The Washington times., 1921-03-31

|Iuxuries -U Billions.
What Is An Insult?
Los Angeles Cuts Rates.
Own Your State.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. ls3l)

Copyright. 1917
This country In 1920 spent for
injuries twenty-five billions and
seven hundred millions of dollars.
y seems incredible, but tho figures
are given In detail. That amount
= greater than all the money that
ne nation has spent for education
dnce IL firSt .startedL
Such figures tell moro about
civilization in the United States
than you might read in many
volumes.
For the outside of the body
alone, face, powder, cosmetics. psr-
fume, rouge, lip stick. ETC.. this
nation spent seven hundred and
afty millions last year. For
cigarettes 1t spent eight hundred
millions For cigars fve hundred
md ten millions. For jewelry flve
kindred millions.
One fact stands out, We evident
u have money to spend If We
WANT to spend it
What Is an insplt?" Answer
mat question offhand, then read
sf Mr.. Edwin p. Kilroe, distin-
! guished lawyer and public official.
He denies that he insulted Mrs.
Bourasse as they were riding to-
oether in an automobile.
Mr.. Kilroe says he called the
lady "crazy" and "liar," but did
not INSULT her. "How do you
mean you did not insult her 2" you
might ask. To this Mr.. Kilroe re-
plies: IL did not put my arm
around her." AS civilization pro-
gresses words change their mean
ing.
The hotels of Los Angeles have
cut prices, some taking off half. 1t
I; ID pleasure to spread this good
| news in many cities.
! The cost of living never did 20
up in Los Angeles as in other
places. Housekeeping there is
j JOY; q dollar buys two dollars
worth. Now hotels cut prices.
Make your reservations for this
F, spring and for next winter. ia
In New Jersey the village of
/, Tavistock is incorporated, by nine
teen prosperous gentlemen, to
avoid Sunday blue laws, that pre-
vented golf. In new Tavistock you
may play golf three hundred and
sixty-five days q year. The village
has nineteen residents, and nine
T. teen village jobs, one for each resi-
dent, an improvement even on an
!. eient Athens.
Why does not some prosperous
group buy an entire StAte7 It is
mot impossible, Rhode Island. &or
instance, which is small and did
not indorse prohibition.
Owning q State, 4 group 81 men.
could make laws to suit themselves,
appoint two Senators, declare
champagne Notwithstanding"
thus avoiding the prohibition
amendment, issue unlimited State
, securities, free of income tax,
enabling the residents to avoid tax
alton. Pleasant possibilities are in
privately owned State, with New
port for its summer capital, Provi-
dence for its winter capital, and
no local tax on personal property
or income.
The big telephone company
raises its rates, thirty per cent in
some places, and at the same time
without waiting for the rate in
crease raises its dividends to nine
per cent. Little companies, owned
by the big one, do the same. They
sweetly explain that this is done
to keep up the price Of stock, en-
abling the company to sell more
stock II it wants to.
How simple. Charge the peo-
|, pie more, pay nine per cent, or
! eighteen per cent, or whatever
may be desired, raise your prices
IN proportion, sell more stock in
case you want more money to
Z extend your system further, then
raise your rates higher, increase
your dividends again, then sell
more stock.
No reason why that should not
90 on forever, unless the people
wake up, and at present they are
Geeping soundly.
Roman Leondowski, ex-convict,
was distressed by his own bad
character. He had melancholy
and suicidal fits, felt inclined to
attack others. Ex-rays found
two bullets in his brain and he
explained that he had been "in
q fuss"
Eight surgeons predicted dis
aster when Leondowski said, ~
will take a chance" And they
watched DR.. Chapman take the
chance.
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