The Ely miner., 1935-07-04

x&, cost Henry Ford
100000 a month";
arthur nris"ahe Said Mr.. Cameron:
"The finest possible method of dis
tributing the nations goods is through
wages. They represent work done and
useful wealth created; they never
drain or tax the country-they add
substance and strength.
"It is impossible to exaggerate the
dependence of the country upon wages
earned and paid, or the happy effect Of
return of wages after period Of
decline. The expenditures of the
rich cannot support any basic business
in this country; for in the first place
we have very few people who can be
called rich; and In the second place,
neither their needs nor their buying
power is sufficient to support even a
medium-sized industry of any sort.
"The largest, most uaried and most
constant market in the ,oorld is the ,Uage-
earning american people. They handle
the bulk of the money; it is their needs
and standards that keep the iOheels turn
ing. If they can't buy it doesn't matter
,oho else can or does and their buying
poiUer is tOages."
Business men who think wealth can
be taken out of the wages of working
men, should read those words in italics,
carefully, and they should be read by
any workers that have listened to dema-
gogues telling them, Take it away
from the rich. That is the way to be
happy" There are not enough "rich"
to go around, but with full production,
full consumption, good wages and rea-
sonable leisure, affOrding time to spend
and enjoy the good wages, American
prosperity for all that has grown stead
lily in the past would continue to grow.
Have wages and prosperity in
creased? They have.
First, President of the United
States once complained, publicly and
without rebuke, that you could not
| hire good worker In this country for
! less than $100 a year, about 80 cents
day.
Second, McMasters, the historian,
| tells you that in the early days only
] one American mechanic, a New Eng
land carpenter, could earn as much
as one dollar a day.
Third, in 1914, when the automobile
industry was young, Henry Ford's
minimum wage was S234 day. 1t
was in January, 1914, that the new
minimum was changed to So a day.
The senate rejects Senator Longs
proposition to spend five thousand
million dollars a year benevolently,
and raise the money by taking
| "chunks" out of large fortunes.
This process, the senator's share
the-wealth" idea, might last a little
while, but after the large fortunes were
| all gone the "share-the-wealth" gentle
men might begin taking chunks" out
of each other.
| J. Pierpont Morgan of New York,
who sold valuable pictures here, and
sold them well, proving business abil-
ity, in London is selling costly mini
atures.
Some ask why Mr.. Morgan, who is
| prosperous, sells works of art that
cannot be replaced. The reply might
properly be "That is my business"
| Perhaps he sees ahead conditions In
which "real money" will be better
| than miniatures.
Telegram, dated Washington, from
Congressman P. L. Gassaway. Try to
| be as cheerful as he is:
"Just returned from trip through
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Crops
| are good out there. Prosperity is GER
tain. Couldn't get breakfast in rail-
| road restaurant on account of crowd"
Lloyd George says: "Signor Mus
| solini is bent upon the conquest OF
| Abyssinia. Lust Is In his eye and
| it makes his speech wild and inco-
| herent. He resents all Interference
from outside with furious anger"
Mussolini's speech may have been
"wild and incoherent," but there was
common sense in it when he reminded
| the British that they didn't invite or
| listen to criticism while they were
| building up their empire.
Jackie Kapl, New York boy, five
years old, thought kidnapped, is found
| in the East river, drowned, by acci-
dent, undoubtedly.
After dreadful anxiety, to know the
truth brings relief to the parents. The
sad death of this child shows how
| faith and belief in the hereafter
console human beings. Faith that
their child is happy in another world,
and has been happy and safe ever
since they first missed him, makes
| their grief bearaDle.
G. King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.