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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15
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JUST ALL WOMAN.

It was April-of the following year,
a mildly fearful night except wien
stirred by gusts Of heavy weeping,
sweet with the scent Of fresh earth
and young grass and swelling buds,
The prairie state was again shyly don.
ming its underslip Of pale green. nov
smiling at thought Of fruitful SUM
faer, now weeping Yer the frozen
winter. now warm, now chill, like q
youthful woman who is laying aside
her widows weeds.
chill to sit beside his library fire. ne
was listening now to the patter of the
rain on the thing Of the porch-as on
the night, a year ago. when tho door
OF his house and the door Of MI, heart
had opened to Marie. Only 1t was an
added year OF experience that sat with
him now and not Frederick BAxsby,
And it was the chinaman ana not
ToWnley who came and went softly,
who drew the shades and lowered the
lights preparatory to the night, who
shufled about lightly with 4 slantine
glance always for the gloomy man
beside the fire.
MacA1listAr neither heard MOI saw
him. HIS pipe had lost Ill but the
warmth the hollow Of his hand gave
1t, for\he had forgotten It also. He
was thinking Of tho past nine months,
the unsatisfactory background to the
helpless, desperate resolve he had
brought ia With him out Of the wet
They had brought the fulneas Of life
to all who were nearest. I'd him in IN.
ferest: to Margaret Mendall a SON who
clung to her breast with warrn lips,
an eager, healthy, demanding morsSl,
with G1na1l 6hfa irSAA~ noSSan~ 49,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15

Aceordtns TO the psesrana Formerly announced BY ssna-
Tor Httchcock>the Democrats win vote against this fraA-
~fication. and It seems probable that they can defeat 1t.
Then would come tho effort Of the administration leaders
TO secure the adoption Of reservations Of . milder nature
than those proposed. with the final struggle, should they
succeed in this. ron . ratification resolution containing
those reservations. All OF this viii take time. and unless
cloture ~ adopted, OF which there IL NO immediate pros
poet, a decision may not be reached for weeks 1850
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15
EVENTS OF WEEK

Following the decision Of the indianapolis court il
the coei strike case, and within the time prescribed
the oAicialS of the United Mine Workers on Tuesday sub
mitted to Judge Anderson their announcement CANCEL,
Ing the strtkc orders which they had already issued, and
received HIS approval of ii. The cancellation order wa
Immediately wired to the various mining centers, and
90 far as the officials were concerned. the strike wa,
%.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15
WAGE SCALE NEGOTIATIONS
Dispatches from WASHINGTON saw that n

DSpaLcheS from washington say that many of the
striking coal miners are postponins their return to
work in order to see what will be the result of the
negotiations now in progress for a new wage scale. TO
many people the utility: Of a new scale, or any scale,
will be doubtful IN view of what has happened to the
old one. Unless the president Of the United States. the
attorney general and some other persons have misit.
formed the public. there is now in existence an agree.
ment covering wages, and hours of labor. in the coal
mines which was accepted in due form by operators and
miners alike under which the activities of the past sea-
son have been conducted, and which does not expire un-
til the first of next April. AS if to remove any doubt
which might exist as to whether the agreement was ac-
tually intended to last until next spring the Spokesman
of the strikers In filing their demands insisted on wage
agreements terminating November first instead of
April first The present wage scale, according to what
ton Of the war, providing that period did not extend be-
ycnd April first, 1920. AS has frequently been pointed
out. the war Is not ended. No treaty Of peace has been
concluded, and it is . matter Of common knowledge as
well as of court decision that all legislation, enacted to
operate during the war ii. still in full force.
Under these circumstances with the fragments Of
a broken contract trampled contepnptuousy under their
feet, in what way can a new contract be expected to be
observed by the miners any longer than they chose to
observe it It may be that in the temporary settlement
Of such disputes, logic and reason, and ~trif1ine items of
that nature, must be thrown to the winds. But reason
and logic would certainly have dictated that no new
negotiations Of any kind should be undertaken with
men who were in open violation Of agreements already
made. The logical arrangement would have been to re-
auire the striking miners who were violating their con-
tracts to return to work to resume the fulfillnhent of
those contracts before there could be any discussion
whatever. The old contract seems to have been waste
paper. and there 10 no assurance that a new one will
receive any different treatment.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15

