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The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13
THE BUSY POLITICIAN.

For fifty years the favorite role of
politicians has been to pose as the
friends OF the people and to attack
big business in some form. First it
was the 'bloated bondholders." who
came to their notice shortly after the
close of the Civil war.
1t was true that these men loaned
their money to the government at the
time her credit was poor and when
the money could not be obtained else
where. 1t was true that had the
south won the war, the bonds of the
government would have been worth
less. But this was forgotten and the
bondholder was pointed to as a rob-
Der and a criminal.
Then came the period when the ma
tional banker was on the gridiron. He
was the Jesse James of the period.
But public sentiment began to realize
that the banker was doing a very i'm
portant national and community serv-
ice. He saw to 1t that the functions
of the bank as a community builder
were understood. Education and fair
treatment finally did their work until
today the national banker walks the
streets of every city, head erect, as the
friend of man.
Then they turned to the railroads.
Scarcely a man was elected to the
western legislatures who did not have
his grip full OF proposed laws for the
regulating of railroads. In one state.
1t was made illegal to do something
which the laws of another state re-
quired. The public insisted that the
and decrease charges. Almost every
persecution that could be Thought of
was put upon the railroads. and the
stronger the anti-railroad legislation
was seasoned. the greater friend of the
people was the man who originated
the attack.
The railroads went into the hands
Of receivers. people stopped investing
their money in them. they became
helpless and so the politicians passed
on to a new field and It was found In
the person OF John d. Rockefeller.
No man who has ever walked past the
Wall street office of Standard OIL was
above suspicion. Finally, by legisla-
tion, they broke the great company
into subsidiary concerns which did no
good and did not alter the situation.
but which ruined John D. as a poljti-
cal issue.
Now they have turned to the pack
ers. The big packer is blamed for
about everything that happens. If
things are going wrong in Washington.
the manifest thing is a congressional
resolution TO investigate the packers.
II this be not enough to satisfy public
sentiment. some senator bobs up with
a proposal OF government regulation.
Just now several bills of this kind are
pending in Washington-as If the peo
pie had not had enough of the follies
and losses of government meddling
with business.
And after the packer. who will be
next7
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13

A PLEA.
Let me remember thru the day
To play the friend wheneer l may;
Let me be glad that l can bear
Ny portion of life's round Of care:
Let me in honor earn the right
To rest in sweet content at night
Let me remember, where / go,
To make no honest man my foe:
Let me press on, nor leave behind
For those who follow me to find,
One sign of hatred or Of shame
To scar my labor or my name.
Keep me from envy free, 1 pray,
OF all who tread a smoother way;
Teach me to use what / possess
OF gold and joy and happiness
without one discontented sigh
That other men have more than /.
Let me remember that ] may
Perform some needed task today;
May. with the little / possess,
Brighten the life Of one with less:
And thru this day of Joy and strife
Be worthy of the gift of life.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A Cues
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13

Since It has come to pass that a
mans wealth is estimated on the ba-
sis OF the number OF motor cars he
keeps. attention is called to the fact
that Uncle Sam has IL 900 OF these We
hicles which he is not using at Camp
Holabird. Included are 1900 pleas
ure cars. 4.T61 trucks and 1857 am
balances. Not Included in the 1900
are $500 motorcycles and $50 trucks
and pleasure cars which were ordered
parked in the open last March and
have remained there ever since.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Tested Recipes.

Cabbage Salad-Shred cabbage, add
a little chopped onion and pimento;
mix with boiled dressing seasoned
with mustard.
Beef Loaf-To two pounds Of ham
burg steak add one egg, one cup
breadcrumbs. one-half cup milk, two
teaspoons salt and a little pepper;
knead into a loaf, put a few slices of
salt pork on top, bake two hours.
Baked Apples-Take five large ap-
pies: slice, without pairing, into pieces
one-half inch thick. Put in a shall
low pan. sprinkle with sugar (about
half a cup) and cinnamon. Bake un-
til done.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13

