Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-06-27


100000 a month
Arthur nriS"ane 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.
ut is impossible to exaggerate the
dependence Of the country upon wages
earned and paid, or the happy effect of
q return of wages after a 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 iOorld is the toage-
earning American people. They handle
the bulk Of the money; it is their needs
and standards that keep the ,Uheels turn.
ing. If they can't buy il doesn't matter
Who else can or does and their buying
posUer is sCages."
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, a President Of the United
States once complained, publicly and
without rebuke, that you could not
hire good worker In this country for
less than 500 a year, about 80 cents
a 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 1924 a day. 1t
was in January, 1914, that the new
minimum was changed to SIS 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 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
1t 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 1t when he reminded
the British that they didn't invite OF
listen to criticism while they were
building up their empire.
Jackie Kaul, New York boy, five
aII
In the East river, drowned, by acct
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 tina
their child is happy in another world
and has been happy and safe evel
since they first missed him, makes