Show Therefore in the year ear 1941 1041 the city that had grown up around his great industrial enterprise was startled by an announcement that the manufacturer was going out of that business that he was going poing to absolutely break up his fortune From production the manu manu- manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer turned to destruction He tore down his factory buildings razed his warehouses removed railroad switches emptied co coal l yards ards scrapped automotive equip equip- equipment equipment equipment ment Steamships that played a apart apart apart part in his business were called in and dismantled The steel was sold for scrap Furniture office supplies and other materials were sold for what they would bring and the sheriffs and tax tax gatherers were notified that taxes would no longer be paid and that the state could take the property The money resulting from this breaking up and scrapping of this large fortune was divided among the and land that had been productive for nearly two generations went back into the stat of waste it in I 1905 The city where here this in had been was in consternation Houses were vacated streetcars were empty and power plants were idle Every man now hada had a chance to start over and do what the old manufacturer had done 25 years before But it was questionable whether it could be done under the new legislation and taxation which had been passed with the idea of break ing breaking up large fortunes and redis redis- redistributing redis- redis redistributing redistributing wealth The old manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer agreed with the agitators that he could eat no more than any of his workmen workmen-in workmen in fact he could not eat as much lIe He dis- dis disappeared disappeared dis disappeared appeared from the city and lived his bythe remaining days by inoperative the agitators who had made inoperative his intelligence his vision his ambition his initiative and his courage which had furnished em- em employment employment em employment for thousands of per per- persons sons for many years and paid to the divisions of government that were destro destroying ing him by taxation millions and millions of dollars for their support Yes this in an imaginary stor story but it is not at all improbable You cant can't set your neighbors neighbor's house afire and keep your own house safe You cant can't destroy capital by inflammatory and radical policies and expect your own job to remain safe Here is an idea fora for a community project from a mid western town This town a small county seat town supports a girls fife and drum corps The or organization is isI I I made available at no cost to the outlaying towns in the county on the occasion of any picnic or public gathering g The members of the or- or organization organization or organization are provided pro a colorful uniform and the or organization i h i always the center of attraction I wherever it goes oes It is chaperoned chaperon d by dby the wife of one of the profession professional al men of the town who looks after her charges carefully when away from the home town Each mer m merchant r chant and prof professional man in the town provides a drum or fife and the uniform which remains the property of the one providing it itIn In this way if a member of the organization drops out or moves isI away the drum and uniform is I turned in and new member is se- se secured secured I se-I se cured T Thus us the membership of the organization is kept up to its full strength h While furnishing a lot ot of enjo enjoyment ment for the members of the organization it is one ore of the best good will creators the town has ever had The organization is so in its home town is is always always a awaiting a waiting ai ni- ni nii i list t ty of y young people desiring to join The uni- uni uniforms uniforms uni uniforms forms consist of white duck trous trous- trousers trousers trousers I I ers with satin fatin jackets and caps in inI I sharply contrasting colors When entered in a parade the organization tion is indeed attractive I ISome Some pe people do their own o think think- thinking thinking thinking ing and others believe the candi candi- candidate candidate candidate date who tells them that if they elect him he will reduce their taxes During 1933 over pounds of alone iu in this country |