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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

As a result of a strike of printers
an eastern magazine has appeared
printed without type or the aid of
printers. This fact merely proves that
there is limit beyond which the traf-
fic will bear no more. When that
point has been reached man finds
some other way When printers work
ing on magazines in New York City
threatened to go on strike. their en-
ployers told them their demands could
not be met. Shorter hours and in
creased wages meant ruin for them
selves. the magazine owners protested.
And when the printers insisted that
the proposed increased cost of produce
ton should be passed along to adver-
tfsers and subscribers, they were in
formed that this plan. too. would bring
heavy losses for the business. Adver-
Users cannot afford to pay any price
asked; subscribers can live without
magazines. Previous concessions TO
the printers had brough the maya
Zines up to the limit for which the
publications could be sold The own
ers knew that by the way sales fell off
So the publishers found way to get
along without the printers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21
rHE sTRIKE AF,rERMATH.

The Los Angeles Times long has
been known as the most powerful and
inveterate enemy of labor unions in
the newspaper world, SO that what 1t
says regarding organized labor and its
methods should be read. IL at all. with
that fact in mind. But who can say
that the Times has not been fair and
truthful in its summary of the alleged
facts regarding the recent railway
strike in southern California?
Under the caption. Playing With
Fire" the Times says:
Now that the local railway strike Is
over some Of the men ere finding out
what the union has done to them. All
those in authority are getting under
cover. They declare that the strike
was unauthorized and therefore Illegal
so far as the unions were concerned.
Yet men of four railway brotherhoods
broke their own agreements with their
employers and struck out OF SYM
pathy" Members of other unions
having no connection with transporta-
ton also expressed their sympathy"
by aiding in the occasional destruc-
ton of company property or Gripping
the public service. The men who went
on strike deprived themselves and
their families \ of several months
WAKES. 1UCy EGCCANSO QAaGlACcAAAg hO
strike benefits. Now that they have
lost their jobs the unicna cannot help
them a single particle.
Il There is no sympathy now unless
1t is shown by the company whose in
tereEts they sought to destroy. Many
of the strikers are beyond the age at
which the corporation is permitted to
hire new men. yet 1t is as new men
that they now appear. They have lost
their seniority, their pensions. their
service stripes. their priyilege-and
their Jobs. And for what? Because
| some outsiders wanted a reputation
for unionizing a Los Angeles industry.
The company is treating the men
| with kindness and consideration-but
! naturally must first stand by those
who remained faithful to their duties
The others will be treated on their
| rnerits-but with far more sympathy
/ than they will ever get from their
union. A sympathy that can only
| manifest itself in violence is not worthy
Of the name. When will children cease
| playing with fire? The Turbulent
spirits who started this thing are now
mostly far away. But they didn't suf-
fer any. Their fat salaries are still 60
| ing on. And the suckers are paying
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21


Binding in the third quarter of this
year broke all records. the total value
s429.5S9, ass, showing a gain of 246
per cent over the like perioi of 1918
and Slightly exceeding the total value
OF building in the entire twelve months
Of last year. according to Bradstreets.
The nine months total of building,
sS72,221.103. was 1877 per cent in ex-
cess of that for the nine months of
last year. and 100000. 900 in excess
of the nine months of the record year
1916, practically insuring that building
in ten months of this year will equal
the entire years output in 1916. Trade
and industrial reports. continues the
review. are rather more favorable.
Cooler weather, the advance of the
season. insistent calls for merchandise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

to fill previous orders. freer buying by
jobbers for next year, the gradual dis
appearance of the steel strike as re-
tarding element, the calling off of the
longshoremen's strike. and the re-
sumption of export operations are
among the elements favoring wider
trade distribution. Less is heard of
price reductions and indeed some pri-
mary lines. such as iron and steel, cot
ton and silks. note demand improved
with prices strong or higher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21
DINNER STORIES

A stranger dining at foreign hotel
was accosted by detective, who said
to him:
beg your pardon, we are In search
of an e:eaped convict, and as a mat
ter of form, you will .oblige us by
showing your passport"
do I look like convict ?'
Possibly not. In any case. shall
require to see your passport"
The stranger. feeling annoyed. pre-
scented the officer with the bill of fare
and the latter commenced to read:
Sleeps head; leg of mutton. pigs
feet Very good" he observed. the
description taliies. You will please
come along with u.s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21
WHERE NATURALIZATION FAILS.

