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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT" ii u. Monroe journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Vol.29. No. 81 Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, November 15, 1921. $2.00 Per Year i ish HUGHES WANTS A NAVAL HOLIDAY Proposal of America Sweeps Armament Conference Dele gates Off Their Feet SAVES EACH PERSON $10 Lr.tire World Li Stunned at the Di rectness and Frankness of Thitt Country's Armament Aims More drastic and far-reaching than t'-- most ardent advocate of dtsarma merit dared t hope, America s pro- p :ais were suddenly laid before the u.-is conference Saturday at its first session by Secretary Hughes. A r.sval holiday is the pronnsnl, in short thr.t the United States. G.eat ftritain an I Japan shall scrap U capita! rhips aggregating 1.:K,m:j tops. Within ivree months after the conclusion of in agreement, the United States would have IK capital ships; Great Britain 22 and Japan 10. The ton- rage of the three nations respectively would under such a plan be aWi.UM. ei-4.450. and 2W.700. t'haraeterized by Baron Kato, the chef Japanese delegate, as "veiy or,s.ic" probably suitable as a basis fir discussion, find by Mr. Balfour, h ad of the British delegation, as stau-sninnlike utterance, pregnant w:".h infinite possibilities and most hfaeful of satisfactory results," the American proposal, concrete and de. ta.ied, fell on the opening moments of the irreat conference like a bomb sr.(!l. The 'foreign delegates were stunned. No ether word describes th.r feelings. Thus, with one swift, daring stroke did the I nited States seize the lead ership of the world from the states man who sat about the green-covered ' ta-;t in Continental Hall. There, be fore the press of the world, with the Ar.-.erican Congress and hundred of others looking on, did Secretary of State Hughes bring forth a plan h?eh in the ordinary course of dip lomatic procedure, would have been 0:?ci-sed only with great secrecy be Kit i dosed and guarded doors. J: was without precedent It was op. ,-. diplomacy with a venKear.ee, and it i'Jirht the delegates of eight other ration only two of whom are con- ee-red vituully totally unprepared. They were riveted in their seats, Thtir eyes never left the tall, solid f.trure of the American Secretary of Slate as he drove his points horn wi'.n vigorous eestures. The British delegates, headed by the veteran Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, has participated in every im prtant international conference for t-V last half century, looked on witn surprise plainly written in their fa.n. The Japanese, following with more d'frioulty, the clipped accent of Sec retary Hughes, were, at first, more expressionless. But as they compre hended more and more the drift of tr,e Huirhca proposal, the Oriental musk slipped slightly and revealed astonishment and perturbation. The French and Italians, more vola t;, were quick to show that they Firmed the importance of what was gorr.g on. Ambassador Jusscrand, the o:'y member cf the French delega tion with a good working knowledge of English, interputed for Briand nr ) Viviana as Hughes went along. Town at the en. I of the table, the "Lf.le fellows" China, Belgium, Por tugal and the Nentherlands showed tht.r intense interest. They sensed ttnt something was happening to the "1 fellows." Will be Accepted? The question that was being asked in tvery F.mbassy and Legation, ev er hotel lobby and even on the si"cis of the capital i: Will Japan ani Great Britain aecept? The impression prevails that they will that the United States, by the urpieeedented courage of making Sinn a proposal before the whole world, has placed the statesmen of both Great Britain and Japan in a position from which there is no es cape but to accept. t'nselfishly, the United States has pnmosed to scrap more tonnage, lose more money by abandoning her un completed program, than cither Great Britain or Japan. "What else can we do," said one hiph Britishstatesman with a shrug to a friend." , , One billion dollars is the minimum the United State would save under Secretary Hughes' ten-year naval holiday program, naval experts es timated. This would be, in round figures, $10 fa.