The Washington times., 1922-08-19
Today,
To the War Department,
Good News for Big.
Four Lame Feet. Il
NorthcIiffe's Success.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
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To the War Department:
You are the boss of rivers flow
ing into the ocean. Your at
tention Is called to the fact
that road builders ara filing up
with sand the mouth of the
Manasquan river in New Jer-
sey. That river, properly used,
eould be made a refuge for ships
In heavy weather, and most
useful as an inland harbor in
time Of war.
Closing the mouth and running
the outlet Is stapid. and its yoatr
business to stop IL.
With the strikes apparently
dying down, corporations win
ming. labor losing, as might
have been expected, the news
Is GOOD NEWS for those that
deal in money on q big scale.
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For instance, there is rumor
Of a 200 per cent dividend on
Gulf oil.
The merger of Bethlehem and
Lackawanna Steel is completed,
with seventy-seven millions pre-
ferred stock, eighty-two millions
common stock.
There will soon be "a big
merger in Chicago. The tariff
makers are going ahead, with
duties as high as 450 per cent.
The message to big industry
d: .If there is anything You
want, step up and ask for 1t.
For the little people who
don't count, now that war Is
over, prices are rising. Retail
prices are up, wholesale prices
are up. Food is dear in the
city. The farmer doesn't get
enough to pay for raising 1t.
Something happens between
producer and consumer.
Cermany's money has gone to
smash. A statistician says
Germany is far richer than
France, and that's so, as re-
CARDS actual wealth. But If your
money is worthless, your wealth
doesn't help. It's like having a
big, powerful horse with four
lame feet.
What was the most important
factor in Lord Northclffe's
successf
Some important Americans
have paid tribute to his power
Row that he is dead. A good
many little Americans have
eheerfully advertised themselves
IN similar tributes.
Northcliffe's success was based
20 per cent on the fact that he
was not afraid of anything, 70
per cent on the fact that he
knew the things you must NOT
DO and kept away from them.
To know what NOT to do Is a
great part Of success, especially
In newspaper work.
m the first reference TO Lord
Northcliffe's death in this col.
umn your attention was called
TO the fact that Northcliffe
lived and worked FOR ENG
LAND. He was no lop-sided,
sloppy, toady Of any foreign
land or people.
The cabled report Of the
editorial published about North
cliffe In his own newspaper, the
London Times, starts thus: TO
THE BRITISH EMPIRE HE
WAS DEVOTED HEART AND
SOUL.
That's what every country
needs, powerful men devoted
HEART AND SOUL to that
We have too many so-called
sstatesmen" in the United
States whose hearts seem to be
n England or some other Eu-
ropean country, their stomachs
and their pockets In the United
States.
Frank Munsey publishes the
letter Of q gentleman who won
ders why unions do not incor-
porate. II they were incorpo-
rated, says he, their members
sscould learn what becomes Of
their dues" <.
Possibly, but the New Haven
railroad is Incorporated, and
thousands Of old ladies in New
England, robbed of every dollar
invested In the road, never
knew exactly what happened.
There are more ways than one
Of skinning the cat--and the
Sublic--and incorporating" is
one of the most efficient ways.
Capablanca will win the chess
tournament of the world, prob
ably. Other names in the tour
hament are Alechine, Of Russia;
Vidmar, Of Jugo-S -Slavia: Judow,
Of Russia: Maroczy, Of Hun
gary: Rubenstein, of Poland;