The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-27

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Arthur brisbane Said Mr.. Cameron: |
1.-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.
1T Is impossible to exaggerate the
dependence of the country upon wages
earned and paid, or the happy effect OF
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 raried and most
constant market in the ltorfd Is the teage-
earning american people They handle
/ the bulk OF the money; il is their needs
and standards that keep the tuheels turn
ing. II they cant buy it doesn't matter
leho else can or does and their buying
! potoer is unges.'
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 1t away
/ from the rich. That Is the way to be
happy" There are not enough "rich"
to 20 around, but with full production,
full consumption, good wages and rea-
sonable leisure, affordlng time to spend
and enjoy the good wages. American
prosperity for all that has grown stead
i lily In the past would continue to grow.
Have wages and prosperity In
creased? They have. e
First, President Of the United
States once complained, publicly and
without rebuke, that you could not
hire Il good worker In this country for
less than 500 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 S2.34 day. 1t
was in January. 1914, that the new
minimum was changed to So day.
The senate rejects Senator Longs
proposition to spend five thousand
million dollars a year benevolenfly,
and raise the money BY taking
"chunks" out OF large fortunes
This process, the senator's share.
the-wealth" Idea. might Inst little
while. but after the large fortunes were
all gone the share the-wealth" gentle
men might begin taking chunks out
, Of each other.
]. Pierpont Morgan Of New York
who sold valuable pictures here, anc
| sUIu llifiU WItit ti'tofinE ph,iifN - 49,
ity, in London Is selling costly mini
atures.
Some ask why Mr.. Morgan. who II
prosperous, sells works of art tha
cannot be replaced. The reply NIGH
, properly be "That Is my business.
| Perhaps he sees ahead conditions II
| which "real money" will be better
I, than miniatures.
Telegram, dated Washington, from
I Congressman P. L. Gassaway. Try t.
: be us cheerful as he Is:
t "Just returned from trip through
4 Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Crop
. are good out there. Prosperity Is Ger
t tain. Couldn't get breakfast In rail-
Q road restaurant on account of crowd
3 Lloyd George says: "Slgnor Mus
Q solni Is bent upon the conquest 0
e Abyssinia. Lust Is In his eye an,
a 1t makes his speech wild. and inco
e herent. He resents all interference
! from outside with furious anger"
0 Mussolinis speech may have bee
. wild and lncoherent," but there wa
G common sense In 1t when he reminds
G the British that they didn't invite 0
: listen to criticism while they wer
4 building up their empire.
: Jackie Raul, New York boy, fv
I years old, thought kidnapped is foun
In the East river, drowned by acc
dent, undoubtedly.
After dreadful anxiety, to know tn
truth brings relief to the parents. TIL
Q sad death Of this child shows hoy
n faith and belief In the hereafte
If console human beings. Faith tina
It their child IS happy in another worle
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