davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-04-24
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Mills, sec'y-treas., 5ll Denham bldg,
Denver.
Brotherhood of Railway Postal Clerks
= Urban A. Walter, sec'y-treas, p. o.
- Box 1902, Denver, Colo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
SOME ECONOMIC FALLACIEs.

The chief weakness in the foreign
| trade policy of this country in the
past, in so far as there was any pol
icy, has been that we were content to
manufacture the goods and depended
on others to ship them and to finance
the shipments says the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum. In every trade
conference that has been held in re-
cent months the discussion centered
largely around these two points, and
programs of meetings to come indi-
cate discussion along the same line. 1t
seems to be the consensus of business
opinion that in formulating definite
plans for our foreign trade in the flu
ture, these questions of banking and
transportation should be settled first.
With this opinion there can be no dis
agreement, in view of the present
complicated international situation
and with the foreign trade of the
country becoming more congested
with each passing day. AS for the
shipping situation, all sorts of plans
and remedies have been put forward.
There is general agreement that some
thing must be done to provide Amer
lean tonnage, and there is general dis
agreement as to what shall be done.
The problem seems to be no nearer
solution than it was fifteen months
ago, and it will not be until the pro-
ponents of the different plans get to-
gether, discard the theories that are
unavoidable, and then, having arrived
at common meeting point, use that
as the basis to be built upon. The
question of financing the shipments
is already we'll on the road to adjust
ment, for practical bankers antici-
pated discussion by going ahead and
furnishing the necessary machinery
providing the necessary funds in so far
as their resources would permit. But
in all this discussion the tendency to
censure ourselves for allowing such
conditions to exist in the past has
been over emphasized, as if we could
have remedied conditions if we would.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

purple shades. If you get one with
too much blue in it, it's something
awful at night. You might just as
well buy magenta and be done with
it? No, you get it. Remember. anne
thystine in a dull gov. All right,
dear. Thanks so much
, Jack squeezed by her again on her
way upstairs and smiled seraphically.
with his hands behind him. He was
seven and utterly full or guile. In the
room below he worked leisure1y, hap
ply, constructing his balloon from a
nice, oblong cream sheet of paper COW
cred with Peggie's rather large hand
writing. And finally he launched it,
his wind traveller, from the broad bay
window, and eyed it rapturously as the
breeze caught it and bore it straight
up and over the way. 1t rocked and
dallied it, it coquetted with it like a
leaf, and finally it bore it lazily into
the open window of the studio oppo-
site where Winthrop Abbott worked
on the new design for the municipal
fountain, a Nereid holding up a dol
phin.
1t lay on the floor near his foot, and as
he stepped back he glanced down and
read:
He works incessantly. I think the new
Remember the News? And the gateway
Right here the labor for the fountain
stopped Winthrop took the little paper
over carefully, looked around at the open
skylight, and went to his window to test
the way of the wind. And he saw the
opposite, round-faced, curly haired lad
eleG The Di May yeu get at hf@ eNei'edy ana
And then at the window above appeared
race that might have posed fer his
own Ialr Nereid maiden. startled, Wide
eyed. anxious face that vanished almost
Instantly, and Winthrop waved to his
wind traveller.
Peggie. did not appear at that first
visit, but when he dined there, two weeks
later. shy-eyed and rather cool in manner,
Peggie sat next to her mother, and she
wore the gown the tint of California
ed clad in cloud of dawn. with her slen-
der white throat above ana gray eyes
He listened mechanically to his hosts
congratulations. The Nereid was accepted
municipal committee on art. But Jack
sitting beside Frances on the opposite side
father of the workings of their disting,1i sh-
moment. winthrop found her standin 2
with Jack at the bay window, and Joined
y sailed it out of this window he
"God bless you, Jack" murmured Win
throp fervently, and Peggie flushed. He
fair? And do you like truffled chicken :?
Are you angry with me or the wind,
Il don't think you should have read
it: said Peggie, trying to look 20 instead
Don't you, really? Perhaps living as
l do among the gods has made me super
stitioqs | should , have been afraid not
II sent it over Jack explained gravely
You ought to thank me-
Peggie did not reply, but little smile
curved the corners of her mouth, and
she said whimsically
Copyrighted, 1915, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
Hope is a tire. but Disappointment
is a puncture.
Some people who GO nothing don't
even do that well.
Many a man puts up a bluff. only
to stub his toe over it.
even with anybody are decidedly odd
Thrice blessed is he who can't re
member the things he ought to for
get.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady
a braggart
The people who overdo things
needn't be surprised if they have them
to do over.
A man doesn't have to be exactly
ambidextrous to be sure he is right,
and then be left.
as apt to keep people awake at night
as an overloaded stomach.
Money talks" quoted the Wise
Guy. IT wonder ir that is why the
doctor always looks at patients
tongue before he undertakes the
case" suggested the Simple Mug.
you admit then" said the Magis-
trate- that hard words passed be-
tween you and your wife" Yes, your
Honor" replied the prisoner. she
threw the dictionary at me-"
Wigg-''At any rate the war pre-
vents people from gong to Monte Car
10 and dropping all their money"
Wagg-"Yes, they can stay home and
patronize native industries now by
dropping it in Wall street"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Some people remember dates, and
nothing more.
Men won't forgive the man who
finds out and still puts up with it.
Most married women object to WISH
BILE typewriters in their husbands Of
fices.
You can always rely on the other
side introducing some damaging tes-
timony.
Some men seem unwilling to Do
Good without making the process
painful.
All churches, regardless of creed,
are alike in one respect. They all
need money.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who said: ST thank you
for your time ?'
One has to go after job. A job
does not fly toward the diploma in a
mans vest pocket
Trouble is, about the time a man
gets his ear to the grass roots some-
thing steps on his head.
1t is hard to understand why more
boys don't meet early deaths on ac-
count of that game of Shiny"
Your hindsight isn't much better
than your foresight if you can't re-
call a lot of neglected opportunities.
A conservative man is apt to think
of Safety First instead of hero medals
when bold bandits are putting on a
performance.
A woman may smoke a cigarette
gracefully, but she can't smoke it in
a manner that won't remind a man of
that kind of a woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
Euening Chat

