The Washington times., 1921-04-07
Today
Active Beasts and Dull.
Aerial Strap Hangers.
Uncle Sam Is Awake.
By ARTHUR BRISBAN
Copyright. 192l.)


Enlightening testimony from
Covington, Ga, about numbering
negroes under peonage slavery.
Clyde Manning, a negro farm
hand. testifies that farm laborers,
Peterson and Preston, were tied
up, then chained to one hundred
pounds Of rock. Thomas Williams,
white farmer, accused Of the muir
ders, drove the car that took the
bound negroes to a bridge, and,
says Manning: "They were stub
born and begging. And me and
Charley rolled them over the ban
mister into the river"
That's a picture of civilization;
white man planning it, "Me and
Charley" two negroes, carrying
out the orders and drowning their
helpless, bound colored brothers
That ought to interest theorists
who think the world is ready for
perfect government.
Active, aggressive beasts at the
top, the Intelligent white men,"
and passive, dull beasts at the bot
tom. 1t will take many centuries
to reach your perfect government
Of civilization.
Flying machines between Paris
and London are crowded, and now
they allow a few passengers to
stand up in the passageway be-
tween seats, "holding onto the lug
gage racks"-straphangers in the
air.
They talk of Imitation" too
much money in the United States
and in Europe. The total amount
of money in the United States on
the first Of this month was $685.
773,866.
OF this amount three thousand
millions are in gold. The total is
about $50 for every human being
in the United States. Is that too
much?
The increase in a year is thirty
cents per person-you would not
call that initiation. Of course, the
business Of the country is not done
with money, but with checks and
by credits. But if the amount of
money were multiplied by five,
conditions would be better. There
are not enough financial "chips"
to keep the United States game
going comfortably.
Europe and Japan have been
informed by the United States that
this nation intends to have some
thing to say in all settlements fol-
lowing the war.
The Japanese gentlemen that
kept adroitly out of the war, at
tending industriously to business
after taking what they wanted in
their neighborhood, we're allowed
to help themselves to islands in
the Pacific when the war was
over.
They and the rest of the League
81 Nations" learn from Uncle Sam
that he will have something to
say about the mandates" and
other distributions.
This country sent three million
men to Europe, spent fifty thou
sand million dollars, and Presi-
dent Harding seems to know it.
Charles Hapsburg, once ruler of
Austria Hungary, has gone back
to Switzerland, sadder and safer.
In the archbishop's palace. and the
castles Of the sycophantic mobiles.
he was told that Hungary and
Austria were eager to receive
him. But, while travelling back to
Switzerland, Austrian workers at
tackled his train, smashed doors
and windows, and he was lucky to
escape with his life. About some
things the workers of Europe are
uncertain. But they are absolutely
certain that they have had enough
Of Emperors.
The American steamship owners
association announces proposed
reductions in wages of men at sea
-seamen cut from $85 to $65, fire.
men from $50 to $67.50, oilers
from $95 to $40, cooks and mess
men from $40 to $55. Steamship
owners believe that men are
cheaper than they were.
They also believe at is a poor
rule that does not work both
ways" Therefore, while announc-
ing a reduction in wages of sea-
men, ocean freight rates are in
creased from so to 200 per cent.
In Chicago more than six thou
yand apartments are vacant, rents
constantly going higher, and they
ask, "How can this be?"
1t isn't puzzling, it's simply or
ganization. There was plenty of
coal in the ground while the price
was going up 200 per cent. The
idea is always to take out a little
less coal than people need, always
to rent fewer apartments than the
people need, and by making the
people worry about necessities
make them willing to pay.
President Harding tells ladies