Abilene weekly reflector., 1917-08-30
THURSDAY, AUG. 80, 1917.

A railroad engineer SPENDS years
under the careful supervision of ex-
perts, before being entrusted with the
care and running OF an engine. The
motorman of a street car must be
thoroly tried out under the instrue-
tion of competent men, before he is
allowed to take charge Of car But
a man buys an automobile, the sales
man shows him how to start it, and
how to stop it, and away he goes and
then people wonder why there are SO
many accidents
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If half the gossips say be true, the
big packing interests are out Tor
some food control OF their own. They
20 into matters so thoroly these
packers They raise the beef, then
they raise the price. They can the
corn, then they corner the cans Now,
report has It, they are out to corner
the tomato crop of the Pacific coast.
They'll can these; then they'll corner
the consumers money and can that.
Thus the matter has been going on
for some decades a canning process
which has become a very great in
dustry in tbs country.
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Kansas City star; An lowan has
invented a scareerow which emits
loud bellows at irregular intervals. I'll
would appear that Iowa is way back
in the procession. Some states like
Missouri, Wisconsin, North Dakota,
Oklahoma and Mississippi have them
in the senate already
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Theodore Roosevelt will be an Old
Glory Week visitor in Kansas City
He will make one speech, Monday,
September "a in the big amphithe-
atre at Electric Park, which will seat
twenty thousand persons, And it will
be some glorious reception he will
get, too.
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What was the idea of Congressman
Helverings S announcement that he
would enter the training camp, fol-
lowed in week by stating that he
would hang onto his job? He knew
last week as well as he does now what
he would do. OF course, he is not I
needed in congress except to hold
down the Democratic majority The
fact is that he has been out OF con
gress in Kansas most of the summer
when congress was handling its big
gest problems 1t was good adver
tising of course but will his later
action be as valuable? Politics is
queer eritter.
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Every speech that is made these
days by the president and the mem
hers of his cabinet is testimonial
10 the foresight of those men, who,
with Colonel Roosevelt asserted
when the Lusitania was sunk in May,
1915 that the United States should
and must enter the war war against
Germany. Leavenworth Times.
Likewise commentary on the con
eressmen who sent letters over their
districts two years ago saying they
We're against preparedness in order
10 get the pacifist vote at election.
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The senate in its eagerness TO tax
something that could not escape has
decided to let the manufacturers of
automobiles go free and pass the tax
along to the owners. There is no
more reason why automobiles should
be taxed than rocking chairs or straw
hats. The original tax levied on the
manufacturers resulted in a gathering
CT the car magnates at Washington
and evidently they have been success
ful in getting from under so far as
the senate is concerned. Maybe the !
house will not agree-it certainly will
not il the motor car owners tell the
members what they think Of the tax {
Let the millionaire incomes that have
been piled up out of war profits pay
their share of the taxes first.
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Two-thirds of the sum is represent t
"a by advances to the allies. The /
United States has been spending an Il
average Of sS,OSS 652 daily. The +
allies have been receiving an average h
iaily allowance Of 6,375.OO0. in d
fluding cash already paid and the h
lew Russian credit which will be a
laid shortly. The total daily expen- a
liture during August thus reaches GO
Since war was declar-
d. 40 days, the treasury has paid
nut a total Of s2.3ST,490.066, of r,
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