The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-04-06

{ mouths open, their tongues wagon
viction-a mere form.
The wise guys, the governors OF two
states-respectively, Illinois and Okla
: lhoma-are under indictment for d.
recting too much of the other fellow 9
money, for which they stood sponsor,
Into their own pockets; taking no thos
that record, without mouth to give
lutterance, will speak like thunder.
1.-The Waterman quartette, now under
indictment in federal court for the
CHASTITY wrecking of their chain Of
banks, charged with using dummy !"
notes to substitute for cash taken, are
in the same boat. If the man who
signed the notes, or falsified the rec
ord, had kept his mouth shut, shook
his head, dropped the pen without ac-
ton, left the bank, threatened public
ity-a different story might have
been chronicled. Now, an exciting
race, financed with rotten money, the
brilliancy of legal lights, radiating the
scene, the course managed by grad
uate Judge under the tutorship of
Blackstone, viii be staged to educate
the American public as to the greater
or less efficiency of the-silent record
or closed mouth. In the scale of in
telligence, which will have the higher
tally, the governors, the bankers, orI
the thief at Kellogg, the other day,
who stole mail sack, containing
$1,000, vamosed without trace lead
ing to his discovery. When God calls
for His bill, there win surely be some
banking is one that demands the
greater secrecy than that of any other
from the fact that it is founded on
the deposits of its customers, and in
turn loaned to other less fortunate
ones for pay. Interest is a hungry
pup, gnawing day and night, and the
business man who can furnish the
food, without becoming bankrupt is
an upper ten of great Importance.
Good business men do not care to
have the public know anything about
their wealth, and it is these kind of !
men on whom the banker depends fer
a competent sustenance. BY the time
this is extended to vast number of
people in community, one can read
lily see the necessity of the baaker
from public gaze the ready
money of depositor. This is true of
the borrower: no one likes to have his
neighbor know how much he owes:
thus the banker is in suspense, threat
aned by a two-edged sword. The
honest banker who can equalize the in
come and the out-go of cash, saving
unto himself his share, minimizing the
oss if any, is brainy "cuss.o This
has been developed, nationally: for
merly, one knew old Thread Needle
Street, London, as the financial center
IF the universe; now, it is Wall Street,
New York City. Every successful
business demands the utmost secrecy.
# your neighbor is smarter than you
ire, works harder, or manages better,
ind accumulates wealth, don't, be
srouchy and say mean things-that is
lot the way to extract his coin in a
ransfer to your pocket. A jew is
nodel--he cares not for imprecations
# you will give him chance to soak
vou for a dollar. In social way, it
s good plan to "think before you
peak and then, don It speak. If you
lon't know some good qualities about
our friends or enemies, don't discuss
hem-they might know some things
bout you that would be unpleasant
o reveal. One of the greatest heroes
hat ever performed on the American
'tage was U. s. Grant-his name will
yer be linked on the scroll of fame
With "the silent man..
If Bryan had stayed at home in the
of '96 and kept his mouth
hut, it is conceded by unprejudiced
bservers of that campaign, he would
ave been elected President.
If Burchard had never delivered
hat "rum, romanism and rebellion "
peech in New York City on the eve
f the election of the campaign of 'S4,
Elaine instead of Cleveland would
ave been elected.
If Hughes had kept his mouth shut
nd stayed out of California in the
ampaign of ZIG, he would have pre-.
ded in the White House the follow =
lg term instead of Wilson.
Douglas V. Dowd.