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Show GOOD GOVERNMENT IN THE HANDS OF THE VOTERS You are a stockholder in the greatest great-est corporation in the world the Gov eminent of the United States. The officers arc the president, the vice president and the members of th cabinet; the board of directors are the senate and the house or representatives. repre-sentatives. The value of the stock is the price you put on your citizenship and the dividends as good government, which means good times, prosperity and plenty of work for all. In 1920, 27,000,000 stockholders stayed away from the polls; 26,000,-000, 26,000,-000, fewer than 50 per cent, determined deter-mined the course of our government during the past four years. If you are one of those who failed to perform his duty as a stockholder, and the officers and directors have failed to live up to your ideals of good government, then you are partially part-ially responsible. r No political machine ever devised can stand up against the united voters vot-ers of this country and enforce its will against the will of the majority The business of good government is entirely in the hands of the stockholders, stock-holders, the 55,000,000 men and women wom-en of voting age in this country. If they can get it by the simple process of going to the polls and casting their votes for the men who will give them good government. ''But you say, "I have no choice Snd must vote for candidates already selected wheather they are suitable or not." The answer is that the political powers-that-be are powerless before the will of the majority. If every voter took the same interest in the government that he does in his own business, then the United States, Inc. could declare a 100 per cent dividend every yearv Political moonshiners, grafting of ficials and all the rest of the horde of privilege seekers who infest our . national capital would fade away be- fore the storm of public opinion,! and this country would become in truth a " government of the people, ! by the people, for the people" which, ' please God, "shall not perish from the earth." In a recent burglary trial the jury was composed of twelve women. It was the first time in this section that a criminal case was entirely in the hands of the fair sex. But the defense in this hearing was an alibi and what girls don't know about men's alibis . is hardly worth listening to. Los Angeles An-geles Times. j The Geneva conference has prohibited prohi-bited the use of becteria and poison gas in war. Now if it will pst prohibit prohi-bit the-use of guns, cannon, air plane, battleships and submarines our next great conflict bay be conducted in a Order your butter wrappers at tho News Office. . Quick Service. |