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Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
BROTHERHOOD MUST TAKE THE PLACE eE
 BABEL
By the Rev. Charles Sickle

If you have the makings of a language, you'd better not spend time filling in the parts of speech, because there is for another an- guage-we have too many already, and some of them would serve pretty well as universal languages just they
 At least, the hundreds of millions of people who using them think so-they so thoroughly committed to their mother tongues"
 There a time when "the whole earth was of language and of one speech"
 This the record back in Genesis shortly after the flood.
 But there came a day when men rebeIled against God and they determined to "buld city and a tower,@ whose top should reach heaven, so that they might make a name for themselves
 It the spirit that caused the wars of conquest and of independence of all others through out history.
 And God sent confusion in their midst-confu- sion of organization caused by confusion of speech they could not understand each other.
 And they left off to build the city"
 And the name of the tower was called "Babel--. confusion
 Diversity of speech is therefore a sign of the lack of brotherhood Of cooperation
 The innumerable languages in existence are due not only to the curse of Babel but the narrowness of tribes and races.
 Babel means separation. Brotherhood must take the place of Babel
 And the spirit of brotherhood will not be de- veoped by increasing our points of difference-and foreign languages are one of the important of these
 One reason there is so much hatred in the world is because people don't understand each other and they don't understand each other because they speak different languages
 You wouldn't call another man "dago" if you really understood the Italian anguage-you'd honor him because he is a descendant of Michael Angelo and Raphael, the great artists Nor would you call man 'hunky' you understood the language of Kossuth, the great Hungarian patriot And so one might go down the line all the for eign" languages
 The time has come to cut down the number of things that separate the of men.
 And so, if you have a method whereby ypu can REDUCE the number of languages instead of IN CREAsING them, youn be friend of man
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
Look well into myself; there is a source which will always spring up If thou will always search there.
 Marcus Antoninus.
The Farmer and the Farmland

More pay and shorter working hours every where being demanded. That only mean lessened production. doubly higher cost of production and n still higher cost of living. The proposition has been advanced in the labor conference that the 1srmer be admitted this industrial millennium. Why not? We do not think that any one is capable of framing reasonable or satisfactory
 Take the farm hand. He is of little value to the aarmer until he is skilled. Then he works long hours. There is a scarcity of farm hands that is. of good dependable ones. His work is of kind that must be done within certain time, or it cannot be done at all If he is limited to eight hour day trom farm house to farm house" he cannot finish his work. He must therefore work overtime. If everybody else is getting time and half double time for over time, why should not tho farm hand havB it.? Who can say why not? And why should mt his wages equal thDse of other skilled laborers whoas work really less basic and important? We dD not know and do not believe that any else l knows? The farm hand is subject to the same ex- zrtions of high living that been irn- posed upon an the rest of
 The farmer himself works as hard as any hand zxnd Q rule works longer and more efficiently 3s certainly entitled dollar hour if any worker is. Or employer any payer of the increased wages of his farm hands he is entitled Rble profit his investment and labor, just the 1nctory owner the merchant or the railroad investor a. Beside he is entitled reasonable pay for his own labor.
 If the farmer and the farm hand should get what zre coming them in the general redistribution of profits, wages, and the cutting down of hours, -wuud then understand what the high cost of living means Some of would know how the people of Belgium and Poland felt few months ago when we 1xars raising food cargoes for their relief.
 Neither the farmer the farm hand has yet Snined in the crusade to get all he while the get ting is good and it is a fine thing for the rest of us that he has held himself in restraint. We do mot think he win very unless he is driven to it by the piggshness of the rest of and then God help usl We would have something to mourn Bver.
 The foregoing suggested by the following paragraph from the Farm and Ranch" of Dallas Texas
 ~When a farmer walks into store and selects an article he wants to buy, the salesman looks on tag and tells the price that is demanded for the article If the farmer don't want to pay the price previously marked the tag, he don't get the ar ticle When the farmers fix price their products and like others refuse let them go unless they get fnat price, farming win become attractive profit able buriness-"
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
The Astors