- each person in the United States. The United States is now spending approximately $100,000,000 a year on new naval construction. ' In the ten vr holiday, this would total $l,0J0,- tKK',000, all of which Hughes' plan would save. In addition, it was point ed out, probably $100,000,000 a year could be saved by reduction of over htad, pay of construction engineers, and pay, equipment and maintenance of personnel for war vessels. AB JOSEPH'S BIG SALE Startling reductions, guaranteed to represent a saving of from 25 to 38 1-3 per cent, are advertised by Ab Joseph for his big harvest sale that begins Friday, Nov. 18, and contin ues through fifteen day s. Mr. Joseph states that he has secured several ex perienced salesmen to wait on his cus tomers during the saV, and though the store will be crowded all of the UNKNOWN SOLDIER IS Bl'RIED AT ARLINGTON Sutetimea and Leaders of Country, With Visiting Foreigners of Hank Mourn At Hi Bier America buried her Unknown War rior Friday placed in the earth the body of that boy whose very name le?sness symbolized 50,000 others who had given their lives for Ameri ca on the field of battle in the World War. Surrounded by the world's great, with none of them too great to bow in homage, this dead boy's funeral was still no pageant, no spectacular drama, no worldly show. It was more a benediction, a spiritual something whose very realities were less appar ent than the thoughts they conjured. Washington has witnessed many rotable ceremonials, but never one like this. Its people saw the bodies of Lincoln and Garfield borne aim the broad streets, and under cover of darkness, through a drizzling ruin hud watched the solemn progress of that procession which followed the dead Mchinley to the h:te House. There were tears of sorrow then. There were tears Friday, but most of those who shed them wre carried away by the emotion of the symbol ;sm of patriotism which this unknown American embodied. Taken from that central spot in the Capitol's rotunda where before this only the bodv of Presidents had lain in state, and where it has been de signed to place the body of George Washington, this tight in boy whose coffined figure stood for sacrifice to honor and patriotism was followed to his body's final resting place by statesmen, law-makers, law-givers, soldiers, sailors and many others, led by the President of the United States, all walking for part of that solemn journey close to the funeral caisson. At Arlington, the nation's Military Valhalla, in the low Virginia hills which form a background for the cap itol city, the Unknown Warrior was placed in a marble sarcophagus, de signed to be a national shrine like that under .the Arc de Trioniphe in 'aris, where an unknown poilu's body rests, and Westminister Abbey, where Britain's Unknown lies. The place of burial is a lawn with grass still green overlooking the Po tomac and the city beyond, the white dome of the Capitol and the tall shaft of the Washington monument stand ing out conspicuously among the mu.'s of buildings. BOLD ROBBERY NEAR PROSPECT Nettro Stole Mule from Barn Then Bugsy and Harness From Mr. Hinson REUNION OF MRS. .MELTON Enjovahle Affair Held at the Home F.ighty-Seven-Year-Old Woman in Kuford Saturday of TRIBUTE TO MR. ASHCRAFT Folks "Over the Line" Will Miss His Genial Smile and Handshake To tha Editor of The Journal: It is not often that an editor wins his way into the hearts of the people as that noble man who died in Monroe the other day. I suppose there is not another man 'n Union county whose death would bring more genuine re ar et to more people than did the pass ing of 15. C. Ashcraft. Perhaps there is net a school boy or girl in t n.jn county v.it tliat knew him and loved Iff). e ad fe't even here across. the I: e that when we had a celebra .ii n of nry Hnd, a Sunday school pie- n c. or ;. public gathering of i;ny note. that C e program was not complete unless "l lev:, as we familiarly call o l him. was goinjr to speak. He lives today in the minds of tlousrnrts who li tened to his words it' kindly wisdom and we believe he y.ll li e in the yens to come in the i:ve.i of the young who heard his goM counsel and advice. To niv mind, one of the beautiful things about Mr. Ashcraft was his faith in his f-.'llowman. He believed in man and lived vp ti that bt lief an! inspired others to io fo. I rememoer on one occasion, in niching an aHdier.s, he made these re mark.: "It has been said that every man has his price. It ifn't true. I could (jo out there, break a water melon and splash the juice on a dozen men w ho couldn t be bought at any price. I have often thought of those words and they have helped me to believe that the race isn't all so bad rfter all. Mr. Ashcraft said so, and of all people who ought to know an editor ought. We shall nufs his pleasant smile and genial handshake and we are sor- y but we are richer because he lived and moved among us so many blessed years. hdna runderburk. PROGRAM AT WESLEY CHAPEL time, everyone will be waited on in a short time. The big two-page ad vertisement appears in this issue of Something to please everybody. AdulU The Journal. Adv. , CO cents; children under 14 years 25c. Miss Beulah McXemar to Give De lightful Entertainment Sat urday Night. .Wesley Chapel. Nov. 14. The pub lic will be pleased to learn that the well known entertainer. Miss Beulah E. McNemar, will give one of her de lightful programs on Saturday night, November lt, at We.dey Chapel, un der the austices of the school im provement association. Miss McNemar occupies an envia ble position on the American platform today. She has entertained in almost every state in the union and before