Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-12-28
What Labor Would Do
Harding A. Decoration
We're Doing Well
Gefmany's Small Change


Labor may rule the British EN-.
pire. Lloyd George says Labor has
the right to show what 1t can do.
1t won the recent election. Ram
say Macdonald. head OF the Labor
Party. would be Prime Minister. He
tells Of Labor Party plans.
First, It would tax wealth. not the
income. That is only child's play
II would take piece out OF Every
fortune above $4,000. The bigger
the fortune. the bigger the piece
taken. Small fortunes would los,
! per cent Of principal, big fortunes
SO per cent. Two or three men In
America would lose in one lump
hundreds Of millions II We had that
here. The capital tax will be taken
gradually. to avoid destroying val
uses by forced sales. That is some
thing for our big men to think
about, prayerfully.
Whether the experiment would
work well no man can say. The
nomadic Tartars. driving cattle with
them. cut pieces off the living ami
mails as they went along. That was
capital tax on the animal. but not
good for cattle in the long run.
II Labor came to power 1t would
avoid many things that It now plans
and tolerate many things that 1t
now hates. To run nation. and
keep the complicated machine go
ing. 10 not easy. II is especially |
dangerous to interfere prematurely |
with selfishness. which stimulates
energy and accomplishment |
The Republicans are planning
decorations for the great
public hail In Cleveland. American
flags. with pictures Of Washington.
Lincoln and Harding. are suggested.
Things happen suddenly. How little
President Harding imagined . lit
tie while ago that he would be only
\ decoration for the 1874 conven-
tion. vr.-
President Coolidge has released.
with unconditional pardOns. all the
remaining thirty political war
That's common sense.
II will annoy certain ma
tionai security" gentlemen who have
found patriotism = great help In
graft and profiteering. The men re-
leased by the President were. some
Of them. fools: others were unba!-
lanced mentally: others were men OF
character and courage. Not one
had actually done anything. In
every case the "crlme" was verbal.
All other nations have released such
prisoners.
The President Of Germany has his
salary cut TO $1,000 \ year. Am
ba~sadors get Sl.75o. Guards en-
pioyed BY tho government railroads
get $50 . year. woe to the van
quished." especially financial woe.
England has given up temporarily
the scheme to fortify Singapore.
That's the first result probably of
the Labor victory In the last cleo
ton.
Recent study OF cancer shows the |
vicious growth within the body TO
be . separate existence. stimulated
by It's own cxcrtions. and growing
with tho furious energy OF embry-
onic life.
Cutting out or destroying vita.
x-raya or radtum IL the only cure
now. But = way may he found to
check growth and bring about can
Ger destruction by scientific control
Of growth stimulating substances.
Cancer 10 10 some extent an en-
bryo In tho wrong place. u body
within the body.
La Toilette says. "Thcrc In little
In the Coolidge message 10 sntlse
the mass Of American people" Ono
thing. however. satisfiss many Of
shs American people. and that Il
Mr.. coolidss's istention to leave
well enough alone. Ia Hairc. fight
Ing the bsar. prayed tho Lord. II
doat ask you 70 help La Hairc.
only ask you not 70 help tho bear"
Many Americans will be quite
content u sstAing Asppsns 70 inter-
fere yith their present coalition.