The Washington times., 1919-09-11
What Is Important?
Banks Bolshevism Soldiers Children and Other Things


Each of us lives in his little sphere, and each Of
ns has his own little standard Of Importance
The mother will tell you that the most important thing
IN the world is the child The iser believes that the
important thing is gold.
The statesman seeks place in the halls Of fame
Others believe that service for the bettement Of their
fellow men is the most important Of all activity.
President Wilson, in recent speech indicated that he
would be willing to give his ifs necessary, that the
League Of Nations covenant might be ratified intact In
this statement he pledged his willingness to sacrifice that
which fundamentally precious all normal human
beings
Sefpressrvaton says the old saw is the first law Of
nature The three ruling interests born in every since
Adam preservation Of SELF pepetuaOn Of the race and
ambition
On the EDITORS desk several pamphlets and maga
dnss which came in the last mail Let open few Of
them and see what people consider important.
The first is q bulletin from an automobile company It
states proudly that the first automobile built BY this m
with approximately $4,000 miles It's credit negOatsd
highways and byways Of every description during eleven
years Of use is adding daily visible testimony
the everlasting surdness which is the bihrgh Of every
car built by this manufacturer.
The manufacturer Of this automobile undoubtedly be-
heves that among the most important things in this world
is the record Of service given by his
The next pamphlet is a treatise the attitude Of the
United States to Costa RCa The writer Lincoln O. Val
entns says that great view with our
policies Of years Quite So but is probable that
om great statesmen" by which he members Of
Congress are far more concerned with the attitude Of the
felix's back home and the consequent way the folks cast
their votes for candidates for Congressional seats.
The next is a magazine devoted to newspaper work It
the first inside page tell all about Cornelius Wander
h jr who has become cub reporter at twenty five dol
lars week Young Vanderbilt says that Newspaper work
is the worlds greatest agency for good he believes his
mission in life is help in the for the better
meut Of all people That is his idea Of important work
The next is a leahet entitled France and Her Prob
ems address by Baron Jacques de Neufze Partisan
banker It is published by "La France" an American
magazine whose editor considers this address be Of su
cent Importance spend considerable money in publishing
and distributing it.
Another pamphlet is from the National City Bank of
New York The most prominent place in this publication
Is given an article written by George E. Roberts vice
president Of the bank In treatise entitled Unrest and
LssSened Production Threaten Americas Prosperity" he
writes
''The fundamental trouble at the bottom of all the
turbulence In the industrial world and this pressure upon
the Government interfere business affairs is in failure
to understand that there natural economic laws always
at work accomplishing the ends sought by such agitation
and doing far efficiently and certainly than can
be accomplished by arbitrary measures
That is a wealthy business mans idea of what is
important.
Another magazine is from Tokyo It points out that it
Is very important to realize the following facts:
The United States is closer to Asia than it is to
South America.
It is possible to connect Asia and the United States
BY rail through tunnel under Bering Strait.
Manila in American insular territory, is closer to
China than to Tokyo.
farm magazine sets forth that the whole livestock
business is at a crisis.
The American Federationist official magazine of the
American Federation of Labor dsVotes its leading ed
tor to the international Trade Union Congress recently
held IN Amsterdam.
A pamphlet from the League Against American Mill