Pussyfoot Johnson got some rough handling oytr
in London the other day, but he took 1t phiiosophicaIIy.
Wei no might. for when he was 1T his DuAiast On this
dds no man ever had > great contempt for the statutes
in such eases made and provided. 81
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15

The Prince Of waiss had N Afternoon to h,.tself
the other aAs, = do WIN 49, = h pleased. wAat ! =.
that must have bs4n.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15

Wen. thls country is not knee deep in mud, anyway;
districts &
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-15

Judge Lands says that he knows that it IL not tha
business Of an advertising man to represent things Il
they really are. Judge lands has evidently met the
wrong sort of advertising men. There are those Of the
sort he has in mind. But the advertising man who mts-
represents things in thsss days does not set very far
or last very long.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
RoDMAN s SHALLOW REASONING.

1t is not easy TO understand the twist In a
mentality ike that which moves Rear Admiral
Rodman 10 advocate the destruction OF half a
billion dollars worth of German ships at a time
when the American people are asked to tax
themselves two billions in order to build the
greatest navy In the world This singular Off
eial does not even suggest dismantllng the yes
isels and using for other purposes the vast
amount OF costly material they contain their
engines, dvnamos, etc, of undoubted excellence.
or rolling their armor plating into tanks or
structural steel or other things the nation needs
today as never before. Nothing satisfies this
extraordinary theorist but the proposition to
sink the vessels In twelve hundred feet &c
water: and the reason he advances is that the
allies have no need for them that would wa
rant the expense Of their maintenance. But
viii not the new ships II is proposed to build
have TO be kept up:
Suppose the ships were locomotives, mot r
trucks, stationary engnes or anything else the
civilized world has need for, would the ridicu-
ious suggestion be made TO sink them all in the
fathomless sea because their operation would
entail expenses The fact appears to be that
certain OF our navy chiefs want TO institute a
and perpetual program of naval con-
.struction. The more it costs the more their i'm
.portance as governmental functionaries will be
And perhaps We shall not err if we
conceive OF Rear Admiral Rodman as a man to
whom spectacular and sensational propositions
appeal. Within the narrow round of his pro-
fessional duties his judgment probably is ex-
.eeIlent and dependable. But when he ventures
outside the routine IN which he was trained he
gets into water as deep az that In which he
would sink the German ships.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
OUR COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.

II the Iowa state farmer boy does not secure
an education which viii prepare him for get
ting the best cut OF his chosen occupation as
Z farmer, fruit grower or dairyman. it Will not
be through any lack OF facilities for obtaining
instruction IN agriculture. The Iowa State
College OF Agriculture and Mechanical Arts at
Ames Is well equipped and Is under the manage
msnt Of men who stand high IN ability and
scientific training and are familiar with the
practical WORKING Of the farm, being able to
SEE things agricultural from the farmers view
point. They ara IN sympathy with the farm
folks and fully eonyersaut with their needs and
aspirations.
The evolution Of the agricultural professor
OF The past from the Dookworm laboratory TO
tie present day field denonstrator Of scientific
iacts and practices i somewhat remarkable,
and lad It's road Of progress' marked out when
the general assembly Of Iowa, In 1858, passed
an act providing for the establishment OF a state
college Of agriculture, The reputation of the
institution Al Ames Il worldwide and It's grad
yates are found In al parts Of the earth. No
ether college 81 agriculture approaches 1T in
t~horoughness Of teaching and example and il
i, one Of the things 81 which this state is Justly
proud.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
a PRAYER IN TINE OF PEACE.

