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on THE WRONG TRACK.

Farm mortgage brokers and other
act have struck two blows at the fun
damentals of the law recently thru the
United States supreme court and thru
legislative channels in congress.
Opposition to the smoot bill propos-
ing removal OF the tax exemption fea-
ture from bonds issued by land banks
was solid at a hearing on the bill held
by the senate committee on banking
and currency. A number of bankers
and farmers appeared before the COM
mittee opposing any attempt to tax
these bonds and terming such a. pro-
posal as a menace to the very life OF
the act itself
J., B. Finley of the Union Joint
Stock Land bank of Richmond, Va,
speaking to the committee, said:
"You will not restrict our activities
by taxing these bonds; you will ter
inmate them. We cannot now under
fifteen times our capital. 1t would be
| impossible to sell these bonds IL tax
able and still lend to the farmer at G
per cent, which is the maximum al
lowed by the law. The establishment
of rural credits system was the sub
ject of important platform planks in
both rational parties in 1912. The
federal farm loan act resulted. 1t has
operated during somewhat abnormal
times. It has hardly been tested when
it is threatened by mortgage brokers
who have grown uneasy at the amorti-
cation feature of our longtime loans
and see prospective borrowers passing
from their hands"
The land bankers so impressed the
committee that their request to have
the bill, which had been reported IA
yorably, recalled from the senate cal
endar was granted.
The mortgage brokers probably will
find themselves on the wrong track
There are many indications that the
federal land banks with their tax
exempt bond feature have come tc
stay. II private farm mortageg con-
Germs would remain in business on a
competitive basis they should make
their fight on local taxation OF mort
cages.
| With mortgages exempt from taxa
ton in Kansas it would be possible to
lend money at a rate below that re-
quired to maintain the cumbersome
system OF the federal farm loan banks
and confer a benefit on both borrower
and lender.
The tax on mortgages is not only
/
but 1t is a clog on business and there
should be no let-up in the effort tc
have it removed. 1t results in double
| taxation of every dollar borrowed or
this form of security.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

In collecting an excess profits tax,
the government leagues itself with
those who are largely responsible for
excessive prices. Why should II en-
courage profiteering by accepting a
part of the loot? 1t should take all
or none. Either way would bring q
measure of relief to the consumer
There is little doubt that excess prof
its, and the tax imposed on them as a
war emergency, have been among the
strongest influences in holding up the
high cost of living.
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in the process of procreation. 1t was
the mother who had all the bother of
bringing the child into the world. and
raising it, If this practice were in
vogue, she said, then there would be
no illegitimate children.
One of the most picturesque espous-
ers of the economically independent
and maiden name marriage is Nina
Wilcox Putnam, of popular fiction
fame, who has planned her marriage
on the latest model. This young
authoress was formerly the wife of
a publishing house Putnam and has
young son by that name. Having
acquired her fame as an authoress
under the name of Putnam, however.
she decided to keep it when she re-
Gently married Mr.. Robert ]. Sander
son, who is the manager of a New
England telephone company. She
also decided to go right on living in
her ancestral home, The Christmas
Trees" lin Madison, Conn, while her
new husband went right on living in
his bachelor apartment in Bridgeport
Conn.,, which is his business headquar-
tiers. They spend the week-ends to-
gether, and occasionally they both
take a trip to New York, where they
both share the upkeep of an apart
ment. When recently asked why she
didn't move to Bridgeport to live with
her husband. she replied in SURPRISE
why, really, you know, I never
thought of that.
The greatest shining example of q
successful marriage of this type was
that of the celebrated scientist, Have
lock Ellis, and his wife, who main
tanned separate establishments next
! door to each other at Cornwall, Eng
| land. Mrs. Ellis, who believes in the
economically independent wife. sup
ported herself by writing and farming
and lecturing. They both believed
that boredom was the greatest handi-
cap in marriage, and they did not per-
nit it to handicap theirs. When Doc
tor Ellis got tired of Cornwall he went
up to his apartment in London and
lived for months, and when Mrs. Ellis
got tired of Cornwall she came to
America for. a prolonged visit. But,
according to Doctor EIlis's own con-
fession, they wrote to each other every
day.
Doctor Ellis thinks that the war has
changed marriage for good; that
women, having tasted the fun of eco
nomic Independence, will never go
back to the old way. 1.-The problem
| now" he says. sis for the man to catch
up with the woman. He must either
help to lessen her domestic burdens
or share them with her"
So. you see, it looks as il the war
had made leap year and all other
forms OF feminine aggression q per-
manent thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

