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Show .1 1 . . .1 1 . .1 1 . J.c.o- Jc.o J.c.o Jco J.c.o.1 . . - .1 1 . " .L L . . . : I Desert DustI Dust DustBy ! I DustI I I By JohnstonI JohnstonMany JohnstonMany Johnston I I Many people pcople arc Qro are devoting a great greatI greatdeal greatdeal I deal of time and study to the causes causesI causesand causesand I and mysteries rnystenes of this depression Didyou Did Didyou Didyou you ever watch a bunch of men play play- playIng playing . - jing ing poker around ! ' one of those old oldfashion oldfashion I fashion card tables with a ' slot 'Slot in thecenter the thecenter I Icenter center ? Do you know what causes a adepression adepression adepression depression around one of those tables tablesThit ? I ITh'tt Th'tt Thtt That ' hippens h'lppens hlppens happens ' when the game lasts lastsI lastslong lastslong lastslong I long enough to allow a110w the house manto man manto I Ito to run the larger amount of the chips chipsthrough chipsthrough chipsthrough through the slot in the center of thetable the thetable thetable theI table , , that is called . the rake-off rake off - The Themoney Themoney Themoney I money has centralized in that little I Idrawer [ drawer underneath the ' table fuble 'table Nowthere Now Nowthere I there is no use studying studymg about it , , that thatI thatIS thatis thatis I IS all thit th'lt thlt that ' is wrong now The players playersI playersare playersare playersare I are all broke , , the money has gonethrough gone gonetlllough gonethiough tlllough through the slot , , . it is centralized centrnUzed , the thehouse thehouse thehouse house men have it To make it plain plainthe plainthe plainthe theI I the rake-off rake off - has been a little llttle too tooI tooheavY tooheavy to0iheavy I heavY . 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I ) hisItory It is claimed that in the whole hole his-I his I his- his history his history - tory of the banking business busmess In InI InCanada inCanada inCanada I Canada , , the loss to depositors throughbank through throughbank throughbank bank failures fallures , , has been $13 13 $13500,000while 13500000while $ 500,000 500000 , , , , whIle m the United Umted . , States our bankershave bankers bankershave bankershave have knocked the depositors depositors over for for$80800,000 for80800000 $80 80 $ 800,000 800000 , during the month of De- De Decembor Decemb"r De-cemb De cemb - cembor cemb"r cembr " r , . 1932 But when you thinkabe think thinka"o thinkaho a"o ao abe " t f ft lt t , we are a reil l"e11 le11 real " nation , , . whiler while r ( " < " " " ' " " "da da 'da " ' is 15 just a little llttle old Enghsh English Englishcolony Enghshc Englishcolony EnglishcolonyWhen c colony colonyWhen lony I When President-elect President elect - Rooseveltas Roosevelt \\as as was wasIn \ wasin asin in Washington 1 lecently ecmily recently , , he v . was as quot quot- quoted quoted quoted - ed as saying that the war w'ar ' debt de-bt de bt - prob prob- problem problem problem - lem was Herbert Hoover's Hoovers ' baby . It Itlooks Itlooks Itlooks looks now as though , about March 5th 5thMr , Mr Roosevelt is going gomg to find thatbaby that thatbab thatbaby bab baby ' on the White House door stepand step stepand stepand and is going gomg to have the little l1ttle felloW felloWt fellowto fellowto t to nurse regardless of whose kid it isAccording Is IsAccording According to the newspapers , the theI thecause thecause thecause cause of a gicat gleat great many of our bankfailures bank bankfailures bankfailures I failures is due to the fact that the thepubl1c thepublic thepublic publ1c public breaks them by drawing money moneyout moneyout moneyout out of them I have went through throughthree throughthree throughthree three or four of these so-called so called - de- de depressions de depressions - pressions presslons and have tried tned to get money moneyout moneyout moneyout deIpresslons de-I de I out of the banks during durmg every one of ofthem ofthem ofthem them , , but was always informed mformed that thatthey thatthey thatthey they was not putting out anythingI anythingWe anything anythingWe I We read a great deal about this thisbacktothefarm thisbacktothefarm thisback-to-the-farm thisback to the farm back-to-the-farm back to the farm - - - m movement 0 o v e men m e n t . The Thetruth Thetruth Thetruth truth of the matter mMter is it is mostly TheI aback a aback aback I back to Ma and Pa movement mcvement , for the theI thesole thesole thesole I sole purpose of removing remoying remo Ing the wrinklesI wrinkles wrinklesA I A colored boy had had been away to toschool toschool to.school toschool school . He cam came ' hom home home during durfug the theholidays theholidays theholidays holidays One evening while whllo whilo visiting visitinghis visitinghis visitinghis his girl , he said . , "Lilly Lilly " , , it is my am- am ambition ambition am ambition - bition to become one of the most pop- pop popular pop popular . - ular war attorneys in the city of Bunning- Bunning Burning- Burning - BunningI - I Burmlng-liam Burmlng liam Bunning'ham Burning'ham 'ham ham 'ham ham ' " ' " "Well Well " , " replied Lilly , , "I'se Ise "I'sefeared "I'sefeared "I'sefeared Isefeared " ' ' feared you is countin ' your chickensfore chickens chickensfore chickensII II fore they is hatched " "Your Your " language languageLUly , Lllly Lilly , causes me embarrassment embarrassment'What's embarrassmentWhats " ' 'What's Whats ' languagelCharlie ' wrong with my languagel language languageCharlie , , Charlie " ? ' ' " "You You " should have &aid aid said & said'you saidyou , 'you you ' should not endeavor < to calculate calculateupon calculateup&i calculateupon calculateI I upon up&i upi & your juvenile poultry before the theploceSS theprocess thepiocess ploceSS process of incubation has been pro- pro proI properly properly pro properly - - I ' " perly exercised I I II |