The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-25


mess and the return of prosperity ask themselves
these questions:
Have we not had depressions before? Did we not
then think that the end of the world was coming!
Did not men go about shaking their heads, saying:
eyes, but this is different kind of depression;
we never had anything like this"
Those that have been in business reasonable
length of time recall the headshaking moaning and
grooming of 1907.
Haven't there been good times since 1907? Didn't
business "pick up" to put it mildly after 1907?
Haven't we since then added hundreds of billions
to the country's wealth?
And haven't we got everything now that we ever
had?
Could ANYTHING be more stupid than talk and
action of a kind harmful to business to banks and
other institutions upon which the prosperity of us
all and every mans employment depend absolutely!
The country discusses the decision of Federal
Judge William T. Clark, who says that prohlnltion
isn't legal because the people didn't pass on it.
Judge Clark is interesting to millions of men and
W. %o the famous q. N. T Clark threaed family.
Judge Clark's decision that prohibition isn't legal
will be reversed by the Supreme court, probably
Everything is comparative even sorrow. The
head of a great bank in New York tells of client
with the saddest face have ever seen In my lte
One year ago this client was worth at least sixty
millions of dollars. And today his fortune Is reduced
TO NOT more than twenty million dollars. "And you
can't imagine" said the banker, how that man SUI
fers."
Ivan the Terrible car of Russia, to subdue those
that opposed him. invented queer punishments.
On one occasion he had bishop sewed up in a
bear skim and the bishop in his bear skin' thrown
to a pack of half starved dogs.
The bishop suffered horribly of course, but only
for few minutes
His total suffering amounted to far less than the
sufferings of some that have seen their fortunes
and the results of their life work gradually taken
from them, bit by bit, during the past year.
1,..us so,ds raossur;no neuvs about this grand
old earth on which men have lived, according to
Professor Osborne, for forty million years. and on
which biologists, physicists astronomers tell us we
shall continue to live for at least million million
years more.
motions We all know that it turns around on its
axis rolls around the in 365 days. and Is travel
ing through space accompanying the sun on its Jour-
ney. But most of us forget about the many other
motions of the earth.
We are glad to learn from Harvard that ere
cent mysterious shaking Of the earth's crust was
movement back and forth, rhythn-ical and regular
six seconds to each swing"
And while the earths crust does move, it moves
only two ten-thousandths of an inch In either drec-
ton, the motion continuing for many days
snouiI he D safe o this whrng globe twenty
five thousand miles around, heavy as though 1t
were made of solid STEEL with hot fire under our feet
and absolute Zero than 400 degrees below freez
ing, all around us.
Mr.. Cutter president of the United Fruit COM
pany says that did business last year with Lat
in-America of more than two thousand million dol
lars whereas ought to be doing business OF ten
thousand million dollars
In the Caribbean countries, say Mr.. Cutter, we
reach than 20 per cent of the possible custom
American business men, with the Department Of
Commerce leading, should look into that ten billion
dollar possibility. We need the business.
France has banking troubles and deals with
doubtful bankers in drastic fashion Thirty-fve
French bankers in Jail, and 185 under govern
ment investigation
Germany has found way to make danger sig
nails plain for the color blind. Drivers APP
preaching railroad track need not know the diff
ference between white and red. The warning comes
in flashes. While the way is clear a white light
flashes forty times minute. When train ap-
proaches red light is turned and flashes eighty
times to the minute.
MILACA-"Im my way back from a deer
hunting trip" motorist informed filling station
operator here. IT drove all the way up from Chicago
and I'm bringing back fresh meat"
The operator expressed interest and the driver
asked him to view the animal which being
ried in luggage trunk. There tied securely
bower of sumach leaves trim little Jersey calf.
That's bagging them" the hunter proudly claim
ed. Without batting eye the filling station man
replied IT bet the folks back home will be surprised