Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1912 — An Example of Paternalism On Part of Government. [ARTICLE]

An Example of Paternalism On Part of Government.

The American Press Association and the Western Newspaper Union are great corporations doing business with all the country newspapers in the United States. Ostensibly they have been fighting each other uqtll quite recently, causing a perceptible decline in prices, much to the profit of printers. Now we are informed that Uncle Sam, that determined foe of trusts and combines, has through a federal court ruling, decided that these large concerns have been selling their goods at prices below the cost of production and has ordered them to advance their prices. It is needless tc ■av they have shown cheerful obedim to the court’s mandate. Here we ive ae example of paternalism on the •ft of the government that proposes • destroy all competition rather than (near it, as is generally supposed. We arc inclined to think Uncle Sam is hetag played as a dummy in this case. —Motion News. A rare treat was enjoyed by the large audience which filled the German House Auditorium when Mr. Wm. H. Wilkison sang “Oh Dry Those Tears,” by Teresa del Riego, accompanied with piano and violin obligato. He possesses two opposite qualities not often found in singer, Pathos and Dramatic Power.—lndianapolis News. At Christian church, Monday evening, October 28.