We accustomed to speak of William Waldorf Astor whose death announced Sunday, expatriate" because in 1899 he foreswore allegiance to his native land and became British subject MT. Astor was in part driven to this by the treatment that accorded him by some of his fellow coun- trymen treatment which descended to defamation of member of his family.
 Though perhaps not loveable character he was not of the idle rich" He at an early age make himself useful American citizen. He studied law in order that he might the better care for the Astor estate. At the age of twenty-nine he was a member of the New York assembly and thereafter took active part in public affairs embittered in the ninetes. he determined to leave the country He was defeated for congress in the early eighties but later served three years minister Italy where he employed himself in studying, and in literary work
 MT. Astor brought some ridicule upon himself a few years ago by employing genealogist to trace a strain of the Astor blood back through the old butcher of the village of Waldorf to noble family The genealogist delivered the goods in the shape of forgotten family of Spanish blood, Astoreag. The connection established by the genealogst was prob- ably never recognized by MT Astor certainly by no one else. so that his entre into British society and his rapid progress was accomplished mainly by his great wealth He became aristocrat of arstocrats something that he would probably not have been or have aspred to be if he had found America less un- copgenial
 Altogether the Astors have besn very good American citizens They have done their part in the upbulding of their native city and have thereby f- creased their own wealth and that their neighbors They have not been undemocratics At no stage since the time of the fur trader, nearly century and a half ago. has the family given an exhibition of the follies of the "new rich"
 Among the Astors was the last John Jacob of his name who lost his life like brave man in the sinking of the TTtanft His life was one of nte,ss activity from his graduation from Harvard In the midst of his multifarious cares in connection with his great inheritance he had time to invent many usefu devices-a bicycle brake, a pneumatic road lmprover, an improved marine turbine a machine TOT the utilization of peat deposits He was also builder of hotels and theaters He served his conn try through the Spanish-American war and npa sented it with fully equipped battery. He also found time to indulge in literature
 Another thing in connection with the Astors wa can recall no scandal that was ever at+acbad + . member of the family, The names of none apnearea In the divorce courts either as complanans ona or, as derendant and as co-respondent 1bs homey virtues of the original John Jacob the son of the Waldorf butcher, seemed to run down broupb tba next TOUT generations of the family in all it's branches
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

Q. What is the average weight of the ashes of a cremated body? A. H. c.
 A. The average weight of the ashes of the cremated body of an adult is from two to three pounds.
 Q. How much did the United States pay Mexico for the territory of New Mexico and upper California? L. K.
 A. The treasury department says that we paid Mexico $15, 5,000.O00 for this territory.
 A. What is the procedure for con- ducting business meetings according to parliamentary rules? A. M. l A. The regular order of procedure 1 for such meeting is as follows: Call to order, roll call, reading of the min utes, discussion of unfinished business, report of committees, old business, new | business.
 Q. What is the Star of David'' | like? H. B. H.
 A. This symbol of Judaism which is commonly called a star is in reality a hexagram, formed by the combina- tion of two equilateral triangles. It has six points and is known as the Magen David, or Davids shield.
 c. What does Fl Dorado mean W.P.
 A. Fl Dorado refers to country or city that is immensely rich in jewels and gold. The early Spanish explorers believed such a place to be in the New l World. It has come to be applied to any region thought to be wealthy. Q. It is customary for a business acquaintance to acknowledge an an- nouncement of a church wedding? A M c.
 A. Yes. It is quite proper upon re- l . e. business frieRd to send a card of con- graduation. This is also true in the case of receiving an invitation to a church wedding but not to the recep- tion or an "at home" card. Q. When did the modern trans-At- lantic steamship service come into use? G. R.
 A Steamship service between this country and Europe was inaugurateG with the first voyage of the American steamship Savannah, in 1888. Two British vessels, the Great Western anC the Sirius, also sailed in 1888.
 Q. If an American woman marie, an unnaturalized Belgian who ha. been in this country ten years, is sh, still a citizen of the United States A. A.
 A. No. She takes the nationalit. of her husband upon marriage.
 c. Did an American citizen wht joined the Canadian forces before W, declared war lose his right to citizen ship? W. W.
 A. When he took the oath of ale glance to Great Britain on joining tn, Canadian forces he forfeited his Amer ican citizenship, according to the act 0 March 2, 1917. He may be repatriatet by appearing before the clerk of an, ! court authorized to naturalize alien and renewing his oath of allegiance t , this government
 l, Q.-Is there town in the Unitet , States with an exclusively colorei
 population? M. F. , A.-The Bureau of Census says tha all of the inhabitants of Taft, Musko gee county, Oklahoma, are blacks Q , mulattoes except one, who is an In , dian. The population of this town , 353. Q.-Was the influenza, which rage
 last year, a new disease? O. F.
 A.-The first recorded epidemic c
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21

