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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atehison Glohe.1

lFrom the AtchlSon GLOBE
Courts thrive on carelessness.
In this world a man gets taxed for
being progressive.
Your ills are never so serious or so
important as you imagine.
There is always somebody to keep
the silly season. from closing.
Editors don't love the people as
much as they love circulation.
We much prefer the modest fool to
the clever man who is conceited.
To some men much of the joy of
flirting comes in boasting about it.
A man thinls better of himself if
he gets to work earlier than usual
Colored people can remember the
names of their kin better than white
folks can
The Christmas presents a 16-year-
old girl gives her parents are things
that will look well in the "parlor."
Men who do a good deal of running
around are fond of the remark that a
woman always makes the first break
When a young man gives a reason
why he doesn't like another young
man, nine times out of ten he will say
he is big-headed.
When a minister refers to a larger
field in explaining his acceptance of
a call from another city,~he really
means he is to get a larger salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

Railroad managers probably will
feel that great burden has been lift
ed from their shoulders. They will
have nothing to- do but operate the
lines with an eye single to efficiency.
The government will assume the re-
sponsibility, financial and otherwise.
Complainants and critics can be told
to take their grievances to Uncle Sam.
Out of the change is almost certain to
grow better understanding and just
and fair relations among all concerned
in the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
WHY GERMANY WANTS PEACE

Shipping losses thru German sub
marines again are showing a marked
decline. In the Manchester Guardian
of recent date there appeared a tabu-
lation of figures conclusively proving
that around Germany and her allies
there is drawn today a blockade which
makes their final defeat absolutely
and definitely certain unless Germany
can register a decisive victory on the
western front or break the power of
the allied navies.
In 1911, 1912 and 1913 Holland and
the Scandinavian countries imported
monthly average of 382, 900 tons of
fodder and cereals. In January Of
1917, before America was in the war,
they imported $50, 900 tons In 1911
IS they imported a monthly average
of $4,000 tons and in last January
$4,000 tons of oils and fats Cotton
importations during the three years
Immediately prior to the war averaged
$500 tons a month and in the first
month of 1914 that amount was main
tanned. The Importation of wool was
almost doubled by these same coun-
tries following the outbreak of the
war. Germany got a large share of it.
Since the embargo was imposed our
! exports to these neutral neighbors of
I Germany have been largely cut off
and a very different record is being
registered. The allied blockade, since
Americas. entrance into the war. has
stopped this energetic importation by
Germany thru her small neutral
nefghbors, of fodder and cereals, oils
and fats, cotton, wool, hides and Ieath-
er, copper and other war essentials.
Oil and fat imports to these neutral
countries have dropped from a month
ly average of $4,000 tons to 22,5Oo
tons, the September record Cotton
imports have fallen from $500 tons
a month to 1900 tons; wool from
1850 tons to $50 tons; hides and
leather from 1900 to 440 tons. Con.
per, from 2,7O0 tons a month before
the war, and 1900 tons in January
1917, dropped to 500 tons in Septem-
Der
What these former German supply
bases get now we let them have onl,
for their own use, under conditions we
ourselves impose. This blockade, if il
can be maintained, must bring Ger.
many finally to the end of her re,
sources in meeting the requirement,
of her people. Already there are un.
mtstakable indications of a gathering
business protest in Germany urging
the futility of her gigantic war under
taking and a demand for an earl,
peace, which the Prussian oIigarchy i
powerless to secure.
Nothing but a decisive German vic
tory can break this blockade or Ion.
check this gathering storm. There is
business Germany to which the war il
) becoming more and more disastrous
1t is being heard from in the presen
efforts to arrange peace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

