The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
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BY Herbert Kaufman

vera Cruz C0E6aGen 20
confiscate $50, OOO, 900
worth Of American merchandise
held in the local custom house
if duties thereon aren't turned
over to them. The firms that
own the goods ask Washington
TO hold the iinsurrectionists
liable il their property is thus
Illegally seized.
What they should request is d
demonstration of Vera Cruz
by the United States fleet now
steaming for Panama. "a hum
dred warships IN those waters
would settle the difficulty in
three wags Of Towser's tail.
Threats Of later reprisal won't
accomplish anything. How can
damages be collected from q
group Of defeated bankrupts I
SimiIfs similibss cMrantits-
meaning: "Give y strong-arm
man q dose Of his own medicine"
Besides, it's time for us TO-
realize that we cant extend
trade further than we're pre-
pared to- defend it,
IL we are to engage In world
wide commerce, let's take d leaf
from Britain's notebook and be-
gin to teach bucl1Oa and bandits
that they can't harm or hold
up our citizens and get away
with It.
The Stingiest Pays,aster
Of All.
HlHE British flag Is proven
bially respected earth over.
The same can't be said for the
Stars and Stripes.
Uncle Sam might Also initiate
John Bull in compegsating inn
pOrtant public service.
America, the richest Of all
nations, is the shabbiest pay
master among the great
powers.
Persons of moderate circum-
stances can't accept any pronni-
nent diplomatic post. because
present consular and fambassa-
dorial salaries don't begin to
meet expenses. AS d result,
the first capacity hereAbOuts is
seldom available for foreign
positions.
Sir Esme Howard, succeed
ing Geddes, gets $78, 900 per
yearthe jobs worth it.
Kellogg ought to have as
much. If he stayed home and
resumed his law practice, his
earnings would probably reach
. quarter of a million dollars
annually. Why must an at
fluent republic be stingier than
. hard-pressed monarchy?
Why There's a British
Empire.
VIE main reason why the
sstn never sets iii The En-
pire is the type Of inteliiaence
Ia British official life. Albion
takes prior pick Of native
brains and outbids private bust
ness at the auction block Of
ability.
Our pinch-penny policies
drive premier talent into the
arms Of the corporations and
tend to exclude the flower of
the generation from legisla-
lures and legations.
The folly costs us usuriouslv
at every international crisis
and national emergency. Mel
Ions just a lucky happen
stance.
An Early Bird That Got
No Worms.
MIR. STONE, Of the Western
4NA Electric Company, heads
the record for punctuality. In
twenty years, he hasn't been I
late nor absent on personal af- /,
fairs. He retired, still an en-
ploye Of the drill department.
Maxims to the contrary.
success is not exclusively for
rule slaves. There are no
Spencerian form ulas for
achievement. Letter perfection
isn't everything The boys
who used to turn in best
school reports, and college.
valedictorians are strangely
missing from "Who's Who"
Precision and regularity
aren't the half Of It. Prefer
ment is for originality and
opportunity recognizers. II
you haven't these two quail
tiles, you're in competition
with automatic machinery.
One Hundred Wires Equal
to One Hair.
ELECTRICAL engineers now
~ use wire, two hundred
millonths of an inch thick
20 fine that it can only be
welded under microscope.
The method was found in
imagination, not a book.
Ambition studies possibility.
A century hence industry win
deal with atomic quantities Of
matter. Split a sheet Of paper
. million times and you'll have
the approximate breadth Of an
atom.
Those inclined to- scoff at
the prediction are referred to
the Hele-Shaw filter, which
takes even the color out of
tea and Fed wine. Yet there
are germs that elude its mesh.
Wen catch 'em later.
Science hasn't let much grass
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