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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
FATHER OF PROHIBITION.

Springfield, Mass, Republican: 1t
is only in prohibition textbooks"
that one may learn that the first
bone dry national prohibition amend
ment to the constitution was report
ed to the United States senate on
July 8, 1888, by Senator Henry M.
Blair, of New Hampshire. 1t was
defeated, 33 to 13. The late Mr..
Blair might by courtesy, perhaps, be
called today the father Of federal
prohibition, and how he would have
gloried in It the people who are old
enough to remember him will tes.
tify. He was reputed to be one Of
the dreariest old bores ever in the
senate; the speeches he made were
.inarvels of length and dullness, and
he was sure to be identified with
some measure that the majority took
pleasure in killing. One of his most
notable fights was in behalf Of his
bill granting federal aid TO edcca-
ton, which was finally defeated by
people who were undoubtedly much
more brilliant and intellectual than
he was. Looking back thirty years,
however, one is almost certain to see
how Mr.. Blair has been winning vic
tories long after his death. National
aid to education lis no longer re-
garded as a crazy scheme; while the
actual adoption Of the federal prohi-
bition amendment seems to rescue
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
DEPEW DRANK CHAMPAGNE.

G. M. Depew, in New York Sun:
Flfty-eight years ago., when / first
went to Albany as a member Of the
legislature. there were no temper
ance societies and a man who didn't
drink was regarded as a fanatic with
out political future. The bar was
always near the hotel entrance, and
If you didn't go in voluntarily, you
were dragged in. / saw many men
go to the devil on account of alcohol,
but fortunately / had a strong head.
However, / made up my mind that IL
/ was going to retain my health I
should have to make a compromise.
Since then / have never touched
whisky or other hard liquor except
as a medicine. l tested the wines
and found that the one agreeing with
me was champagne. / explained to
the boys that / had decided to drink
nothing except champagne, but I'M
fortunately few would order 1t, so
for twenty years I was practically a
temperance man myself. Then after
prosperity came I made it a practice
to drink a pint of champagne each
evening after dinner, and at no other
time. 1t agreed with me and / with
it. In the last two years, though, I
have let up or 1t, for it caused a little
indigestion.
But l remember when 1t was 81 a
bottle, and now It's around $14 or
SIC.
Prohibition is now what Mr.. C1eve-
land would have called "a condition
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

Stripped of verbiage, the executive order per-
Imitted the president to hand over the sum OF
lone hundred and fifty thousand dollars out OF
his one hundred and fifty million fund to the
.stechnical ADVISER the aforesaid Bernard M.
more commonly known as Barney,
giving him carte blanche as to its use. This
tidy sum was passed to Mr.. Baruch just as the
president was leaving France, but the fact
did not transpire until Mr.. Wilson returned to
Paris after his flying visit to this country. just
how it happened to leak out at that time is not
clear; but it did become public in some way.
Nothing that appears imposes on Mr.. Baruch,
q stock market broker who has never risen to
the dignity of being called, in its legitimate
sense, a banker, any obligation of accounting
to the president or to the people for the use to
which he puts the fund. If he concludes that
he himself is all the Organization supplement
tary to the commission. that the circumstances
require, he would be quite within his rights.
There is no red tape about this transaction.
Men who have perfect confidence in each other
do not have to hedge each other about with
conditions or suspicious. The president knows
that Mr.. Baruch wants the money. Mr.. Baruch
knows that he wants it. That is enough. The
order is drawn. The one hundred and fifty
dollars changes hands. Faith is not
dead in the worl. Trust men and they will
be true to you, = says Emerson, and great souls
know that this is true.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
TODAYS BIT OF VERSE
GIVE THEM THE FLOWERS NOW.


