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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
RAILROAD RATES AND WAGES.

The fact that unfortunate consequences IOl-
lowed the governments refusal to recognize
the rather close connection between railroad
rates and wages when the roads were under
private control is no reason for assuming that
la wage increase at this time would justify an
advance of twenty-five per cent. In 1relght ana
passenger rates, as suggested by members OF
the railroad administration at Washington VI
course rates should be made adequate. Ihat
step should have been taken long ago. Now the
government, in full control OF transportation,
must get the money needed to pay operating eN-
penses and guaranteed earnings. II 1t does not
get it in one way, it will in another ana the
public NAV as well pay increased charges Tor
service as higher taxes.
But while no one will question the govern
Iemnts right to raise the rates and thus do Tor
itself what it refused to let the roads do In their
own behalf. it should not be forgotten that the
government enjoys certain advantages IN
handling transportation which is withheld from
the railroad companies. Cooperation IS COM
plete. and there should be no sweeping advance
in rates until the government has found ous
how much is to be saved by operating all the
railway lines as one system. The money saved
lin this way may go far toward meeting the cost
of a wage advance. And before the government
establishes the rates at a point far above that
suggested by the carriers while they were
managing their own business, 1t should make
careful study of England S methods IN the soiu-
ton of the railway wage problem. 1t has peen
stated on good authority that in England,
where wages have been increased repeatedly,
there has been no increase In freight rates since
the government took the roads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
THE FIRST MILLION TONS.

No more welcome announcement mas come
from the shipping authorities than that OF the
completion of the first million tons OF shipping
under government operation of the yards. The
exact figures are even more favorable, for a
statement by the Emergency Fleet corporation
shows that up to May eleventh one hundred and
fifty-nine vessels, with total of one million,
one hundred and eight thousand, SIX hundred
and twenty-one tons, had been completed. Al
most all of these ships are of steel. This out
put is most encouraging, although not all the
tonnage reported represents new construction.
Some of it was Communicated by the govern
ment and completed by the Emergency Fleet cor
poration
That ship construction In this country is
proceeding at high speed and steadily lncreas-
ing is shown by the report for the week ending
May eleventh, when fortyeight thousand, one
hundred and fifty tons of steel ships were de
livered ready for service. In the same period
two ships day were launched. OF course 1T Is
their bearing on our war program that makes
these figures specially significant. Some OF the
worst news for Germany and the best Tor this
country and its allies has come from American
Ishipbuilding headquarters since Mr.. Sehwat
took charge.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
PURPOSE OF THE SALUTE.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: A
commanding officer is a living rep
resentative OF the stars and stripes,
and as such he deserves to be saluted
even more than the flag" says Major
Humphreys of the British army. sta
toned at Camp Jackson as an in
structor. The major points out that
in the origin of the salute there was
no hint of the servility which some
raw recruits have foolishly read into
this important feature of military
etiquette. The salute, he says, arose
from the custom of raising the visor
when two knights in armor met, by
way of recognizing friend from foe.
Otherwise. it would be like trying to
tell men apart when they are wearing
gas masks. Nothing makes the en-
listed man more tired than the sloppy
way some young officers return the
salute" said a brisk, bright Philadel-
phia sergeant Even here in patriotic
Philadelphia you will see them some
times salute shamefacedly and fur
lively, as If they were trying to avoid
the soldier who has just saluted
them. The only way to salute is
with sharp. instant decision, like a
semaphore signal, looking man right
in the eyes as you do ii. AS soon as
the Russians sent out the order that
soldiers no longer salute their officers
il was all over with discipline in the
Russian army. General Bailey at
Camp Jackson is bound that his men
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
WOMEN IN POLITICS.

Meredith Nicholson, in ScTfbners:
The rights and privileges of citizen
ship long enjoyed by women of GER
tain western states ceased to be
vagary of the untutored wilds when
last year New York adopted con-
stitutional amendment granting wom-
en- the ballot The fight for federal
amendment was won in the house
last winter by a narrow margin, but
at this writing the matter is stili
pending in the senate. Many OF the
old arguments against the enfran-
chisement of women have been pref
ty effectuaIly disposed Of in states
that were pioneers in general SUI
Colorado without being conscious OF
any of those disturbances to domes-
ITCHY that we used to be told would
follow if women were projected into
politics. / can testify that male
voter may register and cast his bal
lot without any feeling that the wom-
en- he encounters as he performs
these exalted duties have relinquish-
ed any of the ancient prerogatives OF
their womanhood
There is nothing in the experience
of suffrage states to Justify a suspic-
ion that women are friendlier to
radical movements than men; but
much to sustain the assertion that
they take their politics seriously and
are as intelligent in the exercise OF
| the ballot as male voters. The old
notion that the enfranchisement OF
; women would double the vote without
| changing results is another fallaey;
| / am disposed to think them more in
dependent than their male fellow
citizens and less likely to suomi;
meekly to party dictation.
In practically every American
court and state house and city hall
there are women holding responsible
clerical positions, and, if the Keeping
of important records may be intrust-
ed to women, the task Of defendirr
| their eac.us ion frpE, elective offices
| is one that confess to be beyond
my powers. Nor is there anything
! shocking in the presence OF woman
on the floor Of legislative body
/ Montana sent woman to the ma
tional congress and already her fell
low members hear her voice withou,
perturbation Mrs. Agnes Riddle. q
member of the Colorado senate, is a
Ireal contributor, / shall not scruple
to say, to the Intelligence and wisdom
of that body. Mrs. Riddle, apart from
being stateswoman, manages
dairy to its utmost details, and dur
ling the session answers roll call aft
er doing a pretty full days work or
her farm.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

