The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-06-14
Comment
WORTHWHILE AND
OTHERWISE, ON MAT
TIERS IMPORTANT and
UNIMPORTANT

There is nothing so cheap as human
life. At least one is forced to that con-
clusion when reading of the constant
slaughter of people by automobiles. Sc
far this year 68 people in Montana
have been killed in auto accidents. Last
year, at the same date, the number was
only %. Nearly three hundred per cent
increase in human sacrifice paid to the
great god Moloch.
A pursuit of these statistics is as
founding. Last year 30,500 persons were
killed III the United States in automo-
bile accidents and a greater army of
them injured The number injured was
$4,000.
A government bulletin reports that
judging from figures obtained since
1880, we can expect the decade from
1880 to 1910 to claim $4,000 persons
killed and 100000 injured in auto
mobile accidents. The same bulletin
says that only 100000 soldiers have
been killed in all of Americas wars to
date
This horrible loss of life is appalling.
Two-thir of all accidents are due
W uifIiE tliOIs. LOU iiluSl dllVc adle
enough for yourself and the other fell
low. Three out of every four cars are
dangerous because of being out Of
order. One-third of all cars are said
to have defective brakes and 10 per
cent need lights adjusted Check your
brakes, lights, tires, and steering ap-
paratus, Keep wind shield and windows
clean.
Here are some good rules to follow
if you value your own life and that of
the other fellow.
Ql Do not speed. (2) Keep your car
in shape. (3) Keep to your side of the
road. "a Be very cautious at curves
and crossings. (5) Use additional care
at night, on Saturdays and Sunday and
during rush hours. (6) Stop if neces-
sary when visibility is impaired by
lights from another car, rain, fog, dust
or eye difficulty.
Now and then one hears it said that
opportunities for young people are not
so great today as they used to be. !
Many will differ with that opinion
Never has the world needed leadership /
of the right kind more than 1t does I
today Here is what Hon. Frank G.
Walker of Washington and New York
City, director Of the National Emery
ency Council, has to say in that con-
nection MIR. Walker was speaking last t
week at the commencement exercises
of the Montana School of Mines, at
Butte. He said;
Il call out to you in all sincerity that
generation must have full realization
of its obligation to society and to gov
eminent Never before in history has
the college man had spread out before
him SO vast array of interesting topics
in economics, sociology, and govern
ment"
1t is a tragic thing the distinguished
speaker said, that too many of our col
lege men consider the political field
degrading thing. He termed this idea
as misconception of the duties that
go with citizenship, and stated that
American youths would do well to fol-
low the example of foreign countries in
which college and university men seek
a career in government.
An authority from Washington and
New York City that keeps its finger on
the business pulse says that while there
is noticeable lessening Of the volume
Of business, yet it is not a serious one
and there is nothing at present to in
dicate that it will become especially
serious There will be a failure to make
progress, a marking of time, but not a
protracted or severe drop in business
A significant measure of the strength
of the recovery tide can be seen in the
gain in telephone installations. The
Bell system as whole shows a gain
in April over March Of over $4,000 sta
tons. During the first four months the
system added $4,000 new stations.
During the first five months of 1882,
the New York Telephone company lost
80,035 stations, in the same period in
1888, the loss was 85,039 stations, dur
ing the first five months of 1884 there
has been gain of 1854 stations.
After the New Deal-What2
This newspaper is in receipt of
letter from one of the outstanding stu
dents Of economics and politics in the
nation today. He opens the letter with /
that question: After the New Deal, ;
What?' and follows with these thought |
provoking paragraphs:
Few people realize that quiet, but
none the less effective, revolution is
going on beneath the surface right {