The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-15

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of the sun and reflected them as mir
ror. On the other side Of the street a
great crowd watched him holding it
TO the sun and rejecting beams Of light
in dark places. He was selling a
lchild's toy, but he interested the
'groWn-up children I
$3.50
The police dispersed big collection
of people who were looking at twen-
Ity-story window on Fifth Avenue. The
crowd collected around man who was
Explaining to his country cousin-a
lgirl, by the way-that his office was
up there and pointing. Only two
people interested, yet a crowd a. half
block long vaguely looked skyward.
Vaguely is the way most people look
lskyward, so it's natural.
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The order Of society is capitalistic.
The person who has no constructive
Iplan for betterment has no business
Icriticising. Yet we hear half the BUSH
Iness men Of the nation damn the pro-
fiteers. They want them to make less
money. Have they hopes Of getting
some that the profiteer doesn't qet2
i Surely; that's the reason we kick at
Iprofiteers. For the collective solution
of the ills that beset US. lies in the back
of the heads Of the individuals. The.
Individual must be conscious that some
thing is wrong before he is an effective
tool in the hands of colIectivists.
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| Untermeyer is unearthing lot Of
stuff relative TO graft and such. Vast
ed effort. Correcting and furnishing a
few men won't correct anything. That's
not constructive. If they got the mon
ley. let them keep it. Fix the system
SO that big collections of gold will do
them no good. Fix the system so that
Drawn and brain will receive its pro-
per share over and above the actual
upkeep Of the state. 1t only requires
a system that will work. Evolution
works slowly. Revolution only works
fast, and because fast, is not permanen.
lit requires too much adjusting.
s. = s.
| Were Nautilus, whose doctrine of 2
hundred years ago, that when birth
rate exceeds food supply, wars, pest
lences. ETC., would happen, could poin'
out that a dire calamity was about to
occur if he heard that Mrs. Mugnio re-
Gently gave birth to her twentieth
child. Mrs. Mugnio is 81 and in the
ordinary course of events. lacking Mnr
garet Sanger's knowledge, probably
will bless the world with several more
The husband makes pretty good mon
ey."
1859
Statistics some time ago showed thai
in order to keep family Of five pro.
perIy at least $500 should be re.
ceived. Twenty children to have pro
per care and the correct start in life
should be backed by at least $4,000
a year income. However, an automo.
bile painter does not make that. The
fact that these children are living anc
most of them wearing shoes, indicate,
that the statistics were grabbed from
the thin air. There are plenty of fam
lies living on dollar day; and many
men on less than $40 year. Where
then, is the standard, and what woulc
Nautilus say?
The railroad men received the ex
pected "cut." Their wages were reduc
ed to equalize the reduction in til,
freight rates. which no one will bene
fit by, except the men who don't pay
ultimate prices. A strike vote has beer
undertaken and the consensus of opin
ion thus far shows a desire to qui
work. Summer is a good time to quit
The railroads will not mind it very
much; the men will. How long vii
the l6 odd class unions of the rail
roads continue to play children
games7 Iftheywant better wages why
don't they get ftp They have the pow
er, but split 10 ways, It will amour
I Ito little. The steel combination is re
! spectfuIly called to their attention.
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"The war made 10000 millionaires'
was the report after the close Of thu
. war.
2 The last tax paid the government, OIL
incomes, shows that all but some thirt!
3 odd have lost all their money or died
9 There are but % paying taxes on
million income. A tax law is enacted
E and Immediately there are government
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