drinking, if spasmodic, is deeper and more reckless than ever. Strong drink is carried about by men and even boys, and is shared by them, and taken to excess, with a sort of illicit eagerness, by many who in the days of freedom passed it by. It may even be said that some are drinking to a hurtful extent for no better reason than to "prove that they...
...affairs--if ever they do--the country may expect much improved conditions. Publicity can help in achieving this, and so long as it places before the citizens the truth; it adds in no way whatever to the betterment which is the sole aim of investigations, if it proceeds in reckless fashion. A conspicuous example of the harm that can be done is the recent accusation against Mr. Schwab which, after every newspaper in the country had injured his name by its insinuations, proved to be entirely unfounded. No amount of exoneration can ever undo the injury caused by this greed...
...reckless charges that Harvard is bought with British gold, that all our social institutions are polluted with British Incre, the imputation is compellingly absurd. Even those who are incognizant of the liberty of expression with which the university community is blessed, will find it amusing to recall that a twelvemonth since Harvard was a "hotbed of radicals," in the pay of Bolshevist agents; while today they are hirelings of "Lloyd George and his Tories." Moreover, any cry that may be raised against the possible expenditure of English money for propaganda on this side of the Atlantic is put to ridicule...
...view of the fact that the government's ordinary disbursements were a little less than three times as great as its ordinary receipts last year, it seems rather useless to advocate a tax reduction. Indeed, the people of this country face an alternative. They may continue their reckless extravagance, in which case the price of government bonds will continue to fall. The unwholesome item "loans on government securities" will continue to rise; the government will be unable to sell its certificates; drastic taxation will inevitably follow. Under such conditions the amortization of our national debt would be impossible...
...general election held, Senator Lodge and his followers would quickly discover that their long-winded orations and demagogic platitudes have not convinced the American people of the necessity of remaining at war with Germany while the rest of the world is enjoying the fruits of peace. Carried away by reckless partizan spite and vindictive hatred of Woodrow Wilson and all his works, the Republican side of the Senate succeeded in so emasculating the Treaty that the Democrats could in honor do nothing except vote for its rejection. The efforts at compromise made by the Administration forces met a stone wall...