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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
Jazz GOVERNMENT

Here Is one OF the secets Of
trations given are the symptoms
of world disease, constitutional
In its character and not amenable
to surface remedies. In return
for all our nard.won experience
in government, the fruit Of our
own achievements and mistakes,
We are offered a '.Jazz" govern
ment. where the countries of the
world are to BIO ruled by those
ignorant Of the very science of
ruling or of the fact that govern
ment, whether democratic or
not, is u science.
There are some words which
take no qualification, like Jus
tice," for instance. Verse Is,
either poetry or it is not. Sound
is either music or ii is not. There
is no such thing as bad art" or
..'decadent art" A picture Is
artistic or 1t Is not. Anything
else is Chaos. The same rule ap-
plies to government. That part
Of it which is bad is not govern
ment; 1t is merely mrs-govern-
ment; and the fact that the
sturdy democracy OF the Eng
disappearing races survives it's
infection is no vindication of the
anarchist faith.
Constitutions like those of the
United States or Great Britain
renew themselves in orderly
change. They are pruned, like a
healthy tyrant that they may
grow better. But amendment IS
what its name implies. These
constitutions are the very bases
of good government because, like
the well-pruned tree, they are
essentially creative. When social
ism, with its logical reduction to
absurdity, anarchy, is not sterile
it is destructive. 1t is the jazz"
government of those who do not
know what government means,
and who have neither the indus
try nor the ability to learn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
variety's the very spice of life, that gives
it all its flavor.-Prior.
OUR JACK RABBIT PROBLEM.

Mark Twain was a skilled chronlcler OF the
Jack rabbit; he had observed him in his living
habit and found much to amuse him and incl
dentally the public about the animal. For
these many years the farmers of the Dakotas
have spent time and energy in killing jack rab-
bits and have counted their kill as profitable
IL the crops saved from the depredations of this
creature which is as hungry as it is tricky. But
now the jack rabbit is being hunted not only for
It's skin which has risen greatly in value, but is
even made crop on some Dakota ranches. And
this is giving rise to something like the old
feuds Of the sheep and cattlemen; the jack rab-
bit is willing to he raised . but insists con-
tinuing his nomadic habits. He eats all the food
provided but is a boshevist; he wants more and
goes whittier fancy moves him in search of 1t.
The result is that according to the grain grow
ers Of the Dakotas, the jack rabbit industry has
got to stop where it is. The objection to the
suggestion that the rabbit ranches move TO the
deserts of Arizona is that the rabbits do not
take kindly to desert life; they migrate prompt
IL to regions nearer sources of supply. Mean
time the public must have gloves and it wants
costs reduced. The jack rabbit is said to be a
real means to cost reduction and there really
ought to be some place in our broad land where
he may conveniently and happily be propagat-
ed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

Wall Street Journal: There is
current substitute for the bevor-
age which made Milwaukee
famous, which is called fnear-
beer" 1t is like the star in the
song, 80 Near and Iet SO Far
There Is combination OF words
Incorporating as poetry which is
called "vers iibre." Analysed it
is the meretricious prose in the
untaught writer's copy, the
purple patches. which every
competent editor cuts out. Cut
into arbitrary strips, it is near
poetry" for which the German
word .ersatz" would be an unde-
served compliment.
There is something posing as
art which calls itself "iuturist,"
ignoring the fact that every great
artist the world has produced has
been q nrst-class craftsman at
his trade. 1t rejects the we'll
established laws OF drawing. color
and composition to obtain u start
ling result by q short cut. 1t is
'near-art." Throwing back to the
ILLS pSdhAulC ocA GdlCGS vi ulS
West African ancestors, our
negro has introduced Jazz" 1t
rejects the well-establlshed laws
of rhythm, melody ana harmony.
1t is "nearmusic."
All these are the detestable
products of decadence. They
represent the rebellion of the in
competent. of those VINO will not
undertake the discipline of learn
ing, who believe that results can
be obtained without effort; that
il they can only overturn enough
of the toil-worn institutions of
the world, the grudged guerdon
of the ages, they can by the en-
suing smash disprove the law of
the attraction of gravitation.
None of these imposrors is crea-
tive. Even the soviet govern
ment OF Russia Is casting back TO
feeble limitations OF the social
conditions it condemned to main
tain any semblance OF life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

