Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1913 — Backward. [ARTICLE]

Backward.

“In China everything is done back- - ward,” said the wise guy. "Not now," protested the old fogy- “ China is a republic.” “What of it?” demanded the wiso guy. “They went to work and freed themselves and then, after establishing a republic, they issued a declarar tion of independence.”