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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
DANGEROUS DOCTRINE"

New York Evening Telegram: That Of the heads OF
the steel strikers asserted the defeat OF the strike charge
able the army rightly characterized dangerous doc
trine by the Keokuk Gate City, which says:
'What does it mean to charge defeat of organized
to the fact that law enforced7 What else
it than that under lawful conditions the steel strike
strike thus affected by maintaining the law found to
lack support to make eectve2 And if strike be thus
doomed to failure by the public maintaining of law what does
threat Of renewal and reprsal except defiance of
the lawf There statements being made the heat of
present controversy which, when reduced essentials
dangerous doctrine
All the army did to restore law and order in Gary
and other places when local and state efforts had failed
When reduced to essentials the assertion is dangerous
doctrine
But dangerous doctrine is ignored by oldpoitican-
afraid of the-vote masqueradng statesman.
The sneerng charge of the walking delegates should
send to knees give thanks that have army
1t should also remind f the vigorous efforts made by
anarchists, W. VS. bolsheyists conscientious DIRECTORS
and humanitarians to prevent having army
But the government officials, poiticsscared, ignore
these things.
The only to the eSorbitant demands of labor
checked by the authorities that can be given by the employer
is to put the paddock the door and hang the sign
" Closed Down Until Further Notice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

not responsible for the differences in the lots OF
men nor could it do away with them by fantastic
schemes to even things up. Certainly we should
not allow ignorant foreigners to dictate lnnova-
tions in our institutions When we natlonallze
mines or railroads or anything else we should
act on our own judgment and OF our own accord.
We can be sympathetic with hard conditions
even while realizing that they are the best Tor
those who have them to bear. That we may
assume, is the angelic attitude towards human
life. We must not be callous to unhapplness
nor yet can we wisely coddle people who find
life hard That is what they are here for. II
is little that we can do to lift the burdens OF tria!
and trouble, worry, work, disease and discom-
fort from our fellow men. Drive one OF them
out and another comes in to take its place. Our
concern is to see that no injustice or selhshness
of ours shall add to the load humanity bears.
That is practically all that we, in all ordinary
eases, can do for fellow man; and that would
go some ways towards making this world a
heaven on earth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
A gallant man is above i'll words-Selden
THE MOST WE CAN DO.

After all has been SAID that can De Salu ABOUT
the hardships and financial limitations OF for
egn miners and other manual workers who
have come to this country, the fact remains that
they are incomparably better off here than they
were abroad Whether they work in coal or
steel or on the docks or at trades, they have I'M
proved their condition in life by coming here;
and if there is hardship in their toll and much
that they desire is beyond their reach is not the
same thing true of all the rest of us who work
with hand or brain?
Many foreigners no doubt came over with ex-
pectations that time has not fulfilled. The
America of their day dreams is not the America
they found. Humble homes, hard work and
limitations have been their common lot. They
find that money does not grow on bushes, and
that even in this land of opportunity men must
work hard for everything worth while. AS a
matter Of fact, unresting work into which the
whole heart and strength of body and mind are
thrown is more the rule here in America than in
the lands they left behind. Many of our miners
come from countries where holidays, secular
and religious, are so frequent that they find the
American pace too fast and clamor for five
day working week Probably most of them adj
NIT that life conditions are more tolerable here
than thew were abroad; but the childish dreams
with which they emigrated have not been real
lied; and III their Ignorance they believe the
agitators and the miscreants who tell them that
the more prosperous classes of society are rob
bing them of their rights
It is incumbent on all of us to be sympathetic
and just. Few lives are easy. Few if any are
wholly happy. That is not the plan of our earth
soiourn We are here to overcome, to gain
strength and faculty by conquering as we coulc
not if life were easy; and it is very much to bt
doubted if the scheme of things could be i'm
proved by removing the necessity for strenu
Gus exertion from our own lives or those of othe1
men The one thing that is perfectly clear il
that men should have opportunities, incentive
to labor encouragement to make the most O
themselves, justice considerate treatment anC
help when their need is sore. They should no
be exploited, and society should give them
square deal But more than this would be 0
doubtful benefit to them; and certainly nothing
could be more unwise and fraught with DANCE
than to give any group of workers special &C
vantages at the expense of the rest. Society
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
VICTOR BERGER, DIsLoYALIsT.

