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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
.IApAN,s GROWING TRADE.

The careful observer of movements IN the
world trade will continue to keep an eye Oh
japan s alert and progressive manufacturers
asst wear according to the foreign trace ue-
nartment Of the National City bank OF New
York .Japan established trade balance OF sew
enty-three million dollars against the unlteu
States. This was done in period when com, !,
|merce hetween the two countries increased
about one hundred per cent.
Particularly interesting are figures showing
that in the last three years development OF tne
.Jananese cotton manufacturing industry has
resulted in the practical elimination OF the
United States as an exporter OF cotton ciotn 20
China In the eleven months OF last year TOT
which statistics are available, Japan $ exports
of cotton manufactures amounted to seventy
six million dollars, compared with n1ty-loui =.
million dollars in the corresponding months OF
1915 and fifty-seven million dollars IN l9l4.
Sixty percent. of these exports go TO emma. ~
1916 American exports OF cotton cloths 70
China were valued at less than two hundred
thousand dollars, though in 1913 our sales OF
these goods in Chinese markets announced TO
more than eight million dollars. The National
CITY bank says that the orient seems to nave
found Japan its most convenient source OF sup
Div for manufactures, and that her exports 10
Asia as whole in the eleven months endlne
| with November last amounted to two hundred
and twenty-five million dollars, against one
hundred and fifty-four million dollars In 1919
| Trade with China seems bound to grow rap
idly in the next few years, and evidently
Japan is preparing to meet all the demands
made upon her Industrial resources Many OF
her manufacturers have built mills OF the best
TYPE and bought up o-date machinery 'Ehei1
labor costs are low and their government sees
that nothing in the way of shipping facilities
are lacking.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
Civilization is at the forks Of the road It
is great crisis in history. The nations may
choose the way of life or go on in the ways
of death Washington GLADDEN..
PORTO RICO CITIZENSHIP.

Porto Rico viii be pleased at the passage OF
the bill intended to correct the anomalies which
have too long persisted, and in particular to
give the Porto Ricans status. The bill does
not force United States citizenship upon them,
but the great majority may be expected to de
clare themselves citizens, especially as the
franchise after year is to be restricted to
those who choose American citizenship A
part of the population, more considerable in
Influence than in numbers, is either of Spanish
citizenship or SO closely connected with Spain
as to find this provision unwelcome, but this
spirit has perceptibly declined during the past
year or two. To the Americans, of whom there
is considerable colony, the change will be
specially welcome: under the provisional sys-
tenn which has been in force since the occupa-
ton they have felt somewhat aienated. That
the law will please everybody is not to be ex
pected; in the nature of the case it is COM
promise, and the way is left open for changes
if they are needed. But almost any bill would
be better than none, and in general Porto Rico
seems to feel that the legislation which has so.
long been under discussion promises to be sat
isfactory
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

Purim, COMMUNICATING Dsllvsranes
Of Jews Of Persia From
Power Of Hannah.

Purim, which this year will be
celebrated Thursday. March s. begin.
ming. however, on Wednesday even
ing the 7th, is one OF the minor
holidays of the Jewish calendar. 1t
commentaries the deliverance Of the
Jews of Persia from the power or
Hannah, the vizier Of King Ahaserus.
Hannah had cast. lots (hence the
name "Purim" which means "lots")
to determine which month was to be
set for the massacre Of all the Jews
in Persia. Mordecai and his niece
Esther becoming aware of the plot
succeeded in deposing Haman and
in obtaining royal permission for the
Jews to attack and master their enc
mics on the 18th and 18th of Adar.
The deliverance of the Jews from
the threat of annihilat.on and their
victory over their enemies have
ever after been celebrated as the
feast OF Purim.
The feast OF Purim never attained
as high degree Of spiritual inilu.
ence as did some of the other festi.
walls. The, usual psalms of praise
read on other holidays are omitted
on Purim. The one characteristic OF
the Purim ritual is the reading of
the book OF Esther On the evening
of the thirteenth day OF Adar.
up for whatever influence It may
have lacked as a religious festival.
It was celebrated as a carnival:
masks were worn by old and young |;
Purim plays were given re-enaeting
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
FREIGHT CONGESTION RELIEVED.

