Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-19
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Des Moines ,NeMs.:r Congress evident
ly intends that Uncle sam shall live on
his income il he has to borrow
money to do it. Total internal reve
n,,es, which are the governments chief
source of income, fell off over $sOO,OOO,-
600 this year compared with last year.
al the same time congress appropriated
jS1s5. 100000 more than the government
received, and this excess will he largely
increased later by deficiency ap-
lrOpriations'' for departments which
spent more. than was, allowed them.
Story City Herald: Speaking about
freight carrying by trucks. the railroad
managers will tell you that the truck
owners have the advantage of no track
or read upkeep to pay, and they run
their business without interference by
labor unions-so far. The general pub
lie must pay for the roads the trucks
use. The maintenance of right of way
is costly to the railroads. The public
will find that keeping up roads for
freight carrying trucks is expensive.
Charles City Press: There will be no
group" delegates to the disarmament
conference, according to advices from
Washington. President Harding will
appoint neither "laher" delegates, Two
man" delegates, as such, nor any other
participants :as representing any one
class or sex This is rs it should be,
Sibley Tribune: Hooch is dangerous.
Inskillful hands in distilling are likely
to inject posons into it. . Safety first
requires the observance OF the old rule:
Touch not and taste not.
Spencer Ncws-Tribune The man who
lis truthful at all times has our highest
There are times, Of course.
Al
when. the truth. can, be suppressed, or il
spoken at all, spoken with tact, hut
Lever is there any excuse for the liar.
We love and admire and respect the
truthful man, and the truthful woman.
Des Moines Capital: The insurance
companies will do as much as any other
agency to stabilize navigation by air.
OF course, these companies are, vitality
Interested in preventing accidents. The
man who sometimes finds it to his adj
vantage to transact business by use Of
commercial planes will aad his life and
property just TINT, isnch safer because
the, insurance companies see to it that
their own interests are protected. w"
can thank Insurance companies OF all
kinds for compelling us to reduce risks
and chances Of all sorts to a minimum.
Correctionville News: Some of these
G. stern men who make trip Through
the west and then return home. to write
TIP an article OH agricultural conditions
in the middle west evidently gain their
Material through the cur window. One
o: the latest published states that Iowa
farmers. are going to burn thousands OF
bushels of corn. Just wait and see how
far he il from the truth. The farmers
have a better place for their corn
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The Amer
lean Bar association has not had an
opportunity TO express its opinion on
the work of Judge Lands in settling
one of the most acrimonious labor dis
putes in the country with y courage and
{. sense of justice rarely equaled by
any man in 1. ssimilar controversy in.the
history Of the country. yais, r.,
Estherville vindieatOr: 1t cannot he
assumed that the production OF the ne
cessities of life can be maintained In
d, tinitely ii the price paid the producer
is less than the cost Of production.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: For Germany
there is no d0Slging the consequences ri
her folly. She danced. Now she must
~. v the fiddler. If she spent that which
she has Not, she must build her credit
anew Oh something sO,uder than paper,
aud with something more virile thanta
lXinting press.
Legical Deduetien.
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