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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Business Wearies of Interference Inter-ference by the Various Federal Commissions. By EDWARD W. PICKARD BUSINESS is growing very tired of what It considers unnecessary Interference In-terference by governmental agencies, and In the annual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in Washington, It gave voice to that feeling. "Government Inquisition of the private pri-vate citizen and his business, from the publishing of his income tax to innumerable innu-merable investigations by specially constituted commissions is becoming unpopular," declared the president of the organization, Richard F. Grant, of Cleveland. In the opinion of Robert W. Bingham Bing-ham of Louisville, leader in the co-operative marketing movement, the legislation leg-islation proposed by "cheap demagogue dema-gogue politicians" is dangerous to the country; and he said any further legislation leg-islation for the relief of agriculturists would be superfluous. A. C. Dodson of Bethlehem, Pa., a coal operator, said that In nine years of experience with federal and state supervision of coal production he could "recall no step which has been ultimately of value to the consumer, employee or operator." He expressed the fear that unless natural conditions bring about some cure for the present serious plight of the coal Industry, "artificial stimulants will be applied by legislative action, and then no one will escape and one and all we will be thrown to the lions." That the administration sympathizes sympa-thizes with the views of the business men to a considerable extent was Indicated In-dicated by the address of William E. Humphrey, a Republican member of the federal trade commission, when he explained the recent changes in Its rules made with the approval of President Pres-ident Coolldge. He said these changes were designed to make the activities of the commission less obnoxious, to business, and that the opposition to thera came only from those who sought to use the commission for political po-litical purposes. He declared the body would no longer be used as a publicity bureau for socialistic propaganda. propa-ganda. In line with this attitude of the government gov-ernment was the decision last week of the special federal court of ecrulty In the case of the International Harvester Harves-ter company. This court sitting In St. Paul, Minn., decided that a 1918 decision divesting the company of three of its manufacturing lines has proved effective In removing any trace of monopoly. Therefore, the conrt denied de-nied the petition for supplemental provisions pro-visions to the original decree. The petition contended the International Harvester company Is still a combination combina-tion in restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman nntl-tmst act. But the speclnl court held that the evidence evi-dence not only failed to support the charge that since the reorganization decree the company has been "unduly or unreasonably monopolizing Interstate Inter-state commerce, but conclusively proves It has not done and Is not do-Inc do-Inc so." Senators Borah of Idaho and Norrls of Nebraska gave out statements favoring fa-voring the abolition of the federal trade commission on the ground that It has come under the Influence of factional fac-tional politics and outside political pressure and no longer serves the purpose pur-pose for which It was created. Senator Fess of Ohio, addressing the International Association of Garment Gar-ment Manufacturers In Chicago, said what the country needed was fewer new laws and a closer study of economics eco-nomics and economic laws. "We are low nearly a government by commissions," commis-sions," said Mr. Fess, "and this bureaucratic movement of the last 25 years Is the product of the demand for Increased legislation." JONATHAN M. DAVIS, former governor gov-ernor of Kansas. Is not guilty of conspiracy to solicit bribes In payment for pardons, nccordlng to the verdict of the jury that heard the case against Wm In Topeka. The Judge's charge to the jury was considered favorable to the defendant and Davis was acquitted ac-quitted on the fourth ballot. Another criminal action against Davis and his son, Russell, Is still pending. The charge against Carl J. Peterson, bank examiner under Davis and named Jointly with him in the case just ended, will be dismissed. FOR some time a senatorial committee commit-tee with Couzens of Michigan as chairman has been Investigating conditions con-ditions in the internal revenue bureau with especial reference to enforcement enforce-ment of the prohibition laws, and it appears that several members of the committee are not at all pleased with the way this work has been carried on. Some of them went so far as to declare that prohibition enforcement was a farce and that when It was made comparatively effective In one region the conditions grew correspondingly correspond-ingly worse in other regions. Senator Watson of Indiana told the committee that the administration, from President Coolldge down, was determined to enforce prohibition to the limit. He continued: "For the first time since the dry law was enacted en-acted the people are going to find out what It means to have the law enforced en-forced to the limit and the country actually dry. Then, If they are not satisfied It will be up to them to have the law modified. "Tremendous efforts are going to be made to make the law effective. The drive against rum runners along the Atlantic seaboard Is Just the beginning begin-ning and before the administration is through every agency at the command of the government will be enlisted In the drive." Administration leaders say that though the President wishes the dry law enforced to the limit, he Insists all the bureaus concerned must keep within the appropriations voted by congress. Secretary Mellon says no huge expenditure of money will be needed to enable the coast guard to put the Atlantic coast rum-running ring out of business. Many of the vessels from "rum row" there have taken their liquor cargoes to Halifax. There were two wet developments last week. Ontario province, dry for nine years, returned to the restricted sale of ale, beer and porter limited to 4.4 per cent of alcoholic content, and the city of Windsor, just