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Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

years have been very unusual. Pre-
viou6ly there has commonly been a
surplus Of labor, except perhaps on
the farms. Big factories usually had
plenty Of applicants around their en-
ployment Offices. II gave an employer
Of factory labor q comfortable feeling
to know that there was n surplus Of
unemployed labor on which he could
draw at any time.
A recent writer in the Atlantic
Monthly asserts that up to two years
ago, the average amount Of unemploy-
ed labor in this country was 1000, 900.
II that Is q fair statement, It shows a
dangerous condition. OF course many
Of the so-called unemployed" were
men who wouldn't keep a steady job
IL It was offered them. Still the num-
ber Of "Situations Wanted" ads in the
newspapers formerly used greatly to
exceed the ads Of "Help Wanted"
This has always suggested that form
erly there was q surplus Of labor.
A principal reason for lack Of such
surplus now, is the cutting of Of inn
migration since the war began. But
with widespread bolshevism in Eur
ope, this country will look its immi-
grants over closely. It doesn't pay to
take in anyone who does not give evil
dence that he will become a good
working citizen and help support the
state. OF that kind, this country needs
all It can get.
Where a surplus Of labor exists, it
is a sign Of maladjustment in the in
dustries. The employer ought not to
expect to find reserve Of idle work
seekers who can be drawn upon at any
time. There is really work enough
for everyone, if the job can only find
the man. It needs a highly organized
system to bring the man and the job
together. Without that, there will al
ways be q dangerous fringe of idle
ness.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
THE HOUSING PROBLEM

A Baxter man who rents property
says q day seldom passes that from
one to fve people do not come to him
for rental homes. The demand for
homes comes from people who want
four and five room moderns with all
the conveniences that q city affords.
These people come from larger cities
and their work lies in the Picher field,
they do not want to live in the camps
and they select Baxter Springs as the
logical place to live. Dozens Of good
citizens are turned away from here
every thirty days for the lack Of prop
er accommodations. The only houses
that are empty are those not equipped
with water, gas and electric lights or
are being held for unreasonable terms.
Renters do not object to paying $25
or even $50 for a modern five or six
room house but they won't come here
and pay that price for just a blank
house with no accommodations.
If we feel the pinch Of slack times
the fault is in a great measure our
own for failing to provide the condi-
tions that bring men and their fam
lilies here. Here is food for thought
for those who would solve the prob
lens of keeping working men in this
city. They want to come but cannot;
the mines afford plenty of employ
ment even in these severe times if we
could only solve the housing problem.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
A BRITISH FLIvvER

Recent announcement has been
made of the early appearance on the
English market of an automobile
which will retail for so or go pounds
sterling-less than $500. In addition
to its attractive price, this motor car
will be built in strict accord with the
latest and most thorough conservation
ideas. Says one description Of the We
hicle:
ut will be made of q kind Of con-
crete, light, but strong and durable,
produced from waste material such as
Stag, clinkers and sawdust, and COW
cred with q metal solution"
Prospective buyers will probably
want to see this latest member Of the
flivver species thoroughly tried out on
q rough road before they sign any in
eliminating documents. What hap
pened to the one-hoss shay would
seem the merest trihe compared with
the ash heap that might result II ever
the clinkers and sawdust lost their
grip on one another.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
ADVERTISING THE CHURCHES

People who complain about poor
church attendance should reflect that
the church is the one modern enter
prise that has spent comparatively lit
tie for advertising.
Most people believe that the church
is a useful institution. They would
dislike to live in a town where there
were no churches. But the majority
of people never formed the church 60
ing habit, though they approve of it
for others.
The Liberty loan and war drive sub
scriptions showed what advertising
can do in community work. The sales
of Liberty bonds would not have been
half as big had it not been for the big
publicity campaigns. The merits OF
the bonds would have been the same,
but people would all have said "Let
George do it."
Similarly people say 'Let George
do it" in regard to the unadvertised
church. A well written campaign Of
publicity will show that the church
is an essential community enterprise,
and that everyone who believes this
should take hold to do his share.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
GERMAN SORROW