Remembering how or tortured hearts
Turned unto Thee In time Of var,
For help 10 bear its blistsring smarTs.
Its fears, its tears, It's shifting score.
Dear Lord our God, let Us nor cease
To pray TO Thee in tine OF peace.
Give 10 the eyes that wept and ve2t
A clearer vision for their tears
Grant 10 the hearts all pzssiorsgep
A manlier courage for their fears.
Let feet that through the depths hare Ercd
Learn TO walk hunbly with Thee, God
Out OF the fouiness let Us bring
Clean hands that hold ifs's standard aiga,
Souls that will brock 10 bargaining
With greed or lust, deceit OF lie
Ears deafened 5y vars mErds-o1s din
Make Thou 10 hear me sc-cz Ti-Ai1-
Let Us forbear 10 strut and 1oass
Because OF tuumphs we hare ECa-
Remembering the valiant nost
That died or ever we'd oeg-1
o Lord, protect Us from -s sasle
OF thinking ve are free frol cla-ZG
Let the great hoIr that 1ox has strzEk
Wake a great echo Il CIR bresSs
Let Us. each one. with ioyf1l pI7cK
Turn 10 the task thar With him rests
Lord, may IL not hare dzElsd n FsEz-
This day OF peace Thoa diast o-azf--
Julie ". Lippnann, IN Goa H0zsezesrfz'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
Measures, not men, have Away been NY
mark-Goldsmith.
TIME WE WERE UNDERSTOOD.

What has become of the old European notion
of us-cowboys shooting up peaceful pe6eS
trians on the public streets and buffalo roaming
on the plains of Iowa and Illinois. asks q cor-
respondent of this newspaper. The Old notion
has been obsolete these many years, but a new
notion, more plausible hut equally In error.
took its place; a notion that because We center
ed attention in producing wealth we cared only
for wealth. Now this notion Of Us has been dis
placed.
In a way we might profit by paying attention
to the notions that have existed about Us. aD-
surd as they may have been. For these notions
must have come from some cause, else they
would not have existed. The easy thing 10 say
is that they cane from ignorance Of Us. But
ii this were so, how came it to be sol We have
become the greatest producer Of wealth among
the nations; we have amalgamated a citizen
ship from many races into a body that has dis
played intense national loyalty and ability b..
yond that which we even credited TO ourselves.
Failure to understand what we were accom-
plishing has not been 50 prevalent as misunder-
standing Of the sort Of people the occompIish-
ments were begettlng. Germany has for wears
devoted skill and money and time to learning
OF other nations; yet she did not learn the trDth
about this nation.
Inc lie OF a people IS after allknown largely
from what comes from that people in print
This may be the product of native writer's or il
may be the product of writers who visit and
estimate the characer of a nation. 1t seems
reasonable to believe that what our native
writer's and what our visiting writer's have Sc
down has been written from surface observa
hon. Politically we have had able interpreter
but our own current history in our publ,
prints has belied the depth of purpose whicl
some notable foreign writer-visitors found
fernaps 1t Is an extravaganza to credit our owl
somewhat skeptlcal humorous view of our
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11

selves as the causeo of foreign misunderstanding
yet it seems the most evident cause
And now it becomes of vital interest to Us
and to the world that this nation be understood;
that it be known for the purpose and motive
that underiie its busy surface aspect. We are
Sufficiently heralded as the land OF the Tree, tus
not of the bolshevik sort of freedom; this nad
best be plainly understood. We are exploited
as the land OF unlimited opportunity. There
Is great opportunity here for ability and labor
but they must be governed by honest purpose
We are a republic, and this means that a ma
jority of our people determine the mode OF HE
for all of our people; that the minority IS free to
become a majority always, but not to controVert
the viii Of the majority. This, too, had best be
understood. We are a nation believing In the
dignity OF business. of production. OF wealth,
OF the enjoyment of wealth, but a nation that
counts wealth simply as a means To stability
and certainty of progress. This also had best
be understood, If it is not already.
Our publicists and our people might profit
much by noting the absurdities that have been
believed OF rs and securing for the future an
honest publicity for this nation I'm its habit
as it is
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
On the Return Of : BOOK.