the most prominent gatherings, and always charms her hearers. The Blue Jacket (Okla.) Gazette in speaking of her says: "Miss Mc Nemar is an entertainer of rare abil ity and one who always presents a program that is elevating and in structive." She will give a varied program em bracing new and popular selections, Mineral Springs, Route 1, Nov. 11 A very bold robbery occurred here rnday night when an unknown ne- t.ro :!::n we lt to the barn of Lizzie Hough, colored, and stole a fine mule. Leading the animal to a place near Unisons old null, the culprit tied hi';i to a t:ee while he went in quest of a Ini'igy and harness. He did not have to go far. The place of Mr. B. C. Hinson, a few hundred yards away was apparently deserted for the time being, and the negro managed to draw a new top buggy and a set of harness out of the yard without attracting attention. How ever, before he could get back to the old null he saw a horse and buggy approaching. Dropping the shakes to the stolen buggy, he ran to a nearby stretch of woods, secreting himself until the approaching party nad left, lhe driver of this team was Mr. Carl Hinson. Recognizing the buggy as his grandfather s, young Hinson drove hurriedly to the house to secure help m catching the thief. Ii: the meantime, the thief took the buggy down to the mill and hitched the mule to it. Finding no one at his grandfather's home, Mr. Hinson went to the house of a cropper, a few hundred yards distance. While there he saw the negro coming up tne road in his grandfathers buggy He called upon him to stop, but the thief refused. Kushing to the mid die of the road, Mr. Hinson covered him with an automatic shot-gun that he had secured at the tenant's home. All hope of escape rut otT, the negro abandoned the stolen property. He has rot been seen since. Mr. Eustice Helms is making ar rangements to install a one-hundred drop telephone switchboard in the near future. He will have connec Hons with Monroe, Tradesville, Lan caster, and other points. Your cor respondent is glad to state that the people are rallying to the support of this greatly needed switchboard. Another Thief's Work Well, it's happened again. Some mean thief has stolen two big fine ten-pound 'possums from Mr. Hiram Montgomery. He hopes they tasted good to whoever got them. Mrs. J. F. Hayes went to the Pres byterian hospital at Charlotte last Saturday for a right serious opera tit.n. Wo understand she stood the operation fine and is doing well. Mrs. U. M. Montgomery is at the 1 e Iside of her sister, Mrs. J err Lanev of Lancaster who is ill. Rev. R. L. Forbis, who is in charge of the Prospect circuit, preached his first sermon at rrospect last runiiiy and made a favorable impression. We are C.ad to learn that Kev. J. A BL-dsoe letjrned to the Bethel and Tabernacle circuit. The county has lost one of the fin est citizens in the death of B. C. Ash craft. We til feel the loss very greatly, but none will "miss him mote than the remaining few who followed Lee and Jackson. To them his great heart was waim and welcome. When I remarked in the presence of an old veteran that he was dead, the old man's eyes grew moist. Dropping his head, he asked the great and omnip otent One to grant repose to the sorl in death of him who was h's friend and helper in life. Melton Family Reunion On last Saturday a number of friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mrs. Emaline Melton for a reunion, the occasion being hei eighty-seventh birthday. Except for the unusually cold weather the affair was very enjoyable. Mr. r.verett Melton, a grandson of Mrs. Melton, was called on to make a speech and he responded with an interesting ten minute talk. Among other fine things, he said: "We of the younger gen eration are prone to forget the great coi.llict that our forefathers went through in the CD's; the sufferings, hardships, and privations that befell them; and I say that ojr grand father who went to war and fought and bled did not die for a Lost Cause, as some public men are fond of reite rating on every occasion, for the fight for state's rights will never die. Grandfather, however, did not do more for the Cause than grand mother, who was here working, pray ing, and bringing all the strength to bear to fight the wolf from the door of her starving children. I say grand father gave his all in one short minute but she fought on and on for years, and although the greatest cause was lost, the cause she so valiantly fought was won, for she reared her children to fear God, keep the laws, and love honesty and truth fulness." A bounteous dinner was served, and thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Henry Belk was declared to be the man who ate the most. Henry says however he is not a relative v to Mr. Billie Belk who became so thoroughly choked that an operation was neces sary some time ago. Yet his friends held grave fears lor him for awhile. Mrs. Melton is the oldest child of the late David and Isabella MonttroTV r.