Putnam patriot., 1916-06-16
EdiiOrially Speaking
Ihs Absss q PEbI. PrIll.ga

egTlZens conceive and carry 8htN E8arG plans and sshrnnes tasi one 38y of su. other fend 90 beneas ibe eiEy ss 2 whole Tbeg provide privileges tbaI tssd ls enhance 58 some ssF iae good sad 4egfafe ef tae efHzens- Ii 4z ss strange as # 1s tI8e thaf aasa pes pfisIfsze is thes provided some f#fs9n or pefs5us VII invariably a53se its ei- tber through intent iaadFsraanee of ignorance.
 One of ttse most recent of such innc satioas Is tae pis sei8z af fefase cans if1 ssao8s pafts of gaa bss.aess sseti9a of fhe eity bg tbe Junior eBsstesqua 50 ciety. These cans ere intended fsf fe. espiactes where peap.e walking along ihe street may lat93 papezzs papet bags. or Shste,ef refuse mas come Co hand. instead of continuing the hasit of casting waste material iBt0 tbe street making an ansigatly Utter It seems almost incredible that aoy per son would assume thas tfeae cans were t0 be used as gafgaze cans for the deposit 0f waste MBttef accumulated I1 stores or basiness places ~aefe such matter aecufDuistes In quantity. But ssmpIsEnt ts this effect Was made 10 the police fore fhs cans had been in position week
 eapiffn Of Poiiss Jossph Ryan has b6en oB8ged b put the can on using theae cans for canning vegetables df- eaged fruit. et oetefs. He hss gently sna firmly closed The lid, % to speak, and intends to keep il down tight. Hereafter Rnyone 1ishing to esn such matter Tn quantity nllI have Q buy bss own can of take it t1 the cannery The ediet has gone forth that from nss on when one uses shat he can be can | can what he can't use iu a can which tae Captain says can't ts 50 used and when the pefsou aforesaid can't pse what he can [ can in public can, and saH desifes t8 can il, b. must either bas csn ss aforesaid, stop canning or take the chance of getting canned.
 Of eoafse f one is walking along the street on circus day, Of any day for that matter, enjoying Hule picnic Of his onat just Dis family along, he HHd hIs ehiIdfen and his wife and bis mo theain-1aw, u is 10 | ~ peefed that they may throw orange skins, banana skins, apple pairing 0f prunes into ihe cans, for that Is one Of the things ihe cans are intended for. - other words lhe cans are for fetail purposes only and not to be used generally as city dump.
 But after all isn't il teitef not 10 have your little pienlcs on Main street for Il you do put the outer garments Of your fruit in the cans it will attract flies and just at present files are about as popular as iasi week rainy weath. CT. Everybody is talking about them ia lhe most sinnderous terms.
 If the cans are full of flies and the Captain puts thc lid on of course there =:e =a many .sss illes flying about bae- tsfia ladeued IHts would be an add cd feature fuF tbe eans fl 1t were mot that they me permanent fixtures and for continued use How may he cHns be empiIed without Hbefaiing tine iiies snd getting a- unpopular Nlih the baldheaaed eaa and the swat the Ely -eelels2 itis ont of those ptfpieNing cigic problems that are continual y arising.
 ii you must have your little pienies on Muin street we suggest you have fa- cuufse To the peanut and pop corn man. You may put your peanut shells in your pocket iHnd when you meet . can raise the top and dump them In, science tells Us that flies don't care for peanut shells. Of course there will {, nothing left from the popcorn. The peanut bag and the popcorn bag may easily be disposed of. After you iel your lchildren fight II out they, ths bags, may be given lo the victor Al ter said victor has properly blown rT said bags and exploded them to the de light Of the other kiddies and to th' alarm Of the liltle old lady that hap pens around the corner, they may ,witt -. propriety and safety, be tossed into th' can with shells.
 We admit Of course there are othe things one may put in the cans tha won't draw files, such as old shoes plugged iniekles and gfouches. M happened to think of peanuts and pop corn while speaking of pienies. 1 does seem that every new innovation conceived and carried into effect fo lhe benefit of an unsuspecting publi carries with il it's problem. However these new innovations We have foster ed on us always seem 10 adjust them selves. Just as the Harlem goat solved the problem of empty cans in that su burb some solution of our full can will be forthcoming no doubt Ihfougt the police some persons have alfead, learned one thing the cans afe not for Ne have attempted to enhghten th' public on one thing they ought mol t' te for and add another thing they ar' clearly fof Many more might be al ded under eDon and aDon U cap ton but il would only tend to stir nI controversy and overflow the column of our papeT. for what we think | cans are flor and are not for other, might think they are not for and for.