Closed eyes can't see the white roses,
Cold hands can't hold them, you know,
Breath that is stilled cannot gather
The odors that sweet from them blow.
Death, with a peace beyond ).
It's children of earth doth endow;
Life is the time we can help them, MI
So give them the flowers now!
Here are the struggles and striving,
Here are the cares and the tears;
Now is the time to be smoothing
The frowns and the burrows and fears.
What to closed eyes are kind sayings!
What to hushed heart is deep o
Naught can avail after parting,
So give them the flowers now.
Just a kind word or a greeting.
Just a warm grasp or a smile
There are the flowers that will tighten
The burdens for many a mile.
After the journey is over
What is the use of them; how
Can they carry them who must ne carried!
Oh. give them the flowers now!
Blooms from the happy hearts garden
Plucked in the spirit of love;
Blooms that are earthly reflections
OF flowers that blossom above.
Words cannot tell what a measure
OF blessing such gifts will allow,
To dwell in the lives of many,
So give them the flowers now!
Leigh NJ. Hodges.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
Why Churches Should Advertise

dark ages when the monk and fakir
were so holy they retired from the
world.
Now again men are thinking Of
christianity in world terms and of
its principles and social laws, and
we see a new movement that Is akin
to the spirit of the apostolic age. He
who commanded closet prayer had
no closet to pray in. He drew no
disciples to a retreat, save only Geth-
semane His classroom was the
open air; his pulpit a rock on the
hillside, his pew a seat in an open
boat. His WAS a portable church and
university that went with him from
! synagogue to the mountains and from
the temple to the tomb.
Il give this historic setting of
christianity the prominence j do be-
cause / want to emhpasize it's law
Of publicity anew and to offset the
feeling of some that christianity Is a
precious ointment to be inclosed in
an alabaster box lest 1t lose its fra
GRANGE and worth.
"Chritianity Is not a private af-
fair. 1t Is an objective propaganda
The average christian may not be a
philosopher, but he must be an am
%bassador. Had the apostles taken
the position that christianity was a
thing only for themelve we would be
offering crude sacrifices in the caves
of Europe today instead OF sitting in
this beautiful temple.
"The legacy OF the resurrection and
the ascension was this: 'Ye shall be
witnesses Of me unto the uttermost
part of the earth If your religion
has anything of christianity in 1t, it
will not be a secret cloister life. 1t
must be practical and persistent pub
licity. Let us use all honorable means
to publish the gospel, but let US first
make our aim each to tell our own
heart experiences.
Publicity is the safeguard OF de-
mocracy. Muzzle the press or hide
your politics and you will return to
Russia's condition before the war.
And publicity is just as vital in keep
ing democracy in faith. In proper
ton to its use will 1t grow in It's
personal worth and spread in It's
social value.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell
leads up to light.-Milton.
A PERIOD OF PROSPERITY.

There are some Americans, and former
United States Senator DepGw is one OF them,
who believe that an era of prodigious Prosperity
for this country lies just ahead. The United
States. he holds, has not yet scratched the sur
face of it's great reserve of wealth; and when
the work of rebuilding, recognizing and revic-
tuaIing the world begins we shall enter on the
most prosperous period we have ever known.
There is reason also to hope and believe that
this will be for America an era OF ditfused
prosperity. Everything points that way. Labor
and capacity and capital are coming to be recog-
nized as indispensable partners in all enter
prises, each of which must have its fitting share
of the rewards. Anciently capacity claimed the
lions share and took it, appropr1atlng wealth
and enslaving labor. Later capital came to the
leadership and paid brains and labor what it
had to rather than what it should. Now in
some countries labor In its turn is disposed to
seize everything in sight. But no one of these
factors can dispense with either of the others;
and recognition Of the fact that they must work
together fairly and in harmony is more general
here in America than anywhere else ON earth.
This was to have been expected. The aver
age of intelligence is, higher here and the sense
of justice better developed. All Americans
who amount to much were poor in their youth
or sprung from families whose wealth was re-
Gently acquired. We have no classes here or
hereditary m~onopoIizers bred in the belief of
their superior rights. 'The mould of a mans
fortune as Bacon phrases it, is in an Amer
leans hands and never in any other country
was her wheel SO normally on the whirl as here.
Thus it is that labor, brains and capital under
stand one another better than in other lands
and are more disposed to be considerable and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

