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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
Locusts Do Not Sting.

Robert Fl. Moulton, in the Outlook:
One of the superstitions connected
with the periodical cicada ('seven-
teen-year locust") is the notion among
some people that they could identify
the cry of the insect as resemblance
to the pronunciation of the name
pharaoh the Egyptian monarch who
SO relentlessly prosecuted the ancient
Jews.
Attention has also been called to
the dark bars that occur on the filmy
wings of the insects in the shape Of
the letter wv" which to many used
to mean that the coming of the pests
was a forerunner of war. Since, how
ever, the coming outbreak will arrive
Just at the conclusion of the great
war, some new calamity will evidently
have to be suggested the time.
There have always been reports OF
death caused by the sting of the cica-
da. despite the fact that the insect
has no sting and no means for infect
ing anyone The cicada has bill, and
what Is termed an ovipositor, the
organ in which the eggs are stored
during the process of development.
Entomologists long ago dispelled the
popular fancy that there was any fight
or poison in the cicada or that his mis-
sion in life was other than to cut
into trees to find Judgment for the
eggs necessary to keep UP the line OF
the succession of the thirteen and
seyenteen-year tribes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
THE RESPONSIBLE NE WSPAPER

Muscatine Journal: America
has been charged with being u
commercial nation. Its news
papers for the most part are bust
ness enterprises. If they fail to
operate successfully they go out
of business. 1t Is to the interes.
OF the public that newspapers be
self-sustaining, TO the end that
they may be mere completely
free from outside obligations.
From the business side. a news
paper is an enterprise which pro-
poses to sell given commodity
-news-and a seryice-adver-
tising-to q community. These
agencies provide the funds which
sustain the editorial and other
departments of the paper which
are non-productive OF revenue.
The responsible newspaper
and we believe that this term
may be applied, for the most, to
the wel-established publications
OF the country-remains free
from the influences of CONNER
cialism. The editorial policy of
such publication takes no cog
nizance of the sympatries OF the
business office when that view
point runs afoul of the ethical
considerations of the fraternity.
We hear much today of the
domination of editorial policy. by
the business office of the news
paper The responsible and sin
cere editorial department execu-
tive is always on his guard
against any influence which may
operate to distort editorial ex-
preston. Only those who have
frequented the realm OF news
paperdom appreciate how persis.
tent is this fight to keep the edi-
torial and news columns or a re-
liable paper free from outside
domination or suggestion.
The editorial policy of an indie
pendent newspaper is formed by
= sincere consideration of the
welfare of the nation. the state
and the home community. These
are it's primary concerns.
The effort to secure accuracy
in the handling OF news is only
surpassed by that which seeks to
keep the news columns free from
prejudicial expressions. The re-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
AGAINST THE cumMINs SILL.

New York Herald: The Associa-
ton of Railway Executives has filed
with the senate committee of inter
state commerce an argument against
the so-ealled Cummins bill, (which
undertakes to limit the amount which
a railroad company may earn by good
management, efficiency and service
out Of rates which are themselves
prescribed and regulated by public
authority" The association points
out that limiting earnings and taxi
ing any excess over them diminishes.
If 1t does not entirely remove, the in
centive to competitive .eTort and eff
cheney and forecloses any hope of at
tracing to railroad expansion for the
future the capital needed" The asso-
citation says that the plan proposed.
to take from the successful and
thrifty roads and give to the poorly
managed and bankrupt, is "a pro-
ceeding which in the common juds-
ment of mankind until now has been
regarded as plain confiscation-'
The association represents approx
mately SO per cent. of the mileage
and earnings of the first class roads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

