Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-04-26
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
No Cash for Uncle Sam
The Writ Mystery
The Tigers Immortality
Poor Old Trotzky

ish finances, tells happy fellow coun-
trymen that conditions are good In
England: "The past fiscal year has
shown a profit of $2O0,0OOOO0," and
"The atmosphere is distinctly brighter"
1t is not brighter for your Uncle
Sam. Mr.. Chamberlain also announced
that 'he did not propose to make any
provision for the payment of war
debts to America" and the statement
was loudly cheered. 1t Is to be hoped
that President Roosevelt will, in his
own time, make a reply that will be
loudly cheered" on this side of the
water.
Money can be collected from Eng.
land and other countries by a tax on
all shipping entering our ports.
We still own the ports and the docks
at least that is the popular theory.
They could not well retaliate, since
we own little shipping. The United
States would like to hear President
Roosevelt say to the British, the
French and the others, "There are
several ways Of skinning a cat, and
propose to show you one or two Of
them"
Young ladies' attending the fateful
Virginia dinner at which Doctor Writ
thought he heard somebody call Presi-
dent Roosevelt "only the Kerensky in
the revolution, soon to be replaced
with a genuine Stalin," testify that
nothing Of the kind was said.
In fact, the young ladies agree that
the dinner started with monologue
by Doctor Writ which outlasted the
dinner. Nobody else could say word.
The circus kept big striped tiger
named "Boss" locked in a strong cage,
strong enough to keep the tiger in,
not strong enough to keep death out.
Death entered, and within ten min
utes the tiger was on his way to be
made into a rug" That will be for
the tiger a sort Of Immortality. Fire
and moths permitting, his beauty may
survive for 80 years, made perfect by
artificial eyes, teeth and tongue, grow
ing gradually DINNER. Man has no
such certainty of eternity, apart from
faith, except in his children. They do
supply what might be semi-eternal
representation on earth.
Parents Of certain modern children,
however, might well say, II should
rather be made into rug and get my
eternity that way"
You feel sorry for poor old Trotzky,
despite the color of his politics. Fate
put him In the Russian revolution,
raising him to the heights. Stain
threw him out, into Turkey. He wan
dered to France and guilelessly start
ed organizing "fourth internationale"
to put an end to all organized gov
eminent" The French government
puts him out Of France, and he doesn't
know where to 60.
He thinks of the United States, but
what with Professor Writ and one
thing and another he can hardly hope
to get in here. England used to re-
ceive all revolutionaries, but some
other countries may reject Trotzky to
avoid offending the younger, more
powerful Stain.
Cheer up, If your house is mort
gagged. Uncle Sam discovers, after
1853 years Of national life since 1776,
that he has a pocketbook and means
to use it for you. Some Of his hun
dreds Of millions will be used carrying
along your mortgage until you have
had time to pay it off. Even II 1t Is
not distress" mortgage, he may help
you. The mortgage holder will be
asked to reduce his interest rate and
to extend the mortgage to ten or even
fifteen years. In return he will have
the governments guarantee that the
mortgage will be paid.
Mortgaged home owners will ask,
Gam l dreaming?"
Some real estaters will say, LET me
get my real estate mortgaged to my
brother-in-law quickly, and let him get
a government guarantee"
Thus far the government In its re-
covery experiments has spent five
thousand million dollars for relief Of
various kinds. 1t could spend ten thou.
sand millions. It would not cost a
cent more Of expense If it would print
and pay out the money instead Of is.
suing bonds that are fictitious, since
bankers do not really pay for them,
the interest doubling the amount paid
out.
New York city has $1,000 tenement
houses In which 100000 people live,
because there is no other place for
them to live. OF the 100000, 90 per
cent live in fire traps, according to
official report. There is, however, a
silver lining to this cloud, from one
point of view. When tenement houses
burn down, and tenants burn up, the
landlord gets his insurance. II the
law forbade insurance on firetraps, as
It should do, the owner would be on
tie spot night and day to prevent fire.
And there would be less arson.
In new treatment for pneumonia
fresh air is pumped into the pleural