men in the field and the ammunition
factories working night and day. 1t
is the universal belief among all of
them that they can force the kaiser
to change his mind. or take from him
all means Of furthering his designs
upon the world. II dependency should
take possession OF the allies, it would
be equal to the addition OF many
fighting divisions to the kaiser's
forces; it would unnerve the arms OF
our soldiers, check the universal push
in the munition factories and slacken
the efforts of those trying to save or
produce more food. That is what may
be called the psychology OF the war.
Cheer up. Buck up! Stiffen your
neighbor's backbone as well as your
own. That's another way Of helping
to win the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
THE PHILOSOPHY OF WAR.

Omaha World-Herald: Any man
will concede. il he thinks for mo-
ment. that the war is more matter
of the mind than of material things.
If the kaiser and the members OF the
junker government should change
their minds" and agree to live on an
equality with other nations, instead
OF trying to put Germany over all,
that would end the war quicker than
all the big guns and the millions OF
men can end it who are fighting to
make the world a decent place to live
in. In fact, all these forces are being
used to make the kaiser change his
mind" On the side of the allies 1t is
"the state of mind that keeps the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
WHY MAILS ARE LATE

is halved, at the expense OF the Of
ficiency Of the service.
The people who use mails do not
approve of economy OF that sort The
postoffice is not SO poor that 1t needs
to use such methods. First-class mail
matter has increased q quarter. and
the parcel post service forty per
cent, and the postoffice boasts its
profits. 1t would be prudent to use
the increased income in increasing
efficiency. at least up to old stand
ards. The disturbance due to the de-
terioration of the service may be
gagged by the statement that the
shipping board conducts its CORES
pondence between its Washington
and New York offices by messenger.
The postofice is a popular institution,
and there is no disposition to be
hypercritical. No criticism is made
OF the personnel Of the service, and
the railways are acquitted.
The fault is fundamental It lies
IN the anti-railway policy OF the de-
partment, which was criticised when
its enactment was procured and
which is working as anticipated.
There is no reason to suppose that
these conditions are peculiar to New
York. Doubtless similar conditions
would be disclosed by similar studies
elsewhere.
But even If the conditions are CON
fined to New York, 1t is not endur-
able that almost daily mails are
delayed in the mass, not single let
tiers. The statement that "at every
large station from two to eight
truckloads OF mail are left for lack
Of room" may be denied, but can
not be excused, II the facts are as
stated, the department must remedy
the trouble. not for the sake OF New
York, but for the sake Of the country,
because every part of the country
sends and receives New York mail.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

New York Times: II Is unfortunate
that the postoffice departments air
service enterprise is launched at the
same time that the Merchants as
socia ton makes it's formal Indictment
Of the general efficiency Of the post
office. The association has been in
vestigating for five months and has
sent 10000 test letters to 500 cor
respondents throughout the United
States. The envelopes Of the Amer
lean Bankers association in twenty
three banking districts were exam
med and the records of the railways
were compared for the purpose OF
discovering whether the railways or
the postoffice should be blamed for
the Irregularities.
1t was discovered that the postal
car service had been reduced upon
1,612 trains in total of $685.. In the
attempt to reduce payments to the
railways, the mails were consolidate
ed. The result was that the number
of mails were not worked" on the
railways as before. Hence, it followed
that there were delays at the points
!, of departure and destination. The
department blames the railways for
the irregularities, but the association
| finds the railway service not the
cause. Truckloads of mail are often
left because the car space allowed
by the department is not enough to
accommodate them. This Is not
an accident, not chargeable to
the employees. 1t is due to the de.
partment's policy of reducing mail
| pay to the railways by payment for
space used, rather than by weight
carried. When the assigned space is
filled, or when the train starts with
empty space and it becomes filled on
the journey, further mails are re
fused and left till next time. The
mails are carried in larger units and
with fewer departures. Whenever one
space is used instead OF two the cost
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
NY Letter TO HIM.


