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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
SALARIES OF PRESIDENTS.

A despatch from Washington indicates that
the experience of President Wilson with the
workings of the income tax law of 1913 which
has subtracted from his salary of seventy-five
thousand dollars the not inconsderable sum of
twenty-one thousand four hundred and thirty
dollars, is likely to direct the presidential at
tention to the high cost of living.
The cost of living has increased at the white
house as well as everywhere else, and, with the
prospect of having to entertain official visitors
from England, France, Belgium, and possibly
Italy, President Wilson will find his second
encounter with the income tax particularly in
convenient.
The presidential salary was raised from
twenty thousand dollars to fifty thousand
dollars during General Grants last term and to
seventy-fve thousand dollars when President
Taft's term began The white house is main
tanned and its permanent employees paid out of
the public funds; but the president pays his
personal servants and his household expenses.
Subtracting from his salary of seventy-fve
thousand dollars, the exemption of two thou
sand dollars allowed him as a married man,
President Wilson now pays at the rate of six
per cent. on the first four thousand dollars of
his income subject to the normal tax amounting
to two hundred and forty dollars and twelve
per cent. on the remaining sixty nine thousand
dollars, bringing his normal tax up to eight
thousand, two hundred and eighty dollars His
graduated surtax, rising from one to thirty six
per cent. amounts to twelve thousand, nine hun
dred and ten dollars and makes grand total of
twenty -one thousand four hundred an thirty
dollars, leaving him but fifty three thousand
five hundred and seventy dollars of his original
salary. And if his salary is increased bv pri
waite additions to his income the surtax will be
heavier in proportion
For the calendar year 1919 and subsequent
years he will be taxed at the rate of four per
cent. on the first four thousand dollars taxable
under the law, and eight per cent. on the excess
over that amount
Probably the nation will see in time the JUS
tice and expediency of pensioning its chief ex-
ecutives after the expiration of their terms
They are usually at that time along in years.
and where they have not means enough to live
on there are not many gainful occupations in
which they can properly engage. When fnan-
cial reverses overlook General Grant, he wrote
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
THE AMERICAN POLICY.

The genius of our institutions, the
needs Of our people in their home
life, and the attention which is de-
manded for the settlement and de.
velopment Of the resources Of our
vast territory. dictate the scrupulous
avoidance of any departure from that
foreign policy commended by the
history, the traditions, and the pros
perity of our republic. It is the
policy Of independence favored by
our position and defended by our
known love of justice and by our own
power. 1t is the policy of peace suit
able to our interests. 1t is the policy
of Monroe, and of Washington and
Jefferson-Peace, commerce, and
honest friendship with all nations;
entangling alliance with none.-
Grover Cleveland.
There are actually men in America
who are preaching the duty Of
the United States to do what It
never would before, seek entangIe-
ment in the controversies which
have arisen on the other side If the
it's habitual and ira
ditional policy. . do not know
what the standard of citizenship OF
these gentlemen may be. only know
that l for one can not subscribe to
those sentiments.---Wood Wilson
February 1, 1916.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Genesis Of War slana.

Columbus Dispatch: Despite h|
reputation of the American for coi1
ing slang, he does not figure to an
conspicuous degree in the slang of wal
He didn't get into the thing until IN
Britisher and Frenchman had coversI
the ground pretty well, and he foull
1t easier to adopt the slang OF N
other fellow, perhaps, than to invell
terms of his own. At any rate
student who has been devoting goo
deal Of time to the slang Of war a
sures us that the American soldle|
Invented but little Of that now ps1
vailins.
But he managed to give the enem1
new name. Hun" and iBoolsI
were in use when the American SOY
der got across and "Heinie' any
"Fritzie" were not unknown as term
applied to the enemy. But li1
Am erican soldier soon began using
the term Jerry and the tern
Stuck" When the armistice wa
signed the American soldier referee
to the fellows in the trenches Y
front of him always as jerry
And it was Jerry" whether thsl'
was single German or thor
sand When we went over the 10y
we found Jerry waiting for us, !,
a common enough expression, anu
Jerry" in this instance may mean
whole division.
The term frog which many Amer
lean, soldiers used In designaLias
French soldiers, was not new il'
have been called frog. cav
ers" for years because of their iona
ness for frogs legs. So 1t was " y
easy matter for the term frogs VI
be used toward the French solaiei.
The American soldier brought pacA !.
good deal Of slang with him. but mos
Of it is borrowed from other soioiels,
little of it Is of pure American orisA
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has been with the company for more
than five years and $3.50 eacn to
employees of over two years. And the
thoughtfulness for the future shown
by the creation of IL trust fund .,r
which the income shall pay for hos
pital care for persons designated by
the trustees, and especially for tie
benefciaries of the wit! Then there
are generous gifts to the Lenda.
Hand club and ST. Vincent's ilCme,
and ample provision for the widcw
and other relatives.
Many of us might well rewrite our
wills after the ideal that MIR Proest.
Ter has set for us. There is nc
reason why a testament should read
like table of statisti IS when the
field is SO wide for men ana worne n
of heart to make life easier and hap.
pier for those who surround them
while living and whose memory Of
them will be benediction after ,ney
are gone.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
THE DICTIONARY

