. The Saturday evening post. it. In this town, it is true, citizens inveighagainst both the political lawyers. At thecountry club and in social organizations andin business houses they are sneeringly calledpoliticians, and often in the opposition localpress one or the other is vigorously at-tacked as an incubus on the community;but to such criticism and attacks the law-yer politicians, who by the way are the bestof friends and often plot and plan together,give only the response of a pleasant citizens are shooting at them from atangent; shooting at them with arrowsthat fly in
. The Saturday evening post. it. In this town, it is true, citizens inveighagainst both the political lawyers. At thecountry club and in social organizations andin business houses they are sneeringly calledpoliticians, and often in the opposition localpress one or the other is vigorously at-tacked as an incubus on the community;but to such criticism and attacks the law-yer politicians, who by the way are the bestof friends and often plot and plan together,give only the response of a pleasant citizens are shooting at them from atangent; shooting at them with arrowsthat fly in their citadel but neverhit it; and, withal, shooting too late. Theplace and time to have hit the lawyer, Ihave already described, was behind thatdrug-store counter when he was selecting adelegate to the county convention. Anduntil some group of citizens does hit himon such an occasion he will continue toclaim that he represents the people of his That first one lasted twoweeks, finishing 1800 bat-tery jars every day. ?1 AH. The Nick oTime (The Purchasing Agents Story) Talk about the nick o time! saidMr. Gummere, Purchasing Agent of theLuzerne Rubber Company, of Trenton,N. J. Its something less than a second—but you remember it all your life. Bill Smith, he went on, is theoperator on our big Peerless surfacingmachine. Hes an old hand at finishing—keen on his work. Well, sir, you shouldhave seen Bills face when he cameinto my office one noon two or threemonths ago. Hed had trouble with hisabrasive belts—lots of trouble. Seemsthey were going bad on him, wearingout after only two or three days use. One makes just as bad as the otherlately, Bill growled. For the love ofMike, Mr. Gummere, cant youget me some make of belt thatllstand up to the work? Im agood workman and I want goodtools. And then he walked outof the office, still steaming. Then came the nick. Idhardly turned to my list of abra-sive manufacturers when in camethe office-boy with the card of asalesman for Manning A
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