This great merchant gives it as
his opinion that IL the public would
only shop in the press first and then
come to the stores provided with the
knowledge that they derive from a
perusal of the newspaper advertise.
,nents much good would be accom-
plisiled, and I think great many
buyers would be surprised at the
economies they might effect If they
used more discrimination in their
purchases"
This sensible course OF action is
especially recommended to the women
Of the country. They are the keep
ers of the exchequers. and If they will
become careful students Of prevail
ing prices as reflected in the pages
OF the daily press. they will become
increasing efficient In keeping down
the hight cost of living. AS the con-
dition now is they are filled with the
high price propaganda, go to the
markets OF all kinds prepared to
spend high price for the commodity
they seek, and ask for nothing cheap
err. They have little knowledge OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
WORK AS A CURE.

Minneapolis Journal: Other things
equal, the man in debt must WORK mt
tie harder than he who owes nothing,
for interest and sinking fund are an
added mouth to feed. The United
States is more deeply Ia debt than It
was four years ago. and for this rea-
son, If for no other. it must work
harder than 1t did four years ago. In
1915 the per capita debt was but S9SS
and the percnDita interest charge but
twenty-three cents. Today the per
capita debt is more than two hundred
dollars and the annual interest charge
ten dollars for every man, women and
child In 1870 the por capita interest
on the national debt was but one
cent.
It Is not safe to assume that we can
pay ten dollars per capita now as eas,tv
as we paid twentr-threo cents in 1916
or one cent in 1870 That is not true.
We have now national debt equal to
the sum total OF all the revenues re-.
ceived by the United States from the
founding OF the republic to 1916. Our
debt now amounts to one-tenth OF the
entire national wealth, and besides we
are facing a deficit for the fiscal wear
OF 1920.
Such condition cannot be cured by
criticism, nor by passing resolutions.
The only way by which the debt may
be paid is by producing more per capt
ia than we ever did before. and by
consuming considerably less than we
produce. Strikes, lockouts. too short
hours OF labor, tagging on the job
these cut down the output, and to
cut down the output at this 1uncture
is to make the debt burden heavier.
: The world is sorcly in need of food
and fabricated material; and, though
the world is poor. and Europe much
more deeply in debt than America,
yet all that america can produce. run.
ming at top speed, can be used and
paid for b. the world with which we
trade. More end better work every
Gay is the only means OF relief from
our burden Of debt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
WHERE'S DE LUcAa

Fort Wayne News. The congress.
sional investigating committee at
Ellis island has dug up letter writ
ten by President Wilson's friend and
protege. Fred Howe, to Commissioners
General of immigration Caminetti,
while Howe was in charge at Ellis
island. In this letter he makes a
vigorous plea for the release Of Johns
De Luca, a degenerate foreigner held
at the island for deportation, after
having been econvfctd of pernicious
activity in the white slave trade. In
cidentally, Howe makes mention OF
the fact that Henry Ford has Of
fered to hire such Aliens" Whether
Mr.. Ford really had agreed to make
berths for all vicious foreigners
whose activities in the white slave
trade had been interrupted by the
federal government is beside the
question. Possibly he did not, al
though Howe alleges that he did. The
big thing is that one OF President
Wilson's chosen ones thus sought to
block the federal law and make fair
weather not only for an avowed
enemy Of our government but vul-
ture who preyed on American woman
hood. He got away with It, too. for
De Luca actually was released and
has not since been heard from--at
least under the name Of De Luca.
Whether he is now an ornament In
Henry Ford's offices at Detroit, how
ever, remains an open question. Ger
tainIy he is engaged, however, in
opposing Americanism and forward
ing the cause of bolshevism, whose
practice came SO near resulting in
his deportation several years ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
"JAZz GOVERNMENT. !"

