Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-06-29

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trust for charity.
Twelve to fifteen millions ara avail
| able for immediate distribution and
the gifts will amount eventually to
about thirty Millions
Investing with Ford Is or 80 years
ago was a good idea There may b
other Fords: the difficulty Is to iden-
tify them
The heart Ia deceitful above all
things. and desperately wicked. who
can know itT'
The Bible asks and modern man re
plies that, while it may be hard to
know the heart Of man. 1t is much
more difficult to know and understand
mans finances
For instance. rumors that France
would go of the gold basis caused
spectators In Wall Street to shiver.
shudder and drop stock prices several
dollars a share, the ticker unable to
keep up with the selling wave.
What difference can 1t make to us
whether France Is on or of the gold
basis7
France cut the value OF the franc
50 per cent, and that didn't frighten
us. The lack OF a franc gold stand
ard need not brighten us. especially m
France has more gold per capita than
any country In the world, and actual
" more gold In volume than any c0un-
try except this.
News that 1.6o9.OOO new Jobs have
been created In the United States la
the past two months is good news. e.
pecially since II comes from Mr.. Green
of the American Federation OF Labor,
and Is reliable.
These new Jobs. 1t La true. have
been artiicially created. to q large
extent. and good old tines will moi
come back until Jobs begin looking
for men. without any prodding from
government.
Nevertheless, Jobs artificiaIlr ere
ated. with the spending of wages that
they make possible. may be as impor-
tant to business recovery as artificial
respiration to a haIf-drowned man.
London reports say the United
States is ready to peg the dollar at
<4-40r Of our money for one English
tor the gold standardl paper pound
Why. In the name OF Providence and
common sense, all this pegging taIk7
How can we tell what the paper
pound will be worth six months hence
When England went Off the gold basis
we didn't NEEDLE. or suggest any
@pegging."
France cut so per cent from the
value of her francs. thus cutting Sd
per cent from the amount she paid
to Englishmen that had lent her tens
OF millions at the old franc value
The English were not consulted Why
ali the dollar pegging'7 Are we IN
able to attend to our own dollar. as
nations have attended to
their own c~urrencies without asking
our advice, or permitting our interior
ence7
Three more states, Iowa, New
Connecticut. have de
for repeal OF the prohibition
amendment The vote for repeal
IA to 0. Those who thought
1t impossible to get 36 OF the 48 states
to vote against prohibition. bootleg
ging and r~acketeering, may find that
they were mistaken.
Connecticut voted 6 to / and New |
2 to / against prohibition !
Nine million Americans, voting thus |
Tar, have averaged 4 to / against the
amendment. That chapter
IN American history and American
crime and ~bootlegging may soon be
A wise man from the Harvard
of Business. said. Prepare to
zee the dollar go a great deal lower"
He seemed to think that drop would
,e an excellent thing for the United
At thfc m0rnurf |
1t might disturb the owners OF
,0nds, preferred stocks and some 9th
n things. but 1t should encourage ron
o hold onto your real estate Az the
lollar goes lower. values and rents.
Inevitably. will 60 higher, and mort
,ages will be more easily paid
The Bible tells us that man Is made
/ little lower than the angels Excep
bad samples seem to be con-
IIderabIy lower.
A kind hearted collector for 4 milk
BUSINESS, sympathizing with 4 poor
bought him q hearty meal. re
the fact that he carried money
Nth him. The next day the same beg
ar with 4 friend waylaid the kind
collector, beat him dangerous
and took $85 from him.
A citizen held mp by a young man
ind robbed Of SIS was told: Thanks
hat will help me through college
Nature contrives ingeniously to con-