The Ely miner., 1929-11-29
]11isQK
BY Arthur Brisbane
Good News From Hoover
Ford Talks Sense
Labor, Capital and Peace
How Old Is Man?

the upper brackets or high nnance
Fords, Du Points, Rosenwalds. Youngs
Sloans. are listed to tell the nation
how to "spur trade" The names will
inspire confidence, but there are too
many to do any actual work together
The President will listen and do some
thing. Already money is cheaper, and
that Is so per cent Of the battle.
A statement from the White House
shows that things can be done when
somebody takes hold.
Scores Of business and industrial
leaders have promised the President
to expand construction, which means
giving more employment "in every
prudent direction" to cover any slack
In employment
It Is refreshing to read Henry Ford's
ideas about "stabilizing and increas
ing prosperity"
Invited by President Hoover to join
the army of advisers, Ford begins by
announcing IAN immediate increase In
wages among his own employees"
He says: "The only thing that
should be high priced is the man who
works. Wages must not come down.
they must not even stay at their pres
ent levels. They must 60 up"
To that statement, frankly oolshe-
vistic to many gentlemen with plenty
Of money. Ford adds: 1--WE must see
that increased wages are not taken
away by increased prices that do not
represent increased values"
President Hoover receives from en-
ployers of labor, great industrialists
pledge to avoid discharge Of employees
as far as possible, and to avoid reduc-
uon in wages absolutely.
The President asks the labor unions.
for the time being, until prosperity
has been put firmly on its feet, to
wage no labor fights for higher wages
except such as have already started.
1t is a good program. Labor and
capital should adopt It, at least until
we know just what, II anything, is the
matter. D.
Historians Of the future, studying
our civilization, exploring the fancy
writing Of "star reporters" will dis
cover these interesting facts:
Professional gamblers and criminals
In New York engaged In q game Of
cards involving close upon a million
dollars in one night. One Of the
gamblers lost and refused to pay about
100000, and was murdered.
They will read also the guesses Of
some reporters that witnesses sum-
moned will not tell what they know
because the "underworld"- tells them
to keep their mouths shut or say things
that mean nothing. :!..,:i...
An interesting picture Of Twentieth
century civilization.
II congress adopts Secretary Mel.
Ions recommendation, as 1t probably
will. taxes levied on Americans will
have been reduced nearly two billion
dollars since 1921.
Secretary Mellon believes that in
creased payments will more than make
up for income tax reduction.
Losses on Wall street may interfere
temporarily. not permanently.
Millions have studied the puzzle,
"How old is Annf A few are work
Ing at another puzzle, "How old is
man"
The learned Henry Fairfield Osborn,
head OF the American Museum of Nat
ural History, learns that the probos-
cidae, Of which the elephant and the
tapir are examples, were accompanied
on their migrations by human beings
as early as the early pleistocene
times.
Man may have reached the North
American continent .many millions Of
years earlier than is generally sup
posed" ,-.
How old Is mani
Man was said to have been on this
earth 100000 then 100000, then 1,OO0,-
600 years ago. Now It runs into many
millions Of years.
More interesting Is scientific proof
that the earth will last with men liv-
ing here for thousand million years
more. The human race should do
something in that length Of time, stop
war, abolish poverty, cheating, swim
ding and cease devoting its energies
to getting money that II doesn't need.
Mayor Walker Of New York, who in
tends to show other cities how to ere
ate employment by spending money
wisely, on tunnels, bridges, wider roads.
etc. said: IF this country IL not all
right where are you going to move
tor
England is gratified to hear that
the kings second son, the duke of
York, thanks to an Australian spe-
cialist, is cured Of suffering. due to q
physical difficulty.
The young prince Ii no longer com.
PEELED to refer to his father as the
"K-K-K-K-Klng."
A lady signs "One who has q lot of
bank stock and wants to know where
she is really at"
Where she is ''at" depends on what
stock she has and who runs the bank.
t@ 1929 oy King Features Syndicate. Inc.D
II II