San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-30
Today
Edsel Ford's Air Signs.
Poor Old Sam. He's In.
Non-Voting Stock.
BY Arthur Brisbane
Copyright. 1895 by Star Co

L Copyright. 1895 by Star CO..
TN q few years thousands of young
men will take up flying as pro-
fession. And, beginning imme-
diately, there will be in the United
States thousands of signboards tell
ing fliers where they are, and what
the town is.
"A T the request of Edsel B. Ford,
"A head of the Ford automobile
factories, Ford agents all over the
country will paint on the roofs of
their garages information for air
filters.
That begins marking out the air
ways"
NEW YORK State draws up "air
~ rules" somewhat in advance of
the need. Troopers, on the ground,
of course, are to see that aviators
keep to the right and stay sober. Let
any pilot turn to the left, up in the
air, and the commissioner of motor
vehicles, now made into commits
sioner Of aircraft" will revoke the
pilots license to use New York State
air.
The road Of clouds is rather wide,
but perhaps it isn't too soon to be-
gin making rules. stunt flying
over cities, towns and crowds is for
hidden. That is sensible.
CPAIN makes a public holiday of
~ October Z, birthday of Cervantes.
they honor the great writer who has
made the world laugh and think,
and made ancient "chivalry" ridicu-
lous.
Such a holiday is more appropriate
than many observed in honor of
fighters that killed many men and
made others mourn.
7 ATE news indicates that the coal
IL mine owners will win the strike.
The mine owners can tell the public
10 20 without hard coal and use sub
stitutes.
Workers in the mines cannot com
pei their families to go without food
beyond a certain length of time.
Partially organized men fighting
against thoroughly organized dollars
are at disadvantage.
nEAN GAUSS of Princeton Cni-
- versity says prohibition fills the
dives. - and "long distance drinking
drinking done far from the campus,
Threatens college life. The reverend,
able and distinguished DIR. Van Dyke
confirms the sad story.
However, colleges must adapt
themselves to prohibition. It's here
and will remain until college boys
of today have long gray whiskers.
YNCLE SAM is in the water now.
~ the troubled waters of European
quarrels, chickering's, jealousies and
hatreds. When he comes out; which
he will do before long, he won't feel
friendly to those that pushed him in,
the international financiers that
would like the United States to guar
antee their loans TO Europe, senti-
mentaIists and pacifists who think
they can keep out Of war by going
across the ocean and inviting trouble.
A COLLEGE gentleman criticizcs
"A the custom of selling to the pub
lie stock that doesn't vote. while in
siders keep for themselves small
amount Of stock that does all the
voting and controls the corporation
absolutely.
That isn't necessarily thing to
weep over. Nearly all big corpora
tons are controlled by a minority
interest. The buying of stock is often
based, as in the case Of United States
Steel, on public confidence in the
man at the head Of the corporation.
Corporations now are so big that
few. IL any, working executives can
afford 10 control one of them. A
plan that enables competent man to
protect the interest of the stockhold-
srs to whom he has sold stock, pub
ting beyond the reach Of corner,
is not such a bad plan.
A CUT in tire prices is predicted.
"A and tire dealers protest against
@downward revision to car produces. ."
The public should protest against
methods of retailing in tires and
some other things. That the con-
sumner should pay $40 or more for
having the tire handed to him by
retailer is preposterous.
ITALY regulates dancing, particu-