Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-15

The Kennebec Journal:

The kennebec Journal:
The popular slogan for these days
seems to be Create a respect for
law" To create thing one must be-
gin at the beginning. The people are
supposed to elect the legislators; they
make the laws that benefit us SO much,
especially the laws Increasing salaries,
new boards. commissions, investigat-
ing committees, bureaus, etc. One
can have too much of a good thing. II
everybody had bushels of gold. it
would lose it's value. We wonder
feel could they return to this Great
Free Country" they left to us, They
would soon learn as Rogers says,
That We poor ignorant voters are not
expected to be able to pick out the
right kind of clothes. brush our teeth
up and down or straight across" How
to set our clocks or to manage our
homes or care for our children. OF
course all animals of the same spe-
cies and age weigh the same number
of pounds-why should not human
progeny. Should one of their young
men decide to set up a blacksmith
shop" as used to be done in the old
days. he can by getting examination
papers, licenses. paying sums of
money to several different bureaus,
boards, or commissions. Should ono
be simple enough to want to farm for
a living instead of getting on one of
the many boards" floating around, he
may but he will be obliged to buy his
own gas. Should he wish to sell milk
to some neighbor he can, IL he has had
his COW punched. the milk tested, and
graded, and all the cattle near have
gone through the same rigmarole, his
barn thoroughly cleaned and dsin-
fected, and no other animals stand
ncar-O yes, he can sell milk. Should
he care TO do a little trucking TO
rest himself when the chores are fin
ished, certainly he can if he can bor-
row, beg or steal enough money to pay
for all the taxes and licenses he will
find necessary. Should he plan to sell
some of his farm produce on the street
instead of going to the stores, he
would do well to find out if he has
enough to sell to pay for all the IL
censes with which he must he proXid-
ed. Should he, after contributing to
the support of all the numerous
boards. bureaus, commissions and in
vestigat tors, ever be able to buy n
home of his own, he might remodel
some part of it If he so desired, If he
could get the necessary permission
from some of these committees: he
could also move the whole "shebang'
from one end of his lot to tho other
surely he can, if certain committees
do not object. Now he IS all fixed UP,
he will enjoy the fruits of his labor
and spend the rest of his days I'm
peace. if some rich corporation does
not decide they want it for something.
If they do he has spent his life saw
ings for a nuisance and out he goes.
Another change we note is this: We
do not have any more poor beggars-
Of one were really in need and asked
for a crust of bread, the cooler would
take care of him-but we have droves
of collectors" or committees on
drives and 1t is fine to help the
needy over in Europe or Asia. Dis
lance lends enchantment." We think
so much more of those over there than
Of these we have here in the l.. S.
This is a great free" country. We
would not exchange it for any other
on this whole round globe.
-Parvenue.
Bristol, Maine.