Germany has been having a week
of mourning, by public order.
"In deep distress weighed down by
care" announced the Imperial Minis
try at Meimar, "the German people
has waited through the months Of the
armistice for the peace conditions
Their publication has brought the bit
terest disappointment and unspeak-
able grief to the entire people. A pub
lie expression ought to be given those
feelings by all Germans.
1.-THE Imperial Government requests
that the free states have public
amusements suspended for a week,
and allow in the theatres only such
productions as correspond to the SER
iousness of these grievious days"
Accordingly the people stopped
dancing and carousing, even in Berlin,
and staged the desired exhibition OF
national sorrow.
It was appropriate, to be sure. The
Allies terms are quite severe enough
to warrant the Germans sitting in
sackcloth and ashes, as that other
"Chosen Race" did at the time of the
Babylonian captivity. But according
to ordinary notions, it is somewhat
late for such demonstrations.
Germany ought to have celebrated
that week of mourning five years ago,
when her armies were invading Bel
gium and all Germany was singing
and hurrahing. She might we'll have
done likewise four years ago, when
the Lusitania was sunk, instead OF
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
THE EFFICIENCY
OF ADVERTISING

Any trades method that merchants
have found helpful over q long period
of years, is pretty apt to be based on
sound economic law. Therefore the
people who claim that advertising
adds to the cost of goods, have got to
explain away the fact that for gen.
erations the most enterprising busi-
ness men have consistently used ad-
vertising.
The writer was recently looking
over the files Of newspaper that has
been published full century. Way
back before the Cicil War, that paper
was publishing a lot Of advertising.
Almost any of the old papers would
make q similar showing.
The people that feel that advertis-
ing is valueless are attacking one Of
the foundation principles Of business
success. It will be interesting in this
little series Of discussions, to cOnsid-
er what trade conditions would be in
q non-advertising community, and
how the introduction Of advertising
spirit affects sales, prices and service.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
f KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Hays BaGkache Il q sign yOu have bOsn
eating TOO much meat which
forms uric acid.

Whsn you wake up with backache and
dull misery In the kidney region 1t gen
orally means you have been eating too
much meat, says q well-known authority.
Meat forms uric acid which overworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter It
from the blood and they become sort Of
paralyssd and lOgy. When your kidneyS
Rst Sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, Ike you relieve your bowelsj re-
moving all the body's urinous waste,
elne you have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue
a coated, and when the weather Ii bad
YOU have rheumatic twinges. The urine
Il cloudy, full Of sediment, channels otTen
Ret sore, water scAlds and you are Obliged
to ssek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult Q good, reliable Physi.
elan &C once or get from your pharmacist
about four ounces Of Jad Salts; take
. tablespoonful In . glass OF water
before breakfast for Q few days and your
kidnsys win then act hne. This famous
oalts q made from the acid Of grapes
and lemon juics, combined with lithia,
and has ben used for generations to
eloan and stimulate sluggish kidneys,
nluo 20 nsutralins acids in The urine 50 It
10 longsF irTitstss, thus ending bladder
WsalusaG
IA salts a q life saver for regular
nat eaters. It ID inexpensive, cannot
Iaiurs and makes . delightful, ener-
vrlSunt nthia-WstR drink
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
No Time Wasted
Prompt Action Is Pleasing Many
Baxter Springs Citizens

