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The nonpartisan leader., 1919-08-11
DOCKAGE
GETTING EDUCATED

The farmer, working an eight-hour
day (eight hours before dinner and
eight hours after dinner) had been
bothered all day by people giving him
advice-the politician, the banker, the
town merchant, the editor and the
preacher. Another man came and
leaned over the fence.
"Do you know who I am?" he said.
"I'm Dean Thatcher of the Minnesota
Agricultural college. The only trou-
BILE with you farmers is that you are
so Ignorant"
But the farmer, instead of hitting
the. educator over the head with his
hoe, stopped a minute to think it over.
"I don't know but what you're
right" he said. "Here I have to work
16 hours a day to make bare living,
while these other men make plenty Of
money and still have time left to ad-
wise me how to plow, how to sow, how
to hoe, how to reap and most of all,
how to vote.
"I guess it's time for me to get edu-
Gated. I'm going to hunt up an or
ganizer for the Nonpartisan league"
Anu ne QlQ.
We are still waiting for Prosecutor
Nicholas to hale Charles Patterson,
Eli S. Warner, Oliver Crosby, Tom
Parker Junkin and several others into
court for conspiracy to break the red
flag law by printing the red flag on
the first page of america First"
magazine. Violation of the red flag
law, too, is felony, while the charge
on which Townley and Gilbert were
tried was only a petty misdemeanor.
"Do you know what a court is?"
asked the Judge of an Italian appli-
cant for citizenship papers.
"Sura Nike" replied the native of
sunny Italy. "A court, she is a place
wherea da justice, she is dispensed
with"
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-08-11
NOTICE


club is being organized. Make appli-
cations early to the undersigned, as
the membership list is positively linn
tied to 100000.
E. H. NICHOLAS. "
FERDINAND TEIGEN.
A railroad stockholder is a man who
thinks he is capable of running rail
road that the government took away
from him because of inefficient man
agement.
The packers don't want to be licens-
ed. Don't know as the objections of
the dog ever made any impression on
that subject.
They say a dollar is worth only
about 80 cents now. Still q man has
to work just as hard for one as he ever
did.
A lot of fellows now are measuring
their beer like they used to measure
their patriotism-one-half Of per
cent. W" IE.ls
Speaking Of the peace treaty, Ger
many seems to have been punished by
permitting Japan to lop off a slice Of
China.
. John D. Rockefeller is IS years old.
Wonder if that's true about the good
dying young?
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-08-11

Both the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis are sending out the call framed
by the typewriter schools:
"Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid Of their party"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24

Institutions. The truth OF these
words Is more widely perceived today
than when they were written, more
than twenty-seven years ago. ChoneeG
In our cCpaDmic and political systems
VIII have only partial and feeble efli-
cheney II they be not reinforced By
the O1riztian view Of work and
Will prove reasonably effective with
ont = reform I'm the spirit Of both
capital and labor. The 1aborer must
como % realize thAt ne owes hts eri-
ps0ycf and society an honest days
WORK IN return for y fair wage, and
that conditions cannot be substan-
tail improved until he roots ont the
desire 70 ct . nc xtmum Of return
Tor minimum OF service. The cnpi.
tatist must likewise set q new View
point. He needs to learn the long
forgotten truth that wealth Is stew
Arishtp; that prof. making h not tho
hnstC Justification Of business enter
prise, and that there arc such things
rs fair prodts, fair interest and fair
prices. Above and before all. he must
cultivate and strengthen within his
mind the truth which many Of his
class have already begun to grasp,
namely. that the laborer - human
being. not merely an instrument OF
right to decent livelihood Is tho first
moral charge upon industry.
] shall work with all my strength
to bring about changes as the needs
OF the people become apparent. I
shall earnestly strive to realize what
formerly were considered unattain-
able ideals. But shall do all this
in the American way OF same and or
derby progess--and in no other
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
LABOR LEADER DEMANDS SANITY AND SAFETY