Sioux City Journal: Christianity
was the first religion to realize the
Importance of publicity, asserted
Rev. Charles e. Tower, pastor Of the
First Congregational church, In a
sermon preached on Publicity and
the Gospel
Rev. Mr.. Tower took his text from
John xviii. 1920: The high priest
therefore asked Jesus of his dis
ciples, and Of his teaching. Jesus
answered him, / have spoken openly
to the world; l ever taught in the
synagogue. and in the temple, where
all the Jews come together. and in
secret spake l nothing
II sometimes wonder if u mod
ern business world has not caught
its spirit from the publicity of the
gospel" said the speaker. To-day
every great industry is utterly de-
pendent upon this principle.
I'VE used to say that wherever a
man fashioned a better tool than
others, men will beat a path to his
door, though it be in the heart of q
forest. But that is no longer true.
For many a better tool has failed to
DC put Ou LAo Ildl ACI DCSducS no ~
ventor has not had The means for
publicity.
To-day there is no one in any
great industry more important than
the advertising manager. Advertis-
ing is the secret of success in big
business.
But while buiness has caught the
principle of publicity and carried it
to the nth power Of efficiers., the
church has failed largely to make
any use OF 1t. The ame OF many
of our smaller cities In the United
States where something IS made are
better known today in the heart of
Asia or Africa than is the name of
Jesus Christ.
"a glance at the past reveals how
the law of publicity has worked in
the place that christianity has made
for itself. For a few years the early
disciples were as flaming torches
and blowing trumpets and the spread
of christianity was so rapid and re-
sistless that in four centurie 1t had
placed a christian emperor on the
throne at Rome. Then came the long
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
WANTS NO HAREM.

Asia Magazine: 1t is a curious act
that while the women Of the lower
classes in Siam have always enjoyed
the greatest freedom, participating
and competing with men in the bust
ness and pleasures of life, the ladies
of the royal household have been
kept in the background, appearing at
only the most private social gather
iings and never at public or official
functions. AS all former sovereigns
had in their harems the cream of the
~aristocracy of the country, and, as
they inevitably felt a hesitant chiv-
airy about exhibiting their wives"
in public, they barred all women Of
rank from sight.
The sovereign is expected to have
in his harem a member Of every in
fluential family in the country, for
1t is considered that in no other way
could he be In such close touch with
the people Of his kingdom. Polygamy
has, therefore, been considered an
obligation of royalty. But, curiously
enough, the present reigning mon
arch is a bachelor. the first and only
bachelor who has sat upon the throne
iof his fathers in $500 years.
And thereby hangs a tale. for mar
iriage by a Siamese sovereign has
meant not the simple taking of one
wife, or a dozen, OF even a mere ten,
but the wholesale adoption Of 1000
or more. The young kings father,
and each one of the long line of
kings preceding him, had many
wives. His father had between 1000
and 5000. And, when the young
crown prince returned from his long
stay in Europe-he had passed a
third of his life there-he was told
by his royal father that there had
been selected for him a number OF
court beauties, from which he could
take his choice of 100 or 200 for his
harem.
But the prince would have moth
ing to do with this Wholesale acquisi-
ton of a husbands holdings. when
i marry" he declared to his aston
Iished father, "it will be to one wife
and to no more. and she shall be the
one queen of my heart and the one
queen Of my realm"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
IOWA PRESS

