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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

There still remain some who re-
gard the traffic ordinances as a
joke but the Police Judge is con-
Quoting a very successful school in
teaching them the correct meaning
of said ordinances. A number have
enrolled for this instruction during
the past week and paid the fee
for the first lesson, however, should
additional instruction be necessary
the fee is much higher and for
those who are extremely indifferent
to the Street Commissioner Six
have enrolled this week. The Police
have a number of names that will
be added to this list as soon as they
can be apprehended.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

long run.
A new and modern high schoo
building is our greatest need at thi'
time, while the crowded condition
of the grade schools is a problem
in itself.
This matter is not exactly new
to lot of people who have beer
familiar with existing conditions
There has already been some discus
sion along this line and the opin.
ion most generally expressed that
the present high school building
should be converted into a grade
building and a new and strictly
modern building be erected for the
use of the high school.
This would relieve the congestion
in the grade school for the present
and give the grade scholars good
building.
Another matter discussed is the
site for a new high school and
most people seem to favor the site
occupied by the old Lincoln school.
This building has already served its
purpose and is a mighty poor place
for a bunch of representative young
Americans to receive their education.
The grounds there are ample and
with little work could be made
very attractive.
While in Dodge City with the foot
ball team we accompanied them to
the high school building and heard
the comparisons made between the
building at Dodge City and that at
Liberal, and the comparison would
not look good in print.
Surely Liberal is able to give
her young folks as good as other
towns in the country with less re-
sources, and have school buildings
of which the students and the town
would have reason to be proud.
The only argument possible to be
made is that it will cost money and
while this is true, if we can, with
the additional facilities, send out
into the world better equipped men
and women it will be mighty good
on the investment.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

An exchange laments the fact
that the government may go into
the insurance business, and gives as
the big reason for its not doing so
that the country would lose the
"taxes" which the insurance COM
panies pay. What mountain may
grow from a mole hill. During the
war the government went into the
insurance business and made good
in a walk, making rates that made
regular insurance rates look like
robbery. If it is possible to do this
in time of war why is it not possible
to do so in time of peace? And
then talk about closing the taxes"
Doesn't everyone who pays insur-
ance premiums have to pay these
taxes? And if the insured saved
fifty per cent in premiums, could
he not afford to dispense with his
share of the tax money from the in
surance companies? This is the
same argument the brewers and dis
tillers used to defeat prohibition,
but it did not go far-neither will
it in this case. Every married man
should carry insurance and the gov
eminent is better able to handle it
than individual companies.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
FRANCE NOT AFRAID OF
SIX TO ONE VOTE IDEA

While personally interested politi-
clans of both parties in the United
States are stirring up adverse senti-
ment to the League of Nations
covenant, claiming that England
will have six votes to the one of
other nations, the men in charge
of the public affairs in France have
given their unanimous approval of
the treaty.
France is not afraid of England
or any other country controlling
the League. Evidently France is
more interested in the correct work
ing of the League than any other
nation. Her resources are practi-
cally exhausted, both as to men and
money so she must depend upon
craftsmanship to recover her stand
ing in the world. She is DESTROYS
of a condition whereby she may re-
build her industries rather than con-
struct war machine. Her states
men are not looking for political
preferment but to the future of the
country. Hence they have unani-
mously ratified the treaty.
America is in a different posi-
ton. While the war was a heavy
drain she was far from exhaustion.
Two great political parties are fight
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
TRY 1T ONCE

While a day is of considerable i'm.
portance to the average business
man we are of the opinion that he
can occasionally spend one away
from his business to good advantage
Last Friday morning the writer
accompanied bunch of red
blooded young Americans to Dodge
City where a foot ball game be-
tween Liberal and Dodge City high
schools was played. We had not
been with that bunch a great while
until we forgot that we had bust
ness, and by the time we reacsed the
scene of action we could not have
told by our feelings whether we
were eighteen or eighty.
We have always admired the game
of foot ball, not so much because
we know the fine points of the
game, but for the fact that it takes
men to play it. The fellow with a
little trace of yellow in his make
up has no place on foot ball field.
If it is there it will come to the
surface as sure as fate, and that
kind of fellows do not usually try
to start.
Therefore when you hook up with
a good foot ball team you are sure
to find the kind of fellows a man
appreciates and we found the Lib
eral team up to every standard. We
chummed around with them just like
we belonged to the bunch and when
the game started we absorbed
enough of their enthusiasm to enable
us to get out on the side lines and
yell like a Commanche Indian. We
got more exercise in the twelve
hours we were with that bunch than
in six months previously, and bet
ter still we got better acquainted
with as fine a bunch Of fellows as
ever got together.
We enjoyed every minute of the
time and feel that we lost nothing
by getting away from business.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
NO OPPOSING ARGUMENT