-y. She has three brothers, Messrs. I . A., D. S., and D. C. Montzotn y. and Ceatiaued oa Page Four COLUMN OF VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS The Story of the Tw o Frogs Was One of the Best Jokes of Late Rev. J. W. Little HOW GEORGE FIGHTS BEST A Dollar an da Half Worth of Flv Paper at Ends of the Rows and Red Ants Helped Him "Did you ever hear the late Rev. J . Little tell the story of two frogs? asked a Monroe man yesterday. Our pply being ;n the negative, he pro ceeded to le'ate it the best he could re:o!lect. "One very dark niirht." he bean, "two frogs fell into a bucket of cream. They paddled continuously for some time in a vain effort to get out. At la.-t one frog said to hu t mnanion in distress, 'There is no ue keeping n paddling.' With that he ceased his labors, immediately sank and was drowned. The other frog, notwithstanding his discouragement on paddling. In fact he paddled all kept paddling. In fact he paddled all ninht and when morning dawned he was surprised to find that he was sit ting on an island of butter. His pad dling had churned the cream into butter. There was also a good sun ply of flies on the island for his breakfast." George's War on Boll Weevils "Here's a story from the Atlanta Journal," a friend of the Views & Interviews man said Saturday, "that should prove of interest to your read era." It will, if the writer is any judge of the likes and dislikes of our rural subscribers. "George Moore, a negro farmer living near Cokes bury," the dispatch from Columbia reads, "had the imagination to con ceive of a Hindenburg line against the Hunnsh boll weevil invader Thusly runs the tale: George had never heard much about the pestiver ous and voracious insect which was devouring the juicy core of his neigh bor s cotton bolls. He determined to prevent the invasion of his one and one-half horse farm. He thought hard and earnestly, hureka! "The prominent man of Greenwood, S. C, in describing George said: heard that George Moore, this darkey, had raised ten bales of cotton on his small farm when his neighbors. many of them the most successful farmers of the Cokesbury section, were disastrous failures. "I was somewhat skeptical and in vestigated. I discovered that the ne gro had indeed, produced the amount of cotton stated. I inquired how he lid it. "'Well, boss,' replied the darky, 'I h eared about dem weevils, and 1 tought out a scheme to work again cm. I bought a dollar and a half worth of flypaper and spread it at both ends of cotton rows. 1 declare, boss, in the morning, dem papers was so kivvered wid dem weevils dat yo' coudn t see em. I den burned em and put down new 'uns. It idio' was 1 ting.' "The Greenwood man said he talk ed to negroes around George Moore's farm and they verified what the ne gro stated, about the number of bales of cotton produced and the use of the flypaper. hether the use of the flypaper reduced the number of weev. ils he was doubtful, but the physica fact remained that the negro had ten hales of cotton. "This man taid that the small red it would attack and eat the weevil. lie said that when the boll cracked they would crawl in and destroy the insect, pi eventing it lay ing eggs. And,' he continued, 'in all my cx perience 1 have never seen us many red ants ns there are on my farms. 'The writer brought to his ntte.i- ti in an observation he had made, aft er being told some time ago that Lng- lish sparrows were eating boll weev ils. Sparrows are leaving the towns a:i:l cities. This is the observation of iminy others when the matter is ctached. Farmers from various sec tions of the state, when questioned along this line, invariably say that they have never seen as many of the hitherto despised birds on the farms us during this season." He Belonged to the "Outfit The crowd at the soldiers' dinner Friday being larger than he expected. Mr. Olin McManus, adjutant of the Melvin Deee post of the American Legion, suspicions! that others than x-service men were "horning in on the big feed provided by the women folks. Having no other means of detecting them, he began questioning the men as they reached the head of the line. "What was your outfit?" he asked every one. Each soldier, of course, promptly gave the name of some such and such regiment. To the few non ex-service men in the line, however, the question was a stunner. Few attempted an answer, but one fellow who was too old to have been in the world war and too young to have been in the Confederate war, said in reply to Adjutant McManus' question that he was in the "outfit." Mr. Olin Sandal!, a tenant living on the farm of Mr. Shaw two miles sowthwest of Monroe, cut himself se verely about the neck and stomach with a razor Friday night with the in tention of killing himself. His wife woke up during the night and found the bed drenched in blood and discov ered his condition. She thinks that his mind had. not been riirht for some days. He was