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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
TFe" AND PROHIBITION.

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
American people have deliberately
adopted prohibition through the legal
process established by the censtitu-
ton, and now they must deport them
selves accordingly. Good citizens
obey the law because it is the law.
Those who do not and who seek to
evade or violate 1t for the purpose of
personal gain will get small sympathy
from the law abiding masses when
they are laid by the heels and penal
lied for their acts. 1t will take sew
eral years either to prove or disprove
the many claims of benefits or asser-
tons of evils to result from prohibit
ton In the end it is not going to be
judged by special instances of good
OF evil, but by the large general con-
ditions it brings about. If 1t adds
largely to the purchasing power Of
the people, if it stimulates home own
ing, If it results in much larger aver
age of production in industry, il it re-
duces crime and pauperism and les
sens dom este unhappiness and strife,
If it raises the general standard of
physical health and the moral quality
OF our citizenship, belief in which was
the great moving cause of its adop-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
500 PER CENT. PROFIT.

| Congressional Record: Mr.. Smoot.--
Mr.. President, from the statement
made by the senator from Georgia
! (Mr. Harris) l take 1t for granted
| that he is very deeply interested in
the question Of reducing the high
cost OF living. Evidently he thinks
that the federal trade commission Is
the body that is going to bring about
that reduction. I want him. as the
personal defender of the commits
sion upon this floor, to call the at
tention Of the commission to the re-
port of a subcommittee of the agri-
cultural committe Of this body. Sena-
tor Ball was chairman of the sub
COMMITTEE report. The subcommitte
reported that
frequently retail prices are from
200 to 500 per cent. in excess Of the
wholesale prices. Ut would seem
that the retail meat dealers receive
greater per cent. of profit than the
farmer, livestock raiser. buyer, rail
roads, commission men, and cold
storage houses and packers combin-
ed.
I think, Mr. President, that is a
fruitful field for the federal trade
commission to investigate, but
doubt whether an investigation will
be made. because there are too many
voters involved, and it is not popular
at this time to attack business,
even though making two or three
hundred per cent, IL many votes are
involved. 1t is admitted by every
one that the packers make only g
per cent. on their turnover, the small
lest of any line of business in all the
world; but they have few votes.
This is splendid place for the in
vestigation of the federal trade COM
mission to begin, Mr.. President. to
see how the high cost of living can
be reduced. 1t was shown-and
know 1t to be true-that today the
wholesale price Of beef in the Dis
trict of Columbia is s16.44 a hun
dred. That includes every dollar
that is paid to the man who raises
the steer, all the expense attached
in raising it, the expense of pur-
chasing it, the expense of shipping
it to market, and the expense Of the
packer from the time he receives
the steer until the beef is put in the
retailers hands here in the District
OF Columbia. | doubt very much
whether $1644 a hundred, for whirh
that beef is sold by the packer to the
retailer in the District Of Columbia.
will cover the difference between
the wholesale price and the price that
the consumer is compelled to pay in
this city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
THE SOURCE OF THE RAISE.

| pamphlet is issued from Washington by
I'A,'' this unknown quantity representing "a
businessman who has been closely connected
with the war activities of the government. -
The pamphlet discusses "What has raised
wagesG' and argues that strikes have been the
principal means in effecting higher pay for
workers. The writer deplores this and desires
to see "a voluntary raise take the place of en-
forced raises" But this truth is forgotten by
the writer and most others: When wages rise,
prices rise. Strikes may bring more money to
certain workers but they take more money from
everyone who buys. The source of rise in
wages is the pocketbook of the consumer and
the consumer is everybody. What has raised
wages is the increased contributions of the
whole public to the cost of production.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
luv the rooster fer tew things-the crow
that s in him and the spurs that's on him to
back up the crow with.-Josh Billings.
PRICE OF WHEAT NOT FIXED.

