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The Glacier County Chief
Entered aa Ind ctaaa natter
July 15, 1931 at the poatcCßea at
Browning, Mont., under the Mt of
March 3, 1879.
Subscription *2.00 year la advance
JACK DUNCAN
Editor and Publisher
A weekly newepaper published every
Friday at Browning, Glacier County,
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove
Maybe I will get the Army and
the Navy on my neck, but I will
ecribble anyway. And the Govt., I
reckon it cannot elap me in Jail L-r
same, likeae if I maybe raised a
row or two rows too much cotton.
And wbat I got in mied, is Admir
hls and Generals, gettin’ retire! at
64.
But for any outfit that baa its
feel on the ground, I will nominate
these two-fisted babies—and I will
take my hat off to them. And at 64,
they are not all washed up, by a
long shot.
And these so-called old boys, they
have had experience and wore
brought up on discipline, and they
have built a navy and an army that
has the world’s respect —and when
a tough job is on hand, they do it —
not manaoa, but today.
So instead of retirin’ these Briga
diers, etc., at 64, which is an insult,
we better tack on another 4 years —
and tenor them, in places like
Congress, and for Governors, etc.
And the ship of-state would gleam
and shine, and go places, like a
leather-neck with a job ashore.
Yours with the low down.
JOE SERRA
The Eueitials of U. S. Dewocracy
A short time ago, a number of
Senators, principally members of
the majority party, confernd with
a view to creating a definite pro
gram for promoting recovery. Their
conclusions, embraced in tea pro
posals, were presented to the Senate
by Josiah Bailey of North Carrlina.
A digest of these ten vitally import
ant points follows:
I—The1 —The capital gains tax and the
undistributed profits tax should be
thoroughly revised at onoc, so as to
encourage the normal flow of sav
ings into productive enterprise.
2 —A start should be made toward
balancing the Federal budget, in
order that public credit may be pre
served and enforced.
3 —The constitutional guarantees
of the right of the worker to work,
and of the owner of property to its
posseuion, mutt bo preserved and
enforced.
4 —Government should stay out
of fields which belong in ths realm
of private industry—and if the gov
ernment does propose to compete in
any field, due notice should bo given
so that private investment may
avoid it.
s—The5 —The competitive system must
be maintained —as against either
private or government monopoly,
and business’ right to a reasonable
profit must bo guaranteed.
6 —Private credit must bo preoerv
ed—and that means that ths na
tions collateral on which all credit
depends, must bo preserved.
7 —There must be an amuranoo
that taxes will not be further in
creased, and that they will be re
duced at the earliest possibls time.
B—State’s rights, hems rule and
self-government must be vigorously
maintained, unless proven definitely
inadequate.
9—The needy must bo aided un
der a system which is non-political
and non-partisan.
10 —Lastly, the nation should re
ly, in the future, as in ths past,
upon the American system of pri
vate initiative and enterprise.
Thio progrrm neede no oomm.nl,
It is s resl prosperity program. It
i» based upon the prineiplm that
have made America groat. If Oon
grem will adopt it, it will make a
magnificent contribution not enly
t>> recovery, but to mnintenanee of
U. 8. democracy.
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It is said that there ate approxi
mately two million laws, national,
state end local, now in offset in the
United States. The Israslitss under
Moom got along with only Im,
some of which are not obeorvod io
any groat extent at the proeeat
time.
A near-sighted woman end hoe
hostnnd won inspecting an art ex
hibit with critical can.
“That’s the ugiieot portnit I
han over asoo," oaid the woman,
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Will Ite Signal Be, Rebut Brakes?
Testifying before the special Sen
ate committee which is investigating
unemployment and relief, John J.
Polley, President of the association
of American Railroads, said that
with increased revenues and n re
turn of normal traffic, the lines
could not only stimulate industrial
development throughout the coun
try by resumption of railroad buy
ing in large volume, thus giving
employment to hundreds of thou
sands in a long list of industries,
but could also reemploy thousands
of their own workers who have been
furloughed.
When railway business is good,
ho added, the lines utilize more
than 20 per cent of the coal output
of the country, nearly 20 per cent
of the fuel oil output, and more
than 15 per cent of the iron and
steel output, plus tremendous
quantities of other heavy goods,
such as cement, alone and gravel.
If their traffic and revenues re
turned to a more normal level, he
setimstes that they could easily in
stall 2,000 new loc nnotives and
100,000 new freight cars per year.
By way of contrast, in 1937 they
installed less than 500 new homo-
PREPAREDNESS
“Are you going to sue Jack for
alimony?’’
“Why?”
“He’s written me a letter asking
me to marry him when the case is
over and I want to know before I
promise."
AND EMPTIED OUT
Optimist—There is always room
at the top.
Pessimist—Yes, and it would be
just my luck to find, after I got
there, that the blamed thing had
been turned upside down.
