The Washington times., 1920-04-20

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and achieve with his brain the
complete perfection denied to his
body.
Byron proved, for the consolation
Of some, that power can always
assert itself. He came Of bad
blood, was a drunkard at one time,
like Coleridge and many others.
He conquered that and conquered
everything because, in the
language of practical America,
"He had the goods" back Of his
high and narrow forehead "of q
marble whiteness-
People that give money to the
Red Cross would like to know
what is done with the money.
They might ask, ito what extent
is the money spent in the scientific
fighting of disease and poverty, to
what extent is it used to encourage
picturesque but harmful superstl-
tion?"
A gentleman here, who calls
himself a healer, collects the sick,
the MANNED and the lame, with or
without contagious diseases, puts
his hands on them, and says that
he cures" them. You read that
the sick "were helped or carried to
the healer by Red Cross nurses"
and you wonder how much Red
Cross money and energy Is spent
In demonstrations Of that kind.
It is much more satisfactory In
California. A healer had gathered
together hundreds Of diseased peo-
pie, Including two or three that
had leprosy. No Red Cross sYoEk
ers h6fped IN the dangerous exper..
iment of mixing diseases and
spreading contagion. An official
order told the healer to give up
his dangerous business. They
burned down the shacks in which
an uncertain collection Of diseases
had been crowded together. Cali
fornia went ahead on the modern
basis which recognizes with deep
reverence the miracles OF nineteen
hundred years ago, but relies with
equally deep reverence on the SCI
ence of 1920.
Sir E. M. Edgar, Of England. who
probably knows, says England has
cornered the oil supply Of the
world. In ten years the United
States will have to buy every year
100000, 900 barrels of oil from Eng
land.
Nothing surprising in the predic-
ton. and there wouldn't be any
thing surpriMng in realization OF
the prophecy. England has states
men, men that work intelligently
for England. This country has
politicians and sloppy sentimental
lists that work for everything, more
or less, except the welfare OF the
American people as a whole.
In the Englishman's prediction
that we shall soon depend upon
England for our oil we seem to
have another reason for settling
our troubles and doing business
with Russia, if we can,
On the west coast Of the Cas-
plan Sea and elsewhere Lenin con-
trolls oil wells of the greatest
value. In Baku you may see ruin
ed temples of Parsee fire wor-
shippers, inspired by Zoroaster.
They set fire to gas or oil wells
1000 and more years ago, getting
a first-class attraction to draw
credulous pilgrims. Plenty of oil
remains. We ought to get some
of it.
England probably has the oil
wells in mind in it's present nego-
tistions with Russia.
The Government of the United
States ought, for moment, to
forget the grand question, "Who
is to be next PRESIDENT" and
think about the question, Where
is the next generation to get its
oil ?" Our production here is
wasteful, Men find oil, start wells
they can't control. 1t is lost, set
fire to, stored in wasteful, earthen
reservoirs. Red Indians could
manage national wealth as well
as the Government Of the United
States manages it.
The strike is nearly over, and,
as usual, spokesman and newspa-
pers that belong to corporations
are doing what they can TO irritate
and antagonize workers and make
the next strike come soon. II is
extraordinary how many insulting
things the prosperous can think
~ TO say about those upon whom
they live.
How often, in certain ncwspa-
pers, did you ever hear a good
word said about anything in over
alls, until bankers, Congressman
and others suddenly got it into
their heads to wear them?