Life: | give humble and hearty
thanks for the safe return of this
book. which, having endured the
perils OF my friends bookcase Z and
the bookcases of my friends friends.
now returns TO me in reasonably good
condition
/ give humble and hearty thanks
that my friend did not e 1T 10
give this book 10 his infant as q
plaything. nor use 1t as an ashtray
for his burning cigar. nor as a teeth
ring for his mastif.
When / lent this book | doomed it
as lost; ] was resigned 10 the bitter
OF the long parting: never
thought t o look upon its pages again.
But. now that my book is coming
back TO me. / rejoice and am exceed
ingIy glad, Bring hither the fatted
morocco and let US rebind the volume
and set 1t on the shelf OF honor; for
this my book was lent. and is return
ed again.
Presently, therefore. l may return
of the books that I myself have
borrowed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
sURLEson AND soLsHEvIsM-

Macon. Ga, Daily Telegraph
tDem-l: The democratic party has
had the handling OF momentous prob
lens beyond compare during its four
years of administration Now that
the wal is over, 80 far as actual
fghting is concerned, the democratic
party sees its control slip from it in
the congress and senate Of the
United States The republican party
is to settle the mighty problems OF
finance and peace and restoration of
commercial and industrial enterprise
The democrats are endeayoring
to put the finishing touches on the
war tax bill. The republicans
will be in the advantageous position
OF seeing how it works as a measure
Of democratic parentage, and they
viii be able to amend it and perfect
it and claim all the credit to which
IL may be entitled
We wish them well. AS rock-ribbed
or perhaps Observation-Disclosures,
we would o hamper the welfare OF
the people here or elsewhere by roll
ing logs into the path of the repub-
ilican auto. The democrats have had
their day-an toe short. but a day,
nevertheless There has been no ma
tional complaint OF democratic admin
.istration, due probably TO the zeal of
the people in war matters, and the
necessity for unity OF the nation
during the serious times that con-
fronted the world during the strenu-
GUS four years of q
The principal aus for discomfort
has been as largely IN the democratic
ranks as in the republican. and is
confined largely to what may be de-
scribed as Burlesonism- In butt
Medicines and impracticality that
ism is as much 10 be avoided and
dreaded as is bolsherism- The post
master general of President Wilson's
selection has done more than any in
dividual to discredit the democrats
and bring down upon them defeat
came 10 his position with the de
termination I revolutionize the
theory and practice of the postofice
department. and declared hat IL must
be put upon a self-sustaining basis
must be commercialized above ery
Ice.
1t was most important. during the
war. especially, that the people OF the
United States should be kept in the
closest and most intimate relation
ship through communication The
periodicals and journals admitted to
the mails at second-ciass rates were
the ones looked TO and used. BY every
department of the government to per-
form this service. And yet MI. Bur
Lesson and Mr.. Hardwick chose that
time as the particular moment at
which to strike and disrupt he en-
tire organization of publications and
subscribers by making necessary the
Increase IN subscription rates
F~ifty-seven congressman who voted
for the Burieson-Hardwick measure
have passed to the discard This re-
pudiation by the voters may not have
been due directly to their assininity
this question. but it was probably
used as a fair index of their capa-
as statesmen on general maj
tiers. Mr.. Burleson is destined to go
into history unsung and unmourned-
May we not e his like again
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
THE suPERFLuous WOMAN.

Good Housekeeping: With Great
Britain's dead numbering 1000. 900,
Frances $4,000, Germany's 1.5so.O0O
our own nearly 10000. and those OF
other ~belligerents, including Russia,
two OF three millions more, the prob
lem of marriage and a home and chill
dren becomes a serious one for
women everywhere In the current
Good Housekeeping W L. George
gives a Straightforward statement OF
the best and worst possibilities OF
the disproportioned population result.
ing from the war.
Many women. before the war. knew
that their chances of marriage were
not great; o they viii know il
much better, and indeed they will
e~xaggerate- Many must rush TO an
extreme and conclude that their
chances : nil. What result will
this have2 1 do not suppose thai
many women of s~tereotyped morality
will be affected. but there always
were women who restrained their i'm
pulses because they expected To
marry 1t is likely that under pres
ent conditions. under the artificial
stimulus OF male shortage. a rather
enhanced number viii defy conven-
ton.
This is important. because morals
are a matter for custom rather than
for Law. and increasing examples of
free action are likely TO. speed up the
world movement. Until the begin
ming of the century. women showed
little sign of supporting one another
those two points: they were en-
thrailed by rather mechanical moral
laws; they tended 10 take of moral
lapses rs harsh views as did men
and sometimes they were harsher
still; al obscure sex envy seemed to
drive them. to cast the first. stone
when men hesitated-
II is also likely that women viii M
submit to modern marriage as
expressed by q divorce laws. There
is no reason to think that n wide.
spread objection to marriage viii
arise, even though In certain adj
vanced circles free alliances NAV be
by pTopsgaada and the short.
age Of men; today as yesterday the
immense majority of women realize
that with all its faults, with all the !
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11

