Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-05-08
This Week
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE

BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Russia, Italy, Peace
Workers Live Longer
Cheap at. Billion
Anger Flouts Death II
While 1t lasts, dictatorship seems
the simplest form of government. Ev-
erything Is peaceful In Russia. where
everybody Is radical. Russia has
dictator.
Everything Ia peaceful In Italy.
where nobody Is allowed to be radical.
Italy has dictator.
In Russia, reversing the theories OF
Karl Marx, aud managed by extreme
~ able men. the people are quiet
obedient.
In Italy. where Karl Marx would
not be publicly mentioned. Il nation.
naturally radical. Is told that there
has been too much talk about liberty,
and people are obedlent.
The question is, how long2
A Frenchman. falling from the
twentieth story, IS snld to have re-
marked as he passed the tenth floor.
ITS all right as long us it lasts
How long will 1t last7
A report published by Mr.. Frederick
Fl. Ecker, president Of the Metropoll-
tan Life Insurance company, concern
ing 100000 Industrial policy-holders
In the United States and Canada.
shows that workers ure living longer
than they used to.
Thanks to science and prosperity.
the death rate among wage-earners
has diminished. Mr.. Ecker's statisti-
cal bureau shows new low death
rate of 9.4 per 1000 during March.
More adults that live, fewer babies
that die, is good program.
1t Is said that the new tariff will
cost the United States $t.OOOOOOOOD
year. 1t VIII, probably, and un-
doubtediy that tariff contains many
Jobs, deals and mistakes.
But II the tariff enables only $780,
600 American Workmen to earn $1W
q day more than they would have
earned without the tariff, that would
repay the billion with bonus Of 50
per cent. to say nothing OF added profit
that would encourage business men
to build up industry and national
prosperity.
Many OF our emotions, according to
Francis Bacon, make us Indifferent to
DEATH anger among others.
Eng Flu Week. slxty-two, and Eng
10y, fifty-one, Chinese. and cousins.
fought with heavy meat cieavers.
When the police arrived both had frac-
tured skulls and gashes on heads AZ
bodies, yet the police were compelled
to separate them by force. One wilt
die surely. the other probably, and 1t
was all about a blanket.
Cost of travel by air and rail- be-
tween New York and the Southwest
Is reduced to less than regular rail
road and pullman car travel.
Flying from New York to Dallas,
Texas. or Oklahoma City, you save
1924 In cash, is hours In time.
And these cuts are made by the
Pennsylvania railroad Itself.
Wise General Atterbury. head OF the
Pennsylvania, decides that II he must
have air competition he will own this
competition.
Mr.. Lamont. our secretary OF com
merce, called up on the telephone 70
Gently by Sir Henry Thornton. had ,
pleasant talk.
Mr.. Lamont was sitting In Washing
ton. Sir Harry was travelling at higl
speed through Canada on the Can
adam National Railway system.
Sir Henry sent his regards to Presl
dent Hoover and the American cab
met. Seventy one telephone calls wer
made from that Canadian train as
rolled along.
England, France and Belgium hav
reduced the redlscount rate. whic
means that you can get money NOR
cheaply there.
You could get 1t Ia Paris unde
per cent while American buyers Q
stocks were paying IL per cent. Gu
federal reserve reduces Its redi.coun
rate In the New York district to
per cent.
"Call money" with which stocks ar
bought, will be cheap for the presen
News from India reminds the Bri
ish OF Bacons warning that natloI
with great possessions, far away, al
always In danger.
A second son OF Gandhl is impri
oned vigorously for one year.
Senator Wagner of New York star
4 fight to bring back prosperity an
solve tho unemployment problsr