Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-06-05
This Week
- ARTHUR BalsBANa
Mr.. Ford's Recipe
5-Billion Dollar Infant
India Is Tired
Mr.. Budd Goes to Russia

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Henry Ford says people must
keep up their spirits. American farm
ers must develop mass production as
American factories do, wages must
not be cut. and everybody must be
cheerful.
Sound advice for everybody except
the man out OF Job. aud the farmer,
who doesn't know how to get mass
production out of fifty acres.
Mr.. Ford lets the workmen stand
still while their work passes In front
OF them. The farmer can't stand
still and make the rows of corn or
cows pass in front OF him.
But Henry Ford Is genius and
may find way.
Wall street believes that ]. r. Nor
gan, most powerful figure in American
finance, Is perfecting an enterprise
that will make his late fathers big
steel company look like modest III
yestment
The new enterprise, called in Wall
street slang United Corp plans
ve-billion-dollar corporation to in
clude practically everything in the
way of public utilities in the North
Atlantic region.
Steam power, water power gas. and
the great distributing agencies would
all be under one hat.
Bombay predicts an early end to
the fight between Gandhi, sincere,
courageous. shriveied up little Hindu.
locked In British prison, aud the
power OF the British empire.
Compromises and concessions, that
the wise British understand thorough
ly, are expected TO end midas latest
struggle for home rule and absolute
xelf-government.
Thus far In history no country has
won freedom unless 1t was willing to
fight for 1t. Individually the Hindus
are brave. Collectively they are not
eombatlve.
Mr.. Ralph Budd president OF the
Great Northern railway, with his son
and some first class railroad engineers,
has sailed for Europe to be met by
representatives OF tile Soviet commits
sar Of railways ut the RUSSIAN from
tier Mr.. Budd will devote A year to
planning reorganization OF Russian
railways on American lines.
This shows that liussia knows
something about business. whatever
you may think Of her politics and
social theories.
Not including real estate, the late
Rodman Wanamaker left 500 900,
according to his executors. More inter
esting than the size OF his fortune Is
the fact that he worked hard. almost
business, and at promotion OF avia
tion, In which he was pioneer, and
other work important to the public
1t Is what man does. not what
he has, that counts.
China Is In desperate situation,
according to "the established govern
ment.' Unless that government can
soon win a decisive victory in the
civil war now raging, China will col
lapse, economically and otherwise
Banditry on a gigantic scale makes
the situation unbearable.
Imagine this country In our Civil
war, the North fighting the South.
with tens of thousands Of bandits on
both sides OF the line. preying on
Northerners and Southerners.
China accuses Russia OF InstigatIng
and financing bandit kidnapping oper-
ations.
Talking to crowd OF 100000 In
the Plaza del Euon1o at Milan, Musso-
lini heard savage cries Of Down with
France!" He told his audience he
knew what other nations were doing,
how they felt toward Italy, and did
not intend that Italy Should be sud
denly awakened with 4 start by some
tragic turn OF the wheel of history"
France and other European coun-
tries will keep out OF war, II they
can. But war comes like a fash OF
lightning. 1t could come tomorrow,
with its hatreds, blazing patriotism,
clergy calling for recruits, promising
Gods support, proflteers calling for
bond issues, etc.
Encouraging news from London
says business girls" are fighting long
skirts. The short skirt represents
common sense, comfort, health, and
does not drag In germs.
Four American mothers whose sons
had been killed In the war laid
wreaths 90 the tomb Of the unknown