Many complaints OF unequal COM
pensation are made in ignorance of
real conditions. and without regard to
costs and compensations which do not
appear on the surface. What is a fair
equivalent between widely dissimIlar
services may be a fair question, but
no better method of determining 1t
has ever been found than the free bar
gaining of the market place. The
construction of railways. the boring of
tunnels. the building of ships and port
works, the opening of mines. the i'm
prevement of lands. the building of
houses. the development OF machin-
cry, -the operation OF factories, the
practice of the professions, the activ-
tiles OF merchants. bankers. brokers
and all the specialists developed by the
varied wants OF the people. are for the
purpose of supplying the wants of the
public. The fact that compensation is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26
The Woman Who Loved and
Earned 4 Modern sto.y Of Home and Business
Bu JANE PHELPS
Bu JANE PHELPS

a little when 1 told him was afraid
he-would make it a habit
1t hurt, too, to have anyone else
know Roberts weakness, even tho IT
were only Mary. She had a tooth
ache, and had crept down to the bath
room to see if the hot water would
relieve her. Robert had just come
in. Our door was open and she heard
my shocked exclamation; so she
stopped to ask if there was something
wrong-and found out there was.
L would be tolerant I would keep
my hold on Robert better SO, and 1
pretended to Mary that il was nothing;
that had no sort of fear for Robert.
And at times I did dismiss him. every
thing but my work, my ambition, from
my mind.
The next day Mary said:
Better give up your job, Gerry,
and stay home with that cookbook
ing husband Of yours He's too young
to be running around without a chap
eron. You're a good girl. all right,
and think you are doing what's right.
But take it from little Mary, you're
going to get an awful jolt some day."
I'm not afraid"
mo. but Gerry. some one may get
hold of him one of these days, some
one who won't let go. There are
women Gerry, who don't stop at
nothing to make fools of men and
get what tneE want Anu II SOod
women, womenllike you what have got
to show them where they get off,"
For answer 1 only smiled. l could
hardly have explained in words. per-
haps I myself scarcely knew just why
trusted Robert SO completely. loved
him of course; but this faith, that
I was. that I always would be the only
woman for him was quite another
matter And as for his faults why.
wouldn't have him perfect, if-only he
wouldn't drink. To be honest, 1 was
rather afraid of that.
Don't grin like that, a lot you
know about men! YOU have done
nothing but sell hats since you was
Is. If you'd more time for beaux you
wouldn't be so darn positive that just
calling yourself Mrs made it sure
your Mr. wouldn't go on a still-hunt
if he felt himself neglected" Mary in
sisted.
Robert isn't neglected. I replied
with spirit. And don't see. why you
always take his part and preach at
me-"
TITS because love you, Gerry" she
said.
Tomorrow-Mary gives Gerry a new
fear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26
BELGIUM COMING BACK.

