The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
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Sioux City journal: Without any
specific authority along that line, DR..
! Garfield is also a considerable control
Ter of rocks, slate, iron, sulphur and
other constituents Of the well known
clinker
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The last
thing to worry us is the fear that the
Germans may find something out
through our congressional and bureau
cratic disputes-let that trouble no
one. That is one thing we can give
the Germans credit for-for finding
things out. They have more sneaks
and spies lying around than any other
nation in the world. They are said to
have had 100000 in Russia. And these
sneaks and spies have won as many
battles as Won Hindenburg. They got
Russia, for instance.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
IL instead of monkeying with fruit
Adam had bought a war savings stamp
and let it run until today all the pro-
perry in the world wouldn't pay off
MS accumulations. Which shows how
Dig thing quarter is when planted
properly and permitted to grow.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: And Hoov-
er has reduced prices of necessaries.
mat is enough for the average Ameri-
can to know to be for Hoover. They
y II. . SIC it, jtist &
did it.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: If the law,
or supply and demand still exists,
there ought to be cheap ice for the con-
sumner of 1913. But it is quite likely
that the consumer will have the price
of coal pointed out to him, and the
high prices of everything else, and he
will be informed that Jack Frost can
not be expected to work for nothing
in this era of high prices.
Des Moines Register: The seed
stores are already announcing that
there is a seed shortage this year.
Which will not prove surprise, since
most of us have already come TO the
conclusion that there is shortage in
everything but fresh air and cold
water
Carroll Herald: Assuming that the
war be over two years hence. and an
other man Is to be chosen president
what's the matter with William How
ara Taft? He is today the biggest as
set the government has in individual
power.
DEBORAH Republican: Some people
are inclined to laugh at the idea of
man Knitting. Is it any more nonsen-
steal than man whiting?
Abba News: Congressman who
prohteers ought to be boycotted by
their constituents, and most of them
will when 1t comes to reelection.
Corning Free Press: Nothing suits
Teddy that he does not dictate. Will
son has this far got along without him
and will probably be able to finish his
term without his dictation.
Winterset Madisonian: Don't grum-
BILE, if the fuel shortage inconvenieces
you. We are at war.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: How the
times change. A few years ago, OBJ
servers were confident that the days
of Latin were numbered, so far as the
schools Of the land were concerned.
1t was to follow Greek. And now there
comes the report that everywhere the
number of students who are taking ID
Latin has increased to a remarkable
degree. And there appears to be just
as much qualification over this fact
as there was, but a few years ago
over the other fact that Latin appear
ed to be doomed
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Because
1t is not possible to run without waste
more than one line through the same
territory, railroading is natural
monopoly. And because coal deposits
are limited in their extent while the
use of the output is necessarily uni
versal, coal mining is also by nature
a species of monopoly. Any natural
monopoly is proper subject of strict
governmental control and policy OF
noninterference is a matter Of polit-
ical grace.