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On little far away ranches , on res res- res- res reservation reservation reservation - ervation trading tradmg posts , they are edu edu- educating educating . - cating their thclr children childrenby childrenby childrenby by resolute sell sel self ! sacr111ce sacrifice sac- sac sacnflce - nflce r111ce rifice ; keeping keepmg intouch mtouch in m j jtouch touch with WJth the worldthrough worldthrough world - through r radio radiothrough a d 1 0 , through books and andmag and.ky andmagazines .ky ky . .kymagazines mag magazines a Z In e sand sandnewspapers and andnewspapers andnewspapers newspapers ; and al- al alp4 al a1 almost . - p4 p4most most Invariably invarJably con con- content content . - tent with their l1ves lives l1vesand livesand livesand and proud of theIX their theIXstruggles theirstruggles theirstruggles struggles and l1vmg living l1vmgcomfortably livingcomfortably livingcomfortably comfortably - yes yesand , and happily-wlthm happily wlthm happily-within within happilywlthmlbelr happilywithintheir happily - withintheir lbelr their means , howIrvin how- how howIrvmS.Cobbever - . Irvm Irvin IrvmS.Cobbever IrvmSCobbever S . Cobb Cobbever Cobbever ever meager . crowded crowdedcIties crowdedcities crowdedcities Then I come back to cIties where wealth seems only to tomake tomake tomake make the inmates mmates dissatisfied be- be because be because . - cause somebody with greater wealth wealthputs wealthputs wealthputs puts on a guadier guadler show of ostenta ostenta- ostentation ostentation - . tion and extravagance . And I sce see scethe seethe seethe the man who feverishly is strIvmg striving strIvmgafter strivingafter strivingafter after riches so that when he breaks breaksdown breaksdown breaksdown down he may afford the most ex- ex expensive ex expensive - . pensive nerve specialist And the thespoiled thespoiled spolled spoiled woman who was bom born wIth witha a silver slIver spoon in m her mouth , but butJudglOg butjudging butjudging JudglOg judging by her expression the spoon spoonmust spoonmust must have been full of castor 011- 011 oil- oil 011and oiland oil oiland - and the flavor lasts And the poor poorlttIe poorlittle poorhttle lttIe little ! rich children who have every every- everythlOg everything everything - thing thlOg now and so will have nothmgexcept nothingexcept nothing nothmg -except except - except maybe dollars-when dollars when dollars - when theygrow theygrow they theygrow grow upCunous upCurious up upCurious Curious Cunous , isn't isnt ' it , that so ! httle lttle little buys buyssuch buyssuch buyssuch such a lot for some people and such sucha a lot buys so little l1ttle for the others7 others ' ' . . . The Return of Prosperity . T CAN'T CANT ' ' help gloating gloatmg over what whatappeared whatappeared D I ICAN'T 1 1appeared appeared in m this space when I IpredIcted Ipredicted Ipredicted predIcted that the temperamental temperamentaland and fickle bird of passage known as asprospenty asprosperity asprosperity prospenty prosperity was winging wlOgmg its way wayback wayback wayback back Because the Better Busmess Business Busmessbureau Businessbureau Businessbureau bureau reports that sellers of no no- no nogood no-good no good - . good stocks are showing showmg mcreased increased mcreasedactIvJty increasedactivity increasedactivity actIvJty activity . Moreover , I hear that for the first firsttime firsttime firsttime time in m years practically all theveteran the theveteran theveteran veteran bunco-steers bunco steers - - are off rehef relief rehefThe reliefThe reliefThe The lean times when the locusts of ofdepressIOn ofdepression ofdepression depressIOn gnawed away our sub sub- substance substance substance - stance must indeed mdeed be over if 1f the thecustomers thecustomers thecustomers customers begin begm begm0 \0 0 \ to nibble rubble mbble more free free- freely freely freely - ly at the same dependable , old baItsSo baitsSo baits baitsSo So . , as he thumbs his copy of the thesucher thesucker thesucker sucher sucker list 11st against agamst the morrow's morrows morrow'scampaIgn morrow'scampaign morrow'scampaign morrowscampaign ' campaIgn , I seem to hear Mr . Henry HenryJ J . Shckguy Sl1ckguy late ( ( late of Leavenworth Leavenworthbut Leavenworthbut but now opening openmg offices in m the Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet Wallstreet street district dlstnct > ) murmuring murmurmg to him hIm- hImself himself himself - self- self self"Happy - . ' "Happy Happy " days are here agam again again'Drouth againDrouth ' Drouth may kill hIll the corn Rust rots