The remarkable resumption of Bel
GUMS coal mining. the complete re-
orga nization of her transportation sys-
TEN, the determined progress of her
wrecked steel industry, the resurrec-
ton of the great port of Antwerp. the
recovery of $500, 100000 worth of
machinery stolen by Germany. the
firm and orderly adjustment of her
labor problems, the repopulating of her
textile mills, and her re-entry into
world finance as one of the great trad
ing nations-these are some of the
holder outlines in a sketch of New
Belgium, entitled "Belgium's Recov-
cry" just written by d. L. Blount, an
American, who until recently directed
the central information office of the
Belgian ministry of economic affairs.
This booklet, issued in connection with
the placing of a $25,ooO.000 loan In
this country by the Belgian govern
l1ment, tells story paralleled only by
the historic recovery of France after
the war OF 1870.
The degree of Belgium's recovery
must be measured by the purposeful
anu 6SAShhAAAO 0CSti 6StlOh 1CA
inflicted on her. Her factories were
not merely wrecked. The Germans
destroyed them in such a way as to
make their rebuilding peculiarly diff
ficult, and to eliminate their compe-
| tition entirely after the war. This is
the key to Mr.. Blount's Interpretation
Of the new Belgium.
THE most striking figures" says
Mr.. B1ount, "of the actual resumption
of Belgian industry for the first ten
months of 1919 as compared with
those for the corresponding period of
1913 are the following: Coal mines.
% per cent; refined sugar, 100 per
cent; cotton spindles in operation, rs
per cent; cotton looms, so per cent;
wool products, rs per cent; shoes, 10
per cent; window glass. "a per cent;
plate glass, IS per cent. Even the
steel mills, which suffered most, have
resumed 30 per cent" First fuel, and
then transportation; these are the
dominent influences in Belgium's re-
covery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26
Household Hints
To Cook Ham.


Baked Ham-Boil the ham until
tender, then remove kettle from range
and set aside that ham may partially
cool. Then take from water, remove
outside skin, sprinkle with cloves
about an inch apart. Bake one hour
in a slow even. Serve cold, thinly
sliced.
Ham en- Casseroie-slice of ham
cut one and one-half inches thick,
two and one-half cups potatoes, two
cups milk Wash and pare potatoes.
Slice thin, soak in cold water; drain
put them in casserole, cover with po-
tatoes, pour over the milk Cook in a
moderate even one hour covered; then
remove cover and cook another halt
hour until nicely Drowned. Serve in
the casserole.
Southern Ham-Put a slice of ham
in a casserole, sprinkle over with
brown sugar, pour over a cup of milk.
bake in a slow oven for an hour or
until tender. Serve in casserole.
Ham a la King-Two cups of ham,
cooked and diced; two cups medium
thick white sauce; two hard cooked
eggs. sliced: one cup mushrooms,
quartered; one pimento. cut in mar
row strips; one fine chopped green
pepper. Heat the white sauce. add
green pepper. pimento, mushrooms
and ham. The egg with the other in
gradients. When mushrooms are very
expensive or not available, a cup OF
peas may be used instead.
Ham Salad-Two cups Of ham
cooked and cut in half-inch cubes;
one cup cold boiled potatoes. cut in
similar shape: one cup celery which
has been washed. scraped and cut in
quarterback pieces. Moisten with
cooked salad dressing. Serve on let
tuce leaves and garnish with slices of
sweet pickles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26
Earned
THE CREEPING CLOUD.
CHAPTER IS.

1 was happier than I ever had been
in my life. SO happy that 1 did not
notice the slight cloud that was slowly
came occasional blemishes on the sur
face of my content. but.ore cannot ex-
pect too much of life, for instance, the
first time that Robert stayed out until
midnight, and then gave an excuse
considered inadeq Ilte- Then one
night he had been drinking. He was
not drunk, far from it; but L had been
sitting Up until nearly morning wait
ing for him, and said things I re-
GREETED, and apoligized for, the next
morning.
tried not to be too shocked at his
appearance when finally he came, I
told myself that other men did it, Id
that 1 must expect such things. once
in a while-that l had married a man,
not an angel. 1 helped him undress
and he went imme 1iately to sleep
while lay staring at the ceiling too
miserable to do anything, too angry to
cry
He pleaded like a child for forgive
ness.
EFT was lonely, Gerry" I had re-
manned at the .shop until 8 O'clock
helping Madame get out announce
IncnL CdTOS- L waited until nalI past
seven, then I couldn't stand it any
longer, SO just went out for a walk.
ran into some fellows LFknew, and
well-you know the rest"
Never mind, dear, you won't do ii
again, am sure" as he kissed me, and
begged me to- forgive his lapse. !
never noticed that he made no
promises, aitho he was so penitent
had said nothing about granting
him forgiveness. 1 thought it unneces-
sary after 1 told him I was sorry 1 had
been cross the night before. Yet even
then l had no idea I was at all to
blame for what happened; that my
leaving Robert alone so much was the
principal cause; that had I been with,
him, my companionship would have
satisfied him and that lacking me. he
was bound to seek comrades else
where
But in a week I had to go thru
another Gethsemane. This time it was
worse if anything, principally because
Robert was not so penitent. He
treated it more lightly, and laugh ed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

