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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
At 20 East Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Entered as second-class matter at postofes at Atlania under act of March 3, 1872
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' Don’t Curse the Price of
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- (Gasoline--CONTROL It
1 Don't Sigh for Cheaper Gasoline. GET IT by Government
Ownership.
If you are a farmer, and keep hens, you get all you can for
your eggs.
If the price goes up in cold weather, you accept the increase.
If the city man who does not know much is willing to pay
twice the local price, you let him pay it—unless you happen to be
a saint, /
Coal companies tsl;e all they can get for their coal, steel com
panies take all that they can get for steel, newspapers take all
that they can get for advertising, the individual hired for a sal
ary takes all he can get for services, and the Standard Oil and
the so-called ‘‘lndependents,’”” which have their price list made
in the Standard Oil office, take all that they can get for their gas
oline. '
There is no sense or use in moralizing about it.
Yon think that Mr. Rockefeller is rich enough because he has
& thonsand million dollars. Your employee thinks you are a
great deal too rich because you have one milli\on dollars. You
want more money perhaps. Perhaps Mr. Rackefeller does also.
He uses his money wisely and in a public spirited way after
he gets it, and like you he is within his legal rights in getting
more if he gets it legally. Argument is foolish.
At the same time, while the public has no right to blame any
man for getting what he can where no criminal conspiracy is in
volved, the public has a perfect right to combine UNDER GOV.
ERNMENT OWNERSHIP and get things cheaper for itself if it
iz able to do so.
The solution of the gasoline problem, which is a great and
national problem, will be found only in Government ownership—
true also of railroads, telegraphs and telephones.
There were bitter complaints about extortionate express
rates. '
The great manufacturer who wished to give citizens the ben.
efit of cheap prices could not deal with them—he could not reach
them.
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press than the shoes were worth. s
Talking and groaning did no good. PARCEL POST SET.
rmmnrmwmuoommnomn.
SHIP of the express business.
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nine or ten cents.
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ly with every citizen in the United States.
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mmucrmrmvoommmn PRICES
IN TWO AND STILL MAKE MONEY. .
What parcel post did in the express business, Governmént
ownership can do in the gasoline business.
The United Stales Government owns great ofl lands, vast
m“mflupfly&ouflummuyuh
definite period
Those ofl lands and that undeveloped gasoline supply BE.
LONG TO THE UNITED STATES.
The ofl monopolists—making all they can Just as you do—
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WAR» they make all they can. :
The United States should immediately develop its oil lands,
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gasoline REALLY OUGHT TO BE.
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cents.
Let the Government of the United States manufacture a few
hundred million gallons of gasoline. announce ftself in the busi.
l—hm..d-howydmum
where the prices are highest-AND YOU WILL FIND THE
STANDARD OIL AND THE LITTLE INDEPENDENTS THAT
MARCH BEHIND IT SUDDENLY ABLE TO CUT RATES
MOST REMARKABLY
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one Individual or 1o one trust. Won't you please be less unkind
and treat us & Hitle more gently?
Common sense would say “Be careful how far you go, for
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Some Neighborhood Comment
BRANDEIS SHOULD BE CON.
FIRMED.
(Rome Tribune-Herald )
The fight in the United Statea
Senate over the confirmation of
Lowis D. Brandeis as one of the
Justices of the United States Su
preme Court has been long drawn
out. The Senate Judiciary Com
mittee has spent several months
baving hearings and taking evi
‘“e‘. It s generally under
#tood that the fight on Mr. Bran
dels has been engineered by cer
tain fnancial interests In the
East whose Interests have suf
fered, though Mr. Brandels s
known as the friend of the com
mon people. Many times he has
given his services in behalf of the
common people freely and with
out compensation. He 1s admit.
ted to be one of the ablest law.
yers in the land, and In that re
gard It s not denied that he s
eminently qualified to sit on the
bench of the highest court in the
land. He is of Jewish origin, but
this should not militate against
hm.
The present Lord Chief Justice
of England s a Jew, as was also
one of the ablest and most bril-
Hant Premiers in the history of
that natien. Natlonality cuts ne
figure among qualifications (or
office in this country. 1t i abil.
