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do away with these dubs altogether because of . a few dishonest ones? Why should the many suffer because of a few? I should like to read thfe opinions of your readers. Mrs. Home Lover. AWAKE! BILLY IS COMING. I notice that the trust newspapers of Chicago publish that Rockefeller is praising and upholding Billy Sun day's good work in reforming the people. Too bad that Billy Sunday wasn't so popular before Rockefeller made his billions. - There is a reason why Rockefeller is upholding Billy Sunday and other paid reformers. Why don't the people wake up? E. H. TAX LAND. "We are gelling not land, but theefinements of civiliza tion. We are selling transportation, electricity, gas, boulevards, glimpses of the ocean and vistas of the, hills everything except land. It is true that land is still recognized as the thing bought and sold, and the deed is the symbol of the transaction. No one is really selling a piece of desert waste miles from transportation, or the other forms of civilization." California Real Estate Man. Therer you have it in a nutsheH. The same could be applied to-our coal, mineral and agricultural lands. When Mr. Rockefeller buys up all the oil lands he virtually says to the peo--pie: "I have not bought land, but nature's storehouse of oil, for this and for future generations, by vir tue of which I and my heirs will be , able to levy a private tax on all users of oil.", When Marshall Field, and more re cently the Field Estate, invested heavily in Chicago land, they could have said to the people: "It is not the land we care for, but the legal power, which only a land title can secure us, to assess all the people now here 'and the people of future generations for-the benefits which CbJcaeo's ex ceptional location and other advan tages confer upon its inhabitants." Instead of allowing private appro priation of unearned increment to go on, why not tax it for the benefit of the public treasury. This would take place of house taxes, etc Why not? Single Taxer. DON'T BE A KISSING BUG More power to you. Stay away from that class of fellows and you will never regret it A young lady that al lows a fellow those liberties never gets very far. The right kind of a fellow would give you credit instead of cold turkey. Never mind the good times you are missing. Those good times these fellows brag about soon wear off. The young lady that helped make them famous will soon be forgotten. The mushy sort of a girl has a very fast finish. After she runs around here and there the young man tires of her. A young lady doesn't have to indulge in this kissing scandal to be noticed.. Even if this is a period of youth and gayety, always remember there are still a few good fellows among us. If all girls were like you, youne men would stop, look and listen in stead of trying to hook up with some girl not worth her salt A young lady that is modest can travel the world over and always be well recommend ed, while on the other hand, the kissing bug girl is shunned by alL Jim Maloney, 5255 Paulina St . INSANITY. While warm on the "wild and woolly" topic of insanity, let me say that it is a luxury that few can afford. All of us are bound by the systento be coldly, deliberately, calculatingly and forcefully sane. We are so reasonable, sober, logical, re-v liable and exceedingly smart that it seems as the sole object of life is the gaining of letters patent from Jeho vah f6r machine-like perfection. Even the wealthy are caught by the sanity bug. Bat her nature will