Des Moines Capital: A plea In sup.
port Of the teaching OF Greek and
Latin in the high schools is made by
Frederic Irland. official reporter of de-
bates in the house of representatives,
in the current issue Of The Atlanrlc.
He argues that children who have
studied the classics have q clearer
knowledge Of the meaning of English
words. and in support of his conten-
ton presents shocking proof Twelfth
year pupils were provided with lists
OF thirty-four words each and asked to
define them. Those who had studied
the classics defined the words very
well, according to Mr.. Irland. The
definitions given by those pupils who
had not studied the classics were
amazing to say the least. The first
one presented, written by an Ameri-
can boy who had studied English
eleven years in school, contained the
following definitions:
"Pomp-a dancing slipper
"Genealogical-gentle, kind.
"Chrcnic-a record
"Phosphorescent gaseous, bub-
bling.
Stamina--an excuse.
"Cynical-circular
"Hypocrite-one who talks religion
continually.
Diaphanous-strong-
"Hieroglyphic-a hereditary gift.
"Eugenics-a study of etiquette.
"Sycophant-sympathy in verse.
Observation-Disclosures for not doing
what should have been done.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT rule.
"Parable-capable OF being peeled
Polynesia-an island in the Indian
ocean, near Java"
All the words are non-technical.
They are of Latin or Green derivation.
and the definitions given could not
have shown evidence of more colossal
ignorance. If Greek and Latin will
overcome such gross ignorance, let
us retain them In our high school by
all means. But whether they are re-
tanned orano, let us urge upon the pre- |
paratory school youth OF our land at
least nodding acquaintance with the
!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19

, ed. long credits extended, labor must
not be impatient or dictatorial, and
capital must not make greed it's
first principle. Europe Is econom-
ically diseased and must be treated
with tenderness and care" We have
our industrial organizations but
slightly impaired; our machinery is
in good working condition, being
neither junk nor obsolete; we have
raw materials; we have the money
30 operate and produce, and we have
millions of skilled and unskilled lab
orers. WHAT we most need at this
moment is spirit Of reasonableness
and cooperation on the part Of both
employer and employee in order to
stabilize producing and working con-
ditions. This alone can secure the
largest permanent returns to both.
The occasional employer who refuses
to get down to earth and sit in with
his men to discuss matters fully, in
an honest heart-to-heart effort to get
matters right, is just as unreason-
able and illogical as the sympathet
strike which takes thousands of men
from jobs that are satisfactory, in
order to force the observance of
some technical point between one
employer and few score or a few
hundred of his men. Not all en-
ployers in these days are intolerant
cars and tyrants. Those who are
will. by their own subbornness,
count themselves out before long,
and will have to make way for men
who believe in and practice a spirit
of fair-mindedness. But the many
who are human surely deserve the
consideration and cooperation Of
their men. One thing is absolutely
certain: The advocates of bolshe-
vistic and l. w. w. principles only
throw monkey wrenches in the gears.
and can never get their followers
anywhere but into trouble. Even
though they sincerely believe in
what they advocate, they are like
q clearinghouse butcher trying to
perform delicate operation on a
mans eye; he means well enough,
but the patient is pretty certain to
lose his sight
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
MEDICINE KEEPS MOVING.