Lord Robert Cecil finds that the re-
cent railroad strike on the govern
ment controlled lines of Great Britain
casts a significant light on schemes
! for Matchmaking great Industries ut
was at once evident" he says. that
Fin a dispute of this kind there was no
one to look after the interests of the
community. as the government was no
longer impartial"
The point is important, says the Chi
cago News. To secure exact justice
for all there must be some authority
i in a nation above the disputants ca
pable of imposing or influencing
equitable decisions. When the govern
ment becomes a direct party to an in
! dustrial dispute it's decision may be
influenced by consideration of politi-
cal expcdiency. theoretically it may
still represent the community but in
practice it will find itself saddled with
some of the disabilities that affect a
party to contract.
The railroad strike shows also that
naturalization of an industry does not
necessarily secure peace in that indus
ments In favor of naturalization. The
British railroads were as effectively
under government control as tho they
had been nationalized, yet the strike
came. It came suddenly under cir
cumstances that aroused the outspoken
indignation of the British prime min
lister and the British public. The fact
that the strikers contest was, in es-
, sence. with the government does not
appear~to' have caused them to hesi-
tate to- employ their most destructive
weapon short of actual violence.
Certainly if naturalization of great
industries-railroads, mines and the
llilxe-promote industrial peace, con-
tinues the News, there should have
!.been some evidence of it in the case of
the -governmcnt controlled railroads.
doubt on that point in this country.
Mr. Gompers assures us that labor will
not give up the right to strike under
any circumstances.
Since naturalization does not guar
antee peace any more than does the
present system of ownership and oper-
alton of industries and since, as our
own experience indicates. greater eff
cheney in management and production
is not to be expected to follow nation
alization, this alleged remedy for in
dustrisIs ills does not reach the core
OF any Of our present day problems.
1t is a proposal to change the form
of things, leaving the fundamental
facts untouched. Nothing but a spirit
of good will, better common under
standing by capital and laboS and
readiness to furnish an honest days
work for an honest days pay cen re-
lieve the existing situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21
PLUCK

PLUCK
When you begin where the othe-
fellow left off and didn't have the
courage to go on--that's Pluck!
And real Pluck is always OF the
unvarnished type-it's native stuff
There is nothing to deceive about it.
If you haven't Pluck, you haven't
the great fundamental of character
material. For Pluck is vital, neces-
asarss essential to the-makeup and sue
cess of every. really great man or
woman
Ny friend-you know what Pluck
$50 If you haven't great supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

All over the country. in groups, So
cieties, churches and conventions, the
people are passing resolutions and
sending petitions to congress begging
the, senate to ratify the peace covenant
without amendment and without de-
lay The disputed points have been
explained; they understand that fur
ther senate debate will be neither IL
Illuminating nor effective, and they
want action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Shorter weeks and shorter days in
the labor world now seem about to-be
followed by shorterhours. Among the
many resolutions before a labor con-
vention at Bakersfield, Calf. recently
was one demanding that forty-five
minutes constitute an hour for night
work A demand for increased wages
in any other form probably would
have been fully as acceptable to those
who pay the bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON
The CONVERSATIONAL Paclfis!

The Congressional Pacifist.
I'd like to fight the Mexican
With Wild and fiendish grin,
II / could wear some armor plate,
And uniform of tin.
I'd like 20 hear the rifles crack,
The lannon's thund-rous tone,
If could do the hearing by
Long distance telephone.
I'd like to camp out in the fields
With all our men Of might,
If L could eat at hotel
And sleep at home at night.
I'D like to bomb" those Mexicans
At morning. night and noon,
If they would let me lead the fight
Afioat in balloon!
Waiter Pulitzer.
Charles Has Been Shcared.
Charley Thompson received $172
for his wool.-Mercyviile Oowa) Ban
ner.
Love is like eating mushrooms. You
don't know whether it is thesrear thing
until too late.
An expert says prohibition won't
much affect Brazil. Brazil, it will be
remembered, is the place where the
One thing we would like to know
is where Georges Clemenceau buys
those funny looking hats.
Uncle Terwilliger says: TT is easy
to accumulate money in this country,
After you get your first million.
there's nothing to it."
Fall Suits, s11o tAdvertisemenf3. :,
"Baa. baa, black sheep, have you any
wool?"
Yes. kind master; three bags full. E5G
NONE for the doughboys, and two 4oF
over there
And one for any boy who proves that HE'S
millionaire"
Norman Stuckey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

DON'T forget to set your clock back
one hour at o'clock Sunday morning.
The daylight saving plan goes out of
existence then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

II reckon I'd better speak to your
paw tonight. Zaline." said the young
swain who had won the heart ana
hand of the eldest daughter of Gap"
Johnson. CT Rumpus Ridge Ark.
and was desirous of obtaining her
fathers consent
law, Sankey, dearest" returned the
maiden. Paw had three of his best
dogs pizened night before last and I'm
afraid that the idy of losing three
dogs end winning one son fn-Iaw
mightn't strike him favorably. Leg
wait till be has time to get the two
transa ctions sorter separated in his
mind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

