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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
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Members of the American Bankors
association, the Retail MERCHANTS ass
ISOLATION and other kindred organlza-
tons are being urged to wire the;r
representatives and senators IN WASH.
ington in an effort to cause a supstie
tute amendment to be tacked 10 tns
Propose revenue bill now pendtng De
fore congress In the substitute
amendment 1t Is set forth that instead
of the merchants Of tho country being
assessed for taxation on the inventory
yalueT-of their goods at present waS
prices they be allowed TO d4duct .
twentieth part OF the total taxapie
value. as q bonded reserve to cover
possible DETECTION in prices Of goods
In the letter being sent out to the
members Of the American Bankers
association the following paragraph
appears giving the reasons the mer-
chants of the country should not be
assessed for taxation on their presens
The Arguments Cscd. 80 ~
"Under section cog OF house reeelus
ton 12,S63--the proposed revenue
bill-merchants and manufacturers
will be compelled to inventory their
goods at present inflated values us .
basis Of determining income and ex.
cess profits taxes. The prices OF goods
SO ir1ventoricd are three tInes pre-
war prices, and In view Of this end OK
the war will be subject to heavy de-
prec alton. This will call for the pay
ment of sonie 10 per cent Of tAxes
upon inflated values ana will consti.
tute q serious menace to the solvency
of many merchants ana manufacturers
and seriourly affect the basis OF bank
credits. For every million dollars OF
inventory value which drops to
100000 or lezs of real value. 10 per
cent tax must be paid on $500. 900 OF
paper profits, not realized and this
will constitute a serious menace.
The amendment which the mer-
chants wiyh tackled onto the bill and
which, according to them twill not
cause the sOvernnent to lose single
dollar of taxation on legitimate values
on a taxable years business, but which
will protect the merchant from loss
caused by depreciation in prices. fol,
lows: 49,.
I'm case the articles dealt in and
inventoried by the taxpayer are of q
kind whose cost has substantially in
creased since the close OF the pre-war
period Us defined in title III of this
act, the taxpayer may reduce the
amount of the inventory, determined
in accordance with the fOregoipg pro-
vision. by a deduction of not more
than twenty per centum; end in the
event Of such dedu ction of this act.
| give q bond to the United States In
such form and in such amount and
| with such surety or sureties as may
be approved by the commissioner.
conditioned that il. during the next
succeeding taxable year. the cost of
such like articles shall not have de-
clined to the full amount Of such de-
| ductioh the Taxpayer shall pay an adj
ditional tax. determined In accords nee
with the provisions OF this act, on the
excess Of such deduction over said de-
cline in cost" &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02

George Bernard Shaw is reported as
telling a British audience that before
the war England had a choice between
an alliance with the United States and
one with Russia and chose the latter.
It does not appear that Mr.. Shaw was
talking TO the marines but to an aver
age group of Englishmen and 1t may
be that they believed him. But SIM
liar utterance in this country would
have produced much mirth. An alli-
ance with any European nation before
the war. and especially with England.
was about the last thing that the
American government would have
considered. Shaw was addressing the
Fabian society. He should have talked
to the Ananias society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02

Posters are being displayed calling
attention to the fact. that Kansas is
sS,000,000 behind her quota in the
purchase of war savings stamps and
that Shawnee county alone is short
$165,000. ItAseems remarkable that it
should be found necessary to remind
the people of a matter which so init
mately concerns their own interests
Since the close of the war there may
be those who no longer consider it a
patriotic duty to buy these stamps
but the coming of peace has not les
sened the Importance of such pur-
chase from the standpoint of self in
terest and good business. The fact is
that there is no more profitable in
vestment, safety being considered,
than war savings stamps. There re-
mains but month in which the 1918
issue can be bought. Self interest
should prompt every person to buy all
he can before they ara withdrawn
from the market. - They are superior
to liberty bonds because they can be
cashed at their face value at any time
with three per cent interest added,
and II retained until maturity repay a
better rate of interest than do the
bonds of the fourth loan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writsr.
Should q Married Woman Work Out.
side of the Homc?-l.