Hartford Courant: The Phiiadel
'phia Ledger told recently of the
herbal remedies current century
ago, mentioning such things as null
letn, burdock, bayberry, and .l,e
like, and, at the close, indicated its
'thankfulness that these things have
been displaced by tablets generally
made from some formula first written
in Germany.
Doubtless the world has made pro.
gress, but in rejecting apon the
natter one must remember that he
colonial families are still well rcnre.
sentad. which would Indicate that
not all of the children born IN tha
eighteenth century filled early graves
because OF the medicine Of tntse
lays. Boneset and mullen, comtrey
and caiamus. sage and smar.s weed
were not deadly at any rate. and II
they were administered and swal.
lowed with faith in their curative
properties they may have been az
effective as the most recent coal.tar
derivatives.
These herbs, roots and berries
were leagues in advance Of the
medicines they Displaced b,
Benjamin Rush was one of The ,ights
or his day and generation. but few
men now would survive the doses of
1alap and opium that he prescribed
for yellow fever, yet botn of these
drugs are clearly compared win,
those administered by his predenes.
sors. Powdered mummy, powdered
bones OF humans, distilled anra. mn..
OF the minerals, and the yiscera RI
animals and reptiles were ad:u1nIs-
tered to mankind in the sixteen,h
and seventeenth centuries ami nan
kind survived these also.
The herbs marked a distinct a.
vance over those remedies and thew
even holding their own
through the era of proprietary medi-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
PUT THIS THROUGH.

The most comprehensive, practical and sem
sble plan for memorial to be erected by a
municipality for it's soldiers in the world war
is that for community house as proposed to
the citizens of Keokuk and considered by a
representative gathering at the superior court
room on Thursday afternoon.
1t looks like the project is going one; the
consensus is that it will be carried through to
completion. The Iowa general assembly in it's
foresighted wisdom pointed the way to accomp-
lishment, but left the means to the voice and
determination Of voters of the city. Under the
Keokuk plan, individuals and corporations will
be so lightly taxed and the payments spread
over such long period of time that the cost Of
the memorial viii scarcely be felt in the matter
of dollars and cents.
The project will be submitted to vote of the
people here. And when the votes are counted it
will be to the everlasting credit of Keokuk if
the result is announced
For-All.
Against-None
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
A WILL WITH HEART IN IT..

Davenport Democrat: Will, and tes-
taments, unfortunately, are usually
as prosy and business-like Gocu:n. nts
as any legal papers that are filed at
the court house. 1t Is refreshing,
therefore, to come across II will with
heart in it like that left BIZ the late
Henry T. Proestler.
Mr.. Proestler not only distributes
a considerable fortune with gener.
GUS hand, but his will shows a
thoughtfulness and consideration for
old friends and for his employees
which reveals unusual qualities Of
mind and heart: The bequest OF $500
to a friend with the suggestion that
she use at least part of it to take
"a good, restful vacation" is suf1i-
cient illustration to impress this
point. Then there are the requests
of $500 each to each employs who
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
OVER THERE AND HERE.

