The Washington times., 1921-01-18

Here's Real Speed.
Franklin, linooln-h.
When Prosperity Pays.
A German Dream.

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"hcu yVu iVSo sass
man has broken the record, rurh-
ing through space at = HUNDRED
AND FIFTY miles an hour, or q
little faster, you say THAT "
WONDERFUL"
What adjective have you for the
announcement that "the Nebula
Dryer No. 5s4 in the constellation
OF Cetus is dashing through space.
{ away from the earth, at a velocity
Of almost two thousand kilometers
q second, the highest speed ever
attained by a celestial object"
That information comes from
Harvard College observatory. Two
thousand kilometers means about
l.242 miles a second and is beyond
our comprehension. But 1t isn't
really EAST" compared with the
speed OF light, moro than 10000
miles second. And light itself
is slow compared with the scien-
tifc thought that travels to the
distant star, Betelseuse, and meas
ures II in q fraction Of the time
that it takes light to travel from
that star to our planet.
Franklin Thrift Week" reminds
vou that when Franklin was in
Europe as a young man he was
asked to remain in England and
make a living teaching English
men to swim. He was a remark
ably skillful, powerful swimmer,
and tells you that he would have
accepted the offer if it had come
a little earlier. but he had made
different arrangements.
What would have happened had
Franklin stayed in England, teach
ing Englishmen to swim and grad.
ually becoming English, instead
of coming back here and helping
Washington and the rest to teach
the English government to swim
back across the Atlantic?
What would have happened had
Lincoln got the job in the Interior
Department that he tried to get,
and settled down to earn n COM
Portable little salary, watching
Others run the country?
What would have happened had
Napoleon married his rich widow,
, and persuaded her to buy him an
estate in Corsica? Are there any
"accidents?" .,. ,.
Newspapers say that "best
minds" advising Mr.. Harding urge
him first of all to consider national
economy. BEST minds" as . rule.
represent the class that pays the
income tax.
This shows the advantage of put
ting taxation where it belongs, on
big incomes. That makes the most
prosperous and most influential
people interest themselves in
economy.
When Lloyd George took charge
of the finances of England, and
was the most bitterly hated man
in all Great Britain, he served this
notice on English prosperity:
"You want the greatest navy. You
shall have 1t. But there is to be
a slight change. YOU shall pay
for it,"
The prosperous in England have
been paying for things ever since,
and YOU notice that the English
are cutting down their appropria-
tions, even consenting to do with
, out the biggest navy in the world.
Organized money has power.
Make it pay the piper, and it will
interest itself in expenses.
In Germany the military class
are delighted with a new sub
marine designed by Professor
Flamm. a great Improvement on
anything existing. 1t is protected
from depth bombs with arrnor on
TOP, an imitation Of natures plan
for protecting the turtle. Instead
of the ordinary, easily destroyed
submarine, Germany could now
produce a submarine DREAD
NAUGHT.
The speculations in Germany as
to what MIGHT be done in war
remind you Of the ruined gambler
at Monte Carlo, figuring out "a
system" by which he could make a
million, II he only had the first
ten thousand francs to start 1t.
More important to Germany
than new submarines or any kind
of fighting is the fact that the
value OF the mark is going up be-
cause France and England are
taking a saner view OF after-the-
war vengeance.
Real Germans, that manage the
republic and pay the bills of the
empire, are interested not in war.
hut in industry. They forbid ex-
pert workmen in the dye industry
to leave Germany, fearing they
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