brought to the hospital on oumlay, and the mother and sev eral small children were taken to the homes of relatives. It is expected that he will recover. TO CONDUCT ATHLETIC CONTESTS IN SCHOOLS Committee From the Union County Branch of the Teachers Assem- " blv Announces Regulations A committee on athletics from the Union county branch of the state teachers' assembly, composed of Prof. Charles W. Bundv, Prof. R. L. Pat nek and Prof. T. M. Wiley, is ar ranging a series of elimination con tests to decide athletic supremacy among the rural schools. They will make their report in a few weeks. Rules and regulations governing the sports, determined at a recent meeting of the committee, read as follows: 1. The following sports for boys shall be permitted a-vi encourage i: Basket ball, base ball, volley ball. dodt;e ball, tennis, track, lUO-yj'-u Ha h, I'JO-yard dash, 410-yard d.ish. ril.- ri'n (relay using two men), .-ui.i.!!n broad jump, standing liivii jur.n. running high jump, running broad jump, shot put and ball throw fur di.-tance: sports for girls bi.sket 111, volley balj, dodge ball, tennis. KKl-vard dash, ball throw for dis tance and running high jump. 2 Spalding s "Oihcial Guide for l!t21-l:22 shall be used for basket ball, base ball, and volley ball. Girls' teams must use the rules for girls' basket ball. 3. Every person who participates in any game shall wear the regulation uniform adopted for that game. 4. No person shall be allowed to represent his school in any inter scholastic contest who is not a bona fide student, who does not attend at least three-fourths of the time, and who does not pass four-fifths of his work. 5. All teams may be chosen from the school at large. In the case of individual contests, however, there! shall be two representatives, one un der 14 year sof age and the other above 14 years of age. DEVIL MAY GET MOSTOF US YET Got Go Mend Our Ways Sooner or Later. So Why Not Begin Now? NOVUS HOMO FEELS BAD Moving Time Has Suggested a String of Unhappy Thoughts To His Mind DEESE TAKES AUSTIN'S PLACE AT LEFT TACKLE Williams Goes to Center and It Is Now Believed Local Highs Will Come Out Winner in Series The High School football team, eighteen strong, will leave Wednes day at 11:25 a. m., for Hendersonville where they will spend Thursday hnv- ing a workout on the C.M.N. A. field. The men will be in Charge of Mr. Mat to x who has assisted in preparing the team for the Asheville game, and will be accompanied by Mr. Starnes of the High School faculty. Coach Orton wi!l be unable to make the trip with the boys owing to an injury received in practice last week. Tha miA, uKuwincr mmla he Wind. ton-Salem against Charlotte high jchool and information obtained through various sources regarding Asheville's team has strengthened the belief that Monroe's eleven will come through in the championship series. The loss of Austin and Gaddy seemed to have had a depressing effect and resulted in a "slump" that caused the whole team to play indifferently the i, nut twn u-(iki hut in the Inst two workouts the men have shown a re turn of the old fighting spirit that made last ycar!s team famous and they will take the field against Ashe ville determined to pile up a bigger score than last year. The loss of A'istin has compelled the coaches to shift Frank Dees from enter to tackle and to place tranl; Williams at center. The change has s eemed to strengthen the line, Dees playing a fine game in his new posi tion and Williams steadying the note team by his smooth passing. t;n Pressnn has been showing up well in Caddy's old position at left halfback, and with Cuson, Laney and Coble in reserve, the backfield looks fully ns strong r.s the line, ami gives promise of great tilings in the re maining gnmci. The exhibition game played at Rob erts Field on Armistice Day betwcv.i the regulars and second team was perhaps uninteresting from the spec tator s point ot view, nut gave me dr.vers a much needed worKout. Neither team was able to score ow- ir to the fact that both were using the same formations and had no dif ficulty in diagnosing their opponent's attack, but ;t times both elevens showel flashes ui o:Ten.dve power, Ca en, Fairkv and Presson working good gains. Presson ran his team in rit e style and picked the weaK points in tiieiit. the" opposing line with good judg- FUNERAL OF MR. ASHCRAFT It Was One of Most Largely Attended Services Ever Held Here The funeral of Mr. B. C. Ashcraft, who died Thursday morning, was held in Central Methodist church at three o'clock Friday afternoon. It was one of the most largely attended services of the kind ever held in Monroe. The flowers, sent in large quantities, were most beautiful. Rev. Drs. Gurney, Burrell and ea- ver took part in the exercises. Dr. Weaver made the principal talk and he spoke very feelingly of his rela tionship with the deceased and of his i'.amcter and worth. After the exercises an opportunity was iven for viewing the remains for the last time and nearly all the con gregation passed down the aisles and looked for the last time upon the face which they had known in life. The rema.ns were interred in the Monroe cemetery. By NOVUS HOMO Wnxhaw. Nov. 12. Moving day h.