Should q Married Woman Work Out
side of the Homcs-1.
A young married woman writes me
the following letter:
Before I was married I wassa stem
ographer and earned 326 a week. /
fell in love with a fellow employe and
married him. Ny husband il all that
is good and kind and lovable but he
only earns $25 a week, and will prob
ably never make much more. He is
not one OF the type OF men Who get
on IN the world.
Now. as you know, $e5 a week is a
bare substance for even q small fam
lily. We must do without good clothes.
without amusements. without all the
little comforts to which we have been
accustomed and that make life worth
living.
II am a poor and incompetent cook
and laundress. but 1 am . good and
competent office woman. I adore
firm I worked for offer me my old
job back at an advanced salary but my
husband refuses to let me accept tho
position because he says It would
shame him for his wife to work out
side of the home. Yet with what
could earn doing the work know how
to do and like to do, added to my hus-
bands salary, we could live in what
would seem luxury to US, be freed of
the spectre OF want that keeps uA
search 10 QedCu ana our nerves raw
and could lay by something for our
old age.
do you see any good reason why =
woman who has been trained to some
gainful occupation should not follow
it after marriage, IL the family needs
money and II all that is sacrificed by
her working outside OF her home In
her husbands silly false pride?"
I certainly do not, and the point of
view generally on this question is
shifting SO rapidly, that in a few years
more people will no more expect a wo-
man to give up her business Just
because she marries than they will ex-
pect man to give UP his. Women
of working will retire from business
just as q man would If he Inherited a
fortune. and wanted leisure In which
to enjoy it.
Women will temporarily withdraw
from business while bearing their chill
dren, as men take a few months off
for rest cures or vacations, but it will
be no more a fofegone conclusion that
matrimony banishes q woman from a
business office to tn kitchen than
that marriage transfers a mans ac-
tivities from the office to the wood
shed.
There are many reasons why this
change in sentiment about q woman
working outside of the home is taking
place. zone is that we are beginning
to realize what a tremendous economic
waste 1t is to put a woman who Is ca :
pable of earning from SIS to $50 a
week into a kitchen to do the WORK
| that IS a week girl can do better,
because she has more physical
strength.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
WHO ARE THE CAPITALISTS?

In the past we have heard much
regarding the never ending conflict
between the interests of labor and
capital. 1t has beenea favorite theme
with the political demagogue and
many newspapers. Perhaps we shall
hear less on this subject in the future.
The number of capitalists in this coun-
try has been increased by several mill
lions by the war. Every purchaser OF
a liberty bond or a war savings stamp
becomes a capitalist.
When a corporation has something
left over after paying its necessary ex-
penses, that amount is called surplus.
Each year it adds little to what is
called the surplus account. The way
it does this is to put it into some form
of property which keeps on working.
making greater earnings in the future
and increasing the possibilities of an
annual surplus, or savings.
The purchase OF liberty bonds thru
savings does exactly the same thing.
Ordinarily the average family in this
country has paid too little regard to
the matter OF savings. 1t forgot that
by savings each year it creates capital
for itself, which in future years will
yield it income. The tendency among
most people has been to spend as they
go.
A great and vital mistake is made
by this policy. The work and time the
average man gives to an employer is
just SO much vital energy and strength
gone. 1t is like digging a mine where
the ore is constantly being exhausted
The assets are being depleted. The
time is inevitable when the mine will
be exhausted just as the inevitable
end of the working period of a man or
woman comes hardly longer than
thirty years beyond its beginning.
1t does not need q financier to say
that it would be foolish for a corpor-
alton never to create savings out of its
annual surplus. Is there any differ
ence in the logic when applied to ar
individual or family?
The individual who puts his savings
into supremacy safe and stable form
like the obligations of the United
States government is absolutely turn.
ing part of his muscle. brains and time
into capital. He is conserving some Of
his capital so that Instead of spending
1t in the working period Of his life h,
Is distributing it over the entire pefiot
of his life. This is the very soundes
kcommon sense. best economics AMI
scientific finance.
Buy more war savings stamps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
FOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

Each reader Of The State Journal is Of
forum ton bureau In the world.
This Service Bureau Is located in the ia
tional capital, where 1t is In immediate
touch with all the great resources Of the
UAtted States government.
. Il can answer practically any question
you want to ask. butt cannot give adj
vice, nor make exhaustive research.
The war forced SO many changes In
the daily life of the American people hat
the services of this Information bureau will
be invaluable to all who use II.
Keep In touch with your government
ut all times. 1t can help you in a thou
sand ways' If your wants are only made
known. ~~s
\ The State Journal pays for this splendid
service IN order that every one of its rca J.
ers may take free advantage Of it. You are
welcome to use IL ms often as you like.
Write your request briefly, sign your
name and address plainly, enclose n 3-cent
stump for return postage and address the
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL INFORMa-
TION BUREAU.
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ton, ID. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02

Our contemplated war bill for next
year for the military establishment
alone, has been cut from SO, 900, O00,-
900 to $4,000. 100000, according to an
nouncement made by General March.
This will be welcome news to the tax
payers and renders unnecessary any
considerable increase in the levy. The
existing revenue law is producing ap-
proximately $4.000.000.O00 ANNUALLY
and there should be large amount of
salvage resulting from war material
already on hand. Money yet to be
loaned to the allies can be raised by
bond sales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRs, sLIzAnRTh fAoMPsoN,