Readers whose time is not immensely valu-
able will find themselves well repaid in reading
tie article entitled Jazz Government" ap-
pearing on this page as u reprint from the Wall
Street Journal The writer groups in the same
category, near art near beer, near poetry, near
music and near government as delectable pro-
ducts of decadence ..Euturism is not art, =
saws the writer, .svers libre'' is not poetry, and
Jazz government or rule by soviet, socialists or
Others ignorant of the science Of ruling is not
government but mis- government, which is not
creative and can only smash and overturn' our
toil-worn institutions. It is refreshing to find
clear-sighted people who see that there is no
more art or science about bolshevism, cublsm,
ersatz poetry than there would be in a mathe-
NAUTICAL system based on a multiplication table
that was entirely wrong
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
The Mosque In the Agra Fort.

Asia: Among the most beautiful OF
Shah Jahan's sculptured monuments
is tho Pearl Mosque at Agra. The
entrance gateway of red sandstone
contrasts effectively with the in.
terror Of white and blue-yelncd mar
Bile. An Inscription in letters of black
marble states that this mosque may
be likened to a precious pearl. for no
other mosque is similarly lined with
marble. The Indian Influence upon
Mohamn architecture OF this
period is evidenced in the lotus petal
cap decorating the domes and in the
purely Hindu finials, legitimate Ma.
homedan mosques bearing Instead tho
simple spire with the star and cres-
cent. The foliated arches come from
a Buddhist source, symbolizing the
lotus-leaf shaped aura around tho
body of Gautama. The pointed upper
foliation is derived from the shape Of
the leaf Of the bodhi or pipul tree.
under which Gautama attained to en-.
and Buddahoud. and IS
commonly used In Buddhist idolatry
to indicate the nimbus around the
head. The master builders OF Mogul
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
FORCE OF PUBLIC OPINION.

Former President Taft says that labor has
been losing support OF public opinion and in the
loss is for the time deprived of its chief source
of power. Certainly public opinion has not
supported certain direct actions of labor but
the sympathy of public opinion with other de-
clared motives is as yet unknown to any certain
degree Public opinion or what passes under
this name is coming to assume practical i'm
portance in the foresight and calculation of all
wise leaders of all public movements. We have
theoretically paid tribute to public opinion, but
practically left it many times out of planning
for the future. This leaving out is convenient
since public opinion is hard to gauge because
it is public, scattered in interest, arrived at
from many viewpoints, in short consensus of
all sorts and conditions of men. But it has GER
tain characteristics that may be noted 1t is
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
MY FRIENDS.

MY FRIENDS.
They are my friends,
The very best of friends;
Each one to me,
Large leisure lends,
For never stint is there,
OF time among these loyal friends.
When comes the night,
Carefree, resful night,
My friends and |
Sit meath the light.
And sweet communion hold,
However dark may be the night
Such tried, true friends,
Well dressed or shabby friends,
What matter it?
Each one commends
Himself to me, and lends
His best, as well BETTING friends
They are my books
My well beloved books,
And most are old,
Their stories told
Full oft, yet from their hooks,
beckon then-beloved books.
Frank F;
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
There WHO constantly. samor They com

There are persons who constantly ciamor. ney corn
pa of oppression speculation and the pernicious nfo
ence of wealth They out loudly asains,
ali banks and corporations and all means by whien sna
CAPITALS become united order produce Important ana
beneficial results. They carry out mad hostiisy a9ainss
an established Institutions They would choke the foun-
tain Of industry dry all streams In country OF un
bounded liberty they ciamor against OPPRESSION, "a
country of perfect equality they would move heaven ana
rarlh against privilege and monopoly In country were
property evenly divided than anywhere ese tney
rent the shouting agrarian doctrines In country
where the wages labor high beyond parallel sney
would teach that he is but an oppressed slave
Daniel Webster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

what the proper price should be un-
der existing conditions.
The list given above will be a
little startling to some people who
have declared that clothing of no
kind can be purchased without max
ing dent in a 500 bill. But the
prices are authentic. furnished by a
New York merchant. and We doubt
not that similar list might be COM
piled in Des Moines.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
SHOP IN THE PRESS FIRST.

