Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-14

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Henry Ford's town gave tremend-
GUS wet majority at the recent election
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Cheer up, the railroad service might
be worse, but let us hope and pray it
never will be.
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When Germany started this war, she
didn't know just what She was going
to get, and doesn't know yet. Nor do
the allies.
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1t is a puzzle to tell whether jim
Pierce or Harvey Ingham is getting the
most fun out of the Rathbun inyesti-
cation.
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( The national passtime just at pres
ent, aye, we might say the world pass
time, seems to be the skinning of I'm
Gle Sam.
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When the real interests of the allies
clash with any of the fourteen points
the said fourteen points seem to get
the worst of the bargain.
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League of nations or no league Of
nations, indemnities or no mdemnities,
the next business of this country is to
successfully float the Forthcoming vic
tory bond issue.
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Col. Harvey wonders if Nero, fiddling
as Rome burned, would have kept on
fiddling had the entire world been in
flames Perhaps not. He would have
sought place Of safety, as the kaiser
did.
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n Debs made big mistake when he
threatened to call a nationwide strike
unless the courts gave him special
consideration. That is too much the
way the big buffers have done over in
Europe.
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There will be no occasion to tag Ger
man made goods to prevent .iieir eI-
tensive sale in the Aemrican nt;,rket
place if an adequate protective tariff
law is put upon. the statute books. We
do not have, such law at present ami
cannot have. one as long as Wilson IS
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Some of the soldiers. who have been
stationed among the sand dunes and al.
kali fields Of Texas, infested with feas
and tarantalas, would not protest much
if the peace conference would decide
to return that state to Mexico or to,
49,, that other country near which it
is supposed to be located.
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Havner and Harding look like two
fighting cocks that have just received
an awful licking Their tail feathers
seem to be dragging in the barnyard
mud, while Attorney Clark and Old
Man Rathbun seem to have nothing to
brag about. 1t is dirty mess from
start to finish and the state will be
glad when the finish is reached.
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Freedom of the, seas was one OF the
things most talked of during the days
just preceding the peace conference.
seemed to know Just what it
as everybody had supposed we
had had the freedom Of the seas for
more than century. Nothing is now
being said of that matter, hence the
former agitation may have been no
thing more than camouflage to conceal
other problems.
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The big lantlholders of England are
selling their properties in large blocks.
This is as it should be- The land. OF
my country ought to be owned by the
,nes who till the soil. This will be
real issue in this country some day and
{ will have to be met as the merits of
he case suggest. That country is the
most prosperous where the largest
number of people own homes. 1t is
llsO the most stable.
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One of the best of the Root amend
ments is the one providing for way
FOR nation to get out of the league
Of nations if deemed advisable by her
peopae. There should also be an amend
ment providing for amendments. The
of the United States was
amended six or eight times before it
was ten years old and it is reasonable
to expect that some amendments to the
league constitution will appear adj
before the league is in ex-
stence a decade. s @
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The, Chicago papers are telling OF. a
-yeaT-old who went to board with
, neighbor because he heard his father
ell his mother they would starve TO