The column is one of the most
steadfast proponents of the theory
that anything can happen once The
football coach at Rutgers saws he II
satisfied with his team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

A man would be a fool. we quot.
Arthur Brisbane. ''if he said to a hen
Lay me five eggs Gay or 1 will cut
your head off,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Wen say he would; wen say n,
would.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

In fact. since Hon. Dempsey canno
sing and does not drink. he may nov
be described as fighter with bu
one vulnerable point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Oregon is to vote on a law making
the possession of a cigaret a misde-
meanor. punishable by fine, imprison-
ment. or both. But the people have
reached the point at which they are
impatient of half-hearted measures
We don't believe much headwav will
be made against the cigaret until the
offense i3 deemed felony and made
punishable by imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Which reminds us. You remember
the fellow who could take it or let II
aione?" Well, he always took it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

The identity of another set NJ
martyrs to the cause of science has
been disclosed. We refer. of course.
TO the students of Columbia IJniver-
slty who did their utmost to discover
whether 2.75 beer is intoxicating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Col Henry Watterson is another of
those who, while deploring the sunp-
tuary tendencies of the day, admits
liquor is nothing to him. Who, we
de5ire to ask. who will be the first
gent to stand up and deplore prohibi-
tion on the ground that 1t deprives
him of his "hooch"?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

You don't get the connection? Then
you haven't read any OF the l. w. w.
literature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

We don't remember the exact date
but Mrs. Wilson can have one of the
menials look it up. No protracted
search will be required All that is
necessary is to run thru the files of
the paper for July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

The Hon. Dempsey, we gather from
the puoilc prints. has finally taken the
precnution to have his nasal organs
repaired. Hon. Dempsey no longer
VIII be under the handicap carried
when he met Jess Willard, and NAV
be depended upon to give his next OPP
ponent battle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Being of the reticent. modest violet
type. We hesitate to offer a suggestion.
but ii Mrs. Wilson is hard-put for
reading matter with which to regale
in the column along the fore part Of
July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

All of which reminds us that guests
at recent dinner in PhiladelDhia-
Whicn was attended by many distin-
suisheo persons. speak very highly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

In our casual perusal of the litera :
ture of the revolution we have run
across a clue to the present where
aoouts of the "fathead" who formerly
furnished sustenance to the conf
dence operators. He is writing proua :
ganda for the I. w. W.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Since experiments along that line
nave been numerous. it probably is
unnecessary to record the fact that
the sufferings of the students were in
vain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

Personally. we are willing to do our
utmost to meet the suggestion of Mr..
w. H. Sill. of Rhinelander. Wis. Mr..
Sill thinks the American people should
keep their shoulders to the wheel and
their ears to the ground. But we are
frank to say it is going to he some
what difficult feat for one of our years
ana physical displacement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

The suggestion does. however, open
a new field of endeavor~ for the
human frog. most recently of the
small-time vaudeville circuits. 1t Of
fers him opportunity to perform a
real public service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21


If Japan desires to hold Shantung
permanently. which is the contingency
against which it is desired to guard,
then putting her out would be a mat
ter to which we would have to attend
later, in any case. The last few years
have clearly shown that even to the
most reputable powers. treaties are not
always binding. The important thing
therefore. is to state our view with re-
gard to Shantung clearly. to the whole
world. SO that If it becomes necessary
to enforce this view, we can do it with
out violating our part in the treaty.
The adequacy of the reservation
| method is indicated by the fact that
Thomas F. Willard, we'll known ex-
| port on far eastern affairs. who is here
as a representative OF American in
terests in China says that he would be
satisfied with the Shantung reserya-
| ton, provided 1t is supported by GER
| tain other changes in the treaty and in
| the tripartite pact. Mr.. Willard rep
| resents the extreme pro-Chinese and
anti-Japanese view of far eastern az
| fairs.
I The tri-partite arrangement is that
| by which we agree with England and
| France that we will come to the aid
of France il she is attacked. By this
| instrument We practically underwrite
a certain balance of power in Europe.
to use Mr.. Millard's words. We guar
antee with our armies the stability of
| a certain arrangement And what do
we get in return? Nothing. as the
/ treaty now stands. Mr.. Willard be-
lieves that a clause should be added to
, the tri-partite agreement, whereby
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

It is not until it sits in voluntary
Judgment upon a baseball game that
an American audience dfscloses the
banality. of its mental processes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

In disclosing the bon mots pulled"
during the worlds series, Ring Lard
ner, probably thru inadvertence.
omitted two of the most striking. We
did not attend the series, but we know
what they were. One of them was
Robber!" and the other was what
are they payin' y'?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-21

The feminine viewpoint always in
trigues u.s. We submit that of Mar
garet Seithamil, shortly to be placed
on trial in Chicago for the murder OF
her gentleman friend" as being both
piquant and revealing.
Jackson County journal., 1919-02-28
BITTER TASTE
SOUR STOMACH
Pills and Strong Medicines Made
This Lady's Troubles Worse,
But Thedford's Black-Draught
Improved Her Appetite and
Took Away Her Bile.