son." said the young man, confused
All right. said the stranger, and
he doubled the young man up with =
tremendous poke in the waistcoat.
What did you do that for7"
I thought that was what Jackson
ought TO DO. remarked the stranger
as he resumed his interrupted walk.
To instiIl into the mind of his 60,
sound wisdom and business preceotn
was Cohen seniors earnest endeayor-
He taught his offspring much. includ.
ing the advantages of bankruptcy.
natures and fires Two bankruptcies
one fire" etc. Then Cohen. Jr..
looked up brightly.
-Fadder." he asked, sis marriage n
failure 20
Ven. my boy. was the parents
Ieplys II you marry really wealthy
woman. marriage is almost as good as
a failure"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

Senator Kenyon. Of Iowa wants a
plank inserted in the Republican plat
form containing a pledge that at least
thirty days before election the party
candidate for president shall announce
the names Of the men he will appoint
TO positions in the cabinet in case he Is
elected. The probability is that IL a
candidate for president were to nomi-
nate his cabinet before he was elect
cd - says the Rochester Democrat, "he
never would be elected. The friends
OF disappointed aspirants would rally
at the ballot box in overwhelming
force" But IL all parties adopted the
plan somebody would certainly be
elected. II it be desired to bring the
executive office closer to the people, a
better plan might be to have cabinet
appointments ratified by the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

II the allies want the former kaiser
they probably will be under the ne
cessity OF going into Holland and get
ting him The Netherlands government
refuses to surrender him. Probably
this action on the part of Queen Will
helmina was not unexpected. 1t would
have been surprising If her govern
ment had done otherwise. There ap-
pears to be no precedent in history
for the extradition of a dethroned
monarch. The allies might bring
pressure TO bear upon Holland to
make her change her mind, but this
seems improbable. AZ matters now
stand it is their next move.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

We are going to wake up some fine
day and realize how barbarous is
prejudice
The open mind is like a field over
which the wind battles the flowers and
foliage in it's arms.
Prejudice Is made up OF roots that
sink into perfectly good soil. only to
sap away its life and richness and
prevent useful growth from producing
Its natural fruit in its way
What useless strife prejudice ere
ates!
Prejudice puts boulders across the
smooth path of progress and blocks
strong men from attaining their ends.
II it hadn't been for prejudice. some
earlier Columbuses would have found
The New World" centuries before.
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required, and that the primary motive
is profit, does not alter the service sor
validity of the organization. The or
ganization accomplishes an exchange
of services. The real pay of each
member is not in money but in the
services and products of others.
Every honest person wishes to give
the fair equivalent of what he re-
ceiVes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

All reforms are stabbed at their on
sets by the hand of prejudice
Prejudice at this very moment has
its secret agents in the seats of the
mighty. seeking whom it may destroy.
At heart, we are all both small and
great. Prejudice enters us while we
sleep or while we are in careless mood,
binding us TO ways that it takes a
'hercuiean will to break when we want
them broken.
Let us have thousand doors to our
mind. Let us throw away our keys
and invite the opinions of any and all
to enter freely.
Let us all have at least one prayer
that we have learned to utter as we
enter upon every day This it is:
God give me an open mind-to see
all sides and avarv truthi"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

With the installation of the court
of industrial relations, the public util-
tiles commission disappears. Probably
there will be few mourners. 1t was of
little benefit to the state, but was pro-
duotive OF much harm. Its successor
gives promise of performing much
useful service to the public. 1t can
hardly fail to be an improvement over
the old body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

While the Bolsheviki refuse to
work, they seem to have awakened to
the fact that 1t Is necessary for some
body to perform manual labor. In
Russia. they are reported to have
established a six-day week and twelve
hour day. This looks like an effort
to make one working man perform the
labor of two idle Bolsheviki.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

There are many persons. probably,
who honestly believe that profiteerins
Is the cause OF high prices. The truth
Is that whatever profiteering exists is
an effect OF high prices and not a
r,rsc
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Dinner Stories

