Show 4 1 11 I I J I J J rH I I I I I I H I I 1 1 x t i Jo I Jot t Dads Dad's I Column I I I I I I 1 1 HILLTOP UPON TIllS windswept hill I watch the clouds Float slowly by on passage pass ge toward the sea flea Great galleons of cl the sky their sails full Zuil set S In mighty might pageantry Across cross their path a flash iash of silver sUver gleams A winged bright messenger is flying through But Dut BU swifter s than the plane or wind wind- borne clouds My Mr thoughts reach out to you rou Gwen Castle O O O I lL PRICES A LARGE grocery chain recently made madea a 8 simple and sensible statement on food prices at retail It observed that sub sub- substantial reductions are impossible until costs to the retailer are cut And Ancl It pointed out that If 1 Its system were to operate without any profit whatsoever this would amount to a a. saving of 0 less than four cents a day on the entire food till bill of the average American family I What is true of food is i true of almost all other commodities In general re retail re- re retail tail tall profits and operating expense are areas as low as conditions permit Competition the mst m t Inexorable of all forces competitIon is tak tak- taking takIng takIng ing care of the operator whose profits are excessive That is why such schemes as the Newburyport the ten board price cuts died suddenly Once stocks were sold stores were unable to replenish them at prices which would make snake continuance of the cuts possible They had to return to retail prices I which would allow some profit pronto The cure for inflation is 15 not riot easy It I has many phases phases increased Increased worker pro pro- productivity lt better and cheaper methods of production on farm and in factory an honest effort by all workers and pro pro- prof producers I I f to do the best and most lost efficient Job possible and finally sound and conservative con con- e government go fiscal policy is essential to control of Inflation Alt All Allor of ofus us us from the president of the country down down own to the day laborer will wUl have to do his part if it prices are to be controlled and eventually e reduced r O 0 O 0 O o. TilE THE FARMER FEEDS THEM TIIE ALL EASTERN CONGRESSMEN who are slashing away at the budget setup for Bureau of Reclamation projects in the thet I t West should read the following and put away aV ay their red pencils I The politician talks and talks the actor plays plays' his part The soldier glitters gUtters on parade the gold gold- goldsmith goldsmith I smith his art his oer o'er ter ter- terE The scientist pursues germ E k retinal ball t The tailor sailor navigates his ship but the thet t farmer feeds them all The preacher pounds the pulpit desk the broker reads the tape I The tailor cuts and sews his cloth to fit fita I a the human shape I The dame of fashion dressed In silk sUk I goes forth to dine or call j I Or drive or dance or promenade but the farmer feeds them all i I The workman wields his shiny tools the merchant shows his wares I The aeronaut above the clouds a dizzy Journey Journer dares I But art and science soon would fade and commerce dead would fall If Ii l the farmer ceased to reap and sow for the farmer feeds them all Representative Hampton P. P Fulmer of South Carolina in the Congressional Congressional Congressional Record of February 25 1925 ONE SE EVERY THREE MINUTES II UTES I. I IP IF YOU think youre you're free from the thep p I chances of dying of cancer listen to this One American dies of cancer every three minutes Of the Ameri Amen Americans cans an now living eventually will wm die of ol It This means that one of every eight Americans living now will die of cancer About Americans will willdie willdie die this year rear unless the people do some some- something something thing about it it These figures come from the American Cancer C Society which Is Isnow isnow now actively engaged In the fight to con con- conquer conquer conquer quer this dread disease O 0 O O 0 THOUGHTS ONE OP OF the real tragedies of life Is 15 Continued on Page Four Dads Dad's Column W Continued from Page Pago One to be found In the number of ot years spent J before the value alue of time Is even sus sus- petted t WHEN WHEN vUEN PEOPLE go to summer hotels t for a change and rest the bellboys get R the he change and the hotels get the rest SOME PEOPLE grow under responsibility while others only swell NOWADAYS THE rising generation re retires re- re retires retires tires when the retiring generation rises SOME PEOPLE Itch for what they want when they should be scratching for r It NOWADAYS THE earth revolves on Its taxes THE REASON there are so few women lawyers Is because because- women prefer to lay down the law rather than take It up SOME so m WIVES leave their husbands and take everything others take every every- everything everything everything thing and dont don't leave MANY A man who prides himself on being level headed doesn't know how low the level Is FOR MOST of us us life Is what we make It It but for the pedestrian Its It's If It he makes It LIFE MUST be th be worth living The cost has doubled and we still hang on O O O OTHE TilE THE DIFFERENCE THE year 80 old man who was as I unconscious of his age as a year old came In the house one day wet and muddy from the knees down I 1 wanted J to cross the creek to see about the cow he explained I 1 used to Jump It clear and easy but now every dang Bang time I try I 1 land In the middle Guess I Just aint noticed It getting wider r 00 00 00 MOTHER THAT dentist wasn't pain paIn- painless paInless painless less like It says on his sign Why did he hurt you No but he hollered Just like any other dentist when I 1 bit him o 4 o 4 o 4 CLOSE RANGE YOU YOt SAY this this' woman shot her hus hUs- husband hUsband husband band with this i. i pistol and at close range asked the coroner of the eye eye- eyewitness eyewitness eyewitness witness to the tragedy Y If Are Aro there powder marks on his body Dasa why she shot him |