Mt. Vernon Hawkeye: We believe
the road law passed by the general
assembly just closed to be as adj
vanced as the majority sentiment of
the state will support. There is no
need OF going faster than that, while
as a matter of fact we will be going
some if we keep up to it.
Humboldt Republics: It. was a
sensible idea-that putting OF the
circle back on the Iowa ballot Any
man should be allowed to vote a
straight ticket If he wants to; and
still it is going to be awful hard on
the Independent candidate.
A1gona Upper Des Moines-Repub-
lican: Havner stands about as much
show of being elected governor OF
Iowa as Jim Pierce does.
Estheryille Vindicator and Repub-
lican: One paper announces Hayner
as a prospective candidate for gov
ernor. II that man has the temerity
to show his face for a state job OF
any sort it should be made the tar
get for hard blows by all honest and
fair-minded people.
Finton Eagle: The war made 1900
millionaires. Congressman Ratney
says. We hate to believe it; but IL
war did, the war debt ought to pro-
coed to take it away from them. No
man had any business to get rich
out Of a war in which the boys lei
offering up their lives freely. Such
outrageous hoggishness goes far to-
ward explaining the monstrous size
of the war debt.
Carroll Herald. An innocent little
package sometimes contains great
possibilities for mischief. And 80
much depends upon the way 1t is
handled. Had that application for
Rathbun's pardon been passed along
to the board of parole the conse-
quences would have been different.
But you can't u~nscramble an egg,
dent you know.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Out of
the war and the peace negotiations
two phrases will remain. and they
may both plague lis. One Of them is
that everyone is entitled to self
determination, and the other is to
make the world safe for democracy.
Self-determination is a g~littering
phrase, but what does it mean, what
may it mean and to what may 1T
lead us?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

Two things, men of Athens, are characteristic of a we'll
disposed citizen: In authority, his constant aim should De
the dignity and pre-eninence of the commonWealth; IN all
times and circumstances his spirit should be loyal. This
depends upon nature; power and might upon other things.
Such a spirit, you Win find, have ever sincerely cher-
ished. From the very beginning chose an honest and
straightforward course in politics, TO support the honor,
the power, the glory of my home land, these to exalt, In
these to have my being. do not walk about the market
place nay and cheerful because the stranger has pros
pered, holding out my right hand and eongratuiatins those
whom think will report it yonder, like these impious
men who look abroad, and if the foreigner thrive by the
distresses of Greece, are thankful for it, and say we should
keep him so thriving to all time. Never, Q we gods, may
those wishes be confirmed by you! If possible, inspire
even in these men a better sense and feeling! But II they
are, indeed, incurabie, grant that we may speedily be re-
leased from our present fears, and enjoy a lasting oeilS-
erance !-Demosthenes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
BREAKING UP HUGE ESTATES.

It is estimated that over one thousand square
miles of English farming land is now upon the
market in addition to the great estates already
broken up and sold in parcels to suit. When
the war began England had more pasture land
than plowed land, raised grain enough to feed
her for only ten weeks and was more concerned
about the protection Of pheasants than the com
fort of the peasants who titled the soil. Now
she has added four million acres to her arabic
tract, is raising a forty weeks supply Of food
and will soon bring a million more acres under
the pillow. Where great holdings are still kept
up the land is usually in a block, and owners
are divesting themselves Of their outlying prop
critics.
We cannot yet begin to realize the extent to
which the war is changing the lives and habits
of the people it directly affected. All we can
do is to watch with curious interest as, one
after another, the traditional usages and insti-
~tutions are modified or disappear, In all of
Europe east of the Rhine enormous areas of
land have been locked up and held in the fami-
lies Of titled owners by law Of entail. Almost
all Of Hungary has been SO held, millions of
square miles in Russia and a large part of the
land in other countries. Much of this probably
will be appropriated by the bolshevik govern
ments but in England the break up of the huge
possessions is coming about without violence
or injustice under the compulsion of economic
laws.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
woman are youf

