The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
THE WORLD TODAY
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
MACHINES, MONEY, MEN.
STRANGE RUSSIA.
SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION.
GOOD TIMES AHEAD.

Congressman will introduce presently bills for
road building, requiring $3500O0OO0 in 1881 If the
states should pay an equal amount it would mean
spending than $7OO00O0O0.
No wiser expenditure could be made or better
way found to put money into circulation
The number employed, unfortunately, would be
SMALL since modern roadmaking is done by machin-
cry, spreading out the path of cement buckwheat
batter is spread a hot griddle.
We have the money. the men and the machines
and they ought to be kept moving.
Eussia's government may fail and czars come
back with grand dukes to take from peasants the
land they think they now own
But things that the Russians doing
whether they fail or succeed, should stir up useful
thought in other countries that think themselves
superior including this country.
For instance Mr.. H. r. Knickerbocker, invest-
eating Russian affairs for Cyrus H. K. Curtis de-
scribes "the largest farm in the world" owned and
by the Russian government. It covers 642, 600
acres, more than 1000 square miles.
Twenty-eight hundred permanent laborers are
employed at 100 rubles ($5O) month. The govern
ment has invested $14OOO,O0O in the farm; 100000
sown this year in wheat and rye.
That is really applying methods of big industry
to farming about which we talk much and do little.
On the 300th anniversary of Johannes Kepler's
death, Einstein tells the Prussian Academy of
Science what wonders Kepler performed, overcoming
poverty, worry and making clear to human beings
the laws of geometry and time.
Much progress in human intelligence has been
made since Kepler's day. To hold the emperors favor
Kepler had to tell the imperial fortune and pretend
to predict the future by astrology which he knew to
be nonsense
And even the great Tycho Brahe, who mapped
the heavens without telescope and took Kepler for
his assistant when Kepler twenty-nine, had his
superstitions He kept with him idot, that
crouched at his feet at the table, eating scraps
And when the idiot uttered meaningless sounds,
Tycho Brahe caused all his other guests to be silent
believing that the idiots talk was inspired
There is good deal of scientific talk, so-called,
today that might we'll have been uttered by Tycho
Brahes idiot Some Of 1t "refers to time that began
at certain point in the past and some of it drivels
about space that itself and is, therefore
not infinite
Walter Sherman Clifford, head of the gigantic
American Telephone & Telegraph company expects
good times to drive out bad times, soon. His opin-
ion is important for the telephone company, reach
ing everywhere and everybody, is well informed.
Mr.. Clifford thinks going to see such pros
perity as never was, and we may enjoy sort of
Utopia with the spirit of service and good will gov
erning big business.
It's a lovely picture, but let hope better times
will without waiting for the Utopia.
Germany lost the war, but is not losing time in
Using foreign capital partly American and 27,-
900 workmen, Germans will build 100000 tons Of new
longer kills women. that create the men. does not
kill old men, and scientists usually beyond the
military age.
Germany has her scientists, to create new in
dustrial Germany; her women to create the new
German generation; and is better off the whole,
that some of those that won the war;"
Professor F7uge, Of the London university says,
"The world Is approaching nudism."
He believes that men are getting tired Of wear
ing clothes. will soon abandon them and women will
lead the way.
"As scientist" Professor F1ugel predicts that
women will force the human race to go back to alb
solutA nakednAss t can't Ego hackn ANYTHING