The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-02-08
Letters from the People
Editor C,urier-Reprrtor:

Observation-Disclosures
Editor C,urier-Reprrtor:
A few years ago the Whole country
was startled VIXEN great corporation
was fined twenty-rine million dollars
for the inf-actions of a certain law.
But that wac very puny fine COM
pared to the thirty-six Thousand five
hundred dollar annual fine which is
on the heads of lots of us five and
ten-acre fellows makes no difference
if we are Only milking ore little old
measley brindle cow and selling her
dairy products in Kennewick we are
subject to a fine of one hundred dol
lars per day. And many of us are in
the hole enough to pay for bonanza
wheat ranch. Without cussing or dis
cussing that cow ordinance will re-
fer to time quite recent when we
all could have had our cows tested
free of charge and in addition, if there
was a reactor in the herd the state
would bear part of the loss. Why
didn't we do it? For answer, will re-
fer to Bible scene. When Paul went
in to the presence of a certain king
to plead the cause of his Lord and
Master, by his eloquence and earnest
ness the king said "Almost thou per-
suadest me-" But the king was a side
stopper and told Paul at more con-
venient time he would send for him.
Never was better definition or more
plausible excuse given for procrasti-
nation than that handed from King
,Aggrippa to st. Paul. 1t is some
thing that permeates all walks of life
always waiting for a more conven-
lent season. .."
Every mothers son of us knows
that it is not fair to endanger the
health of the public in selling them
something that we are not exactly
ssure about. While the chances of
contamination from brute to human
may be almost negligible, I know
from personal sorrows that touches
deeply both in early and later years
that we can not afford to take even
the one chance, for we have only to
lift our eyes to behold the black shroud
of death that encircles the globe, from
which there is constant play of
forked tongues of fire forming the
word that strikes terror to the heart
of man: "Tu-ber-cu-lo-sis" - the
scourge of mankind.
They who enter these portals leave
all hopes behind. Is there a more
Misunderstanding thing in life than to
see loved one in deadly peril and
know that no mortal power can avert
the disaster?
The lives of thousands of young
wives are annually sacrificed to the
great white plague, leaving as or
phans countless numbers of little tots.
And, oh, the sorrow of it!
{ We have on our southern border a
7ituation growing almost intolerable
TO the American people, and it seems
almost inevitable that we must do
something for the Mexicans that they
can't do for themselves-go in and
clean house for them. This PROPOSE
ton was up to President Taft, but as
1t was not convenient season he
passed it on to Mr.. Wilson, who ap-
piled his Watchful Waiting policy
which in plain English means he would
rather be right that be president
more than three terms.
Twice in my recollection has the
other fellow brought about the more
convenient season on the jump-the
hiring on Sumpter and the sinking of
the Maine, and the Mexicans can hur-
ry up matters by going at it in the
right way. But such little picnic af-
falrs as Villas raid on Columbus don't
count-it has got to be something real
halr-raising, blood-curdling and heart
throbbing. All the same as three mad
dogs out on the front lawn where the
baby is asleep in the hammock and
the other kids just coming home from