I That price-fxing by law has always failed
and always will fail, is the statement made re-
Gently in an address by julius I'll. Barnes, chair
man of the United States Grain corporation.
Later in the address Mr. Barnes said that the
grain corporation was not price-fxing body,
which all grain farmers will agree with. AS a
matter of fact, there was no price-fiXing by law,
in the case of wheat. The law merely guar
anteed a minimum price in order to encourage
the growing of more wheat to supply the war
needs. srrhe president took advantage of his
power to control the movement Of wheat and
made the minimum price the maximum price
fer first grade wheat. Notwithstanding the fact
that there no price fixing by law, and the
grain corporation not price-fxing body,
the price was effectualy fixed, as many farmers
learned when they sold their grain at the fix
ed price less the various discounts on account
of grade and weight
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
BUREAU OF DEPORTATION NEEDED

Mr.. Caminetti, commissioner general of i'm
migration, advocated before the migration
committee OF the house an increase in patrols
on the Mexican and Canadian borders. in order
to keep radical and other undesirable aliens out
OF the United States, 1t is we'll that that should
be done, but affecting the welfare of this
country it matters little whether more radicals
are admitted within our borders or not AL
ready our social structure is honeycombed with
individuals who urge its destruction and the
overthrow of our established government They
are in sufficient numbers to accomplish their
purpose, without the aid of foreign recruits nm
less Immediate and drastic measures are taken
/ for the suppression of them and their doctrine
What this country needs-indeed must have
If it is to exist at al-is thorough houseclean-
ing. What is required many times more than
/ an immigration bureau is a bureau of deporta-
ton. At present the department of Justice is
a charged with the duty of enforcing our deporta-
ton laws, but it appears to be giving no atten-
ton to the matter whatever. A separate branch
of the government should be set UP Immediate
" for the sole purpose of initiating and prose
cutting to a conclusion proceedings that will rid
this country of the radical alien element tina
is poisoning it's very life blood.
Such an organization could be formed bv Sc
lecting men of force already in the federal serv-
ice, without entailing additional expense upon
the treasury While in theory the chief of such
"a division probably would be subordinate to the
1 attorney general, nevertheless he should be
given sufficient latitude of action to prevent
that cabinet officer from rendering his work in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
Psychology Of preaa.

South China Post: Japan's govern.
ment has already decided upon the
deprivation of the railway officials
Of swords and gold shoulder straps
and the restoration of civilian uni
forms. 1t is now reported that the
authorities propose to go further
afield and relieve the officials of the
government general in Formosa and
Korea Of their clanking swords and
shining gold braid from the COVER
nor-general down. The change In
uniforms of the Japanese officials in
Korea and Formosa viii be carried
out with the proposed alteration in
the organization of the government
general.
In view of the fact that the mill
tary administration is largely re-
sponsible for having brought about
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

An. WHAT reliet! 4ou clogged
nostrils open right up, the air pass
ages Of your head are c,ear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawk
ing, snuffling, mucous discharge,
headache. dryness-no struggling for
breath at night, your cold or catarrh
is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get a small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your
nostrils, let it penetrate through
every air passage Of the head soothe
and heal the swollen, infamed
mucous membrane, giving you in
stant relief. Elys Cream Balm is
just what every cold and catarrh suf.
ferer has been seeking. It's just
splendid.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
DICKENS UP TO DATE.

During the debate on the budget bill in the
house, few days ago, Representative Hawley,
of Oregon, had recourse to Charles Dickens in
finding apt illustration of present national
financial methods. In "David Copperfeld" he
found it related that "Mr. Micawber conjured
me to observe that if a man had twenty pounds
sterling a year for his income and spent nine
teen pounds and sixpence he would be happy,
but if he spent twenty pounds and one shilling
he would be miserable; after which he borrowed
a shilling frem me for porter and cheered up. !"
1t will be remembered that the administration
began borrowing for current expenses long be-
fore the United States got into the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
40 YEARS AGO
BLOOD POISON Was CONQUERED
BY OLD DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION
WITHIN your REACH ifsDAv

( 40 years ago Number 40 For The
Blood" conquered many cases of
specific blood poison In its worst
forms, which have NOT returned.
This disease Is manifested by mucous
patches, copper colored spots, aching
bones, ulcers or running sores, fall
ing hair, glandular swellings, pimples
on the face. consultation and form
OF dyspepsia. Your health is fmpor.
tant, insist on Number 49," put up
In blue carton bearing the sigma
ture of J. C. Mendenhall, 40 years q
druggist, Evansville, Ind. Sold by
MeGrath Bros.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
TODAY's BIZ OF VERSE
THE THANKFUL TIME,

