The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
Today
Einstein's Views.
What Of the 5000, 900?
Valuable Devils Finger"
Hopeful Mr.. Herrick.
ARTHUR BRISBl
Copyright. 1921.

by ARTHUR BRISBANE-l
Copyright. 1921.
Prof. Einstein, of the relativity
theory, returned home, says:
First, he is amused by the wild
enthusiasm of the entire American
nation in greeting him. What
Prof. Einstein saw, without know
ing it, was the extremely enthusi-
astic welcome of his co-religion-
lists. Our citizens of Jewish blood
delight at another demonstration,
in Einstein's person, of the ability
of their race. 1t was Jewish en-
thusiasm that the professor wit
messed, and there is no greater en-
thusiasm than that.
Next the professor discovered
that this is a bored nation, which
is true, and that it lacks intel
lectual interest, which is also true.
Einstein says, "The men in
America are little play dogs Of
the women who spend their money
in a reckless manner"
That is not literally true. Wom-
en-, fortunately, are looked upon
here as the equals of men or bet
ter. Prof. Einstein has spent a
good deal of his life, and think
ing, in an atmosphere in which
women are decidedly inferior.
The important questions in this
country are: "What is to be done
with and for five millions, unem-
ployed? How rapidly will the
number grow? What will hap
pen next winter when their saw
ings are gomez"
In Italy there are half million
unemployed, and the government
is agitated. Here, ten times as
great idleness seems to be "no-
body's business" 1t will become
everybody's disagreeable business
unless somebody takes an interest
in time.
You read of the Devils Finger.
tip" in Mexico, and wonder how
much the undeveloped wealth of
earth amounts to. The Devils
Fingertip," so named long ago,
rises seven hundred feet above
ground, near the city of Durango
in Mexico. This hill, forced up
from the molten center of the
earth, is of solid iron, almost pure
metal. Six hundred million tons
are in it, and the metal, with oil
not far away to manufacture it, is
easily worth five thousand million
dollars. The question is: Will the
Mexican government let those that
are able develop the property or
will they tax out the foreign
devils, and continue to look at the
unused Devils Fingertip?"
Mr.. Herrick. sailing from
France, says all nations look to the
United States to solve the worlds
economic crisis. and thinks the
United States can do it. Hopeful
person. The United States will
do we'll to solve its own economic
crisis. Some time ago the power
was cut off; this nation is Just
coasting, slowing down, and doesn't
seem to know it. We have no
intelligent plan for helping any
body at home-barring the giving
of money to bankrupt, badly-man-
aged railroads. Our money is so
good that nobody in Europe can
afford to buy from US. If Ambas-
sador Herrick has a plan for solv-
ing any economic crisis, he ought
to be kept here, to practice at
home.
Railroads owe the Government
hundreds of millions. They are
planning to put in claims against
Government that will then offset
the hundreds of millions. Mean
while, railroads want money, and
Government without loss of time
will advance to the railroads FIVE
hundred millions.
Mr.. Hoover says, this will BEN
eft the entire country"
1t will benefit railroad stock
holders who say that this is not
paternalistic Government that can
take hundreds of millions from tax
payers and hand them to private
railroad managers by way Of ben
ellJIng TIE country.
Fortunately, private railroad in
efficiency can't do everything, al
though it may get hold of con-
venient Secretary of Commerce,
or find convenient back door into
the Treasury. The railroads must
do something besides get the peo-
pies money to get on their feet.
Consider this, as a straw in the
wind:
Mr.. A. D. Hill, general store
manager of Pinehill, New York,
forty miles back from Kingston,
buys oats to sell to farmers. The
railroad station is a steep mile up
hill from his store and charges
thirty cents hundred weight from
Kingston. A private individual
running a truck from Kingston
hauls oats for the same price and
delivers them at the store. Mr..
Hill is not using the railroad. The
same is true of Mr.. Shapiro, fruit