High wages for labor and high
prices for farm products have been
the objects OF both political parties
when bidding for votes ut election
time. Now we have both and the pol
iticiahs are expending their blandish-
ments on the consumers. and are
promising n lowering OF the cost OF
living. II wages and farm products
remain high. how can living costs be
reduced? The only plan suggested at
this time seems to contemplate the
destruction of big business, begin
ming with the meat packing industry.
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suit how to wiring their profit out of
foodstuffs, farm-plots and the like
-"
1.-TWO Gentlemen OF Verona"
A couple OF men from Verona hap
pened on Miller's Hill Saturday even
ing just In time to keep Mrs. Lloyd
Martindale from probably being
kicked to death by the Martindaie
mule. Both men were quite badly
kicked.-Lampam Howa) Weekly.
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Hogs are selling more than ss q
hundred below the price OF month
ago. Has anybody noticed a eorrs-
spending drop in the price OF pork?
Mess pork and lard have been falling
along with hogs. Why should not the
retail market join the proeessionf
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13

Those who work for wages may at
times feel envious OF Rockefeller,
Morgan. Armour and their class. but
Il should be remembered that these
men always have worked. more than
eight hours a day. Nobody who has
begun and ended his days work by
the clock ever has grown rich.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13

When General Wood told the SEN
ate committee on military affairs that
he favored a smaller army and uni
versal military training. whether con-
sciously or not he made a strong bid
To- the nomination to the presidency.
There can be little doubt that in taxi
ing this stand he has large majority
OF the people with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13

The signing OF the treaty with Aus
tria apparently was considered OF so
little importance that It was turned
over to the boys. Neither Lloyd
George nor Colonel House was pres
ent at the ceremony.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-13
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY X. MoULToN

Progress.
1913.
"Where are you going. my pretty maid ?"
I'm going a-n1ilking. sir" she said.
May l go with you, my pretty maid ?"
mo, sir :" we're not introduced !" she said.
1919
Hey. kid, where are you blowing today ~
"To tango, you boob--don't you get gay ]!
May / hang on while you terpsichore!'
Break in get wise don't ask any more -
IT. Benjamin Faucet.
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The First Profiteers.

Way back in the first century. Old
Boy Epictetus said it:
But there is a great difference be-
tween other mems occupation and ours
.. A glance at theirs will make
1t clear to you. All day long they do
nothing but calculate, contrive. con-
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ner Pail' tells us of the wonderful goodies
Dorothy found. Tiktok also tells us the
history of the lunch box trees, which be-
lonEed to King EvoldO. We learn more Of
Tlktoks history. more about the terrible
Wheelers and "The Land of o."
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have tried to deprive the great city Of
power, light and water, and to q great ex-
tent they have succeeded, as tho engineers
from the army can but imperfectly supply
the needs of tho community. The policy
of the Syndicalsts is not merely local 1t
extends to all Spain, and it adopts the sys-
TEN of affiliated centres practised by the
Jacobin Club In the French Revolution.
The association lcves tax on wages, and
is reported already to have large funds at
it's command. Strikes are not its only
weapon; it Is reported to have murdered
sixty or seventy managers or employers
within twelve months. The murders have
been committed with almost incredible
savagcry and audacity. Nobody Is known
to have been brought to justice. Witnesses
and judges are overawed; juries will not
convict No wonder that the government s
seriously alarmed at the existence and tho
progress of movement which appears to-
have yoked the old political aspirations for
Catalan Home Rule to the fiery chariot Of
Bolshevism."
In the mean time we read in "L'Eu-
excited spirits parade under the banners
Of Catalan independence, in Granada
a series Of bloody events developed which
bore proof that from one end of Spain
to the other the attacks on 'caciquism,'
in its different manifestations, have be-
come general"
The account continues:
"For some time the population of Granada
raised unanimous protests against the ad-
ministration of the alcalde, Senor La Chica.
who, however, seemed to have the support
Of the central government, which sorely
needed his support in the elections The
charges against La Chica included that of
divertng funds from the municipal budget
for the execution of contracts profitable
to him. Leaning on the Madrid government.
La Chica was able to withstand the attacks
of Indignation. Certain important Madrid
newspapers, like La Jornada, 'El Sol.' 'El
Liberal exerted themselves to call the
governments attention to the gravity of the
situation, but to no avail. On February II
the crowd, exasperated, stormed the offices
of 'El Dofensor dc Granada the subsidized
organ of the 'cacique. La Chica ordered
out the militia. A collision ensued. in the
course of which four students were killed
and several wounded
THE government, when apprised of tho
situation. removed La Chica at once-a little
TOO late. to be sure. In the mean time the
cx'aicalde, who also was q deputy to the
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Pulse Of Italian Natio
Beats Fast

