The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-13
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Des Moines Register: There Is con-
siderable wisdom in the arrangement
neWed periodically. 1t serves to re-
mind the Germans that they didn't
win the war.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Presi-
dent Wilson was able to satisfy the
republican congressman who called
On him In Paris that he was working
In good faith for sound American
politics. All of which simply empha-
sizes the fact that Mr.. Wilson could
have saved himself lot of trouble
and made himself more effective II
he had recognized the half of the
people in this country whom he
ignored when he started out on his
mission.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The "wets"
have protested that If the brewers
and distillers quit buying grain for
beer and liquors it will decrease the
price the farmers will receive for
their cereals. The thought of lower
prices for food drives the consumers
almost frantic.
Davenport Democrat It's getting
so that an Iowa editor can suggest
that oleomargarine might as well be
colored like butter, without fear that
half his farmer readers will stop the
paper.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: OF course
England is going to wage q trade
war. So are we. So is Germany So
is France. So is every other nation
that has any gumption. The millen-
mum has not arrived, and it will be
a long time coming. Maybe when 1T
ultimately reaches us-or we reach
it-people won't have to buy and sell
or even eat Then the trade war ter
rifiers in congress will have to look
elsewhere for tn cir specters.
Des Moines Register: To some
booze fighters no cash register will
ever sound as musical as the one
that rang bell every time they took
a drink in the days before the coun-
try went dry.
Dubuque Telegrap h-Herald: ma
ton which can afford to spend $780,
100000 in relieving famine conditions
among foreigners. can afford to
spend ten times that amount in pub
lie improvements to relieve condi-
lions of unemployment at home. The
nations first duty is to the men doff-
ing the uniform of their country.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: When
the conscientious director comes to
o. IL, nj ont n.
jector should be the employer.
Marshalltown T1mes-RepubIican: II
there is a good and sufficient reason
why Rathbun is not In the peniten-
|tiary-outside Of the pardoning pre-
rogative-the people of the state
want to know what it is, and IL not
they want the rapist sent where he
belongs, despite any effort, however
powerful, outside or inside the legis-
Ilature, to assist him to evade and
defy justice.
Perry Chief: The man with egg on
his mustache is again seen occasion
ALLY.
Sac City Sun: The readiness with
which the opponents of J. F. Take
for insurance commissioner accepted
A C. Savage, who was named by
Governor Harding when the senate
rejected Take, more than half con-
vinces the Sun there is substantial
foundation to Takes allegation that
he was opposed because of square
dealing and efficiency rather than for
lack of 1t. Savage may be an i'm
provement upon his predecessors, but
I his political record does not justify
/ any such expectations.
Davenport Times: The German
people are the same people There
has been no change of populatt ton
since the revolution. There has been
shifting of leaders which may be
| only a temporary change who can
ltell2 With Save the Kaiser socie-
ties organized here and there. with
| the former war leaders going without
punishment of any kind at the hands
of the new government-where is the
evidence of change of heart? Can
| the French, who have lived In dan
ger next door to Germany all these
years, be expected now to assume
that the Germans of sudden have
sprouted wings and been blessed
with golden halos about their heads ?
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THEY ARE OFFICIAL.