Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-19
THE REFEREE
(By Albert AppIe)

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The world will come to an end
Dec. IL, 1854, predicts Father
Genaro Rivera. Mexican monk ard
astronomer. He figured out the
exact date by years of very conpli-
Gated study of the stars through his
telescope. His prediction is making
quite a sensation in Mexico.
The end of the world has been
predicted more times than you have
hairs on your head, but the world
still goes along as usual.
One of these days man will be
able to understand the fourth d.
mension. Then out material universe
las we See. it now, a three-d!-
mensional existence--will undergo
such a Transformation in our COM
prehension of it. that it in effect will
come to an end" Einstein is a
voice in the wilderness. Unexplain-
able psychic manifestations are
fourth -dirncnsional phenomena.
Freak
An auto that will travel on foul
legs instead Of wheels! James Will
liam Bryan claims he has invented
it. His description says the legs
operate somewhat like human legs,
gong ahead without raising or low
ering the body of the car. The
speed? Bryan promises 81 miles an
hour.
If there is anything more inter-
esting in this weeks news, we failed
to see it. Recalling the derision that
rose when the invention of the first
wheeled "horseless carriage" was
announced, we play safe and leave
the commenting to you. Since a
horse can travel on four legs, why
not a machine?
Mortgaging
More long-term bonds were is
sued by American states and munic-
qualities the first month of this year
than in n previous January. The
total for the month was at a
rate OF more than a billion dollars
a year.
Again we call your attention to
the dangerous fact that the Spend
ing Menace in our government is
greater in the state and their sub
divisions than at Uncle Sans head
quarters in Washington, d. c.
Very easy to mortgage the future.
Very hard to pay off the mortgage.
Prices
Housewives in Chicago, with great
giee. are pinching themselves to see
if they're awake. They can buy two
loaves OF bread for a nickel!
The low price is due to a war be-
tween two chain store organizations
One kind of war in which the aver
| age consumer does not believe in
peace conferences.
What's going on, in Chicago, tells
tyou more about the benefits of COM
petition and the Disadvantages of
monopoly than a professor could get
in a ~five-pound book.
Gold
Gold continues to flow into India,
at the rate Of more than three mil
lion dollars a week. In the last 81
Years India has imported nearly
three and a half billion dollars
worth of gold and silver.
What becomes of this precious
metal. is one of the great mysteries
of world finance. Much OF it is hid
den--buried. If it were put to work,
circulating from hand to hand IN
the form of credit India would have
less poverty. A lot Of us have the
same form of MISUNDERSTANDING to
get gold for itself alone, rather than
| the good the gold might do. Just
why people try to accumulate more
wealth than they need is a psyche
logical riddle.
Money
Cost of living in Germany in
| creased two and a half times dur
ling January. If we had the same
| situation, it would take $3.50 to buy
What cost only 81 a month ago. The
German wage Garner must have his
hands full. trying to keep his in
come increasing apace with prices.
iThat's the real internal situation in
Germany.