Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1918 — Too Much for Ananias. [ARTICLE]

Too Much for Ananias.

Uncle John of the Excelsior Springs Standard has lost faith in the saying that man wants but little here below. He writes “To my mind, this Is the statement that choked Ananias to death. It was reproduced in this country at a meeting of the Ancient Order of American Skinflints as a sort of poultice to their consciences. It seemed to work fust-rate. I was a firm believer in the same theory, until I studied the American profit hog at close range. Then I realized that another prop was gone from under me-" .—Kansas City Times.