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a young
married lady and dearly love my boy
husband, but he has left for France.
Do you think it would be correct for
me to go out with a boy friend while
my husband is away?
I think quite a bit of this man and
he tells me he loves me. 1 want a
little excitement. 1 would never be
contented to sit at home.
Please tell me what to do, as have
no one to whom could speak OF such
matters, as am an orphan.
-FLOSsIE.
1t would most certainly not be COR
rect for you to go with the other man
in your husbands absence. You must
be loyal to your husband If you hope
to retain his respect and faith in you.
Without faith there cannot be love,
and SO you should be very careful not
to give up the thing which means most
in life to you.
Lack of excitement will be fer better
and more comfortable than a know
ledge Of disloyalty to your husband at
time when he has given up so much
for you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My hands al
ways look red and rough. am
troubled with them in winter ESPECIAL
dirty when they are really clean.
Please tell me what will make them
white and smooth.
THANK YOU.
Make q hand lotion of two ounces
of bay rum to one of glycerine and
twenty drops of cafbolic acid. Enough
perfume should be added to kill the
odor Of the carbolic acid. Any drug
gist will mix the preparation Tor you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
of 23 and have been going with a
81 -
be married in a short time. My folks
don't approve of it and won't give
me money 10 get wedding clothes. The
! man 1 am to marry is well-to-do. Shall
I tell him my troubles?
Do not marry the man if your par
ents have a good reason for disap-
proving Of the match. Marriage is
so serious a matter that a girl should
tie very cautious in regard to it.
If you do marry, repair the clothes
that you have as well as you can and
make them do. You might mention
to your fiance that you will not have
a trousseau since your parents do
not approve of the marriage. He
will not care, except as 1t humiliates
| you.
| of eighteen. There Is a girl in town
| that have known for several months.
| have asked her for a date now and
then, and every time asked her she
| always hal some way of putting IT
off. She would have some excuse. II
| init that 1 can't get a girl. because
have a lot of girl friends. but I have
liked this girl ever since I saw her
first. Do you think that ought to
| ask her again sometime or do you
think I would be making myself little
| NJ A. W.
! Wait a month or two before asking
| for another date. Then il she refuses
you again, give up the idea OF having
want her so much is because you fee
| you cart have her. OF course theirs
Is a chance that she has arranged te
be with some one else on the occasions
you want her to be with you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Mems Hint
npEAKTAS ST

Mems Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Fried Cornmeal Mush. Ounce Jelly
Fried Apple
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cream of Celery Soup
War Buns Butter
Cottage Cheese
Canned Strawberries = g.
Oatmeal Puffs
Cereal Coffee
DINNER
Planned Young Chicken
Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Apple Corn Bread Butter
carrot and onion Surprise
Apple and Celery Salad
Coffee.
Holiday Recipes.
Creole Fowl-Draw good -Sixed.
chopped tomato and a green pepper
into q bowl, season with salt, and mix
in one cupful Of boiled rice. Stuff
this into the fowl, sew It up, and put
1t in q rooster. Cover. and bake an
hour. Basic. and dust the breast of
the fowl with flour. Cover and bake
another hour.
pounds each Of green tomatoes and
apples, chopped fine or run thru food
grinders; rinse tomatoes in cold water
and scatd; drain off green water. Add
three quarters of boiled water, four
pounds sugar, white or brown, three
cups raisins, two cups currants. three
tablespoons cinnamon, half tablespoon
cloves and nutmeg, salt and pepper,
one cup cider vinegar half pound
chopped suet. Boil until we'll cooked
and seal in self-sealing Jars. The
better than meat-mince pies and costs
very little.
Cranberry Sauce-One quart of
cranbetries, two pounds of tart APP
pies, one pint of water. one pound OF
sugar. Pare the apples. cut them into
quarters, remove thS cores; put them.
with the cranberries and water. in a
saucepan over the fire. Cook until
they are soft, press thru colafider,
return the pulp to the fire, bring to
boiling point and add the sugar, stir
until the sugar is melted, and turn out
to cool.
This is much cheaper than ordinary
cranberry sauce. Is good, and exceed
ingly paiatable.
Squash Pie--One and one-quarter
cups steamed and strained squash, one
quarter cup sugar, One-half teaspoon
salt, one-quarter teaspoon cinnamon.
ginger, nutmeg. or one-haif teaspoon
lemon extract. one egg. seven eishths
cup milk.
Mix sugar, salt and spice or extract;
add squash. egg slightly beaten, and
milk gradually. Bake in one crust
II a richer pie IL desired. use one cup
squash, one-haif cup eacl. OF milk
and cream, and an additional egg yolk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atehisoa Globe.J

A gossip who thinks he knows it all
is the worst kind
The man who tells you he will mail
you a check tomorrow probably is
liar.
A good many people make resolu-
tions so as to have something to
break.
The dissatisfied married man exag-
gerates the good times enjoyed by the
bachelors.
Atchison has q remarkable man: he
not only shaves himself but shAves the
back Of his neck.
1t is pretty hard to describe a GER
tain man, except that he feels fnipor-
tant when he makss . motion to
adjourn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the column Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

