Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-10-11 | Page 7 | As it Looks to Me

II I AS IT LO LOOKS KS TO ME I WASHINGTON Oct 11 It It was wa I Ulysses I believe who discovered that thai there are different customs in different dif dif- S ferent parts of ot the world word I T dont don't dontI remember his Latin for t. t It would I b bo instructive if I did The point Is that in Washington and other sections of ot the United States SLates there is a social requirement that a real gent take off his hat hal L when he finds himself in a business office elevator with a lady S SIf If It she runs runs the elevator is she one If It she is in a telegraph company company com com- pany nany uniform going between floors is Ia she one If It she is colored though I well dressed is she one one If she is a aI chicken going from floor to floor to te I powder her her- nose is is she one If It she sho Is is old and and- has a basket of apples to te I pc peddle dle is she one Or is is the honor I reserved for the very pretty prett and verI verwell ver very well dressed I There are some in our midst S who wh are attempting to break breal down thE custom thinking it silly and nd hard or slow new straw hats But there is I more exhausting than tr trying ing to bUt bUta buck buci bucia a social custom S The and some somEi people of the United States State have gone into the insurance business and have already al ready written one big policy one thai lays Llo Lloyds or any other insurance company in the shade In short the thel have insured the railroad owners owner against hard times panics storms tornadoes and all misfortunes b guaranteeing them a return of 6 lei Dei cent on their capital through go gon times and nd bad B Banks may fall fail factories may gc ge to the wall and workers job Joir Jl the bread bre line ne but but the may railroad I owners have a first lien upon th the thE prosperity of the nation I I- I know a man who j is government insurance for tor ever against 0 Une unemployment infirmities ol oh oU i age and other calamities and the call hIm a a. crank But the plan In the Esch law that insures the railroads 6 C per pe cen cent t mayS may not be so bad after atter all L The premium they pay for this tn in in- in urance Is tt the K provision that no timE Unu a shall X Sg they make more than 6 S per pc cent S North Dakota writes hail hall ance o The special interests sav say thai tha t tS S is 5 socialistic that L it is as bad as s fir firE P or life Ufe tl Insurance by fey the government i Yet I the government insures all th tb thE a Property of the railroads It If Ma a a. bo ho a