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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
HONESTY IN EMPLOYER AND
WORKER URGED BY PRIEST

"There is continual trouble between
the employer and employee. When
this condition exists there is some
thing radically wrong" This decla-
ration was made by the Rev. James T.
Coffey of st. Leo's Church, at the
MONDAY Lenten service yesterday at
the old Cathedral, Third and Walnut
streets, when he spoke on"Honesty
Is the Best Policy"
Honesty is the best and only policy
towards those who employ us. What
has become of the commandment,
Thou shalt not steal in our day?
Are people honest with people who
employ them? In this matter the en-
ployer's crooked methods instigate
and encourage the employee. The
man who furnishes inferior material
and does not live up to his specifca-
tions generally gets inferior work.
Dishonesty begets dishonesty.
"The cry of the modern Bolshevist
is that the predatory capitalist has
been grinding the life out of the la
borer long enough and that it is now
the duty of the proletariat to gouge
the rich man, seize his possessions and
if need be to put him out of the way.
If this is the only remedy that modern
civilization has to offer for the griev-
ances against the righteousness of the
rich man, then, indeed, have we degen-
Grated into the basest barbarism."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
THE NEW ERA AND THE LAW

Respect for the law is the founda-
ton of all government.
Whatever weakens confidence in the
courts and the administration of JUS
tice weakens the entire fabric of civ
ilization.
Man is a temperamental animal.
Today he is saint, tomorrow he may
be a devil, and it is to protect HIM
self against himself that he makes
laws. The more civilized he becomes
the more need he finds for restraint
and the more laws he makes.
Civilization has reached point
where nearly every human act is reg
ulated by law From the birth certi-
ficate required by ordinance to the
burial permit demanded by statute
about every step of our lives is shad-
owed by legal enactment, even to what
we shall eat and drink.
AS long as the law applies with
equal force to all, man is content, but
the moment it enters his mind that
his neighbor is being favored over
himself, he becomes dissatisfied and
seeks means to circumvent the law
Justice is usually pictured as blind,
but there is a growing suspicion these
days that the CLINT of gold is dazzling
enough to penetrate the bandage and
that the rich man finds more favor in
he lady's eyes than his poorer brother.
This may be due largely to the alb
surd complexities that have been WOW
en- into the simple question of right
or wrong and that are far beyond the
comprehension of the average mind
or to the puzzling nobility of the we'll
endowed to escape or delay punish
ment. Whatever the cause, the fact
remains that the masses today have
not the respect for the law that they
should have. And hrerin lies one of
the causes of unrest in America.
Mickey McGinnis appears in court
charged with grand larceny. He
comes before the bench clad in rag
garments, his eyes blackened, his face
covered with the stubble of days--in
fact he is altogether an ill-conditioned,
sorry-looking figure-the very type of
a vicious character. Mickey has no
attorney because he has no money.
The court assigns him lawyer-us-
TALLY fresh young boy, just out of
law school, confused by his first case.
He does the best he can for Mickey,
which is not much.
There is no one to file dilatory mo-
tions for Mickey, no experts to testi-
fly that he was insane at the time of
the robbery, no one to ask for change
of venue, and there are none of the
thousand motions that might delay
sentence. Mickey gets five years, and
in "a hours is at the penitentiary.
Justice has been done, and done rapid
ly.
Charles P. Millions appears in court
charged with embezzling 100000
from trust fund. He comes before
the Judge sleek, well fed, clean shaw
en-, well groomed and exuding pros
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04