one Of which is now in its tenth
month. A coop of five hens OF one
breed is a unit in the contest. Most
OF the well-known strains of chickens
are represented each year and the
same breed is not always a winner o.
first place. The leading coop at the
end of ten months has an average Of
EOS eggs, the next 206, and the third
203, each with two months TO go on.
The first and third are Rhode Island
whites and the second is composed Of
white Leghorns. These are TWO
radically different types Of fowls. The
Leghorn is small breed, valuable for
its laying qualities and the size of its
eggs. The Rhode Island breed, both
white and red, as well as the Plymouth
Rocks. both white and barred, are
what Is known as the American COM
bination fowls. large and good layers,
valuable beth for eggs and the table.
These contests show two things.
First. they prove that the pure breeds
OF fowls lay more eggs than mongrels,
or Just hens" as one farmer recently
designated his variety. They also
snow that the laying qualities Of each
breed may be largely developed by
process OF selection for the purpose
OF perpetuating special qualities dis
covered In individuals This process
of selection Is rapidly giving us the
2O0-egg hen as a regular thing instead
of an occasional show fowl. 1t means
millions more of dollars in the pockets
of our farmers if they will but avail
themselves of the knowledge these ex-
periments are producing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
TOWARD A MANDATE.

Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi
has introduced resolution in the senate en-
towering the president to send troops to Ar
menia to preserve order in advance OF action on
the treaty 1t is claimed, and with justice, that
Great Britain is carrying the burden of policing
Armenia single-handed and that she is acting
enthusiastically. But this fact does not obviate
the suspicion that in this resolution can be seen
the forerunner of an accepted mandate for Ar
menia under the treaty, if it be ratified. Sen
ator Williams is an ardent supporter OF the adj
ministration in all its moves and OF the presl-
dent in his treaty fight for ratification without
reservations If this resolution comes up for
debate, it may be that a test of the peoples at
titude toward devoting large army to police
duty in Asia may be Forthcoming.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
Faithful are the wounds of friend.-Pro-
verbs, xvii, 6.
MIR. HINES, STATEMENT.

Director General Hines took occasion some
time ago to warn the public against belief that
coal shortage if it comes, viii be due to lack OF
transport means; he declared the railroads
would and could transport all the coal demand
ing transport, Now he issues general state
ment In which he says: 80 Current discussion OF
our car shortages and related questions makes
it important TO bring to the attention OF the
public the fact that, contrary 10 what see-ns 70
be the public assumption, conditions n TINS r.
spect are substantially more favorable than
they were IN recent years previous 10 the w-ar- 2
Mr. Hines gives facts and figures 10 sabsIzn-
tate his assertion He Is justified II declaring
that the public Is continually told OF difficulties
for producers due 10 the lack OF railroad faclIl-
ties IL he Is right Ii his refUtEtlan Of the truth
OF these allegations, Il Is OF TEEne 70 EnoE II
since either these producers hare other dlHi-
cultiez or are making them Il Is reasonable 10
suppose the railroads R-e il tetta- shape than
they were during TIE WEI, BuI the public viii
be SURPRISED 10 learn q Improvement over pre-
war egudirlo1s II there has been much new
equipment OF auy Large amount Il improvement
TO railroad properties during The period Of gov
eminent control, fEe public does not know Of it.
And il would help the railroad directorate in
public estimation If il could show that such
improvements have been made What the pub
lie knows Is the great deficit in expenses which
it is called upon 20 meet. If Mr. Hines has a
better showing he should De called upon to
make IT,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
Doctor Issues Warning
And Tells How to Stop
Tobacco Hab

New York: DR.. Conner, formerly of
Johns Hopkins Hospital, says: / am
often asked If know anything to stop
TIE tobacco habit and l always recon-
mend Nicotol. which have prescribed
with great success. Nicotol contains
no habit-forming drugs, is absolutely
harmless and produces astonishing
results in a very short time. The use
of tobacco saps the vitality, vim, vigor
and ambition OF the slave who is
enthralled by its seductive effects. 1t
undermines the health and leaves the
victim an easy prey to general de-
bility, throat and lung troubles, ner-
vousness, insomnia, heart trouble, kid
ney trouble, headache, tongue and lip
cancer and even blindness. Physi-
clans the world over often trace the
start of the above diseases and many
others to nicotine poisoning.
If you want to free yourself from
tobacco go to any drug store and ask
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
THE sULKY EX-KAIsER.

