Life, 1912-10-24 · page 13 of 48
Life — October 24, 1912 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces: **"The Colonel"** is a brief satirical article praising Roosevelt's bravery following an assassination attempt in Milwaukee, celebrating the "primordial affinity" of Americans for such courageous qualities. **"Here's to Blankenberg!"** is the main satire, mocking Mayor Blankenberg of Philadelphia for investigating coal pricing. The piece ridicules his effort to reduce household coal costs by exposing that the Reading Coal Company charges $2.30 per ton at mines but $5 in Philadelphia. Blankenberg discovered markup schemes involving railroad surcharges. The satirist dismisses the mayor's consumer-protection initiative as naive meddling that might embarrass New York interests. The accompanying illustration titled **"Hallow'en After You Have Gone to Bed"** shows children in Halloween costumes playing in water, appearing unrelated to the text above it.
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cae, itecy -* CoS The Colonel HAT was a great response in sym- pathy and admiration for genu- ine bravery that this country made to Mr. Roosevelt, after the shot at Mil- waukee. It revealed in a flash the truth that beneath the surface there stirs in the breast of every American the primordial affinity for those quali- ties which have gone to make Mr. Roosevelt so pre-eminent in his day and generation. Here's to Blankenberg! YOR BLA NBERG is a great old boy. He has an idea that the householders of his city should be protected from the big in- terests. The other day he was inter- ested to know why coal in Philadel- phia was $7 a ton. He discovered that the Reading Coal Company is paying $2.30 at the mines, and that the Read- ing Railway Company charges $1.70 more to haul it to Philadelphia, while according to rates in force elsewhere, this charge would be only 95 cents lf you add $1.30 more to the retailer for his profit (and a fair profit, too), the Philadelphia householder’s coal ought to cost him $4.55 instead of $7. Mayor Blankenberg—if we know him as we think we do—is going to make a fuss about this charge. And if he succeeds in reducing the price of coal in Philadelphia, there is some re- mote possibility that we may get somebody to take an interest in the situation in New York, HALLOWE'EN AFTER YOU HAVE CONE To BED comicbooks.com