Prompt Action IL Pleasing Many
Baxter Springs Citizens
Get down to the cause of every.
thing.
Bad backs are frequently caused by
weak kidneys.
Help the kidneys to get rid Of hid
ney backache.
DOan's Kidney Pills are for the kid
neys only.
No time wasted trying TO cure 9TH
er troubles.
Baxter Springs people endorse their
merit.
Mrs. T. ]. Lee, East st., Baxter
Springs, says: "An attack Of the grip
weakened my kidneys and for q long
time after that, my back was weak.
Ny feet and ankles swelled and ] had
bad dizzy spells. Doan's Kidney Pills
procured from A. R. Kane's Drug
Store, strengthened my back, the
pains were relieved and the swelling
went down"
6Oe, at all dealers. Foster MllbuTn
Co. MfgrS., Buffalo, N. Y. "
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
Hopes Women Will
Adopt This Habit
As Well As Men
Glass Of hot water each morn
Ing helps us look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Happy, bright, alert-vigorous and
vivaclous-a good clear skin; O nat
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by
clean, healthy blood. II only every
woman and likewise every man could
realize the wonders Of the morning
inside bath, what gratifying change
would take place.
Instead of the thousands Of sicklyy'
anaemic- looking men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions; instead Of the mNltitudes %
nerve wrecks" "rundownS," "brain
fags" and pessimists we should see &
virile, optimistic throng Of rosy
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking
each morning before breakfast, .
glass Of real hot water with teA-
spoonful of limestone phosphate In it
to wash from the stomach, liver, KID
neys and ten yards Of bowels the pre-
vious days indigestIble waste, sour
fermentations and poisons, thus
cleansing. sweetening and freshening
the entire allmentary canal before
putting InOEo AOOu iuIU bhO oeo.,-,.S'
Those subject to sick headache. bil-
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism.
colds; and particularly those who have
a pallid, sallow complexion and who
are constipated very often, are
urged to obtain q quarter pound Of
limestone phosphate at the drug store
which will cost but tribe but e
suficient to demonstrate the quick
and remarkable change in both health
and appearance awaiting those who
practice internal sanitation. We must
remember that inside cleanliness -
more important than outside, be-
cause the skin does not absorb impur-
tiles to contaminate the blood, while
the pores In the thirty fest Of RoNsll
do.s
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

There are a great many beautiful
things in life but none Of them can
compare to the things that nature pro
duces. Under the skill and care Of
number of men and probably women,
this one time common perennial Of the
old back yard has developed into a
rare plant that rivals the orchid Or
the stately "mums" which society
raves over so much in the fall Of the
year. If you own a car or can borrow
a neighbors', kick out and 90 see the
peonies before they are all gone.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Jerry snliIles says the only man
who is capable Of being his own press
agent is the fellow who blows the
lOudest horn; he makes others hear
him althO he may not have a leading,
part in the band.
With the President coming home
soon and the Republicans warming up
for an extra session, politics will take
on renewed interest down at Wash,
ID. c.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Yesterday was one Of those days
you would like to classify as bar
gain counter day, part cloudy and part
sunshine, a little of everything but no
rain. The morning mist and doubtful
weather kept few timid souls away
from religious services but by noon
the clouds had pretty we'll gone to bed
and the call of the birds and flowers
and things green, brought folks out to
stroll in the great outside.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
WILL GERMANY SIGN
d THE TREATY.

TnE TkEATtI
This is one Of the leading questions
at present before the Peace Confer
enee and the world. Refusal by the
Ebert Government Of Germany to sign
the Treaty Of Peace might lead TO end
lesA difficulties for the Allied nations;
In that event the Government would
fall either into very conservative or
very radical hands. In the former
case, . revolution by the Radical So
cialists, the Spartacides, would be In
evitable; In the latter case the emer-
gence Of BOlshevism, even an alliance
with I.enine and TrOtslky, could not
long be delayed. Either alternative
would mean the endless policing Of
Germany by Allied troops, the indeh-
mite retardatiOn Of peace, and q con-
tinuanco Of unsettled conditions Of
commerce and industry for the whole
world.
A careful examination Of extracts
-sdsAsu uvw1sD IBdlouEId sql woJI
pers and Of the utterances Of her lead
ing politicians cause one to believe,
however. that the fall Of the Ebert
Coveynment IN far from inevitable.
TINE the German Premier Scheide-
mann has stated uubliclv that the
Peace Terms are aimposaible !" Brock
dor6.Raptzau. the Foreign Minister.
has made a statement 70 the same ef-
feet. there have also been threats Of
6eeertion from the Conference bv the
Germans But the political situation
IN GERMANY is such as to make Il
atron0lv probable that the Ebert Gov
ernment will NOT relinouish its power.
A ranort from Berlin states that Pres
;dent Ebert rejected with dsidain the
nO0estion that the present German
ccvsrnmaut vvould resign rather than
occant or reject the, pesce terms. saw
,ro that tbe Government would hold
ort to the end
Trdaad n ;s mt likalv that Ebert.
scbeidemsnn Noska and the rest of
the Drouert German government
wo,,la volurtarilv rel;nouish their
,o,,or n tho radicals whom thew have
done an much IN sunnraaa. The strong
act;on ~ Herr Noslke the Minister of
War ha. an far KENT Sovietism down
IN Carmanv RIood M been shed:
th.ro hove haan n;tchad battles in the
.troots ~ Rarl;n Munich and else-
where N the Ebert Government
sho,,,d ,s.;0r uow All this bloodshed
would have heen IN vain and Il would
face the charge Of having killed Ger
man. to maintain a Covernnent which
n deasrted at the mere threat of Al
lied occunation.
Another dilemma which the Ebert
covevnmert Faces points 70 the fact
that n win have To SIGN the treaty.
The latest renorts from Berlin indi-
cate that aven n the Ebert Govern
mort .ho,,id raai0n the Independent
coc;ol;.ts haadad hv HuOo Haase.
voyId ,,af0se to take ;ts nlace Here
;s roy+ ~ . atatament issued bv Herr
uae...
@Th. TrdanaDdart Socialist PARTY
doo. not drooro of taxing tbe blame
e.. .,,o ,vovId nav and the terrible
oOn,sC,,srce. % Fcr Ceymarv from the
sho,,lJor. - tboae raunora;ble the
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