It is sad and sorrowful picture that Is pre-
scented by a newspaper correspondent just back
from Amerongen, where the former kaiser IS
in exile. He tells that the deposed ruler just
''sulks and saws"
Another melancholy picture is given in the de-
scription of his personal appearance. We are
told that he wears Vandyke beard His up
turned mustaches once typifed his high annbl-
ton to be,ruIer Of the world. Now the hirsute
adornment to his physiognony could not be
more eloquent of peace. For what more peace
able, what more mild than Vandyke beard
The correspondent aforesaid says Wilhelm has
no ambition unless the saving Of ten thousand
trees be called an ambition. There are heart
less souls who say that this is a more worthy
ambition than was typifed by his upturned
mustaches. Be that as it may, countless Amer1-
cans will claim that if Wilhelm had sawed more
wood in former years, he would not now be
fallen monarch.
1t IS a relief to find happier and lighter
suggestion among the tones of this otherwise
doiorous picture 1t is the mention Of the ex-
kaiser smoking cigaret at the breathing
time winch he allows himself every hour. And
he suffers even the humble wood cutters to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
THE TWO HuNDRED-Eee HEN.

st. Louis G1obe-Democrat: Poultry
men have long been looking for the
200-egg hen and the quest seems aDou,
finished. There have been individual
bons which have laid more than 200
eggs a year, but what breeders nave
sought to produce is strain OF hens
that would do that much as regu-
lar business. In these days OF hlgh
poultry prices 200 eggs from one hen.
1T an average price Of 40 cents
dozen. amounts to sG.67, not at all a
bad contribution by single fowl. to
which must be added the market waive
of the hen herself. The higher the
cost of feed and the sale price of ebgs
the more important it becomes to
have n flock of hens that actually lay
eggs and are not merely supposed to
do SO.
There has for number OF years
been conducted at Mountain Grove,
Mo. at the state poultry experiment
station, an annual egg laying contest,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

porter who colors his writings is
certain to get the bIue envelope
for newspapers recognize that un-
fair or incorrect statements con-
stitute a first liability against the
standing of the publication in the
community. which is It's greatest
asset
In the matter of news, 1t is the
papers first responsibility to dis
seminate information. 1t seeks
to gather facts, not opinions. In
accuracies cannot be prevented.
fof receptions are not infre-
Quently practiced against the re-
porter, and it is human TO err. A
reputable newspaper stands as
ready to correct a mis-statement
as it is to give publication to
statement of fact.
The editorial position or u
newspaper is not Always right,
but for the most part 1t Is sim
cerely taken.
While partisan newspapers are
frequently charged with placing
the welfare Of party or OF q
political interest above the COM
mon veal. not infTequently the
attitude of the publication repre-
sents the sincere belief Of its
editorial chiefs, who, right or
wrong, discern in the success of
a certain movement Danger TO
the nation or a menace to the
community.
1t Is unfair to charge merely
because a newspaper does not
support your opinion that it has
sold out. Newspapers as well as
individuals have right to an
opinion which may differ from
yours. Theirs should be respected
by you. as yours Is by them.
A peculiar aspect or the sus-
picion held with regard to the
press is that it's motives are only
challenged when it's opinion is at
variance with its critic.
We have yet to hear the man
who finds himself in accord with
the expressed opinion OF a news
paper charge that the defender OF
his viewpoint has been bought
up" It is only when it sustains
a divergent view that 1t has sold
out"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
AUTUMN.

