Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-01-27
UNCLE DUDLEY'S COLUMN
Plenty of Money Not Enough

UNCLE DUDLEY'S COLUMN
Plenty Of Money Not Enough
There is no lack of money in this
country. We have an abundance-all
we need-more than any other country
on earth.
But plenty of money is not enough.
We need to have that money III, cir.
culation, building up crippled indus.
tries, creating new ones, and providing
employment for the surplus brain and
hand power of the country.
That would create renewed prosper
ity.
When Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania died a tidy sum in cash was
found in his safety deposit vault-a
little matter of only $226,00O00. It
was not in circulation, was not even
earning interest for the senator, was
simply buried out Of sight and doing
nobody any good.
If we could open up the safety de-
post vaults of the United States, and
/. the old stockings and the tin cans and
delve into the other secret hiding plac-
es, we would probably find billions of
dollars boarded up and kept out Of cir,
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! A billion dollars hidden away is, of
no earthly use to.any one as long as it
remains hidden. But bring that money
out and put it. into circulation and
prosperity Immediately takes on:a new
lease Of life.
We have too much money in dark
places, and not enough in the light.
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Our irrepressible little office devil
has broken out again. This time he
asserts that strictly fresh egg is only
st richly fresh until the hen lays anoth.
er' one. Is he rights
About this time each year we try to
mention the vice president, if we re.
, member his name. 1t is so easy to for.
get.
Prosperity is coming,'' says Post
master General Hays. But Judging
from the size Of that movie contract of
his we are inclined to suspect that he
, coppcd it all for himself.
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A great reward is in store for the
man who can solve the problems that
are now bcsctting Europe. The LORD
will smile upon him. n
Keep the world guessing and yo,
will not be forgotten.
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Anyway, we always know goot
! thing that we are unable to get.
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Bunk as a word, is very expires
:; sive, and yet it is only bunk.
And still, it is possible the pinhead
ed man thinks himself sharp.
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/ Modern dancing, they say, is to BIZ
refolmed-possibIy by calling it b,
| another dance.
NO matter how wicked we may be
we never fail to remember the Sabbath
day: We don It have to work.
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| BENG or a practical turn of mind
i we arc avcrse to seeing too man,
really good people in this world. Tn,
newspaper profession is crowded as i
; is.
America, we are told, has annexed
the gold supply Of the world. But a
That we appear to have slipped cog
We have still to collect the silver am
copper.
The fellow who lives up to his repu
tation often finds it difficult to live i
down.
F.; The maid, it appears, is not the onl,
on W no changes her name when sh
marries. The bachelor becomes ben
edict.
\ Cupid is as old as the history o
man, yet he is ever young.
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The lazy man is seldom envious O
more successful people. It requires to-
much cxerton.
1T Is fortunate for Solomon, the wis
king, that he lived in an early century
The average street urchin Of toda,
would make him feel like a. plugge,
nickel.
1t is a good thing we men and won,
en- are not all wise. There would be n
foolish ones to laugh at.
! Even the t1attest Of jokes can rails
a laugh from the fellows who tell them
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The person who keeps his mind OF
the future seldom grieves over tn,
past.
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1T is no longer fashionable to MARI,
IN haste and repent at leisure. The,
hunt the judge "toot sweet.D
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! Probably the most temperate O.
them all are the bootleggers them
selves. They can't afford to advcrtis,
their calling.
Rcd Wing Eagle:-"It is ludi
crous,' remarks certain public of
fetal, "to hear people urge a reduc
ton Of taxes on the one hand, who, o.
the other, urge more improvements
higher salaries, more bonds, more bu
reaus, new departments, additional mu
nicipal activities, more school studio:
esthetic structures, more police prc
lection, etc. It never occurs to sue:
people that more expense mean NOR
taxes. They never inquire "Can W
afford it?' Nv no is to pay for itq'
"Will this increase my taxes o
reats' -.
Fairmont Sentinel:-Over 100 Mir
nesota republican papers take the hid
| off Newberry but scarcely one of ther