applauding and giving her school
children n holiday.
And even now her mourning lacks
one very important element. There Ia
grief, but no repentance:
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

q : rood iIllne 70 pitpkls fnr nllnto
rosponsibllIty BY close study Of poIiH-
cal methods and principles In The pres
ent vital period.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

There is such a dearth Of book
agents that we some times fear the
species will become extinct; but then
school is about out, just wait.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Agenda, Kansas, is the old fashion
ed town which has again gone back to
"sun time"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

"Why did you name your latest
progeny oleander?" We asked old
Pert Nye, who has thirteen of them.
"Well, my wife is strong for orna-
mental names and that's about all that
we had left to decide on"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Anxious inquirer: evil someone
tell me how to get rid of moles?" Ed
itor: Your inquiry is too brief-do
you mean the garden or face variety?
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

The only serious thing about those
Bolshevists is that they don't know
when to stop mobilizing.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
THRU THE WINDOW
By ]. W. K.

The bakers of Chicago are striking
for q "raise." Naturally they want
more dough.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

The markets of late show prairie
hay selling higher than the choicest
clover, timothy or alfalfa, any one Of
which are higher in food values. The
fellows who sold last fall for $25 a
ton are kicking themselves for not
holding for $40; with new standards
set up during the war period it is go
ing to be hard to go back to fifteen
cents q bale where it used to be.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

This is the time of year when the
coal barons leave for Florida and the
ice kings return from their hiding
places to minister to a suffering pub
lie.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Paradoxial as it may appear, the re-
turn of hundreds of soldier boys from
the war is going to make that many
designations among the school teach
erS
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Some men have schooled these many
years,
And only speak of courts and kings,
While / know statlier,
Than hoes and rakes and garden
things.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

A scientist has just discovered that
fish are intelligent. We had observed
also, that they don't bite on every
thing that comes along.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Some of the churches are raising the
question of sex equality insofar as the
right of deacons and elders is con-
cerned. The woman at our house has
not only been deacon and elder for
some time but also custodian Of the
royal funds, as well.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

sDid you invest any money with the
Ret-rieh-quick ladies Of K. CT" we
asked J. Hope Sudds, our favorite
barber. mo, / did not, sorry to say"
he replied. 81 have been too busy Try
ing 10 get my spring suit from the
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

We sincerely trust the fashion max
ers of Paris won't attempt to carry
that stockingless fad to America;
what with low neck gowns and short
skirts it's mighty hard for the poor
clothing merchants to make ends meet
at the best.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Headline: "HOgs In Kansas, Out"
II some of our friends will explain
what they are out of, we will try to
replenish their stock, far be It from
us to have the Kansas brand Of hogs
suffer.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

We had rather have prickly heat in
August than to be one of the fellows
who will have to tell their grand
children why they didn't wear the kha-
XII in 1917 and 1918.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Packers in Germany disciaim that
they are making sausage out Of hu-
man bodies; however they don't say
what has become Of all the dack-
shunds.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