A warning from the president of the Chicago
Board of Trade, who predicted burst of an
archy unless the food shortage were imme-
diately relieved, was one of the elements in
Fastening government and railroad co-opera-
ton to rescue the country from its peril. The
movement of freight cars is now reported as
more satisfactory, and the desperate cases of
food and fuel famine have been treated with
hasty special shipments.
Chicago Indianapolis. Detroit and Spring
field were the worst sufferers in the middle
west, coal supplies having fallen so low that
light and power service was threatened New
England's flour and grain famine has been
remedied by shipments of special trains ahead
Of even the passenger service from Mime
apolis. Wheat and export freight at the eastern
terminals, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Baltimore, has been appreciably reduced. The
worst of the freight jam is over. sample Of
the congestion was found in the wards at De-
troit-thirty five thousand cars idle.
One of the ways which led to a ouick soIu-
ton of the difficulty was SO simple in accom-
phshment that it seems strange the railroad
people did not adopt it in the early DAYS of the
congestion Observe now how the round house
door was locked after the locomotive had bean
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
rouAL SUFFRAGE INEVITABLE
Resistance % Useless In Faes g
What's Bound to Come.

a.elet.nee il. Useless Il, Faee ct
what's Bound to Come.
burlington Hawk,Eye: 'Keokuk
Gate Ctty-The equal suffragists OF
Burlington seem to have captured the
editorial opinion OF The Hawk-Eye
BODY and soul, and both the captors
and the captive are to be congratu-
lated. The good will of the Fourth
Estate is probably the most valu-
able asset In the accounts OF the
would-be voters of Iowa or any other
state. and that they have this is sig
nal evidence Of victory soon to be- /"
The Hawk-Eye's support OF equal
suffrage dates back q full half cen
fury and was based upon the fuhda-
mental principle OF democracy
where all OF the people are free and
equal in the eyes OF the law and
where all Of. suitable age and con-
dition should have voice In the laws
and policies OF the country intended
to govern all. The logic OF the argu-
ment is with the equal suffrage
proposition, but The Hawk-Eye 10 not
Ian extremist In its advocacy. While
| believing equal suffrage, regardless
OF sex. is destined to come. as 1t
came to the non-property owner. and
later to the black man. 1t also be-
ilieved these reforms could only come
through education and the building
up of favoring public sentiment. That
required time. The Hawk-Eye has
been content to await the advance
through a change IN public opinion.
That change has been slowly taking
place during the past half century
too slow in the thought Of many nd
| Yanced thinkers. But growths that
are slow in process are compensated
in permanency of results.
This slow development of public
opinion is now maturing and our
people, both sufragists and anti-suf-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
THE DAILY GATE CITY

stolen: The important lines in all parts OF me
country signed an agreement under when !
penalty will be imposed in.every case wneIe 6
road sends either loaded or an unloaded car
to q line which does not return IT to It's owner
over the shortest route :. !.
n view Of the car shortage situation, It IS
evident that this action should nave peen
taken long ago Apparently the roads are 40 o
inc the best they can at this time, but what
thew are doing should have been done at the
FIRST signs of shortage in freight cars. NO ex-
pert opinion was required to show the wisdom
of this course
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
M0fher.M0de, Quick
Acting Cough Syrup
Should be Kept Handy In Every
HoAe-Easily Prepared aDd
Costs Little.