influenza in what is now the United States, occurred in 1647. It has ap- peared many times since, notably In 1890. The Public Health service has just issued a publication on the dis ease, giving the latest information about it. This publication can be se- cured by sending a two-cent stamp for return postage to the Washington Information bureau of this paper.
 Q.-Has the governments physical valuation of railroads been finished? T. E. R.
 A.-The government has been work ing on this job since 1914. It is now estimated that the work will be com pleted by the end of 1920.
 Q.-Are enlisted men, honorably dis charged for the purpose of re-enlisting, entitled to the s6O federal bonus? H. K. A.-The war department says that under a new ruling, men who were honorably discharged for this purpose are entitled to the $60 federal bonus, and travel allowance at cents per mile, the same as those who were com pletely discharged from the military service.
 Q.-Is is customary to wear mourn | ing for two-year- baby? I. R. Alt is not customary to wear heavy mourning for a young baby or to wear it very long. You might wear black and white with propriety.
 Q.-What proportion of Americans are Christians? c. c.
 A.-The total number of church members in the United States at the time of the last census was 42,044, ,374. | Of course, this number does not in clude all believers in the Christian faith in the United States.
 (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Republican Information bureau. Frederic J. Has, kin director, Washington, D. c. This offer applies strictly to information The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cent stamp for return postage. Al ! replies are sent direct to the inquirer. !
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
TRAVALETTE
BY NIKsAH
The Last Stand of the Hack

L-a
 Tn the good old days before gasoline came and alcohol went, Washington was famous for it's hackney caps. Most of these were built on surrey lines. and they were commonly equipped with a liveried black man on the front seat and pickled white man on the back seat.
 At one time these one-horsepower taxis were numbered by hundreds; to- day they total about six, and these SIX are nearly always to be, found Tn one place on McPherson square, where there is a little hack stand that IS ht- orally the last stand of the hack Here you may still see the almost eXtlncI hackman of the old school wearing purple coat, somewhat faded, and dilapidated stovepipe hat with COCK ade in it.
 Whoever hires these ancient rigs is mystery; they are seldom seen III action But they serve one excellent purpose. Whenever Wasnlngtoh | local newspaper man has a column or so of space to fill for Saturday aIter- noon edition or a Monday morning one and he cannot think of anything else 10 write about, he proceeds to wax sentl- mental over the decay Of the Wasn- l ington hacking industry. With sob m every sentence. he recalls the good oio days when a Washington scribe coulo find stronger inspiration than that a1- forded by sentin ental regret, ana could always rely upon his favorfte black cabman to pilot him safely home
 after a night of old-fashioned rela1a- ton. He tells wonderful stories of the faithfulness of these darkies. Usually he pulls the one about the chap who got in a cab and ordered the pilot to drive around and cool him off. When he walked up 1t was broad daylight, and the faithful old African was explain : ing to him that it would be necessary to get a fresh horse if they were gong to drive any further.
 Usually, too, the reminiscent reporter lrecalls the delight of those long drives at three miles an hour through the
 empty streets of the sleeping capital
 Git always slept in those days). And
 when he has finished his wheeze, and i cussed the copy boy, and slammed the
 desk shut, he goes out to the curb. nfts pre-emptory finger and pronounces the single word Taxi"
 When the swift and ever-ready ma chine has drawn up before him, he re- cites his address and steps inside. Make 1t quick, too," he orders
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
SHORT CUTS TO PEACE