Victor Berger, who was cast out OF congress
with but one dissenting vote, has been renoml-
rated by the socialist party in his Milwaukee
district. If he is reelected, as he may be- CON
gress undoubtedly will deny him his seat again;
but he will draw the salary of the Office from the
time of his election to the time of his ejectment,
just as he has drawn it for year last past. The
American Legion demands his deportation as
Ia disloyalist, but as he is naturalized citizen
our present laws do not permit this. The easiest
way to get rid of him would be the cancellation
of his naturalization papers by the court on
charges made and sustained, after which the
government could put him Unbound ship
and warn him never to come back. There are
lands where man of his talents and tempera-
ment would be more appreciated than he has
been here and where his activities in discredit-
ing the government might be more resultful.
That he prefers America doubtless is due to the
fact that reasonable agitation of the kind that
he delights in is safer and more remunerative
here The withdrawal of his citizenship papers
would debar him from holding Office if he were
permitted to remain, and would be more or
less impressive object lesson to men of alien
sympathies and sentiments like his own.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
The saner Life.

Charleston News.Courier: We are
told that as result of the war, SO
ciety is reorganizing on new basis
and that the standards that once
controlled it have been swept aside
forever. Only time will prove IL this
be true, but one writer who is privi.
legged to view New York society from
a high vantage ground predicts that
this, the first complete postwar sea-
son. will demonstrate the wise use
that will be made of the lessons
learned during the great struggle.
For one thing. it is claimed that the
false standards that prevailed not
many years ago, the reckless extrava-
gance and the passion for barbaric
display have lost their tinseled glory
and their memory brings only regret
and shame to the hearts of those
who have so lately learned for the
first time In their lives what hard
ship and toll mean. There were many
society women who rose to meet the
emergencies of the war, many who
made the perilous trip across the
treacherous ocean to engage In the
arduous duties of canteen and hos
pital and other service work for the
enlisted men. They were brought
face to face with the harder, tragic
side Of life; they got closeup views
of suffering and hardship; they min
'istered to the neryeracaed, WORKOUT
men from the trenches; they saw
enough of the horrors of warfare to
imprint memories that will never
fade, and they have returned to their
homes, most of them, with "A new i'm.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
The IVY AND The r

THE IVY AND THE ROSE.
In garden fair in flower land
A Yankee there grew,
With beauteous form and queenly grace
Enwrapt in fragrant dew
Each amourous flower IN that garden Iair
Oft sought to WOO and wed
This Yankee rose but each proposed
1t simply shook its head
But an English ivy had taken root
Within that flowery dell
And sang of its love as it crept along,
Bewitched by that Yankee spell.
When that Yankee rose again shook It's head
At the ivy's feryent plea
The English ivy simply said
THAT shake won't do for me.
The tendril of the ivy now,
With the strength of love mbued
The struggling Yankee rose entwlned
Till it was quite subdued-
Then they we're wed. Now, through each stem
The life of the other flows.
And and wondrous flower was Dorn-
They call it the ivy rose.
y. J. Lodge, in New York Evening Telegram
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
Still In Waahinntnn

Donnellson Review: Although
Major Fred s. Holsteen is still re.
tanned in the judge advocate gen
erals office in Washington, his many
friends are looking after his congress
sional aspirations, and they grow
brighter every day. OF the four men
first announced as candidates, Mr..
Holsteen seems to be the only one
who has made any headway-the
others having either Withdrawn or
are simply remaining passive. True.
there have been rumors of a combina-
tion OF candidates OF defeat him, but
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
So America is LOST

To the Editor OF The Gate City:
How the spirits of Washington,
Lincoln, Monroe, and Henry must
tyearn to form a receiving line and
warmly shake the hands of those
senators who have saved sAmerica
for America" Aside from the fact
that spirits are popularity supposed
not to have hands to shake either
with or by, the above sentence, which
occurred in your editorial column
yesterday. is rhetorically agreeable
and dramatically correct.
whatsoever sayeth his life (for
himself) shall lose it: and whatsoever
shall lose his life for my sake shall
find it" II it be true that America
has saved herself for herself as you
say she has. then by the eternal, un-
changeable law of God which is
woven into the warp and wool OF his
universe and which Jesus proclaimed
in the words above, she has pro-
nounced her own doom. 1t is rather
remarkable that you have stated the
case SO clearly.
However, it isn't so bad as that.
God doesn't take chose senators"
half SO seriously as they take them
selves. Those of us-and there are
millions who believe tnat the words
of Jesus apply to nations as well as
to men, and that God hath made of
one blood all the nations" are in the
position of that great English states
man who, seeing his plans for ma
tional betterment defeated in parlia-
ment, uttered this simple declaration:
q appeal to time" And time justt
fed his appeal.
HARVEY j. MOORE.
Keokuk, Nov. rs. 1918.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

Christ deliberately inwove His life inso all that IS conn
monest in life He made it impossible Tor Us " M.
iced we have spirit think OF any saiens aspect on
human life thinking Of Him where cniiohooo -,
MERE is Gethsemane where deach is there rs Cassary,
where the toiIer the Etan OF Nazerssi
and where the beaear He VINO had no place
where to lay head. There is not crop OF oooo =.
christ nor throb of thought brains that IS not
thrilled with the divine lite OF lives Ana
80 the dignity of life is this tnst Christ IS N a m,
ntly obijterated but there church that forses
his has neither impulse mandate fer Cnriss work
among men.-WiIaan James Dawson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
OTHER TREATIES.