The people of Liberal and ad-
joining territory are facing a prob
lem in the matter of additional
school room.
There is nothing to be gained by
lodging the issue. 1t may cause
a pang in the region of the pocket
book, but the anaestehtic of duty
performed should assuage the hurt.
We can put it off a year or two
but we should not because the room
is needed right now, and the soon
err we look the situation squarely
in the face and begin to make
plans the better off we will be in the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

ing for supremacy and worse than
this there are two powerful factions
in each party. America has not
reached the place where it is neces-
sary to call halt financially, so
these parties and the factions with
in them are using the treaty as e
political football.
They are more interested in win
ming their political fights than in
establishing world peace or stabi-
lizing conditions. Were the people
of the United States in the posi-
ton of the people of France they
would soon cause halt in the pro-
ceilings at the national capital, but
they are not.
The ratification of the treaty by
France should be a satisfactory re-
futation of the charge that England
will have six votes to the one of
the other nations. If there is any
country which should be afraid
of British supremacy it is France,
and the fact that France has rati-
fed the treaty unanimously puts
the politicians of the United States
in a bad light.
The difference between the legis-
lative bodies of the two countries
lies in the fact that real states
manship actuates one while petty
politics guides the other and in
this the United States is at the dis
advantage.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

Since the pavement has been
completed and the poles moved
from the business streets Liberal
is a much better looking town than
before. The new business buildings
which have been erected the last
year or two show up nicely, which
makes some of the old landmarks
stand out to disadvantage, and be-
fore we can be completely up-to-
date some of our business men are
going to have to do some remodel
ing and in some instances rebuild
ing. We are in hopes the spirit
of town pride will come to the
surface strong enough that the next
year or two will see more of the
old unsightly buildings replaced with
modern structures,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

We are told by the press that
there is a "gentleman's agreement"
among manufacturers to maintain
war prices. Just like all such agree
ments, it appears that it has been
broken-but the blooming trouble
is that it was broken up instead
of broken down. Some small diff
ference.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

If the League of Nations treaty
is ratified and prices will settle
down to a reasonable place we shall
not worry a great lot about who
is president in 1920. What good will
it do to worry about the presi-
dental campaign almost two years
off if we cannot continue eating
in the meantime?
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
THIS is A FRUIT COUNTRY

C. W. Finley picked the peaches
off three small trees at the Arm
strong place on West Second street
Tuesday, and got 10 bushels of
large fine peaches.
These trees are yet young and
have not been biven any extra care
which is proof that this is a fruit
country. Some of the finest fruit
we have seen this year was raised
in Seward county.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
KENNEDY SAYS:

If the silk worms die, it makes
silk scarce, if the tape worms die
it makes tape scarce, something is
making houses scarce in Liberal, and
if you haven't got a home for the
winter, you'll be out Of luck in a
short time. Better make up your
mind to buy. Phone 121. GRIF-
FIFTH & BAUGHMAN.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

Why is it that every time some
little obscure Democratic senator
with a personal grievance against
the President has a fit about the
League of Nations the Associated
Press gives it so much space?
Looks like the A. P. was opposed
to the League.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

What has become of the tariff
argument we used to hear so
frequently? Possibly the fellows
who used to tell us that American
industry and American labor should
be protected" have come to the
conclusion that the time for such
protection has expired.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

Why should sugar be higher now
than during the war? We do not
hear so much from those writers
who insisted that all government
food control be Abandoned so
prices could come down.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

Those fellows who were worry
ing about Germany dumping a lot
of cheap goods on the American
market after the war" are evidently
now worrying because they do not.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
Mrs. w. B. Leonard of Beaver
was a Liberal shopper Tuesday.

