Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1881 — Well, What of It? [ARTICLE]

Well, What of It?

A Galveston man deposited several thousand dollars in a local bank, and drew dh it as he needed it Yesterday he happened to meet his banker, and that gentleman stopped, and said rather excitedly : “You have overdrawn your account by several hundred dollars/’ “Well, what of it? It is my account. I reckon I can do what I please with my own account. This iß>* free country.” “Yes, but you owe me several hundred dollars.” “Well, suppose I do. You owed me ten times as much for ever so long, and I didn’t make a fuss about it.” The depositor passed on, leaving the banker standing on the sidewalk in a dazed condition of mind.— Galveston News. Germany leads all nations in forest culture. Italy has a system of forest laws. Austria has adopted a system of forestry. The French forests are under the care of the ministry of finance. The cantons of Switzerland are planting trees. Great Britian has planted thousands of acres with oaks. Russia proposes to re-forest various sections of barren country. Sweden has several laws regulating the cutting of timber. Even India has reserved and made inalienable large tracts of Government forests. Can we not take a lesson from the experience of these nations, and begin without delay to do our duty in this line of tree planting? Let our Legislators tire subject {intention.