proved containing the following four parts:
N) Greetings to the soviets Of Russia, who
are continuing the traditions Of the Paris
Commune; (2) the hope that the German
and Hungarian revolutions will soon enter
into tho circle Of true Socialist revolutions,
(3) denunciation Of the peace conference at
Paris, which reproduces tho Holy Alliance
to oppress tho conquered, politically and
economically, and % greetings to our
comrades Of tho rmstice"
And at a later meeting reported by
the same paper another resolution was
passed containing:
"A declaration Of the incapacity Of the
bou1geoisie to find reasonable solution
for tho various national problems, as de-
MOI strated by the inability rhown at the
Paris conferences; a protest against the
proposed anncxatons in all the disputed
territories and the decision to force by GEN
eral strikes rehabilitation, the recognition
of workingmen's rights, tho return of the
troops from Russia and Libya and complete
pardon for political prisoners, both civil
and military"
Regarding the question of war indem-
mites the same paper remarks bitterly:
This problem will be solved in the
classic manner; that is to say, the work
ingmen Of all the countries will be
obliged to hand over their money to the
victorious bourgeoisie."
Speaking Of Bolshevism in Italy the
"Avanti" asserts that "the spectre of
Bolshevism dsturbs the agitated slum-
bers of Italian statesmen and war
profiteers." For "peace and victory have
not brought the results announced by
the rulers Of the people. We have
reached the~stage Of moral and economic
disaster"
The "Popolo d'Italia"- openly de-
nounces the "Avanti" as Bolshevist
sheet and angrily proclaims that those
who defend the Bolshevists Of Russia are
doing their friends sorry service. This
paper takes rosy and optimistic view
of the situation. Closing its eyes to
symptoms Of unrest, it proclaims that
while "the Leninites wish to excite mis-
cry and malcontents by revolution"
Italy Intends to assure social weIlbeing
and public tranquility"
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fantile Bolshevism of Italy, Spain and German
Spain i'm Grip of Revolution