Ity and honesty that are required.
8o far as the facts speak. Mr
Rrandeis possesses both of these
qualifications to an eminent de
gres. e was selected by Pres.
ident Wilshn as the most availa
ble man for this high pesition
No reasonable man believes (hat
Mr. Wilsen would hbave nominated
& man for such & position wilth.
out doe investigation of his mer.
lie and qualifications. And |1 goes
without saving. If the evidence as
te Mr. Brandeis’ lack of charac.
ter was convincing. Mr Wisen
would have withdraws his same
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that. under’ the circumstances,
Mr Bradieis shouid be confmed
withoul further delay, and 1
Bopes (hat sch will be the case
I 8 THE MOONSMINER HAPPY Y
(Savannah News
Bome interesiing Mloties were
sent oot of Georgia Aboutl prep.
Aratians far the mew ssason of
Grevth. The New Yerk Suns
Alante rarrensandent reigied ihgt
Ihere aas “general teisicing In
e eaEehine shciane and that
summe of the “den bess” had sven
inveniod in sotemabins 16 o
thesn in nndiing e pradunt
Can it be that not In the cities,
but in the most sparsely settled
sections of the State, will be
found the greatest dificulty in en
foreing the new laws?
Now, it is very unlikely that
any moonshiner has bought an
Automoblie in which to peddle
“meuntain dew” or to deliver it to
regular customers. A number of
Sheriffs have announced their in
tention to do their level best to
Pprevent moonshining and boot
legging. and it s bardly believable
that & whisky automobile line
could be operated steadily with.
Out attracting the notice of the
Sheriff. But, after all, it is not
going 1o be easy to put a sudden
stop to moonshining. The United
Ktates Government failed to stop
It and the Sheriffa, with less
money at their disposal, are going
to have their hands full of trouble
when they try to carry out the
letter of the law against it
DRY GEORGIA TO STAY PUT.
(Augusta Chronicle )
Yea. we are pretty certain the
new prohibition law is going to be
rigidly enforced throughout Geor
gin ~including Augusta, Ravannah
and a few other. heretofore, ir
reconcilables idently the lig
wor dealers um:'n. too, for they
Are sither goirg into ofher lines of
business—or moving to Chatta
nooga. where they hope to remain
u Inklings and Thinklings H
By Wex Jones.
Yale will number her football players. Wa might try this with our
army
Lile's mysiorion. Arguments
“Too much brain work.” says a physicias, “causes the insteps to fall
57 And o much footwork, we presume, ceuses the brain to collapse.
Speaking of & “Punitive” expedition, the greatest horror we have heard
of is the following from The Florida Metropolis
“Our soldiers seem 1o be almost Pershing in Mexico,” remarked the
- Irish American. “Dodd's ride.” ajsculated the Oerman American
| Wiy speak of boxiag as (he “manly” art when & boy of (hiFtern can
;hhnflhth- Might call it the childish art 1n foture.
| When it comes 1o famous bows, sive & leok ’
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| Ho-hen' “Yeu, <" 0O Oliver Osborse |
trving Werlin has bought & set of Shakespears for 32600 Probably
wanis 16 bring 'he songs up to date A\
| And the prose might be giver & lot more pep !avuln“.cm\
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By Jimmy Swinnerton
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only a few months, or a few years,
at best.
The only trouble from now onm,
therefore, will be with “bootleg
gers.” or a class of dealers who
are willing to run the risk of one
or two arrests—and for whom a
chaingang sentence, at the very
outset, will be a proper anawer
and a sufficient remedy.
Let there be no mistake, Geor
g'a has “gone dry’—except for
such limited shipments as are
permitted under the law. And,
what's more—Georgia is going to
stay dry. Public sentiment has,
at last, come to a full approval of
such a program—and that settles
it, In Georgia as elsewhere
THOSE FROLICKSOME FLIV.
VERS.
(Tifton Garette )
A Moultrie man's jitney flew the
track, crashed through the plate
giass window of a drug store
knocked a hole In the marble
foundation of the soda fount and
scared the clerk into the woods.
