The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-06

the past year.
 In this case money talks" and says that President Harding was wise in selecting a man who knew something about money to manage the money of the United States.
 Mir. Mellon, said to be the second richest man in the world. must know about saving as well as making. No man ever made money unless by ac- cident. until he had learned to save 1t.
 The attempt to murder the German editor. Maxfmiiian Harden. whose real name is wilskowski. is partly an attack on German republic, which Harden's intelligence represents and partly an expression of the anti -Se- 1netism now increasing everywhere in Europe.
 Friends of the Hohenzoiierns will find, however, that in the long run shs game of politics by murder is not profitable and many can play at that game. France and other countries have taught the world that the game. well under way, Is more dangerous to royalties than to republicans.
 This incident in Nevada is inter esting, after several centuries of civ iiixation. Two Chinese gentlemen. named Hughis Sing and Gee Jon, arc nentenced to die by "Lethal gas," new fangied method of executing murderers, in Nevada. The criminal is locked in a iethaf chamber, poison gas introduced and he dies.
 A lawyer for the Chinese criminals says they mustn't die that way be- cause the United States constitution forbids "cruel and unusual punish nsnt." Tho state of Nevada denies that the gas death is cruel. It cant of course, deny that 1t is unusual But the constitution says "cruei and unusual"
 1-he situation is complicated by tho fact that employees in the prison say they don't know exactly how to go about xassing the two Chinese. The governor says tho state architect must fix the lethal chamber, so that happens without danger from the gas.
 The best plan would be for Nevada to repeal the Lethal chamber law and also the death penalty. It's a peaceful state, apart from matrimon- ,al fights that come in from the out side. Hughie Sing and Gee Jon are the first two guilty of murder since 1920 in Nevada.
 The government may seize coal mines and operate them for the poo ple. Why rot7 Does that sound sociaiistic or indicate contempt for property rights?
 Rights" to coal manufactured by nature, millions of years ago. depos- tied in the ground for mans use, seem rather vague.
 Suppose, instead of coal all water were owned" by group of men. they quarreled with thier workmen, and announced that, temporarily. the people should have no water!
 When the people got thirsty they would seize the water and overlook the property rights" Coal Is to industry what water Is to the human system.
 Industry and the country's pros- perity starve without coal. And the people of the country are triple idiots If they endure coal starvation indefinitely while owners" fight 1t out at their leisure with employees. There ought to be no ifs about 1t. The government should say to coal miners and operators: We shall take your mines. operate them. and carry on the business of the country. You can talk things over as long as you please.
 William Allen White, kindhearted Kansas editor. gives . Fourth of July prize to the boy owning most dogs. One of the Rothschilds might have given . prize to the dog owning most flsas. That Rothschild collected f1eas of different kinds from all over the world.
 Dogs belong with savases and 1t Is natural for boys to like and collect I them. Boys are savages. If normal. Next Fourth of July MT, White ought to reward the boy owning the best dog. remembering John D. Rockefellsr's parable about the American Beauty rose It is made perfect. big and beautiful by cutting off all buds but one. giving to one rose the energy Of the entire plant. The happiest boy has one dog. and thinks 1t can lick any other dog in the world. Engiishmen do nos like our Fellow citizen. "Pussyfoot" ychnscn, going up and down. predicting Great Britain dry in 1885, They wish he ,ould go home. as the Evening News
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