the immediate future for a moment,
we will see the democracy of the coun-
try standing by its traditional prin-
ciples of raising only sufficient funds
to defray the absolutely necessary ex-
penses of the state and national gov
eminent economically, wisely and alb
ly and justly administered. This has
been the training that the Democratic
party has given her many sons in
Missouri. George Moore is native
born and it seems to US that it is
but natural that the democracy of
Missouri would once more bestow the
distinguished honor upon native son
by selecting him as governor, rather
than to satisfy the cherished ambi-
ton of some person who has adopted
Missouri as a suitable state and agen-
cy by which political preferment
might be obtained. Mr.. Moore, though
country bred and raised, is possessed
of ability necessary to lead him into
positions of prominence and import
ance in the largest city in the state.
He is but one of many country boys
who, today, participates in the conduct
of the large business interest of a
thriving city. He has occupied the
position of Internal Revenue Collector
of the Eastern District of Missouri
for the last five years, having been
appointed by President Wilson soon
after his inauguration in 1918. Dur
ing his incumbency in office no word
of complaint has ever been leveled
against him so far as his many friends
throughout the state have heard
On the other hand, his work has
been commended. He is not only
Democrat in belief, but is democratic
in action. Any citizen within his dis
trict can obtain easy access to him in
his office in st. Louis, not only dur
ing business hours, but at any time in
the day. George has a faculty of re-
Numbering names and faces well, but
above all, the happy disposition Of
satisfying the wants of any friend, if
it be within his power to serve.
Although he has been active in par
ty affairs since his admission to the
bar, at Canton, Mo-, in 1901, no one
has ever accused him of belonging to
any faction or clique that could, in
any way be said to endanger or de-
stroy tie success of the Democratic
party. AS matter Of fact, he has
been absolutely free from all fractional
political activities.
1t seems a foregone conclusion that
Mr.. Moore's friends will insist upon
his becoming q candidate, and the
Democrats of Lewis county and adj
ioin;r,o. cotirties stand ready tn assist
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
FARM LANDS FOR 7
D0UGHROYS WHO
WON. WORLD WAR
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR WOULD
MAKE LAND AVAILABLE FOR
RETURNING SOLDIER.
INCREASE FOOD SUPPLY
Canadians and Anzacs Are Sending
Their Returned Fighting Men
to Farms,

All Of the English-speaking coun-
tries that have taken part in the war
are making arrangements to send as
many returning soldiers back to the
land as care to go. Canada has her
plans well under way as have New
Zealand, Australia, and the British
Isles. In this country we are Just
getting we'll started on the PROPOSE
ton.
By means of Investigations made by
the government, II is found that we
have millions Of acres of lands, idle
lands, lands suitable for homestead.
ing, acres that ought to be adding to
the worlds food supply aud giving
homes to a race of independent Amer
lean farmers.
The spirit Of the whole nation Is
backing the proposal of Secretary of
the Interior Lane to open all the avail
able lands Of the nation, the public
lands Of the country to the soldier.
He has recalled to congress the great
part the mustered out soldiers Of the
Civil War played in making the great
West.
But to take this land, $4,000, 900
available acres of It, and turn 1t over
to the soldiers will require govern
mental appropriation. The money
will be needed to reclassify and open
to entry the lands that are lying idle.
1t is the land OF the government and
can be made over to the returning sol
der on splendid terms If the country
Will back up the proposal. What bet
ter use could be made of a part of
the Victory Liberty Loan than this
And to what better use could It be
placed to work for the future Of the
Aationf
The money in the hands Of the gov
eminent will make this and other
after-the-war projects of the govern
ment possible. These lands will glve
homes to thousands of soldiers home
from the war.
1t is the solution of such problems
as this that causes the government to
need money and to set about raising
It through the Victory Liberty Loan
and War Savings and Thrift Stamps.
Every dollars woth of securities
bought will bring the day when before
the-war conditions return, Just that
much closer. The notes of the Victory
Liberty Loan (short term bonds) will
enable the nation to express its graft
tude to the soldiers who come back;
they will fortify our national prosper
ity. increase our shop and agricultural
resources and at the same time they
Will be a good business proposition
to the man who buys them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
HON. GEORGE H. MOORE
URGED TO ANNOUNCE
FOR GOVERNOR

some months ago, tne many 1rienGs
IN Northeast Missouri OF George H.
Moore, the Internal Revenue Collect
or OF the Eastern District, were de-
lighted to know that ne was beng
mentioned as formidable candidate
for the goyernorship OF Missouri at
the next Democratic primary cleo
ton. 1t is now apparent from the re-
ports which are received from the va
rious sections of the state, that Mr..
Moore will be compelled either to en-
ter the race or deprive his friends OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
mercy for all of Gods creatures.

