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Show KICH COUNTY REAPER. p RANDOLPH HT4 H OOOOO THE WINDOW SEAT By W. D. JAIESON Washington, D. C., Nov. 3 To My Two Million And More Re aiders and Friends: It looks tonight, as I write bill the you, that the neutrality neutrality which says we dont care who licks Germany will be passed and the Congress will be home before I can write you again. There been a mighty upheaval words. NO WAR I want to tell every Mothers son and daughter of you I feel confident the neutrality bill will be passed, and that nothing will be permitted to drag us into the awful conflict. Lets quit talking and fears. thinking AMBITION REALIZED Its our ambition to stay out of war. I reckon were about as sure to realize it as Biggs. Alumnus: "Well, have any of your childish ambitions been realized, Biggs? Second Alumnus (Father of large family) : Yes, at least one. As i child my keen desire was to wear long trousers. I believe I wear them longer now than most anybody." HARRY WOODRING Secretary of War, is doing things, real things. I think of . two. First, hes doing one of the best jobs as Secretary of War that has ever been done in this country. These are terribly critical, exacting and expanding times in all our war matters. Hes holding a steady ana, an effective percent. hand, delivering 1 Second, he gave the best speech he ever mode last Friday night at the National Guard dinner in Baltimore. It was a pippin and Im glad it was broadcast all over. Kansas, you may well be proud of your Secretary. Youve made a splendid contribution to the United States. MOTHERS Get down on your knees and thank God for Secretary Woodring. Hes in charge of our army forces, you know, and his head is set to keep your boys out of war. Listen to these two sentences from his remarkable speech, the first from the beginning, and the SHIPMENTS WAITING HELP TO FARMERS Earl May runs the great KM A radio station at Shenandoah, Iowa, which, is known all over the Middle West. In a letter this week he says: I feel that the Agricultural De- -' partment has done a good job. I dont know what the farmers would have done in the Central West if it g wasnt for the program, selling their com at a very high rate, and paying them for soil conservation practices. Corn-Ho- CHARITY. GIFTS Earl, these were gifts from the government. Really charity gifts. Com was sealed at 58c, wasnt it? A lot of your people who had to sell got in the 30s for theirs, didnt they? How much better off your farmers would have been, Earl. . if the Government had seen to it that they were paid for their corn on the same basis of costs as the corporations who sell them their farm machinery. This would have given them about $1 for. com, 14c for hogs, same level for wheat, cotton, etc. This is their RIGHT. Earl, I should think youd be whooping it up so furious for for farmers on your radio station that all the great Middle West would be red hot for it. Good times then, Earl, for aU of us. THEY DONT WANT OUF. BOYS I betcha if England and France were asked if they heed our boys over there now (except for the fact they want us to get in,) theyd say "No. Our food stuffs and our war terials are what they want ' ma- , at ray stomach that we are in this awful business of making and selling these fearful machines for slaughtering poor young men mav-b- e women and children into their next stage of eternity. They havent done anything to us, and I like every one of 'em. But, sick or no sick, were up against the gun. We must sell em. If we could line Hitler and a few it his mad advisers of destruction up against the wall and bump them oft, I might be .willing to consent to this if somebodv else wou1 1 do !t when Im not looking. Pro dded they have time to repent and make their peace. (Wbat if they believe theyre right?) ALL A DIRTY MESS This whole war thing is a te rible mess, and smells to high heaven. Tt makes you think of the Englishman who was eating a fish cake for the first time. He took a bite, stopped in his tracks, then called h:s waiter over. "I say. old chap, something has died in my biscuit. TAKING A GAMBLE? Our airplane factories have gone ahead making up big orders and France, despite the embn-g- o on them when war was declared. Was it much of a gamble? I dont think it was because (1) they could have felt pretty sure the embargo would be lifted, and (2) they could sell their planes to the U. S. or to our South American neighbors, who are buying many of them these days. Looks like the airplane business is about the best one in sight for this season. BUT IT TAKES WORK You pick up the WS and read it in a few minutes. Not much to that. But you. just write one! Same way with the federal tax law. You dont think much about whats behind your paying a tax on if of cigarets you think about it all all and when you pay your income tax about all you think of is how much you have to my and how much trouble it is to make it out. But back of it are hundreds cf years of human experience in an effort to find the fairest kind of taxes, and months of hard work on. the part of a little bunch of Congressmen and some other officials, on the very law we now have. You