The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-01-17
WASHINGTON NOTES
Plenty of Investigations"

respOndence)-T Agricultural ap-
preparation bill is essentially q bill Of
investigations" The measure now
pending in congress carries = total Of
about S25, 100000, of which over six
millions is devoted exclusively to
what are expressly termed "investi
cations" A portion of amounts ag-
gregating over S2,50O,OOO more is
also allotted to that subject. The
democrats have provided for the cI-
animation Of the prairie dog, the oy-
ster, maple syrup, the Mediterranean
fly, and other items of equal interest.
Many pleasant trips to various parts
Of the country and abroad are as
sured the employees of the Agricul
tural department if the bill becomes a
law in its present form, and it is vain
to hope that more than a sm2ll por-
tion of this great sum Of money will
be returned to the taxpayers in the
shape Of suggestions fer greater eff
ficiency on the farm and in the home.
Socialist Vote Declines
Tabulatiou Of the presidential vote
shows u decrcare in the socialist
vote since 1912 of more than sixteen
per cent. The leaders Of the party
had hoped % show n strength Of
more than q million; instead, they
cast only thrce-quarters that many.
Many socialists undoubtedly voted for
Wilson and for democratic. cRadidates
generally. The democratic. party has
shown a decided socialistic 'rerd in
the last few years. Most Of the so
cialistic measures which congress has
adopted or has seriously considered
have been OF democratic origin-and
government owlcrahip, which in
cardinal feature Of ell socialist plat
forms, has found it's warmest advo-
Gates among the highest members Of
the administration.
Lame Duck Left Out
II was sad blow to the defeated
democratic representative from the
Third Indiana District when the House
refused its consent to resolution
continuing the work Of The Joint com
mittcc investigating railroad matters,
Of which he is a member. The reso-
luton had been cunningly drawn so
as to continue his salary after the 4th
day Of March but its real purpose
was uncovered by leading republicans
who showed that it was primarily to
take care Of "lame duck"
Blab Ballads
On top Of a vane sat Prexy Woodrow
CHIPPING, "villa! Get Villai Get
Villal!!"
So we sent every soldier we had who
could go,
To get Villa, get Villa, get villa.
But Carranza has put our commission
to rout
And the boys who marched in have
been asked to march out
And still Prexy does not know what
he's about,
But nit Villa, nit villa, nit Villsl
WAS it Whiskcrs Carranza, oh,
Prexy" I cried
"Proved pretty tough worm in your
patent inside ?"
With a shake of his pedagogue head
he replied:
Quit Villa! Quit Villa! Quit villa
Helping the Orient
The United States has made large
sales Of manufacturing machinery to
Japan and China in recent years, and
has made that machinery Of particu-
lar value to those countries by tear
ing down our tariff walls, thus per
those nations Of cheap labor
to sell us the products Of the ma
chimes As benefactors of China and
Japan We are without peers, and it is
to be hoped that they will be duly
grateful
Europe viii Invade
The total debt of the nations at war
is estimated at nearly S5O,OOO, 100000
When an Individual gets into debt he
makes many sacrifices in order TO
get out. European nations will be in
exactly that situation at the close Of
the war and they will sell European
products in other markets as as low
a figure as necessary in order to get
money in exchange for their goods.