mercy for all of Gods creatures.
In an ideal commonwealth there
would be no such thing as private
attorney. All lawyers would be State
officials, whose only object would be
to see that the law was enforced.
However, the world is not yet ready
for that.
The keynote of the New Era is HUI
manity-humanity that will mean
equal justice for every human crea-
ture, yet not a justice untempered
with mercy. Respect for the law must
be secured when the poorest Of the
Lords creatures is treated by the law
with the same even-handed considera-
ton that is accorded the most richly.
endowed of his children.
81 AM MY BROTHERS. KEEP
Err. st. Louis Republic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
of our sacrifices Is the Victory LIB
erty Loan. We simply must and will
stand by the government in this new
call"
NOT LIKE A COAT.

The Liberty Loan worker who starts
out upon the theory that patriotism
is like a coat which can be put on
and taken off at will, and that some
of our people took this coat off when
hostilities ceased. is wrong. He will
find the coat in the proper place and
hands ready to dig into pockets for
Uncle Sam. While the superior In
ducements of the Victory Liberty Loan
as an investment will have strong
appeal, pride of country will put the
loan over
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
WAR IS NOT YET WON
Eminent churchman Says American
People Cannot Quit Now--Must
Stay by Government

AS in all former loans and other
government calls and activities, the
church of the country is rallying her
forces again to go out and meet the
new call of the Victory Liberty Loan.
and she is telling her people that this
is her battle for finished peace.
Fighting, we trust, is over, but the
war has not yet been won," is the
challenge sent out by Rev. DIR. W. r.
King, president Of the st. Louis
Church Federation and pastor Of the
First Presbyterian Church. Much
remains to be done, both across the
sea and In the home land. It takes
money to demobilize an army and to
make sure the victory is won In bat
tie. Our sincerity. In beginning this
war viii be shown by osr spirit IN
the ending and In completing our vic
tory. Every American should, az q
matter Of duty. as an expression OF
thankfulness. do his part toward this
Victory Loan"
Rev. DR.. David M. SHILLING. paste.
OF the webster Groves Presbyterian
Church. says he will use the force Of
his pulpit and church publication to
win support OF the loan.
The work Of destruction is over and
the work Of construction is just ahead,
is the view Of Rev. DR.. w. H. Geist-
welt. pastor Of the Third Baptist
Church, which is one Of the great CON
gregations of the Middle West.
Surely we cannot stop halfway in.
this great business" DR.. Geistweit
says. Sometimes ! think the great
eat work e ahead Of ~. The least
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-04
COUGHING SPELLS
BREAK YOUR REST,
Put Q stop to them with old
reliable Dr.. Kings New
Discovery

That raw, hoarse throat must b
eoothed. That phlegm-loaded chest
must be loosened. That cough muse
be checked 90 you can sleep.
Dr.. Kings New Discovery has been
relieving colds, and coughs for half d
century without the least disagTeeabls
after-effects.
Your druggist has It because It u
well-known and in big demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21
JIM, A BRAVE DOG

From the New York World.
 In columns once given to stories of the gallant deeds of Jim. there appear now obituary tributes to the brave dog who is dead of his own bravery. Jim was a Great Dane and his greatness was iii more than his name. He was a life-saver and he wore his bronze medal with ap parent pride. In his last act he sought to save from burglars the property of the man he acknowledged as master, and he fell beneath the blows of thief than whom he had better proved his right to live In his earlier exploit he braved flames to arouse his master and others. asleep in a burning building
 By the terms of his license, Jim was the property of a Sixth avenue druggist. His courage and intelligence won for him a wider belonging. Heroism, even when manifested on four feet involves for it's exemplifier a whole-world right of pos session. Poets sang of Jim. Hospitable doors opened for his entertainment. On post in the store or riding in his special seat in his masters car, he was regarded with a sense of personal pride by all who were privileged to know him.
 Jim had not been tried literally by fire and by gas to be spoiled by betting. He died as he had lived, good dog, loyal friend, a brave sentinel. By such life and such deeds as his, those mere hu' mans are encouraged who believe in the mind and the soul of dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21
Battling Brewers
 Skate On Thin Ice

