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Show THE CITIZEN 4 permanent tariff ; down the line until the" whole5 fcontinent was.' enmeshed in a war, the effects of which will be felt for the next one hundred years. In our opinion it will result in a corresponding and disastrous There ' are over 400,000,000 Chinamen and if that nation was reduction in the farm price of agricultural products to .the farmers equipped in armament as we are, or as some of. the European powers arid stockmen of the South and West. ' f 'tariff are, there sure would be a war if outside forces were sent in to In oiir opinion the rates in the Fordhey-McCumbendeavor to right a wrong. measure as applied to raw materials are just' and reasonable.-an. have proved a great:; benefit ; to the. producers, and we want no People just returning from China say that it is not safe to; venture outside the limits of the large citjes as' the outskirts are. change made in them. infested with bandits, and the government appears to be powerless .We especially protest against the wool. schedules being reopened for the reason that such action would produce depressing results to subdue them; : '. ; on markets, on production and on the credits of the industry. ' ' v: i PREPARE FOR WAR. : i GETTING WET. t ,.f An officer of high rank in the United States army who. knows $ew York state has tired of trying to enforce the dry law at what he is talking about, recently made a speech" to a number of anf expense which is unreasonable, and has notified the government young men. Here are the terrible words he gave 'utterance to: atf" Washington that from now on the Federal government must The great world war from 1914 to 1918 was one of a series of furi$h' the money and men if enforcement Is desired. three wars which are destined to shake the continents of the wotldJ The 'Federal government is also busy trying to invent some to their foundations. Steel your arms and draft your bodies- for method whereby the coast bootleggers can be properly handled. the greatest war the world has ever seen. It is very likely that A-.look the to after of and deal are time he speaks the literal truth and people may as well begin to prepare being spent money great dry. law, at, a time when far more important things should be for that war, for all signs point to its coming. Why is it coming? looked .after by. the, government. No law will ever jpe pupular Because of dark politics that devise sinister schemes in the dark ; which dictates what people, shall .wear, or eat. While regulation because of confusion in the minds of people; because the people may be neecssary in some instances, but the government will are kept divided; because leaders are politicians first and patriotsnever have any success trying to curb a mans appetite by law. last, if ever. Because of stubbornness and blindness in those who Massachusetts,. Marylanda, and 'New York refuse' to , take any bear rule. What an awful commentary it is on human wisdom to . action to enforce the federal dry act. These three ..states are let a war worse than the last come upon the poor humanity of opinion prethe world! If the common people, who will have. all the bills to among the most thickly populated and with anti-dr- y vailing in the center of population it will not be long before we pay, who will have to throw their sons into the hell of battle as hear t from the .outskirts as well. if they were of no more value than rats only could realize how they unThe Eighteenth amendment in its present form is very have been and are being deceived-anbetrayed they would be: popular .all . over the world, and especially in the United States, demanding prison sentences for some instead of keeping them in and there is. only. one way. to enforce it. . That is to make one-ha- lf office. police officers and put them, on the government payroll, and then hire the other half to watch the policemen to see that AMERICAN REVENGE. they do .their sworn cduty.: There will be those who will regret summer, visits of conCHASING CHIMERAS gressmen to Europe as an unnecessary addition to the turmoil there. The vast majority, however, will be glad of the opportunity for , f:,The longer the. Eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of revenge. the United States lives the. more .weaker it becomes in the eyes Never in history has this coutnry been inundated by foreign of a majority of the people. We have now become a nation of bootpropagandists in the guise of learned lecturers as it has been in the leggers, home brewers, wine and whiskey distillers. Every man who last three years. The public has parted with, its money to read and has taken a. drink of any intoxicating liquor since national prohibition to hear celebrities supposed to be imparting knowledge and culture, has committed a crime in the eyes of the law, and many of us are but who in reality were merely adept dispensers of the old, sugar7 be. will final result the what coated propaganda pill. Not until now has there been a chance wondering ... Some of the doctors .in New York City have secured an injunctQ get even. tion prohibiting prohibition authorities from interferring with their The American senators who go abroad this summer should rights, to. prescribe liquor to patients, which has created .an open make plenty of speeches... It is hoped their oratory will resound fight in the department at AVashington, which is nothing more nor from Piccadilly Square across the channel to the Champs Elysees One-ha- lf of the entire attention of the gov- - and back again. Let them parade the continent with all the less than scandalous. t to. the attention of bootleggers and it is about thunder of a filibuster speech, until European peoples arise in eminent, ' is diverted , time that a halt was called. despair and demand relief of their governments. . European statesmen do not know, what to think of us. We America, which has been saturated with foreign oratory, now are a part, of them, but so different. .. We are continually chasing is sending some of its best speakers abroad. May idea seems to. make a hit. chimeras and any newfangled they, do their duty. Kansas City Journal. . . 'I J wool; and, other farm and ranch products of , . .the- . er d . 1 . : ' p : . t - j J ; . I ' ' ft ft i -- - : : ; . - I ' It 4 . ' ' . ... the-peopl- 1 d e . : . ' s t r . m .a.. . i . ft I.- - , long-distan- ce . 4 ft' ' i a mm 1 l CHINESE BANDITS. . .a -- ' . a i , ' f T . . - ? The Britsh house of commons voted down prohibition by. nearly a unanimous vote, the actual count being 236 to 14. Englishmen - cannot understand why America went dry,, but; they do not , ,A few Chinese .bandits captured several foreigners and have been holding same for ransom in. China. Foreign governments immediately, got busy and .when it looked like they meant business nearly all. of .the prisoners were released. It is even reported that some have been killed which wiil further create international complica-tion- s. The recent world- war. started over just such a mess. An Austrian of ; the royalty. was killed in Servia and the Austrian govSerbia would not deliver so Ausi ernment demanded the murderers. tria. called out her army. Russia called out her forces and so on -- . . . .. understand some, of our politicians. who are always willing to go the limit to secure votes. The United States government is holding $58,314,380 which, it is very anxious to pay out to holders of liberty bond coupons. The holders of these coupons have either forgotten them, or the paper may be. lost, stolen, or burned and may never be called -- for. . . |