The Washington times., 1921-07-05


What of it? Why should any
woman be a stick Of furniture to
any man? Too many husbands
look upon wives as furniture that
should be content if kept nicely
upholstered. And those are often
the husbands that also upholster
somebody else in some "love nest"
the modern name of an apartment
In which a man makes an ass Of
himself.
Hays, Postmaster General. will
change the Postal Savings Bank
system, putting it on a fair basis,
paying higher interest on deposits,
starting interest at once, and let
ting depositors get their money
when they want it.
Hitherto the Postal Bank has
been managed in such a way as to
prevent deposits. This was done
to please the banks fearing COM
petition.
The banks should welcome a
great Postal Savings system. 1t
will bring out Of boarding a thou
sand million dollars, as Mr.. Hays
says, and, what is more impor-
tant, it will encourage thrift,
create greater respect for Govern
ment, and stop the shipping Of
money out Of the country by
foreign workers. Those workers
will trust the United States; they
won't trust anyone else.
When the Government gets the
money, it is deposited in private
banks at low interest. and the
banks put it in circulation. where
1t is needed to start business.
This country needs more cur
rency and more circulation of. cur
rency. A few billions of the much
abused "fat" money would not
hurt US, perhaps. European coun-
tries, turning out money as fast
as their presses can run, seem to
be doing business while we are
standing still.
The Krupp iron works in Ger
many, for instance, employ now
80 per cent more men than before
the war, while our lame iron works
are running two-thirds idle, or
worse.
Now that we have officially
stopped war with Germany. we
might send a commission to learn
how the Krupps do it.
Three thousand million dollars
worth Of ships, built with the
peoples money, are to be sold for
whatever they will bring-perhaps
half of one of the three billions
they cost.
Building in war time was very
expensive" you are told. "and the
people must charge up their loss to
patriotism" Not quite ALL to
patriotism, dear friends. Charge
about one-quarter to patriotism
and three-quarters to profiteering
and you will be nearer the truth.
How calmly and cheerfully the
Government and everybody con-
cerned admit that efficient man.
agement of shipping under Govern
ment ownership is impossible and
that private owners must do the
work. A Government that cannot
manage ships is either incompe-
tent, dishonest, or both. Which is
it? If our army could dig the
Panama Canal at a reasonable
price, where private enterprise Of
high intelligence failed. why can
not the navy manage ships for the
people?
The real answer is this: Public
ownership and management would
interfere with private profit and
vested interests, and this is cOun-
try managed for private profit and
vested interests. Whoever thinks
otherwise is a poor simpleton. and
could not get a job from the
vested interests-they want intel
igent men.
A woman, riding peacefully in
her motor with her pet angora cat,
was suddenly attacked by the cat.
which fastened its teeth in her
hand and held fast until choked to
death by the woman's husband
A sad case. deserving much svm-
pathy. But why do human beings
Insist on adopting as companions
partly tanned wild beasts when
there are children to be had that
never bite? If children are too
much trouble and responsibility,
why not baby lamb in the spring.
to be eaten in the fall That's
better than cat or dog that tries
to eat you.
Foolish people in New York
planned big anti-prohibition
parade. 1t won't do them any
good. You might as we'll parade
In Hades with signs reading, "We
want water" You would not get
the water.
Prohibition will stay in the Con-
stitution for at least thirty years,
probably fifty, perhaps forever. 1t
depends on what the next genera
tion or two look like. If they find
that they must import wine-drink-
ing or beer-drinking labor in order
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