Show b y W R I 1 G HT A P A I 1 T E R S 0 N manufacturers SURVEY ON SPENDING THE NATIONAL association OF 01 MANU manufacturers wanted to know whether or not the taxpayers money was being wasted in rural communities by either local state or federal al governments to find out the association went direct to the surest source of accurate information the editors of americas home town newspapers replies were received from country newspaper editors of that number per cent reported needless spending by their local governments per cent said their state governments w were ere wasting the taxpayers money in needless spending and per cerit cent said that so far as their communities muni ties were concerned the federal government was throwing money to the winds A considerable considerably part of the editors did not content with mere general statements of waste offered definite figures for example said local governments govern menti in their communities could save a total of an average of tor for the communities As to state savings editors representing 17 47 states said a saving totaling in state spending could easily be made As to federal savings editors gave figures for savings in their communities totaling an average of per community in response to the question what broad activities of government 1 might now be reasonably curtailed 05 3 per cent said cut out WF A and i azef relief 38 2 per cent were for stop ping AAA and farm aid per cent believed national youth adain admin could be dispensed with and 28 per cent would close the camps it Is a safe bet that secretary would welcome those country editors as members ot of congress their presence to in washington would insure the reduction in civilian expenditures tor for which he is asking it Is also a safe bet that those these country editors know what they are talking about no one ol of them would hesitate about war expenditures tures but each would surely cut out the non essentials at this time s PRICE CEILINGS IN A WESTERN STATE a straw vote was taken among workmen on the question ot of a ceiling for commodity prices tor for rents and for wages quite naturally it showed a big majority practically IDO per cent for or a ceiling on commodity prices and rents and about the same percentage against a ceiling on wages we are all more or less selfish most of us are willing and anxious to take but we are short on giving the worker wants more wages wage and lower living costs the farmer r wants to sell tor for more and buy for less ess the manufacturer wants higher prices tor for what he be produces and lower wages tor for Ws his employees but it does not work if we would take we must also give or the system falls ails to prevent inflation we should have a ceiling on commodity prices and rents and also on wages LUMBER manufacturer WHO IS 18 BIG GAME HUNTER IN THE BUSINESS and financial world he be is I 1 ar mr J C nichols Nic bols I 1 lumber um manufacturer in a big way to his cronies of which there are many and world wide he Is kid nichols a name he be acquired as chiam plon pion wrestler of 0 the northwest lumber camps when he was ayoung a young lumberjack while kids vocation is that ol of a lumber manufacturer his avocation is big game hunting bunting from the s shores res of 0 the arctic ocean to the jungles of C central america he has successfully punted hunted all known types of wild animals found in north america and from africa be has brought back specimens of some 40 different species ples when you go into his chicago offices you deposit your umbrella in the foot of in an ele elephant pliant one of the largest ever killed in africa you hang houi your hat bat on a rhinoceros horn hom you wilk walk on layers of bear lion zebra cougar and other skins his office and his home are veritable natural history museums kids patron saint is buffalo bill cody he built furnished and maintains the cody museum at cody wyo and owns a large cattle ranch nearby maintained especially as a place in which to entertain his bis friends each year he be stages a buffalo bill birthday party in chicago at which buffalo steaks are provided for or the cf or more guests kid nichols can tell you when he be will manyan many an entertaining adventure yarn he prefers that to manufacturing manufacturing lumber WEATHER NEWS WE NEVER appreciated the weather man many of us preferred to ake take our weather forecasts from the patent medicine almanac but bilt now those of us who are living or on or near the coasts are re really ally missing those dally daily weather prognostications which the military authorities claim would be of benefit to the enemy even though we may have thought they were valueless in the newspapers or on the radio they were of more interest than we had realized |