Here is the wonderful harvest spread,
And the world thanks God for its daily Bread
And the wolf that there at the poor mans door,
Shall wreck the rest of the night no more!
And ample field and thankful town,
The blessing of the Lord comes down.
O the gracious fields. rain and light
Dreamed of the harvest in the night;
And, feeling the fall of the rain, they heart
The best of the heart of the harvest stirred
By the blessing of heaven, that comes to all
In beam of light and dewdrop's fall.
And now with the bountful harvest spread
The world thanks God for its daily bread
And life has of JOY to give
And the love that makes life sweet to live,
On ample field and thankful town
The blessings of the Lord down.
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

effective Armed with the laws now in force
and with abundant evidence ready to the hand
of anybody who will use it, such an official
could render more real service to tho country
than months of watchfulness on our Mexican
and Canadian borders by immigration agents
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

the disturbed state OF affairs in Ko-
rea, the disappearance of side arms
and gold straps from the Japanese
officials in Korea will go a long way
toward modifying the existing feel.
ing among the Koreans.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

Publicity agents for the peoples of southeast
ern Europe urge that Americans cherish a
friendly feeling for these peoples so wracked
by the war" Americans ought, of course, to
cherish kinlly feelings for all suffering peoples,
but perhaps the emotion would be stronger here
if the peoples of southeastern Europe would
cherish kindlier feels for one another.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

The bolsheviks reduced rents IN Petrograd.
They did it by reducing the population OF two
million to less than eight hundred thousand.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

After long experim enting an ltat
ian scientist has succeeded in max
ing felt and cloth from spun glass
for use as insulating material ID
storage batteries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

If the presidents veto of the prohibition en-
fcrcement bill was so soon to be done for, why
was it ever begun2
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

If China had bigger fleet perhaps she would
have received a more respectful hearing on
Shantung.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
Tobacco Habit
Dangerous

says Doctor Conner, formerly Of
Johns Hopkins hospital. Thousands
OF men suffering from fatal diseases
would be in perfect health today
were it not for the deadly drug Nico
tine, Stop the habit now before it's
too late. It's a simple process to rid
yourself OF the tobacco habit in any
form just go to any up-to-date drug
store and get some Nicotol tablets;
take them "a directed and 10, the
perniataus habit quickly vanishes
Druggists refund, the money if they
fail. Ae cure 20 read large and inter
esting announcement by Doctor Con.
nor soor, to appear in this paper. II
tells OF TIE danger of nicotine poi.
soning AM bow to avoid it. In the
meantime try Nicotol tablets; you
will be surprised at the result.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

ton, none but those who are seeking
personal advantage will want It abol-
l. ohNd
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30

Noble books bring their thought and give it to u.s. not
bring their warehouse, laying them
down there upon the floor foreign unreeated sub.
stance but you bring the spark of fire to pile OF wood
which it the of burning and turning into
fire. It the funess of their hands which makes
them welcome 1t the deIcacy and discrimination OF
the finger which they lay upon spring in US and by
which they of nature free-Philps Brooks
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-30
CIT is NOT WORN"

In this day and age when not only autocratic
authority but even the authority that is consti-
tuted by people themselves is by way of being
assailed on every hand, there still remains a
disposition that maintains it's sway vast
lot of human kind irrespective of race, nation
hood, creed or color. It is the despotism of So
icial usage; the suggestin cit is not worm will
accomplish what mandates cannot.
| This reflection on fact is suggested by an in
i ident related by American Red Cross workers
in Serbia. 1t seems that great paucity of I'M
idergarments existed in the war stricken coun-
try and the Red Cross sent an urgent call for
supply. This came in abundance and by reason
| of the voluntary donations much of it was of
fine qualty-quality such as the Serbian peas
ants had never before seen in garments of this
sort Particularly was this true of the ''undies
sent for the children. Soon after the supply was
distributed, children began to appear on the
streets and at school clad solely or chiefly in
underwear; their parents declared such beauti-
full creations as these could only be meant for
COSTUME display. The rural scene and even the
towns, except for few large ones, were peo-
pied by youngsters en- deshabille, and the au-
thorities, including the Red Gross agents, were
unable to convince Serbian parentage of the
mistake. Then a genius bethought him OF the
motion picture. American children gamboled
on the screen with undergarments concealed by
normal outside ones Talks were made and
with reluctance the Serbian populace returned
to dress routine, convinced at last that under
wear in America 'sis not worm on the outside.
The discovery that revolution is the aim of
the steel strike is not surprising, in view of the
many strikes that have been called recently in
defiance of the union heads. Revolutionary
propaganda has imbued the large foreign ele-
ment among our workers with the idea of over
throwing the government and establishing the
socialistic state of the rule of the proletariat
The solid, substantial American element will not
agree to this, and the consequences will be that
the foreigners will have to abandon their wild
aims or suffer the consequences. And when the
American people are fully aroused to the situa-
ton, these consequences are not likely to be
light
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-11
PEACE COUNCIL
CHANGES VIEWS

