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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
THE KNITTING WOMEN.

Emmetsburg Reporter: Every
where you go and in every place one
sees q woman knitting these days.
Quietly and unassumingly she knits
away without any ostentation ana
without any boast of the great thing
she IL doing. She never says what
and for whom she is. knitting, but just
kuits away on a sweater or SOCK ana
in a short time one more boy Will De
made comfortable and warm by the
warm things ne gets to wear. There
is no grandstand playing. but just that
quiet. constant service at every idle
moment she is putting her love and
patriotism into something substantial
that counts far more than big SOUND.
ing resolutions and protestations OF
LOYALTY. When you see a woman
knitting away do you doubt her 10y
atty? No, you just quietly in your
heart thank God for the service and
LOYALTY of the American women and
then and there doff your hat, as IL
were. and bow before that concrete
example Of patriotism and devotion;
yes. in these days as in days of need
in the past women are doing their
mart and more than their part Tor
their country. We sometimes wonder
n the manhood Of this land really ap-
preciates the woranhcod OF the Land.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
CAPITAL OF DEMOCRACY.

Meredith Nicholson, in Scribner's:
Chicago is the industrial and finan-
cial clearing-h house, the inspirational
centre of the arts, and the play
ground for 50,000.0 900 people The
pilgrim who lands on the lake shore
with an open mind and fair under
standing OF what America is all about
the unprecedented Travellers I'M
mediately conscious that here, in
deed. is yeritable capital Of democ-
racy.
Every night three hundred or more
sleeping cars bears approximately
$500 persons toward this western
metropolis on journeys varying from
five to twelve hours in length. From
innumerable points it is nights
run, and any morning one may see
these pilgrims pouring out OF the
railway stations, dispensing upon a
thousand errands, often concluded in
time for the return trip between SIX
o'clock and midnight. At times one
wonders whether all the citizens OF
the tributary provinces have not
gathered here at once, so great is
the pressure upon hotel space. so
thronged the streets. The sleeping.
car holds no terrors for the west
erner. He enjoys the friendship OF
the train crews; the porters-rnany
of them veterans of the service
call him by name and in addressing
them he avoids the generic George.
which the travelling salesman applies
to all knights of the whisk broom,
and greets them by their true bap-
tisnal appellations Of Joshua Oh
Obadiah. The professional or bust
ness man rises from his meagre
couch refreshed and keen for adven
ture and, after a strenuous day, re
turns to it and slumbers peacefully
as he is hurled homeward. The man
from Sioux City or Saint Joe who
spends day here does not crawl
into his berth weary and depressed
but returns inspired and cheered and
determined to put more vim into his
business the next morning. On the
hom eward trail. eating supper liz
company with the neighbors he finds
aboard, he dialtes eloquently upon
the wonders of the city. upon It's
enterprise, upon the heartiness with
which it's business men meet theil
customers. Chicago men work longer
hours than their New York brethren
and take pride in their accessibility
1t Is easier to get hearing in high
quarters in any field of endeayor in
Chicago than in New York; there Is
less waiting in the anteroom. and 9
better chance of being asked out fol-
lunch
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
WAYS OF THE MEAT TRUST

The government inyesti CATION of the meat
trust appears TO be In competent, energetic
hands The evidence already laid by Mr.. Hen
ey before the federal trade commission seems
to show conclusively that the great packing
houses have been working in illegal collision
all along with the object of keeping the pur-
chase price of cattle down and selling prices
and profits on meat sales up Their secret
agreements have enabled them to hold the pub
lie at their mercy; and the perpetual fear IN
which they stood of federal investigation may
be taken TO indicate their consciousness OF
guilt and knowledge that their practices would
not stand the light
The packers combine lost the public conf
dence years ago when it unloaded "embalmed
beef upon the government during the war
with Spain: and it is not too much TO say that
ever since then popular feeling has existed
that it is composed OF greedy, law defylng,
constituencies concerns determined to mulct
the people and INSCRIPTIONS as to the means
used to that end. This is undoubtedly the
prevalent impression, and is strengthened by
evidence now coming to light that the packers
are able TO veto loans by banks to concerns out
side their combination Certain men IN pubhe
life senators and others, are finding 1t en-
ba1rassing to explain statements IN letters re-
ferring to them as dependable persons on
whose good offices the trust relied. The hope
will be general that all the facts viii be brought
out: and that, if the evidence suffces to con
Wet them they viii not escape with trivial fines
which make farce of the law.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
AUTOMOBILES IN WAR.