mouth Memorial Hospital. New Jersey, says:
what women need 10 put roses in their
cheeks and the spring-timc of life into the
step y not cosmetics or stimulating drugs,
but plenty Of rich pure red blood. Iron IS
one 81 the greatest Of all strength and blood
builders and unless this iron is obtained
from our food it must be supplied in some
form that is easily assimiiated if we want
to possess power. energy and endurance.
I have found nothing in my experience 50
effective for helping to make strong. healthy
red-blooded men ard women as Nuxated
Iron.
MssusA0vunsa's Norr. Nuxased Iron which II prescribe<
and recommended above by physicians &, no, q secret
remedy bot ons which Is well kuo-n TO druggists every
vhere. Unlike the older inorganic iron products It 10
EASILY .ssimiiassd and does not injurs the teeth, make
them black nor upsss ahs stomach. Tho msrufsetursn
guarantee succssful and entirely satif actory results u
sysry p~urchassr or they win refund your money, III
dtspsnssd By AL good drngsias.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

and not a theory" The danger it
brings is that of reaction against pro-
hibition carried too far. You simply
cannot treat beer and light wines as
you do whisky. They are not the
same thing and do not have the same
effect. However. revolt against the
prohibition amendment cannot be
strong enough to effect its repeal,
for the vote Of thirteen states with
"a combined population less than Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

Mr.. Blair, OF New Hampshire, from
the oblivion everyone q quarter of a
century ago assumed he was headed
for. The "old bores" Of today are
worth watching because OF the tricks
the morrow plays with popular judg
mentS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

New York City can keep it in,
understand that prohibition WORK.
well in Kansas, but in the dry s:a'e'
| have visited the conversation wa
all about how to get around the law
and which of the many recipes iO'
homemade liquor is the best.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

fair. If therefore fortunes curricle is coming
to our door, as optinists predict, and 1t shall
be our happy lot to lead the nations IN the Gre
alton of wealth, we shall lead them also III It's
equitable distributions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

This country seems to be getting along so
well without congress and without the president
and several members of his cabinet that per-
haps in the course of time some genius will de-
wise a self-running government.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

With so much man-power at liberty in this
country there should not be much difficulty in
organizing an agricultural division of shock
troops for the harvest fields next August.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

We have an idea that some of those congress
men who have remained in Washington wait
ing for congress to convene, dare not go home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

It is estimated that 400 acceptance
took part in the German raids on bns
land.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

The great obstacle to peace on earth and good
will to man seems to be that everybody wants
peace-on his own terms.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

kidneys and your entire system. You will feel full Of vim, vgor and vitality,
instead of tired, dragged-out and blue. Anurc is many times more potent han
lthia, dissoves and carries away uric acid and other posons from the system.
Ask your nearest druggist for Anurc jim tablet form.
Every man or woman should be careful that the liver is active and the
lpoisons are not allowed to clog the system - get rid of these posons by taking
a vegetable laxative occasionally such as DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets They
do not grippe and will not harm the most delicate system.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

The infant republic of Poland thinks it is
strong enough now to stand a loan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30
A PROPER

A little more light, though not an ILLUMINATE
ing flood of it, is thrown upon the transfer OF
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the
pocket Of a we'll known 'sfnancier." The
transaction was legally correct. An executive
order carrying the presidents signature pro-
yides as follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-30

ne to an over-abundance Of that poison called nj.
acid. The kidneys are not able to get rid of it. sn.h
conditions you can readily overcome, and prolon,
life by taking the advice Of DR.. Pierce, which is ukeen
the kidneys in good order" vAvoid too much meat
alcohol or tea. Drink plenty of pure water, prefer.
ably hot water before meals, and drive the uric acid
ont OF the system by taking Anuric.. This can b
obtained at almost any drug store, in tablet form, and
will dissolve uric acid as hot coffee dissolves sugar,
You know that before an insurance company win
take a risk on your life the examining physician will,
test your water, and report whether you are a good
risk. You should send q bottle Of water to the chemist
at DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y, and
you will receive free medical advice as to whether III.
kidneys are affected. When your kidneys get sluggish
and clog, you suffer from backache, sick-headacbe
dizzy spells, or twinges and pains Of ~lumbago, rheu.
matism and govt or sleep is disturbed two or thre.
times a night. Take heed, before too late. Gs
Arur;c I anti.nric \ for IL will mt now life int -.