The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
odav Delicate Balance. Death by Telephone. 13-See How They Run. Farms-Real Gold
 Mines.
 By ARTHUR BRISBANE
By ARTHUR BRISBANE


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 The French are agitated because the European balance of power has been upset. Upset" Is putting 1t mildly. Against little more than 100,00o.ooo inhabitants of England Italy and France, are now arrayed 2O0.00o,000 of Germans and Russians, to say nothing of the Turks. and the possibility of other hundreds of mil Hons farther east.
 The European balance Is 8 delicate thing, to be established only by a common sense determination to work and build instead of fighting and tearing down.
 An Italian paper alleges that Ger many and Russia already have an agreement as to foreign policy with the new Turkish government at An Eora. That was inevitable. It will interest Rumania. nestling close to bolshevism, and other Balkan states. Also the big allies. Countries like Germany, Russia and Turkey. with not much to lose except their debts, may try dangerous things.
 Does mind control matterf Yes. also life and death. You need read no book on faith healing to prove it.
 In Berlin, Mir. Kob1er disliked a merchant. i'll of consumption. Daily Mir. Kobier called up the unfortunate man to ask: Have you still got your lung7'' or to suggest. "You had bet for hang yourself; you will fall any way before you die" The victim died rzematnrely.
 hfflfiona of fathers and mothers, constantly putting into tho minds of children thoughts of fear. disease, stn, thus diminish their mental powers of resistance.
 Ts is possible to protect children without frightening them. This Is written. not hy . Christian Scientist, but hy unA who believes in real sr4snce4 Tou can use real science to couabea dtseass without frightening tha patient Co 0eath while using 1t.
 Tnaa anntun of the newspaper \ NpoEsd. Mir. Frank A. Munsey, dis Avvsrn4and annonncss with . medusa N,mn. that 1s republican senators SiS-4ninG fos-re-slection. and avery ls ts iu caxor of the soldiers bonus. peoaseays Mr. Munsey. that Is why eutsons arc held. why the majority E allowed tc.eaect- Republican sem Rsora. up oor ss-eleCtion every little while, are compelled. in spite of sneznseRves. to ask: what do the peopie wantr. and to add: '1'd better give & Aa thsm and not be kicked oRET
 ws. ssSsss sold and speak Of 1t as xlscuehAe ware the only real wealth let ail che gold minas produce in a xear not moro than . few hundred xniiliona Last year the farms of Nitsas nation alone produced in value twelve thousand, fhrse hundred and ddxty-siz million dollars ts12.s6s,- 900 o.ooO,. There is the counry's real wealth. which aa Otto H. Kahn points out, keeps pace very evenly in its rising and failing with the nounfry.s manufaetursd wealth.
 Protect farmers. workers. mana xncturers sad able business men. keep cut of foreign complications and thers ts nothing to worry this eouu*xy.
 Tns ecuds of New York city sefl abowe bonds of the United States. New York can borrow at a lower rate of interest than tho government. At first sight you sayr wonderful New Yorkr At second sight; Intelligent. rioh inwestors.s They put their money into honds of New York be- eAnse they ers tax freq "To him thaA hath, shall bs given--freedom f,ou, aaxafson- The man that works Sor . salarN the man making his ppcsft through business and building ID the country is well taxed. Exempt bonds dodge all income tax You can.t expect ao make republican gov Srnusms . perfsot suocess the hrst tlms voa txy tt
 x.hs bstt1eahip Maine that was yupksd tho other day was not. of eourss. the original Maine sunk at HavanA, but . ship named for the original Aaana. launched in 1901 She was then tAs finest fighting ship nf1oat. Now she is as obsolete as the dedp = the Great Aux So 1t is with bsksIsshfps. 50 is will not bs with f1yfng machines, which will have taken the place of battleships entire iy inside of two or thrs years when tho old fogfes open their eyes and tse admirals are no longer able to spsnd $lo,ooo.Ooo for . quarter deck strut
 No mattsr how old 1t may be. as long as . flying machine can fly 1t will be abls to drop TINT. Great economy in fighting with a flying machine that will cost eventually less than $5.0oo and require only two men for a destructive crew.
 OLD RESIDENT DIES
 Meridian. April 22.-(Special.)-l Mrs. Elisabeth Hill, aged 90, died at har homo in Meridian yesterday and