Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1919 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The House of Representatives did well in a small way by repealing the tax on soda water and soft drinks, but its leaders ought to remember that there Is another side to the consumer's difficulties—■ his outside, for instance. Now for the repeal of the taxes on clothing. Before the Republican Senators can come to an agreement as to their action on the League of Nations some one will have to negotiate a treaty of peace and comity between the “mild revisionists’' and the “outright rejectionists.” If a Congressional committee travels 7,000 miles In a private car for thirty-five days to “investigate’’ partisan charges respecting what happened last year, what is the price per yard of ancient history? No one would be so foolish as to allege that all Republicans are profiteers, but the present leaders of Congress are acting as if they strongly suspected that all profiteers are Republicans.