El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-02
Scientists And Politics.

THE Scientists their St. Louis convention, have gone
record against the League Of Nations which settles
the matter entirely those folks who believe scientists
all about everything and who never did believe n
the League of Nations anyhow.
The League Of Nations may be bad idea. lot Of
mighty knowing folks believe 1t is But judgment
of the virtues and defects Of a League Of Nations
should be warped by traditional prejudice in favor Of
whatever men coming under the general defniuon OF
scientists say they think about It.
Thomas Edison many readers VIII recall gave the world
his opinion years since the subject OF the Io
aty Of the soul Tom said be did not believe there vas
that conscious identity persisted after DEATH OF
words to that effect. Now, Tom may know about all
there is know about kowat and transformer OF
phonograph storage battery but II does not Iouo"
that he knows all about the post mundane conduct OF the
Henri Ford perhaps the worlds most expert flivysr
maker imagined few years ago that he knew how to
stop the war and bring peaceful millennium hurting slap
dab into the midst Of the international muss When Hen
" peace bark returned to these shores with Its cargo OF
pacsts Henry had admit he knew heap more about
dfeTena gear than he did about ringing down the eur-
tain a
and rampant brow too frequently think that because they
know the nature habits Of the staTlsh and the diner
ence between chain lightning and the aurora boras and
he sDecfe gravity Of soapsuds that they are, re-
suit mentally equipped to pass for instance on bugaas
right self determination OF the necessity for making
dAnnunzio the poet laureate Of FIume-
For many years too long theorists and professors nave
been bang up the worlds business The sooner We come
to recognize that the relation Of nation TO naon mas
merchandising basis and that as much as we may OF may
moi an desire to substitute for that basis one Of au
that It can't be least for many years to come ne
sooner we will realize that the most practical men IN every
nation who have an eye the best interests Of their on
nation are the men who should determine what the rules
Of the international game should BE-
The scientist is q fine and we need him he mines
and surveys and elecres for the world he doctors ana
manufactures He teaches and he lectures And bankers
and business men should try to tell baeteuoogss how
fbev shan proceed to isolate bacih.
Likewise when 1t to League OF Nations seen
fists should stick to their microscopes and their bugs
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whenever there is again Just enough money TO 1uy
everything that has actual not speculative value me col
lar viii Be worth 100 cents again As it IS, dollar Is
rt less than 50 cents and the silver IN dollar IS worm
more than s1.1o.
In Paris men are not admitted to display of "uighties
IN live models but in America we have buresque SHOWS
and Mack Seunett
Fritisbsr saws ven have to feed Europe. An night
EroDe we have roast beef roast pork, leg lamb etc
Whatn you have?
We'll, 81 persons are not many to be ly1ehed IN a
year Think how many persons were not lynehed.
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man saves up coupons to get some things and saves
some things IN order to get the coupons.
Many dangerous temptation comes 70 us in fine gay
colors that are but shin deep.