If they leave the French alone they
will no doubt take the rant out Of
Count Brokdorff- -Rantzau.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

]. Hope Sudds, our favOrlte barber,
has been reading of plebiscites in Ger
many and says he hopes the delOusing
machines will do their duty in keeping
this country free from the pest.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Austria, having turned states evil
dence, naturally expects the Allies to
let her off with q light sentence. If
it's just the same to the Judge, she
had rather Germany was removed
from the court room during her trial.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Headliner Women Have Peace
Plan" That's nothing new. The
trouble with the plan is the men get
no vote on it. In other words the
slate is made up and the men are like
BE Germans: "Sign on the dotted line
and shut up"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
SURPLUS LABOR

Labor conditions for the past two
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
Short Shift

Short Shift
May days.;
Pay days;
New shoes;
More blues;
More hats;
Great cats;
Higher rent;
It's all spent.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

This is the time of year when faith
er digs out the scythe and hangs it up
in the old apple tree until mother
threatens to leave home if the path
along the clothes line isn't cut out.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Old Pert Nye, local weather prog
nosticator, says everything indicates
we are about out of the rain zone. The
next few days may be partly cloudy
but so far as he can see the showers
are about over.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

"I see," said Jerry Sniffles, the town
crouch, "where a lady expresses her
gratitude for several feeds and that
she is SO rejoiced that she cant sit
down." It never struck me in just that
way but I'm been so alfred full Of
watermelon at times / couldn't hardly
get up"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

What a great day It would be II the
Germans decided to sign the treaty
the same day the American flyers
reached England. It would certainly
be different ending to what Kaiser
Bill had pictured out when he started
all the trouble.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

cleaners and couldn't spare the
money"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Old Pert Nye, local weather bar
ometer, has dropped out Of sight. Pen
said before leaving that he positively
refused to be sponsor for the kind of
weather we were having and until
conditions corrected themselves again
he proposed to take to the tall timber,
which was Just a mild way Of admit
ting that his garden needed hOeing
pretty badly. Pert always has q weak
back this time Of the year.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

1t takes brave fellow to venture
out in his last summers light trous-
ers, especially after he had put on
about fifteen pounds Of weight during
the winter.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

A, writer to the "Chaperon" says to
eat toast and pickles without opening
the mouth, which calls to mind the
story of the green farm hand who was
sent out to feed the mules "corn in the
ear" That's where he tried to feed
them.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

A friend Of ours came in today and
vouchsafed to US the glad tidings that
the zinc market was now going up;
that Turkey was now in the market
and buying metal. Probably they have
seen the benefits to accrue from in
stalling q few bath tubs.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

We should like to meet and look
over a man who would deliberately
advertise for a lost hoe. There are
plenty of garden hoes laying around
idle without the necessity of spending
perfectly good money advertising for
lost ones.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

A small girl accompanied by anoth-
er small girl stopped US on Fifteenth
street and asked how much eight pen
nies was. We told her that eight
pennies were "eight cents" which sat
isfed the young lady perfectly and
she went on her way rejoicing. A fel-
low never can tell what great prob
lens he is going to be called on in the
course Of q day, to solve.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

There is only one thing worse than
Blue Monday and that's rainy Blue
Monday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Someone is always hunting trouble;
just when the country had decided the
status Of the common corset along
comes the Government expert and
asks when a girl becomes a miss. We
would answer that by saying that q
girl becomes "amiss" when she tries
to intrude upon her older sisters
front-room company.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

eied If it was to survive an hour of
history. Most of this process took
place at Paris. 1t fell to the lot Of
the Senate to complete the necessary
work, and to save what is good and
constructive in the league while ex-
cislng its inconsistent nonsense.
This service to candor and the
worlds understanding of what and
where the nations actually stand
may we'll rank high in the sight Of
coming years. If men of action
shall now take this strange structure
OF mistaken idealism and succeed in
making it serve the world they will
owe something at least to the clarity
and common sense with which the
Senate of the United States cleared
It's walls of the last gilded pretence
and dangerous folly.