ed themselves useful and valuable
elements In our many-rooted popula-
ton. Some of them have accomplish
ed eminent achievements in science,
industry and the arts. Certain Of the
Qualities and talents which they con-
tribute to the common stock are Of
great worth and promise.
But some there are who have been
blinded by the glars .ey elderly. as a
flnement in darkness comes suddenly
into the strong sunlight Blinded.
they dare to aspire to force their
guidance upon Americans who for
| generations have walked in the light
OF liberty. They have become drunk
with the strong wine Of freedom, these
men who until they landed on Ameri-
| cas- coast had tasted little but the Bit
ter water OF tyranny. Drunk. they
presume to impose their reeling gait
upon Americans to whom freedom
mas been a pure and refreshing foun-
| tain for century and a half.
Brooding In the gloom Of age-long
oppression, they have evolved a fam
tastlc and distorted image Of free gov
eminent In fatuous effrontery they
seek to graft the growth Of their
stunted vision upon the splendid and
ancient tree Of American institutions,
Admitted IN enefous trust to the hos
patAlity OF America. they grossly vio-
late not only the dictates OF common
| gratitude. but Of those elementary
rules OF respect and consideration
which immemorial custom imposes
upon the newcomer or guest. They
seek. indeed. to uproot the founda-
tons Of the very house which gave
them shelter.
vs. will not have Il 50. we in the
ranks Of labor who are American by
birth or by adoption. We reject these
impudent pretensions We propose
to move forward and upward. but va
shah proceed by the chart of reason,
experience and tested American prin-
cfples and doctrines. and not entrust
our ship to demagogues. Missionaries
or shallow sentimentalists who would
steer it on the rocks
Str1dent voices Of the fomenters OF
unrest do not cause me any serious
apprehension. Changes we ought to
have; changes we shall have. Where
there are grievances to redress, where
mere are wrongs existing. we must ali
aid In trying to right them to the best
OF our conscience and ability. To the
extent that social and economic In
situations. however deep and ancient
| their roots. may be found to stand In
the way OF the highest achievable
level OF social Justice and the widest
attatnabie extension OF opportunity,
welfare and contentment, they viii
have to submit to change. And the
less obstructive ard stubborn, the
more broad-minded. cooperative,
sympathetic and disinterestcd those
who pre-eminently prospered under
the old conditions win prove them
selves In meeting the spirit OF the new
day and the reforms which 1t may
both for them and the community at
large
Society" said Pope Leo XIII. Acan
be healed In no other way than BY 4
return to Christian life and Christian
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
WORK TO Be Opened
N BELGIUM 1t 0le

.esatt-s
I Naahyilie. Tenn. Aogr& 334H
Especial CorrsspondsassJ. On Augi
I3s commission composed d Bisl1
James Atkins. Of North, CARROLL
John h. Pepper, Of Tsnnssses;
lHelle H. bennett, OF Kentucky, -
Mr. L.iisS q. johnson. Of 0sof1
lsafIa for Europe to arrange tor lll4
opening OF extensive religious
Irhiianthropic work In Belgfue
France and othei war-torn country
They represent tho centenary CO.
mission and the board Of mins1ona, "
the Methodist Episcopal ChurS1
South, y hich have Get aside @6.O0O.0
or centenary funds for religious -
In Europe. -
They 60 with authority 70 purch&
Property and. open work ct sonce u
Belgium and to make careful Guk$
|vey OF the needs in other countries
and recommend an adequate pkUs
gram. OrphanAges. schools and ooo3o1
centers, religious literature and 01rlk3
evangelism will be the methods -
rIoyed. ~
In some OF the countries 10 b "a,
tered the work will be conducted M
'co-operation with the Methodist EnSE
copal church, which IL already opetae.
ing in france, Italy and the BAIka3
and IL planning to expand tn wcsk
greatly as q result Of the centon1&1,
which In the two churches brought
missionary pledges aggregattg m0Se
tina $3.50. 900, 900. $3.50
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
CoNCRETTc-sHIP SIDES BUur
IN FLAT PRDCAsT UNITS

BY reverting. in effect. to the primi-
I'VE conception OF a ship az floating
box British engineers have been aba
~ make some decided improvements
In concrete-ship construction, az ap-
piled to feet Of five colliers Just
completed The novel feature OF tho
system used. according to the Sep
eamper Popular Mechanics Magazine,
Les In casting the ships sides In hori-
zontai units. three and one-half inches
thick. which, after the concrete has
sci are raised TO their final position,
the joints occurring only at buIshend
lines. Bow and stern. being curved. are
cast IN place IN the ordinary manner.
With thickness of fve inches. The
Fat bottom Is nodded after the sides
are completed. and 1t In interesting to
note that women are employed to con-
s<FNct the reinforcing nskwar>
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
NO PROPERTY DESTROYED

