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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

had in Paris with American peace commission
ers, explains that he has bolshevik con-
science.
The Russian boIshevists the Times eluci-
dates, hold it to be principle sound in politics
or morals that all acts and practices that make
for the benefit Of their class and TO the dis
advantage OF all other classes are permitted
and honorable. In this way Lenine justified
the acceptance of Germany money for the be-
trayal of his country. Bullitt was known to
be one of our "parlOr bolshevists" before he
was sent to Russia Hobnobbing with Denine
week he returned to Paris with report -
partial to Lenine and bolshevism that it was
suppressed and he was dropped as an employee
Of the American commission cit was natural,
it was inevitable. therefore" argues the Times.
that he should consider himself not in the
least bound by the obligation of confidence
which gentlemen of -bolshevist notions of
honor would have sacredly respected"
Letting it go at that; passing up Bulliu
as conscientiously contemptuouS OF honor be
cause he has espoused a faith built on con-
tempt of honor, what is to be said in defense
Of the majority of the senate committee, &C
cessorfes and instigators of his dishonor?
Are they any the less culpable than he 70
putting him on the stand, inviting, listening
to and proposing to use, his betrayals Of conf
dence? In what way is their conduct to be
excused?
some very hard things have been Justly
said of these men, but nobody has accused
them Of being bolshevists. They Fannot nave
the bolshevik conscience which is pleaded in
behalf of Bullitt They may have conscience
in accordance with which anything is legiti-
mate and honorable that can be used against
Woodrow Wilson-anything from -epudiating
our national obligations and scuttling the peacc
of the world to nosing around the sculleries
and fishing the cutters for malicious teil-tales
and BETRAYED confdences-but if that is the
case they have never had the courage to con-
TESS such a conscience or to avow creed
built on anti-Wilsonism, and they cannot, like
BuIIitt, make a plea of conscience or creed in
their behalf.
And now that attention has been directed to
the bolshevik conscience may it not be in order
to inquire how far it explains the general class
of American milk-fed bolshevtsts, or which
BulIitt is an Insignificant Individual?
1t has been evident for some time that we
have such a class, undeniably milk-fed instead
of suIphuric acid fed nitroglycerin fed like
their. Russian brethren. Does the bolshevik
conscience explain their otherwise inexplicable
conduct as we are told it explains that Of their
Russian colleagues? Else how are we to ex-
plain our Scott hearings and Raymond Rob
inses and the editors OF such adventures as
the New York Nation and the New Republic?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
Whv Coffee Is High.
(Forbes Magazine).

During the war imports of coffee were so
severely restricted that the Brazilian farmers,
who are the worlds chief producers, could not
find a market. To protect them the Brazilian
government bought more than 100000 bags
VI coffee-which can see from the above
figures is just about equivalent to the world S
excess supply-and issued paper money against
it. Dying to these war restrictions Brazils
total exports of coffee for the calendar year
1918 were only 1880 bags, against 10,606,-
600 in 1917 and 10, 26S,00O in 1913.
Incidentally, the restriction policy had the
effect of making coffee extremely scarce in the
United States and other consuming countries,
and of transferring the bulk of the wO<ld's
supply from the hands of the consumer to those
of the producer. The producer, too has learn
ed that through monopolistic control it is just
as easy to sell one poun dof coffee for 20 cents
as easy to sell one pound of coffee for 20 cents
cents In 1914, on Jan. 1, only about 3.071000
bags out of the worlds visible supply of 49,
544 900 bags was in Brazil; but on Jan. l. 1919.
the Brazilian holdings were about 9296000
bags. Meantime the supply here in the United
States was cut in half.
We have virtually taught Brazil how to
charge double for her coffee, and it is doubtful
whether she is going to forget it soon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
Keeping Up the Milan Road.

