Show BUT WELL NEVER LEARN THE LESSON it took the alia depression to make people understand that it Is ia possible tor for government expanses to acorne so high that taxing the veople people to ale mat it them becomes an oppress lye ave burden upon the entire public so long as nearly everybody was making a good doai doa I 1 of money public expenses wore nob odys busA nass of course the people took an academic interest in uie the subject and perhaps growled a tit every time they lidd to march up to the office and give up a good deal of money hut but atter all aliey abey had bad the money to give up nud and so they forgat the whole matter tn in a few days and tailed failed to remember it again until next tox tax paying time but whan ita xela became due ande and several everal million people did not know which way to turn to obtain the money to pay their shwe ot of expenses they bega to wonder it alter after all they had not been making a a mistake all these in permitting government coste cost i to mount year alter after year but now a that they have discovered that there la Is no doubt about their having b been negligent they d do not know to do about it except to demand lower taxes to meet expenses that tor for the most moat part are definitely tired and cannot be lowered lowler ed except by special legislation but tills this attitude Is merely a reflection of 0 the average man enl and hla his faint lys attitude toward their personal affairs during boom times they did not reflect that the me family income night be reduced they always had been able to meet their installments eventually rat on so they proceeded to buy anything ltv the installment plan that happened to please their fancy for F or transportation purposes a fidgety four might meet their needs quite well but since the joneses next door had iro an opulent eight inget they also bought an opulent light eight 0 bood oo 00 d times were going to U laet st forever and it if anybody ventured even to pipe a squeak of doubt about it lie he was promptly dubbed a killjoy knocker and a bum sport the lesson of this depression Is thit in times 0 of prosperity we should prepare for times tames ot of adversity but it if you think anybody will learn that lesson you ou do not know what you are talking about almost nobody eyer ever has al 11 L although it lias has been taught many 3 times md and probably nobody over ever will vill E even ven though the weather man maa predicts rain ra who carries an umbrella it tile sun at tho the moment la Is nIng brightly ex |