December ;, 1898.
The county commissioners have decided
to issue only 100000 In court house bonds
at present. The bonds are now being
Autographed Mt Hall 4 O'Donaid's. and Will
be placed on the market 40 soon as the
lithoaraphing IL complete. These bonlls
will hear per cent interest, and will run
thirty years.
Jack Arnold's bond as postmaster is
$4,000.
Misses Grace and bessie Root returned
today from Kansas City, where they were
the qyests Of their brothef, 4. c. Root,
over Thanksgiving.
:. Mrs. Alice CIuEston and sop Will leave
thts-we to spend mouth In Kansas City.
Chas: F. Spencer left this affeyno@n for
Lake Charles, La. BUSINESS that will
detain him for some time. lie will he fol-
lowed soon by Mrs. Sisepcer and their sou.
Mrs. SPENCER will spend the Water there
for her health. ~
Mrs: Del Small has gone south to spend
the winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
KEEP BOYS At HOME
X. s. A. c. Suggests Plan To Furnish
Work for Heturnina Soldiers.

Work for Returnins Soldiers.
Manhattan. Kan, Dec. Keep in
Kansas the capable young men who
have been brought up on farms in this
state and who will soon be returning
from the war. This Is the suggestion
OF Theodore Macklin, professor Of at
ricultural economics in the Kansas
State Agricultural college.
Returning soldiers who want to
farm will go where the best opportun-
tiles are made available for land-own-
ership, Mr.. Nacklin points out. and
steps must be Immediately taken II
Kansas is to get its share Of the COM
petent men. Ar
In accordance with this suggestion.
the agricultural experiment station 10
compiling list OF farms for GALE in
the state and 10 urging that fnforma-
ton of such farms be sent to the sta
ton at once. Blanks have been pre-
pared for obtaining the necessary data.
The experiment. station Is also fos-
tering a plan whereby the progressive
farmers of the state will organise by
counties or communities. They will
then back reliable and competent
young men for loans OF state or fed
era1 funds for the purchase OF land
and equipment. Such ORGANIZATIONS, 1t
is pointed out, will furnish an incentive
to young men of promise to make their
homes in Kansas. where they have
been brought UP.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02

ly immune from the prevailing cpl
demic. Probably a very large major
ity of those persons attacked. if they
have any knowledge of the ordinary
rules of conduct in relation to keeping
in good health, can look back and see
where their illness could have been
avoided. It Is a mistake to expect to
be kept in good health by municipal
or state law. We must look out for
ourselves IL we would keep well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02
NO CAUSE TO WAIT.

Firms, corporations or individuals
who plan to delay contemplated build
ing operations while awaiting de-
cline in the costs Of material and labor
are given little consolation by 8. W.
Straus of Stratus & Co.. who in discuss
ing the outlook says:
while evidences indicate a contin-
ued high market for all building ma
terials and labor, it is apparent that
these factors will not interfere with
the extensive construction program
which is now getting under way. The
government is rapidly removing all re-
strictive conditions and the entire
building situation is rapidly shaping
itself for a period of great activity
Between go per cent and 10 per cent
Of the buildings in contemplation in
the principal cities of the country are
industrial and apartment houses.
THE period thru which we now are
passing marks a definite turning point
conditions. Costs have reached level
from-wfich there will never be a pro-
nounced recession"
Not only are all American urban
centers from 20 per cent to SO per
cent underbuilt, but the demand
abroad for buildings is prodigious and
labor conditions thruout the world are
such that it is not likely there will be
sufficient reduction in wages at any
time to render building costs less than
at present. In Great Britain there is
need for the immediate construction
Of a quarter of a million of new build.
ings of various classes, chiefly for
housing purposes. The reconstruction
needs of France and Belgium will
reach nearly 100000 new buildings of
various types.
1t is evident. therefore, says Mr..
Straus. that despite the pronounced
determination of labor interests to
maintain the present high scale of
wages and the fact that building ma
terial costs are approximately so per
cent higher than during the spring of
1917, we have now entered a pro-
longed era of activity which Is not only
nationwide, but worldwide in scope.
continued high prices will re-
strict smaller types OF construction
and the demand for city apartment
houses, family hotels and similar
buildings for housing purposes will be
increased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-02

There's a gas stove in there. and l.
1 guess I could cook q turkey. altho
never tried. II you want to take q
chance"
Some time later the two sat d6wn
to a round little table, on which feast
had accumulated in remarkably
short space Of time.
"I never tried to serve a turkey be-
FORE" he remarked as he picked UP
a formidable knife and fork, but If
my carving turns out as well as your
cooking-well. there will be no cause
to complain"
He jabbSd the fork into the steam
ing bird.
"A lot to be thankful for he said,
and meantit.
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)