The Washington times., 1920-07-06
The NA!!eMAL PAMY THE WASHINGTON TIMES 3ULy
Too Much Money

% Lord d'Aberdon, Jew, formerly known as
Eir Edgar Vincent that really understands
probably understood it in the cradesls tho world truly
that prices gone up much because OF
ing the presses of the world have been turning
out paper money until there is much too much OF It,
Francs and lire worth less because there are more
francs and lire than the world ought to have circulating
England resisted the temptation to start her money presses
30 her money retained its value fairly we'll
To understand the situation back to the Naraganset
Indians who made money of Shells taking little white
piece the center of large conch little purple piece
from the hard clam and stringing the pieces.
That was real money in those days. Even the whites
early in the eighteenth century you gather from the
learned editor Of the Detroit News paid taxes and their
passage the ferry between New York and Brooklyn with
the Indian shell money
the Indians had invented such machine they use
in Pittsburgh to make nails and had hammered out their
money ''wampum" by carload, how much do you think
wampum would have been worth?
The trouble isn't much that goods dear as that
money is cheap.
So says the British authority It seems reasonable
until you try to borrow at the bank.
If the Administration to be elected next fall
should have time for things happening this continent
it could interest itself useuy in Mexico Six lines are
devoted the latest Mexican revolution Two Samado
and sotomaor started it, The dispatch ends Both have
been executed"
A. country where revolutions last sometimes day.
like this years. like Villas revolution; country that
tries and shoots political offenders night needs aen
tion and ought to have it.
What is the best definition of, or recipe for,
really democratic government?
Our friend w. J. Byars says the recipe is found in
these words from Thomas Jeersons first inaugural ad
''Still one thing more, fellow citizens wise and
frugal government which shall restrain from injur
ing another and leave them otherwise free'
Have you any better definition of what democratic
government ought to be? please send in the definition
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ought to be possible to leave free long they do
not injure another.
The trouble is that the first instinct of man who gets
power is to use to take freedom from somebody else
These are days of prevention.
In the line of prevention did occur to you how
much Mr. Rockefeller did when he gave millions educa
"Give light" said Dante, "and the people will find
their way
Mr. Rockefeller lighted seven or ten million dollar
lantern OF knowledge in the Chicago University That will
give light and information including the information that
the people able to and manage their property
and the further information that the way pay what
the nation needs is to tax wealth to pay for it,
Generations to viii say of Rockefeller "he laid
the cornerstone of public ownership by proving
tition was wasteful and unnecessary.
HE spent his money education and thus helped for
ward the day of real democracy An educated will pro-
tect itself
He saved millions of lives by fighting disease scien
tifcally
In this country there is more morphine used,
per CAPITA than in other country except perhaps China
which is uncertain This does that the actual
number of drug addicts is necessarily greater proper
tion than elsewhere We have in the United States many
doctors per CAPITA and have great many patients will
ing and able to pay for prompt ending of pain Unforu
natey too many of the doctors inclined make them
selves popular by administering drug slight provoca
tion.
Doctors bitterly resent any interference with their right
to prescribe drugs But the lawmakers should remember
that they dealing not only with doctors of conscience