Mrs. Emma Musgrove of Moscow
has moved to her new home in
Liberal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

o. M. Woods, former resident of
Liberal is residing in Chicago this
winter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
MIDDLE EUROPE TROUBLES

While Germany has sisued tho ar1niS-
that peace is at hand. the war in
Europe goes mcrrily on The Ukrainians
are beseisins LesnburE. The Poles arc
lighting tho Germans in wilma and the
Bolshcviki in Riga The Bolshevili
are advancing into the western pro-
vinces Of Russia. following the defeated
Germans and devastating and destroy
ing as they co. The JuEo-Slavs are
Threatening to fight the Italians These
are not to be compared with the mighty
struggle that has been going on in
France and Belgium. but they are big
enough to be respectable wars. meas
ured by standards before 1914.
The fact is that self-determination,
the rule Of tho majority. and political
liberty have come to the people Of Cen
trail Europe and have found them I'M
prepared. For centuries they have
been fighting each other, or else have
been kept peaceful only by the strong
arm Of military strength. The Car.
on one hand. and the Kaiser. on the
other. b ave suppressed them and main
tanned order. Now the powers OF the
Kaiser and the Car are broken and DO
power has yet risen to take their place
Finally. no doubt the Versailles con-
ference will work out some form Of q
peaceful settlement Of tho territorial
and racial ambitions Of the
various peoples along the former Rus
sian and German frontier. But even
when settlement has been made 1t Is
NOT assured that It will be observed and
,ha, peace will be maintained for any
definite period.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
RIPPING RHYMES
BRACED UP.
Ey WALT MASON.

BAACED uF.
Once more I've had my trousers
messed once more my shoes are
nolishcd bright: feel quite nifty
for I'm dressed us well as any gent
in sight. When war was on inc
reopin licked with scorn on tnosc
who wore good rags: they dcrneo.
dodrastcd and gadZonkcd. ana
talked Of treason 10 our flags. And
50 I wore Seedy coat and pants
that wrinklcd at the knees:
hoped 10 get tho Prussian goat py
wearing widowed dudS ike theSe'
bought cheap GinGham at the
s,orr. with other patriotic men; the
stoycptpc hat my father wore was
nut In service once again. And
when 1 sauintcd In the glass. was
n wondrnus sight 10 see: / often
wcpt and said. Alas. No wonder
hursrs shy ar me" Rut while
though, Id whip tho Tcuts by cut
ting down tho wardrobe n'lis'
gladly wore my cowhide boots my
riuchams. rorduroys and twllls' LUX
when the armistiCc was s'Ehcn' -
hustled to tho clothing store ana
said, The nation Will not NINA II
wear real clothes once more. Inc
shadows gone from stricken
France, once more the war worn
Belcinns grin: so I will buy some
decent pants. and wear a shirt mat
isn't tin" oh. James. II Us pleas
ant thing, Ia wear white man
clothes again. nor fear the bitter
taunt and fling Of ultra-patriotic
mon.
onyricht BY George Matthew Adam!
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
A SEVERE TEST

The Peace Congress is expected TO
convene next Monday. and in that short
interval Chancellor Ebert must fight for
his official life. It has been hoped
that no might hold out and gain in
strength. so that real German govern
rnent might b. in existence, with which
peace ENJOYS might deal.
. That the Berlin Reds are deter
mined not to permit this Is evidenced
by their continued effort 70 establish
anarchy. The riotins now in\proErcss
In the capital Of the former German
empire may develop into civil war that
will decide the issue.
A strong nan-in Eocrt's place would
have raadc short work Of the rebellion,
hitherto he has shown himself any
thing but strong He now faces a new
test, perhaps tho final one: and despite
the small respect he has won by his past
record the thinking people Of all ma
ticns must fervently hope that he will
Prevail. II Ebert fails and Liebknecht
assumes power At Berlin the Versailles
congress must wholly rccast its aims
ord methods Instead OF dealing with
rosrcnSihlc German government, II
mus, make ready 20 deaf with despotisn1
,,,t -co,.dja,es all government. convcn-
,,icn~. pac,s. honor. law and ethics.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
Our Daily Story
AND A MERRY ONE.