AUTUMN.
Round and round garden rushed sudden blast.
CRYING "Autumn Autumn" shuddering as 1t passed
Dry poppyhead and arkspur spike shr whstled in the
wind,
Together whispering, Autumn! and Winter is behind!
Tossed the sumach pennons, green and gold and red;
Fqapped the awning scalIops loudly overhead;
Swung the empty hammocks lightly TO and fro;
While the crickets simmered, chirrupng below
Keen of evening hung glttering IN the SKY,
Red the was burning, deepening silently;
Summer consultations slow wheeling out OF sight,
Great Orion shining clear upon the face of night
Celia Thaxter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

for Nicotal tablets. Take one tal
after each meal and in a short Y
you will have no desire for to0acd
the craving will have left you. W
the nicotine poisoning out OF y!
system your general health will gu
ly improve.
Note: When asked about Nicq
tablets. one Of our leading druggl
said: 1T is truly a wonderful ren'
for the tobacco habit-away ahead
anything we have ever sold befd
We are authorized by the manu-
turers to refund the money OF eV'
dissatisfied customer and we WO
not permit the use OF our name
less the remedy possessed unus
merit" Nicotol Is sold IN this
under an iron-clad money-back g'
antee by all up-to-date druggists
Guiding Wilkinson & Co., and
Grath Bros.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
6-Foot Lawyer Locke
Like Pumpkin

81 was often doubled. up with pa
in my stomach and was yellow a.
pumpkin before taking Mayr's W
derful Remedy, which 10 years
saved my life. My friends had CIV
UP all hopes Of my recovery, as
best doctors did not help me- :
enjoying the best of health now
is simple. harmless preparation
removes the catarrhal mucus II
the intestinal tract and allays tne
fammation which causes PRAGUE"
all stomach, liver and intestinal
ments. including appendicitis.
dose will convince or money
funded. Wilkinson & Co., and 81
gists everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Vinton Eagle: We are glad we are
living in this strenuous era, OF
course, but in the world TO come We
sincerely hope that there will be no
singing memories OF the piffle. bunk,
tommyrot and drool that rendered the
politics OF this time so disgusting 10
people with three grains of sense and
no desire for office.
! Manson Journal: 1t is not because
the people love the league of nations
more, but that they love the present.
unsettled condition less.
Perry Chief: 1t is possible ihat
some farmers can't make living on
+. this $3.50 an acre land, but most OF
the men in this vicinity are not look
I; ing I'D the route TO the county farm
The present crop is causing them to
worry. but the worry is mostly aboGt
how they are going to care for IL
Cedar Rapids Republican: II any
man is found attending TO his own
business, or doing his work IN the
honest and quiet old way, let him be
arrested forthwith, for he must noE
be regarded as a public menace.
/ Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Pension
legislation has been q live topic IN
washington since the government
was first established Now the world
war insures a continuance OF the
snhiect AZ a hone of contention for
at least sixty years more. And long
before that time well be granting old
age pensions 10 people through the
burlington Hawk-Eye: Just what
the United States could 90 as man
daforv power If it undertook TO police
some European smai; state, Nhe
Armenia. is problematical. 1t might
he more than prudence to try out our
skin by experimenting with q man
dafa for Mexico. There is a task that
would be worth while.
MarshalItown Times-Republican:
The retailer should have square
daaI from the government. He is
enually entitled to a square deal rom
~ nubIic None of the huge pTofits
NJ war contracts came to him his
percentages were fixed, his COST
prices published ana his pron,s
known. Some of them have maoe
some money, but when the accounts
arc cast IT will be found that Dig
business profted largely where re
taiIers profted little and that agri-
o,,Itrre and even wages show bet
fer percentage OF pront than the
retailer.
Keosauoua Republican: II Is as,
sarted that throngs of women attend
the presidents meetings as he tours
the country, for the purpose OF view
ing Mrs. wilson's hats. And II Is
safe to say that throngs of men at
tend because of curiosity to see the
makeup of the man who can orazenly
advocate the abandonment of the con-
s..kr -, bor takeu ru oath to sup
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
Thrift Makes capital.