across from Detroit, accommodated hordes of thirsty visitors from the United States. The Wisconsin assembly approved ap-proved a state-wide referendum In 1926 on the Issue of asking congress to modify the Volstead act to permit 2.70 per cent beer, with the old-time saloon barred. The same assembly adopted a resolution calling upon congress con-gress to convene a constitutional convention con-vention to rescind the prohibition amendment. GOVERNORS, ex-governors, congressmen con-gressmen and other notables representing rep-resenting 19 states and Ontario, Canada, Can-ada, gathered In Michigan City for the meeting of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater association and discussed plans for furthering the project of deepening and canalizing the St. Lawrence river for ocean-going traffic. An Interesting coincidence was the arrival, the same day, at the Mlchtpan City docks of a steamer from Cornwall, England, with a cargo of clay for Kalamazoo, this vessel being be-ing the first of a fleet of three ships chartered by the Michigan City and Michigan state chambers of commerce. PRESIDENT VON HINDENBURG'S government Is standing up well against the attacks of the Socialists. In the first round a vote of no confluence confl-uence In the Luther cabinet was defeated, de-feated, 125 to 214. Now the labor unions have Joined Ihe Socialists in fighting the new tariff policy which pr"P"ses to tax grains and meats. Increasing In-creasing the cost of living. The new tari:V schedules provide also for large Increases all through the Import list. Ilijl pr duties on automobiles and ar-1iticl.il ar-1iticl.il silk are frankly attributed to American competition. The German monarchists are growing bold with sm-'ci-ss. and Herr Sohlele, who represents repre-sents them on the cabinet, already has announced two proposals for changing chang-ing the Weimar constitution. One ; would substitute the old flag for the i republican emblem. :ind the other ! would define and extend paragraph 4S : of the constitution, giving the president i dictatorial powers In certain emergen cies. Schiele and the other Nationalists National-ists want a permanent committee on constitutional revision, and the Socialists Social-ists object. The former also seek to repeal the law "for the protection of the republic" under which offenders against the Weimar constitution are arrested and tried. Foreign Minister Stresemann told the reichstag and the world that President Presi-dent von Hlndenburg intends faithfully faithful-ly to carry out the Dawes plan; that Germany will not join the League of Nations until the more serious difficulties difficul-ties with the allies are settled or until un-til the Cologne bridgehead has been evacuated ; that Germany believes France has designs on the Rhineland and that the security pact proposed by Berlin was primarily to secure the western German frontiers; that Germany Ger-many cannot and will not recognize as eternally binding the eastern frontier as outlined by the treaty of Versailles; and that Germany considers that the disarmament problem cannot be a one-sided affair af-fair and believes the only solution of the question Is universal disarmament disarma-ment Germany Is In much greater danger of an attack In Its helpless state than are its neighbors, who are armed to the teeth. IT IS finally admitted by Washington Washing-ton that Informal suggestions have been made to our debtor nations that they take some definite steps toward the funding of the debts. Their attention atten-tion Is called to the fact that this question already Is In American poll-tics poll-tics to an undesirable degree and that the situation will be worse If something some-thing is not done before congress meets In December. pRIMO DE RIVERA, head of the Spanish military directorate, and his colleagues must feel satisfied that the danger of labor revolts has passed and that normal conditions have been restored, for King Alfonso has signed a decree abolishing military law throughout the country. It is presumed pre-sumed that the end of the dictatorship Is not far distant It has served Its purpose in crushing out industrial disorders dis-orders mercilessly and in driving from the country about all the more liberal leaders who were able to escape Imprisonment. Im-prisonment. ANNOUNCEMENT is made by the French foreign office that Fez has been saved from the RIfflans by gallant bayonet attacks by the French troops, aided by the good work of the air service and the artillery. The battle bat-tle was fought northwest of the big Moroccan city at which Abd-el-Krim has been aiming his movement, and It Is believed General Colombat's victory will force the RIfflans to retire from French Morocco entirely. Such an outcome will give great satisfaction In Paris, where the severe campaign was causing considerable anxiety. CHANG TSO-LIN, who must always al-ways be Identified as "the Man-churlan Man-churlan war lord," has occupied Peking Pe-king with his troops and Feng Yn-Hslang, Yn-Hslang, "the Christian general," has withdrawn to the northwestern frontier. fron-tier. Chang's soldiers are policing the Chinese Eastern railway across Manchuria Man-churia and are said to have mulcted j the railway of 56,000.1X10 by the sale of mtlltnry passes. The soviet Russian Rus-sian ambassador at Peking has protested pro-tested vigorously against this, and observers ob-servers believe Moscow Is preparing to back Feng If he breaks definitely with Chang. So another civil war In China Is In prospect, with Russia possibly pos-sibly taking an active part. LIEUT. GEN. NELSON A. MILES, who fell dead while attending a circus In Washington, was laid to rest In Arlington after simple services which were attended by President Coolldge. General Pershing and many other notable persons. Three thousand thou-sand troops, of all services, made np the escort of the gun carriage that bore the casket to the cemetery, and French 7,Vs fired a salute of 15 guns. At the tomb the regular troops fired three volleys, a bugler played taps, and the remains of one of America's most distinguished military command-! command-! ers were consigned to the grave. ! Among the mourners were men who j foncht under General Miies In the t Civil war, the Indian wars and the ' Spanish-American war. and delegn- Hons from the many societies to walci i he belonged. |