THE HABIT
Lady—Poor man, you're out in
all kinds of weather—wet one day,
dry the next.
Rummy Roads (absently) —No
mum; I'm alius dry.
THE SUBJECT MATTE*
Muta swatnasy'yetf ^
tmisr Won, m, but I have the
sMtstea la anted. -
lives and but 76.000 new freight
ears.
The figures indicate wbat has
happened to the railroads. For the
first 11 months of last year, their
gross operating revenue was 5.1
per cent greater than in the same
period in 1936. Their operating ex
penses were up 7.6 per cent —and
their net revenue was down 5 5
per cent. Diminishing railroad buy
ing and employment was the inevit
able result. The lines have been
carrying more traffic, but earning
less money —because of the impos
sibility of making 1932 rates cover
1937 costs.
The public interest in the deci
sirn of the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the railroads* re
quest for a 15 per cent freight rate
increase — which would partially
offset increased costs over which
the railroads have no control —is
self-eyident.
Then there’s the one about the
lecturer pausing after a very long
period when a drunk arose and
asked:
“Shay, how long have you been
lecturin’?”
“About four years, mv friend.”
“Well,” said the questionere as
be sat down, “guess I’ll stick
around and wait for the refresh
ments —you ought to be damned
nigh through by this time.”
It is suggested by a noted educat
or that inasmuch as it is impossible
for anyone to be informed abmu ev
ervthing, we should deliberately
choose the subjects concerning which
we are willing to remain in ignor
ance. For most of us Uwe would
make a lengthy list.
’hief $2.00 per year, and worth it
He’s An Industrial Worker!
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YOU would naturally think of the man
operating the tractor os a fanner.
And he U a farmer, but he's also an in
creasingly important figure in the Indus
trie) world, not only as a consumer but
as a producer. He’s engaged in hoeing
up a field of soy beam which later, after
passing through varioug factory proc
esses, you’ll be using in the form of
pslnt end varnish, sosp, lipoleun^ and
sepres ot other products. Consumers In
tormatlpn points out that #1 million
pounds of so/ bean oil, a comparatively
new crop for American farmers, was
produced in one recent year. Of this
amount, 2it million pounds went into
the soap kettles, 5 million into linoleum
and u million Into paint and varnish.
THINGS ONE REMEMBER
BY B. K. HOFER
That “general feeling’’ is no pipe
dream in the United States today.
The politicians can advance alt the
alibis they like about who crippled
buriness, but some very simple
facta remain—little business and
the small investor are afraid. Taxa
ticn, political attacks on business,
and labor radicalism have driven
him into his cvch.ne cellar,
tor example, the owner of a suc
cessful meal market and grocery
store in Portland, Oregon, wanted
to make $6,000 improvements.
Pealing labor troubles, he woudn'i
start.
A successful groceryman near
Portland recently nought a lot on
which to build a store for hie busi
ness which is in an old rented
nnilrling. But under present condi
tions, lie said. 'Why should I start
in the face of the present finuncial
and industrial mess?”
A small business fiim in Portland
wlnch should reinvest a few thou
sand dollars, has held r IT for two
uronlhs because of uncertainties,
ami disturbance of sicurity values
which has been aggravated bv tbe
political drive on business.
Multiply this situation by 10,000
times over the United States, and
you get that “general feeling’’ that
no one can laogh off.
Why beat about the bush? Check
up on your own feelings, as well as
those of your friends, and draw
ynur own conclusions as to what is
causing the business slump.
Protest Curtailment of
Highway Construction Funds
Helena, February 3 (Special) —
“While it may be true,’’ stated
Jerry J. O’Connell, Montana Re
presentative from the First
District in a letter to Montanans,
Inc., and state chamber of com
merce, that most of the roads in
the East have been constructed,
there is still much to do in the
way of road building, especiallv
in Montana. Therefore, I have
made protest to the President re
garding any curtailment of funds
for highway construction.”
Mr. O'Connell joins Senators
Wheeler and Murray and Repre
sentative O'Connor in presenting
a united front against any reduc
tion in the Federal Highway ao
propriation, for the fiscal years
1940 and 1941.
Automobile owners paid into
the Federal TreLfiury, through
excise taxes, more money in the
past twenty years than the
Government has expended on
construction and maintenance of
roads.
All money collected from the
motorist through excise taxes,
must, by present law, be expend
ed on the construction and main
tenance of highways exclusively.
Built for a Relic
The church at Etchmiadzyn, Ar
menia, was built solely for the pur
pose of housing a single relic—the
spearhead that pierced the Saviour
on the Cross.
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This brand new market for American
farmera, who are now growing a large
number ot Industrial aa well aa food
products, has been developed, like many
others, lhrough the vast research pro
grams undertaken by American indus
try, whose laboratories have added un
told millions to the national wealth >nd
also thousands of jobs tor American
workers.
