The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-07
ROWeU Says
Bv CHESTER H. ROWELL

Of all the steps for the restoration
of the postwar world the resumption
of the gold standard by Britain and
the announcement that the major part
of the civilized world is now on the
standard is by all odds the most sig
nificant. g f ahg
1t took the United States IA years
to resume specie payment after the
Civic War. Britain, and the world,
have done it in just half that time,
after the greatest of all wars. Even
France accepts the challenge, and will
doubtless now face the necessity of
revaluing the franc, on something like
it's present basis of a little over five
cents, as a preliminary to going on
the gold basis.
Also this means more, than gold.
1t means the old economic basis of the
world. 1t means an international
standard. IT means that neither the
polite economic revolution of Rus
STA nor the threatened monetary volu-
tion of Germany will transform the
world.
Two crises are past. The future is
to grow by evolution; not to be made
over by revolution. We shall be able
to do business with each other and to
deal politically with each other. One
of the strongest ties of the unity of
mankind is re-established.
They hanged "Tuffy" Reade in San
| Quentin the other day. fluffy" was
dope fend, and generally useless
citizen. He murdered man who, if
fluffy" told the truth (Which is far
from certain), was not much better
than he, but who at least had the right
not to be murdered.
So they tried and convicted his muir
derer and held him in prison. Then
the state, for the first time, began to
take an interest in "Tuffy." The pris-
on authorities cured him of his drug
habit, fed and treated him well, and
finally made a man of him, fit to live
in the world.
And then they hanged him by the
neck until he was dead.
Doubtless, he deserved" it. At
least, "Tuffy" got only the same treat
ment he had himself meted to his fell
low man. There was no "injustice."
But was there not an inexcusable
human waste in postponing the skilled
services of society in retaining a
man until after his life was already
forfeit? The care this human wreck
got, after he was sentenced to death,
would have saved him and his victim
to useful lives if applied earlier.
And this is the sort of thing we
are doing wholesale, all the time.
Following the definite entry of the
Fords into the commercial aircraft
business comes the announcement that
the Pullman company also will put
out fleets of planes de luxe for trans
continental flights.
When these two companies start to
do a thing, it is done. One does not
even ask chow" nor wonder "if." Com
mercial air servcie in America, will be
a reality before we are year older,
and it may spread as fast as radio
has done.
Even so, we will be behind Europe.
What we are dreaming of, Europe al
ready has. You can fly all over Eu
rope now, on regular routes and sched-
ules, every day. From London to Mos
COW is daily Commonplace. There are
travellers in Europe who refuse to go
anywhere unless they can fly.
1t was the same with automobiles.
America started. Then France out
stripped Us. Then we got in in earn
est, and now we have nine-tenths of
the automobiles in the world, the best
and the cheapest.
We started flying. Then Europe left
US far behind. Now, belatedly, we be-
gin again. If we follow precedent, a.
few years will fill our skies with 80
per cent of the flying vehicles of the
world.
The Shanghai municipal court has
decided that it is the business Of the
autoist to look out for himself that
he gets full measure at the gas-hlling
stations. This was foreign" court,
of course, but it proceeded in true
Chinese fashion.