Now this is the letter write him,
While my heart is sick with dread:
you are just where You should be. my son,
Standing staunch, where your duty led
SAT home we are well and happy,
And cheerful, and proud OF our boy,
In this war of the world-laddie-
8 soldier son is joy:
your father struts, just a little,
And sis wears your pin all the wnlie,
While well the star on your Service Flag,
Brings to my lips smile
And write the little nothings,
OF home that are much, when away,
The funny things that have happened,
Throughout my home1y day
Then go and sit by window,
And look TO the rising sun,
Where "over seas'-in the trenches
He will fight till the victory's won
Then-going back to my letter
With tear-wet eyes sign:
with dear love from your mother
Edna H Mccoy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
Drill your thoughts, shut out the gloomy
and call in the bright.-John Richard Green.
A DIFFERENT ENGLAND.

Tondon's great army of unemployed, SO
much in evidence before the war, has disap-
peared Practically everybody physically able
to perform any useful labor Is now at work,
even the aged being employed at light tasks
The homes and charitable institutions nave
been turned into hospitals. Tens OF thousands
of men who were a charge on the city have
gone to the front: and it is interesting to learn
that the percentage of volunteers among this
class has been greater than in any other. The
fight for national existence has made the old
struggle for individual existence thing OF the
past There are work and wages for every
person. woman or man. and all are cheerfully
performing it. To hosts of them 1t seems like a
leaven-sent condition of affairs, more delight
full than they ever dreamed Of seeing, to have
steady work within their capacity at wages
which enable them to live in comfort they
never knew before But for the sorrow Of those
who mourn the loss Of loved ones and the ma
tional anxiety it probably can be truly said
that the masses of the English people We're
never so happy and contented as now The
fact that certain articles Of food are scarce or
understandable is nothing to them. They have
such food as there is, enough of it to meet their
needs and never think of making complaint
Trade is good, the stores are prospecting. and
probably there was never so little of poverty
and hoplessness in London as today. The ex-
pIanation is not far to seek. The accumulated
wealth of the country is being spent in wages.
Labor is no longer drug on the market. What
ever the workers capacity there is some niche
into which he fits. 1t is every mans England
and every woman s England now, the land that
values them all and needs them all. 1t is not
yet wholly clear what the conditions to follow
the war will be; but is it too much to hope that
a day will come when general and diffused con
tentment will be as evident in times of peace as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
DoNNELLsoN.
- 80,

]. II. noldefer was a bus,ns..
itor in Keokuk Monday.
Carl Scheurs had the rnisfortn,.
break his right arm at the wrist ~
cranking a car. Sal
Miss Mary Wilson spent tho !.
week at the Henry HafIner bome =
w. ]. Schmitt has sold his resid.,.
to Yves Hemmings, to take posss...s
about June Is. Mr.. Schmitt ana ,aa
lily are contemplating tim 10 o..
RADIO.
Dallas Watson and wife have -.
ed into the Hempel house recent,s y. =
Gated by Hugo Krehbiel.
Chas. Holdefer, Jr., was a bua,..
visitor in Pennington last Tuesdsr
Mabel and Carl Miller OF Farm,,.
ton are visiting their sister NJ
Bert Bernhard.
We had quite storm SUNDAY
ternoon, hail and rain falling n.
for while but not much DAM,
done.
Hugo Krehbiel, who has been c,s.
ing in the A. D. Krehbiel store n
past several years, has moved ID n
braska, where he will work In i,
Der yard.
Guy Casper has gone to oakd,
where he will enter the sanitariun
Relatives and friends here have
ceived word that Herbert REM has
rived safely in France.
Mrs. George Baust visited al
Clyde Watson home near Grams
Mo-, several days the past week.
Jacob Frueh and brother Hem
left for the Great Lakes training h
ton near Chicago Tuesday event
to visit the formers son Albert, n
is in training there.
Our schools will close Wednesd
May 80. The graduating exercises
, the high school will be held at DID
ey's hall Tuesday evening, May
There are three graduates this I'd
Luella Krehbiel. Raymond SchuI
and Richard Armknecht.
Miss E1da Dahms was Fl. NJ,
| son visitor Monday evening.
Geo. Schock was a business wish
in Peoria the fore part of the wA
| Marvin Latta of Fl. Madison
visiting at the F. Dahms home
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have d
and failed, you can stop burning it'd
eczema quickly by applying a little g
furnished by any druggist for Csc e
large bottle, $1.O0. Healing begins
moment zemo is applied. In short &
usually every trace of eczema ts1
pimples, rash. blackheads and an1
skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making
vigorously healthy, always use zems
penetrating. antiseptic liquid. It isnd
greasy salve and it does not stain. w
others fail it is the one dependabet
ment for skin troubles of all kinds
The E. ". Rose Co., Cleveland
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
MOST TO BE FEARED.