Cortes, appeared at next days session to
explain his position. And then one could
see how. while NJ. Romanones, the Premier,
in the name of the government severely
scoring the demeanor of the former official,
NJ Garcia Preto, tho Conservative leader,
shook La Chica's hands with demonstra-
tive warmth, and how other prominent
conservative politicians defended, in
speeches, tho 'cacique's' attitude And tho
majority Of the chamber sided with them
against the Premier. For moment it seemed
as though Romanones, discouraged, would
be ready to force q showdown by calling q
vote Of confidence which would have left
him hopclessly in the minority"
The Liberal press Of Madrid de-
nounccd bitterly the stand of the con-
servative Deputies. The faculties Of
the University of Madrid entered pro-
test. The agitation assumed proportions
so menacing that, according to Gel SOL"
La Chica, on the day of the memorable
meeting, did not dare to leave the
Cortes building and had to take his
meals there.
According to 'L'Europe Nouvelle" at
Cadiz, where a general strike was on,
workingman was killed by soldiers in
the course of a demonstration. The
events at Granada caused general ex-
citement all over Andalusia, and in
every city and town meetings and DEM
onstrations were held in protest In
Cordoba practically the entire popula-
ton marched in a parade under BAN
ners bearing inscriptions like these:
Death to the Caciques, Long live the
free Andalusiav' Monuments of con-
servative leaders were destroyed. SINH
lar outbreaks occurred at Sevilla. Valla
dolld and other cities At Palma. on
the Island of Majorca, state of siege
was declared when the crowd, embit
tered by the rising prices of necessi-
ties, pillaged the public markets.
Conservative organs like LA Epoca"
urge the government to suppress the un-
rest with military measures of the ut
most severity. On the other hand. the
Liberal and Republican newspapers de-
clare that only radical social legislation
and far-reaching political reforms can
save Spain from anarchy. This is the
opinion Of LA Correspondence de Es-
paha,' Gel Liberal,' Gel Heraldo de
Madrid and others
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cal and industrial upheaval that
now has Spain in it's grip. And
yet Spain is the one European country
outside Of the former Central Empire
and Russia where the old order Of things
seems to be threatened by the gravest
commissions.
Writes the Spanish correspondent Of
III Europe Nouvelle," the French week
ly devoted to international reatons
AT present Spain is travcrsing hours OF
excitement which resemble curiously those
that usually preccde revolutions. Every day
tho Madrid newspapers appear with fat
headlines announcing general strikes in this
district, riots in another, popular demon
strations against the high cost Of living,
clashes with the military, resulting, some
times, in q number Of dead and wounded.
In face of this wave of general dis
content we government entangled in
petty personal politics, fully aware of the
gravity Of the situation, altogether in
capable Of coping with it, and desrous,
perhaps, to quit-but there is nobody willing
to assume the responsible of succession"
The quasi-revolutionary events in
Spain may be grouped under two prin-
cipal headings. On the one hand, there
is the growing menace Of the Catalan
separatist movement, which is rapidly
losing it's purely political and national
stic character by becoming saturated
with syndicalistic and Bolshevistic ele-
ments. On the other hand, the condi-
tions created by unemployment, the
high cost Of living and general labor
unrest all over the kingdom are being
aggravated by political abuses known
under the collective term "caciOue rule"
which means Il combination of general
administrative corruption and incapac-
lty with greedy and even bloodthirsty
local bossism "The London Times" saws:
"The case of Barcelona and its province
of Catalonia stands apart, though it in
nuences the general situation We hear less
at the moment of the formidable movcment
Tor Catalan autonomy, not because it has
weakened, but because it is overshadowed
by the sporadic outbreaks all over the coun-
try. The Catalan agitation is not purely
political; the historic claim Of the prov
lnce to scf-govcrnment has been comp|i-
Gated by syndcalsm. The Syndicalists, az
our readers know have stricken the public
services Of Barcelona with impotence. They
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erman Reds Said To Be
Foil Of eaction

\VERY now and then the suspicion
II is expressed in the press Of the
-1@ Allied countries that there is q
working understanding between
the German Reds and the reactionaries,
or-what seems more likeiy-that the
Spartacist leaders act rs the dupes and
tools Of monarchist restorationists, who
are preparing to use anarchical cond-
tons as a pretext for demanding q
strong arm" regime. Many agree that
there can be no doubt that Spartacist
excesses served to strengthen the posi-
tion Of the Hohcnzollernist and mill
tarist irreconcilables.
An example OF this red-and-black
teamwork is afforded by an editorial
published by the "Berlner Neueste
Nachrichten,' the extreme reactionary
organ of the German capital, in the
days following the Lichtenberg massa-
cres early in March. The editorial is
headlined Lets Have Dictator" and
it runs, in part:
There was law in the Roman republic,
the prototype of genuine peoples state,
according to which in time of extreme peril
the leadership of and responsibility for the
entire state assumed by one man, who,
as soon the danger was over had to
return his authority to the regular govern
ment. AS long as this law was in effect
Rome emerged victorious from all crises
Is it really necessary to point to the ex-
ample of Rome? Is there not in all conn
tries, wherever supreme danger is sensed.
leader, or somebody who calls himself one
endowed with full powers, full responsi
blity and freedom of command, like the
ships master in a storm. the general in
battle? 1t ought to be said once
more that the dictator, whose advent seems
inevitable, shall be endowed with sunrema
power for the period of supreme danger, but
that he shall have to return his authority ss
soon as he has disposed of the danger.
There can be no doubt that what we need
is dictator. The danger is so great that
1t calls for extraordinary measures: mora
over the forces that in former times would
nave tackled 1t are now eliminated bv tho
revolution and its sequel The government
announces that it expects the advance Of
the ked armies within a few weeks and
that II has nothing to oppose to that ad
vance. The volunteer divisions. numbering
about $4,000 men, are sprinklcd with ,rr.,
i'"D'e elements. 1t would be foolish to do
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