A New York press dispatch quotes
| the Irving National bank as issuing q
statement In effect as follows:
Despite the fact that approx
tmateIy a haif-biliion dollars worth
Of property was destroyed by prohi-
bition, no financial distress was mo-
ticeable because of Americas un-
precedented prosperity"
l. The bank is correct in stating that
no financial panic has resulted from
the nations adoption OF the prohi-
bition policy. But II is decidedly in
! error In stating that half-biIlion
dollars worth OF property has been
destroyed The fact is, no property
has been destroyed unless It be con-
traband booze that has been poured
down the sewers.
Distilled liquor m anufacture
stopped in this country in 1917, al
though Its sale continued IN wet ter
rttory up to the first OF July this
year. Those dealers and manufac-
turers who now find themselves with
considerable liquor on hand certainly
cannot plead that the government
took snap Judgment on them. But
way will undoubtedly be found to
legally dispose of this liquor for other
than beverage purposes But the
bank does not intend to say that this
half billion dollars loss is tied up in
liquor in bond and on saloon shelves
II refers to this loss as capital invested
In the liquor industry. evidently in
Guiding the investment in plants.
equipment, etc.
Surely the Irving National bank
knows that not one dollars worth Of
such property has been DESTROYED.
The distiller and brewer stfu retain
their plants. the saloonkeeper retains
his buildings. bar fixtures and all
equipment. The only thing these
| manufacturers and dealers lost was
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24

| their license to make and cell and Z
nquor license in the United States
has never been recognised AZ prop.
erty
| On the other hand the distillery
and brewery plants in many instances
have been converted into factories for
the manufacture Of useful articles Of
commerce.
| In most instances more men arc
employed In these converted plants
and more money liz being made by
the owners than when they were
used for the manufacture Of beverage
poison.
There is no occasion for surprise
that the closing of these poison fac
tories has not caused a financial
panic. The fact is. 1t has diverted
the millions OF dollars that have been
uselessly spent on liquor to legiti-
mate trade channels and instead of y
financial depression the Irving Ma
tional bank may confidently look for
ward to evidences Of increased pros
perity.
In fact, many banks are already
reporting noticeable increase in
savings accounts. 1t works like this,
as most aptly expressed by Mrs. Mary
Armour the president Of the Georgia
woman's Christian Temperance
Union. When a man buys booze that
purchase calls for more booze and
more booze and more booze. When
he buys a suit Of clothes that pur-
chase calls for pair OF shoes. He
gets his shoes and he must have a
hat He buys a lot. he must have a
house; he buys the house, he must
have furniture.
| The country Is about to have the
conclusive proof that liquor has al
ways been a liability and never an
asset.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24

~ senate committee on foreign
SM which was packed against the
no treaty when the Republicans
naaed the senate last spring. be-
yNsterday the work for which It's
Eify members We're appointed
n II insisted, by a bare majority
h pr changing the treaty so as
kOse II to China Immediately.
committee complacently plays
dynamite. There Is no reason
aieve that Japan will agree to
aerangement: there is every rea-
1o believe otherwise. II Japan
11n 70 accept the change we have
ID tor another war all ready to
end that before we have rid
Q ~ the trouble with Ger
tams Tor every citizen who
1antEy and lsvAs peace to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
THE REASON WHY
tFrom the Book of Wonders. Bureau
of Industrial Education. Inc. Wash
ington, d. C.--Copyright.)
why Does q Pencil write,

You can use a pencil to write with
or to make marks. because the pencil
wears off If you are scratching it on a
surface that is rough enough to make
IT do SO. Writing. you know. is only a
way of making marks in such man
ner as to make them mean something.
You cannot write with pencil on a
pane Of glass, because the glass is so
smooth that when you move the pencil
over its surface, the pencil will not
wear on To prove to yourself that
the tip of the pencil constantly wears
on when you write. you have only to
recall that when you write with 1t a
pencil keeps getting shorter and short
err. slate pencil will wear down
short by merely writing with II. but
a lead pencil must be sharpened--that
is, you must keep cutting away the
wood in order to get at the lead inside,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24


