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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
CLASSIFYING THE TROUBLES.

eve must find the truth about this p%rofiteer-
ing; we must place the blame where it belongs;
we must find the class which is making the trou-
BILE" says Senator Cummins. This is Of course
a general statement but it contributes to one
|fallacy that is already too prevalent. This is
the notion that there is one particular class, one
segregated lot of our people, who are making
for everybody else. And that the most
necessary thing is to keep investigating until
just the group is rounded up that is the cause
of all our high cost troubles.
When the truth is found, if it is found, we
ought to expect candid revelations OF trouble
making by capitalists, troublemaking by labor
factions, by bankers, by idle walking delegates,
by members Of monopolistic boards, by owners
of little retail shops, by people with millions
who spend recklessly, by people with incomes a
little larger than formerly who spend even
more recklessly, by political leaders who wear
binders and political leaders who try to put
binders on others. It is not reasonable to look
for causes Of our trouble in any one place or in
any one class, for the cause at base is an inordi-
nate desire for gain, and this is pervasive. Ii
the investigators would pick out as they are
found individuals and corporations plainly
guilty Of making costs unduly high; if the
courts would punish such guilty culprits, after
they have been properly proved guilty, with i'm
partially, whether the punishment fall on a
great corporation or a retailer, we should be
making progress. Classifying trouble such as
are facing seems impossible and is unneces-
sary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
KNOW R PRICES.

One of the most effective methods to hold
alers in food supplies to prices yielding only
Ultimate profits is to afford consumers the OPP
~artunity to know the actual quotations OF pro
leers, jobbers and wholesalers. The United
ates government is planning to inaugurate a
ethod to make these first prices available to
e public, and has asked congress for an ap-
opriation to put it into effect.
Tie request should be granted, because the
lea is not an experiment. 1t has been tested
i. France and is yielding most satisfactory re-
Its. In Paris it reduced prices from twenty
forty per cent, and the people, themselves,
I'd the work. When they found retailers were
sarging a highr percentage of profit than they
,ould, they called their attention to the fact
Cd showed them the wholesale quotations.
then the merchants found that their custom
ss were wise to the quotations, they yielded,
most without exception, and at once reduced
:air prices. In one instance a merchant was
Unborn, but public sentiment and a loss of
ationage soon worked a change in his mind.
1.-THE people of this country do not give the at
aaation they should to the prices of various
mmodities. They usually buy without very
Itch attention to first or middle costs, and
AN complain about rates after they have paid.
lie proper time to protest is before purchases
~ made. and the customers should know what
sev are talking about. A knowledge of costs
.,uld provide them with unanswerable argu-
s.ntS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
DRY-LAND FARMING FAILS.

The government has again been called upon
assist the stockmen and farmers in the
5ought-stricken area of Montana. Three years
3,succession the rainfall has not been sufficient
alproduce crops by natural irrigation, and the
il-mers have been compelled to face the long
ssrthwestern winters with empty barns and
Last year through a special congressional
preparation enough seed grain was provided
! tie government to enable the dry-land farm
rs to SOW their fields. But their labor and
I'D were lost. Investigations show that TWEEN
/ thouand farmers ia Montana have failed to
Ike a crop this year. The department. of agri-
4lture at Washington is helping the stockmen
ship their cattle out of the state to Missis-
,pi river points, and undoubtedly will be call
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
IODAY,S B.I OF VERSE
THE ExILEs.