pend on the volunteer frontier guard. Boz
shevik advance, however as the govern
ment declares with a cold smile-means for
Germany the setting up of Spartacis
regime. This Is the kind OF hope the gov
ernment has to offer us. The government
calls on the press TO sound the alarm, but
it does not move a finger It certainly doa
not make any effective effort to wsrd on
the danger"
In the face of this situation, the edf
torial continues, there is small wonder
that the Entente press continues to talk
Of German governmental breakdown
and that the idea of new cabinet, to be
formed by Count BrockdorF Rantzau'
has been launched. The latter, it IS
stated, reckons with the support OF the
Independents. At any event, there aEs
just two alternatives open. either the
recognition, by Ebert and Scheidemann'
that the German people have the rign
to set up Spartacist dictatorship i
they should choose to do so. or e@
that the present government adnlH
openly its incapacity to cope with tns
situation and yield its place to some
body else, Count Brockdorff- Rantzsu'
for instance.
What the ''Berliner Neueste Nachrlcn'
ten,' that is, the monarchists and cor
servatives, want, under the circun'
stances, is quick action. And quick s.
ton, Of the kind needed, can Dc
achieved only by one man, dictator
The conservative organ withholds th'
name of its candidate, but giVes
instead, the following list of qusl'
fications: He must be man filled VILE
genuine sense of responsibility "
comprehensive education, strong cn@f
acter and reckless energy, one prepare
to put his whole physical and moral per
sonality into the great task" In oths'
words, we are tempted to infer. rasS
of the Hindenburg type.
While the "Berliner Neueste NachrieH'
ten merely accuses the Scheldenian'
government of impotence, another orss'
Of the Right, the Hamburger Nachr'sn'
ten," charges it with direct completely -
the crimes committed by the Red e.
tremists.
1t says that the majority Socialis'S
who are now in power. are only reap"''
the harvest they themselves have so"e"
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\ EVOLUTIONARY rumblings are
being heard in Italy. The Ital-

~ EVOLUTIONARY rumblings are
- being heard in Italy. The Ital-
IN. ian workingman, stirred by
events in Russia and Hungary
and encouraged by the Italian Socialist
party, is beginning to lose patience with
governmental conditions and ineffl-
cheney. The spirit Of the times Is re-
fected in recent numbers of Italian
papers.
The "Avanti," In an article discussing
recent revolutionary upheavals in Ger
many and Hungary and their causes, re-
marks:
ain Italy we have badly cultivated farms,
acquiescent and cosmopolitan owners, paid
laborers, starving for land grain and q
minimum of comfort; on the other hand we
have sporadic attempts to consolidate the
productive force Of the workingmen We
also have the two extremes Of the parable:
a feudal system Of farming, sparingy cu-
tivated for private interests, and collective.
highly productive farming for the interests
of the masses Then, too, we have manv
treatises, resolutions, articles and projects
Tor turning over the land to the farmer
When will the Transformation begn?"
"L'Europe Nouvelle," in an article on
the Italian Socialist party, says:
Nowhere in the world except, perhaps,
IN the Orient, Is the separation Of the poll
tics Of labor from that of the politics OF
the Chamber more pronounced than in
Italy. The Italian Socialists have not hith-
erto boycotted the elections, but have sim
ply banished them from their official pro-
gramme."
According to the same authority:
''The strictest guardian Of the supreme
doctrine Of tho Italian Socialist party is its
ruling body. whose duty also includes the
direction Of the party organ, the Avanti'
The parliamentary Socialists are more mod
crate. Their organ is the 'Critica Sociale'
The group designated as L'Unione Social
ista Itsiiana possesses no efectual power.
Born Of tho war and created for reasons Of
national war politics, composed Of leaders
without followers. little attention is paid
to this organization by the masses. What
distinguishes ths Italian Socialists from the
Socialists Of other countries is their hatred
Of war"
In review Of Socialist meetings held
recently the "Ayanti" states:
AT the frat session n resolution was ap-
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the Holy Synod the explosive the
world hundred deadly than dynamite idea But whereas
the old needed regardless of
ideas safely the Bohek chosen
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has propaganda been organized scale and diver
by the Council Of Peoples Commarie
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