Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

If congress succeeds in reducing the value of government “pork.” will the price of the commercial variety go higher? EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS Come to think of it China forgot to change rulers again last week. Carranza, poor devil, is a back number. Even the joke depart - ments are dropping him7~~ Let us hope that while Russia is in the reform business she will take a shot at her language. An upward tendencj- is announced in men's clothing. Bah! Who wants to look at a manis leg? Perhaps, however, John Barley, corn is wondering what part of the German army walked over him. The bachelor is the only man capable of telling how to manage a wife. The married man knows it can’t be done. We might, with excellent results, include 'congress in the draft. Then they would have to obey orders and do something. Since it happened East St. Louis officials have been claiming that most of the rioters were from Missouri. So are we. Since the draft, those cities that returned padded census reports have been busy explaining what has become of their population. We are in favor of a press censorship if' the censor will forbid any newspaper 'making any reference to the White House pickets. When the government finishes with its other investigations It