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Show THE I C IT From these figures it will be seen that the cost of federal taxes is 3y2 times, and state and local taxes 21 times as great as in SCREEN. Dr. Sanger Brown, second chairman of the New York State Commission on Mental Defectives, says: "1 believe children lose a great deal if permitted to form their early impressions from the screen, rather than from their own observations of the world. We believe that the screen is one of the greatest instructors of the world and it would be of great service if introduced in our schools. The children see all parts of the world ; they see the large cities, the mountains and the frigid north. They see real life pictured as it is and not as it is described in some books. The child with a screen education is smarter than the child with a book education, no matter how far advanced. The comparison is just as great as between the student who stays home and reads his books and the student that travels around the world. Good clean pictures such as are reproduced by first class theatres like the Pantages, are of great worth to the young student. 1913. DIFFERENCE ; If every politician lived up to the requirements of the of- fice and adhered to service, efficiency, reliability, vigilance, inspection, cooperation and economy, the same as is done in private business, the political office would be as much of a success as private business. Joy riding, pink tea parties and political compaigning does more to undermine the average politician than anything else. Real service, therefore, cannot be of first consideration under such conditions. WHERE IS REFORM ? Prohibition which permits the selling of poisoned liquor, and the automoble are killing their thousands annually, and yet the big death rate does not appear to reform our country. World statistics show where 30,400 people were killed and 868,000 injured in 1925, an appalling casualty list. We are not surprised with the leniency shown drunken sots and criminal drivers that accidents should so multiply. Why wear out the brakes in trying to stop a speeding machine when penalties are so light! LEAGUE CRUMBLING his position of the Republican President Coolidge Party on the League of Nations, in his address at the laying of the corner stone of the new National Press Building. "While we have clearly declared our wish to assist in promoting justice among nations, he said, "we have just as clearly declared our intention to refrain from interfering in the political affairs of others by refusing to adhere to the League of Nations. President Coolidges address was also notice to the South American editors that the United States will not substitute the Council of the League of Nations for the Monroe Doctrine. Two months ago, part of our people had been worked up to a neutral point by propaganda to step into the Eurpeon troubles, but since that time European diplomats have entirely failed to get together. The big fiasco of the recent meeting of the League of Nations' representatives ought to be sufficient warning to the wise to remain in their own country and attend to their own business. We never could see the League of Nations or its world court from their inception, and we strongly believe in America for Americans and Europe for Europeans. re-iterat- I Z E N ed . MILK A scientist reports finding a tree in the tropics, that when tapped, produces milk. Now if he can only find one that will produce beer under the same circumstances, think what a reforestation program we could put on in this country. It might also settle milk disputes. In the local dairy war we read that the dairies paid as low as 11 cents per gallon for milk to the farmers, while in turn the dairies charged the people 11 cents per quart. It is about time we discovered a milk tree. TRUTH WILL OUT. CONFISCATION Who knows what it costs to be elected a senator from Penn- sylvania? In the late primary race, millions were spent and those spending the most money received the least votes. Why are political jobs worth so much money? How can some politicians accumulate wealth in cheap political jobs? Should tlfe Germans confiscate the property of the former kings and royal families! We think not. It establishes a bad precedent, not only in Germany, but for the world. People have a right to their property and it should be protected. If the property was confiscated, it would be like all other property that is secured without labor and effort, and it soon would be wasted, with no material benefits to any one. Of course there are alwavs the few who can see where they" can find some easy pickings in taking that which does not belong to them, but the man of sound reasoning does not endeavor to secure illgotten gain. Once confiscation of property is started, it is no telling where it will stop, and no man would be secure in his rights and holdings. We are against confiscation upon general principles. The St. Louis says that the Democratic party is an excellent brake on the Republican party. Every- time the Republicans quarrel, the Democrats win. When the G. O. P. doesnt quarrel, the party is pretty safe. Globe-Democr- at - The preacher who said that the sooner the drinking clas was killed off by the poisoned booze the sooner the country would become dry, might also add that the sooner the jaywalker and pedestrian that dared cross the streets were killed off the sooner will automobiling become safe. The heathen have another name for that kind of Christianity. j RISING COSTS People are beginning to wonder if Jack Dempsey has joined the League of Nations, because he does not fight any more. A study of the cost of living in 32 representative cities of the United States, under the auspices of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, indicates that taxation has increased faster than any other element entering into the cost of r . i - . One of the reasons why Americans are not liked in Mexico is that when they attend the bull fights, the American generally d fight with the torador. applauds the bull in its r - . . living.. Oh January 1st of this year, the cost of living .in these cities was 78 per cent over the 1913 level, while the cost of government;-aexpressed in taxation, has risen 200 per cent. Federal taxation which was' $0.92 per capita in "1 913, has Arisen to" $2f; state taxation; from $3.18 to $8.50, and local taxation, from $12.03 to $35. . - . one-side- s Experts are still busy at work trying to find a well balanced human diet. .But the average, fellow will continue to worry as to how-t- earn the funds with which to purchase the high priced food'as qreseribed. 5:i ' ' j i . |