6NHE vagaries into which govern ll ment officials have been led by wartime prohibition are interesting, if not particularly instructive to per sons who want to find out something about the immediate future of beer and wine.
 A Washington dispatch says that in accordance with ruling of the attor- ney general, the internal revenue bu- reau will continue the sale of stamps for intoxicating beverages after July 1. However, Commissioner Roper states that the sale will be made with the understanding that "the manu- facture or sale of prohibited bever- ages was in no way authorized"
 In other words the government &C., cepts revenue from a business that may or may not be outlawed after July 1, but absolves itself from any responsibility for what may happen to the luckless brewers. In the mean. time the Hon. Elihu Root continues to be pillar of strength to the brew. CTS who seem to repose childlike
  confidence in his ability to save ths day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS

on moldy bread and thin vegetable broth
 All the private fortune of the grand duke has been lost. His lands have been confiscated. At Milan he lives comfor- tably but very unostentationsly.
 Democracy owes much to Grand Duke Nicholas. He was very far from being democrat. He was, in fact. a stanch upholder of the old Russian ab- vinced of the desirability of democracy in Russia. But first of all Nicholas was Russian. He knew Russia's salvation depended on the vanquishing of Ger many. He was leader of consummate skill, and it is more than probable that only his splendid genera1ship prevented Germany from winning the war in it's early stages. Always handicapped by treachery and by jealousy Nicholas never complained, but always fought His retreat before the tremendous at- tack of Mackensen and Hindenburg which resulted in the saving of the Russian armies was one of the most
  sequent campaign in Armenia which al- most brought Turkey to her knees was but an additional proof of his military
 ability.
 Between the Bo1shevist Russia of to- day and the old autocratic Russia for
 which Nicholas fought practical stu- dents and statesmen may find little choice, but it must be admitted that the autocracy produced great men while the gutter communism has found only scoundrels for it's leaders. Nicholas, the aristocrat, probably unreconstructed 1 and unconvinced, the man who fought l against the most terrific odds and who I has lost everything but his honorable name, lives humbly at Milan as Baron Borisoff.' In the awarding of justice there should be some provision for this | gigantic Russian who in 1914 and 1915 prevented Germany from marching to l easy victory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN THE AGE-HERALD Events Recorded June, 21. 1899.

Private advices received in Washington indicate that The Hague conference will result in practical failure. Because Of the attitude of Germany a-ld other pow CTS who are now found to be almost as strongly opposed, the arbitration tribunal will be little more than name. The arrival of Dreyfus is being awaited with suppressed excitement in Paris. Elaborate precautions have been taken for conveying the prisoner from Brest to the capital.
 Vice Presidents James Bowron and A.
 NJ. Shook of the Tennessee Coal. Iron
 and Railroad company will leave for New York today to pay the purchase price for the property of the Sheffield Coal.
 Iron and Steel company, recently acquir- | ed. The Tennessee company will pay 1 $s50. 900 in cash
 At their meeting yesterday Alabama coal miners passed resolutions asking a permanent pay day, an eight hour work ling day and the right to buy at other thar
 company stores.
 l The meeting of the Alabama Historical society was the principal event of com
 mencement exercises at the University of Alabama yesterday. Dr. William R Garrett, professor of history in the Pea body Normal college at Nashville, de
 livered an oration before large audience Yin Clark hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21
JUNE

