The Washington times., 1919-10-25


was published in 1890, and con-
tains nine plays by Shakespeare.
The man who bought it will en-
JOY it, for he will be able to say,
IL paid s10o, 900 for that little
book" and his friends will exclaim
appropriately.
Other things could have been
done with a hundred thousand
dollars. The man might have
given away TO young readers five
hundred thousand books contain
ing shakespeare's complete works,
eheaply printed. He might have
invested the money at six per cent,
using the income to give away
thirty thousand copies Of Shake
speare each year forever.
However, al things are done
wisely. The mania of collecting
helps TO scatter money, taking it
out Of large piles and spreading
it around without waste of human
labor. Il is better to have a man
say Il paid 800, 900 for that little
book" than to have him point to a
dozen well fed flunkies with
powdered hair, satin breeches and
silk stockings, saying, 81 spend
one hundred thousand dollars
yearly on those and other human
beings, to have them do nothing
but wait on me-"
Mr.. Rockefeller, jr., is head of
the committee representing the
public TO see what can be done
about bringing the dead labor con-
ference to life. His job Is to
make labor and capital love each
other.
Meanwhile, trench guns"
which are shotguns sawed off
for quick handling, have appeared
on the streets in Gary. The
trench guns are intended to make
labor RESPECT capital, whether
u LOVES capital or not.
The Government Bureau of
Labor Statistics says a family of
i've needs s2,2s2.f7 a year. This
allows the wife a hat and a half
each year II allows $40 for
amusement s773.s1 for food, and
for clothing s513.72.
An unmarried woman needs
S1.os3, and an unmarried man
1000 to go through the year.
AZ s2,es2 for five people it
would take about forty-iyc bill
lion dollars to provide for the one
hundred million people in the
United states. The income of the
country is said to be fifty bill
lions. Who spends the extra i've
tiliions?
Lloyd Georges government was
defeated because from a 5weering
hill preventing foreigners from
raak'ng living in England Lloyd
George wanted to exempt French
sSing machine pilots. He thought
tsey ought to be allowed to take
cut licenses and work in Ene!aud
Considering what France did to
save England in 1914, while Eng
land was trying to get an army
ready, and considering Vnat the
French hiers did, it would seen.
reasonable to let them work in
England. But the Eng Iish will not
have II so, and Lloyd Georges
government may go under. It
would. not be the first government
killed by stupid .ingratitude.
If you can't get sugar or coal
let It comfort you to know that
both are going from this country
TO Europe, freely. By agreement
with our Government England gets
more than 2,o00, ,000, 900 pounds of
sugar from Cuba.
A dispatch from Cardiff says
one man has arranged to ship
o,ooo,o 900 tons of American coal
abroad.
Vice President Marshall. an able
Statesman that his country does
not properly appreciate, says
what the economic life of Amer
ica needs is not lawgiver, but an
evangelist" He thinks employers
and employees must learn 10 love
each other, otherwise the situst;on
Is hopeless. The world needed an
EVANGELIST 1900 years ago. His
tory tells you that the evanpelistIs
JOB Is not a pleasant one.
Word comes from Russia that
the Bolsheyiks want to surrender
and make a deal with the aIl;ss
II would include paying the Rus
sian hopdR of cortrSo La1o,,- =.