The Washington times., 1922-03-04

Glass Legislation.
FAIRY Tales Come True.
Postoffics Doctor.
! One In 100. .ooo. 900. 7
Arthur BRISBANH
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iLBy ARTHUR BRISBANAI
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Temporarily, until some con-
venient new law is passed, the
period Of Wholesale lending Of
public money to railroads has
ended. A few roads have
rushed in their last-hour de-
mands and it's over for the
present. When you advocate
q bonus for soldiers, or CO.
operative marketing for farm
ers, you are lectured on "class'
legislation"
What do you call supplying
privately-owned railroads with
public funds to the tune of
hundreds Of millions, while
farmers are bankrupt and busi-
ness men going TO the wall for
lack Of credit?
Old stories become reality in
modern days. The magic car
pet is followed by the flying
machine, the man that could
make himself invisible by the
submarine. Steinmetz, the
electrician, gives Of Jove hurl-
ing thunderbolts an imitation
accurate enough to suit any
one. He hurls bolt with the
energy of q million horsepower,
shattering wood and metal.
Bolts that you see in the sky
are about five hundred times as
powerful as those made in
Steinmetz's laboratory. The
lightning fash takes so little
time you could have 100000 Of
them every second. What
battery that might make in
war, if thoroughly controlled!
Hubert Work, of Colorado, q
doctor by profession. and a we'll
chosen, enthusiastic, hard work.
er, is the new Postmaster Cen
eral. The first doctor in the
Cabinet, he may heal various in
dustrial ills with wise develop
ment Of the postal service, es-
pecially parcel post, to help the
farmers and business men. and
wireless news for farm use.
This is, by a wide margin, the
most conservative country in the
world OF any Importance. You
are reminded of it when Mr..
Meyer London reports to his con-
stituents. He is the ONLY So
cialist member of Congress, only
professed radical sitting in the
law-rnaking body Of 10O,000,000
people. - -
France, Germany, Italy, even.
slow-moving England, recognize
Socialism as an active !. part OF
public, Iaw'fnaKfng IRE, afwayst6
be reckoned with. Here IL is ut
terly unimportant, for the time,
even as effective propaganda It
would seem unnecessary to worry
about 1t as much as some do, but
perhaps when it does come, like
measles and whiskey to the In
dians, it will come hard
Princess Mary's wedding cake,
five feet high, was made Of in
gradients from all parts Of the
empire-Canada, Australia, Tas-
mania, Africa, Canary Islands,
Barbados, Zanzibar, Borneo, etc.
That is not the original idea Of
English cook, or English king. 1t
is much older, being the idea Of
the power that directs and con-
! trolls it all.
A COW wants grass and moth
ing else. Therefore she doesn't
70 out of her pasture. That
satisfies her palate. A lion
wants meat and nothing else.
He is content to remain in his
Jungle. kill and eat.
But TIE palate of man is a
regular map of the world. 1t
Graves caviar from Russia, spices
from Ceylon. oranges from Flor
ida. grapes from California, and
apples from Oregon. 1t wants
tobacco from Havana. wine from
Bordeaux and Spain. ducks from
the marshes. fish from the sea.
Man has travelled all over the
earth and cultivated everything,
directed and driven by his pal
ate. constantly issuing fresh
orders.
Mr.. Hoover is to curb the
chaos in the invisible "ether
lanes" meaning that he is to
control wireless sending and re.
ceiving Of messages, music, SER
mons. etc. ..,
Curb chaos, but don't curb it,
please, by giving the "RADIO
TRUST" ownership of the air
above the United States. Pri-
yate ownership Of the earth. oil
wells and mines under it. rail-
roads and the other monopolies
on it's surface. dates back a
long way. has its reasons and
vested interests. II anybody is
to own the air. about all that is
not owned the owner should he
the people. May Mr.. Hoover
bear that in mind. D..
What do you think about
"scrapping" American battle
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