The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-07
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the spectators in foods and Prov
sfons who bought heavily In antict
patton OF a railroad strike are now
counting up their losses. since the
markets have reacted. But there IS
no need to be much concerned ABOUT
them. They speculated and II they
lost instead of won that Is their jwn
| lookout. II there had been strike.
needless to say, they would have put
the screws down tight on the poor
consumer.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: President
Wilson used four pens to sign the
Adamson bill passed by congress to
avert q big railway strike: One might
almost be led to infer that Mr.. viii
son looks up tie pen IS mighty i'm
portant asset in the present political
controversy which RACES In the coun-
try.
Davenport Times: Predictions in
regard to the duration of the war are
about as futile as predictions In re-
gard to the time Of the arrival OF the
Bremen. II the British have captured
that boat they know how to keep
still about it.
Burlington Gazette: Henry Ford's
automobile company announces 1t is
making 100000 week. Now we
can understand why peace at any
price doesn look expensive to Henry.
Logan Observer: Just the same and
notwithstanding it is going to cost a
lot of money to elect q governor in
Iowa this year. Meredith is accused
of being a millionaire and tapping his
barrel to insure his election, but
Harding who is not accused Of being
q millionaire Is sending out just as
much publicity as Meredith.
Webster City Freeman-Tribune: A
Des Moines attorney has asked two
members of the board Of parole to
resign because they have not par
doned his client No one can accuse
the lawyer of having lost his nerve.
He should ask the governor to name
him as a member Of the board until
he can free the man from prison.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Some Of us
spell it R-U-mania and, some spell it
R-O-U-mania, but before this cruel
war is over very many win spell it
R-E-U-mania-
Waterloo Courier: The figures of
the census bureau show that man
may expect to live seven years longer
in the country than he would in the
city, under average conditions. But
who would want seven years of added
life when he could not see the NOV
ing pictur6 ShOwS2
Creston Advertiser: There IL uni
versal feeling of relief that the rail
road strike has been settled temper
arily. No one believes that the settle
ment is permanent, but the delay will
give opportunity for further efforts to
reconcile the conflicting claims of the
employees and the railroads. 1t is to
be hoped that full advantage will be
taken of the opportunity. The consti-
nationality of the eight hour law is
in serious doubt because Of the fact
that it fixes the wages to be paid, bit
while this question is being settled
there will be time for further efforts
to bring the men and the railroads
together.
MarshaIltown Times-Repub1ican
What congress did was to shut off
the power and lock the brakes while
the blamed thing skidded on the
edge of disaster. And now the next
thing is to push the machine back
by hand.
Sioux City Journal: The threat Of
the 1. w. w. to call national strike
will not create great deal of ex-
element in this part of the country,
where comparatively few l. w. WIS
have been caught working.