Show H I 1 bad s t column I 1 SAYS THE christian science monitor T the he new deal should be a square deal not for politically favored groups but for or ev every ery c citizen a a B THE L D S april conference last sunday closed in a blaze of glory and enthusiasm president heber J grant declaring that evidences of spiritual reawakening was S shown h own in the character of ell 11 the t three days sessions a a THE SILVER bloc in congress continue I 1 ts its determined fight tor for proper r recognition of the unite metal with president Roosevel ts sentiments regarding the metal still in doubt vi X THE ALLEGED shortage in the recounts accounts of the secretary of state Is still being juggled around and talked about a at t the state capitol but very little progress 9 ress being made in clearing the matter up politics thy name Is procrastination where high officials get caught napping sas K ai 16 THAT GREAT educator pro german and red plot agitator dr wirt was bluntly told the past week by the investigating vesti gating committee to turn in his expense account and go home his crazy yarn yam about a revolutionary plot being hatched by the brain trust being simply rot baa s A THEODORE ROOSEVELT son of the imm immortal 0 artal and ever beloved teddy biddy Iid dy publicly announced the past week that he Is ready to take his shirt off to capture a republican control ot of c congress in the coming tall fall elections his privilege ot of course but its dollars to doughnuts he will put it back on convinced that the roosevelt now in the presidential chair Is still in the saddle and his opponents in a dreadfully and deservedly small minority illinois the past week was the arst state to demonstrate the almost certainty ot of another democratic sweep next Noi november ember tt afi fi 16 SAYS THE industrial indu atrial review easter easier has come and gorie gone again instead ot of peace on earth and good will toward all there is unrest class hatred and actual rev revolution 0 lution in many parts of the world politics has become the biggest business it bids fair to consume savings and capital c pital of many countries taxation grows and the constant tear fear of wars drains the public treasuries to prepare tor for war with growing talk of factum communism and socialism as a a remedy for worldly troubles we as a nation should not lose sight of one outstanding tact fact namely that we the people of the united states are the government no other form of government ever gave such complete control to the people as does our own constitution in these days of unrest and discontent we should remember these facts we should appreciate the great government that we have we should get down on our knees and offer a prayer of thankfulness that our ancestors through trial and suffering created a constitutional form of government that gives each and every one of us the greatest liberty and equality of opportunity of any people in the world 9 B f if 11 L WILSON director of division of subsistence homesteads in the U S department part ment of the interior in a recent issue of liberty tells of the most signi fluent experiments in these changing times a new start in life awaits more than Ameil can families the government has begun to take them out of wretched coal mining camps and city slums and send them back to the land on homestead tracts averaging five acres for each far family rilly on which they can raise their own vegetables chickens etc end and given a chance to live rather than to merely exist the subsistence homesteader will do his farming when he working at some income producing job at tupelo meridian Merld Fan laurel hattiesburg Hatt lesburg and mccomb mississippi it has haa been decided to establish little ties of twenty five homesteads each where the occupants will have an opportunity to work in 1 a small m A 1 1 industries homesteaders wilf W be BO s 0 1 s selected e 1 ec led that there will be a variety of artlean and other skills represented thua th U s enabling them to exchange work in m many uny places fifty per cent of them will hn be white collar workers wor k kera ers WHEN WE were in laurel mississippi last month revisited we visited the site of I 1 one of these proposed colonies colon leo where a large force of workers were at work clearing a seft acro tract preparatory to the building of twenty five small modem homes five rooms on five to ten acres tor for tach each home these homes we were told would be modern in every detail electric lights water system etc streets laid out entire tract landscaped and beautified making it in every sense an attractive L colony plans were all completed material tor for the homes ordered and work intended to be rushed to completion during the coming summer months these homes will be sold at cash on longtime long time payments careful selections of the better class claes of artisans clerks etc for the purchase of these homes the contracts calling tor for government regulations and conditions that must bo be complied with for the improvement and general development of the colony within a limit or contracts to be forfeited |