The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-14


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 Lightning had it's afternoon. For a few moments the electric forces of the sky were more danger to man than the electric forces which man himself controls. In Thompsonville, Mrs. James Palozie was killed on her front porch In New York and New ter sey lightning killed three In Rock vile mans lightning, knocked Rob ert Brown, lneman from q pole He will live. In Westfield, Mass, a nine years boy, climbed to the top of tower, and was killed by 66,00O volts. Fear did more damage than light ming. if its consequences could be as sessed- There is no sense in fearing lightning It hits before it can be seen If you. hear the thunder, cheer up! The thunder is a sign that you still live, and proves that the light ming hasn't killed you It is best not to have fear. If you must have ii, make fear intelligent Be afraid of the things most apt to kill, such as tuberculosis, suicide, automobiles, vhooping cough and so on-
 
 Senate continues to fight over the tariff, which is justifying the asser- ton Hancock made many years ago He said, The tariff is a local ques- tion-" Divided senatorial minds sym
  Uncle Sam is a creditor nation Flu rope owes him He is an export na- ton Hence he has citizens who wish loWs or no, tariffs Debts must be paid in goods The nation that trades with other nations must take it out in goods There isn't any other way.
 Hardly fair to expect the Senate to have one mind, when those who make Senators have several minds. It is always this way in periods of transi- ton The old order begins to change E People want to do new things Some people wish to - Those who do and those who do moi, pull against each other- This makes indecision, Some times a single mind gets into a state of fndeciEon-
 
 When a nice little girl can't quite make up her mind what beau she will honor with her company of an even ing, or can't decide whether she will bob her hair or wear it long, she is in the same mental state as the United States Senate Is, about the tariff and about other things Direct primaries, for instance
 
 It Is harder to make up a collec- tive mind. There are several reasons. Facts must be conveyed to more minds But the chief reason is that several minds may conceive them seIves as having conflicting interests :. The little girl who is undecided about bobbing her hair has only to make up her mind what is the best thing for her. whether she will be prettier or the contrary. Whether if she will not be so pretty, the extra comfort will make up-
 
 Is there any girl who ever has he1 hair bobbed to make her more com fortabIe if she knows she will not be so pretty? Those kind of girls. who bob without considering beauty. are just about as common as senators who vote for measures when it vii hurt them, but help the country.
 
 The first duty of an officeholder i. to get his office To keep his office. i he must please, when the tariff i: concerned. the leading citizens of hi. district. He will usually vote on tht tariff the way they feel Sug0crat:t country although they may not b, strong protectionists otherwise, ar, very apt to want a high tariff on su gar.
 Occasionally a man gets into office or into business, or into some posi- ton of light and leading who rise above his own immediate interest Such a man tries to find out what i best for the country as a whole.
 These men are precious. whe, they efound, cherish them. The are the type of men that would hay saved Sodon, had there been ten i the place.
 SeIf-interest is near-sighted affair It is a thing that often turns out t be quite the contrary. Russia is th modern example. The Russian lead CTS. feathering their own nests, mis managing the war, grafting ever opportunity. believed no doubt eac of them, that he was doing well fo himselef and his own. Most of thes - lived to know that they were mis taken. A wider altruism would hay been true self-nterest.
 Do not be surprised because this true on large scale. Be surprise that there exists any one so stupid a to suppose that selflshness is consist ent with true stlf-interest. The ir dividual man quite often does nt distinguish his true bodily interes Otherwise there would be no drunk ards, no gluttons. TO drug fiends, non who destroy marred felicity by il temper or incontinsnce.