THE ExILES.
Beyond the city's din and stir
We hear the meadow brooklets purr
In old content,
And pines upon the hill repeat,
Ar ancient music, tender, sweet,
OF times long spent.
We hear the music Of the brooks, 2
The little winds OF forest hooks
When daylight thins,
The wistful music of the thrush,
The crickets playing in the hush
Their violins.
The home lights CLEAN along the ways,
And call as il with loving phrase
To exiled feet;
The woodland ~vistas, perfumed, cool.
Tell of some dim, rose-haunted pool
Where shadows meet.
The feet may wander far along
The crowded ways where toilerS throng
From day to day;
But never in the heart grows still
The mur1nur of a homeland ril
Through twilights gray.
Though far away the old home lies,
Yet to our dreaming, longing eyes
Still is it dear;
And time and change take not away
The beauty of an oldhome day
With loved cnes dear!
-Arthu r Wallace Peac
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

and physicians. It forgets the modest
the narrow income Of the majority in
these professions. We have seen the
average income of members of these
two professions reckoned at $4,000 q
year. BY what long, irregular hours
that sum Is earned In the case of coun.
try doctors most people in cities have
scant perception.
These railway conductors and engi.
neers, shrewd, intelligent. and fore
handed men, must. feel that to call
them continually defeated in the eco
nomic struggle of life is q misrepre-
sentation of fact. Their labor is well
rewarded. They n victorious in the
economic struggle. AS an argument
for administration Of the railroads by
the government and the employees,
these gentlemen, d self-respecting and
respected class, cannot regard them
selves as convincing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
BY a Bio Majority.

New York Times: If daylight saw.
Ing were submitted to the popular
vote, 1t would be carried by a great
majority. Even supposing that the
farmers were solidly opposed to 1t,
the congressman who voted to over
ride the veto have Simply favored a
class against the majority. have ap-
proved a measure virtuaffy OF class
government.
Daylight saving. during the two
years it has been in effect" says
Senator Calder, has saved countless
millions of dollars, and has given
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

the workers many extra bor..
pleasure. 1t has been a bless,rs Of
us. but the majority or onr 70
have not recognized It," people
1ority OF the people have recna ma.
1t: It Is congress that a moi aiaed
nized the majority. Mr.. ,iiecog'
Two vetoes recognized and sons
scented that majority. Next .epre'
the country will miss what nss GUNNER
a source Of health, recreation oeen
door work and play to many miu, OUT
Of people. and has saved manv l 1al
lions of money. s mil
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
IOWA PRESS

Webster City Freeman-Journal: /
will not take those Mexican bandits
| long to become millionaires IL the!
can steal enough Americans and ge
enough ransoms, and the job seem:
to be exceedingly easy. In the mean
time, the "watchful waiting" polio,
of the president Is being pursued
with exasperating exactness and pre-
cision.
Spencer News-TIerald: For one
thing we can be thankful anyway
The advertising which old h. C. of |
is getting will help some. In the
face Of all the agitation now being
waged against high prices not many
| men will dare to raise prices any
more.
Hampton Chronicie:~If there is any
combine it is in the big cities, and
that's where the most of the howl
about the high cost of living comes
from. Why do not the officials get
busy in the large cities. where the
combines actually exist? No, all
they will do is to howl about the
country districts getting too much
nroduee
Siblev Tribune. oh YES we ali
want the cost of living reduced hut
we chuckIe when land goes up and
con rat,1late ourselves and orr friends
on q deal that fetches a eoodlv sum
of ~unearned Increment
Charter Oak Times. When anyone
tries to tell You that there is another
state in the union as good as iowa
inst grin and do not contrdict They
do not know better. They think thew
arc right and Won might not he able
to convince them. Thar would lead
10 embarrassjng COMPLICATIONS Won
know. and they will find Il out iu
time
-
mon.eeIo sosms
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

ed upon to extend it's aid to the grain farmers
who have failed to secure a crop. \
Last season was bad enough for the western
dry-land farmers, but conditions have been
worse this year. Their lesson has been expen-
sive, but they ought to be pretty thoroughly
convinced Of the fact, after three years OF
drought, that farming in Montana without irri-
cation is a gamble with the chances three to
one against the farmer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
DIFFERENTIATION"