Des Moines Capital: A great mer.
chant in New York has sent to the
government officials list of what is
asked for shoes, clothing and hats as
established by current prices in the
stores Of New York. The list runs
os follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sac City Sun: The Sun still be-
lieves the treaty will be ratified with
all of the essential reservations, but
probably with the use of more polite
language than that of the present
draft in some instances.
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye: There can
be no profiteering if there are no
willing victims; neither will there be
the least abatement of profiteering so
long as there is the opportunity to put
high prices across.
Algona Upper Des Moines-R epubli-
can: While we are brooding over the
high cost of living now we should pre-
pare for the noise that will happen
when some Of our land spectators
pay their taxes.
Rolfe Arrow: 1t is no longer ques-
tionwhether or not we will interfere
ton wehther or ont we will interfere
will exert an influence on foreign af-
fairs before we have to butt in in a
military way. II we had right to go
Ito Europe to save the governments of
France. England and others, we have
"a duty to sit in the councils over
there and try to prevent the necessity
of our going there again.
Traer Star-Clipper: The operators
who are going to put up the price of
coal should not expect that their
townspeople are going to call around
with any framed testimonials express
ing admiration. And no delegations
Of citizens as yet have presented the
striking miners with any loving cups
or gold headed canes.
Cherokee Democrat: If the coal
barons and operators have failed to
get rid OF all the poor coal they had
on hand it isn't because they have
not had plenty Of opportunity in the
past two or three winters.
Waverly ndependent-Republi ::
We hear SO much about farm prod
ucts going through SO many hands be-
forethey reach the consumer, and
wonder why this Is So The answer is
plain enough: A lot of brainy people
have learned how to make living
without producing anything.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26
A PREACHER-HATTER.

In Poughkeepsie, n. Y, a Baptist minister
With family to bring up is experimenting
slender salary by working in hat factory and
Is able thus to double his annual earnings Ger
tain members of his flock who are also matters
but lost their jobs by going on strike denounce
the good man violently for working there and
characterize him impoitely and unkindly as an
escher, to employ the pathological term But
hatters are proberbially unbalanced mentally,
and the pastor goes his way serenely, refusing
either to resign his pulpit or relnquish his hat
torial job.
Endless precedents established it as perfectly
proper for preacher to exc out meager stip-
end by handicraftsmanship. In fact the first
and intellectually most eminent expounder OF
the christian mysteries supported himself by
the work of his hands and paid his way among
the humble people whom he taught by diligent
industry as maker and repairer Of tents. And
making hats is not so very different; for hat,
cognate with hut, is clearly head covering,
shelter or tent
Manual labor which comes to be of a mechan-
i cal sort does not preclude mental and spiritual,
activities of a high and profitable kind. While
the thoughts are wandering through etern-
.ity.'' the fingers automatically perform their
task A successful occupation not too absorb
ing in its demands upon the mind is conducive
to that reflection without which no man reaches
conclusions of his own Preaching was original
Nv an avocation, side issue, apart from the
regular calling; and the question has been often
raised if in making vocation of it and non
producing caste who must be carried all through
life and give only spiritual quid for material
quo, an Improbable departure from the ancient
practice has not been made In any event the
sturdy independence of this pastor commands
approval He does not propose to burden the
brethren but make wool and fur into felt and
does with his might whatsoever his hand fndeth
to do Hatters may be scatter-pated as a rule.
But there is nothing to indicate that the
is the least bit flighty; nor any
treason to doubt that while he is basoning, block
Iirg. punching and veluring headwear, his medi-
tations are of higher matters.
The man who stole eleven thousand dollars
and managed to save two dollars of it after
two weeks stay in New York City should, ex-
cent for ethical reasons, be called into counsel
on how to spend money economically
Fourteen per cent increase in the miners
wage. Fourteen points for world peacemaking.
Neither seems to work to the satisfaction of
their recipients.
The professional labor lobby urged congress
to continue government control of the railroads
for two years longer in the public interest, Oh
tcourse-not,
Now if someone will open the sugar mines
the clouds will roll away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

