Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-30

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THE country deniaby business slump Unemployment
growing. Factories going short time closing curaing
Prices wholesale lines have fallen materially retail prices though
they have followed considerable extent bound to
follow.
Why? Why does the machinery production slow down. creak
and groan and finally almost o a standstil?
Overproduction the Europe buy at
her former the products of American manufacturers because
credit exhausted merchants America
H becoming overstoked people won't buy high prices
aers trying unload at high prices therefore orders not
being the pending industrial distress
What overproducion2 Does that everybody in
America has all he or she wants to make comfortable e
that America has too much of the things that make life
ivable-food clothes houses amusements9
MOT all The country FIVE million short enough
roofs keep its people comfortably housed Millions of
and children official reports be believed living
below the level comfortable under
veproducon in any real sense does not exist What does ex
inability market goods profit inability sell back
producers of the country the goods they have produced
There something wrong with the industrial machinery when all the
people get sufficiently fed clothed and housed Wouldn
it be fine thing the incoming administration would set itself to
solve Just that one problem:
How to make the industrial machinery all the Of
all the peope2
ABOLITION of the electoral college the presidential
and vice presidential candidates only printed the ballot
petitions will place them;
direct for president and president abolition party
enons chance for nominees other than those approved by the
politicians the proposal for change the law of the
nation which will be pressed by Senator George " Norris of Ne
braska.
In all but name-and expense-he electoral college
dead letter The
nal plan OF the fathers OF the constitution contemplated that the
people each should choose number of and farsghd
who would together and in their wisdom pick
who would make the best president The thing ddnt
Political parties along and seized the machinery deliberately
set and used for their Now scarcely
realizes that he or she voting for presidential electors
RUT though the machinery Ineffective carrying origin
purpose is effective giving political pol
ca bosses an opportunity to exclude from possibility of running
for president anybody the choice of political
Norris plan of abohng the electoral college allowing
for president by petition of reasonable number
having directly for their choice president vc
president is worth careful consideration
The theory that the further removed government
people the better is Bohevk theory untitled for America
Eectng electors who elect good democratic
practice
EVERY little while the newspapers print pictures an elderly mar
and and underneath words the that Mr. anc
Mrs So and So celebrating their golden wedding
today
And nearly always they good looking
ing wholesome couple Iii fine read about people Think
It'll Fifty years married half century with the diamond eddine
anniversary still stretching Is years ahead of themI
Fifty years What lot of things have happened the worc
in that time When married folks have lived together for so long
is almost certainty that until death do part meant lust ha
supposed back there when young but happ,
people they stood married and away to happily
afterward.
YOUNG people just married and starting long trail
that leads golden wedding anniversary have lot of ami
bfeoe they reach it. First the
ding celebrated the close Of the first year married life then
the end Of five the wooden wedding end TO- the tin
the china wedding The Is the silver wedding at the end
Of 40 the wooden Al the end Of IS the silk the close of SO
the golden wedding anniversary Beyond that the diamond wedding
year chooses
The golden haze Of college days isn't popular song at An
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steal boats
they ever get coal peoGeer IN jail tbe FIRST thing he'll do will
be to complain chat has eel cold
A woman beat her husband .s,l, ,oxa, IT,. - q -.