Some time it is hoped that the road between
the Milan bridges will be paved. Travel over
it is too heavy for gravel or any other than a
hard surface. For the present, however, per-
mareat improvement is out of the question
and the only thing to do is to mend the gravel
surface and try to keep it in shape.
Rock Island Rotarians have undertaken the
Job Of making repairs With the cordial CO.
operation of the people of Milan and vicinity
who have offered nearly half a hundred men
and teams they are going out tomorrow to
work with shovel and pick and to endeavor
10 patch up the holes worn during years of
neglect There will be great deal of gravel
TO haul and spread and with the assistance of
the city street department which is expected
to have the grading process already well start
ed. something really worth while should be
accomplished.
Most anything that is done will make the
road better than it has been, but unless it has
attention from time to time the benefits will
not long remain. Gravel roads must be graded
occasionally and have the, ruts filled. The
quire. Travel over the Milan bridges is very
heavy now and is getting more daily. Pro
vision for maintenance of the road cannot
be much longer delayed. Volunteer workers
cannot be depended upon indefinitely for this
work.
The city must find way to take up the
burden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

Generally there is strong police organization
and officers have been VIGOROUSLY "duick on
the trigger" This tendency was manifested
in the present struggle in the preventing OF
public meetings called by steel workers on
Sunday, when those assembling are reported
to have been roughly handled in number of
instances Denial of the right to hold peace
able meetings and violence in maintaining that
policy can hardly fail to infAame class feeling
and promote general misunderstanding every
where at the precise moment when the need
for harmony and common understanding is
greatest.
It would have been better from every stand
point If the steel workers had followed the
presidents advice and consented to waive their
present grievances for the time being in the
interests of everybody, themselves included
No use trying to settle everything at once and
crowding the program only makes the con-
fusion greater.
But the challenge of Judge Gary, ifit may
be fairly termed one, has been accepted, the
lines are drawn and the struggle is on A
great many people who have no interests d.
rectly and Immediately affected, believing that
the country is heading toward an Industrial
cataclysm and that things are bound to grow
much worse before they can be any better, are
fought out to finish. That, OF course, is an
unfortunate view to take, but it prevails and
more generally than many suppose.
Sensible people will look at the matter with
greater optimism. They will recall other crises
in which wise counsel eventually prevailed on
both sides and brought about an understanding
without great loss of life or destruction of
property. They will hold to their faith in the
ultimate wisdom of the American people, who
frequently kick and storm about the place, but
always stop before they break anything that
can't be fixed or cverturn the stove and set ths
house afire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
|HQart, 1H-!Olm0.
4,1lDYODCOmcC -
5y 1 MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
by TEMPLE

that you will be happier IL you
wait until you are able to start out
with furniture OF your own. r
does not pay TO marry when one
cannot AFFORD It..
Dear Mrs Thompson: I am a girl
of 81, of Jewish faith | have been
keeping company with a young man
of 81 for over a year. He is a Gen
tile and my father objects seriously
to our going together. He watches
me very closely and will not allow
the fellow to come and zee me He
did not object TO his coming to the
house until recently A short time
ago he told the fellow that he did
not want TO see him with me any
more
/ have been going with he fell
low on the sly. / know he cares for
me and I care for him more than
anyone else. Should our differences
in faith have anything TO do with
our keeping company? Should q
girl suit herself or her father al
this age? My mother does not seem
to care. N. +. r.
Your future is at stake, and I be
lieve you should suit yourself in
the matter of marriage. ! do not
feel competent TO advise you in so
grave a matter. DO what you be
lieye is right and have faith that
the outcome will be for the best.
Dear Mrs Thompson. We are
chums seventeen years OF age. We
have been engaged about six
months and our dances wish to get
married in the spring We are sure
We love these men with all our
hearts. but at times they feel in
different about II and think we do
not love them. How can We prove
1t that our love is everlasting
JULIE AND CUTIE.
You are very much too young 10
think OF marriage. I do not wonder
that your frances doubt the proba-
bility OF your love and marriage
next spring. Il is foolish 10 try TO
prove love. Time will test il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
An Industrial Crisis-But Not Our
First One.