DIR. Frank Crane, in Forbes Maya
zine: 1t is thrift that creates CAPT
tai. And capital represents the diff
ference between civilization and bar
barism. Where there IS no capitar
there is no progress. The intelligent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
THE GRAFT ORCHARD.

Under Mr.. McAdoo as director general OF
railroads, more than fifty thousand passes we're
issued TO those who would use them, though the
roads were running up deficits Of several hun
s7rad millions year. Under government oper-
alton i've subordinaTes on the director general s
sslary list were employed at $4,000 year
each: two at $4,000: three at $4,000; two at
1900; eight at $4,000; eleven at $4,000; one
al $500. one at $4,000; one at $4,000; six at
$4,000; one at $4,000; one at $4,000; ore ut
$1,000: four at $4,000; one at si0,90O, ore at
$4,000. and twenty-three at $4,000.
Something used to be heard about shaking
plnrn trees for the delectation OF political iie-
servers but when was there ever another tree
Ike this. 1t was an arboreal anomaly. 1t was
a tree that bore huge juicy fruit Any one OF
q dozen men near TO the throne had only to tap
ii gently and a lucious specimen would come
down. And this was not the only horticultural
marvel produced in Washington. The a1rplane
tree was shaken down for billion dollars The
ordnance tree yielded a phenomenal crop; and
there were smaller trees, almost unnotlced an the
grove. whose fruit yield would have excited as
constituent and envy in other days. Barney
Raruch passed under one of them which drop
ned one hundred and fifty thousand dollars IN
his hand. No such graft orchard was ever
known before and nothing like it may ever be
seen again.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

Washington, alike statesman, soldier, and patriot,
alone. He not only the greatest american;
also Of the greatest the world has ever
Few centuries and few countries have ever seer
his like Among tho people of English stock there none
to compare him, unless perhaps Cromwell, utterly
though the latter or Americana Lincoln
worthy stand second-Theodore Roosevelt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

smoke with him; nay, more, he let's them take
a light from his own ex-imperial pack. 1t is
refreshing to see that suffering has made him
more human, more approachable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

II tbe south doesn't want the negro to go
10Th of Mason and Dixons line, why doesn't
- ,,,.ka # worth his while to stay at homer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

Germany did not want violent annexa-
tons" says Ludendorff IN his history. OF the
war. OF course not. Like any other highWay-
man, robber or bandit, she much preferred tne
, ,,;, to submit quietly to the outrage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

IF the American ship OF state is kept ade-
quately armed there will not be much need LOT
his country to belong to league of nations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

Naxt presidential campaign it will not be
,,,as+;on If votes for women but of votes from
women
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

Those men who would open wide the jail
doors to the criminals who have flouted the
laws of the nation would take away the guaran-
tee Of life and liberty. They are destroyers, not
builders. They are noise>nongers, not WORKERS.
r Of honest labor divorce itself effectually from
association with this element and thus win the
,,naniroons support and sympathy of every
patriot and right-thinking man.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26

land Industrious laborer does not :,
spise capital; he becomes capitai
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-22
MARITAL LAW GOVERNS
in WISCONSIN PACKING
TOWN FOLLOWING RIOTS

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 20. The pack
ing town Of Cudahy, near here, was de-
clared under martial law at s clock
this morning by Colonel P. G. Wcstplal,
who was designated as military govcru-
or until the trouble resulting from yes
tcrday's strike rioting has passed.
Early today special train from
Camp Douglas rolled into the yards and
426 state guards and 16 Officers took
charge of the situation. Cordons of sen
tries were Immediately spread over the
Cudahy property, comprising 100 acres,
and every entrance and exit closed Ac-
cess to the plant is now possible only
with military passes.
Twenty-Five young women members
of the office force remained quarantined
in the office all night They dared not
run the gauntlet of flying bullets and
bricks last evening and decided to re-
main until the troops arrived.
The first military orders were closing
of all saloons.