The Washington times., 1922-08-17

'cuessers" Are Cheerful.
Farmers Are Not.
a Little Decision.
Asia, the Mother.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE

Asia, the Mother.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
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The stock market goes on.
The very good "guessers" in
Wall Street believe that the
two big strikes are coming to
an end. That's cheerful for
those who own and for those
who speculate.
Wheat dropped below 81 q
bushel on Tuesday; not SO
cheerful for farmers paying IS
. day and even more for help.
Freshen up your land by
buying wheat, and SOW it thick
this fall. In the spring plow
It under. You will get your
money back many times in
greater ! fertility, especially on
potato land. It's cheaper than
fertilizer.
The New York Evening Post,
which lived for a while in ].
p. Morgan's Office, then got
faint and walked out, leaving
its bonds in that office. exults
as follows: "We told you to
buy Telephone and Telegraph
stock at 108. Since then it has
risen to 122h. It's earning its
8 per cent dividend by q COM
Portable margin"
Suggest lowering telephone
rates and everybody will
scream murder" and confsca-
tion.
The kind-hearted Supreme
Court said people Of New York
had no rignt to regulate the
price of their gas. That was
confiscation, and under the Su-
premc Court ruling the price
went up. Dividends went up,
too. And soon the company
will give two shares of stock
for one and pay dividends on
both, which will mean 16 per
cent profit. To interfere with
that would also be confisca-
tion, presumably. The corpora
tion's motto is: "Have you n
little Supreme Court decision in
your safe 2"
Scientists tell you that Asia
Is mother of all the continents.
You know it Is so, Professor
Osborne announces, because
they have found there, half way
across Mongolia, bones Of dino
saurs. Asia was the center
from which reptiles and NAM
mails, including man, went
Westward and Eastward,
That is one theory, interest
ing and plausible. More inter
esting is the theory Of German
scientists, well supported, teach
ing that the continents move,
come together, then break up
and drift apart through millions
of years.
Africa once touched South
America. Look at the east
coast of one, the west coast of
the other, and you will find
that they fit perfectly like the
halves Of a page torn in two.
The idea is that the upper
part of the earth on which we
live, made of comparatively
light granite and other stone,
floats and moves slowly on a
much heavier basalt foundation
below, as a fried egg might
slide along the surface Of a
polished plate.
King George made a good
speech the other day and wrote
It himself. On affairs Of state
the prime minister prepares the
kings statements. On other
matters not.
The kings good speech said:
"Fine buildings make good citi-
xens." It's true. Magnificent
architectural monuments stir
the imagination. Handsomer,
more comfortable homes create
better thought.
The great mistake in this
country is limiting the height
of buildings. Height is the test
of the new American architec-
tural genius. To cripple that
Is a mistake. Some day our
cities will be made of buildings
q mile high, with landings for
flying machines. on top. The
street car system will be the
elevators running up and down,
horizontal street cars will run
on balconies outside the build
ing.