The Washington times., 1920-07-12
Today
jobs D. Right-U. S. Wrong
The Beta Spider.
Thinking lust So High.
Better Than a Bull Fight.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
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From q big truck. backed up at
the door of the Standard Oil Com
pany. "truckmen unlosded several
tons Of sugar for the employees"
Each employe got sixty pounds
OF sugar at several cents below the
market price.
Mr.. Rockefeller does not mix
business with charity. He does
both at Wholesale and keeps them
separate. There was no charity
In that sugar deal" He simply
gave his men the benefit OF whole
sale cooperative buying, and
d, Rockefeller knows how to buy.
/, They don't profiteer on him.
Everybody will praise Rocke-
Teller for using his intelligence
and credit to give his workers
cheap sugar. But let II be sug-
gested that Government do the
, same thing for all workers and the
. cry arises Socialism, Bolshevism,
81 O6ck 10 nubolA!
Why is that! Why Is It all riRht
Tor q man with q thousand mil
lions to protect his people against
profteering by cooperative buy
ing and all wrong for a nation
with a thousand times a thousand
millions to do the same?
The beta spider and his silk has
not reached America, but the silk
probably Is on the way. Spider web
silk, made from the web of the
Dig beta spider, was used by Cath
crime de- Medici, spending the
money Of French peasants and the
millions piled up by her Italian an
cestors in trade. That sort Of nom
sense died out for a while-the
French revolution helped to dis
courage it. But it comes back now
with after the war spending fol-
lowing war profiteering. In Paris
you may buy a spider silk hair
net SO fine as to be invisible for
three hundred dollars, stockings of
the same for eight hundred dol
lars. The French are not to blame
Tor this extravaganza. Fools 20 to
Paris from America and other
countries, eager to spend what
they never earned, and the French
oblige them by making quick
spending easy.
. Why q lady should want almost
invisible stockings, let the lady tell.
More interesting than lady or
stockings is the fineness and
strength Of that huge spiders web.
Weight for weight, the strongest
steel wire is like paper string COM
pared with it. Judge Gary, king
Of steel, could learn from the beta
spider. And he would be willing
to learn. That is why he is boss
Of the Steel Trust.
For the next three months this
Government, for taxing purposes
st the CUSTOM houss, WIN rate for
eign money as follows:
Pound, 1895; French franc,
S.2 cents; italian lire, 6.2 cents.
The German mark, normally worth
1882 cents, will be rated at 2.75
cents. That is not complimentary
to the German mark, but although
it was not so planned, the low rat
ing Of the German mark for three
months to come will stimulate Ger
man trade and increase importa-
tions from Germany. Importers,
knowing that for three months
they can pay duties at a very low
rate of exchange on German pur-
chases, will purchase in Germany
heavily; in the kingdom Of ex-
change as in higher kingdom,
the last may be first.
The elevator man in the Wash
ington Monument has travelled
$4,000 miles, up and down, going
up Just so high, then coming down
again. Quite properly, he takes
pride in his $4,000 miles. But the
man who thinks in the same fash
ion, going up just so high, then
coming down again, is also proud
of himself, calls himself "wise,
conservative" His pride is foolish.
Think upward and outward as
far as you can, and if any man
SAYS you 20 too far, tell him the
man that never goes too far never
goes far enough.
Spain, for hundreds of years the
worlds stagnant nation, buried
deep in superstition, ignorance
and cruelty, shows signs Of life in
her old age pension bill for work
men. Eight men past sixty, first
to get the old age pension, now
retire from hard work in the
mines to enjoy light Of the sun
and the beauty Of the earth for a
few years. The event is made a
great celebration, and well it may
Be. That is better for future Spain
than celebrating the killing of
bull or the birth Of another royal
infant.
Mr.. Ochs' Washington corre-
spondent, says in the New York
Times that loyal Russian authori-
ties here are enthusiastic" over
the action OF this Government,
resuming trade relations with
Russia. What are those "loyal
Ruaaian authorities ?" They stand