kellogg Flakes. Of naturai'E ''"r-
an, turn Of mind. always picked mp I"
rnsrazine while waiting his turn III IN"
dentists reception room. tie ala so
mi. particular Thursday. and r'A" WIN
90, interest, in IN" "!i"allh rr buSt
Son,hly" Sidrface Muscles artici" al
,itle5 "The value Of Fresh Air laN"h
Internally. -,,;,,"
~l,u try that tomorrow morning
E1akes made up his mind. MuS''" -
-,gb,--there's nothing 50 conductive l"
soupd body as good health. ami III
-, bis breathing exercises b"ior" get
dnw, 70 the daily grind l"m"ir"w.
And in tho morning. b"f"r" entering
mo Office, hr Sto,M on til" corner 81
"a and pcrrIns street ana. IN IN" mas,
y, four admirinS messenger boz anu
500 men nnt ur work. Nr"nlh''i d">p
~ times while RISING on his toes an"
,,,ndine his arms above his head.
Then. repairing /" has d"Sh ~
sr,nLrd in IN" C0urS" "' mo morning :
-.nrk four six.and a-halC ~ t'n"-":ld-;i 70
cunr,cr cigars. breathing .It'hiN"ich'
cnh;.. feet Of eu,Hk" iu''' his lungs ara
ecvcntys1X out again. ana ahS"r'''i
,;,o,vfnur kllnwalis - nIr",in". mean
,rhilc krcuiur all m" windows rl"s"d to
,-o,cn, his pap"rs from blow me ABOUT.
, And the naoral is: Us short iii".
so you might rs We'll NJ" E"'FS'''
along.
downright by: George Matthew Adams!
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13

several passages describing Mr.. VII,
sons speech III MANCHESTER WIN a
d!thyrambic ecstasy. The speech II
says OF unr ut Mr.. Wilson'S uttrrances'
sounded curnusly Synos"si% or, per
haps II is trucr to say. /; was not SO
much of the synagogue as u the mn
side or thu scu$hurc. VI ''nInc.
speech tho Guardian says: I'cllEcLsu
in response 70 tn" tumult and ShouHns
IN III" ynry meridian "f day Of Scorcn-
!np puhl!citY. il was I" the !-nEliSh ten
prramen, the withdrawal IF man 'ht n
himsclf--a touch Of the Far East DC
curing IN IL citizen of the Far NtSC.
I;uI strong and happy Is the man "n"
has thu key to both tnrsc quiet plaGeS.
Finally, d quotation in a orsno
voin from the Same journal VIII hSdp
YOU to realize how your pr"slunno
struck the people here y man WY
ran xiand between "A king and queen "
no rhntnEra ph"d with one trouSer Ics
q, full length while tho other is 'ulmru
m a couple Of inches IS above eVey
thing else human. .o-,-ido.
Thus, then. your president ncslrlueS
moi only In. distances md Kingdoms ul
h,urrnc, but also it's heart and spi[L.
How will he end in th!s great en- az
prise? As an apostle ~ Il new "na ~.
tcptcd cvanEcl ar ~ pioneer nelorH
his lime" As st. Fuul "r N'"ss'"
dra2 | don't know.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13