-;s a..:-.u:i hit a large portion of ear citizenship, and the Worries and vexa tions of breaking up of recently maue friendships, and the uncertainty of the surroundings unto which we" will le thrown .:i the pew, tenrurary hcr.us we are expected to abide at until ve i;.n grow and harvest an other ii !) move again. All this tends t't r ;.ke life les fascinating and general living conditions among a va.-t multitude of us less satisfying. About the time children of tenants get their bearings, and find them selves becoming attached by ties of companionship to their school mates in a given community, the time to move is upon them und all of the childhood attachments of the year's formnig ; :ust be torn assunder and life undertaken in wholly new sur roundings under circumstances that tend grea::y toward the embittering of the lr.es of this class of our citizens. Til s really prevents them from developing into the standard of citizenship that permanent residence and life-long associations with school mates of childhood days would guar antee to us. The old homestead and the little red school-house that serve as lasting memories to those of our citizens who are the foundation stones in any well-organized and permanent ly established community are becom ing all too scarce, especially the homesteads, and apparently a death dealing blow is also about to te de livered the school houses. It seems to this writer that what wc need at the present more than at any previous time in the history of th:s generation is a move towards the making possible of a home-owning, and community loving citizenship that will guarantee the preservation of our American institutions, and that will develop them to the full fruition that was the dream of the makers and defenders of the principles em bodied in our noble constitution. Men will fight for their homes, and so long as there is a sufficiency of homes to be preserved the nation is, at all times, safe from overthrow by any intruder. Men, however, will not fight very enthusiastically for their boarding houses or for mere tenant right for which they are forced to pay tribute to fellow citizens, known as owners. The fact that we have already con a detenant in further pursuing the that the wealth and business interests of our people are now in the hands of centrated too far in this nation, and too few of our folks, ought to serve as same course, and cause us to reflect on what may happen if we do not so ber up and begin to get back to a practical and common sense view of things. The world war got us upset for a time, and we instituted so many "drives" and carried them over with such force and speed that we almost ' assumed the belief that we can do iuU anything we decide on, and do it in a hurry. We can't. Better forget it. These monstrous war bills are not paid yet, and won't be in the I fe time of the boys who went over the top in Fiance. And what we had bitter consider first of all in the work of reconstructing a wrecked world is the re-establishing of a program of justice toward the men and women who must fight out the financial bat tles of this country and make it able to avoid the bankruptcy that threat ens us unless we can bring ourselves to a realization of just what kind of a mess we have placed the producer of the world's wealth in by the fren zied performance we have just pulled off. There is said to be five millions of our wealth producers out of jobs ri;ht now. That curtails wealth by enormously reducing prduction. There is at least twenty-five millions more of our wealth producers who are at work and who are forced to surren der a huge per cent of the fruits of the'r labor to a privileged class for the rUht to work and produce who are nuvly able to keep the wolf from their door. The portion so sur rendered by them serves to further concentrate wer.'.th into the hands of a tax dodging tl.iss and deprives Un cle Snni of the portion that rightly should be turned into his treasury to supply ih fund from which the na tion's indebtedness might be wiped out some time. There i one absolute fact that is indisputable. It's this: Expenditures can never exceed production or in come for any very great period of time, and when the pendelum swings back it must swing far enough past the center to allow for overdrafts when it went beyond income on the other swing. ' Let's begin to think In terms other than that of wealth piling. Wit fig ure men now in terms of producing ability just as though that was the prime object of creation. Men were ; not created solely to produce wealth. Wealth is altogether a secondary con sideration and what we need to see is Contiaurd on page Ira.
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