tiresomely reiterated. not to say vio-
lentiy abused, that 1t has become to
Wany of US word of aversion Poll
ticians, social students. business men.
labor men. charity workers, clergymen
and various other social groups have
contributed their quota of spoken
words and printed pages to the dis
cussion OF the subject; yet the major
ity of us still find ourselves bewildered
and helpless. We are unable to say
what parts of our social system i'm
rerattvely need reconstruction: how
much of that which Is imperattvely
! necessary Is likely to he seriously I'M
| dertaken. or what specific methods and
| treasures are best suited to realize
| that amount Of reconstruction which
II at once imperatively necessary and
Immediately possible.
l do not believe as many or az great
social changes will take place in the
United States as in Europe. Neither
cur habits of thinking nor our ordinary
ways of life have undergone . pro-
found disturbance. The hackneyed
phrase, Things viii never be the same
since the war has a much more con-
| crete and deeply felt meaning among
European peoples. Their minds are
expectation and these words win come
true. In the second place. the de-
VISITATION. the loss of capital and Of
men. the changes in Individual rela-
tons and the increase in the activi-
| ties of government have been much
greater in Europe than In the United
States. Moreover, our superior natu-
raj advantages and resources. the bet
| ter Industrial and social condition OF
| our working classes still constitute an
obstacle to anything like revolution
| airy changes.
| Our present industrial symtem ia
destined to last for = long time in ita
main outlines. That In to say MI
| yate owneTrhip Of capital - not likely
| to be supplanted by = collectively or
Ennixattsn Of industry IT . date suni-
| GENTLY near to justify any present nc
ton based On the hypothesis Of its ar
rival. This I. mot only extremely prob
able. hut highly destrable3 for other
! objections apart. a0cialism vvould mean
Bureaucracy. political tyranny, the
heIplrs~ness Of the tMAivtauat ~ q fac
tor I'm the ordering Of his own life and
| In general SOcial ineMleieney and de-
cadence.
1t is true. there Are those in the
| ranks Of organized labor who, in the
fcrvor of their world improving mis-
! sion, discover and proclaim certain
cure-alls for the Ills Of humanity.
cstly believe to be new and unfailin =
remedies, but which, as a matter Of
fact, are heavy with age. having been
tried on this old globe OF ours at one
time or another. In one OF it's parts
or another. long ago--tried and found
wanting and discarded after sad dis
il'usionment. There are the spokes-
men Of sophomorism rampant strut
ting about In the cloak Of superior
knowledge. mischievously and noisily.
to- the distance OF quiet and orderly
mental processes and sane progress.
There are the sentimental unseasoned.
iIto!erant ana cocksure advanced
thfnkerf claiming ieave 70 set the
word oy the ears. 20 reconstruct So
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
smooth surface that you cannot write
on them with lead pencil.
How Dses : Pea yvri4es

NOV IVA . PeA ygR1tet 2
Writing with pen, however, 10 quite
different from writing with any kind
Of pencil because In writing with INK
we do not wear on the end or the. pen,
but have the Ink now from the pen. FOR
this purpose We must have . suKfaoa
that will absorb the Ink from the pan,
and draw the Ink down on the psus ana
rake II flow. A slate has no power Of
absorption and therefore cannot draw
the ink. A piece Of blottinE paper 10
the best kind OF paper for absorbing
irk, but It la too much 30 for writing
purposes. For writing with ink we
need comparatively hard surfaced
paper that has absorbent qualitiesa but
not too absorbent.
The next question will be. why do
coats have buttons on the sleeves"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24

same thing.
self -dctermination- is n
phrase which the Sim Feiners
like to use. Those with whom
we are acquainted are wholly
unwilling for the men Of Ulster
To exercise that right. Sauce for
the sou,h-of-Ircland goosc Is by
no means sauce for the north-of-
Ireland gander.
Unhappily for the peace Of
the world. n contingent OF Amcri-
can residents well organized for
making large noise and appar-
entity with much money to spend
have attempted to use this Per-
ennial Irish situation to threaten
the succcss Of the only tangible
plan ever offered for preserving
the world peace, Because they
insist that Article X Of the league
Of nations covenant would inter-
fcre with the Sim F'cin revolu-
tionary plans, they arc trying 10
defeat the covenant itself. The
Sim Feaners Of ireland. Hike
80. u
happens so they can make more
trouble for their antagonist Of
the moment. The Sim Feiners
OF America add to this reckless
ness the baseness Of assuming a
role that would betray their own
country-that which has accord
cd political freedom and untold
opportunity TO millions OF their
race-to satisfy an ancient
grudge-
There can he no other ultimate
objective: for there can never he
peace In ireland 30 long as the
Irish temperament remains; and
the agitation win contih ue SO long
as II h possible for n person of
American birth of less than half
Irish blood. bearing Spanish
name. to 1--we in luxury in this
country while wearing the pre-
tcnttous tffle OF president Of
the suppoedtious Irish republic"
Talk Of atrocities II mainly
beside the mark. OF the many
columns of accounts Of 'atroci-
ttcs" which have been spread
broadcast In this country, few
arc authenticated in any degree;
most arc admittedly arrests Of
persons accused N crimes for
which they would properly be
arrested In this country. Over
population Of jails, due to titsor-
ders, account for most OF the re-
mainder; and for these disorders
the Sim Feincrs who arc arrested
always blame somebody else.
We have always found many
lovablc trafts In the Irish char-
nrfer. We sympathlzc with them
profoundly in their just aeptra-
lions for better conditions in their
native lnnd-cvcn for freedom.
which VIC believe II attainable II
they but hold their most dan
gcrous tendencies in check. But
we find 1t diflcult to be patient
with Them when they attempt, az
they now do, to use the An,erf-
can people to halter the Eng
fish and to bring about discori
and enmity between the two
great nations which, under God.
are the hope of democracy IN all
tho world.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
1RELAND's ETERNAL FALLAcY