BY RUTH CAMERON


81 wouldn't have any use for man
who hadn't an enemy" cried Moi Molly.
the little stenographer lady, Win
flashing eyes. .,.,.
disapproval of man who seemed 10
have a good many enemies.
Doesn't that depend ?" questioned
the Authorman.
ION what?''
ION what kind of enemies they are"
you mean-?"
Whether they are enemies of con-
viction or mere personal enemies"
The Authorman's point is well
taken, isn't it?
1t is rather the style nowadays to
deprecate too general popularity as
the sign of a personality which has no
backbone, but is a ''mush of conces-
sion.''
Now that may be all very true, but
it does not prove the converse-name-
ly, that unpopularity is sign of
strong character. And yet that con-
verse seems to be as generally accept
ed as the theorem itself and many
people have the idea that an enemy,
no matter of what nature. is sono-
thing to be proud of.
1t is a foolish feeling and ought to
be uprooted.
There are enemies and enemies.
When by standing up for some honest
conviction you antagenize someone
and make an enemy, you have no
reason to be sorry. If your conviction
is part of some high purpose and you
entagonize those who are against the
best interests of the community, you
have reason to be proud of this antag-
onism.
If, on the other hand, you say a
disa greeable thing, or do something
unkind, and thereby make an enemy.
why should you be proud? On the
contrary, you should be heartily
ashamed and do your best to make
him your friend again.
To take a slightly different aspect
of the case. people are often proud
of their own dislikes because they
have the feeling that to like everyone
is the sign of a weak character Be
fore you praise yourself for showing
strength of personality in not liking
everyone, ask yourself, what are my
dislikeS founded on ~
Are they founded on envy. on re-
sentiment of some slight, on some old
grievance, or are they founded on the
fact that the person is mean or dis
agreeable, or has principles antagon-
istic to yours?
1 question if even that latter class
of dislike is justifiable, for one should,
of course, hate the fHllt or the I'M
worthy principle rather than its pos
SCISSOR.
AS the tender-hearted childrens
poet once beautifully said:
IF we could read the secret history
of our enemies we should find in each
mans life sorrow and suffering
enough to disarm all hostility. pro
tected by the Adams Newspaper Serv-
ice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
Household Hints


