Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-10-13
This Week
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
Dishing Out Money
Blind, Not Discouraged
What Is Money? Much
~l5O.OOO.OOO to One

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Our government, which appears to
be in the business of .dishing out
money" recently distributed through
the Reconstruction Finance orpora
ton one thousand one hundred and
eighfy-two millions of dollars. A good
deal of money.
Five thousand FIVE hundred and
ninety-nine big borrowers got $1,I18,-
o0U0U. Five hundred and seven
thousand six hundred and seventy
TWO farmers got So. OO0. 900.
This money is all distributed, I'M
donbtediy. with the best OF inten-
tons, and as much intelligence as the
distributors can bring to their work.
But 1t seems a pity that 1t is not pos
sibie TO contribute more Of the money
TO a greater number of human beings.
Near the railroad station, at Farm
ingdaie. n j.. a middle-aged man.
totally blind, felt his way along the
village sidewalk with a cane. held
against the curbstone line.
The light, the sky, all the beauty
of brightly colored foliage we're shut
out, every step had its danger.
But the man smiled as he walked.
feeling his way He rose above the
worst of physical calamities and
found happiness. In refusing to adj
init defeat His eyes were gone, but
not his courage.
1t might have lone the army OF
depression mourners good. to see that
blind man. with darkness all around
him and light In his soul.
Governor Tejeda OF the Mexican
state of Vera Cruz. demanding that
all foreign capital be driven out OF
Mexico. should read the history OF
Sparta. seeking to make its iron
money undesirable or Russia trying
to destroy all interest in money, or
let him consider the decay OF Spain
and Portugal when those countries
drove out and Inundated the Jew
that knew how to keep business and
money active
Money is labor and intelligence,
frozen into cash III Tejeda succeeds
in driving 1t ont. he will not help his
country.
liz you travel much on railroads II
should comfort you to know that the
chances against -FOUR being killed In
an accident are one hundred and fifty
million to 0ne-yery good odds
Extraordinary safety In railroad
travel Is due TO two thIngs-frst. ex-
cellent roadbeds. excellent equipment,
good management and. second. faith
full, sober railroad workers-engi-
neers. ~swifchmen. conductors-deyot-
ed to their task and to their duty.
Unhappy citizens of Sinchow. China,
know that modern war Is complicated
Ten thousand Chinese Reds took pos |
session of their city, an important
trading center, wrecking and looting-
That was bad enough
Then Hankow. fifty miles away, sent
a squadron OF airpianes to bomb Sim
elbows RED bandits" killing more
citizens than bandits That was
worse than the bandits.
1t takes little imagination to realize
the part that airpianes will play In
war, when yUu read statistics OF city
Seven cities contain
more than g. 900 inhabitants.
What marvellous targets for air pi- |
lots with gas bombs and explosive
bombs are offered by London, New
York. Tokyo. Berlin, Chicago, Paris
and Moscow.
The marques of clydesdale, ener-
gefic young member OF the British
tells his constituents they
must excuse him while he flies his
plane owe the top OF Mount Everest,
highest peak
ne LhlnKS ne may DT1ng back tnfOr-
useful to mountain climbers
If they must struggle up on foot. also
hopes to increase British prestige, es-
p~ecially In India
Ii Hindus know that an Englishman
has actually been flying over and
the sacred 4sunconquerablen
mountain they viii be impressed.
The ordinary human being, especial
Iy II he lost money in the insult col
Will find this piece of news en-
tertaining-
Big utilities companies that took
of millions from unfortunate
investors. now ask Uncle Sam to lend
hem twenty-one millions, from the
reconstruction Finance corporation
1t should encourage taxpayers whose
money would be lent, and the stock
holders whose money is gone. to know
hat the reorganization of the Insult
companies Is now directed by James
simpson, a man not merely honest and
'ubIic spirited. but one Of very great
Whatever can be, will be
PULLED out Of the mess
A man only ~forty-seven years old.
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