The result of the tremendous in
crease in production, and especially in
the value of the product in this coun-
try, is shown by the fact that the total
money in circulation increased from
3.73S,OOO July l. 1913, to s4,-
$50, $4,000 on July l, 1917, and indi-
vidual deposits in all banks, national,
state, savings and trust companies in
creased from $17.743,764.0 900 in 1913
to approximately $4,000, 100000 in
the corresponding date of 1917. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Baking Powder Buckwheat Cakes
(for family of six)-Use two pints
cold water. one pint sweet milk, one
tablespoon salt, two tablespoons sugar,
three teaspoons baking powder,
enough 6uckwkeat flour (not selfris-
ing) to make like raised cakes with
yeast or buttermiik. These are. fine
If any batter is left in crock pour one
quart water over it and when you
want to make again pour water off
and make as in the beginning. Pour
ing on water and draining off keeps
the batter sweet for a week or two.
Oatmeal Piecrust-Scald two parts
of fine oatmeal with one part of hot
water; mix well and roll thin. AS this
bakes very quickly. fruit which re-
quires much cooking must be cooked
first before making the pies This
crust is very tender, possessing all the
desirable qualities of shortened pie
crust without its injurious effects
Oatmeal Cookies-Cne and one-half
cups graduated sugar. one cup lard.
one egg, one cup sour milk. one tea
spoon salt. one teaspoon soda dissolved
in milk. one cup raisins. two and one
half cups flour three cups rolled oats.
CUP of nuts if desired.
Drop from spoon Bake in modern
oven
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

1t is reported that the government
us about to fix price of 81 an ounce
for silver. This would still be % cents
below the coinage value. The war has
given the white metal an important
place in the worlds commerce. Silver
imports during November amounted
to 100000, a considerable increase
over previous months; while silver ex-
ports fell to less than 100000. For
eleven months the silver imports
amounted to SAT 900, against s29,-
100000 a year ago, and the exports
were valued at $4,000. 900 in 1917 and
$50, 100000 in 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

opportunities for moneymaking which
the exploitation of returned soldiers
offers
In Canada. for example. a great
motion picture concern offered to take
over large number of these wounded
men. 1t was found that they had
comprehensive plan for using the one
legged as ticket takers. the one-armed
to turn the handles of the film rolls,
the mentally deranged, perhaps, to
write the scenarios. At any rate, they
were going to give all of these veterans
nice jobs. and pay them low wages.
Nothing like that was allowed to hap
pen in Canada, nor will it be allowed
to happen in this country. A govern
ment board, similar to the English
advisory wage board. will be organ
lied to protect the returned American
soldier from such exploitation.
1t will be seen from these facts that
there is slowly building a great ma
chine of government to see that JUS
tice is done the man who fights. 1t
begins with measures to protect his
health and provide for his family
while he is fighting. Then come re-
pair and re-education. The next step
is to provide land-a bit of the land
they defended-for those who want it
and can use it, and useful occupation
at fair pay for those who prefer it.
These measures for the care of the
returned soldier will be treated fully
| IN future HaSkln letters.
The big important fact is that these
| social measures are to the common
man the most important fruits of the
war. If the soldier is provided with
! land at such a price that he can farm
| it profitably. then why not the
| civilian? If the wounded soldier of
war is re-educated and protected, why
not the injured soldier of industry
| Twenty thousand of them are wounded
i in this country every year of peace. II
capital is not allowed to exploit re-
turned soldiers. why should it be al
| lowed to exploit anyone7 These
! changes will reach farther than even
| their authors dream.
Questions on the above or any SUBJ
tect upon which the reader desires in
| formation, should be addressed the
Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
| Washington. ,. c., with a Scent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

The draft election in Canada turned
upon a. straight-out issue of a vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war, with full
consumption from all parts of the do
minion- The result was a substantial
victory for the pro-war party-tho
party lines were largely swept away.
There no longer is room for doubt
that a like result would attend the
submission of a similar issue in this
country. If there ever has been any
serious division of opinion it has been
almost entirely swept away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
ON SPUR 4 III MOMENT

