The Washington times., 1920-10-14

The Indies Of Boston.
Chinese Hookworm.
Free Speech--Good Joke.
Good-By, Ten Millions.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
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and old, trot along INC
with such peaceful expressions
while women In New York, Chi
eago, and other cities look as
though they had just heard the
ladybugs message, Fly Away
Home, Your House Is On Fire.
Your Children viii Burn"
John Bogsrt, publisher OF tns
Boston American, explains with
Boston is civilized, and civiliza-
tion means peace" That answer
is not enough; you may see peace
full faces ON the. Gsnges banks,
where Englishmen rule Asiatics,
but that is not civilization.
The Rockefeller Foundation sue
cessfuny fights disease all over
the world, and especially here.
Since the people here have not
brains enough to do such things
for themselves, II is well that Mr.
Rockefeller is able to make q hun,
dred millions or 80 a year, ana
do the work for them.
Just now Rockefeller scientists
are fighting hookworm in the
Pinghsiang collieries of China,
where men die rapidly. =
Thus far the high birth rate
of China has been offset by the
dreadful death rate and TO some
extent by drowning girl babies.
What would be the effect on the
world if Rockefeller science and
American industrial methods made
it possible to cut down the death
rate and raise and employ the
Chinese girl babies? What would
the world do with thousand mil
lion and then two thousand mil
lion more Chinese? Would the
whites be crowded out? Or would
they have to substitute defamation
for preservation?
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Evans, Of
Brooklinc, Mass, was arrested
yesterday at Bridgeport, Conn,
and the Rev. John Haynes Holmes
at Mt. Vernon, N. Y, for address
ing open air Socialist meetings. IL
they had addressed Democratic,
Republican, Labor Union, Chris
tian Science, Red Cross, Salvation
Army, Protestant, or Catholic
meetings, they would not have
been arrested. What is the exact
meaning of the constitutional pro-
vision concerning freedom OF
speecnV
And more important question,
What do men usually do to make
an impression when free speech
is forbidden them? Why sit on
the safety valve?
Federal reserve gentlemen
should heed warnings from the
farmers.
To "deffate," as the reserve
bank puts it, is one thing. To en-
courage usury and urge banks to
profiteer at the expense OF busi-
ness and agriculture is another
thing.
Seven, eight, nine, and ten per
cent for money certainly Sweet
ems a loan," as the bankers put it.
But discouraging and bankrupt
ing borrowers on whose initiative
the nation depends for prosper
ity, and thus bringing on q panic,
will not sweeten anything.
Mr.. Paish, eminent British fl
nancial authority, says this na-
ton should cancel Europe's debt
of ten thousand millions of dol
lars, including five thousand mil
lions owed us by England. He
says that President Wilson in
tended "to forgive the entente
nations their debts to America." !"
How many other American things
did Mr.. Wilson plan to give Eu-
rope, in his generous mood?
One thing is sure, whether we
forgive Europe her debt, or allow
her to continue to forget it, the
result will be the same. The money
will not be paid. 1t was made up
of money that you invested in
bonds that have dropped SO far
In value.
Bidding a fond farewell to the
Ten CIlOuSdflu ullllouss thc Suui-
try should at least keep out of the
war League of Nations that could
call on us, every little while, for
ten billions more.
Canadian yarn drops in price
from 1925 to $1.25, the biggest
drop thus far in any manufactured
article. The harder the women
worked at their war knitting, the
faster the profiteers put up the
price. Unfortunately, they have
the money put away and will en-
Joy 1t. The father who got fair
living at best will feel the force
of the drop In the value of wool.
That is how II works.
All young men will talk about
!. the baseball series. Call their at
tention to the fact that most i'm
portant work was done for Cleve-
land by a player that had been
twice sold" as worthless by teams
that now have not a player as
good.
The stone that was rejected by
the builder becomes the keystone
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