Mothers, you'll never know what you
sly T. Shdren oVe it's t.sss
and nothing else will loosen q cough or
chest cold and heal the inHamed or
swollen throat membranes with such
ease and promptness. It's equally ~
good for grown-ups A. for. children.
This splendid cough syrup is made BY
pouring 21a ounces of Pinex $50 cents
WORTH, into Q pint bottle and filling the
bottle with plain Rranulated sugar
syrup. This gives you q full pint-a
family supply-of much better cough
remedy than you could buy ready -made
for S2.50-a clear saving of ~.
The moment it touches the inhamed,
cold-conaested membranes that line the
throat and air passages, the healing be.
gins, the phlegm loosene, soreness
leaves, cough spasms lessen and soon
disappear altogether, thus ending .
cough quicker than you ever thought
possible. Hoarseness and ordinary
coughs are conquered by it in "a hourG
or less. Excellent for bronchitis, whoop.
ing cough, gpasmodic Group, bronchial
asthma or winter coughs
Pinex 10 . highly concentrated com.
pound Of genuine Norway pine extfact
combined with Quaiacol and Is famouf
the world over for its. quick healing
effect ON the membranes.
Beware of substitutes. Ask your
druggist for "21z ounces of Pinex" with
directions and don't accept anything
else. Guaranteed 20 give absolute salts
faction or money refunded. The Pine1
Co, FL Wayne. Ind
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

y
willing to subject themseIv.. 4
- ,olM. !,.., OF . even small sums Nh
knowing that their chance.
good. The company Womb "a
and the fire ratio would com. =
Moreover. II the agent i ~
to stand liable for his shar. " v
risk the companies will And ~
many cases they can afford = ~
lower rates. The standard -
erty they are insuring will :. Z.
and their insurance can h. g
count" 'lal
The system is entirely new !, .
country. though somewhat s u
laws are In effect in foreign '' :
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
ToDAY,s BIT OF VERSE
MARCH WIND,

MARCH WIND.
With q rattle at the window
And dash at the door.
Comes Eoisy, jolly fellow.
With a rush and roar.
Then the tree houghs take to dancing
And the big pine, swaying. sings.
And the dry leaves sporting. prancing,
Whirl on flutt'ring brown bird wings.
Il am March Wind" cries the stranger,
II blow, and blow and blow.
I'm a merry. hurrying ranger.
Swift from place to place go.
Now / blow the snow a-flying
From the fields all drifted Deep
And blow the ground adryinE.
Calling to the flowers asleep.
ITO your cheeks I blow red roses,
To your eyes blow violets bright,
While blow awake the posies
After the long winter night.
Soon. I'll blow flood OF sunshine,
Making on some blue sky day,
wide open way for springtime.
Laughing April, dearest May"
-Susanne Ranlett, in Springfield Republican.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
,ovvA PRESS COMMENT,

i Ma rahalltoWn TimeS-hepupiicsla..
JEyerybedy is advising eyerypouy
plant potatoes and it is excelient -,
vice. However. At 81 q bushel for see y.
Ift is going to cost about $S2 an acre =
plant the tubers this spring wnicn ~
planter 10 likely to take into consiuI -
alton. Years ago grandmother useo :.
save the eye ends of the potatoes sns
neeIed in time of scarcity and sue us.u
TO get some mighty good potatoes i' =
their planting.
! Cedar Rapids Republican: Won
iBernstorff after being stripped N
Iifax and seeing the rupoer nco :
en- of their shoes. sd as 10 Keep 80, m.a
from going to the enemy HAHN, n
or the Frederick VIII. He Is assurreu
n safe voyage, the allies naVins
PROMISED not to disturb the going OF
his ship and presumably the Germans
will not submarine him-an amDaSsa-
dor IL more sacred than mothers VIII.
lchiIdren in,their arms such as we hau
on the Lusitania, although to some "
MS one baby is worth more tnan 2
Thousand European ambassadors o.
whatever stripe they may be. b4t
great big man demands protection that
has not always been accorded "
babies.
Sioux CITY Journal: There ought 20
be a law prohibiting the bow leggea
girl from wearing short skirts anu
white stockings.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The fact IS
heing discovered and pointed out tnaI
walking has become a lost art. w ell.
there is little need OF worrying on that
score. Just about the time that every
body is ready to concede that 1t is iost.
gone yamoosed Beyond the slightest
hone OF coming back-fashion VIII de-
cree that people shalt walk. And then
everybody will walk. more especlaliy
those who pretend to give no need "
the DEGREES OF dame fashion. In Iact,
Iit is quite likely that they Will De
found leading the procession.
Boone News-Republican: Why not
make the state highway commission
an elective body the same as the raii-
road commission?
Des Moines Register: Also, the
are expecting spring OF
fensive on the part of tenants VINO
want their rooms repapereo.
Burlington Gazette: Our most So
cred institutions are the home and tine
h ballot and the one who violates either
lis entitled to no clemency.
What Cheer Patriot: We thougnl
the last gubernatorial campaign was
based on the issue of cutting down ex'
penses. Yet during our visit 70 Doe
Moines last week Senator kimbaii told
us that each house had more employees
! than it had two years ago. Why Is
this, we wonder? When we entered
the house to 60 to the seat OF Repre-
sentative Nordyke. ladies and girls
who are clerks, sat around making
fancy work and crochetng, etc, A. q
"a day for seven days a week. we
think this Legislature got OF on ms
wrong foot when 1t comes to economy
lie there ID not need Of SO many clerks
las to allow them time for fancy worl
lii would be a splendid idea to let then
Igo and thus save the state $21 weeS
salary for each one not needed. Some
lone viii have to explain these thingi
1.-TWO years hence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