BE- Roy K. MoULToN

(Chicago's health commissioner ha
just issued the ultimatum that kissin
is o. k. and should be encouraEed.)
And the doctors scientific,
With their wNhiskers most terrific,
And their long hair amply larded,
See their theory discarded.
They have been repudiated
For authority has stated
In a manner most emphatic
That their views are most cratic
That the laddies AMI the misses
Can indulge in all the kisses
That their inclinations call for.
'Tis a right they would risk all for.
No war portions. but full measure.
Tfs the only untaxed pleasure.
Lid is off. Gosh, how we dread it;
But it's right-the Boss has said it.
And turnout our land the kissing
Sounds like locomotives kissing.
And at last we've saved the nation
Made it safe for OSCILLATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

The governments plan to reduce the
salaries of highly paid railroad Off
cials probably will meet the approval
of some farther down the line, who
cannot ever hope to attain these well
paid positions themselves. That the
laborer is worthy of his hire probably
is no less true in railroading than in
any other field of endeavor. The gov
ernment might properly apply the ad-
justment of salaries to congress, where
all are paid alike regardless of the
kind or amount of work each does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
The Theatrical Webster.

stands with his back to the audience
for the purpose of obstructing the
view from forty of the best $3.50 seats.
Author: Man who lives on the roy
alties he expects to get.
Composer: Man with a good mem
DRY and an artist in camouflage of
music who can make a "FIorodora''
tune sound almost original.
Vocalist: Woman who sings whether
you want her to or not. A singer is
one who sings only for money.
Grand Opera: A tragedy with music.
The music is on the stage, the tragedy
out at the box office.
Producer: One who writes the
book. lyrics and music during the
third rehearsal.
Critic: One who is always right
SO per cent of the time.
Crouch: One who gets in on a pass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

Being an American, B. r. Stevens.
in charge of the branch of the Ma
tional City Bank of New York, in Pet
rograd, did what his countrymen
would naturally expect him to do.
When the Bolsheviki gang raided his
bank, arrested him and demanded his
keys he refused to give them up. Mex
ico has been a nice orderly place in
which to live when compared to Rus
STA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

, competition is ruinous to business.
The railroad situation brought the les
son home so forcibly that it could no
longer be ignored. For all the par
alleling of lines and other forms of
waste the public has been made to
pay. And it has dore it cheerfully
under the belief that competition was
the one thing desirable. What the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

fort to us as long as we live by the
simple expedient of little explana-
ton.
It's inexplicable the aversion we
have to explanation, but we all have
it. The real reason that families are
broken up. children leave home, and
people flee their near relatives as
they do the plague. is SO they won't
have to tell why they do everything
they do or leave undone.
A~@& 49,
Copyright. 1917. ny the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

1t may be now that Uncle Sam will
help US 10 save the Leavenworth &
Topeka road from being junked. 1t
seems as if, in these times, the coun-
try might make use of all the rail-
roads it has.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

The fighting qualities of Russians
have fallen SO low that even the Chi
nese soldiers are reported to have van
pushed them at Hardin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

government has now done in connec-
ton with the country's transportation
system E. H. Hartman started to do
years ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

If Bill gets mixed up with the red Bolshe-
wiki
We Bill the kaiser, the chump
autocrat-
And gets up against their conspiracies
tricky.
We couldn't wish him any worse luck
than that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

1t is a dull day when a new reason
for a special session of the legislature
is not advanced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
INFORMATIOM BUREAU
By FREDERIC J. HAsKIN. Director.
WaShingto d. @.
WHEN THE FIGHTING MAN COMES
HOME
How He VIII Be Restored to a Place
in Civil Life.

