| Show this week by ARTHUR BRISBANE A newspapers city room thankful surely about money buy something the tha city room of 0 a new newspaper shaper 0 on i election night Is an interesting place alaci and exciting even when you have see seen i it year after year tor for a long time dozens of copy readers sit in groups at different tables many young men are sifting bitting news from guesses answering telephones and running solemn editors are preparing bulletins and deciding what Is happening what seemed to have happened when this was written in the city room of the new york american at halt half past six on election day night was the expected victory tor for governor roosevelt many american mothers are glad that governor Roosevel ts mother Is still with him it Is a fine thing tor for an american mother to hear that her son of after long years of earnest preparation and public service has been elect ed president of the united states mr Roosevel ts mother lives to witness a tea realization z don of 0 a hope that doubtless was in her er mind when her boy franklin wa was a baby the umber number of actual votes in the united states was greater than ever before more than forty million free and independent citizens spent the day going to school taking one of the lessons in self government that will stretch over hundreds of years before our self governing education Is complete president hoover has issued his thanksgiving proclamation quoting the excellent proclamation by washington in full this nation has surely reason to be thankful we need wheat coal oil cotton corn oats rye metals and we e have more of all these than we can possibly use we are at peace no thanks to us after all our international meddling and may be thankful for that we shall lost many it if not all of the billions that we foolishly lent to europe in national and private loans dut but we have hava many billions left and can make endless billions more we lack common sense and our selfish form of plutocratic government does not know how and does not want to distribute our wealth tor for the good of the greatest number but we are getting a lesson from the depression even the super croes uses have shrunk to thin financial proportions we should be thanh tul for that ile he hath not dealt so with any people and as tor for his mercies they have not known them this column asked recently what difference does it make whether tho the government signs its promise to pay on yellow paper called a bond bearing interest or on green paper called currency bearing no interest since all the government has to offer Is its promise to pay it already has promised to pay more gold than there is in the whole world why Is not the promise to pay on green paper as valuable as it would be on yellow paper pro pr elded aided the government did riot not promise more than it could pay one of the ablest bankers in america writes paying the soldiers bonus by issuing currency would destroy all confidence in the currency it if the government gives elves indication of yielding to the temptation of issuing large amounts of flat money the public will instantly reject the currency there will be a rush to convert it into gold thus forcing the country oft off the gold basis that opinion comes from high authority but still you ask without advocating or decrying payment ot of the bonus why must the government insist on paying a year in interest when it can pay it if it chooses in nice now new money whoever thinks that the public would instantly reject the currency should give the public a trial why la Is it better to put out more bonds than you can pay than to put out more currency than you can pay the average mind does not understand paul boncoeur Bon cour french war minister urges the united states most strongly to join a pact of international security under the auspices of the league of nations tills this Is a suggestion that the united states bind itself to step in with men and money to help any european country Fra france tilea for example in case of unjust attack by another nation it Is a great temptation to help our european brothers in tact fact we yielded to that temptation recently but tor for the present the average american will think it Is security for the united states that should occupy this country while we proceed to recoup the billions lent to europe that we are not going to get back A suggestion Hon tor for Ameri american cali railroad managers cornea comes from berlin and german roada are not to be despised for as it happens germany runs trains taster faster than anybody in america runs them and even makes a success of government railroad ownership which we are solemnly assured would be impossible here is 19 2 by br kiss king fr fur Sy dit inc ic |