and I cant have any idea how much digging and conferring and pulling and hauling it all means. Thankless job, too. your-packa- ge JEBE COOPER KNOWS Hes the able and aff-ab- le ' Con- gressman from Dyersville, Tenn. You can just bet he knows. Have no Idea where he gets that "Jere stuff. We all call him plain, Jerry, and it seems to fit. Hes not the kind to dodge a good name like Jerry. The girl in the grades was called "Mary, in high school it was May, in college it was Mae and she was now a blonde soon It was "Ma. But Jere is just as fine and splendid a' Congressman as any could be, and Tennessee Jerry and his Eighth District may well be proud of him. Hes one of the most useful members of the whole Contow-head- ed gress. EXPER- TJere is serving need. TAX These are the things we want to sell, and I dont see any sense in his sixth term Ever since he came hes been on the house committee that works out the tax bill, and is at the head of the that looks the situ a- - out. They covered 12 states, 46 cities. And what they discovered was amazing even to us. As a result, it is our belief that 8 out of 10 men who actually sample Old Quaker, keep on buying it indicating that quality is the reason these men changed. Facts like these are big whiskey news for you. With Old Quaker not? 4 years old and finer than ever see if it can give you new ideas on whiskey. Buy a bottle today. How Do We Know ? Why were men changing? Was value the important thing? Or was it Old Quakers rich flavor? We sent investigators to find The Old Quaker Inspector behind every bottle is your Assurance of Quality in Famous Old Quaker Whiskey. Hffiffl) IT MAKES ME SICK and not selling em. WAP. BUSINESS One part of the entire neutrality Here are brand new whiskey facts that your own eyes can verify. Shrewd men who for years have been using other fine whiskies, have switched to Old Quaker. They like its taste, yes. But thats not all. Old Quaker gives them an entirely new idea of whiskey quality. estimated a . hundred million dollars worth of airplanes about 700 are already maefe up or are well under way, ready to be hustled off over to England and France as soon as the law permits shipment. These are .from New York, Baltimore and California factories. Its claimed England and France . are all ready to order 5,0C0 or 6,000 ($600,000,000,) ' more planes right away and Ive been told about other big orders for tools to kill. I want to help England and France all we possibly can short of war, but if I had my way not one cent of profit would be made from this bloody trade. . ' Survey Shows Them Switching to Old Quaker Now 4 Years Old on Quality . . . Realizing that When it Comes to Whiskey Judgment , Taste is Tops Its - other the very last. The first: There is no man in public life today who is more determined than your Secretary of War that your sons and my sons shall not march forth to war! The last: Every man and every dollar, necessary for the defense of America, but not one, man, not one dollar to fight the wars of other nations! This ought to be enough to change every whine, "We cant stay out, into one loud hurrah, We wont go in! Great speech, and the best American sentiment. Discover Real Value of Whiskey Taste and Richness the trimmings. Business people have we havent heard them say much about is the increased business a lot of our factories will get as the is lifted, if the embargo President wants done. But its there, just the same. And my guess is you and I have done some thinking about it. Were not keeping our heads so full of fine ideals that we entirely overlook profits. Think so? I dont. set-u- p BIG 46 Cities Men in 12Stales, STRAIGHT WHISKEY HOW THIS WHISKEY IS 4 tion square in the face and reports to the whole committee. For a couple of weeks before the other session adjourned, his subcommittee had meetings. They requested Secretary Morgenthau, of the Treasury, and the Joint Committee on Taxation, to go into the whole tax question, and report. Maybe therell be a complete new general revision bill. This Joint Committee and the Treasury have been making intensive study, with hearings and all appeared, with their complaints and suggestions. This work is about ovei NEW TAX BILL COMING Now Jcres group will settle down in earnest. They will go over what seems like ten million items and angles, to be as fair to everybody as they can be and yet raise the money. Will be at it constantly until January. Tbev have to watch every word e of escape. The smartfor a est tax lawyers in the world are hired by big business people to find ways, legal ways ,to get out of paying more than they have to. In 1934 Jere and his group stopped such leaky places to the tune of 260 millions a year into your Uncle Sams jeans. The folks hit the hardest by federal taxes are the very rich and the very poor. The folks with salaries from $2,500 to $25,000 get off the easiest. If youre lazy or don't like a figet, be glad youre not in Jere Cooper place. Tennessee, why not elect Jere Senator? loop-hol- s PUTTING US ON OUB FEET I hope the new tax bill, with our nnwnacn1 Vilicinnoa will Hilt IIS HIPO- ly on our feet. Jim: Yep, my bankers put me on my feet again. Bill: "Did he renew your loan?" Jim: Nope, Foreclosed on my car. THANKSGIVING ,23S has proclaimed The President Thursday, Nov. 23, as the day. You remember he pushed it ahead a . week. 23 Governors proclaimed the same day for their States, following the President. 