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ties watch the increases In wages ana
push up their prices accordingly.
Rely on Americanism.

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SITUATION I'm the country. II * not too
much 70 say that men have been frar-
full. and yet the always abiding belief
I'm that stable AmeriCaniSm. ~ the
word applies Itself 10 all things good
in this country. will continue To keep
the people acting stnbly and thinking
stably unit. the righteous end of adj
justment IS reached. There are vary
Ing views as TO whether or not what
may be chilled the "hOlShevik unrest
in PARTS Of Europe Is really having
any real effect In the United STATES.
Some congressman s1y that everything
that happens In this country that Il IN
the least bit unusual. instantly Ia at
tributrd 10 bOlShevik tendencies. In
France, where for some months | was
a soldier. the French people met every
happening with the prnverbial Gallo
shrug Of the shoulders and the STATE
mert "C'Pst la guerre.
So. according 70 the viewpoint OF
some OF the officials In Washington.
the "Cest Ia guerre" OF France can he
transplanted to the United States and
translated into 1T is bolShevism. IL
must be remembered that II French
man stubbed his toe on a loose brick
/ In the sidewalk he muttered "Cest la
guerre" So today. while It may be
| there Is peril. the American who stubs
/ his toe says III IN hOlshpvism.
Wilson's Coast to Coast Trip.
! President Wilson's Swing round the
! circle" which has just started will
take the better part of month
/ for its completion. Counting the
Potomac river as part OF the At
lantc coast. the speaking tour can be
called coast to coast mission.
While II is generally understood that
the president means TO speak primarily
in behalf Of the covenant Of the
League Of Nations and the peace pact.
II Is pretty generally believed that he
will take the opportunity to discuss
other subjects, particularly the high
cost of living and the general economic
unrest. Time and again presidents
have started out TO speak on one sub
i tect and have ended by speaking on q
dozen.
johnson First To Swing"
There have been some notable presi'
Dental tours Of the country. Swing
ing round the circle" was an express
sion first used by President Andrew
Johnson, who undertook tour through
the country 10 champion before the
people his reconstruction policies
: which were widely at variance witt
: the reconstruction idea Of the congress
then In power. With him on that tour
among others, were Gen. Ulysses 5
, Grant. who succeeded Johnson q
= president, and Gideon Welles. score
Z tary Of the navy. II was not alto
: gether a pleasant Journey, for Gran
, and Welles hardly were on speaking
= terms. and 1t was said that Grant fel
= he was being taken along to help Dol
: ster up the presidents cause with tn
| people. Since that day "swingin
: round the circle" has been used i
q connection with presidential trips.
/. When Grant was president he mad
q several comparatively short trips 10
Y what may be called public purposes
He was not Il speaker. or at any rat
9 he thought he was not. and he wa
q timid about attempting a public az
= dress OF any great length. 1t wa
: Grants habit to travel when reunion
) of various federal armies Of the Civ
O war were TO be held at this place
. that place At these gatherings b
= would get q chance TO see many
+ his old comrades in arms.
a. Arthur First To Be Guarded.
II was not until Arthur's day tn;
/, II was thought necessary closely
i, guard a president while he was
% his Journey. Arthur's first trip OF an
great length after he had succeeded
- the office OF president upon Garfield
+. death. was journey along the
lantic coast on either u revenue CUTE
!, or small navy vessel with landings
3 many places. With Gartlelds recel
a assassination so wildly in mind, A
- thur was guarded on this trip mo
~ closely than any president was guar
:. ed before or has been since.
Grover Cleveland was something
a traveller, however. whenever he fe
the public duty demanded.
BENJAMIN Harrison was a good de
of a traveller. One thing Is to
noted In connection with his preside
- tial trips, and it is a curious thing
" that. He made many little rear-plf
&C form addresses to the people asset
- bled at the railroad stations along +
NC route II IS said today that these lit
~ speeches are the best ones In point
III force and good English, taking the
altogether, Of any presidential liter
:, ture."
81 In recent years the habit of tra'
has grown on presidents OF the Unit
vi States. Roosevelt was something or
Oh itinerart. He wanted TO take his
ne cations In the West. and on two
'e- three occasions he made his vacat
Oh trims fit in with the demands OF I
"a peopIe In certain localities that
De sneak TO them. Two Of Roosevelt
lie trips were cut short: one OF th'
Us whom in Massa chusetts when troll
an car ran into his carriage. killing o
Is Of his travelling companions and thro
on inc the president out. badly injuri
ICE his knee. The second interruption W