The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-31
The Value of Fire
And Some Other Things.

O emu cnolera IN the town OF Astrakhan, the Soviet
government plans to move all the inhabitants and
burn the town. That does not speak well for plan
to make the world perfect by new laws overnight It s
more like the ancient Chinese setting fire to his house to
roast pig -.
It reminds fathers and mothers Of the value Of heat in
fighting disease. 1t would be worth more than many
towns like Astrakhan if its burning could teach the i'm
portance OF heat as germ destroyer.
Sousa, who said, "Anybody could lead my band per-
fecty-for little while''-a remark worth remembering
has been quite deaf recently, hearing little Of his
music. An osteopath in Philadelphia has helped his
hearing. i
Don't get too enthusiastic about any sort of curing
But remember that osteopathy in many cases. does for
the bones and what steel would do for the
frame, or electrician for the wiring of building
Giving medicine, sometimes, is foolish as it would
be to rub magic oil on a hortcircuited wire.
The German peace treaty is ready Our Senate will
read 1T and shall know what sort of peace it is Ger
many has not much left for us to take. We declared
our dnwillngness to take anything anyhow The one
thing worth while is getting back to business This
country has already lost much trade with both Russia
and Germany for good excellent thing
for competing countries, but bad American workers
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts who lives on little
island, mentally and physically and thinks it pretty
good little island, says is "bad manners" for Senator
Harrison to demand public hearings at the disarmament
conference. And Senator Harrison wthdraws his reso-
luton which is puzzing Do the Senators take popular
the peoples business, the business of few ndi-
vidualsi Have not past come out Of secret
ferences and treaties and is it not time fora changei
As Russia ends prohibition our House of Representa-
ves decides that you may dist brew and drink any
alcoholic horror in your home if you don't sell it.
If that is prohibition the Lord protect the country
Drunkenness unknown in France until the imita-
ton Napoleon III permitted private home manufacture
of brandy without taxation
If there is drunkenness now, with whskey costing $40
quart what will it be when it is manufactured at home
for so cents galloni
Mr. Fordney fixing up taxes for Congress- says he will
81 for every American. He won't do exactly that
for than 100000 Americans don pay to the
National Government
He cuts $450,0OOOOO off the Excess Profits tax-that
doesn't mean much to the average mortal He cuts 800
100000 off high income taxes paid by very rich men,
That leaves more than 10OOOOO 900 Americans cold.
However, cutting must be done. We have learned that
in this country you cannot successfully tax wealth. The
only result of your effort is to discourage business and
put out of work.
The Moors fighting the Spaniards, are showing some
of the intelligence that made them rulers Of Spain
almost rulers of all Europe They not looking for
cient fighting methods but hire the best European flying
to do their fighting from the air. They offer foryv
thousand francs month to frstcass air fighters. AL
ready they have destroyed hundred million dollars
worth of Spanish property by ground fighting. When
they get air fighting organized they will easily multiply
that by ten hundred Management of the American
army and navy, please take notice.