23 Governors have put their finger on the old time, the 30th, the last Thursday. Hope its no Thanksgiving "skid-do. jg By CHARLES B. ROTH OF WHAT CAN A OBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, a gentle and a good man, asked, in dedicating one of his books to a friend, a question which has but one answer. He asked: Of what can a man be proud if not of his friends? Friendship is the finest thing in human experience, but it is not confined to the narrow limits of one person to another person. There are friendships of different kinds. For example, there are the friendships of business, and they are surely the finest part of business. Just as a man values his personal friends above almost everything else in life, so does a business value its business friendships. The way a business wins friends is the same way that an individual wins them: by deserving them. First the business must give its friends value for their money. Second it must keep its word. Third it must not neglect them, else they will leave. "Friendship, said wise and candid old Doctor Samuel Johnson, must be kept in repair. Merchants and manufacturers, realizing this, keep their friendships MAN BE PROUD? in repair by going out of the way to give value and service and also by proclaiming their regard for their friends on frequent occasions. The form of these proclamations is advertising, which appears in the newspaper and tells of the values being offered, of the service available and of reasons why you can become and remain their customers to your profit and satisfaction. Business men who advertise realize that friendship is a pleasure and that it is also a responsibility. Whenever a business man advertises it is a sign that he is seeking the friendship of persons and that he is willing to assume the responsibility of being a good friend. His advertising is a warranty that he will do his best to be worthy of his friends confidence by providing the best and the most economical goods. You cant keep friends if you cheat or overcharge. His advertising is a proof that he values their friendship and intends to be worthy of it. You cant keep friends unless you are willing to live up to your highest ideals, not only for the present, but also for the future. The advertising in the newspaper is much more than so many commercial announcements. It is an overture toward friendship by a man or a product which means to be worthy of your friendship. Charles than a mile from my law office, we say it just could not be done. But he did it! He won fame by his foolish stunt. Then he married riches, Fame and riches were too much for his head, and- it swelled. B. Roth. MICKIE SAYS VVUU,TOLK$,meV 1$ A $ORTA - -- ncKU$H. . " ' A$$IGNMEOT YHAT$ Then he sought to radio America He what to do about neutrality. knew nothing about it. He wabbled on both sides and finally landed in the middle. And how the mighty Lindbergh has fallen ! He should have stuck to flying. t:a' Subject o topay'S Sermon it's Som'piu 'At Some of you$e Should be $ewdin' to if you '$pect . 'esjeA THI$ NEWSPAPER. TO jno pus qSjaqpun uossei lew) o. Two States have both days. As for me and my household, we go along with these two States. On both days I shout thanksgiving that we have a great big ocean on each side of this county of ours, and for uncountable other blessings. WE MUST "WATCH OUB STEP Its mighty hard for you and me to profit by the experiences of others. What a great world this would be if wed only do this. Maybe. Guess we must have our own. And we do well to r by them. . Im thinking of Lindbergh. I want every boy and girl who reads this and everybody else to profit by fit Mother and Son in Romeo At least once in stage history the roles of Romeo and Juliet,- the immortal lovers of Verona, were played by mother and son. The Lewis Hallam Jr. played opposite his mother, Mrs. Douglas, in a Philadelphia theater in the au- tumn of Loggers Have Nicknames The Oregon logger, whose talent for description is shown in every word of his "long-lo- g jargon, has coined several names for himself. To another logger he is a a timberbeast, brush-ca- t woods savage, jungle-buzzar- : I Corinthians 10:12: "Let him that' thinketh he standeth take heed let he fall. If .Lindbergh had only done this! He had thrilled the world by his lone ocean flight. As you an I loon at that tiny plane, hanging less d, d, or his recent foolish acts. He should have studied, over and ove-- 1759. lumber-jac- k. Pop Statistics Epithet Hurler Protected No matter what name a man is called, he is not legally justified in striking the name caller, according to a ruling by Municipal Judge Cedil C. Curry of Miami, Fla. He sentenced an offender to a day in jail. !t Americans are now drinking 00 bottles of carbonated beverages daily, according to a large manufacturer. This is equal to 5,475,000,000 bottles a year, or 42 bottles for each man, woman and qhild in the country. |