Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-05-18

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two Chinamen?
Well, Its not. Its only one Chinaman,
Soongl. The other Chinaman. Jung. is
an Eytalian. Amt that a funny name
for an Italian? But when you have die
tators you got to expect queer things.
This Soong. It's T. v. Soong. | had
the pleasure OF interviewing him at
his home In China last year, Just a
week, incidentally, before some friend
ly Chinese OF an opposition Tong
dropped a bomb on part of the very
house | had been to see him In. But
fortunately. he was not hurt. He is a
very high class, reliable man a brother
OF the famous Soong sisters. Well. 1t
happened that Jung got to Washington
about the time | did. Both OF us where
seeking relief, There was never a time
In the history OF historic old Washing.
ton when things were moving with
such rapidity. Well. they are moving
more than rapid; they are going fast.
was there on the historic day when
Congress actually passed the Imitation
Bill. tackled on to the Farm Bill. Never
In the history of the world was such a
gigantic piece q legislation ever
passed. 1t was more than gigantic. 1t
was even big. 1t gives relief to the
Farmer In 80 many complicated ways
that even Ii he receives no relief at all
why just trying to study 1t out will
keep him SO busy that he will forget
he ave- wanted relief. Then there Is
two or three billion appropriation In
there to put mortgages on small homes
or farms a small rate of interest and
long time pay ments. Well that's fine
but they all already got EN- on. Then
there was gold and silver. (all In the
Farmers Bill mind you1. Now the poor
farmer hasent even seen a few copper
pennies, much less any gold or silver.
Then there was another small clause
In there where the President could
just reach up In the air and pull out
another couple of billions to use as an
added imitation. In case a little added
imitation was needed. With the gold
and silver 1t gives the President the
right to operate on the old gold dollar
and take out fifty percent OF Its In
nards, or he could split 1t down the
middle. and make two out OF 1t.
Silver was always used to buy some
thing but now 1t buys something OH.
cial. It's no longer bootleg money. Eu-
rope pays In silver, that IL III. The
silver don't have to be designed In the
shape OF money. 1t can be In any form.
Now you a well imagine the odd
k~nickknacks we will receive. You take
1t by weight. you don't count II out.
You see. In that bill we not only re-
lieved the farmer but we are going to
try and relieve Europe of any old table.
ware they have laying around. They
dident even stipulate In there that they
wash 1t before paying their debts with
1t. Maby We wont 60 to the trouble
OF coming 1t up into money, on account
OF this being a depression measure.
Maby we will Just use 1t like it comes.
In other words. your wheat brought
two of King Georges teaspoons and
one silver tipped Prince Of Wales silver
cigarette holder. An American Farmer
can work all summer and get a salad
bowl that had belonged to Mussolini.
India gets in on this too. on account
of them being a part OF the British
Empire. There we will receive some
queer objects OF money. The movie
company will perhaps pay me Off at
the end OF a year with some ear and
nose rings, and some old Mahrajah's
favorite pair OF spurs, or a silver ele-
plant hook.
Now that's one phase OF this imitation.
The other phase OF 1t Is, Try and get
Europe to ever give us that much.
Well, a little thing