New York Evening Telegram: Dis
cussing the vote of the United States
senate on the peace treaty, La Ian
terne says:
The blow struck at France by the
American senate vote. II not warded
of in some manner or other, can be
come mortal. 1t serves no purpose
to conceal its gravity"
La Lanterne is a radical socialist
paper, one of the few now being
printed in France.
Lest the people of France, outside
of the socialists, are as little IN
formed about the treaty as very
many here, it is welf to recall the
words of Mr. Clemenceau in the
chamber of deputies. September "a
last,
Should the United States reject
the league of nations two treaties
of alliance between France and
Great Britain and France and the
United States exist. Neverthe-
less, it was precisely because we
felt that the league of nations
was an insufficient guarantee for
some years to come that these
treaties were drawn up.
This plain statement ought to re
assure lot Of persons on both sides
OF the Atlantic who may be looking
for things to go to eternal smash.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
Eoreslohted.

New York Evening Telegram:
much are cookies :"
nyesterday's are two for a cent
and today,s are c,nt apiece"
well, give me two of today's for
tomorrow"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
ANOTHER MIRACLE.
Ottumwa Courier:

OCtumWa courier.
A few weeks ago, when PostmaSte
General Burleson admitted that hi
conduct OF the postoffice department
was miraculous" The Courier com
mented on the modest statement ant
agreed with it, citing two or three in
stances similar to the one which Il
recorded in this letter to Harvey
Weekly:
Sir.-Our distinguished post
master general recently charac-
terized the work of his depart
ment, with quaint native modesty,
as miraculous" The distinguish
ed postmaster general was born
in Texas, and perhaps, for that
reason, his interesting statement
has been received with unseemly
ridicule; but evidence has come
to me today to prove the truth of
his claim. 1t may startle you to
know that l am in receipt of a
letter. bearing the postmark An
derson, Ind" October 10, which
reached me yesterday, October II.
although it was mailed in far
away Anderson. tomorrow. This
Is certainly wonderful, and should
entitle the statement made BY the
postmaster general (who comes
from Texas) to the widest pub
lefty. Texas is great state, and
sometimes wonder how they get
along down there without the
postmaster general. l am sending
the original of my remarkable let
ter to the postmaster of New York
City, that it may be forwarded to
Washington and retained among
the treasured archives of cur
government.
Ernest Hurst.
New York City.
The custom of pre-dating letters
seems to have spread through thu
country, getting itself adopted in mum
.rous postoffices following the reyela
ion of costly delays in mail such a!
he one In Ohio which resulted In thu
,xecution of a prisoner In whose case
, reprieve had been issued. Inc no
ice of the reprieve reached the proper
,fficiaIs after long delay and alst
,fter the man whose life 1t might have
had been pronounced dead
rhe custom Of pre-dating the post
marks cannot prevent delays, but Il
an provide the postoffice department
With an aIibi and in many Instances
With a rightial claim to standing
,mong the miracle workers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

New York Times: Public feeling is
something that grows with exercise,
and faithfulness to one stewardship
loads to an enlarged sense of duty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
Voice Of the People

IUnder this head The Daily Gate
City will publish communications on
any and all subjects Of interest to the
people generally, reserving the right
to reject unworthy articles or those
inspired by. personal animosity or
malice. All Communications must be
accompanied by the names of the
writers. The Gate City does not
assume responsibility for opinions or
sentiments expressed In any com
munication.l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

Now if all who live in Keokuk would only
boost for this city with the energy displayed by
some of those who have visited it-well, just
imagined
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25
WOULD THE ALLIES DO THIS?