The great steel strike got away to Omi-
nous start. Rioting was reported even before
The time set for the walkout Both sides evil
IDENTIFY, in certain localities at least, have gone
into the contest prepared for trouble and IN
der such circumstances trouble is sure to be
found.
Economically the aspect presented by the
steel strike is anything but reassuring. 1t is
certain that if it is long continued it will
throw the whole industrial machine out of gear
and the effects will ramify into every walk OF
life and be felt by every individual OF moro
immediate concern. however. IS the menace TO
law and order. which holds disturbing posi-
bilities for the entire country.
Steel workers include a large foreign ele-
ment which easily becomes excited and is hard
TO control. They live in congested areas and
it is easy for them to assemble in large num-
bers. History Of previous labor disturbances
in the same districts shows much violence
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

story. He was lost in admiration
Of the rug. Then on a card the
words, Omar Kluva and Brother,
% River Street"
I'VE must hunt up this strange
visitor OF ours, Lena he said, and
after supper they sought the living
place of Omar Kluva- He occupied
two rooms in a large tenement
building, and he salaaIzed to the
ground as Lena appeared.
See" he said, pointing to a
couch on which a man, his proto-
type, lay, holding IN his hand the
sun rose bloom. He sleeps peace
fully and with a smile on his face.
A sight Of the flower alone made
him better"
you forgot TO take away your
rug" began Lena, when omar
Kluva made a gesture of extrava-
CANT dissent.
'Ah, ladyi Like in a fairy story.
fate sent you the gift. 1t is yours,
with the love and gratitude of
Omar Kluva and his brother"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
Today's Anniversaries

1S69-The price of gold in New
York reached IA, and the con-
spirators declared their pur-
pose to crowd it up to 200.
1891-Albert ?. Morehouse. former
governor of Missouri, commit
ted suicide at Marysville, Mo.
Born in Delaware county,
Ohio. July II, 1885.
1S02-Troops ordered out to sup
press rioting among iron and
steel workers in the anthra-
cite coal region.
1909-President Taft opened the
great Gunnison tunnel in Colo
RADIO.
1912-The 18th universal peace
congress met at Geneva, Swift
zerland
1914-French captured Peronne Oh
the German right wing.
1915-Germany reported that new
allied army had arrived to at
tack Dardanelles.
1916-Thirty-eight persons killed
and 125 injured in raid by II
Ieppelins over London and
English east coast.
1917-Secretary of War Baker re-
viewed the Rainbow division"
at Camp Mills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
The High Cost of Leisure.
(Springfeld Register


Vice President Marshall declaring that he
has often thought of striking for higher sal
airy for an office which has little labor con-
nected with it, says: THE real evil which we
are confronting today is the high cost OF
leisure"
No doubt the plausible argument might be
advanced that, as the vice presidency is lux
ury, it ought to cost more. Likewise the re-
quirement of being ornamental rather than
useful, necessitates a degree OF expenditures
on the part of the incumbent out of proportion
to the salary.
1t is easy enough to live well on $4,000 a
year in private life, but it is doubtful if any
vice president was ever able to save anything
from his salary, If indeed he could live within
it But the New York World says in COM
menting upon the statement of Vice President
Marshall that what he humorously confesses
about himself is fast becoming a serious and
general condition. Men seek to do as little
work for as much pay as possible, with the
object OF obtaining the greatest amount of
leisure time for themselves. In place of the
old ideal OF striving for success to the limit
of capacity and endurance" there is the new
ideal of minimum effort for maximum reward.
Leisure and not work is made the measure of
welfare, and the result is a bigger bill for
everybody to pay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
young man of 25 and am considered
good looking and OF good reputa-
ton. 1 am going with a girl OF "a
and have been going with her for
over three years.
We are to be married this month
and / love her with all my heart
and she has always told me she
| loved me But when | am with her
she often speaks of my fallen rela-
tives and asks me if / will ever be
! like some of them. OF late she is
easily made TO believe things that
are untrue that she hears and she
says she doesn't want to have her
reputation hurt.
She often speaks OF her chum
who is to be married the same
time we are. She says hec chum
will have fine furniture and she
wishes that we could afford as
much as her chum
| am a laboring man and will be
glad TO do tn best for her that !
can. Do you think furnished rooms
would be all right TO live in for a
while, as I have lately been dis
| charged from the army and have
not much money saved?
/ Do you think she loves me as
| she should? WORRIED.
do not like TO discourage you.
but your situation looks a little
serious. The girl ought to love you
so much that she will forget the
reputation of your relatives and
take you for what you are. Besides,
If she has consented to marry, she
should be willing TO take what you
can give her and not try to com
pare what she has with what some
one else has.
Wait a few months before you
marry so that you will be more
sure of the girls love. II you lose
her, try not to grieve. Surely you
would rather give her up than have
wife who cared more for what
you could give her than for you
yourself.
Some girls are willing to go into
furnished rooms. 1 think. however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
THE GIFT OF FATE.
BY AlYah Jordan Garth.