1t has been asked what IS al the present day the
Duty Of which we have spoken so nnch7 n eaTiplese re-
ply would require a volume, but may sussess u IN a rev
words. DUTY consists of that love Of God and man which
renders the life OF the i75ivicusi the representation snc
expression Of ali that he Believes 70 be the tvfhf ansosufe
pr relative Duty IS progressive, as the evolution OF srath;
manifestations according to the requirement OF times ana
circumstances. : One period claims the pen OF the
saqe. another requires she sword of the hero. But here,
ard everywhere, the source Of this Is God and His I~-fts
object, Hunanfty-its guarantee. tire mutual responsioil-
5ty Of men-Fss measure, the intellect Of the INDIVIDUAL
md the demands Of the period-its limits, ner-Ms1ini
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11

A colony OF wealthy cottagers Hesf
Oyster Bay. L. L.. propose TO secede
from the town and flock by themselves
municipality. The burg mapped BIZ ths
colonel Is all right as towns go. out
the Oyster Bay tax gatherers exercise
p reach and a touch that is painful III
regularity. As a consequence the plutes
VIII try out the Wilsonian policy q
Iseifdetermination-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11

duilness it entails. marriage is the
best and most normal condition. But
this does not mean that lifelong mar
riage should be looked upon as an in
tangible institution. We have already
slackened the tie by divorce, but the
institution is not yet slack enough to
fit modern needs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11

The FraIAfurDer Zeitung Is not friendly to
American occupation u Gernan territory: IL
declares America entered the Ear to deprive
Germany OF victory" What II the world does
TINS naive editoralist suppose any nation en-
ters a war torF On this baxig of particular hos
unity TO the allies, which one would the lei
Jung select as not having entered the war for
this purposei
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11

rAN2 AASs aha
lyze some of our war tme reports.
ought to allow a little margin TO the
game OF 5iuffing the Germans.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: What will
che Iowa editor DO when he can't
take up the good roads campaign
every Christmas and keep i, up until
snow flies again and ne knows he
has faiIed7 II he is fortunate enough
10 have saved an automobile out of
the high price Of paper he can rest
his tired nerves by ~gasosiuing I the
country and getting stuck in the
mud.
Waterloo Ttmes-Tribune: One thing
they're not going 10 propose in the
legislature, and that is a junketing
trip. over our roads.
Des Moines Register Remarkable
how few Americans viii admit that
they learned that Germany is IN III
dangEr Of starving.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: II wheat
prices for 1919 are guaranteed it VIII
A-E0 Prizes I4I HOUR UAElAS
this period But the farmers OF the
country have been encouraged [ o
make extra effort and shoulder add
tional expense TO plant a monster
crop for this year. and they should
have protection
Waterloo Courier: President VIII
son ppears Il have been accepted as
a regular fellow in the society in
vhicn he is nov circulating.
Carroll Herald: The Des Moines
Capital counseis harmony in the COM
ing session Of the legislature. 1t is
o Justified IN the assumption that
j II. Pierce or his friends will "Iay
down for the sake OF harmony
among their enemies The next ses-
sion viii be as harmonious as the
zsst one
Cedar Rapids Republican, In spite
Of all the money We have put into
Liberty bonds and what we hare
given 70 the charities. there seems
20 be plenty Of moley left In the
banks The deposits have not been