It is strange that trad" between ma
tinns should play :" larE" Tart ~
to,n"nt!uE war and Il warlik" spirit.
Trade. after all. IS III" peaceful cA-
change OF goods. The NOR" extended
and fur-ramifyins ii IS ia" NOR" We
should expect a trend toward peace
and decline OF war.
Yet rivalry IN foreign trade IS a
powerful. adjunct 10 the forces making
for war Increasingly II lends not only
To aggression and contest. but 10 suS-
pIclon. irritation. diplomatic ntri6urs
and international sQuabblcS.
doubtless there is cxaggcration in the
statement that the struggle for trade
is the main cauS" OF All modern ""l'.
other factors are equally potent, not
least among them the Unborn nGhiinG
Instinct
Each nation takes a pride IN h':ins
the nrst. the victor In cvcrylhins-!h
sport, IN art, IN letters. IN science, III
war. and IN trade also. We have 10
deal not with purely mrrcenAry VI
material state of mind. 1t IS one OF
pride and glory; not entirely rood uut
surely not entire bad. Whether deemed
base or noble, the commercial phase OF
international emulation has OF late con-
tributcd less 10 peace than 10 war.
Trade rivalry IS toInentcd ana cmoi'-
tered by common misconceptions aDout
tho relation between. foreign trade ana
general prosperity. Many persons, per
haps most persons. think Of foreign
trade, especially Of exports. as BENG
Of cardinal Importance TO il nation. Ihcy
think OF the export trade not perhaps
a, Fundamental source OF proPeSlly'
but certainly q ga peculiarly important
one. 1t is regarded as the test and
measure OF national gam or pEoitt' tAo
main thing TO be strlvcu for By COM
mercial policy.
Foreign trade. more particularly OK
ports TO foreign countries. does not en-
rich the country by the process Oh
bringing i'll money.
No educated man would Put forth IN
~ many words the view that II ~ the
balance Of trade or the difference Dc
tween exports and imports, that signl-
ties a country's prosperity. But many
educated mon fall into way OF taking
in which this view Is implied. 10 the
average man il often seems an Obvious
and uudcniable truth.
The one great fact in the normal
trade Of peaceful times is the extraordi-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13

and to his statement may be added this:
That until tho workers in continental
Europe reach tho American standards.
the American workIncn should be pro-
tected in their employment and wages
by a tariff which measures the differ
ence IN cost OF production here and
abroad. The fact that the European
waSe-earncr receives but onc-third. Or
less, tho wage paid to the American
cmployc is the best argument against
the removal OF all economic barriers
Some time ago Samuel Gompers dc
clared that labor in America. would per
American employers have no desire TO
lower tho.e wages, but II would be
mathematical impoSsroiity to keep
them At the present level If all Europe
and the Orient were permitted unoridled
IN the American market
fact Of which the American Federation
Of Labor was wholly cognizant when II
adopted the Buffalo resolution. little
over q year ago, favoriug the adoption
of measures which would prevent the
noodins Of our home market with for
eiEn made goods. The Democratic
party on this point is IN direct conflict
with the American labores, organized or
unorxanized. and in this particular Mr.
Gompers' support of free trade Presi-
dent is wholly Inconsistent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13

The Armenian horrors continue
Turkish soldiers. retreatins from Ar
mania continue to murder old men, vo-
n.n and children, as the spirit happens
70 move them. For six centuries The
Turk has lorded over the Christian ma
tons Of Syria. Armenia and Macedonia
The day OF, his departure Is at hand
It cannot come too soon. but justice
will not be done until the responsible
-,,,.rs Of Turkey who have permitted
and encouraged the wholesale massacre
Of Armenian and Syrian Christians dur
ior the past two years are brought be-
fore a firing squad
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
HOW OTHERS JARED

The fact may not DO generally known
hrt several states Of our Union have
found public ownership Of railways n
costly and altogether unsatisfactory OK
pertinent. Missouri sunk twenty-five
millions in such q project. Penns51-
yania lost twenty millions. and North
Carolina and Georgia still own rail lines
xhich they operated at loss, but which
Ile,s,es are able to operate with soue
success.
It ha. been the universal experience
., nations also that public ownership
and operations Of railroads is failure
Belgium began her experimentation In
mi. line in 1884. There arc state
owned roads in England. France and
Canada Public ownership has been
IN. nile Ia Germany. Austria and Rus
sta. but in sill OF them the service has
been notably unsatisfactory and the
.a,nayers have had to make good hugo
deficits
These facts, not surmises. arc inoon-
,.,table. The history Of our own oper-
alton. 40 far as 1t has gone, Is almost
identical. Wages have been doubled
Rates have been materially increased IN
both freight and passenger departments
vet notwithstanding. tho service has
hoo, unbelievably bad. Who. with the
nossiblc exception Of the railroad en-
p,oyes wants government ownership IN
this country in the face OF inc expert
ences of the past. both at home and
abroad?