Great Britain is reported to be stirred by a
hint by Lloyd George that peace with the boil
sheviki is being considered by the government.
lat the same time reports OF possible approach
by the Baltic states, Poland and the Asia Minor
Turks to the bolshevik leaders with view to
peace settlements are current. 1t would seem
that the west Europe nations and even Japan
must soon determine and announce definite
policy toward Lenine Trotsky and the accred-
Iited leaders of bolshevism. The major threat
of disaster in further inaction and shuffhng
comes from Germany; there cannot be any
Question of the advantage Germany has taken
and is taking of the allies failure to act con-
icertedly or individually to come to some intelll
gent handling Of the problem Russia presents
The message Of Lenine thanking Won der GoltZ
for his sassistance' to the red armies may be
simply rumor, BUT it is sinister rurnor; and 1t is
to be remembered that our own Red cross men
have reported that German assistance to Lee
mines forces is fact. 1t will amount to less IN
result what that assistance has been than what
belief in it by the bolsheviki has to do with
future relations between Germany and red bus
STA If a general policy Of withdrawal and non
interference now is adopted by the allies then
Germany looms as the friend and counsellor OF
red Russia. It is possible that Germany is go
ing to gain a very great deal more IN the east
than she has lost In the west The possibility
is intimately foreshadowed by apparent dispo-
stion the part of the allies to temporlze still
further with bolshevik Russia. A settled pol
icy and plain statement OF it would do some
thing to counteract the confusion and futlllty or
the past But if that policy is to be recognition
of Lenine, then the danger of finding Germany
entrenched from the Baltic to Vladivostok must
be forecast.
u Even Great Britain with her peculiar geo
graphic position in the world has decided to
Withdraw from Russia. When some of these
people who have been so anxnous to join IN with
every country on the face of the earth see Great
Britain becoming cautious they may be able to
understand the far-sighted wisdom Of the
thirty nine senator's who signed the round robin
} proclaiming to the world that they would stand
J for nothing which might destroy American In
dependence
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

Every day brings us news of more Red ar
iests. Why not have a few convictions for a
Ichange7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

we do not for moment believe that
the people will stand for anything of
this nautre-they want fair. omen
handed fight and no fayors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

Amber is found in various colors
besides yellow black, white, brown,
and green,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s--s..e-s--'-s-', ~,
A tiny I.Jttle of "Freezone ~
little at any drug store; appm
drops upon any corn or calia I'M
stantly it stops hurting, thsn 7. "a i
you lift that bothersome corn " mn
right off with your fingers :
No humbug!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-24
QUEUES AND PRESS CLOTH

Some wise man declared that there
is a use for everything. Since he was
wise, he was correct very probably.
But it is hard to figure ou the uses
of some things like rattlesnakes,
pessimists and swelled heads. There
was a time when the Chinaman's
queue-hard to spell, isn't it?-
might have been included in the list.
But it has developed that John China
man could serve a good practical pur-
pose by following the seemingly
senseless custom of letting his coarse
hair grow long, though he didn't
know it.
Camel hair was used for years in
the manufacture of press cloth. But
the time came when camel hair be-
came harder to secure. Duty on it
became so heavy its importation was
practically prohibited. 1t was at this
time the Chinese began discarding
their queues. Press cloth manufac-
turers began to experiment with this
human hair. 1t was found to be not
only substitute for camel hair, but
superior in this particular manufac-
ture to camel hair. Its importation
was begun in large quantities.
An Augusta, Ga, manufacturer of
press cloth has just left for China
to place a large contract for human
hair.
There are but small numper of
press cloth factories in the United
States, this cloth being used in cot
ton nfactories.-Industrial Index.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-24
COTTON SEED STATISTICS.

Washington, June 21.-Cotton
seed and cotton seed products for the
ten-month period ending May 81, an
nounced today by the census bu-
reau, are:
Cotton Seed: Crushed, 4,322,499
tons, compared with 4,134,701 year
ago, and on hand at mills, 91,233,
compared with e2,171.
Crude oil: Produced, 1,272,241,-
SIG pounds, compared with 1,271,-
4O4,166, and on hand, 97,029,755
pounds, compared with 73,149,235.
Refined oil: Produced, ,045,791,-
511 pounds, compared with 1,0s3,-
6O4,918, and on hand, 1,640,260,
compared with s47,ss2,269.
Cake and meal: Produced, 2,101,-
754 tons, compared with 2,007,7s4,
and on hand, 1869, compared with
79,161.
Linters: Produced, 910,541,5 500
pound bales, compared with 1,109,-
lis, and on hand 284,472, compared
with 127,3S2.
Imports of oil were 15,905,266
pounds, compared with 13,433,935.
Exports were: Oil, 182,941,252
pounds, compared with 75,6S5,355;
cake and meal, 14O,299 tons, COM
pared with 19,043, and linters, 65,-
945 running bales, compared with
161,8O1.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-24
OLDEST TWINS ARE SO

Sea Cliff, L. l., June 18.-Nrs.
Maria Hawshurst Banks and her
sister, Miss Elizabeth Hawshrust,
who are twins, yesterday celebrated
their eighty-ninth birthday anniver-
sary here. They are said to be the
oldest twins in the United States.
Both are in good health. Miss Haws-
hurst, who lives in Brooklyn during
the Winter, is an active member of
many women's clubs and societies
there.
The sisters were born at Soaring
town, near here, and with the excep-
ton of few months in Virginia they
have spent their lives in this part Of
Long Island. Both are ardent prohi-
bitionists, and expressed pleasure
yesterday at living to see the day
when the entire country was destined
to be dry. They lived for years on
the William Cullen Bryant estate at
Roslyn.