The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-03

L---A VIZ financing,
may be very cas-
A''au' "oa"e ilyoverestimated.
II those gentlemen cannot abstain
from cutting each others threats
without the assistance and money of
the United States, why, then let
them cut each others threats.
France is learning that the peo-
pie always pay the piper, whoever
the piper may be-a great conquer
or leading them to war, or a clever
politician loading them with taxes.
In France, sugar has gone up in
price, bread and veal have both
gone up. two sous a kilogram for
bread, two sous pound for veal,
and the government is held directly
responsible by the housewife as re-
CARDS the bread, for the French gov
eminent fixes the price of bread
as ours fixes the price of postage
stamps.
Trailing behind England and the
| United States the French, with less
than 20 per cent of American unem-
ployment, are discussing great pub
lie works to absorb the idle.
Billions are spoken of, but the
'millard," French word for bill
lion," means only one billion four
cent pieces, the franc having been
/ rad,.oaJ bu unvnrpy,,apt fat IN tn at
price. If billion meant here U.s.
900 francs, equivalent to the Ameri-
can billion when the dollar was
good, the French might well faint
away, although they are fundamen-
tally rich people.
When Bismarck laid on France an
indemnity equivalent to $1,000, 000,-
900, after 1870, he thought he had
asked for about all France could
raise after hard war. The French
government offered bonds to pay
Bismarck, and the French people
subscribed to the loan IA times
over. Bismarck had guessed bad
Iy. France is far richer now than
it was then.
French labor demands the 40
hour week and the government
agrees; it also demands wage in
creases from IL to II per cent, and
that makes the country little
thoughtful.
With a shorter week, diminished
production and higher wages,
bread, sugar, veal and many other
things must go up in price. Posi-
bly, the French worker, who really
works, while he is at it, will man.
age to produce as much in 40 hours
as he has done hitherto in 48 or
more; even then increased wages
will be added to the price Of living
and even the worker, who must pay
will groWl
How long will America continue
pouring thousands of millions of dol
lars into gambling, lottery sweep
stakes and other foreign enter
prises?
It is interesting to read that II
the banks of Dublin there are q
millions of dollars undistributet
from the so-called Hospital:
Sweepstakes. Hospitals did no
/ get it-yet.
, 1t might also enlighten this gov
/ eminent to know hat under the Law
no mention can be made of tn
sweepstakes gambling in England
The English are too wise to let thei
money be drained off in any kind G
gambling enterprise, if it is nc
ENGLISH
d You cannot even send Telegram
, about sweepstakes over the Englis
e telegraph wires, to be published i
countries outside of England. A
telegraphing about the sweepstake
gambling game must go aroun
! England her government-owne
:, wire system will not handle it.
u Under its Constitution, the Unite
I States cannot forbid newspapers
print lottery news that breeds MOI
gambling and heavier losses. Bl
the government might forbid tran
mission of such information throug
y the postoffice. That would cut dow
:. the graft"
School teachers, business head
chambers of commerce, even Gle
gymen, might find good text
Mr., Son, the young japanese wi
n the determined face who won Il
IS long marathon race at the rece
d. Olympic games in Berlin.
&c Not only could that marvelo
y Japanese runner 60, and keep G
x ing, but there seemed no end to /
= endurance.
~ Everybody can run, more or les
\ but that by itself never wins
~ marathon.
70 The race for success in life IS
T. marathon race, and real success