Show HUMAN TREES how like the trees we mortals be the storms of life rip thru disturbing our peaceful calm some it breaks some it forces to drive their roots firmer in the soil of truth sonic some it bends to the ground sonic some of 0 these refuse to be beaten though crushed to earth they reach for the sun As they reach and struggle they straighten when once they know their strength and the strength of tile the powers of the universe which come to everything eve which reaches expectantly then it is that they know 1 angly laugh at the troubles of life how beautiful that nature pro I 1 vides recuperative powers for those who laughingly reach for or the sun maev are bent but comparatively few are broken how beautiful Is lits life from marshfield oregon comes the astonishing press dispatch that two dairymen were fined not for selling impure milk but for the high crime of selling milk that was too rich too pure just as it came from a good cow I 1 ouli could hardly believe my illy eyes eves there was no false labeling no adulteration te the crime seemed to be that they failed to water their milk sufficiently to bring the butter fat down to the legal requirements for the grade of milk sold the court handling the case gave tle tile offenders a suspended sentence and placed them on carcle pai cle for a year and this happened in the land of the free men alen hailed into court and sentenced for serving saving their customers too well the other day iri in a country grocery store on the oregon coast some travelers were getting soft drinks one asked the lady proprietress if slie she make him a sandwich she motioned to one side and said that the law lam prohibited her from sell self ing sandwiches unless she took out another license she pointed to the wall of the store which was covered with licenses federal and state which were required for the sale of different products I 1 db but ut she said there is no law that prevents me from giving you a ii sandwich which she did I 1 what a picture A free country blittle a little country store a hungry man i and the law prohibits him from buying a sandwich if the people do not reshape their own destiny it will be reshaped tor for them by other people A crisis is near and there is need as perhaps i never before that each man inform himself think seriously to reach sound conclusions and join with lothers i others in ways to put the power of organized effort behind policies and plans to remove the causes of present difficulties the humblest man in this way can make chis influence count for good 1 by direction of ct the president the treasur treasury Y is to make a stud v of the complete tux tax structure and recommend changes where taxes takes are arc found overlapping or an actual detriment to business recovery such a survey might be of great value it is long overdue i i one out of every lour four people are I 1 now on the government pay rolls and the above threll ao ae ea e tr candidates I 1 I 1 experts tell us that gas will decide th the future wars wais they have hava probably noticed that it already derides many political battles most of the cat goes around about cai capital ital and lab labor r ii fron people who have had no do eap exp aleice with either it is a weak argument that needs strong words to bolster it up reform not recovery |