Boston Post. The country scarcely
realizes as yet how extremely help
full to the government in it's prose-
cution of the war has been the auto
mobile industry of the United States.
1t seems almost to have been Gre
ated providentially to give it's enor-
nous assistance in the cause. Ac-
cording to the Wall Street Journal,
this great industry 'in the coming
twelve months will turn out $1,000
GOO 900 of war products, comprising
trucks shells, airplane parts. motors,
recoil mechanisms, artillery carri-
ages, steel helmets, mine anchors
and other products used directly in
prosecution of modern war. Born
only twenty years ago, the growth
of this industry, especially in the
past five years, has been so phe-
nomenal that today in the marshal
ing of Americas resources in the
world conflict. the motor companies
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
THE ONE MAN RESPONSIBLE.

W. S. Kenyon: Rather than have
the things come to our country that
have been dealt out by the Huns TO
Belgium and northern France, rather
than have the women of our country
treated as those women have been
treated, we had better die, every man
of u.s. and we will die, every one OF
us. if we are men, before permitting it.
One man alone is responsible. He
can sit in his splendor, with his entire
family around him. None of his sons
have gone down in battle True. in
deed, was the response of the Belgian
woman to a German soldier chiding
her about their lost country when she
said, Il would rather have king who
has lost his country. than an emperor
who has lost his soul" 1t is not the
Germany of old days. Of Schuberts
Symphony, of List, Of Schiller. Of
Beethoven, of Goethe 1t is the Ger
many of lust and murder.
Do we wonder at any cruelty when
we know the kaiser, through his boy
hood days and young manhood, despis-
ed his own mother?
What can be expected from a man
who despises his mother? 1t is that
same spirit that has permeated Ger
lmany-the spirit of the kaiser address
ing his troops embarking for China.
when he said: when you come in
touch with the enemy, give no quarter;
take no prisoners. A thousand years
ago the Huns. under their king, Attila,
made themselves name which still
lives in tradition. Do you likewise.
Strike home, SO that for thousand
years to come no Chinaman dare look
askance at Germany"
This is the man who now wants
peace, but wants his kind of peace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
Get the Habit Of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
says we can't look or feel riss
with the system full
q polsons.

Millions of FOLKS battle inteni
now instead of loading their s!S
with drugs. What's an INSIDE o.
you say. Well, it is guarantee
perform miracles If you coaa
lieye these hot water enthusiast
There are vast numbers OF men
women who, Immediately upon
ing in the morning, drink gas
real hot water with a teaspoon
limestone phosphate In It MS
very excellent health measure. y.
intended to flush the stomach, ~
kidneys and the thirty feet OF ~
tines of the previous "a! ; w.
sour bile and indigestble ma.a1
left over in the body Wil1ca Il
eliminated every day, becons
for the millions Of bacteria WIZ
fest the bowels. the quick fesaM
poisons and toxins which are uea
sorbed into the blood causing w
ache. bilious attacks, foul oreal'
taste, colds, stomach trouole, M ~
misery, sleeplessness, impure
and all sorts OF ailments. s.v d
People who feel good one 10
badly the next, but who sinip
not get feeling right are urseu y
tain a quarter pound OF iNls
phosphate at the drug sls
will cost very little, but Is suiI ,ss
make anyone a real crank on ''
ject of internal sanitation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

