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THE ,,LUiRe.0F GOLD Tlhroughout the, ages.,gold habaheeuiemployed, by men *to secure the favors'or the services of other men. It bas bern.the litre tbat first temipteti __good meni andi then led them :awtatf rom f lhe paths of bonor and integrity 'into the %hum;s of ds honor,' disb onesty anti perfiti>. Its .glitterung beauty bas had devilish potency in arousing the greeti and avarice of men to a poînt wbéere its possessor may buyalmost, anibing lie deiires. ýWitb golti one can.bave bis comipetitor's place of business blown off the map. WVith golti one may -have his enewny's beart cut out andi delivered to bui wrapped iia. silk lianidkercit4. With gold one may buy a beautiful niaiti. %Vitli gold one mnay buy almost any politician. For golti, as represented ly patfroùàge, aà V:î1ted^ atkt senator may be induceti to repudiate. bis pletige of honor andi vote the other way. It is semetunles huinteti that even some courts mnay be influenceti hy the equivatent of golt inl promotions or dle- sireti appointments. Ves. golti is greait stuif. Today a schemc is afoot to buy the farîners of America into slavery, and the price is. to be paid inl asicefi toagree uiat the rufnnng w i teir tarins ue placet ini the bantis of a man sitting in a swivel chair ini Washington, with couîitless little bureau- crats pesfering the life out of theni for* a report on this, a report on thaf, or evitience that thcy hiat flot grown a bushel of wbeat or a bushel of corît more than, their quotas calleti for, or raiseti one toc niany niîzs or chickens. andi that they mette wvonau at a raîiroad grade crossîng ini Xvilmette, on Novemiber 24, following by a àfe%%, weeks -the- deaths of two- women in a% grade crossing accident ini Wiinnctka on October 30. brings the matter of safety at sucb cros;siugs to' the fore, where. it muçt remain untit soniethini done about if. In botb fthe Winnetka accident and the %Vi!- mette near-accident, responsibilitv bas bers) chargeti to the carelessness, negligence, or illeffer- tiveness, of the men etuployeti to operatee safeîy' gates. In both cases the evidence slowvs that tlw gates, were flot lowered at the. approacli of trains and drivers of automobiles proceeded in . fancieti security, depending upon the vigilance of the gate - mnan to discover. any present danger. andtét func- flon. witb thaf precision an d judguiwenf that.àfford complete protection. That motorists and pedestrians have a respon- siiiytob ng.ir whi procig a k crossip~g cannot be denied. They also sbould bc alert andtiwatcbful in the interest of thrir own safefy. But that dues îlot ini auy way lessen the responsibility offfth gatemian, uior of the railroati men, or ouner nmen wflo have beconie partia dsbeinii the service of the roads, anti given gateme&iis positions in lieu of penio M any of these men are not sufficiently menta alcrt or pbiysically fit to act promptly anti w Sountid judgient in eniergencies wbere theicnsu coordination of nind andti muscle is essential normal grauiary" ruîî over, or be less tbaîn ful? Tell *us that, Hank. * * Citizenws of Beliots Falls, Vermont, reareti Up on their hind legs Suntiay and emitteti terrific bellows against, *blue laws" that have been restraining tbem f ront buying inevspapers, cigareèts andi gasolune for automobiles on Sunday. They wanit to be free, Say the gooti people of Bellows Falls., to do as tbey damt please oit Sunday and every other day. Tbink of: that! J ust whein congress is préparing to pass laws that will1be bluer. tban any blue, laws- ev er before enacteti. Vermont. if you remember, diti not vote for the New Deal., lCs ýýjust a min6r incident, of course, but it. may serve b> stir* anmories of ve QI<ien tlavs inithe innts of some %who aire ploddiug along on1th flihady side. If was Sunday> nigbt, andt- a nortb shiore family. living well within the corporafe limits of a villae but who, nevertheless, refer pridefully to their home ,a.,a "fanm," wv. athoui.dý arouna r adleêor-ei- joying tbe warmth, for outsitie it was bitter colti. with snow intermiftently filling fthc air, andtheflicund roaring tbrougb the treês andi arounti the corners of the bouse. Winter could nîot "touch theni with ifs icy clutch." Came a knock at the door wvhich the bead (?) of the. liotisehiolt openeti to admit a smil- ing neigbbor, whio announiceti, without even an at- tempt to bide bis happincss, that a boy baby hiat been born to himself and i wfe ini a cottage down the street, and dtid he have a scale 1w whicli they coulti weiglh ---«-- --- 83at . t- i . lv V% .- ui.. a. were born ini, homes insfeati of bospitals, anti a single neigliborbooti scale serveti for many. "WhVy, do you remember the night our first was boru ?" inquireti thec pater, andi the mater, borrowing a bit of frost frein tbe outside. replied icily, 'Tou tallk too muclb." Thaf South Dakota dog that refuseti to he solti andi walked 300~ miles te his home affer beung sent te bis purchaser ini Nebraska, must fbink he is a cat. ThiE PH.%NTom RE"oRreui.