Life, 1915-11-25 · page 29 of 44
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**Main Article: "A Corporation Heaven"** This editorial mocks Alabama's legislature for exempting corporations from taxes for ten years. The satire argues this creates a perverse "heaven" where corporations grow wealthy while contributing nothing to public services—forcing ordinary citizens and children to leave the state. The author (Ellis O. Jones) uses absurdist exaggeration to criticize what he sees as corporate favoritism at citizens' expense. **Secondary Item: "Some Things Are Self-Evident"** This brief political jab questions Vice-President Marshall's credibility. It suggests Marshall's denial that President Wilson didn't want him as running mate in 1916 is transparently false—the comment implies Wilson obviously didn't want Marshall, making Marshall's denial laughably unconvincing. The phrase "self-evident" means the truth needs no proof. **Small Cartoon: "Any hill is too steep for a balky horse"** Appears to be a generic humorous vignette about stubborn animals, unrelated to the political content.
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1013 A Corporation Heaven At corporations everywhere, of high estate or low, which may happen to feel outraged in body or soul (if they have souls, of course) should cast their eyes toward Alabama and make preparations to migrate thither instanter. Alabama is very fond of corporations, nor is it content to manifest this fondness in mere idle persiflage, but in a more substantial manner, to wit: the legislature has re- cently met and “exempted all corpor- ations from paying taxes for a period of ten years.” The quotation is from The Survey. Alabama as the mecca of corpora- tions offers a beautiful outlook. Under such favorable circumstances she should ultimately have more cor- porations to the square inch than any other commonwealth or uncommon- wealth on the continent, each wallow- ing contentedly in a riot of pr. nd none contributing one jot or tittle to the upkeep of government or other public expense. here may even be so many corporations that everybody else would have to move out, and es- pecially the little children, of whom Alabama has scant affection left after it is through fondling its beloved cor- porations. Ellis O. Jones. A* hill is too steep for a balky horse. ICE LITTLE DOG YOU HAVE.” SPLENDID LITTLE DOG, QUIET, PEACEFUL AND DOMESTIC, NO MILITARY SPIRIT IN HIM, SIMPLY CAN'T IMAGINE THE LITTLE CHAP GETTING INTO ANY SORT OF A SCRAP.” “WHAT DO YOU CALL HIM?” “UNCLE SAM,” Some Things Are Self-Evident Shade of Pilgrim Father: xiNpuy ne- ICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL does not believe that President Wilson curses, Gs Maxine Ur site titaxnectY. said he did not want Mr. Marshall for a running mate in 1916. ING NUMBER OF “ LIFE,” THAT NO WITCHES It is not likely that Mr. Wilson said so, It was not necessary. WERE EVER BURNED IN NEW ENGLAND comicbooks.com