Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-02

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By Arthur Brisbane
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
ANOTHER MILESTONE.
MERCHANT FARMERS.
VALUABLE WASPS.
Republicans demonstrate to you
beyond the shadow of doubt that
La Toilette will take his votes from
John w. Davis. "Organized labor
States will desert Democrats" and
Davis will get nothing but the
South"
Democrats can prove, if you have
any intelligence at all, that La Fol-
lette's vote will be taken from Cool
idge. La Toilette is Republican,
his following is chiefly among farm
ers of the Northwest. They are
Republicans. La Toilette will carry
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, cripple Coolidge and
elect Davis. That is what the Dem
ocrats say.
Civilization continues to pass i'm
portant nnilestoneS. The end OF
slavery was one. The steam en-
CINE was another. the electric dy-
namo another, telegraph and te}e-
phone others The most roraafatIc
milestone is soon to be labeled
"Around the World in q Flying Ma
chine"
Twenty-Five million dollars worth
of grain elevators are included in %
big merger that will allow men that
grow grain to control marketing
This is one of the biggest coopera-
tive marketing enterprises ever Or
ganized.
The farmers owning this con-
Germ, IF they own it, and IF they
control its management, would
have storage for $4,000, 900 bushels
of grain, in Chicago. Kansas City,
Omaha, Minneapolis. Fort WORTH
Texas, etc.
Men that produce the wheat, pigs,
corn, potatoes, etc., ought to have
something to do with the market
ing and price regulation. They
haven't managed it yet, but Cali
fornia has proved that it can be-
lone.
United States athletes have Sc
cured the track and field champion
ship in the Olympic games. Those
are the most important events,
since they indicate possession OF
the most intense nervous and men
tal concentration.
Running, jumping, ETC., mean
nothing now except: as they indicate
brain and nerve power behind the
record. This mixed race of OURS,
which. is, NOT a, .'.Nordic" race, a
Latin race, a Semitic or Celtic race,
is doing as mixed races have done
for centuries, III Greece, Rome,
France, Engaand--beating races
that have allowed the breed to stag
nate.
B. C. Lamme is dead. How many
of our 1l2,000,00 know his namef
He was one OF. the four greatest
electricians In this country. Eai-
son, Tesla, and Steinmetz were the
other three. Lamme and Stein
metz are gone.
A master /of electrical science, ,
Lamme was creator of $50 useful
Inventions, and called "the greatest
mathematician"
At his work as chief engineer for
the Westinghouse Company, LAM
me was helped by two sisters, one
with a desk beside his was chief
designer Of direct current motors.
Those two sisters worked with
their brother, as the sisters of
Herschel and Renan worked with
their famous brothers.
Such work is better than the fame
that passes with the death notice.
Of all the news to-day for per-
manent value nothing Is more i'm
portant than the importation by
the State of Ohio of seven thou
sand wasps from France. These
peculiar French wasps are brought
here to fight the corn borer. They
and their children's children might
save the country hundreds OF mil
lions a year. a.
United States. ceases issuing
Treasury savings certificates and
stamps that have paid Az per cent.
The Government can borrow money
from big banks and financiers at
a lower rate. So why pay An per
cent to the little people?
What about the high minded,
magnificent, unselfish, patriotic de-
sire to "cultiyate thrift in the
masses? Did that die suddenly
when interest rates fell? Did the
Government want to help the
masses, or only want the savings
Of the masses?
The prosperity outlook is cheer
full. even, for farmers, something
that couldn't be said few weeks
ago.
"Ten dollar pork" which means
/ $40 hundred for hogs on the hoof,
is in sight. That's due to the high
price of corn. Pork is corn trans
formed in the pigs digestive ap-
paratus. Farmers that raise the
pork also raise the corn. They'll
get the money. And cattle are GO
ng up.
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