To Allow Roumanians TO Stay in Bud.
apest Until Order 10 Restored-No
Reply e ul.inatum-Private Proper
ty Restored BY New Government.
! Paris, Aug. 1.-THE peace confer
ence is changing entirely its attitude
toward the Roumanian army in Buda-
pest. The conference, 1t is learned, Is
not disposed to ask the Roumanians
to leave the Hungarian capital despite
the fact that the supreme inter-allied
council asked the Roumanians not to
enter Budapest While the council is
indignant over the seizure Of supplies
to be sent to Roumania many Of the
delegates are OF the opinion that it will
be necessary for the Roumanians to
remain there until order Is restored.
The council today was still without
a direct reply to the ultimatum which
it sent Roumania last week.
Hungarian communist measures
abolishing private property have been
abrogated in q decree issued by the
new government. All owners are en-
Joined by the government to resume
the direction Of their properties.
Count Paul Teleay who will repre-
sent the Hungarian government at
szegedin in conference with the new
government at budapest arrived at
Budapest this n9prning and had long
talk with Archduke Joseph.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-11

Chicago. Aug. 1i.--Striking railway
shopmen returned TO work mt number
Of points today while at others they
voted TO remain out until their de-.
mands were granted. Plans sor the.
holding OF the national conference o.
strikers went forward today.
Action to DO taken at this coufer-
ence is now up to the director general
OF railroads." said J. w. Saunders. W.
expect word from Washington som
:ime today. Should the administratio1
delay action further the men win RI
fuse to return to their Jobs.
Chicago is more seriously affected5
by tho strike than any other city in the
country. according to railroad officials.
most OF the roads centering In this city
are operating today under difficulty.
While no additional passenger trains
have been cancelled. the service is slow
and uncertain on many roads. The rail-
road officials have managed to keep
food and other perishable Commodities
moving. II was said that outside OF
Chicago IN the middle west there waS
a slight Improvement In conditions.
Word was received from thirty-fvo
points that 2.o00 additional shopmen
returned to work today. II. y ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-11

distribution. that he expected TO tnd
II more difficult TO give his millions
away than II had been to acquire them.
How would YOU give sSo0,oo0.0oo
away becnme such a popular query
that an EnElish advertiser who en-
ployed II. received no less than $4,000
suggestions las to how Carnegie could
rid himself OF his wealth. Twelve
thousand persons solved tho problem
IN part by asking for some OF the
money for Themselves.
Greatest Of Philanthropists.
The answers which Carnegie himself
gave and bacIsodMb with his millions
have made him the most original if not
the greatest Of .philanthropists
Before he sailed for Scotland In 1901
hc left letters announcing gifts of So
900. 600. His first big gift was the set
ting aside OF $4,000 900 to supply PEN
sions and relief for the injured and
aged employees OF his steel plants--"an
acknowledgement OF the deep debt
which I owe to the workmen who
have contributed so greatly to my sue
cess He added an extra million for
men, and took up his library hobby In
n wholesale way by giving $5.200,OOo
to New York City for the erection OF
sixty five branch libraries in the me-
tropolisI Another million he gave for
library in st. Louis.
"I have Just begun to give money
away" he said in announcement or
these gifts. He kept it up as fast as
he could. with discrimination. on
libraries alone he spent upwards OF
s53.000.000. He gave them to some two
Thousand English speaking communi-
ties turnout the world. One of his
libraries is in the Fiji Islands.
He remembered Pittsburgh. the
scene Of his steel making triumphs. by
establishing there a great institute. in
Guiding the largest of his libraries,
museum. magnificent concert hall.
and the Carnegie Techn illogical
Schools. with a total endowment OF
SIG 000. 900.
He built great national institution
in Washington, which should be the
foundation head of advanced work In
Investigation. research and discovery,
and placed in the hands Of its trustees
a total endowment Of some s20,000.o 900.
To his native Scotland his largest
single gift was fund Of s1O,0oo,000 TO
aid education in Scottish universities.
He carried out his pet idea Of hero
commission, endowed in 1905 with so,-
OO0. 900 by which hundreds Of men.
women and children have been re-
warded with Carnegie medals or pen
sions for acts of heroism in the rescue
of imperilled persons. He later eX-
tended similar bcnefactions to several
foreign countries.
He established the Carnegie Found
alton for the advancement Of Teach