The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-20

tnat reds" set flre to the ship. Per-
haps they did; "reds" are VIGOROUSLY
wicked. On the other hand, reds"
might be q convenient and profitable
excuse.
Havana reports 26 Cubans arrested
for plotting to destroy the life Of Mr..
Caffery, United States ambassador to
Cuba. OF course, they were "reds."
This seems to be the reds" busy
season.
But, when you read about wicked
reds" setting fire to the MORO Castle
for the pleasure of burning people,
remember that while nothing may be
too wicked for wicked reds" 1t is also
the fact that owners Of the Moro
Castle would be free from all damage
suits If it could be proved that the
ship was set on fire.
A distinguished gentleman, former
cabinet m m b err, asked what he
thought about this falls elections, re-
piled, "As you know well, you can't
shoot Santa Claus" meaning that Pres
ident Roosevelt is the national Santa
Claus.
Names election indicates that shots
aimed at Santa Claus" will be few for
the present. The Republican state of
Maine reelected a Democratic gov
ernor and also went wet by big vote.
And Maine was the first dry state
with prohibition law passed 80 years
ago, in 1854.
New York's Supreme court, Appel
late division, decides that 1t Is not
necessary to be able to read or write
In order to vote, a sound decision. Abra-
ham Lincoln's mother couldn't read.
She would have voted wisely. Shake
speare's mother probably couldn't read,
his wife and daughter certainly could
not.
More important, the ballot is given
to the ordinary citizen not to let him
show how learned a person he is. but
to let him put dishonest rascals and
incompetent geese out of office.
It isn't necessary to know how to
read or write in order to know that
you have been badly governed and are
hard up.
The government will refund one
thousand seven hundred and seventy
four million dollars worth of govern
ment debts, and rejoices that it will
pay only 81 per cent interest. Why
issue more fiat bonds when plain fat
money would be exactly as good?
Neither is worth more than the paper
1t is printed on, except for the govern
ment's signature. -m. ..
During the IL years for which the
new government debt obligations will
run taxpayers will have to pay In In
terest unnecessarily S692, Isl ,915, or,
compromising the interest, $685., sos, 361.
Furthermore, the government will
have to refinance this year altogether
s., 1853, O86, 400 of Indebtedness and will
presumably issue fiat bonds bearing at
least 81 per cent interest. This fool
ishness will cost United States taxpay-
ers in the IL years following the issue
81, O93, 943, 696. Two thousand ninety
three million dollars! aFa
Why insist on issuing fiat bonds
when you can just as well issue fiat
money? @-s z-@ ~
The mother of Thomas ]. Mooney,
sentenced to life Imprisonment in San
Quentin prison, but to be released If
Upton Sinclair is elected governor, died
recently. Now 1t is proposed to take
her body, embalmed, of course, out to
San Quentin prison, that her son may
look once more upon her face. The
warden does not think he can permit
such thing" He ought to permit it.
On Long Island the mother of three
children took poison, as many mothers
do, unfortunately. This suicide was
unusual because the mother, after talk
ing poison, stood on her front porch
screaming that she was sorry she had
taken 1t. 1t was too late. She was
dead when her husband arrived.
Matthew Vol, vice president Of the
American Federation of Labor, consid-
cred by those that ordinarily think lit
tie of labor leaders, "an absolutely hon.
est and very able man." says capital
and labor should join to control the
reds. They might buy a mouse trap,
pay In fifty-fifty, but after they got
the red mouse in the trap 1t would go
on squealing about the prisoners Of
starvation.
That little mouse has not had SO
much fun before in all its life, or at
least not since Lenin died.
Greeley said, "Go West, young man."
Wall Street young men and old are
going north to Toronto, where they
find a new gold rush most profitable.
1t is not rush to reach remote mines,
only a rush to the Toronto Stock ex-
change, where new gold and silver
stocks are pouring out every minute
and "Wall Street houses" disguised
xr;fI, oxr,r, oo1d orral ora