* -. p5Ssss Y. ASS-.s--r fev
little at any drug store; apply . N u
drops upon any corn or calius, ,,tl
stantly it stops hurting, then silo, ~
you lift that bothersome corn o. ~
Ius right off with your fingers. itu''
No humbug!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

Never dispute with man more
than seventy years of age, or with
woman Of any age.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

days we're CHIEFLY Indians from p and
gal, and since they were artists rical
artisans rather than meei asnn 81
workmen, much OF the inspifaa,', must
the architecture of this periou =
be accredited to them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

It's difficult to keep your ciio''
friends on the square.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

Now if someone will open the sugar mines
the clouds will roll away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

The man who stole eleven thousand dollars
and managed to save two dollars OF 1t after a
two weeks stay in New York City should, ex-
cent for ethical reasons, be called into counsel
on how to spend money economically.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

The professional labor lobby urged congress
to continue government control Of the railroads
for two years longer; in the public interest OF
Icourse-not.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-26

/ Fourteen per cent. increase in the miners
wage Fourteen points for world peacemaklng
Neither seems to work to the satisfaction OF
their recipients.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-07
Oh. the pure Joy Of living!
The flush Of hsalth's glow.
The huoyant air breathing,
To think! and to knowl
Society

a MOTHER charming society
~ maid is to celebrate her nup-
- tials in the early autumn,
which has been so favored this sea-
son by Omaha girls for weddings.
Miss Clara Hart. daughter Of Mrs.
Ernest Eldred Hart of Hillcrest,
Council Bluffs. who is betrothed to
Mr.. Walker w. Corbin, son of Mr..
". II. Corbin Of Hartford Conn,
has chosen, Monday. September p,
for the day of her marriage.
As yet, Miss Hart has made no
other plans for the wedding and has
not chosen her attendants.
4 She is one OF the lovelest girls IN
the younger set and completed her
education at Dana Hall Mr.. Corbin
is a graduate of Yale and was lieu
tenant in the artillery at Camp lay
lor.
The wedding will be very quiet
affair and will take place at the +.
E. Hart home.
Miss Eleanor Austin, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. T. w. Austin, who is
engaged to Mr. Thomas Burnet
Niles OF New York, has chosen the
evening of Wednesday, October 8.
for her nuptials. 1t will be one OF
the loveliest of the autumn we'd
tings as several OF Omaha's most
attractive maids will attend the
bride. 1t will take place at the First
Congregational church and will b..
one OF the first church weddings OF
tha fal1
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-07
Song of the Law.

Seek for beauty everywhere you go,
Give some service all along your way;
knowledge. too, you must pursue,
Be trustworthy every day.
II your health is not the very best
Work you simply can not glorify;
So let's be happy every day,
For we are Camp Fire Girls.
If you are lazy, don't, oh, don't read
this.
A sergeant, in addressing several
hundred army cooks, said: All you
men who are lazy, take one step
forward" Every man but one took
the step with very little hesitation
The sergeant went up to the man
who had kept his original position
why don't you own up to it.
you're as lazy as the rest of them,'
said the sergeant More" an
swered the fellow, II am too lazy
to take the step"
Do you send in a report each for
your group for the papers?
Why isn't this column success
this week? Because out of &C
groups, four sent in news, and the
office dog was too busy to call up
each group and dig up news.