The Washington times., 1920-07-02

THINGS IN GENERAL
" Public Money Goes, Etc.

NJ read the news about the Leviathan.
dministrstion's schemes for protecting the
he matter Of shipping?
Dvernment.i is considering the following PROPOSE
eu the magnificent steamship Leviathan, worth
ten millions. for THREE million dollars Please
10iully and laugh. The buyer would put up $lOOOOO
h The Government would sell him the Leviathan on
IKDIT and in addition LEND HIM SIX MILLION DOL
4ARS At FIVE PER CENT INTEREST, to rebuild the
hip and give the buyer WITHOUT CHARGE the use OF a
Government pier during the rebuilding And THAT isn't
all
After spending the Governments six million dollars
the Governments ship bought credit the buyer would
the ship and pay the Government" the three Million
dollar purchase price the six million dollar loan by Civ
the Government per cent of the NET profits
that the vessel might
In other words the people Of this country would hand
their ship plus six million dollars Of their money and
then get twenty five per Of the net earnings the
buyer Of the ship getting seventy five per cent there
erent any earnings Of course the Government woudn
get anything
And we talk about keeping that kind of management
q the head Of the nation. It won't be done.
& The Title Guarantee & Trust Company
which makes money every time anybody buys piece Of
land asks in wsllIwritten advertisement docs it
worry that must remember when coupons are due
go the safedepos vault and the coupons? Is it
nuisance make coupon envelopes and certificates
and get the coupons cashed?"
70 this question at least ninety nine million Americans
can sincerely mo" But those ninety nine million
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Rpubican Democratic Government Of the United States
tPeace League value is illustrated at solemn
Seing of the international Chamber Of Commerce. in
Paris Business met, discussed everything and ad
jcuned WITHOUT doing saying anything about labor
futile resolution labor drawn up and then voted
down Too dangerous apparently for handling. And
the business men adjourned.
1t is though lot of mine owners and adjourned
saying anything about the mines Labor is the mine
S employer An intelligent miner is interested in his
"A lark, nightingale or canary bird, because
u its popularity might sing anything it chose-no one
would mind When the famous Mr.. Caruso says that he
thinks he will go back his home in Florence and stop
paying income tax here unless people stop botherng him
everybody says PLEASE don't CO." Nomatter what HE
says, want him.
But Caruso in his threat to go away and stop paying
ncome tax expresses the thought of many gentlemen
country violently opposed to any tax their incomes
They have idea that they making PRESENT to
the Government forgetting that before they pay
tax, the people must give them THE INCOMES
Somebody said that liquid hydrogen could be
used to automobiles two hundred and fifty miles
gallon Professor Cady teaching chemistry Kansas Uni
versity says "Au nonsense If you could produce liquid
hydrogen cheapy, gallon would only automobile
about two miles.
The professor is probably right But PERHAPS he is
wrong announced time ago that he could run
train of pulled by steam engine at the rate of
tyve miles hour The professors of his day said it was
impossible and that WERE possible high rate of
speed would kill the travellers and those stood near the
track Nevertheless steam do twenty miles
and more, per hour.
Somebody is going to discover substitute
for gasoline which is feeble explosive compared with
some others.
you could tie up the force contained in half pound
OF T. you could run your car long distance and it
wouldn't cost much.
you could the power that ties together the mole
cules and atoms in your watch could your automo