meats and flour which the census
classes as manufactures. though In fact
foodssuffs- Having IS Per cent OF
the food animals OF The country, a
turned out in 1914 rs per cent of the
products of slaughterings having
plentiful timber supplies, IL unanufac-
lures 50 per cent of the agricultural
implements, 20 per cent OF the auto
mobiles and 50 per cent OF the fur
riture, and producing IS per cent OF
the wheat %. the country, ii turns out
co per cent. Of the flour Producing
IS per cent of the iron ore OF the
country and about % per cent OF the
coal. il turns ont SO per cent OF the
pig iron and 80 per cent OF the
manufactures OF iron and steel Pro
ducsug no cotton. little wool OF 9TH
er nbers for industrial purposes il
relies almost exclusively upon the
North Atlantic section fer its manu-
features Of cotton and wool and silk
and sibers. also for its chemicals and
many other high grade manufactures
and those of q miscellaneous charac-
ter. For these IL exchanges its
wheat and flour and food animals and
meats and lumber and furniture and
automobiles. while ii also pays with
like products for the minerals and
sugar and fruits and live stock which
"a brings from the southern and west
srn sections OF the country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

To be possessed o: head o. bean
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fun
wavy and free from dandruit Is ng
ly matter OF using a little Danas
inc.
1t is easy and inexpensive to Ian
nice, soft hair and lots Of it. Jus! \
small bottle of Knowlton's DsaisI
Inc now-it costs but a few cas-
all drug stores recommend it-ip,
little az directed and within ID
minutes there will be an appearsa
of abundance. freshness. luthnss
and an Incompatible gloss and llsr
and try as you will you can no, q,
trace Of dandruff or falling BAD
but your real surprise will be att
bout two weeks use, when you u
see new hair-ffne and downy a, III
I-yes-but really new hair-sp.ogtz
out all over your scalp-Daadern
is, we believe, the only sure bal
grower, destroyer of dsndruf q
cure for itchy scalp. and il nsF
fails TO stop falling hair at once.
II you want to prove how pred
and soft your hair really is, moisa
cloth with a little Da1deriDe
carefully draw 1t through your har-
taking one small strand at I'M
Your hair will be soft. GLOSSY N
beautiful In just few moments
delightful surprise awaits ererIa
promptly. 1t never disappolnts!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
ALMOST GONE.

Traer Star-Clipper: Two LeMars
livery barns have found the business
Improbable owing to the increasing
number OF privately owned automo-
biles and viii on Saturday. February
sth, dispose of their real estate and
stocks at public auction.-LeMars
Sentinel
The livery barn is a relic OF the
past We do not know of one left in
Tama county. There are a few feed
barns and auto liyeries, but when you
want to hire a livery team as in
years gone by you discover there are
no such things. Traer physicians
have been attempting TO get by with
out keeping any horses. Until the
past year there have been two or
three teams in town that could be
hired in emergencies, but not now.
DR.. Wild was forced to invest in two
horses the other day because he could
not hire a team at any price when
roads made the use OF cars impos-
sible. II is an expensive. business 10.
doctor to feed a team the year
around for the privilege Of using it
few times, but conditions seem to
make il imperative.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
Opportunity with ability makes response
bility-Bishop Hunt.
WHERE SOME MONEY GOES.

The United States government certainly IS a
good angel when it comes to the publication of
s.The Official Bulletin A statement of the
sheets financial condition serves to make the
most downcast publisher of legitimate daily
newspaper see a silver cloud in the lining of all
his troubles most of them fostered by govern
ment regulations. The subscription price of
''The Official Buletin'' is five dollars year.
and since it's establishment last May some fif-
teen thousand dollars has come to it from this
source. On the other hand, the 'Bulletin' has
an immense free list, and it prints on an aver
age ninety thousand copies day. Those on the
free list include every member of the house Of
representatives and the United States senate
the supreme court, the heads Of all government
departments, the judiciary of the country, the
mayor of every city, the governor of every
state, all chambers of commerce and boards of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
WORK FOR IDLE MEN

The United States employment service Will
justify it's creation if it succeeds In collecting
accurate information concerning this country s
labor supply and the demand for labor This IS
what it claims to be doing. and it has just made
an encouraging report. Taking the United
States as a whole it says, there is at present
an exact balance between the number of work
ers asked for and the number Of persons seek
ing employment But this does not mean that
all those looking for work are where work is
to be found There are two jobs for every man
in Omaha and Cleveland and two men for
every job in Boston. The problem to be
solved is that of distribution and adjustment.
The solution will not be specially difficult.
Practically al; able and willing workers car be
well employed this year, and the needs of every
industry can be met
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
EXAMPLE OF THE mA''