l.. H. Windsor, Popular Mechanics:
While our crops in the north can
almost be seen to grow, and the
golden grain fields of the south are
already being gathered; while indus
try Is putting on more men and
adding to its facilities; while indi.
cations promise a perod Of greater
prosperity than any nation has ever
known. we should not, in our .ex-
pected success, forget the conditions
which exist across the Atlantic. We
have no occasion to be pessimstic---
far from it--but we do need to under
stand conditions there, even though
the picture is a painful one.
Frank Vanderlip, a banker Of in.
ternational experience. and close
observer, on his recent return from
a study OF affairs abroad desig-
mates conditions there as "paralyzed
industry" and paralyzed to an extent
little dreamed of by most of us here
Europe lacks capital, raw mater
ials, and to large extent Industrial
organization, all of which have been
used up, or scattered during the war.
Resumption of industries is also
AAiAAuSA C0 tAi OuSA lnS lOSS NY uedtLl
of millions of skilled and experienced
men, whose abilities required years
to grow and which only time can re-
store. Only partial crops will be
raised there this year, and live stock
of all kinds has been greatly de-
pleted; fortunately our own and Can.
ada's grain crops promise a huge
yield, and with restored ocean traf-
fic starvation conditions are improb-
able, but the full dinner pail is un.
likely there for another year. It is
to America that Europe must look
Tor relief, and 1t is for us to keep
a level head, both for Europe's sake
and our own. This country has the
opportunity of centuries to be of
worldwide assistance in stabilizing
and restoring normal conditions. and
we must not fail in our duty, nor
must we think only of ourselves.
The Financial World reduces the
whole proposition to these few
words: Capital must be husband.
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his memoirs, from which, aided by Mark
Twain's business acumen, he realized sub
stantial sum. President Cleveland was a law.
yer by profession and earned steady income
by serving as a referee. Colonel Roosevelt
added to his income by his writings and news
paper work; ex-President Taft is lecturer at
Yale; and it is intimated that President Wilson
has in mind to write history of tho peace ne
gotiations after his public services are at an
end. Inasmuch as the nation does not always
have a living ex-president and very rarely has
two, it could well afford to provide pension
for them during their declining years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
SPECIAL ORDINANCE No q.

An ordinance vacating that \,
OF L street in Ford's additi w IN X \
City OF Keokuk, lying betwean v
southerly line OF Railroad stras, Y
the Mississippi river, and authors, \
a conveyance of the same 10y
Be 1t ordained by the CITY ~.
Gil of the City Of Keokuk. Inv, III
Section l. That the CITY ~ =.
kuk hereby vacates that part "
portion of l. street in Fords addh,]
to the City of Keokuk, Iowa vhi1
lies between the southerly linz
Railroad street and the Mississ,,]
river in said Ford's addition II n
City Of Keokuk. !
Section 2. That the CITY ~ ri
kuk hereby grants and CONVEYS ,nl
the Fluid Compressed Steel Comn,n|
corporation, its grantees sucrsl
sors and assigns thas mar, !,
street in Ford's addition to the r,l
Vi iAeCA.dh, IOWA, mn.c,. HIS ne.
the southerly line Of Railroad strs1
and the Mississippi river in III
Ford's addition to the City Of XII
kuk.
Section 8. That the Mayor Of N
City of Keolruk, Ed. S. Lotion.
and he is hereby authorized on n
half Of said City of Keokuk to ID
cute a conveyance to the Fluid Co1
pressed Steel Company for M
part of l. street so vacated and 4
scribed in Section 2 hereof.
Section 4. That this ordinapd
shall be published in The Daily Cad
City. newpepsr of general clrcuI
ton in the City Of Keokuk, and n
same shall take effect from a|
after its publication and ten I'D
days after its final passage.
Section 5. All ordinances An
parts Of ordinances in conflict wild
the provisions hereof are hereby Il
pealed.
Passed this 9th day of July, A. d
1919.
Roll call:
Aye: Lotion, Hickey, Hemmy.
Nay: None.
Total voting aye: Three. Tot
voting nay, O.
ED. S. LOTION, |
Attest: Mayor
G. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Hepburn Favored Prohibition.

According to information found in
a biography Of William p Hepburn in
the course of publication by the State
Historical Society Of Iowa, Congress-
man Hepburn was one Of the leaders
in organizing the movement for CON
stitutional prohibition in Iowa in 1881.
He also served upon the alcoholic
liquor traffic committee in congress.
The stoppage Of every one OF the
S44 distilleries would have no more
effect upon the price Of corn than the
passing summer shower would have
on the back Of duck. ne declared
in one speech; while In answer to the
claim that the revenue from the liquor
traffic built the nations public i'm
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
cARPE DIEM,

cARPE DIEM.
Youth, that pursuest with such eager pace
Thy way,
Thou pantest On to win mournful race;
Then stay! Oh stay
Pause and luxurate in they sunny plain;
Loiter-enjoy-
Once past, thou wilt back again,
second Boy.
The hills of Manhood noble face,
When from afar;
The mist light from which they take their grace
Hides what they
The dark and weary path those cliffs between
Thou canst not know,
And how it leads to regions green,
Dead fields of
Pause while thou mayst, that fate thy gain,
Which, all too fast,
Will drive thee forth from this delicious plain.
A Man at last
Lord Houghton
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'cines. now declining to some extent.
A neighboring town ships sculletaria
by the bale to New York and we
assume there is still demand for
dandelion root, both facts indicating
that the older types Of medicines are
not forgotten. Considering the fact
that no drug, so far as we know,
boasts the antiquity of aloes. we
fancy that the herbs will be in de-
mand for a long time and will thus
demonstrate that the people of the
eighteenth century were not wholly
ignorant.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

