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CHICAGO SUIRËBAN QUALITY GROUP Chicago Offcea -si6-toi 8 WILLououMBYTowER Teleph/i.e CEWI'aAL 3355 SU.CIUPTION $2 PÊR YEÂAR SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS Ail cornisncationm and contribution& intended for publi- cation muet bear the nane ad addrest of the. autiior, flot aecoisarîly for publication,. but for our flées. Such. mteiai Must reach the editor by Tuesday noon to be i tinie for uhe current issue. HATS OFF!I Few aduhts who have any conception at ahi of thet7splendid work lof tbat .organization iw111 fail to dof their hatsto the Boy'Scouts of Amenica which,;during the week of February 8-14, will celebrate " *twenty-foun yeans of scouting." Under tht leadership of older heads having. a fine appreciation of. the value to boys of system- mnatic tnaining in service, to their country and, to humanity, these tnoops are to be cnedited with starting thousands.of youngstens on.,tht way to useful -citizenship who might otberwise have been Itwed juto the overcrowded raulcs of the dissolute, the immoral and tht criminal. Anyone who thinlcs the prime objective of the Boy Scouts is to teach boys how to tie knots, or build a campfire, or track an animal,,or :finid their way into a forest and out- agalin, or pitch'a tent or roast a "wienie," shows a woeful ignoracet of the exalted purposes of tht organization.ý It wants to do its share toward raising tht standard of citizenship by taking boys at just the age when they are capable of being chiseled by the great sculptor, Circumstance, into almost an.ytbing, and helping to prepare themt for the world's workJ. By precept and example it wants to hp edu- cate these boys, to give tbeni bnain-strtngth, body-strength and soul-strength, to hew theni into tht propen form, to shape their destinies. In its athletic pastimes it wants to give them boite and muscle and rich red blood, in environnient àand association to give them culture anrd refine- ment. It wants.to.give tbem .intellectual i)oise and moral stamina, force of ýchanacter, a clear view of the right and wnong o6f tbfings, develop theim sense of justice, teach themt their own rights and respect for the rights of others, make neal zentlemen of them. It wants to hieip theni to village t he Chamber of Commerce will extend. to women's clubs and other civic organ izat ions invitations to. attend the meeting. The act ion of the commercial org'anizations is inspired by a désire to. inform. the. consuming public on the attitude of merchan ts- on thé state 2 percent sales taxP which. food dealers are, now charginig. as a, separate item. of m erchandise cost, thus conforming to a ruling of the State Depart- ment. of Finance, issued November 2 last. Pre- Vious to that ruling thé tax was collected* as an "doccupational tax7 to be paid by the -dealer on the total aniounit of bis montbly sales. It is the contention of merchants that'the tax, constitutes an unbearable. burden upon their in- cornes, and that it represenits 'in many cases the annual net profit accruing from the business. For tbese reasons, they assert, they.are unable to con- tinue payment of the, tax, and. that it 'should be- corne a, direct 'addîi-tial charge, as, does the. gasoline tax. Tht, daim is put forward that, as the consumer. eventually pays the tax in. any case, it is much better that he should know ex- actly how much lie is payîng than tcô have it hid- den in the prices of merchandise. The need for a thorough understanding of the merits of these arguments is apparent. in cOm- mnunities sucb as those of the nortb shore, the relations of merchant and customer are. more intimate than in langer centers, and it is essen- tial that each shahl know and appreciate the other's pnoblems and viewpoints. The evident frankness of tbe merchants in arnanging such, a meeting and inviting the consttming public to z SPEED "dBe sure, you are right and .then go ahead", is an axiotn that is being disregarded in the halls. of congress, if the speed witb which. measures of far-reaching' imponrt are. enacted is'.a'proper criterion. Before the advent of the so-calltd New Deal measures of national econoniic importànce were aeteat. *Reckless daring still characterizes some judges . n the performance of wbat they are pleased to lconsider as their duty. At Tampa, Florida, Fed- eral Judge Alexander Akerman declared the AAA unconstitutional and granted citrus growers an injunction restraining enforcement of crop proration, thereby putting bis head right into the AAA lion's mouth. "There are holes in the act,." said the judge, "big enougb to, drive an ox team through." The New JerseY Iwprohibits a, saloon (par- don us, "tairern"> witbin l200 feet of aschool. So, a couple of smart boys, wise in the way of, doing things, set up anl establish- ment directly across: the street firoml a scliool in New- ark. > Vhen protest was made the city commiission, also wise in - the ways. in whiclh things are done, was appealed to by the proprietors of the bar for adecision. ,Going into one of thos e buddles for which plt ical bodies are famous, the commission: emerged later ~ with the ediet that the cor- rect manner of mneasuring the distance between a saloon and a school is hlot in a straight line, as the crow flues, or the jaywalker walks, but fro m the door * of the ,school-, or the saloon, according to Which side of the , street. you are on, to the, nearest .established street. crossing, 'thence acrogssthe street and back to the other door. And so th saloon *as saved. Anyway. tht contention of John, when escorting MIary home from the coun- tr.y spelling bee, that "the longest way, 'round is the shortest Way home," seems to be sustained. H-aving lost money on the Touhy case, we have foresworn 'betting on the outcome of lawsuits. We were sure thev would be acquitted, and tbe near- est they could corne to it* was a hung jury. On second thouight we will take one more chance. B3et anybo9dy 2 to 1 the.y ake it next time. *W, Speaking. of crime cases, tht, inevitable ."mys- tery wonian in black"' bas shown up in the Diii,- inger . affair. However, she did not last long. Police quickly'disproved bier dlaim to being a New York news'paper reporter,, and, she is now in bock for a $32 taxi bill, contracted in making a trip to Crown Point and, back. A Chicagolady, resident in, a homie for retired The least that grownups can do is to display a sympathetic and encounaging interest in thé week's program of an organization that is doing so mhu.h to insure the future of America by de- veloping strong and cmpetent hands in which to leave it. expressing the opinions of business men cnen like the U. S. S. R. is aching for it. Japan's ing national eçonomic polcies, it is copnc efi- determined pp1osition to communism or other keepingan ll Marcean and the effectiveness with within its province, and if its effect i to secure which she blocks bolshevist propaganda dots not greaten deliberation in~ passing measures de- set welI with . Mosco*. Uncle Saut is planning to, signed to make radical changes in our economic >watch the fracas front the sidelines, if that be s.ystemn, it will render a vahuable service, possible. THz PHANIOm RePOlTEIt.