Core shoulders, lame Il
stiff neck. all pains and q
yield to Sloan's Linimeut
Do not rub tt. Simply apply
the sore spot, it quickly penet1
and relieves. Cleaner than mu
iplasters or ointments, it does I
stain the skin.
Keep bottle handy for rheumsi
spfains, bruises. toothache. neuraleis. -
!lumba&o and sore stiff muscles.
AT all drug aists, Csc. Soc. and SID.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

the drama Of Esther and Hannah.
IN addition to this merry celebration
of Purim there arose the custom OF
giving gifts to the poor. Every Jew.
no matter how poor, would give
something to someone more needy
than himself. And so the day Of
popular rejoicing was touched with
the eieyating spirit Of benevolence-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
EpIdemIe Of pn.,,,,..,.

limited Press Leased Wire Ss,,,.
Ell PASO. Texas, March ! ~, IN,
thousand regular and nationa, .. ..
troops stationed at Ell Paso har. n n
quarantined In their camps her.
cause Of an epidemic Of pneu,.
among the troops. The ous,.s.
will last two weeks, but will ~. ~
feet the movement of militia o,, ~.
lions ordered home. ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

The New York couple which !,
the spotlight by dressing In blsct
the marriage ceremony, took
chance with the fates than !
Lake couple. A fruit cake -
forty-six years ago was served 4 !,
latter wedding.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
THE NATURALIZATION. BOOM.

| A tremendous boom III the DECENTRALIZATION VI
alien residents is seen by the federal depart
ment of labor as ga patriotic movement gener-
ally regarded as one of the great saving forces
of American national life. !" The department
also said in recent bulletin that this surprls-
ing growth has been due largely to series OF
mass meetings proposed by the bureau OF
naturalization for the purpose Of stimulating
the interest of the candidates for citizenship
classes conducted by the public schools.
It makes highly optimistic piece of infor-
nation: the aliens love Us and they are appre-
ciative of our kind efforts toward naturaliza-
ton.
But there is another and less encouraging
side to the naturalization story Many OF the
candidates for citizenship are not the newly-ar-
rived aliens who have been attending these
night schools in the fourteen hundred cities
and towns that have been cooperating with
the naturalization bureau. Many are aliens
who have resided in the United States fer
wears without thought of citizenship; who
would not need to attend night school, and
whose chief object in becoming Americans IS
to escape the unpleasant formalities of re-
straint in time of war. They become Ameri-
cans - force of circumstances, not by choice.
Their citizenship is sham; their allegiance is
of doubtful value.
Fortunately the process of naturalization is
not brief, and the first step toward it does not
give the applicant full privilege. The whole
number of those who can succeed In abusing
American hospitality is small.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
Mr.. zeelIner's Disclaimer.