Dreamed Oysters-A1low four to
six small oysters to each person.
Drain off liquor and wash. Put in
shallow pan over low fire and let
simmer until oysters become plump
Make a cream sauce in proportion of
two tablespoons butter, one table
spoon flour, three-fourths cup milk
dash of paprika and salt to taste.
Add hot liquor from oysters, then
add oysters. Serve at once in patty
shells.
Date Bars-One cupful sugar, two
eggs one cupful English walnuts
meats chopped, one pound dates, one
cupful flour, one teaspoonful baking
powder and pinch of salt. Beat egg
yolks, combine with sugar, and stir
until creamy. Mix together the
flour, baking powder, and salt; add
nuts and dates, stoned and CHARTERED;
beat the egg whites stiff and add al
ternately with the flour mixture to the
yolks and sugar. Bake in sheet in
small dripping pan about thirty min
utes in a moderate oven. Remove from
oven and cut into bars; ice with
chocolate icing and decorate with nut
meats and bits of dates.
Persimmon Cake-One cup persim-
mon pulp, half cup sugar, one egg,
one cup flour, one teaspoon baking
powder, one-half teaspoon soda, but
ter size of walnut. Bake forty min
utes in moderate oven. For a soft
pudding leave out egg. For a custard
leave out flour and baking powder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFrom the Chicago News.
Handsome is as handsome often
doesn't.
Sarcasm is to call a green maid
help"
The majority of mankind follows
the golden rule-at u distance.
Some men spend a lot of time look
ing for traps to walk into
We know folks who actually be-
lieve their troubles interest others
Speaking of well-preserved women,
Lots wife was probably the best Of
the lot.
The man who acts contrary to his
wife's advice and falls down never
hears the last of it.
Some men are such tightwads that
they won't even lend trouble without
good security.
When a woman's dress is described
as a dream the cost is apt to prove a
nightmare to her hubby.
The average married man might not
object to playing second violin if the
orchestra to which ne belongs would
give only private performances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
THE METRIC SYSTEM

s. There is one rational objection to
che metric system and but one, writes
y. V. Collins in The Scientific Month
Nv 1t is that ten is inferior to twelve
as base for a notation for numbers,
but the world is not ready to make
This change nor is it likely to be
for generations to come. Moreover.
This improvement is far less important
than uniformity in weights and meas
aires. For these reasons this objection
Fan be passed over. Men said the
metric system would never be used
outside of France; but it has come to
he used all over the world. The
,s.rophets said we should never have
S3niforrlity as regards a reference
meridian of longitude. But we have.
And SO it will be with the adoption
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

We did not become shippers and fl
nanciers as well as manufa cturers be-
cause we did not have the means.
The country needed all the capital it
could command to develop its manu-
featuring industries ard its internal
transportation system, and to develop
properly along these two lines alone it
was forced to draw heavily upon the
accumulated wealth of other and
older countries. Capital could not be
spared to turn into oversee shipping
and foreign banking, or, what
amounts to the same thing, returns
from manufacturing were so much
higher that boats and banks were not
attractive investments. Whether or
not this lack of adequate transporta-
ton and banking facilities of our own
was a handicap to the development of
our foreign trade, and if so to what
extent, is a question over which there
is some conflict of opinion. But it
does not seem that It could have hurt
nomists suggest; the remarkable
growth of exports and imports in
the last two decades disproves
any such suggestion. Other eco
nomists profess to believe that the
lack of these two facilities cost us
money. For this there is little ground.
True we did not perform these serv-
ices and did not derive the profits
therefrom, but that is a very different
thing from the statement that 1t cost
us hundreds of millions year to have
these services performed by others
We did not 90 this work ourselves
because it could be done cheaper by
others, and at a saving tic the buyer.
We have been speaking of the past.
Now that we have the capital to put
into these two essential facilities, the
problem has an entirely different
aspect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
Jayhawker Jots