ten in black and white before the world Is that Japan shall have Shan tung. But if a reservation is made by the United States senate, then it is also written where all may read that the United States does not assent to the occupancy.
 permanently, which is the contingency against which 1t is desired to guard, then putting her out would be a matter to which we would. have to attend later, in any case. The last few years have clearly shown that even to the most reputable powers, treaties are not always binding. The important thing, therefore, is to state our view with regard to Shantung, clearly, to the whole world. so that if it becomes nec- essary to enforce this view, we can do 1t without violating our part in the treaty.
 The adequacy of the reservation method is indicated by the fact that Thomas F. Willard, a well known ex- pert on far eastern affairs, who is here as representative of American in terests in China, says that he would be satisfied with the Shantung reser- vation, provided it is supported by certain other changes in the treaty and in the tri-partite pact. MT. Willard represents the extreme pro- Chinese and anti-Japanese view of far eastern affairs.
 The tri-partite arrangement is that by which we agree with England and France that we will come to the aid of France if she is attacked. By this instrument we practically underwrite a certain balance of power in Europe, to use MT. Millard's words. We guar antee with our armies the stability of a certain government. And what do we get in return? Nothing, as the treaty now stands. MT. Willard be- lieves that clause should be added to the trf-partite agreement, whereby England and France agree to uphold our hands in the Orient, in return for our agreement to uphold theirs in Europe. This would counterbalance | any secret agreements, such as Japan is alleged to have made, or might make in the future with leading European powers. In word, MT. Willard be- lieves that the Shantung reservation backed by an amendment to the tri- partite agreement, would safeguard ! the interests of China and of the Unit | ed States almost as well as an actua amendment to the treaty. And this seems to be the growing view with re- gard to reservations-that they are ar adequate method of modifying the treaty, and far more expeditous ont | than amendment.
 | The only amendment to the treaty which has gained formidable amount of support in the senate so far is tn, Johnson amendment, which is designed to equalize our voting strength in tn, league of nations with that of Grea
 Britain. It is claimed at the time O this writing that enough votes can b, obtained for this amendment to pas
 1t. It may come to a vote before thi!
 is printed. In the event that it doe pass. the amendment, and not reser
 vation, will probably be the method adopted by the senate. For one amend
 ment would make it necessary to sen,
 the whole treaty back to the peac
 conference. and if it is sent back witt
 one amendment, it might as well b
 sent back with half a dozen, SO far a
 the prospects of early peace are con
 cerned-
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
rr, lr,,ndInv Los. of the Grand Canyon

IT we don't watch out, Los Angeles will extend sts spreading city limits the Grand Canyon It 1uHy not take in the whole intervening country but may content itself with more or less narrow 'corridor" similar the umbilical cord with which it has attached San Pedro to itself. corridor" 400 CT 300 niles long is only longer but not essentially different from one 30 miles long. The Grand Canyon would not add much to the population of Los An reles but fl would add a great natural wonder which would te worth to the fame of Los Angeles as much s an aggregation 10000 retired ruralists from the enn fields of Iowa and Kansas They have ceased tp be novelties in Los Angeles
 Our apprehension regarding the design of Los Anxeaes against the Grand Canyon has long been fsnt bnt ii was quicl1ensd the other day by dis pateh from Los Angeles which stated that the first ntop of the royal Belgian train would be made at Garlup, New Mexico. though fl well known that the itinerary included a twenty-four hour stop in Arizona in order that Albert might the worlds sreztest wonder
 The ignoring by the L. A correspondent of that
 csdent c. the trip significant and sinister in' xssr of the way Los Angeles boosters have been treating canyon for They have either disrsgarded 1t entirely. else they have conveyed an impression that the Grand Canyon Hes in south ern California and 1t is said that there are many eastern people whose information regarding the geography of their native land is only superficial and casual actually believe that the Grand Canyon is indigenous to California and appurtenant to Los An peles
 The. annexation of the Grand Canyon would be attended by more difficulties than Los Angeles has encountered in annexing its somewhat adjacent and rircumjacent territory which all lies somewhere within tho state of California We suppose that it would have to have the consent of Arizona for the establishment it's corridor and tho sanction of the federal government for taking national monument but so far nothing has been found pa- posslble with Los Angeles in spreading It's bounda
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
OUT OF DATE

