The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-07-20
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marked, Thanks, old man, If you
had let go a minute sooner that
thing would have killed me-"
Now when the wise voters of this
state decided to clean house and
give the democrats a chance to get
the affairs of the state in good run
ming order, so they could economic
and reduce taxes, they retained one
Republican in high office. The re-
port that has come out since he was
forced to resign shows that he was
doing pretty good for himself dur
ing his tenure in office. Now, I ask
you where would We be today If he
had had some really good help and
again I ask you where2
And since I have changed. I am
just like the fox that had his tail
cut off in the trap. I am anxious to
have everybody else see the light
and follow my lead. The other
night when it was about one hun
dred and ten at midnight and I was
trying in vain to sleep. I awoke in
a cold sweat thinking, suppose
something should happen to our
beloved president, suppose he should
resign from his office or worse yet,
suppose he fatty refused to accept
a third term. Suppose we had to put
some one in his place who was more
a politician than a statesman, who
could not keep our budget balanced,
who would play the poverty of the
people against political power, who
would not or could not keep peace
between A. F. of L. and CLIO, who
would rather mix-up in foreign
politics than keep things straight at
home. Some one who would insist
in keeping big business in the dog
house and feed the king and queen
of England on hot dogs and beer
where would we be then? And
again, I ask you where? But let us
quit worrying about things so dis
tinctly impossible and get our grey
hairs closer home. I see that our
noble townspeople are worrying
about the farmers and the prices
he is forced to take for his produce.
One of our citizens even went so
far as to say that there should be
some marketing organization run
strictly on non-profit basis, Just
for the benefit of the poor, down.
trodden farmer. I guess that is all
right, but it is not the answer. Since
have been here every independent
cash buyer Of farm produce has
gone broke and several thriving CO.
operators have had to fold up and
quit business.
And I expect our country, our
school district, our incorporated
towns and ditch districts pay more
for legal advice than they do in
dividends. You remember Queen
Mary of England once said that the
poor people were foolish to starve
just because they didn't have bread
to eat. why" she remarked, II
would eat cake, or even pie crust
before I would starve."
What burns me up is to hear the
self righteous power companys, the
telephone people and the much
abused railroads boasting about how
much money they pay in taxes. Did
it ever occur to you just where they
got the money to pay them with and
whose it was before they collected
It? 80
Now let us leave this mundane
sphere of sordid politics and carnal
things and drift away in to that
ethereal realm Of making believe
where we can give free range to our
vivid imagination.
I received a letter the other day,
which began, IF you were the SUI
preme Ruler, what would be your
Judgment on modern civilization?
Do you know how I would pun
ish erring humanity If I had the
power? would let him or her
spend eternity reviewing his sojourn
here on earth. How would you like
to sit in comfortable seat in an
air-conditioned theater with fra