As the Wilson County Citizen OBJ
serves: 1t never occurs to boy that
too much noise is possible.
If preparedness for war prevents
war, asks the Hoxie Sentinel, why on
earth do we have the worst war In
the worlds history ranging on a con-
tinent which has specialized on mill
tarism for centuries?
One of the good stories going the
round of the Kansas press that is
credited to Elk tells that farmer
living near Sawyer has a man work
ing for him who has made quite a
reputation for silence. He averages
speaking about three words a day and
on these occasions his words are
mostly mere grunts. The hogs on that
farm have been off their feed here
lately and a few mornings ago the
farmer remarked that his last hog
was dead. This seemed to arouse the
of the silent young fellow and
after careful consideration he re-
marked: Then you're sure not to
lose any more" After that unusual
burst of eloquence he again lapsed
into silence for three days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
THE RED-HEADED wooDPECKER

"Rap-p-p, rap-p-p, rap-p-p, ap-p!
sounded through the garden
"Rap-p-p, rap-p-p, rap-p-p, app"
''Who-o-o. who-o-o in the world can
that be?" asked old Man Owl,
thoughtfully cooking his head to one
side, the better to listen.
"Rap-p-p, rap-p-p, ap-p-!i!' came
the queer call again, as If in answer
to the owls question.
Old Man Owl twisted and turned.
but not a sign of bird or any crea-
ture could he see. IF / was not so
sure that he had gone south long ago,
ne said to himself thoughtfully, Il
would think that that was my old
friend, the woodpecker. calling to me.
But he went long ago. Who. who who
can it be ?"
"Rap-p-p. rap-p-p, rap-p-p app"
called the stranger, this time right on
the other side of Old Man Owls treei
Slowly. and with even more than
does not care to hurry-it is easier to
keep warm when one is fluffed out
and still), Old Man Owl took his right
foot out from under his feathers, set
it carefully down on the branch on
which his left foot rested and in three
slow steps got himself round to the
other side of the tree trunk. Then he
thoughtfully (and with a great show
of indifference) raised his eyes and
looked around
Who do you suppose he saw on the
main trunk right below him? Mr..
Redhead Woodpecker! Mr.. Redhead
himself OF all creatures to see then,
old Man Owl was so surprised, he
nearly showed what he felt. which
would have made MIN forever dis
graced in his own cyesi
Good day to you, he said, when
he at last found his voice. 81 hardly
expected to find you here SO early
in the morning"
so earlyt" replied Mr.. Redhead
Il have TO get an carry start. For soon
I will be leaving"
.Leaving2" asked Old Man Owl.
Then you really are going south %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
Journal Entries

Among the rare things these days
are new stories that are good ones
% p
Another thing girl hates is to be
told that she looks like some other
girl.
d Z. d
Not infrequently an audience does
some of its applauding out of SYM
pathy.
+ = +
At any rate. a man with his nose to
the grindstone doesn't get into much
mischief.
When a man takes stock of himself
he never overIooks any of his good
points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

OF the forty-six students at the
Kansas State Agricultural college who
will graduate at the winter commence
ment exercises, no less than 26 are
young women, which seems rather
unusual for an institution of this
character. However, they are to re-
ceive the degree of bachelor of science
in home economics. And while there
isn't much in a name it would seem
more appropriate were the honor con-
ferred upon them classified as the de-
gree of maid of science in home eco
nnrnicS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

''Of course not" agreed Old Man
owl. though he had not the ghost OF
an idea what the woodpecher rneantI
Il know enough to wait" continued
the woodpeclser, ito wait till the
strong north winds are blowing. Then
do not have to fly laboriousIy. as
do my early-going brothers 1 simply
mount on swift-moving wind and
away it takes mel There's a great deal
in knowing what to do. and wheni"
And away he flew. leaving Old Man
owl to ponder carefully on his newly
acquired wisdom tCopyrisht-Cla
Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
STILL ANOTHER REASON.