-Haw! Hawi HawI"
 What are you laughing about Hiram?"
 -One of them confidence feTers wuz in here Ses now an wanted to sell me gold brick the fust one I've seen since Hector a pup"
 You got rid of him in a hurry, eh?r
 Yep told him I'd jes mortgaged tn old home place an put tn money in oil stock He groaned. I'm twenty years behind tn times an. drug bimsalf out"-Birmingham Age Herald
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
IT STUCK TO THE ERASER

The teacher had written 92.7 on the blackboard and to show the effect multiplying by ten rubbed out the decimal point She then turned to the class and said:
 "Now. Mary, where is the decimal point"
 "On the duster, miss,s Mary replied without hesi- tation.-Edinburg Scotsman.
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
INSULT WITHOUT WORDS

T understand the returned soldier Harold met insuited him. What did the soldier say to him?"
 Nothing. He merely put on his gas mask when Harold began to tell of the wonderful improvements he had made in his boss's methods" s."-Baltirnore American
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
Where The People
 May Have a Hearing
Phoenix, Oct. 90.
J. A. R. Irvine,

J. A. R. Irvine,
 City Commissioner,
 Phoenix, Arizona
 Dear Sir: Seeing your article in the Arizona Gazette Saturday evening, Oc- tober Is, regarding prize fighting in our city under the guise of boxing, all. low me to congratulate you, not az pastor only, but as pastor and people, on the stand you have taken in the matter. We pledge our hearty coop eration in every way for the better ment of our city. We hope that our honorable body of commissioners will rescind their action in granting per- init to carry on such brutish work in the city of Phoenix.
 Very respectfully yours,
 JAMES T. BLACK, Pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, Corner Monroe street and Fifth Ave nue.
Arizona republican., 1919-10-21
rHE TopIc oF rHE DAY

First Maid (bragging about party given the day before by her mistress)-"And they all came in limousines and had the grandest clothes and the biggest diamonds"
 Nelghbors Maid-"And what did they talk about7"
 e First Maid-"Us.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-09-25
on to the consumer.
Uses Of Zinc to be Emphasized.

Hereafter the world will get its veg
etable products. sucn as teas. tobaccos,
and like commodities, in zinc contain
ers. 1t must be told that 1t is a zinc
container, and that zinc Is the very
metal that will properly preserve
the content. Nay. more: the man
who Offers the spurious substitute must
be publicly denounced, and, If posi-
BILE, prosecuted for his counterfeiting
We must no longer keep our light I'M
der the bushel. 1t Is zinc that pre-
serves steel and iron, and wood and
fabrics. We must proclaim this fact
wherever possible. Every advertise
ment must boldly proclaim that the
product is zinc, and science will ver-
ify that zinc is the best metal for such
use.
Because | have rambled somewhat
in handling the subject assigned, may
| offer a summary:
First, zinc should at all times be
referred to as zinc; this to correct
past errors and aid the public in learn
ing that zinc Is the worlds everlast-
ing metal.
Second, this institute should take up
the matter of a press agent or public
ity bureau, from which will come the
true stories Of the wonderful proper
ties of the worlds most useful metal.
Third, the producers of pig zinc
should IL possible, give trade name
to their product and give as wide pub
| licity as is possible to its merits.
Fourth those of us who market a
finished product from zinc must say
that it is of zinc, and refer to the
metals property of preserving the
content as placed therein. The best
part Of the zinc producers advertis-
ing story is that his product is made
of zinc, and he should so inform the
world.