The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-26

burdens others Dear.
Never do yourself what you despise
in othsrs. Never lie about 3 business
transaction, for It viii confront you II
the future. To be known to be iiar il
8 poor Recommendation upon which to
build business. A reputation made
up Of lies Is ike sieve. It leaks.
Do not be afraid of saying 8 kind
word about your fellow men. Add
few bouquets along the journey and you
will find that they viii brighten the
way. Then If you will notice, live
people appreciate them most. This
post-mortem waiIfng brings but little
consolation to the dead.
Some ancient said:-''No pain, no
palm; no thorn, no throne; no gall, no
glory; no cross. no crown" but if he
had lived in western Kansas among the
devil cared cacti, he would have found
plenty Of pain, thorns, gall and Crosses,
bat would have been short on palms,
thFones, CROWNS and glory.
sAlwaYs have courage enough to pay
your subscription to your local paper.
In time yea will want your obituary
notice printed, and when the type set
ter comes to that sentence, che was an
honest man." he will not have to quiet
his nerves by thinking in blanks. but
will drop a extra tear because you
have left = lonesome spot in his heart.
It should be remembered that the
printer and the preacher see more,
hear more and do more for society and
get more knocks and less financial sup
port than other men.
Our 'Pork Barrel" politicians who
represent a. at Washington are begin
ming to waver in their claims to have
the s'Old Swimmin' Hole" Mud Creek
and Cat fish Pond dredged to pay of
their local political obligations. It
seems to a. that It il about time for
eur Nation to. develop = set Of men for
the ofnces, both local and national, who
Will work for the ''daaF people" in
stead Of the beloved political boss. If
the taxes are TO be increased, let them
be Increased By taxing the '1zxurieF.
] mean the beer bottles, cigars, cigar
ettE end the diamond business, and not
60 have the common people besr this
burden. Some booze-protecting poll
ticians have tried to have the people
who pay freight and travel on the pass
engeE trains meet this shortage. Such
public servants" should not be recog-
mixed by good society, but In the lang
uage Of the college professor ''theY
should be canned.
Sometimes we think that the world
leaders are beEon1 playing the baby
act. But We fad that the Kaiser has
refused to keep his English titles; Prof.
Roentgen, the X-ray discoversr ehueked
ais English gold medals; the Gear could
no longer stand the name st. Peters
burg because It had 8 Teutonic sound
and changed it to Petrograd Tor Petro-
grab; France and England refused to
accept Bed Cross ship because q part
OF the crew was German. Such acts Of
the leaders Of great nations remind one
Of little children who quarrel and say
"You can't play in my back yard, !"
"You can't slide down my cellar door. :"
It makes you think that men are all of
enc sizs and that they are only great
because some Of rs like to think of
great people. Therefore confer titles
Of nobility. Of distinction and prefer
Aenr % we may worship, but when the
hour Of testing comes our 'human
gods" look 30 sickly. We are Of the
opinion that after the European scrap"
il over that George, Bill, Nick and Joe
will be considered very common people.
President Wilson appointed g COM
mission on national aid for vocational
education. It has asked Congress to
pass "A appropriation totaling $50, co.,.
600. This SUM Il to be distributed
among the states in the next ten years.
There Is crying need Sor vocational
training. It means getting the job
and the boy together. - Much time and
neasz axe wasted becsnss boys are
forced TO De the work theY are not 1T
ted Ger mar wEnt to do. This is 3
upleuisd move Cor national hetterment.
ItxtlI net BE long until some moss. back
win object. Such eduSationsl move
ments directed By the government Will
hsgem1ch to do in removing the pro-
vsnsisiiams fogad among people, and
give ali natieuaI viewpoint. It will
cadss New England 70 lock upon the
greaEmSddle west as the heart Of the
nation and It will-eause the west to
Ieek at Yenkesdom in different light.
We need their moral fber and they
need oar western h-otherhood. We
need more Of their Paritapisn and they
need more Of eur democracy. They
ere proud OF statt lines, while Ne think
suIg Of national boundaries.a By taxing
Al the people for national education
it will 60 far to remove Rreiudices.
A little while ago our papers were
foil Of argument in favor Of the ''pre-
"a