The author of the plan to give the railroads
to their employees calls it "the. Americanization
of the roads, He favors ''A~mericanizing'
iother Industries without delay and would be
gin with gas and electric plants and trolley
companies. Presumably his "Americanlzing'
process contemplates handing these and the
steel and other industries over to the workers
in these lines; and then perhaps the business OF
making textiles, banking, publishing and others
would be taken up in turn. The rest OF the peo-
pile, farmers and others, who were not included
in this notable arrangement would not be de-
MED the privilege of helping to make up IN
taxes such deficits in the "Americanized in
dustries as accrued.
OF the great and constant pressure to become
'sAmericanized" that would ensue, there can be
little doubt. Every class of workers would be
passionately eager FOR it; but not all of them
could have it since some would have to be left
to foot the bills. And as far as lack of workers
is a problem in this country it would be beau
tifully solved. Immigrants would exhaust all
their ingenuity to get here and would camp
along the border waiting a chance to dodge
across. A job in an "Americanized" industry
would satisfy the ambitions of almost any man;
for what other workers of the world are free to
fix their hours of labor, the conditions Of their
service and their pay7 Yet congress, wilfully
to these advantages, is so unfavorable to
the plan that it's advocates base all their hopes
on the president. They argue that the prinoi-
pies put forward in certain of his public utter
ances show him to be sympathetic with their
program; and they will lay it before him at an
early day. But the country cherishes the hope
that his trained, acute mind will not discover
any merits in it that congress and the people
generally, outside OF railroad circles, have been
unable to detect.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

New York Times: In the statement
made on Aug. 2 by the heads of the
four brotherhoods Of railroad EN-,
ployes demanding federal management
Of railroads. they said that:
Labor faces a persistently ser
ious situation due to the cost Of
living and the impossibility Of
wages keeping pace with the de-
probation of money. No funda-
mental changes are being adj
vanced to save workers from a
continual defeat in the economic
struggle of life. The railroad en-
ployes are in no mood to brook the
return of the lines to their or
mer control, since all the plans
suggested for this settlement Of
the problems leave labor essen
TALLY where 1t has stood and
where 1t is determined not to
stand.
The figures laid before the house of
representatives by the general mana
ger OF the Pennsylvania railroad show
that in thirteen states freight engi-
neers now get s4,704 a year, passenger
$500, freight conductors
3 ,76S, passenger conductors So, 1896.
The governor Of the great state Of
Texas gets $4,000 a year, the governor
Nebraska $4,000, the governors Of
Wyoming, Delaware, and
Arizona 1000, the governors Of Rhode
South Carolina, South Dakota,
and Vermont $4,000. These, It may be
said, are political offices and honors
not usually held by men who have no
other than their official
salaries. Then compare the pay of
these prosperous railway men with the
average income of clergymen, physi.
clans, lawyers, college professors.
These, as a rule, have had q long and
expensive education, collegiate and
professional. They have a certain
social convention to maintain. They
have to have books Some Of them
have to have expensive professional
The great majority OF them
men who complain Of continual defeat
the economic struggle as a fortunate
prosperity, as a golden, impossible
We win leave It to the school
teachers and the clergymen to agree,
Z they can, which is the worst-paid
It is believed that the
average clerical income Is 5000 a year.
Easing poor on this, the clergyman Is
upon to help all sorts Of people.
causes" and organizations. He has to
his children. He has to try to
Keep a respectable and not too thread
,are appearance before the world. The
average school prin cipal let alone the
hundreds Of thousands of men and
who have charge OF elemen-
AIRY education. the most vital OF all.
Who perform In the state a function
Is momentous as any, must deem the
ray Of these railroad men as un-
fortune. To most of them
t would mean not only comfort but, |
n the course Of a few years, compe-
ence.
The public hears a great deal about
he fat fees OF a few famous lawyers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

To be a well-favored man is the gift Of for
'une; but to read and write comes by nature.
Shakespeare.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

Special concessions to preferred classes of
labor will not ease the economic situation. Con-
shutting the vast majority are the inorganic
ed workers of the country, the salaried, the pro-
f~essional men, the widows and others who must
live on fixed incomes. These are the ones who
suffer most, who complain least, who need con
sideration with the rest.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
The BLACK and WHITE
SHOW WINDOW

