The Ely miner., 1929-09-06

street No need to enlarge on the
figures,
The Zeppelin frequently made less
than 80 miles an hour.
At the Schneider Cup race airplanes
were prepared to exceed 800 miles
an hour
They could fly from Tokyo to San
Francisco In one day. Who doubts
; that their speed will be transferred
to big bombing planes1
We need air expansion, not retrench-
ment
Jews In America and other coun-
tries, worried about co-religionists In
Palestine, may find comfort in the
!fact, as regards future events, that
the British empire cannot tallow Arabs
!; to defy British authority.
Let Jerusalem riots get beyond con-
'trol and the Moslem world become
convinced Of its ability to defy the
British, or convinced that the British
have had all the fighting they want,
and there will be trouble, fserious and
widespread.
The Jerusalem riots involved not
merely the safety of Jews in Palestine
but the safety of the British, empire
wherever Mohammedans' are numer-
GUS.
To suppress, with strong hand, the
rioting and numbering in Jerusalem,
and other parts of Palestine, is not
merely a matter Of fulfilling. obliga-l
tions solemnly assumed, but fof pro-
tecting the integrity Of the British
tempire.
The Vatican was reported to be-
tmuch concerned as to the safety Of
church shrines in Jerusalem. If Arabs
/ ere allowed to get the upper hand
rCdcfinitely, one of the first steps
Q, compted by Observation-Disclosures
would be the destruction; 0f Christian
sshrines and churches.
Sir Phillip snowden, lwhoe manages
Great Britaines finances,t AVON his fight
tfor fairer distribution of tthe Ger
fman spoils. And suddenly British
Tories blazed forth in praised of the
great snowden.
1t is amusing to see fwhatthappens
when a shoe Is lon the iotherl foot. In
Italy, France, Belgium, i,Snowden was
represented as a fiend, Nincarnate, q
pirate and of course a Ehylock, when
fhe asked for only parts Of the money
.due him.
That must remind ,usl lofssome things
THAT were said about Uncle Sam
s"Uncle Shylock" was bne name.
An airplane pilot, assisted by
farmer, took off near Bellhgham,
Wash, and before returning seeded
SO acres in one hour tand 40 minutes.
The farmer scattered, seeds from q
sack through a door i'm the cockpit,
using about 500 pounds Of alfalfa,
timothy, clover fand orchard grass
seeds.
When gigantic machinery plows,
harrows and pulveri1es the soil in
one operation, when another machine
harvests, stacks, bales land weighs the
crop in one operation, and airplanes
do the sowing, agriculture twin join
''big business"
Henry Ford'sl interesting statement
that he would stop manufacturing
automobiles II booze came back
again." eausesj unnecessary discussion.
Mr.. Ford, ajsincere teetotaEer, prob
ably said that hastily He is as good
now as even He estahs shed his repu-
tation and that Of his car. long be-
fore prohihftionl came.
What Henry Ford could do, without
the aid Of prohibition atjfifty, he could
do now at sKU-five. He wants to
help prohibition, that'stall.
When effident gangsters don't want
witnesses totestafy, they dbn't testify.
Somebody killed three men IN New
York's ':Hotsy ,Totsy" speakeasy. Two
walters and another man saw the
gunman who did the killing. Com.
missioner Whhlen saidfthe three would
see nothing more. They were killed
to "shut their mouths"
If neutrality-suspicious. continue
-as it will unless foolishness inter-
feres-buy your little boy seat on
some stock exchange.
He will make money as broker,
and his seat, while |he "sits" in it.
may make him richl apart from his
own work.
You can't sayjthatiof many seats.
A stockbroker has such q "clean"
business, buying and selling as or
dered, a profit ON every transaction.
Wise brokers don't gamble. They let
the customers, do that.
The most Important part Of civilized
mans education is learning to resist
germs.
Measles viii wipe out a tribe Of
Alaskans) or Eskimos in two or three
weeks. White men call 1t q child's
disease.
e. 1929. by King Features Syndicate. Ine.)