The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-01
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


paredness M cans more than the people
deemed possible when they began 70
take it up. Now 1t will undoubtedly
benefit the birds. For there will sure
'ly be many who will learn now What
never occurred to them before, ina.
the birds are the protectors or al
sorts of vegetable growth and without
them there could be no making OF gar
dens and no filling of fields. Bird pro-
lection is an important feature OF ma
tional preparedness.
Sioux CITY Journal: Champ clark
has done a lot of things since june
1912. to reconcile folks to what nap
pened when the will of the majority
as first expressed in the BaltlInore
convention was defeated.
Cedar Rapids Republican: This IS
no time for divided allegiance, anu
men either are for America or they are
against it." declares the Washington
Democrat, and the Democrat, as usuai,
lis right. HALF way measures now are
not enough. You must go all the way.
And by going all the way the job Pc
fore the country will be made easier
and shorter.
Tama News: 1t is very hard for
German in America regardless or no"
loyal he is If he says anything IN
his own defense, his words may pe
lmisconstrued into reasonable utter
ances. There are many eXcltaole per
sons who will try to get a German 5
goat, so to speak. Some Will mali-
ciously try to get a German into an
argument. Then after the quarrel is
over all sorts of things are told ABOUT
what the German had said. he can
never explain that he did not mean
so and SO and meant so and SO ana
did not say so and so. People VIII
refuse to believe him and viii peddle
the tales until horrible rumors are BE-
lieved to be facts.
Monticello Express: Were 1t not
for the loyalty of republican support
the president would have sorry time
Of it. "Gumshoe" Bill Stone, the chair
man of the senate committee on for
eign relations, has already shown him
self as being a hindrance to the presi-
dent and the whole country. Chair
man Dent, of the house committee on
military affairs is SO far opposed TO
the patriotic plans of the president,
that the latter had to depend upon
republican member of that commit
tee to support the administration draft
measure on the floor of the house.
Even the speaker of the house took
a fling at the president. The chief re-
lance of the country now lies in the
republican members OF both houses
Of congress.
Sioux City Tribune: Nothing will
help the jury system in Iowa so long
as men who show symptoms of human
intelligence are barred from service
in trials.
Grand Junction Globe: Some really
legislation is to the cred
it of the legislature that just adjourn
ed. The budget system, the patrol sys-
tenn for the roads. the county agent
measure and the child welfare legisla-
.tion are among the notable acts.
Des Moines Tribune: With ordinary
pie selling at 10 cents per cut, we can
expect the price Of strawberry short
cake to give us chill this year.
Perry Chief: A Stacker" Is one
commonly supposed to be afraid to
go to war. He is the man who always
lets the other fellow bear the brunt of
the nations troubles and himself sits
safely at home and tells how it ought
to be done. There are also other kinds
of slackers, and one of the worst of
the species is the man who will hoard
potatoes and other foodstuffs that he
may reap the benefit of high prices
brought on by the great war. He is
worse than the man who refuses to
fight America is not on a starvation
basis ny any means, but the conditions
are becoming serious and the time to
deal with the food Stacker" Is right
now If there is law that can reach
them it should be put into force at
once He should be swatted and swat
ted hard.