The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-10-22

Premier Bennett, Of Canada, says the worst Of
the worlds troubles are over, some nation must
start recovery, why not Canada?"
The recovery ought to be started by this nation,
and it will be before long. It would have started
some time ago. except that financial institutions had
first to shed their burden Of worthless stocks while
sacrificing good properties for the sake of the magic
word "iqudity."
When our cold feet in high places" get warmer
q little. you will see change.
The Pullman company, compelled to cut divi-
dends for lack of earnings, requests permission to
make small extra charge of 20 per cent when two
sleep in BERTH The demand is reasonable Hotels
charge more for two in When George M.
Pullman sold berths in his first car running from
Chicago to Springfield each berth was sold to two
a matter of course, and each one paid his half.
You know the story about the indignant passeng-
er who said to Pullman: Il can't sleep with that
long legged man in the berth, his knees are in my
back" The long legged one was Abraham Lincoln.
Marconi unusual dreamer, who makes reality of
dreams, expects 'momentous discoveries" including
solution of the great problem, what is the world
made off"
There is Marconi believes only one kind of mat
ter, that takes different forms. The dream of the
alchemists could have been made reality had they
known how to go about it.
Some great philosophers worry because matter,
the earth, it's mountains bodies only
collection of atoms made up of eectrons particles of
electricity, nothing real
Bishop Berkeley, two hundred years ago. decar-
ed that the world had existence. except IN mems
minds
But we worry needlessly Ice is solid, you can
skate on it at certain temperature When it is
warmer and liquid you swim in it and sail over
it. Still warmer. it becomes vapor, in which you
take steam BATH and still hotter, it will scald you
to death.
All this does not mean that ice, water or steam
is useless unreal, or that we need worry about
transformations in matter
The earth is solid enough now, bridges carry
loads, cranes lift burdens man rules his grain of
sand in the universe. Time enough to worry mil
lions of years hence and by that time we shall prob
ably be elsewhere in the universe.
The national assembly of Spain has signed article
III of the constuon-"No official state religion
exists"
This ends the agelong connection between
church and state in Spain.
In addition. SPANS new government proposes
to expel from Spain and seize the property OF all
religious orders (Which take of obedience di-
rectly to the pope"
Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, says the duty
of business leaders is to restore prosperity and end
the slump. and if business leaders don't do it, the
lawmakers will.
It will be interesting to see just what the law
makers do. Unfortunately you can't make prosper
ity by law any more than you can make total absti-
nence by law.
Mr.. Rogers who spends much of his time in air
planes thinking much and writing little which
the usual ORDER observes that the League Of
Nations is humble when Japan seems to want war;
Rogers says of the league. cit great thing to
make the little fellows behave, but when the big
fellows want to get away with anything 1t has no
more power than senate investigating committee"
Dr. j. NJ Fowls Smith and DR.. Edgar Goodspeed
Of the University of Chicago, rewriting the Bible
into an American version. The Lords prayer will
start:
"Our Father in heaven, your name be revered.
Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as
it is done in heaven. Give today bread for to-
day." ETC., etc.
\ This does not seem an improvement-it reminds
you of the good clergyman who began his prayer
familiarity
20 Lord, as thou has doubtless seen in the morn
ing papers"