Everybody gets both pleasure and profit from looking at
the ordinary show window. But you get the most from the
Black and White Show Window-the advertising columns
Of your newspaper. Here the best things from your own
town and from places far away are displayed. Here yoa
judge the respective merits of articles placed side by side
without the glitter and dazzle of lights and mirrors.
more intelligenty. They purchase knowing the merits Of
the particular article bought. They know the best products
of practically every line of manufacture.
Read the messages directed to you today-every day
Manufacturers miles away and people right here in town,
who feel they have something worth talking about, are
addressing you. The best Of their wares are spread out
on these printed pages. They are publicly making certain
claims on the fulfNment of which depends their commercial
success. These claims are we'll worth your consideration.
Cultivate a closer acquaintance with advertising. Your
pocketbook really stretches if you know where to oct the
most value for your money. The advertisements give YOU
that knowledge very completely.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
Pesky Bed
Bugs

The new chemical, p. d. oy--p.,,
Devils Enthusiastically outs The ~. 800
lasting. to pesky bed bugs. reaches. anti
teas. impossible for them 20 ex;.t
where p. D. @ Is used. ~
r. d. Q. kills and leaves a coatin.
on their eggs and prevents hstcbinx'
A 36c package makes a at. Of ~.
strongest bug killer on earth.
A box Of p. d. @. goes farther than
. barrel Of old-fashioned bug killer
Look for the DEVILS head on evo.x
box; also patent spout in every Dor
The T. D. @. kills heas on dom. All
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

One great economic gain is made despite the
profteers. There is no longer a daily blowing
up Of many million dollars worth of explosives
with consequent destruction of property and
lives. Foch and his men got that much done
before the peacemakers got to work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

This making the world safe for democracy
apparently is such a new stunt that the world
doesn't seem to Know what to do with it when
1t has it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

Judging by the rapid ascent of prices, de-
spite the campaign against them, it will be well
tic do our Christmas shopping as early as pos
.sible.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26

Spencer News-TIerald: For one
thing we can be thankful anyway.
The advertising which old h. c. of l..
is getting will help some. In the
face Of all the agitation now being
waged against high prices not many
men will dare to raise prices any
more
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-26
THE VICTORIOUS DEFEATED.

New York Times: In the statement
made On Aug. 2 by the heads of the
four brotherloods of railroad en-
ployes demanding federal management
Of railroads. they said that:
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-06
PRoLoNGlNG YOUTH

Men and women have always
sought the secret of prolonging their
youth Queen Elizabeth tried to
make herself look young and giddy
| by adjoining her scrawny features
with a large, red wig about the color
of an October sunset, but she did not
fool anybody.
If there is really any secret method
of perpetuating the golden days of
youth it does not consist of wearing
wigs that nestle loosely about the
ears, Or in defying the eternal laws
of nature with a bottle of hair dye.
The secret of retaining youth if such
a secret really exists, is entirely in
the mind.
II you would remain young, learn
to think young thoughts Forget
about growing old. Learn to laugh
and play
Proof of this is found in the thea
trical profession. William H. Crane. |
past 20, is successful and active. Lily
Langtry, the beautiful Jersey Lily" +
looks like young woman at IS. |
Robert billiard, dapper and debon.
naire, is nearly so and has the alert !
of go The great Bernhardt
with one leg amnUtated is an active |
of her profession at IA. Mar |
lie wainwright at IS is winning the ap-
pfause of Broadway audiences. Rose
Joghlan is able to retain her popu-
larity, though she is on the other side
Of IS, and John Drew lat Sc, is play
ing nightly to enthusiastic audiences. J
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-06
COULD HARDLY
STAND ALONE
Terrible Suffering From Headache,
Sideache, Backache, and Weak
ness, Relieved by Cardui,
Says This Texas Lady.

