The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
Radical Rockefeller Sensible MT. Mellon The Infant Cursed Mile a Minute" Is Slow.


 find himself classed "a dangerous radicals. They won't lock him up, for fifty millions and the let ters I. W. w. don't go together.
 
 But MT. Rockefeller has actu- ally denounced coal mine owners tn Pennsylvania as "unwise and unjust" in their treatment of working men, urging g. radical change.''
 Not long ago one great mine owner solemnly announced that God had chosen him to run mines for the benefit of inferior human creatures. Compared to Rockefeller that mine owner. In wealth, Is like the lowest paid worker compared with him. He would dislike Rockefeller's state ment, but would cringe, bow and say, T take back that remark about God. You know more about Him than do, MT. Rocke- feller you have more money than I have"
 If the younger Rockefeller should escape from the over- whelming load of money. tradi- tion. environment. fattery ana power that weigh upon him, tt would be a miracle. And he could do an extra ordinary amount of useful work in this world
  MT. Mellon has decided, scnsfb1y, that crews of French and Italian ships may drink their ordinary light wines, even when tied fast to prohibition American docks. The Italian law compels ship owners to give sailors their wine.
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 Before they attack Mir. Mellon. American prohibitionists should ask themselves how they would feel if they were not allowed to drink water on an American ship in Italian waters.
 To the Italian worker, light red wine Is the only drink he knows. Millions of Italians and French men would no more think of drinking a glass of pure water than a good prohibitionist would of drinking pure alcohol. America should be satisfied to make laws for Americans. If we make our. selves all pure, we shall be doing pretty well.
 An extraordinary case in Turin. A woman whose baby was ill called in a sorcerer. He said: "Bod1 the cht1d's shirt together with the liver of a. white chicken stuck full of pins. in a. new casserole. Keep boiling until you hear the sound of bells"
 
 The mother was told that if no ringing of bells was heard within three days. nothing could heal the child except a Madame Mo rando, for she had cast a spell upon the child. Noshells were heard. the mother invited |>dame Morando to her home. The stricken infant rose up and light went out. then reappeared" The mother beat Madame Mo rando. Now there is a. lawsuit.
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 It is hard to realize that only few years ago practically all human beings believed such non make a wax image of another person and put pins in it, because that would cause the other per son to die.
 Those accused of crime were ordered by the Judge to walk barefoot on red hot plowshares to prove their innocence. In the case of a noble lady. an ingen- ious, kind-hearted Bishop had the plowshares painted red. The lady walked barefoot on the cold red iron, and was triumphantly acquitted.
 Some times the accused was thrown into deep water. If he sank he was innocent. If he f1oated the devil was helping him and he was guilty.
 
 "A mile a minute" Once that expressed everything we could imagine in speed. The other day Allison, United States mail fier, carried 500 pounds of mail from the West 431 miles in 163 min utes.
 General Mitchell predicts that men will soon fly across the ocean in sir hours. Real high speed ought to mean about 1000 miles an hour. the apparent speed of the sun going around the earth