Nancy, Ky.--Mrs. Cora, Waddle, a
resident of this place, gives out this
statement: II have taken Black
Draught and found it to be the best
liver medicine l ever used. 1t has
lust been fine for indigestion, sour
stomach and a bitter taste in the
mouth.
used to get bilious and constipated
and had to take something. Pills and
other strong medicines would only tear
my stomach up and leave me In a
worse fix than before taking. began
to have sick headache.
After learning of Black-Draught
took it and was cured of sick head
aches. One or two doses week, or a
pinch after meals, kept the bowels
open and took away all bile. / have a
good appetite, due to my use Of Black
Draught."
If your liver is not acting properly
You may suffer from such symptoms
as headache, biliousness, constipation,
indigestion, etc, and unless relief is
obtained serious trouble may result.
In its 20 years of successful use,
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found to relieve these ailments and
stimulate the liver to do its work.
At all druggists.-Adv.
Jackson County journal., 1919-02-28
Weekly Health Talks
GOING BACK TO NATURE
BY DIR. w. LUCAS.

People get sick because they 20
away from Nature, and the only way
TO get well is to go back. Something
grows out of the ground in the form
or vegetation to cure almost every III.
some OF these vegetable growths are
understood by man, and some are not.
Animals, 1t would seem, know what to
do when they are sick better than
men and women. Observers have
noted that sick horse, dog or cat
Will stop eating food and seek out
some vegetable growth in the field or
yard, which, when found and eaten,
otten restores appetite and health.
Haven't you seen these animals do
this very thing yourself?
DIR. Pierce, of Buffalo, n Y, long since
found the herbs and roots provided by
Nature to overcome constipation. and he
had these vegetables collected and made
up OF Mayapple, leaves of Aloe, root of
Jalap, into little white sugar-coated pills.
that he called DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets
You must understand that when your in
testines are stopped up, poisons and de-
eayed matter are imprisoned in your sys-
tenn, and these are carried by the blood
throughout your body. Thus does your
head ache. you get dizzy, you can't sleep,
your skin may break out, your appetite de-
ciines, you get tired and respondent. AS
matter of fact, you may get sick all
over Don't you see how useless all this
suffering is? All that is often needed is
few of DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets
which he has placed in all drug stores for
your convenience and health Try them
by all means. They are probably the very
thing you need right now.
Jackson County journal., 1919-02-28
Three
Judgments
By REV. L. w. GOSNELL
Assistant Dean. Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago

TEXT-But with me it Is a very small
thing that should be judged of you, or
Of mans judgment: yea, judge not mine
own self, for I know nothing by (R. ".
againsD myself: yet am not hereby JUS
titled: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Therefore Judge nothing before the time.
until the Lord come, who both Will bring
to light the hidden things of darkness,
and will make manifest the hidden coun-
sells of the hearts: and then shall every
man have praise Of God.-I Corinthians 4:
3.5.
The text speaks first of mans judg-
ment. Paul had a proper regard for
Jackson County journal., 1919-02-28
Article XIV.

If there should arise between states
members of the league any dispute
likely to lead to rupture, which is not
submitted to arbitration as above, the
high contracting parties agree that
they will refer the matter to the execu-
tive council; either party to the dis
pute may give notice of the existence
Of the dispute to tie secretary general,
who will make all necessary arrange
mentS for a full investigation and con-
sideration thereof For this purpose
the parties agree to communicate to
the secretary general, as promptly as
possible, statements of their case with
all the relevant facts and papers, and
the executive council may forthwith
direct the publication thereof.
Where the efforts of the council lead
to the settlement OF the dispute, state
ment shall be published indicating the
nature of the dispute and the terms of
settlement, together with such explana-
tions as may be appropriate. If the dis
pute has not been settled report by the
council shall be published, setting forth
| with all necessary facts and explanations
| the recommendations which the council
thinks just and proper for the settlement
! Of the dispute. If the report is unani-
| mously agreed to by the members of the
| council other than the parties to the dis
| pute. the high contracting parties agree
| that they will not go to war with any
| party which complies with the recon-
mendations, and that, if any party shall
| refuse SO to comply. the council shall pro-
| pose measures necessary to give effect to
the reason. If no such unanimous report
can be made, it shall be the duty of the
majority and the privilege of the minority
| to issue statements indicating what they
| believe to be the facts and containing the
reasons which they consider to be lust
| and proper
| The executive council may in any case
under this article refer the dispute to the