Heard they were substituting al
cohol for gasoline, but 1 this s
the way it makes the things act,
£ive us back the Rockefeller prod.
uet.
NEW INDOOR SPORT.
(Conyers Times)
An afterncon tea Aght must be
very sentertaining
By the Dixie Press
NP PP
NO TROUBLE ABOUT THE
SQUANDERING.
(Lawrenceville News-Herald )
The estesmed Augusta Chron
icle, after demonstrating to Its
own matisfaction that the State
road should be sold, makes a sug
geation that would relieve the
treasury from a part of the bur
den of keeping the $8,000,000 sur
plus. It wants the pay of mem
bers of the Legislature inzreased
from $4 to 33 or $lO per day.
There'll be no trouble about
squandering the money «f the
road is sold.
THERE ARE CHICKENS AND
CHICKENS.,
(Waycross Herald-Journal )
Newspapers are poking a lot of
fun at Wayeross for talking of
Raving an ordinance against
chickens running at large, but we
venture the prediction every place +
in Georgia wishes chickens were
shut up.
COLUMBUS GALLANTRY,
(Columbus Enquirer-Sun )
This is the time of year when
you feel that it would be a good
thing If your wife would chop the
weeds In the yard before they .
Srow 100 large for her 1o do the
work,
A VOICE FROM THE TRENCHES.
(Athens Banner )
Coulén't have picked a better
ume <f the year for the cuttine
out of strong drink; or & worse
ones for the cutting off of the
"'-?e..-m-“ upply
MAYBE YOU NEVER THOUGHT
OF THAT.
(Augusta MHerald )
Temperance argument The
Haht of the sun s §OO.OOO times
Srenter than that of the moon
whea it s full
LONG ON PREPOSITIONS AND
SENSE.
(Albany Mersid »
The hog s one of the very best
weapons under the sun for sigh: .
ing the boll weevil with
HELL DO THE REST.
(Mouth Georgia Progress |
(YRS CATRERIEN MANARer save he
dosan’t know how 16 treat the
Southers delegaten. The way ia
irent any Souihern delegaie o te
Sk higp what he will have
A VOICE FROM LEEWARD.
(Macon Telsgraph
The grand o meth ball sesma
o be gelling i second wing
THE HOME PAPER
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The Sunday American— ‘The
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South’s Gréatest Newspaper
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The Magazine Section of The Sunday American for May 7
is one of the best The American ever has assembled. Not only
is every article in this section the work of a writer of intelligence
and authoritative information, but from the standpoint of
variety it is unexcelled. %
Particular attention is invited to some of the following
articles, which will appear in tln= issue:
THE LATEST BAREFOOT BEAUTY—Some striking por
traits of Mlle. Asafieve, the Russian beauty, whose perfection of
feet has made her famous.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR VACATION A GOOD INVEST.
MENT—Big dividends that CAN be earned for you by the right
sort of summer outing—that conforms to a few simple rules of
hygiene and physiology.
- IMPOSSIBLE AMERICAN CHILDREN—A sound spanking
the Duke of Manchester recommends as the one thing needful for
young America, ‘‘the wonder, despair and pest’’ of all Euro
pean observers.
NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT BABIES' BRAINS—Dr.
Woods Hutchinson, the world's foremost physician-author, ex
plains how we know that they do not hear till they are ten days
old, do not see for three -weeks and can not tell colors till they
are 3 years old. -
A MODERN WlTCH—Hereward Carrington, the authority
on psychic phenomena, explains how the claims of Mrs. Darling,
recently charged with witchery in New Jersey, resemble the
ancient beliefs in magic and black art.
DON'T LET YOUR HANDS SHOW HOW OLD YOU
ARE—Easy ways of preventing the tell-tale signs of age from
telling in your hands.
CAN SCIENCE DEVELOP MONKEYS INTO USEFUL
MEN?—World-wide experiments and studies of apes, with the
hope of breeding servants for mankind who shall perform our
drudgery and distasteful tasks.