We'll. by Jove. this is iucky!" cried
a young man, as he heartily slapped
the back of a gentleman whom he
overlook in the street The other
turned around sharply and anEriIy.
showing his face to Completes
stranger.
Il thought IT was my friend, jack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

1t has been announced on behalf
of Herbert Hoover that he is not seek
ing the presidency, Is the country
to witness that strange situation OF the
office seeking the man?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

There are so many stories OF mis-
management of the war coming to the
front that it seems remarkable that
we ever won it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

That the future of the Republican
party constantly is growing brighter is
evidenced by the threat OF Senator
Sherman to quit the organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

Kansas City. Kans-Not word was
spoken: The only noise was 1i,e, Frsr1k
mntes, sealed their marriage VOWS dir :
rS- 81 the close OF the ceremony.
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MouHon Musings

By ROY K. MoULTON.

w.
1t would be fair to warn the begin
ner to refrain from any discussion of
autompbiles in s5.800-a-year society,
such as is affected by LueIIa and my
self. Now the fact is that Luelia and
own and operate an automobile, tho
how we do it we have wondered. The
fact is that Luella and I both have in
comes aside from our $4,000 a year.
from my writings which often bring
me in as high as $500 a year, and
Luella from an old estate, somewhere
in Virginia, which includes cram
berry swamp. Some of the other
members of our set own automobiles,
but many do not. Each faction en-
vies the other. -i99
There is a great middle class in our
set These people own automobiles
and yet they do not, If we may be per-
mitted q Samuel johnson paradox.
For instance, Mr.. jerome Bellin-
court Smith usually opens the even
ing's festivities by stating they had to
come to the party in the trolley be-
cause their car is being repaired.
That car seems to be a friend for sur
gical operations. 1t has had every
thing taken out of it except its repu-
tation. Nobody has ever seen the car,
but 1t is one of the best advertised
cars in our set. 1t is always mentioned
early in the evening in a loud tone of
voice. The fact is, Mr.. Henry Apple
ton Frisby tells me. Mr.. Smiths car
exists only in his mind, but I pass this
information on for what it is worth.
Mr.. Frisby is by way of being catty-
tom catty, if may use the expression.
The trouble with the Mr.. and Mrs.
Arson Stuyesant Purdy's automobile Is
The Purdy children are motoring
fiends, and they always are using the
car when their parents want to come
to our functions. No matter if 1t is
midnight and raining cats and and
dogs, the children have the car out
Luella has often said she should think
| the PurdyS would worry about having
their children skiIhooting around in
the car at all times of night, but
| Luella is a trusting soul. always say
! if it doesn't worry the Purdys. IL
shouldn't worry US. Mr.. Wilton Chol-
mondeley Brown always says that he
expected to bring his car, but his bust
ness partner had borrowed it to go to
Red Bank, n. j.. to see-a dying rela-
| tive.
So beginners in our set are on thin
ice when they mention motoring. II
has caused many to become so sub
merged that they have drifted off
down stream under the ice and have
never been heard of again.
| (To be continued.)
Hercules Abroad Again.
(Fronn the Beloit News.)
Will the party who picked up the
electric elevator in Woolworth's store
kindly return at once to Woolworth's
store.
ITO effectively prohibit is the Ian
guage of the supreme court decision,
Apparently willing to let the country
split its infinitfves, if not its bottles
Of beer.
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OF course, the reader never knows.
but the fact that one has written a
column for many years does not
render him less conscientious in the
performance OF his task.
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All bottles are nonrefilable now.
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Hercules Abroad Again.

(From the Beloit News.)
Will the party who picked up the
electric elevator in Woolworth's store
kindly return at once to Woolworth's
store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

ITO effectively prohibit is the Ian,
guage of the supreme court decision
Apparently willing to let the country
split its infinitfves, if not its bottles
of beer. \
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-26

We make careful note of the sar-
torial epochs. For the second time in
thirty years a gent may wear the era
vat his lady friend crocheted with her
own fair hands Without earning the
contumeiy of his male associates or
inspiring them to utter ribald speech.