Evening star., 1936-08-30

vital issue. One author states: Com
merce may then be considered as
casual as man himself, and barter as
Its f1rst stage money in its proper
signification is not wealth, but sign.
token or representative of it" The
editor commits many sides to the
judgment Of his impartial public"
In later issue in 1871 there Is
suggested the establishment Of
national bank. and the duties Of bank
ing companies 80 to conduct their
operations as far as it Is safe for
themselves" In even later copies OF
the Museum are found the resolutions
OF Congress for the establishment of
a new money Of account for the
United States; a standard for gold and
silver, IL parts fine and part alloy.
and an ordinance for the establish
ment Of a mint of the United States
OF America. And shortly after
most interesting and modern article
appears on decrease Of the nationa.
debt"
A Ii subjects do not pertain to
affairs Of serious concern. Sports
were important subjects to the early
America. DR.. Benjamin Franklin sub
mits a most detailed description on
useful hints for learning to swim;
Choose q place where the water
deepens gradually. walk coolly into it
up to your chest and then throw an
egg into the water, it will sink to the
bottom and be clearly seen plunge
now, throwing yourself toward the
egg and by the action OF your feet
and hands against the water you will
60 forward within reach OF it. You
will 1ind that water buoys you up
against your inclination You
cannot but by active force get to the
egg. Thus you feel the power Of the
water to support you" DR.. Franklin
remarks there is much enjoyment il
''the delightful and wholesome ex
ercise."
This early century had its rehabili
tation problem also. DR.. Frankli
gives valuable information for thos
who wish to remove TO America, l.
1887:
1T is imagined that inhabitants O
North America are rich and capab,
Of rewarding and disposed to rewar'
all sorts Of ingenuity to give Ian
gratis to strangers, with Negroes
work for them these are vii
imaginings 1t Is rather . genera
happy mediocrity that prevails
Strangers are welcome, because ther
is room enough for all of them, but
DR.. Franklin adds, IF he does no
bring fortune with him he mus
work and be industrious to live" II
short, DR.. Franklin informs the pub
lie America is the land of labor. ant
by no means what the English cal
lubberland all persons are
moderate fortunes and capitals, VIII
having q number Of children TO pro
vide for are desirous Of bringing then
up to industry and to secure state
for their posterity have opportunitic
of doing it in America which Europ
does not afford" The bushes
America today was foreseen by thi
statesman when he states: In Amer
lea its people follow some business 70
sustenance, and those vices that ans
usually from idleness are In srea
measure prevented"
An anonymous contributor gives
cure for hard times. Yes, they wer
had even then: Let us run in de-
less. spend less and pay more be NOR
frugal and industrious and We shal
soon find our affairs mending; our
debts, both public and private, lessen
ing and money become plenty. F'oi
scarcity of money Is q disease that
will work its own remedy and make
a plenty as in other merchandise"
TT IS very amusing to read com
ments on various inventions OF
the day and the forecast for their
future. In Blackwood's Edinburgk
Review. January-June, 1912, the
new American edition." there is
critical piece concerning the Daguer-
rotype invention. The editor remarks
in his column, Things of the Day
I'VE have never been able to discover
any practical use in the Daguerro-
type inventions, except in their hav-
ing got the inventor 8 handsome pen
sion from Louis PHILIPPE. The proc
ess Is certainly curious, pretty and
new. But we have never been able to
hear of its producing any actual re-
sult-the invention though now Of
some half dozen years growth is still
so little for its age that it threatens
to be q dwarf the longest day it lives"
His ideas concerning aviation are
similarly scofhng: '"The balloon, for
instance, has been half . century be-
fore the worlds eye-and what has
the world made OF 1t after all? Who
has been the better for it but Mr..
Green, q very clever climber of ths
| cloalds but who has disappeared from