The Voice of Experience
STAVCUT
, WAR / 2^
z Armor for All
JESUS of Nazareth came bringing
to the world a new concept of
brotherhood, co-operation, reci
procity. He taught that no longer
should mankind render “an eye for
an eye,*’ and bade his followers love
not only those who loved them, but
all. He said (Matthew 5:44), “Love
your enemies, ... do good to them
that bate you." Some might think
this an infirm law —that the expres
sion of love and forgiveness is weak
ness. Some are afraid to show leni
ency, lest another take advantage
of them. Others are hesitant to ar
bitrate, lest conciliation be one-sided
and partial. Yet no one can study
tbe life of the master Christian with
out recognizing his power and au
thority. There was nothing faint
hearted about him, although be used
no worldly weapons, but practiced
and preached the law of Lore.
In commenting on the command
ment, “Love one another, as I have
loved you,’’ the Discoverer and
Founder of Christian Science, Mary
Daker Eddy, writes (Message to The
Mother Church for 1902, p. 18), “No
estrangement, no emulation, no de
ceit, enters into the heart that loves
as’Jesus loved. ’’ Then she asks, “Be
loved, bow much of what he did are
we doing?’’
Wars have been common because
men have allowed material sen<c,
greed, egotism, selfish ambition, and
fear to prevail. Much progress has
been made since tbe olden days when
Deity was known as “a man of war,”
a tribal god to be worshipped with
fear. A wise man proclaimed (Pro
verbs 20:3), “It is an honour for a
man to cease from strife.” Love only
can liberate tbe world. Desire for
tranquil, amicable relations with one
another Is becoming widespread. It
is a joy to see the prayer for peace
taking possession of families, com
munities, and nations. World peace
will be the far-reaching result of in
dividual love for Cod which is uo
deep and pure that it Includes .all
mankind. Indeed, one cannot rightly
worship God without practicing lov
ing-kindness to his brother.
Paul, who had himself been re
deemed and completely regenerated
from a life of strife, narrowness, and
persecution ot innocent person:’,
stated definitely that our weapons
“are not carnal, but mighty throug i ,
God to the pulling down of strong 1
holds.” Later, reminding the Ephe
sians of the nature of their equip
ment “against the wiles of the devil,’’
he told them to put on “the who!e
armour of God.” One of the captions
at the top of the chapter In one
Bible reads: “The complete armour
of a Christian.” . . .
Wearing “the breastplate of right
eousness,” we find that right think
ing is always more effective than i
wickedness, that love Is greater than
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wrath and will eventually be victo
rloua, regardless of how domineering
or Influential error seems to be. f (
be ”shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace" Is to put God first
It requires self-improving qualities
resolution and self-discipline, relin
quishment ot material desires, ainu.
and fears. Faith by which to quench
“the fiery darts of the wicked ' is u
essential quality. It includes trust,
confidence in good, hope, love. Who
would not exchange the carnage ci
material warfare for this equipment
this armor of Love, with Its untold
power and dominion, and have the
world transformed by the renewin;
of Individual thought!
“The helmet of salvation” may bt
regarded as the understanding ot
God and of man as His reficctios
which is able to demonstrate Trulli
as supreme over the clamor of evil
Paul mentioned as the last item of
the Christian’s equipment "the sword
of the Spirit, which Is the word d
God." What better, mo.e d. Jamie
weapon ean we have than this? Whii
adequate protection, what friendly
living, would result If every world
citizen lovingly wielded this “sword’ !
World peace would be an assure!
fact.
Quarrels and strife result because
we have believed in enemies. . ..
Evil is false belief, and wrong
thoughts are our only enemies, for
they would attempt to deface the
Christ-lmage. Matter and evil beliefs
are inseparable. Greed, dishonesty,
human will, and hate are the inevi
table result of choosing evil, material
thoughts. Rejecting these scientifi
cally, we come into our rightful heri
tage, expressing the perfection of tbe
one perfect Maker. When Spirit is
understood to be infinite Love, just,
ever present, “no respecter of per
sons,” then men will experience
health, progress, and normal living,
for this is the birthright of tbe chll
drep
All that" Paul had counted as gah
was laid aside, and what victories
were his through the power of Christ!
If every person on earth today were
to arm himself with “the whole ar
mour of God”—the understanding c!
Truth and Love —there would be no
need for other armaments, and reci
procity, co-operation, and P^
would be established. Funds for
merly used to finance wars could ft
diverted to education qnd Improve
ment. for the only cost or these arma
ments would be the relinquishment
of hate, pride, and fear, and tbe
exquisite reward—the kingdom of
heaven on earth! Mrs. Eddy writes
(The First Church of Christ, Sci
entist, and Miscellany, p. 210):
“Good thoughts are an Impervious
armor; clad therewith you are com
pletely shielded from the attacks of
error of every sort. And not only
yourselves are rafe, but al) whom
your thoughts rect upon are thereby
benefited.” — The Christ.an sc.cnct
Monitor.