rotsthe rotsthe rotsthe the wheat Boll weevils destroy the thecotton thecotton thecotton cotton . . . But , thanks be , there's theres ' one onecrop onecrop onecrop crop m in America Amenca which never fails falls " ' " Have you a little gold brick m in myour inyour myour your home , dear reader7 reader ' Well , don't dont don'tworry don'tworry don'tworry dontworry ' worry , nobody's nobodys ' going gomg to be slight sl1ght slight- slighted slighted . - ed Ere long you'll youll ' get your chance chanceto chanceto chanceto to invest mvest in m one onea a * . . . Making \ Mental l\Icntal l Icntal Slips . THE most mcredible incredible tiung thing has hascome hascome JL come to pass Here I go along alongyear , year after year . , building bulIdmg up a rep rep- reputation reputation . - utation utatlon for invariably mvarIably being bemg rIght rightthe , the same as George Bernard Shaw Shawand Shawand Shawand and Mme Secretary Perkms Perhms Perkins Thenbango1 ThenbangoI Then -bango-1 bango 1 -bango-I I - bango ' - I make one little httle slip sl1p and andthe andthe andthe the trusting trustmg reader is shocked frompit from frompIt frompit pIt to domeThe dome domeThe The other day I suggested taxmg taxing taxmgsalarIes taxingsalaries taxingsalaries salarIes of governmental em em- employees employees . - ployees Now from all sides I'm Im I'mtold I'mtold ' I'mtold Imtold ' told federal employees are subject subjectto to income mcome taxes taes " { ; only the vast ma ma- majority majority . - jority Jonty of them , . and probably the thehardest thehardest thehardest hardest worked ones , draw such suchsmall suchsmall suchsmall small wages that they owe Uncle UncleSam UncleSam UncleSam Sam nothing noUung when March 15 rolls rollsaround rollsaround rollsaround rollsaroundSo around aroundSo So far as I recall , this thlS is the sec second secend second ond end time in m my I life e ' I've Ive ' been wrong wrongI I can't cant ' cite what the other mstance instance mstancewassome instancewassome mstancewas was-some was some - some very trifling trlflmg matter , no nodoubtbut nodoubtbut nodoubt doubt-but doubt but - but it must have occurred occurredbecause occurredbecause occurredbecause because I remember the na nation bon wide wideexcItement wideexcitement wideexcitement excItement which ensued , with peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe going gomg around in m a daze mutter muttering muttering 109 ing "Can Can " it be possible7 possible ? " " I now admit that early error and andthe andthe andthe the recent one , too , and humbly beg begpardon begpardon begpardon pardon of my devoted publ1c-al1 publ1c al1 public-all public all publ1cal1eight publicalleight public - alleight eight of them It'll Itll ' never happenagam happenagain happen happenConquered agam again . . . Conquered Conqucrcd Chimpions Ch\mplons Ch mplons Chzmpions ' \ . DT IT HAS been brought to the atten- atten attention atten attention - . tion bon of Mr James J . Braddock Braddockthat Braddockthat Braddockthat that something somethmg happened to him a awhlIe awhile awhile whlIe while back Probably , by now , he hehas hehas hehas has quit wondering wonder1Og whether many manyothers manyothers manyothers others were caught in m the earth earth- earthquake earthquake . - quake quahe , but is reported to ba be s1111 still s1111saY10g stillsaying stillsaying saY10g saying "Ouch Ouch " " ' " at mtervalsAnd intervalsAnd intervals mtervals intervalsAnd hisbackers hisbackersiU hiSbachers And now , as is customary , hiS bachers backers \ \\iU iU will \ \ 111 insist he demand a re- re return return re - - turn return disasterWIthtile engagement-or engagement or engagement - or disaster-WIth disaster WIth disasterwiththe disaster - withthe tile the Brown Bomber But if 1f I were Mr wereMr Braddock-game Braddock game Braddock - game though he be -I I - beI I think thmk ' I'd Id ' pattern my reply on the onthe e example ei.ample eiample . amplc of the gentleman vhowas vho vvho vvhowas vhowas , , was knocked galley-\yest galley yest galley-vyest vyest galley-west galley west - \ by a hlt- hlt hit- hit hltand hitand hit-and hit and - and run motonstAs motoristAs motorist motonst motoristAs trying As the dazed pedestrian pcdestrian was try- try try - ing feebly to ascertain ascertam whether he hewas hewas hewas was all in 10 one piece plcce , a kind kmd hearted heartedI heartedcI heartedcitizen heartedcitizen I cI citizen zcn hurried upHave up"Have up up"Have "Have Have " an accident7 accIdent ' " he be inquired inquiredbrightly inquiredbnghtly , ' bnghtly brightly . 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