Washington. D. c. Dec 24--The
man who is now about to leave ms
home, family and chosen work for the
business of war. whether as conscrfpt
OF a volunteer, may derive comfort
from the knowledge that his felioW
citizens are going to do everything OF
which money and brains are capable
to restore him to the place he has LETT,
and make good whatever ne may
sacrifice of time, health and oppor-
tunity.
Unlike the soldiers of other Ameri-
can wars he is not going to be chuck
ed into a soldiers home, or turned
loose with an inadequate pension and
a wooden leg. Public opinion IS
awake to the tremendous sacrlflces
which war involves, and to the fact
that the common man, who goes to
the front, is the one upon whom tnat
sacrifice chiefly falls. This new public
sense of responsibility is manifested in
a wide range of government plans for
the care of the soldier, not only while
he is fighting. but after he has fought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

Already the vocational education
board has gathered an immense
amount of information bearing upon
this problem, the Army Medical corps
has a series of reconstruction hos
pitfalls" in process of building, and
manufacturers have donated their
plants as laboratories for studies to de-
termine how injured men may best be
re-educated for work.
Private charity is not to be allowed
to lay its bungling hand upon this task
either. It is essentially a job to be
done by the government, which is to
say, by the people for themselves. The
money that does it is made by the
endow institutions for the work is
merely to sacrifice efficiency and ma
tion-wide coordination without gain
ing anything. The millionaire is not
to be allowed to pamper his ego at
the expense of the man who has made
sacrifices for his country. One en-
| dowment of large proportions has been
made for this work by an American
rich man, and he has sent experts to
Europe to study the question. But
il has been determined that he will
not get any human material to play
with out of the American army.
The responsibility, of the govern
ment does not end when the returned
soldier has been repaired and re-
educated. He must then either be
given land in such a way that it can
not be taken away from him, or given
job in which he cannot be exploited.
Large corporations. with character
istie far-sighted greed, have seen the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

During the present session of con-
gress a bill is going to be presented,
and probably passed at once. provid-
ing for a coordination of all these
activities. This coordination will
probably take the form of board
which will administer the affairs of
every returned American soldier until
ne is restored. as nearly as may be, to
the place in society that he left to go
to war.
The conscripted man may regard
himself as a bit of material which has
been taken up by a great machine to
be carried thru the process of war.
and back to the starting point The
unique quality of this war machine is
it's completeness. 1t is not going to
drop it's human material haphazard.
when the primary process is over, but
will carry it thru circle. The re-
turned soldier will not only havesgov-
eminent aid and encouragement in
getting back to a normal place in life;
he will be trained for that place under
military discipline and kept in it I'M
der government protection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

Every problem indicated by these
mistakes is now being studied. or
worked out. The new pension plan
providing insurance for the soldier,
was the first and most elementary
step. It is an accomplished fact, but
i, is only the beginning. The soldier
who wants land is to have land, and
in such a way that no one can take it
from him. The Crosser bill, which
provides a plan of colonizing soldiers
on lands owned by the government,
has been endorsed by Secretary of
Labor Wilson, and will probably form
the basis of legislation designed to
provide farms for those soldiers who
want them and are able to use them.
Just now the problem of what to do
with the man who returns from war
physically incapacitated is especially
engaging the attention of the govern
ment. The new federal board of voca-
tional education is making a special
study of this problem, and the Army
Medical corps is getting ready to han
die it in the broadeSt possible way.
1t should be understood that the
man who is re- educated so that he can
do his work in spite of his injuries
does not thereby sacrifice his pension.
! His pension is sure a thing as a paid
| up insurance policy. He is to be given
this financial reparation for whatever
he suffers, and then trained and ply
sically repaired so that his handicap
will be reduced to minimum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29

