The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-28
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On Crimes Highway
Worrying the Burglar
Education and Money
The General Electric company has
perfected device to transport cleo
tric power over longer distances at
less expense. The invention, called
"thyratro," is described as modified
vacuum tube. adapted to power trans
mission uses.
Some day science will shook up"
the worlds great power stations Of
North America, Niagara, those In the
Rocky mountains, on the Columbia
river, Brazil. with other great sta
lions in Africa and all over the world,
as radio stations are now hooked up.
Then will come wireless transmits
sion of power. so that airplanes will
be able to ''pick up power" at various
points in their journey. instead of
carrying tons of fuel.
The research work done by such
institutions as General Electric, Unit
ed States Steel. Westinghouse. Stand
ard Oil, etc., will give back to the
public in increased prosperity hun
dred dollars for every one that those
big corporations have ever received.
This country is travelling rapidly on
the road that leads to thoroughly or
ganized crime and complete contempt
for law.
A United States grand jury reports
that officials supposed to suppress the
sale of drugs are organized on
racket" basis, misrepresenting their
activities to get more money from the
government.
Some of them are alleged to be
narcotic addicts. The charge Is made
that the big men in the business can
"buy their way out" If they get In
trouble.
In the seven months past criminals
and others have purchased three
times as many pistols as were sold al
together In the twelve months of 1923.
A big demand for killing machinery.
Mr.. Louis Pierson Of New Yorks
Irving Trust company delights in an.
nOying burglars. He built, far under
ground, below his new fifty-story
building, a safety vault lined with
toughest steel, thick as the ancient
walls of Jerusalem. 1t is the biggest
vault in the world except those of our
Reserve Bank and the Bank of Eng
land.
Now he surrounds his steel walls
with thick layer Of water, so that
the poor bank burglar, even If he did
break through the heavy steel, would
have to do his work in a diving suit
most awkward for handling dynamite
and drills
Henry Ford, planning to spend one
hundred millions educating young peo-
pie on his own lines, making them aft
into life" teaching every one trade,
wants no advice.
He is right. No one knows better
than he how to prepare boys for USE
full work. But Mr.. Ford spoke hastily
when he said he wanted NO advice on
education from those that never
earned or saved a dollar.
The worlds greatest educators have
not been money makers or savers.
Aristotle, who taught Philips son.
Alexander, made no fortune for him.
self. Alexander, conQueror of the
world, spent collecting specimens for
Aristotle, greatest naturalist and phi
losopher Of the world, more than the
total fortune left him by King Philip.
Conrad Hubert, who changed his
name from Horowitz, made many mil
lions, left 100000 to useful charities,
left $1,O0O,0O0 to his brother.
The brother, who sticks to his old.
fashioned name, Horowitz, has been a
humble court interpreter and he says
he will now devote his time to German
opera and charity.
Why did the rich brother wait until
he was dead to give million dollars
to his mothers other son?
Many Of us forget the proverb often
quoted by Nathan Straus:
"What you give in health is gold,
what you give in sickness is silver,
what you give after death Is lead"
Automobile makers will spend $15,.
100000 scrapping old cars to clear the
way for new cars and moderate the
secondhand car nuisance.
r. 81. Grant, vice president Of Gen.
eral Motors, one Of the best statesmen
in America, is chairman Of the scrap
ping committee.
Perhaps Mr.. Grant could find way
to ship those old cars, knocked down,
to foreign countries-China, Africa,
anywhere. Ten million old cars scat.
tered over the earth would soon Gre
ate an appetite for ten million new cars,
just as the little car creates demand
for larger car.
An expert says that in nine years,
from the end of 1920 to the end of
1929, stocks were going up &c per cent
of the time, and going down "a per
cent.
The difficulty is to pick out the time
when they are going up.