tCOpyTlglL, 1919, Dy the WESTERN
Newspaper Union).
It's too bad" said Lena Dawes
to her husband Everything looks
so nice except the bare floors"
Wont they be just the thing for
the dancing features of our house
warming?" questioned Norman
Dawes.
You see, I've got a good deal of
pride" added Lena, land | want to
appear as coy and comfy as pos
sible, with so many Of my old
school chums coming"
NOW, don't you get worrying, "
consoled Norman. IF any remarks
are made, just bluntly inform the
critics that the high cost of living
wouldn't permit new furniture and
rugs at the same time"
well, we two are happy and
contented, anyway, so what does it
matter If some i1l-natured critic
like Mrs. Parmly inspects our be-
Iongings with a magnifying glass,
and says mean things about our
being threadbare and shoddy, and
all that? She called me that once,
Norman-but I'm not shoddy, am
I. dear?"
you? Why, you're solid pure
gold, my pet" cried Norman fer
vently, and Lena tried philosophi-
cally to subdue her vain longings.
Their little new home was her idol,
and she wanted to have it as per
feet as possible during the coming
housewarming function.
Fate seemed to enforce q re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
laxative Rolls.

Laxative Rolls.
Composite letter from 1901 read
ers:
Il suffer greatly from chronic
constipation. I have to take --
every night and it seems to lose its
effect, so have to change to -
or - every so often. If I go
a day without taking something /
get a dull headache, a dopy feel
ing, have no ambition, am irrit-
able and depressed, bad taste in the
mouth, n everything. This state
of affairs has gone on and grown
steadily worse for the past ten or
fifteen years. Is there any hope
for me?"
If there is. the fellows who
make and sell you your favorite
physics do not keep it in stock. /
Run over the interesting list of
symptoms which develop when a
day passes without a pill, dear cos
tive reader. They are very popu~
lar symptoms. very popular in
deed. They are tempting symp-
toms. Nothing very dangerous In
them. Null them over at your
leisure and help yourself. Try
them on consecutively and see
which you like best 1 myself can
wear all but the headache; with
little or no mental effort I can put
on the dopy feeling and the rest,
but l guess am weak in the head,
L haven't the will power to suggest
that symptom to myself.
Tho alleged symptoms of with
drawal. in a case of confirmed ply
sic habit, are mental, psychological,
due directly to introspection and
worry about failure of the bowels
to move, and not to retained
poison" "auto-intoxication as
the purveyor of physic would have
the g.o.pub. believe. You can't stop
autointoxication or retained
poison" all in a few minutes by an
enema or a dose of salts. The
symptoms are mental. Thousands
of people habitually have bowel
excavations only once in several
days. yet suffer TO unpleasant
symptoms whatever. No calamity
if the bowels fail to move for a day
or two, in any case. Not a thing to
worry about
Instead Of packing pills, try
some laxative rolls for a change.
Six somersaults Tor more) each
night and morning. Simple, pleas
ant, sugar-coated, and it often
works. Also do the setting-up ex-
ercises from five to ten minutes,
naked, night and morning.
Then, too. try exercising the in
voluntary muscle layer of intes-
tine instead of Negotiating it with
physics. Eat roughage: Always
eat the skin OF baked and boiled
potatoes; eat considerable wheat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
TZH+IE DAILY SHORT STORY