To the Editor Of The Gate City:
story t.. being industriously cir
culated that / was recently engaged
in en- alteration over the war and
.ttat made insulting remarks con-
corning our nag and AS result was
severely beaten by couple OF travel
fae men and put of tram.
Just who is responsible for this
story do not know. II il was meant
as Joke, 1t is not only a poor one
bur very ill-timed II told seriously,
IL 10 slanderous. The facts are that
no such incident ever occurred.
have not been in any fight nor any
alteration whatever, neither on a
train nor elsewhere. Much less have
l either insulsesi or spoken disparag-
ingly OF the American flag. The fact
is that was born under the flag and
am therefore deeply attached to our
country and its Gag. ! am of Ger
man parentage and at the early
stages of the war I have naturally
been in sympathy with the country
OF my ancestors. I am, however,
first an American citizen, ready at
all times TO defend my country and
its flag. Feeling thus, II seems to
me that those who circulate cheap
falsehood like the above are not serv-
ing their country or flag by doing
so. am like the rank and file OF
our citizens Of German parentage.
ever ready to defend our flag now as
we have IN all previous wars.
ALBERT ZOELLNER.
Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. %, 1917.
Grow Early Potatoes.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
To grow early potatoes, make a
small hot bed and cover with oiled
muslin to conserve the heat OF the
compost and soil on top, and also to
keep rain out When the heat is just
right get some blue grass sod and cut
II into little squares OF about three or
four inches. Insert one eye of the po-
tato into the soil of each little square
then place them as close together as
YOU can with the sod inverted) in
the hot bed, covering It with some
two or three inches of rich soil and
watering when needed. These eyes
will soon sprout and grow very rapid
". When danger of frost has passed.
take up these little squares carefully
and replant in the open and you will
have large sized potatoes several
weeks earlier than you otherwise
would. From peck thus started sew
eral bushels can be grown easily and
cheaply. This is no experiment with
the writer. Try 1t.
|Keokuk, Ia, Feb. 2S. 1871
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re
sponsibility for views expressed by
correspondents. Writers OF communi-
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, but
for the information of the editor.F
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

The price of rice having doubled, the
pins are all set for booming it as cheap sub
stitue for potatoes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

Germany admits no submarine losses, but IN
this matter the British press bureau IS nearer
the scene of action.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

The Swiss minister at Washington, because
his mustache turns up at the ends, is under
dark suspicion among those who ''see things
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

If the paper situation gets bad enough to
ruin the newspapers and yet stops short of re-
forming the wall paper designs it viii be an i'll
wind indeed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

At last the Porto Ricans are people.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

True neghboriness perfect In manner because u -
fine In thought Nothing 10 more humble; u !: kindness
on the basis Of ure equality to help and the
need to be helped constantly changing positions
I Lillian II. Tryon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-01

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Famous Bronze Doors O. No. 81
May Swing in Monte Carlo Casino
Repres ntavc of Prince of Monaco Arrives to Attend Auc
Doors Have Been Closed Since Jerome Clamped Lid

Fate may be kind, after all, to No.
S5s famous bronze doors.
There is still chance that the mas
slve panels of bronze, which at one
time guarded the entrance to the wine
cellar in a naughty Doges Venetian
palace, and more recently swung wide
to admit the elite and changed noisily
shut against the undesirables at one of
New fork's most gilded gambling halls.
VIII yet end their venturesome career
IN surroundings that are fitting.
Baron Monille, representative of the
Prince of Monaco, arrived in the city
yesterday from Monte Carlo. lie came
expressly to attend the sale of the fur.
nishings Of the house at 33 West Thir-
ty-third Street, known over the world
as THE House with the Bronze Doors"
Jerome Closed Doors
When gambling that was gambling
was rampant in New York there was no
higher play TO be found than behind
the bronze doors at No. SO. Pikers
were not wanted and not admitted.
For those VINO possessed the magic
word as well as the right size bank
roll 10 take them past the bronze doors
there was noJri1G left uudonc to make
their stay within worthy the price, no
matter how much the Unsuitable tiger
may have cost them.
The house, from top to bottom. had
been decorated by the late Stanford
White, and at the front entrance were