The man who is sent to war under
goes a terrific wrench, He is sum-
marily torn away from all the as
sociationS, occupations, and other ele-
ments of his environment which have
made him what he is. He is exposed
not only to physical hazards, but also
to moral and psychic hazards. Even
though his body is not wounded by
shrapnel or bullet, his mind. nerves
, and will may be exposed to condi-
tons which nothing in his training
have fitted him to meet. This man
who risks all that he has builded is
the one to whom the people is pri-
marily indebted for whatever 1t may
gain by the war, and it is becoming
increasingly evident that the people
intends to pay the debt as well as it
can.
What happened after the civil war
is a good example of what must not
be allowed to happen after this war
Civil war soldiers who wanted land
were given script which entitled them
to certain parts of the public area.
Having immediate need for money
| they sold the script to spectators in
many instances. Those who were in
ured were summarily fitted with
artificial limbs. which fit the stump
| but did not fit any occupation Many
/ of them kept their wooden legs and
rubber arms for Sunday wear, doing
I their work as best they could without.
/ Many that might have been taught to
work were herded into so-called
/ homes and kept in uncomfortable idle
! ness for the rest of their lives. Many
who received pensions were exploited
| by their employers who paid them
not what they were worth, but what
/ they could live on with the help of
their pensions; while political influ-
| ence enabled thousands who had no
substantial claim to fatten on the pen
! sion roll at the expense of those who
really needed aid.
Every problem indicated by these
] mist Dies is DOW hein& studiad or
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-29
INDEPENDENCE DAY I'M 1885
Revolutionary officers and Soldiers
Still Living and Taking Part in
the Celebrations.

CF'rom Files of New Hampshire Tele-
graph, Nashua, N. H, 1857
Revolutionary Soldiers: The COM
mittee of arrangements for the cele-
bration of the Fourth OF. July respect
fully invite all the remaining officers
and soldiers of the Revolution in this
and the neighboring towns 70 join the
citizens in celebrating the anniversary
of our national independence on Satur-
day the Fourth of July next. They are
requested TO meet at the Washington
house on the morning of said day.-ls-
sue, June 90, 1885.
The presentation of a standard by
the ladies of this community TO the
Nashua guards will add much to the
interest of the coming celebration of
the Fourth. We anticipate for those
who take part an excellent and highly
interesting celebration.
Its coming was welcomed with APP
propriate manifestations of joy and
rejoicing through the medium of bells
end cannon. The procession formed
under direction of Capt. Thomas G..
Buck, as chief marshal, with able as
sistants, at half-past ten on the green,
lear Tyler's Coffee house, and pro-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-29
w. N. u, MILWAUKEE,, NO. 2e--1s17.
WAYS OF SUMMER BOARDERs
They Are Usually Very Witty Persons
Who Make CoricaI Remarks to
the Farmer.

Summer boarders are people who
spend several weeks in the country
each summer longing for trip home.
They are usually very witty persons
and make cOmical remarks to the farm
er. Aside from the board they pay
him the farmer cleans up a tidy sum
each summer by sending the things his
bOarders say to the comic weeklies. A
summer boarder can merely look at a
COW and quick as a wink he will say
something funny. The farmer puts
this down in a book he always carries
around with him. In the course of a
couple of weeks he has several pages
of good jokes to sell at his own rates,
says the Philadelphia Star.
If you board with farmer this sum-
mer Say some funny things to him
about the cows or the pigs. If he
keeps a horse always poke fun at his
horse. He will laugh at the funny
things you say. Then he will go In and
open up a can of fresh country peas
out of his own cellar so that when you
go back to the city you will miss the
country vegetables. When you leave
be sure and tell him how you enjoyed
the country eating so that he can laugh
some more.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-29
The Wronu Place.

The travelling man who had struck
the slowest town in the country on
Memorial day, and had not made a
sale of anything, was writing back
home. Gle had to pass the time away
somehow, and there were no other
travelling men near the place)
This is the conclusion of his eulogy
to the town:
"This is the rottenest town l have
ever struck, and / have met some
mighty rotten ones. Today is Memorial
day. They are making big noise in
this town. They all go out to decorate
the graves of the dead in the west half
of the burgh but in reality the ones
they should have decorated were the
homes of the living dead ones on the
east side. Those people out there in
the cemetery are the livest products
this place has ever produced. Some
town indianapolis News.