Life, 1914-06-11 · page 37 of 44
Life — June 11, 1914 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes political satire with early automotive advertising. The main satirical content is a mock Congressional debate about regulating business organizations. The speakers—with deliberately absurd names like "Mr. Waddle" and "Mr. Newcombe"—engage in nonsensical parliamentary procedure, ultimately deciding to abandon the important discussion entirely to debate "archeological deposits of fossils in university faculties." **The Point:** This ridicules Congress's tendency to avoid substantive regulation of powerful trusts (like Standard Oil and telephone monopolies mentioned in the text) through procedural evasion and deliberate confusion. The satirist suggests legislators use absurdity as a tool to dodge accountability. The page also includes cynical epigrams mocking American institutions—railroad executives, divorce lawyers, and banks—reflecting Progressive Era skepticism toward corporate and social institutions. The remainder comprises period automobile advertisements for tire rims and clothing accessories, typical of *Life*'s revenue model.
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has dissolved; and thus thoroughly legitimized them, we are helpless. We shall be at their mercy forevermore. 1 protest, gentlemen, that these organi- zations are not entitled to the same consideration as the Standard Oil Trust and the Telephone Trust. I warn you in time. Vote to exempt them from this law if you wish to keep them under proper control. (Ap- plause.) Mr. Wappte: yield? Mr. Otprocue: Certainly. Mr. Wappte: I desire to ask the gentleman if he has been vaccinated under the Pure Logic Act. Mr. Otprocue: As regards that—— Mr. Newcome: I rise to a point of disorder. I think, in a very few words, I can largely increase the misunder- standing which seems to— Tue CHarrmMan: The point of dis- order is out of order. Inasmuch as this subject is too important to occupy the time of Congress, we shall now pass to the consideration of the archxological deposits of fossils in uni- versity faculties, Will the gentleman E, 0. J. Some Untruthful Epigrams S honest as a railroad president. Handsome is, that handsome was. If at first you don’t succeed, you can borrow money from your bank again with character as collateral. When riches come in at the door the divorce lawyers and society reporters fly out of the window, Absence of your near makes the heart grow fonder. relatives We never miss the water till the stock runs dry. Adjusts itself to any posture—comfortable, durable. Ask your dealer—if be cant, we will. SHIRT GARTER CO. Columbia, Tenn. “THE CAPEWELL” "oR8= Stands tremendous strai is costly. ‘‘Capewell’’ n them for you. The best nei Tires Last Longer on Stanweld Rims *[HE best tire built is soon made inefficient if fitted to an imperfect rim. Makers of few rims cannot afford to spend the time, money, and energy spent to make Stanweld Rims the most perfect rims. Stanweld Rims are made of a special stecl. Every lot of stecl is tested before being made into rims, and the rim is tested for strength when finished. Stanweld Rims are inspected three times for accuracy, form, smoothness, and case of oper- ation, There is another point, however, that means more from the standpoint’ of tire-economy than anything else. That point is design. Take Stanweld Number Sixty Rim, for instance. Tt ts the only rim from, a tire can be removed without stretching ‘or palling. That’s a great advantage. No tire will return to its exact original form after biog polled oat of shape. Then again, Stanweld ¢ Sixty Rims can be, changed from clincher So sera rht- side y by merely chany g, the, the side rings. When used for straight-side tires the Number Sixty allows greater spread of the tire at the base than any of the old- style Fims— reater air-space, greater riding-comfort, more tiresmileaze. Nearly every car sold with demountable rim-equipment ea» be purchased with Stanweld Number Sixty Kims at no add Ory it you already own a car, you ean equip it Ww ber Sixty’ Rims for very little monty. ‘Then you'll have the best rim-equipment made, and you'll save your time, temper, strength, and a large part of your any one with complete in- formation about the Number Sixty RimJor any other type ol rim, Just write a letter or post-card today. The Standard Welding Co. Pioneers and World's re Leont Fredecers of Rieu for Motor-driven Ve CLEVELAND Distribeters in Principal Cities The leading mates of porumatic tes are garantred GY FQ only shen epplied to rims bearing one of the accom: panylag Inspection marks. You'll fed these marks CJ EE) ‘on 2 ‘Stamweld Rims A Bad Doctor R, L, A, MERRIAM read a paper last fall before the Missouri Valley Medical Society, and after he had finished it a resolution was adopted by the socicty returning Dr. the official journal. No wonder! Among other things, Dr. Merriam stated in his paper: Merriam’s paper to him and refusing to have it published in ot one physician in a hundred knows how to advise people correctly as to the detail of correct thinking and correct living. They look for an anatomical lesion when there may be none to be found, but they pretend to find it, and proceed to treat it, usually by operation.” We should like to add our protest to that of the Missouri Valley Medical $ y. Dr. Merriam was distinctly out of order. He ought to know that anybody who tells a truth of that kind to a gathering of doctors will not only get himself disliked, but is liable to have his medical reputation permanently damaged. comicbooks.com