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ties watch the increases in wages and
push up their prices accordingly.
Rely on Americanism.

much to say that men have been fear
full, and yet the always abiding belief
in that stable Americanism, as the
word applies Itself to all things good
in this country, will continue to keep
the people acting stably and thinking
stably until the righteous end of ad.
! justment is reached. There are vary.
ing Views as TO whether or not what
may be called the "bolsheyik unrest
in parts of Europe is really having
any real effect in the United States.
Some congressman say that everything
that happens in this country that is in
the least bit unusual, instantly is Mt
tributed TO bolshevik tendencies. In
France. where for some months | was
soldier, the French people met every
/ happening with the proverbial Gallo
shrug of the shoulders and the state
ment "C'est In guerre"
So, according TO the viewpoint of
some of the officials in Washington,
the "Cest Ia guerre" of France can be
transplanted 10 the United States and
:
must be remembered that if French
man Stubbed his toe on Il loose brick
in the sidewalk he muttered "C'est la
guerre." SO today. while 1t may he
there is peril, the American who stubs
his toe says at is bolshevism."
Wilson's Coast to Coast Trip.
President Wilson's "Swing round the
circle" which has just started will
! take the better part of month
for its completion. Counting the
Potomac river as part of the At
lantic coast, the speaking tour can be
called Il coast TO coast mission.
While it Is generally understood that
the president means 10 speak primarily
in behalf Of the covenant of the
| League of Nations and the peace pact.
1t is pretty generally believed that he
Will take the opportunity to discuss
other subjects, particularly the high
cost Of living and the general economic
unrest, Time and again presidents
have started out to speak on one sub
ject and have ended by speaking on IA
dozen.
johnson First To "Swing."
There have been some notable preSi-
dental tours of the country. "Swing-
! ing round the circle" was nm express
sion first used by President Andrew
Johnson. who undertook a tour through
| the country To champion before the
| people his reconstruction policies
which were widely at variance with
the reconstruction idea of the congress
| then in power. with him on that tour,
among others, were Gen. Ulysses $.
| Grant, who succeeded Johnson as
president and Gideon Welles, secre-
tary of the navy. 1t was not alto
gether pleasant journey, 70" Grant
and Welles hardly were on speaking
| terms, and II was said that Grant felt
| he was being taken along to help boil
ster up the presidents cause with the
| people. Since that day swinging
round the circle" has been used in
! connection with presidential trips.
When Grant was president he made
several comparatively short trips for
what may be called public purposes.
He was not speaker. or at any rate
he thought he was not, and he was
timid about attempting public ad-
! dress of any great length. II was
! Grants habit to travel when reunions
of various federal armies Of the Civil
war were to be held at this place or
/ that place. At these gatherings he
would get a chance to see many of
! his old comrades In arms.
Arthur First To BE Guarded.
1t was not until Arthur's day that
II was thought necessary closely to
guard president while he was on
his Journey. Arthur's first trip of any
great length after he had succeeded to
the Office of president upon Gartield's
death. was journey along the At
lantic coast on either revenue cutter
or small navy vessel with landings at
many places. With Gurield's recent
assassination go wildly in mind, Ar
thur was guarded on this trip more
closely than any president was guard
ed before or has been since.
Grover Cleveland was something of
traveller, however, whenever he felt
: the public duty demanded.
Benjamin Harrison was a good dcnl
of n traveller one thing Is TO be
noted in connection with his presiden-
| tlnl trips, ana It Is curious thing at
that. He made many little rear-plat-
form addresses to the people assem-
bled at the railroad stations along his
route. II Is said today that these little
speeches are the best ones In point of
force and good English, taking them
altogether. Of any presidential lltern-
tIre,"
In recent years the habit Of travel
has grown on presidents Of the United
| States Roosevelt was something of an
ltnerant. He wanted TO take his va
cations In the West, and on two or
/ three occasions he made his vacation
I trips ft In with the demands of the
people In certain localities that he
4 speak to them Two of RoOsevelt's
| trips were cut short: one Of them
when I'm Massachusetts when trolley
car ran into his carriage, killing one
of his travelling companions and throw
/ ing the president out, badly injuring
/ his knee The second interruption was
/ attributable to the accident which he
met with in Massachusetts. While in
Indiana. the knee which had been hurt