The Washington times., 1920-07-16


Sheba's rolling camel would be
racing against a sedan chair Of
Louis Fourteenth's period.
The yacht race was described by
reporters in flying ships, forbid
den by the rules 10 60 lower than
1000 feet for fear Of taking wind
from the sails below.
Five hundred thousand years, at
least, separate the sail yachts on
the water from the swift boats Of
the air, watching the race and
sending the news by wireless.
At least half q million years ago
some savage man padding his log
in the water must have noticed
that the wind held him back when
Il was against him, and decided to
let the wind push him forward
when II was with him.
The first creature that held up
the skin Of an animal and let the
wind blow him along was the first
MAN, first admiral, individual
owner>o of the first Navy.
The allies said to the Germans,
~Give us two million tons Of coal
q month, regardless of your own
needs, or we will seize your mines"
The news is that Germany
agrees to deliver 1t. Perhaps the
Germans would tell this country
how they are going to do it. II
anybody can sympathize with Ger
manys plight, it is the coal man OF
the United States, who finds 1t
hard to deliver ONE ton to his fel-
low-citizen, to say nothing Of send
ing two million tons every month
abroad.
Production of gold is diminish
ing In the United States and every
where. In 1920 this country will
produce probably less than nifty
millions in new gold, which
amounts to about one-tenth OF one
per cent of the country's total net
income. and an inf1nitesimal frac-
ton Of the total value OF products.
Pity the poor gold miner. His
price is stationary, so many ounces
in gold make SO many dollars.
When money becomes cheap, Ia
Dor and other things dear, the
gold ounce Is worth only so many
dollars still.
For permanent cheapness In a
rising market, nothing can be COM
pared with gold, except the work
that mothers do in the home. That
isn't paid for at all.
Major Schroeder, who holds the
worlds record as champion high
fiier, Is automatically reduced In
rank from Major to Captain by
some rule of the War Department,
so he leaves the army.
The men that achieved the wars
high record for squandering money
and gettins- little In return have
not lost rank. And they are still
in the War Department.
"FARMER-LABOR" is the name
of the new political party. A
name about as good. perhaps, would
be "OIL-WATER."
Except in the excitement of the
convention hall, the farmer and
the laborer do not mix One living
in the city, the other in the coun-
try, they do not know each other.
They suspect each other, do not un-
derstand each other, do not work
together.
Those that exploit both know
what to do with the farmer and
the laborer, just as the cook knows
what to do with the oil and the
water. Keep them separate, use
each as needed.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission learns that certain bust
ness concerns get all the freight
cars they want by bribing rail-
road employees.
You don't have to bribe letter
carriers or postoffice clerks when
sending letters or parcel post. But
then the postoffice is Government
ownership, not "highly efficient
private ownership"
A fine looking young woman,
Miss Bleibtrey, breaks another
swimming record, swimming 800
meters faster than any woman in
the world had covered the dis
tance, winning by ten yards.
This young lady, whose excel
lent German name means remain
true" reproduces in 1920 the en-
ergy Of her Germanic grandmoth-
ers in the ancient days of Roman
war.
German women, when Caesar
was young, fought with the men,
and when the battle was lost they
hanged themselves to the poles of
the big camp wagons to avoid cap
ture and disgrace.
That ancient determination
comes out in Miss Remain True's
swimming. The struggles of our
ancestors thousands of years ago
help us in our struggles today
Each struggle makes some cerebral
convolution little deeper, that
means more "brain surface" more
power.
This country, selling weapons OF
all kinds to those that fight Rus
sia, on the ground that this coun-