Vagabond Editorials

(Continued from Page 9) ness paper and investing the money in tax-free securities, you see a man doing everything in his pourer to keep this nation in the depths. Nothing else he could possibly do would work more definitely in that direction. And, naturally, his good kind Uncle Sammie who sells them to him, is an equal-sharing partner in the operation. rl. rf *

Funny how differently well-meaning men can think. There was one bill before the recent Congress that was finally substituted out of business. It had the administration indorsement. Yet personally I would far rather have the dark days of the first week in March, 1933, return again, than have such a law on our statute books. Recov. ery is to be desired, but not at the price of liberty.

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It has been said that "The world was discovered in 1492, but MAN was not discovered until 1776." Men who think straight must gird their loins these days to provide that that great discovery be not lost once more.

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A famous Texan used to say that "It will take all the he-men and the she-women to beat the she-men and the he-women in times like these." Never was straight-thinking, fair-speaking, and courageous acting more essential to the wel,fare of rnan than right at this present moment when strange doctrines are emerging from their dark caverns and stalking in the sunlight.

Some of the great ,ru"UJ ", an" hour are: co,urage to face facts; character to stand by sound principles; a keener sense of personal responsibility in our human relationships; and a militant personal honor in our dealings. t**

There are plenty of people in this country (and their ranks are not entirely recruited from the ignorant and superstitious by ny means) who think the early summer drouth that has wiped out foodstuffs and live stock in frightening fashion and still threatens throughout this land, is Providential payment for the all-time foolishness practiced by this nation last year when it destroyed huge quantities of our most useful products, in order to help the market price. Most of those who so declare are simply thinking people who believe that the Law of Compensation is a true and unavoidable law that you invoke whenever you transgress the laws of nature too violently.

W. G. Sibley, prolific editorial writer, keeps airing some of the same thoughts that have frequently appeared in these columns. He said the other day: "Indebtedness is always danger. Waste is always something that carries a heavy penalty, either for a man or a nation of men. No flowery picture of bringing happiness to a man or a nation of men by extravagance or waste, can be true. Those who believe it true are under a great delusion. Working, earning, and saving are the only true ways of bettering the prospects of an individual or a nation. That is what all human history teaches us." ***

It is interesting to note that British South Africa is today the most prosperous business district on earth. Gold and wheat are the two chief anslvers. Business of all sorts is enjoying the greatest boom in all the history of that country, and 1934 bids fair to surpass even 1929, which up to no\ r has been the high spot.

Tacoma Club to Have Exhibit

Tacoma Lumbermen's Club will have an exhibit at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago this year, ,in the State of Washington space. In the exhibit will be a timber or cant 30 inches by 36 inches, 28 ieet in length. The cant was sawn from one side (outside of heart) of a Douglas Fir log.

The piece contains approximately 2,800 feet of lumber, sufficient to construct a small house. The 32-foot log from which the piece was sawn had a top diam,eter of 84 inches, a butt diameter of 92 inches, and contained over 10,000 feet of lumber.

The tree grew in Pierce County, Washington, and was 580 years old, and 300 feet high. Three logs of 32 feet in length, and three forty-foot logs were taken from it. The top diameter of the smallest log was 26 inches inside the bark. A single tree of this size produces approximately 37,500 feet of lumber. The tree was logged and sawn by St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, whose exclusive representative in California is Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.

Edward E. Gillon

Edward E. Gillon, retail lumber dealer, died in San Francisco on Saturday, June 16. Mr. Gillon operated a retail lumber and hardware business for many years in the Richmond District, San Francisco.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sara M. Gillon, and a daughter, Mrs. Sara G. Gurley.