the open window, he gave a vivid
start and his eyes dilated- Lena
suspected some play-acting, but
with an earnestness that was pos
itively agttated, Omar Kluva gasp
ed out:
Lady, the howeri The sacred
sun rose of Lathay! Here. so far
from home, in an alien soili Oh,
lady, can see nearer? Can
purchase one of the blooms at any
price? Il is not for myself, though
am overioyed, but for my sick
brother who. wearied and i'll in an
unfriendly land, is pining for some
thing Of his native country"
The quivering finger indicated a
high-f1owering stalk, a rarity, in
deed, which had grown from some
seeds given to Norman by a foreign
travelling salesman, who had told
him that it was an Asiatic novelty.
The blossoms were large as a sun
flower and, growing in towerlike
profusion, resembled a cluster of
rich red roses.
The impetuous visitor hurried
from the room into the garden.
Somewhat puzzled, Lena followed
him. He reached the plant and re-
garded it with eyes of ecstasy.
"Oh. lady!" he said. TREMENDOUSLY
fondling one of the blooms, ''it will
bring home to poor Azif, and its
seeds will cure his distemper."
Il will get scissors, and you shall
have all the flowers you like" said
free-heaFtad Lena Rut WhAn aha
returned. Omar Kluva and one OF
the blooms had vanished. Norman
came hnme. to heax the strange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23

hinder OF that coveted parlor rug.
1t was about noon when footsteps
sounded in the hall, and there
stood a thin, black-eyed man, dark
skinned and wearing a fez and
folded fabric over his arm, and
suggested the foreigner and trav-
cling peddler.
Omar Kluva it is. lady" he said
in melOdiously appealing accents.
They tell you at the Persian con-
sulate that what Omar says is al
ways true. Rugs immaculate,
lady-only the best. Perhaps high
in price, but they last for genera
tons, and for good, honest people
like you, payments as you please.
Your parlor? Wonderful lady but
my sample exactly fits"
mo, MOI" demurred Lena, lifting
a OBTAINING hand as her visitor
made movement as if to unroll
and display the rug he carried, but
with a def. magicianlike movement
he gave his burden a twirling fling,
and it settled down over the parlor
floor without a wrinkle.
''Oh, the beauty" irrepressibly
enthused Lena, and her sparkling
eyes rested with delight upon the
marvel OF beauty.
The exquisite colors. the unique
pattern blendings. the perfect har-
mony of the costly rug with draper
les and wall decoration seemed
suddenly to transform the room
into a kingly apartment. Omar
Kluva was about to diIate upon its
excellencies when, CHANGING to
glance out into the garden. through
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-23
Finn and the League.

William Finn of Pittsburgh, once leader o
the Progressive party in Pennsylvania. ha:
come out strong for the league covenant and
has emphasized his support by contributing
81 900 to the campaign fund of the League to
Enforce Peace.
letter just received from Mr.. Finn ex
presses the sentiment which lies behind many
of the contributions to the leagues treasury
| have made a contribution to the
league of $1,000 to assist in the payment
Of the expenses which will be incurred
by your organization. l have read the
draft of the organization of the league
and various comments on the same, for
and against it. l can see no reason why
the United States should not approve the
proposed plan of organization without
reservations, but if there need be any
reservations they ought to be made
quickly. 1t seems to me a great mistake
that this matter should be delayed by
the United States senate as long as it
has been. Prompt action is important
and the world is awaiting the action Of
the United States senate.
1t seems plain to me that we either
have to have a league of nations
must have a standing army to preserve
the peace of the world / have not read
any plan proposed by any opponents of
the league that would supplant the pro-
posed plan: and while 1 don't imagine
that there is any objection to moderate
reservations-yet they ought to be OF
such character as would not compel
any further dealing with Germany.
The world is in a chaotic condition,
with unrest every place The white race
is in the minority in the woodland in
stead of killing one another off and per-
hitting the race to starve and be further
depleted we should provide for peace.
comfort and work. We cannot escape
our responsibility. and there can be no
peace in this country OF a permanent
character until we have peace through
out the world