TOURING AUTOMOBILES WITH ALL THE COMFORTS
OF HOME—Some of the mnewest designs of ‘‘Land-Going
Yachts,”” with bedrooms, kitchens and even bath tubs.
SCIENCE AND YOUR HAIR—No. 2 of an instructive
series of articles for men and women on why the hair gets sick
and what can be done to bring it back to health again.
WHERE THE SOUL GOES AFTER DEATH-UNTIL IT
IS PURIFIED AND READY FOR HEAVEN-The Rev. Arthur
Chambers explains the popular misunderstanding of the words
‘‘hades’” and ‘‘hell’’ as used in the New Testament.
WHO (THE STARS SAY) WILL BE OUR NEXT PRES
lDENT—lnteresting presidential horoscopes of Wilson, Hughes,
Roosevelt and Bryan, cast by Stella Ryce, the well. known Amer
ican astrologist.
NEW THINGS EVERY WOMAN OUGHT TO KNOW--
Mme. Lina Cavalieri's advice to the woman of 35.
WHY YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR BABY IN A PEN.
ECONOMICAL MENUS FOR A WHOLE WEEK'S MEALS.
"SMART'' DRESSES -Lady Duff-Gordon, the famous
“Lucile’’ of London and foremost creator of fashion in the
world, creates some very new and modish costumes.
More Truth Than PoetTy
CENSORSHIP.
I'd like to see lago In the mov
les;
T'd like to wateh him plot all
‘round the stage,
And to see stern vengeance hook
him when at last it over
took him, :
And he perished with a howl of
baffied rage.
But the censors won't permit it In
the pictures,
For lago, they declare, was low
and mean,
And the baseness of the scamp'll
set & very bad example
For the boys and girls who see
him on the screen.
I'd like 10 see J. Cassar on the
flium;
I'd like to see him realize his
hunch
That, in keeping with the wam-
Ing. on & certain bright
March morning,
He would get & falal dose of
Roman purck.
But the censors, who pass judg
ment on such matters,
Are oppowed 1o scenes of vie
lence and crime.
They deciare that they're unwill.
ing to permit such claret
*pliing.
8o they've barred the Caesar
drama for all Ume.
I'd iike 16 see & screen of Rip Van
Winkie 5
When he found N face was
whiskered to the sare
That his clothes were cobwed
crusted, that his fowling
Piece was rusied,
And that he was out of dale by
twenty years
But the consors in their wisdom
have decided
That to Sim & thing like that
is very wrong
They ssaert its guite Sctitious
and extremely meretricicus
For it might sncourmge kids 1a
sieep 1o leng
SAME OLD PEERLESS ONE
Bevan announees hes going '»
the ®t Lowis convention far Wil
sl Tis enpecied el come hack
for Beyas, as sewal
A FABLE.
(With a present-day moral.)
A lkely lad was Rufus Right;
when he feit called upon to
fight
He trained and trained untl! he'a
gained
Some first-class fighting muscie.
HOM!MMM'“‘._
!“Muflolfibfln
and knocks,
For good, clear grit, all men ad
mit, .
Comes handy in a tussie.
Till Rufus was In shape to scrap
Be never nagzed the other
chap.
“In this here fight” sald Rufus
Right,
“1 will not be the vietim.~
He worked until he'd got pre.
pared, and when the battle
was declared ;
He dealt his sos & good clean
blow,
Whaich generally Meked him
Bob Mlunder, on the other hand,
Could never seem to under
wand
That 1o invite & man 1o Aght
Is lacking in discretion,
Especially 1f you should chooss o
man who holds pugnacious
views,
And In whose heart the fistie ant’
s & pronounced obsesston
M.mmmb
Win & rew be got entangled
in,
And as words sped he saw bright
red
And kept on getting madder.
What bappened there's no need
so siate. Hob saw the painfe.
reih too late
His littie fAght did not end -
loomn'nflcx
MIGM TIME.
Now. perhape. we will sall on
Carransa 0 aceount for the
American lives he has wantoaly
Aesiroyed
BADLY BALANCED. -
Coriain statosmen would sepee
thetr countef Weiier If they
# e ens apeed and &ot i
nntpey