Gertrude Atherton has written an article IN
condemnation of certain attitude OF mind she
believes to exist with some of her fellow coun-
trv1nen. This is the notion that If Germany
should be victorious it would prove that Ger
many is right I'd that her opponents are
wrong: that if Germany can defeat SO much OF
the world as is fighting her, it must be because
Of the Justice of her cause. Mrs. Atherton very
rightly cites the fact that the Cloths and huns
had their own way during most OF century
but we're wrong in their cause and vanished
TO leave no trace of what they fought for. The
attitude of mind Mrs. Atherton attacks IS not
widely to be found nor is it OF itself worth
much consideration. A more dangerous attl-
tude is that of apathy to the real significance OF
this war, due to absorption IN selfish interests.
It is this attitude throughout the allied world
which is most to be feared since from it will
come a willingness to make peace with Ger
MANY before the evil menace she holds is re-
moved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

shall know how to salute General
Sir Archibald Hunter told me at
Aldershot that the men who were
most punctilious about saluting were
the men who were making the best
record under fire at the front.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

An unnamed New Yorker. who is
said to have made million out OF
ragtime music. has enlisted for active
service. Patriotism or atonement:
Possibly both.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

The subscribers to the last German war loan
were told that they will be PAID back out OF
the indemnities the government expects to col
lect at the end of the war. They will be In a
nosition to svrnpathize with the old-time Bryan
tics who took oath not to shave until the peer
less leader is elected president.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

Charles Schwab received a salary of a million
year from the United States Steel corpora
ton. And we dare say that when he gets going
on the ship program his fellow Americans will
agree that he was worth it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Ship
building is now an assured fact.
There will be plenty OF ships and that
in the immediate future. Schwab mas
proved to be the right man in that
bureau. Now why not get like man
for the aeroplane department.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: There is a
growing popular conviction that
America is no place for idlers. Every
body must help win the war. Go to
it, Mr.. Loafer!
Sioux City Journal: The Marengo
Sentinel would put all candidates for
the general assembly on the witness
stand and require them to say. hrst,
whether they are wet or dry, and, sec
ond. whether they are for America OF
Germany Would it not show nicer
regard for the relative Importance OF
things to put the second question
first?
Burlington Gazette: In the city OF
Des Moines, there are open violations
of the law almost every night. A
prize fight promoter calling himself
Tommy Ryan, stages ring contests,
Cilzdi iLS, eSOukiSSAOh AOA Alo o~A fSA
sonal gain, about twice a week. There
is state law and its provisions are
stringent that prohibit ring contests
in this state. The question arises,
how does Tommy Ryan get by" with
it?
Des Moines Register: Maybe Won
Hindenburg thinks he can make the
allies nervous by keeping them guess
ing as to the opening of the next Of
fensive.
Centerville Iowegian: When it
gets real dry in Iowa it usually rains,
and when it gets real wet the sun
comes out A pretty good all around
state after all.
Boone News-Republican: Iowa's
slogan is now. bond on every hilltop
and no booze in the valley.
Davenport Democrat: 1t remains
to be seen now how long the Russian
will consent to be kicked before he
shows a little national manliness
again.
Stockport News: Shall the boys
we are sending across the water eat
substitutes or shall we? One or the
other must!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

Russia came in like Lenine and went out
like Trotsky.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

they are in the throes of warf Is not England
glimpsing an ideal she will sometime, somehow
attain?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

Burlington Hawk-Eye: There is
growing popular conviction that
America is no place for idlers. Every
body must help win the war. Go to
it, Mr.. Loafer!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-23

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PAPER WORKERS
ACCEPT AWARD
Their Representatives Vote for
Return to Mills To-
morrow.

ALBANY. July 27.-Representatives Of
employees Of the International Paper
Company. WHO have been idle for sew
eral days because of differences with
the corporation over an interpretatio
Of an award Of the Federal War Labor
Board and whose iGleness has.curtai,ed
the output Of the plants about 10 per
cent, voted tonight to instruct the
workmen to resume work Monday morn
ing
The vote was taken after ]. T. Carey.
president OF the International Brother
hood Of Paper Makers, had submitted a
report recommending that the award OF
the War Board with Its Qualification re-
earding the bonus provision. be accepted.
The order to return 70 work affects about
1000 employees OF the company in Glens
Falls. Fort Edward Palmer Falls, tt
conderoga and Watertown. y. Y: WILL
der. Vt; Franklin. y. H.. and Rumford
and Livermore Falls. Me.
The committee of the employees will
meet some time next week, probably in
this city, with representatives OF the
company. when minor differences will
he discussed. The decision Of the War
Board, with an Interpretation by a sub
section Of the board, held that the EN-
ployees were entitled to an increase Of
ten cents an hour and a shortening OF
the work day from nine TO eight hours,
but that the employees were not en-
titled to 10 per cent bonus. granted