Gonzales, Tex Mrs. Minnie Phil
pot, of this place, writes: Give years
ago was taken with pain IN my
left side. 1t was right under my
left rib. 1t would commence with an
aching and extend up into my left
shoulder and on down into my back.
BY that time the pain would be so
severe I would have to take to bed,
and suffered usually about three days
~ suffered this way for three years.
and got to be a mere skeleton and was
so weak I could hardly stand alone.
Was not able to go anywhere and had
to let my house work CO.. L suffered
awful with pain in my back and /
had the headache all the time. just
was unable to do a thing My life
was a misery, my stomach got In an
awful condition, caused from taking
so much medicine. suffered SO much
pain. | had just about given up all
hopes OF our getting anything to help
me.
One day Birthday Almanac was
thrown in my yard. After reading
It's testimonials I decided to try Car
dui, and am so thankful that I did.
for began to improve when on the
second bottle. II am now a we'll
woman and feeling fine and the cure
has been permanent for it has been
two years since my awful bad health.
will always praise and recommend
Cardui. Try Cardui today. e 70
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-06

While other folks get lottery in the
knees, and has asthma and ear trum-
pets long before their time, people
on the stage seem to have grasped
the happy secret of perennial youth.
And this secret consists more in right
thinking than in wearing fancy vests
and high school hats When old
Ponce de Leon put on a new pair of
knees pants few centuries ago and
started for st. Augustine. where
he mad arranged to discover the foun-
tain of youth. he did. not understand
TINS great secret of staying young.
SO he died at last without being able
to conceal his real age from anybody.
He should have lived now and gone
into the movies.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-06
JUDGE BULLOCK ON THE cREA-
TON OF NEW CIRCUITS
(Tayares Herald)


The following seIf-explanatory let
ter, being one that all the citizens
of the fifth judicial district, Lake
county in particular, are interested in,
is given as a matter of information,
that the citizens of Lake county, who
should have say in all such impor-
tant matters, may be prepared to act
as by them seem advisable.
The Herald is not sufficiently post
ed in the court problems to advise
whether the forming of the contem-
plated new district is advisable or
not, but one point the Herald insists
upon-"the personnel of the court
deserves very serious consideration
Judge Bullock's opinion to the CON
trary notwithstanding. And in con-
sidering Judge Bullock you are ICON,
sidering the interest of the people,"
Judge BuIiock's Letter
Ocala, Fla, May %. 1919.-Editor
Tavares Herald. Tavares, Fla.-My
dear Mr.. Bell: In the last issue of
your paper | notice, under the cap.
ton New Circuit Court District"
you say "a movement is on foot to
form a new circuit" in which article
you have most kindly referred to me
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-06
are running it, Yours very truly,
w. s. BULLOCK.


No sooner had we finished reading
Judge Bullock's admirable letter than
we were confronted with the follow
ing: Senator Eaton's bill cutting off
Lee and DeSoto counties from the
tenth judicial circuit, to be known as
the twelfth circuit, leaving Polk as
the tenth, was taken up on motion
of Representative Keen and passed
36 to 10. The bill passed the senate
several days ago. Candidates for
Judge the G. w Whitehurst and w.
d. Bell, of Arcadia, and Lee Hammell
of Wauchula. R. A. Henderson. Jr.,
and S. w. Lawler, FIT. Myers, are can
didates for states attorney. The
governor will make the appointments.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-06

or the worlds magic and only gen.
ana then only. will you be sure that
YOUR corn will loosen from your toe
so that you can peel IL right or
rioriously easy with your fingers.
Take no chances OF continued pain
fafinE salves, piasters that shift
and press into the "quick." razors
and sdiggers" that make corns bleed
and also grow faster? Use painless.
easy. always sure "Gets-It Tnere.s
S5ets-Tt." Millions have tried ana
o. Ksd IL for years. II never falls'
af5ets-Tt." the guaranteed, money
hack -corn-remover. the only sure
way. costs but trtfle ~ any III s.v M
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Be a Joy.W aIker,
"Gets.lt" for Corns


When you almost die with your
shoes on and corns make you almost
walk sideways to get away from
the pain, take q vacation for min
ute or two and apply 2 or drops