Show EFFECTS OF A FOOL LAW laws enacted by radical legislators sometimes have effects not expected by those who enact them through misguided zeal for the dear people an example is the kansas law which prohibits the sale of electrical and gas appliances by public utility companies at a recent meeting in wichita the kansas press association condemned the law declaring it had caused the sales of such alph ances to drop 62 per cent last year while chain stores sold 85 per cent of what was sold it was also estimated that utility advertising in the state dropped off to the amount of which loss was suffered chiefly by small town newspapers because of a similar law it is estimated that oklahoma newspapers lost an average of more than per paper during the year Comment ingon these facts a texas periodical estimates ahat such a law in that state would cause an annual advertising loss of nearly besides depriving many small communities of any opportunities to buy electrical and gas appliances locally this sort of legislation benefits no one but serves only to retard progress which is being made in extending modern conveniences and comforts to the smaller communities and to farm homes A heretic is one who does not share our pet superstitions marrying parsons often come dangerously near abetting a lottery it appears that most favorite sons themselves father the idea that they are favorite sons even if we could see ourselves as others sea us we probably believe our own eyes one disadvantage in being a christian nation is the high cost of a modem army and navy it is said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place but sometimes the liquid kind does having the right of way help much when there is an idiot at the steering wheel of the other car an exchange tells of an efficiency expert who recommended his own discharge in the interest of economy it seems that muscle shoals was designed to produce munitions in time of war and fertilizer talk in time of peace A specialist declares 1 that noise is making us a nation of nerous wrecks especially the noise of eating soup and celery the american peanut crop comes from the south but the crop of peanut politicians is not restricted to any particular section A legislator has written a piece on learning to be a congressman but congressmen are more interested in learning how to stay that way |