Des Moines Capital: pf res !.
business and professional lne r,,ss1
of living proofs of the moth 18th J
fact that any young man wiz sa,sl
bilious ideals and r ga. IA
amount of mental and ooun, Ind
can be the master OF ms .sor,
stances. The Mayo srotn u
Rochester, Mimi, liiusia'h ecsd
truth in a remarkable wa! .,,.ss
their wonderful success re srsl
common idea that nothlhs .nacA
than a great city offers ,msrt
scope for individual ps.,sre
The two young surgeons. s ssr "a
small town and did tneA i
thoroughly. conscientious, n lid
quietly. And the city came r ~ I
the nation came to them, ,hs pa
most famous surgeons Of ths n
were glad to visit their clli Is
great plant at Rochester i d
mecca for medical men; !, al
the haven where last yea
patients sought relief u,,a~ NJ
"Dr. win" and "Dr; charn lsncs
have "made" by their preI,st d !
work the most obscure nan eel ! 3
limited states. They have -,
mark for the small town y0u''
| to strive for.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

trade, all colleges and universities, all libraries,
every officer in the United States army and
every officer in the United States navy, every
postoffice in the United States. every daily
newspaper, all large magazines, all Washington
newspaper correspondents, the state councils
of defense, art, literary and scientific bodies,
and other bodies and committees connected d.
rectly or indirectly with the government OF the
United States
And the Bulletin cost the government
more than ten thousand dollars In salaries up to
the close of last December, and nearly one hun
dred and four thousand dollars deficit was met
from the treasury OF the United States What
a waste OF money and good white news paper.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
Lincoln in the Kitchen.

American Review OF Reviews: III
the new ond growing city it was some
times difficult to get and keep maid.
At such times Mr.. Lincoln would help
freely in the kitchen. On comins
from his Office he would take off his
coat nut on a large blue apron, and
do whatever was needed. At sucn
times the family used sometimes to
eat in the kitchen. Happening in,
nv mother was once invited to share
a kitchen luncheon, and wildly re,
members Mr.. Lincoln's large figure
against the kitchen wall. To him the
matter of. food was always one oil
comparatively Indifference. When
called to meals he came when he was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
TODAYS BIT OF VERSE
MY BAD lITILE BOY.

Did you ever see him, my bad little boy,
Down On the sands by the sea?
That Is his pictire-my boys own self
With his big eyes smiling at me.
With his hands IN tis pockets. mis- hat awry,
And his face all covered with tan;
Oh, he bad little boy-my boy,
Who never will be man.
He kept me busy from morn till night;
! lived in babel of noise.
He would roInp and play in the toughest way
After the fashion of boys.
He spilled my ink and he broke my pen,
had never q chance to write
Till the mystic music OF winds and waves
Had lulled him TO sleep at night
But once In while he would come and lay
His curly head my knee,
And watch the King Sun going down
To his kingdom under the sea-
And talk In his odd little way OF things
Too deep for my duller ken
After the fashion of some little boys
Boys who will never be men.
Alas and alas for my bad little boy:
II happened one summer day
That the light OF the tired eyes
And the little feet Jagged on the way.
And just the was going down
To his kingdom under the sea.
The angels came for my bad little boy
And took him away from me.
There is quiet now when 1 want to write,
There is toy on the floor,
Nobody leases the cross old cat,
Nobody pounds the door.
Nobody loses or breaks my pens
Nobody spills my ink;
I have plenty OF time to read and work,
have too much time to think
And think as sit here alone tonight
| would give the wealth Of the world to see
My bad little boy in the room.
To hear the rollickng ring of his laugh,
To see him among his toys,
Or playing at leap frog over the chairs
After the fashion of boys.
would give the world-for miss him So
To have him with again!
NV boy who has entered the silent ranks
OF the boys who will never be men.
And / think IL an angel looked down TO see
His song would lose some of its joy,
For all that was dearest in life to
Is gone with my bad little boy.
Mamie L. Hammel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

constitute, second only to the steel
Industry Gin expan sion of which they
have played an Important parD, the
best equipped industry in the coun-
try to furnish war material Well
IL is for America and her allies laat
the business of making motor cars
has reached such a stage of efficiency
that IL can be thus turned to the
winning OF the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

