Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-08-10
This Week
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Chester S. Lord Dead.
Heat Up, Stocks Down.
Mcxico's Six.Year Plan.
Man of Few Words.

Chester S. Lord died recently, eighty
three years old. His life was long, hap
by and useful to many whom he trained
in newspaper work during his career
as managing editor of the New York
Morning Sun, under Charles A. Dana.
Lord, managing editor; Bogart, city
editor: Clark. night editor, were 6
wonderful newspaper trio. That Dana
was able to secure all three for his New
York Sun, and knew enough to keep
them, proves how able an editor and
owner he was. Selecting good men is
one half of success.
Knowing how to develop and keep
them Is the other half.
In New York City the thermometer
went up while stocks went down. The
thermometer climbed to one hundred
in the shade, hottest July 81 Of all time.
The other hottest July 81. with Their
mometer at 90. occurred in 1917, just
after this country blundered into the
World War.
Perhaps this temperature celebrates
the beginning of the anti-depression
war, now well under way.
While the thermometer climbed mp,
stock and grain quotations went down.
Stocks fell from 81 to $11 q share.
Wheat dropped five cents, as far as the
new law will let it drop in any one day.
Spectators on the bull side" are pro-
tected by law against terrific drops, but
enough ave cent drops. in succession,
could be suficiently disastrous.
Mexico has q 'reVival-of-prosperity"
plan. Plutarco Ella Gales, Mexico's
Iron Man" and former President, will
have charge of the undertaking. run
ming over six years
This country is gratified by the state
ment that Mexico includes in its plan
a trade agreement with the United
States.
General Gales tells ten thousand
Mexican workmen that the world is
about to face a most serious crisis and
that Mexico will cooperate fully with
other American countries.
Mexico looks forward to an "econom.
ic war among continents" and will
naturally stick with this continent. 1t
is unfortunate that Canada, by political
alignment, is necessarily tied up with
non-American interests.
The ideal League of Nations" would
include everything on this continent
from Terra del Fuego to the North
Pole.
And that will come some day, not by
any absorption, but by natural, inevi.
table agreement. Meanwhile, all pos
sible success to Mexico in her six-year
plan.
General Johnson, whose business Is
finding jobs for President Roosevelt's
unemployed, is "a man Of few words"
like the well-known Highlander.
II went to Detroit to get the automo-
bile code-and got It,"
That is almost as condensed as
Caesars Veni, vidi, vici.
Asked what would happen to en-
ployers or others that refused to go
along with President Roosevelt's code"
General johnson replies, They will
get a sock on the nose." new. simple
way Of solving great economic prob
lens.
What was to become Of small stores
obliged to pay "code" wages, asked an
editor. General johnson replies (bor.
rowing from Shakespeare's we'll known
statement about love):
men have died and worms have eat.
en- them-but not from paying $12
week for fourteen hours in a retail
store"
"The fewer words, the better prayer"
said Martin Luther.
General Johnson, whose motto Is
quick action" announces MIRA. wage
and hour agreements with nine of the
largest groups Of retailers that are ex
pected to increase the number Of EN-
ployed by 100000 and the size of pay
rolls by $500, 100000 year. The appli.
cation Of MIRA. codes and rules is ex
pected to shorten hours and increase
pay, in nearly all cases.
"Germany's beer exports to United
States soar"
Why should that newspaper heading
be printed in America? Germany makes
excellent beer. The United States
makes beer as good, IL not better, in
Milwaukee. New York, st. Louis, New.
ark. on the Pacific Coast. in hundreds
Of breweries ell over the United States.
Beer made here employs American
labor at good wages and buys grain,
barley. rice and hop grown by Ameri
can farmers