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Show Infant Industry Throttled Not content to see his town overshadowed over-shadowed by a commercial rival, a citizen ct Hinckley bethought himself him-self to add an industry in that town's enterprises. A nice coaloil stove, a big boiler, condensing still, fifty gallons gal-lons of sour mash, a barrel, six dozens doz-ens hotties why, such an investment is trifling in comparison to a team 1400 strong, a double disc plow, a binder, a rake, stock in athrefter outfit o, well, why list 'em in detail? de-tail? You all know that farming takes a pile of outlay, and brings in small rtturns. The other beats it all to smt.sh. Smash really is two word the "s" stands for "sour" and then you nave it. And the outlay to realize on it is so much less than farming. But along came a nipping frost; hopes wtre dashed coldly to earth, somebody's always taking the .icy outta life. Handcuffs were substituted substi-tuted for funnels, and the judge said "fifty bucks." Another infant industry squashed. The iron heel of the law squelches what private Initiative conceives. (But. so that others may not think that they can get off so easily as with a paltry fifty bucks, extenuating circumstances of a wife, young children, deep contrition, biting remorse, re-morse, and a promise of a reformation reforma-tion that will start farming when the fifty is worked out unless you have those to plead for you keep out of the business. It'll prove too costly. cost-ly. We have tho word of the Judge first hand.) |