Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-09
A TH2EE-WORD SPEECH.
FARMERS DAY.
CREAM FOR RAILROADS.
WALL STREETS TRINITY.

short speech record, a wise, almost
D:c~s resolution. He will accept
his nomination in only four thou.
sand words of talk.
Great moderation and self-con-
troll, you say. Yet in thirty-one
verses of the first and two verses
OF the second chapters Of Genesis
the Bible describes the creation of
earth and everything on it. And
the whole thing, including the rest
on the seventh day, is told IN about
ONE thousand words.
For brevity and beauty, candi-
dates, editors, and especially ad-
vertisement writer's should study
the Bible, especially Genesis, Job,
Isaiah, and the Sermon on the
Mount. Any Presidential candidate
might make an acceptance speech
pleasing to 80 in 100 in three words,
as follows: "MEN ABOVE DOL
LARS"
Statesmen are pouring into the
Northwest farming districts to sell
goods that stores will soon be SELL
ing, thanks to high prices for
wheat.
Stocks are going up, especially
railroad stocks. That has impor-
lance for everybody. 1t means that
intelligent observers see good
times ahead. - szzr......-,..,sese
Msi.. - - vas
Railroads,seem to be the "lambs"
of our Government, and it remem-
bers the injunction "Feed my
lambs"
Recently, when the farmer was
practically bankrupt, dozens of
banks in the Northwest closing
their doors, etc., it was suggested
that railroads might reduce freight
rates, at least on farm products.
nat v-'+h v'Aeat rrirs- -. the
> n sec Co:LCli,
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increase a thcus,r.: n.iii::yn dol
this year. Therefore, NO reou~-
ton in freight rates.
The cream, off the top, must go
to the railroads.
Suppose the farmers, for
change, are getting a decent price
for their crops. The question in
volved is: Are the railroads charg-
ing too much? not what is the
farm making.
Great and fashionable Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church, stand
ing at the top of Wall Street, pub
fishes this report:
Last years income, S2,148,G01.
Present assets Of that little band
of followers of the Lowry Nazarene,
$13,s29,053.
You note, Carried to renewal
account, S1s6,762."
: The young man (see Matthew,
10Th Chapter) that went away
sorrowful' after being told, "Sell
that thou hast and give to the
poor" probably sits in Triinty's
congregation, if there is anything
in the reincarnation theory.
Think of one Episcopalian church
keeping on hand thirteen millions
Of undivided assets, while scores
of the Episcopalian clergy, miser-
ably underpaid, struggle to make
ends meet, a
The world hears with amaze
meut of two French fliers setting a
new duration mark" staying up
81 hours SO minutes 10 seconds.
Put this clipping away for your
great-grandchildren. They will see
a round world machine, coming
down perhaps once year for COM
plete overhauling, landing passen-
gers from smaller machines above
Paris, London, Yokohama, Bombay,
New York. GAIL out" And the
trip all the way around will be
made in twenty-four hours-only
1000 miles an hour.
There NEVER comes a time
when a human being is Of mo use
to the world" ,
, The Greek philosopher, ninety
years old, that killed himself be-
cause he stumbled on leaving his
class, made a mistake. He should
have said: 81 may stumble, but
shall go on teaching"
Every one can be valuable to the
world by setting an example Of
courage and endurance.
The other day in New York a
young woman lay in a hospital
with both her legs amputated. That
was the price she paid for giving
birth to a child. SHE might have
said, "The world has nothing more
for me-" What she did say, was,
81 am delighted to lose both my
legs, if must, as long as have
my BAH"
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