MarShalltown Times Republican
We used to speak of the Oppressive
railroad regime under private man
agement. who charged ''all the traffic
would bear" Huh! We didn't know
| the first syllable of oppression, ant
those magnates never had any ides
OF what the traffic could be made tt
bear.
| Dubuque Telegraph AS foI
! that French treaty, it seems to boi
down to the question whether wei
merely give France gentleman
word to fight for her again if she
needs it, or write it down in black
and white.
Des Moines Register: While i,
may be true that the Germans have
started on forty years march
through a desert, as Foreign Minister
Mueller says. they will find brew
cry here and there to break the
monotony
Fort Dodge Messenger: Mr.. Baker
who happens to be secretary OF
war; admits that there were some
mistakes in the conduct of war office
affairs. Perhaps if the good work OF
confessing goes on uninterrupted the
secretary may become conscience
stricken and tell what excellent
qualities he saw in the conscientious
DIRECTORS as to make them worthy
of release upon full pay.
Cherokee Times: With Townley
and Gilbert both convicted Of disloy-
atty In time Of grave national danger,
there should no longer be any ques-
ton as to the position of Iowa far
fers on the Nonpartisan League.
Iowa farmers are thoroughly loyal
and have no use for an organization
that is proven traitor to it's coun-
try.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: In a
general way the people have about
Concluded that they have had enough
Wilson. There is no crying demand
that he stand for a third term.
Webster City Freeman-Journal
Some chaps who have been saying
for the past ten years that Iowa
land Is selling too high" may yet hit
the mark If they keep on in the same
way ten or twelve years longer. Pos
sibly when it sells around $1,000 per
acre it will be selling too high
Mason City GIobe-Gazette: Time
was when we used to take periodical
cracks at Rockefeller for boosting the
price of Oil. But, say! Old John has
wings compared with some OF the
modern sharks who are picking the
from Uncle Sans bones.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: The re-
publicans haven't a leader in con-
gress; neither have the democrats
Why not Wilson and Root get tog-
gether and settle it?
Perry Chief: With Rawson, Ken
dali, Moore, Deems. kuehnle, Havner
and a few others in the race for gov
ernor. every republican in Iowa
ought to find man that suits him
exactly.
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Wen Miss the TippIers.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: laae.
must be increased to make up NV "
deficiency for Cancelled saloon =
censes. Hotel rates go UP TO ol'' !.
loss of bar profits. Walters 81 :. ~
strike because sober people are usa
with tips-which will mean, we IVY
pose, higher restaurant prices. nv ~.
slow we are in approaching all w
tipplers have done to make our 1--WE
for his!
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provements he asserted that whissel
was indeed responsible for many 4
our public edifices but not for "oI
capitols, not our seminaries Of leard
ing, nor yet our schools of art
has erected our jails and poor house,
our insane hospitals, and our penited
tiaries; and here and there gibbd
is seen In the land that it too ha|
erected"
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The National Society d the paus s,l
ters Of the American Revolution w
celebrate the thirtieth anni'ei'a''
of It's Organization next year.
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Liberty hath sharp and double edge fit only to be
handled by virtuouS men," Milton asserted
long ago. adding that o the bad and dssoute it becomes
mischief unwiedy in their own hands," Even it we
Americans clear ourselves of being bad and disso-
ue" have much to do before may claim to be Gust
and Irtuous" Justice and virtue not to be had for
The asking; they the rewards of manfui contest with
seshness and sloth They the results of honest
effort to think straight Merely to feel is only the begin
ana; what remains is think and to act.Brander Mat
shews.
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The pleasures of the vulgar are unground-
ed, thin and superficial; but the others are
solid and eternal-Seneca.