By James Russell Lowell And what is so rare as day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days: Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune. And over it softly her warm ear lays; whether we look ~or whether we listen, We hear life murmur. or see it gAsten; Every clod feels stir of might An instinct within it which reaches
 and towers, And groping blindly above it for light. Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush of life> may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its
 chalice.
 And there's never leaf or . blade too
 mean
 To be some happy creatures palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun. Atilt like a blossom among the leaves. And lets his illumined being o'errun
 With the deluge of summer it re-
 ceives;
 His mate feels the eggs beneath her
 wings,
 And the heart in it's dumb breast flut- ters and sings: He sings to the wide world and she to her nest In the nice ear of nature which song is tho best5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 IS 1918, Grand Duke Nicholas C. Romanoff former commander in-chief of the Russian armies and one of the most brilliant generals of, the great war, was a prisoner in the town of Yalta in the Crimeas~He Is now in Milan. with his family, humbly housed. The story of Big Nick" is one of the most amazing rornances of the war.
 When the bo1sheviki gained control of Russia Nicholas was residing at Tiflis. where he had been governor un- der the Czar and under the Lvoff
 regime. He was summoned to Yalta by
 the. bolshevik authorities, and obeyed
 the summons. At first his imprisonment
 was not rigorous, but little by little the confinement became more strict. His
 brother. his wife, his sister-in-law and
 other members of his family and his
 suite were imprisoned with him. Twen-
 ty-fiye bolshevik soldiers were detailed to guard the distinguished prisoners.
 Late in the summer of 1918 it was decided by the Ya1ta soviet to execute all the prisoners, and an automobile full of executioners was sent to the house where Nicholas was confined. The boIshevik guard absolutely declined te permit the sentence of death to be ex- ecuted and sent the firing squad back , to headquarters. Three times thereafter executioners were sent to kill the pris- oners but in each instance the guard prevented the carrying out of the sen tence.
 When the Germans came to Yalta 1T the fall of last year the German com mander attempted to be very friendly to the distinguished prisoners. Nicho'
 las, still a stanchly patriotic Russian declined to permit the German to enter | the house that had been his prison, de claring his utter loathing of all things 1 German. Soon after this the allies tool Yalta. and Nicholas was rescued. For 2 year he had lived wretchedly, mostly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21

to fight the nations battles, this im- posing array of government depart ments and other organizations work ing in his behalf should bring reas- surance. We cannot get back on a peace footing in a day, or a week, but strong concerted effort is be- ing made to readjust industry as soon as possible to peace conditions and the first thought of the American gov ernment-is to provide for the men who served in the army or navy,
 With the proper cooperation from the employers of labor on a large scale, and by making it rule that the discharged soldier or sailor who wants his old job back will get it, this phase of the unemployment prcb- lem will be solved without disloca5i lg industry or working hardship on men who have earned the respect and gratitude of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-21
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

A baby yells because something g worries it. But nobody knows why college boy yells.
 One of the easiest ways to get a black eye is to go around repeating all that you hear
 Most of us would pay our income tax more cheerfully if we knew that the Senate would shut up shop and stay shut up for about five years.
 Judging from the labels on match boxes. it is safer to eat matches than a lot of canned stuffs. Matches are now guaranteed nonpoisonous and do not contain benzoate of soda.
 The girl who is chummy with her mother doesn't need the aid of an Anti- Vice society to enable her to set through the world safely. When a girls liver gets so hard that it is ready to crack she imagines that it is her heart that is broken. If the girls insist on being suffs and running for office as candidates. they should not get mad when we refer te their supporters. A rooster is a good deal like a man He never crows sassily until he make; sure that there is plenty of room tt run in.
 We have quit feeling sorry for tat heathens in foreign lands. We are re, | serving our sympathy for the pool devils in Ohio who have no cellars II | their homes.
 | A burglar never bothers 2bou breaking into the home of a newspa per man for two reasons One Is tha
 a burglar is looking for money. Tn other is that the burglar does not wan
 to be robbed.
 I The pleasing exterior of peach i no guarantee as to it's inner substance
 And this goes for both kinds 0 l peaches.
 Give a woman time to glance into mirror and powder her nose and sh
 will face any emergency.