The presidents intimation that this govern
ment looks upon this year as the decisive period
of the war acted as something of tonic to
business and, as far as unofficial expression OF
opinion from government head should count,
it may well be accepted as encouragement by
the nation. The president undoubtedly spoke
with full knowledge of the plans, hopes and
expectations of our allies as well as of our own
government If we get the ships and the
equipment for our army; if we put into
action the air fleet we are building; if can
keep food and supplies moving to our allies in
quantity sufficient to maintain their fighting
strength, there is every reason to believe that
such decisive action can be effected against
Germany and her allies that her best hope will
be in concluding the nost favorable peace she
can get.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

Another matrimonial agency has been jul
dicially decreed to be fake. This particular en-
terprise had headquarters in Los Angeles, CAL,
where boy once advertised for a wife and his
sister answered the advertisement and their
father wondered sadly how it happened that he
was the parent Of the two biggest fools in the
universe
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

ticket, but their share Of the camp aign
wiIl partake chiefly of the character
istics Of lecture course. The candi-
dates will have an opportunity to make
splendid spesches-and 10 retire early
on the evening Of election
Davenport Democrat: There is no
more excuse for q street car strike in
ST. Louis than there is for strike IN
munitions factory. Capital and Ia
Dor ought 10 De able to adjust its Diff
ferences this year without a cessation
! OF industry anywhere.
/ Sioux City Journal: But surely Cen
F.! eraI Sherman must at one time or an
other have said something else worth
while
Davenport Times: Please do not
/ laugh, for the thing is serious-it is
! time TO begin 70 think about your war
/ garden.
/ Marshaiitown mes-Republican
Call it war cabinet or anything else,
/ but create it and give it the power.
What's in q name, anyway Deliver
the goods.
| Burlington Hawk-Eye. There are
those among US who claim that it
would be bad for the dentists, but good
! for the people, if We had more rye and
+! less wheat bread. Not only for the
present, hut if eating rye bread were TO
become a permannt habit Of our peo-
! pie. II viii be a good thing 10 try
out during the wheatless days.
| Waterloo Times Tribune: We never
realize how badly we want to work
until somebody with authority comes
along and tells us we can't work for
four days.
/ Anamosa Journal: Secretary Bak-
er can not be blamed for the existence
of red tape and inefhciency in the wal
department Those old generals have
been there for time immsmoriaI under
former administrations. Wilson has
surrounded himself with such captains
loT industry as Daniel willard, WHY'S.
Corbin, Ford, Julius Ro5enwald. Ed
Hurley, Pietz and other notable men
" no have proven their efficiency by &C.
tually doing things. They did not get
a job through political pull.
Waterloo Courier: Army officers
have just discovered that bald heads
provide attractive targets for German
.marksmen. ANY kid in theater gal
IIery accustomed TO handling pea
ishooter could have told them that long
lago.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: Fuel Ao
rninistrator Garfield says the GOA
shortage was largely psychological
Did the doctor ever have Psychologist
cold feet2
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

ready, and seemed never just ready
TO come. Mr.. Lincoln was not a
garden man, and my mother does not
recall ever seeing a hoe or tool In
his hand. except once when he was
saving wood in the back yard
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

Now comes the ''Victory cracker" and the
''Iiberty cookie to be eaten with 'swar
milk on ''meatless'' day. Some food expert
is due to figure out the balance of this ration.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07

Secretary Baker says Germany is ignorant
of our war progress. This ought to console
congress for its similar plight.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rspids Gazette: The demo
Gratis will necessarily nominate state
ticket, but their share OF the campaign
viii partake chiefly of the character
is-ics Of a lecture course The candi-
dates will have an opportunity TO make
splendid speeches-and TO retire early
on the evening Of election