Or irish friends. aided and
Sneetetl by many wcil-intentioncd
Amefscans whose apparent 10y
ekr II nrst to the Sinn Fsin and
afteswarti to this land Of freedom
"a opportunity, have fallen into
s1sc same grievous error which
NJ eternany pestered and har-
raised the people Of Ireland.
Hnu,e OF them hope to get what
xascy want, in spite Of the rest Of
aAens, by calling In outside help
Mnts tarne they are making their
arprsl 10 Amcricans--rcal ameri-
Unna who know no national 10y
alty snvc that which they owe Ia
ne United States and who de-
$500 tine hypfen. even when
nouAaxed.
HfUsn the time when one irish
A1mg begged the English Long
Uw % come over and help
I'm wnIlop another Irish king
$50 has been the eternal faIlacy
~ 1lsc Irish mind and the eternal
N10lng of every chance the
Es1S1G1r people have had to achieve
approaching indcpend-
800. Longbow went over, lik-
- sIae idea OF good fight and
lunrh spoils. Ever SINCE that day.
nevur the Irish have fought
I 80 aaOther to . standstill they
49, relied for help. knowing, IL
i f1Aey have ever learned anything
II 1om experience. that help given
unlacr those circumstances In
Snx1ably costs them dearly. The
EnGlish. II Is true,. did not al
ays wait to he invited. Some
lpnes they merely accepted a
nre. They have not always acted
sely-And the Irish have helped
II tuEy little in any attempts which
~ English have made to that
&1d- Ever they have fallen ont
M among themselves; eternAlly It
ns been the task Of the English
- preserve whatever senI,blance
49, peace Ireland hiss known
The whole OF Ireland having
sea for more than = century an
11gral part Of the United King
11n@, through the free action Of
n - Irlah parliament. the spirit
& - 1ealousy which has always
- the Irish at ioggerheads
moug themselves has been
4 n large measure 10 their
DWS in the governmental
\ M nslAnAd Of the United King
vi e1he Eng1lsl1-wffh the N
A - counties and the remainder
9 tha4 haraAsed island Still
in disagreement
Dmn1 what ~Ircaand~ wants. The
1fAcs dominated BY the cier1-
- lncl1nnd group 1t tho mo-
e and for some time past
\ 1870 iaG1gted On absolute free
Qn o. t1se island, including o.
\ aoeE, from the rost OF Great Bril-
- 1he Ulster counties, whore
arc dominant, arc
IN favor of Remaining as
Il ey ase-<his notwithstanding
- assertions of Sinn Feaners to
- contrary. The Obstetrics
ase ready, before the Great War,
Aghf n need be to keep from
1ng net adrift IN the ssAzne 20
enAl boas with the more num-
4 1900 people Of similar blood but
1GntmilAr religious faith. They
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24

Lithuanian Jews have suffered I'VE
awful years Of war. Three hundred
thousand OF them were driven from
their homes by the ave armies that
fought there. Now the American Jew
ish relief committee which finances
workers and supplies to Lithuania re-
ports that thousands Of the returning
re fugees are dying Of terrible typhus
plague.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24

There was recsnt epidemic -sf Nor.
ness In the Jewish quarter Of Jsrusa.
lem. due to sewers which have bssn 80
open since the time Of tho Turkta1
regime. tho old government stArfko
to put IN 4 new drainage systsm. -
i, true Turkish faahion they QUIT NJ
the middle Of the job. Funds o0ntkk
huted by American and British Jews
recently completed the work. 81