In a letter endorsing some recent
suggestions in these columns, to the
effect that it would be far better for
Kansas to be engaged in the prosecu-
ton of essential public improvements,
and on borrowed money, rather than
that the state should be free from
debt, Earl Akers, the state treasurer.
points out that such undertakings
would also be of large advantage in
providing work for the many in the
state who need it, at is absolutely
all wrong" writes Mr.. Akers, for a
great state with the wealth of Kansas
to refuse to other than mark time.
We might well afford to be borrowing
money now, and thus we could keep
people employed that otherwise might
not be profitably engaged in any
work A vigorous expenditure of
money on public Improvements in
Kansas-which money was borrowed
and payable several years hence
would bring a relief to a, certain class
of people that really ought to have it
now. While we have an abundance
of wealth in Kansas, in the banks
particularly, and our per capita is at
its highest point, at the same time
investigation will disclose the fact that
this wealth is only partially in the
hands of the common folk, and that
our poor are just as poor as they
ever were, and that it is harder for
them to live on the present day wage
because of the high cost of living; so,
If they might be employed all of the
while it would relieve the situation
greatly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

i. Possibly the superintendent type
Of battleship is the most effective
hawai- weapon, as Secretary or the
Navy Daniels declares. But how does
he know it is? And is his word Tor
III sufficient? Surely Mr.. Daniels
hasn't qualified as a naval expert dur
ing the comparatively brief time that
ne has been connected with naval al
fairs. Why not permit the real naval
experts to determine which is the best
#ype of naval weapon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
HUGHES TALK IN HIGH PLACES.

Another significant straw tending
to show the way that the Republican
presidential wind is blowing is to be
found in the strong Hughes talk that
was undercurrent in the milling Incl
dental to the meeting of the Republic
can national committee. There was
considerable Roosevelt talk, too, which
might be said to be rather unusual in
view of the emphatic declarations that
have been made of late by some Of
Colonel RooseveIt's close friends that
he would not return to the Republican
party for the next campaign. How
ever as has been suggested before in
these columns Colonel Roosevelt
usually speaks for himself in such i'm
portant matters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

To the question stern and awful.
What hast thou
For the King of earth and heaven done
below?'
Lord he answered, Others serve Thee. 1
Have no talent, naught to offer at Thy
Only this one thing to Thee, Lord. dare
I have pleased the children, and they
loved me we'll
Game the sudden wondrous shining of the
A.. smile that lights the skies
'Laborer in Ny vineyard rise!
Though thou did'st it for the children.
While a child on earth is living, thou its
living saint shall be-
The Christmas spirit is winning
dominion over an increasing number
of individual hearts daily, and in that
sure and irresistible way, Christmas is
conquering the world.
Great gifts are common nowadays
me average man can read of a ten
million dollar bequest to charity with
only languid interest. Mr.. Carnegie
There is nothing new or sensational
in the practice. Instinctively, the nor
NAL person realizes that the greatest
gift is = not of money, no mater how
gift of a life. Only life can
meet Hfe'S needs. God might
have sent a new philosophy into the
world to redeem the race, or a new
organization of human society, or
new law on fresh tables of stone. But
His way was better. He sent the best
that heaven held of life-His own ma
ture personified in His Son, born as a
babe. living a normal life, performing
a divine ministry, and dying a vi
carious death. Jesus brought life that
men might have life; and have it
more abundantly.
4" 'Tis life of which our veins are scant,
Life, more life, and fuller that we want"
God made no mistake in His Christ
mas gift, and gave us the greatest pos
sible blessing when He gave us Christ.
James H. Snowden.
Peace prevails where the Christ
mas spirit rules.
''Look on all His gifts around thee-gifts
that make it joy to live;
Best of all, royal kindness. He has
given the power to give.
He has filled thy hands with blessings
which He bids thee scatter wide:
Calls thee friend, and not his servant
friend to labor at His side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

III Think of the limb many and divers
of the erstwhile Bull Moosers would
be out on were the rules of the Re
publican party similar to those OF the
Socialist party. The state convention
of the latter party in Kansas ousted
its state chairman because he cam
paigned and voted for a candidate Tor
office who was not a Socialist.