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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

Persons who have been holding
back on their plans to erect dwelling
houses or business buildings should
take note of the fact that not only is
the price of building materials declin-
ing but the cost of labor also. Re
ports of re luctions in the wages of
building mechanics are coming from
all parts of the United States. No
CITY long can remain immune from
the general trend. Very unusual as
we'll as commendable was the action
of the building trades unions of Bal
timore in refusing to take advantage
of a col tract agreement by which
their wages - were to be ad-
vanced from 80 cents an hour
to s1.OO an hour on November 1, 1920.
An agreement was made November 1,
1919. by which workmen were to re-
ceive 90 cents an hour during the
year 1919 to be increased to $500 an
hour November 1, 1920. The en-
ployers made no objection to carrying
out the contract but the employees,
realizing that. the trend of prices was
downward and that so large a per-
ccntage of the cost of production is
made up of the labor charge, refused
the advance fearing that an increase
in cost of building would so hamper
building construction that at least
part of their membership might be
without work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10
JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

WORRY.
There are various kinds of worry and 1
know that sages say
We should break the worrying habit and
put all our fears away,
lis q fool that worries vainly over things
he cannot mend
Or spoiIs the joy of pleasure by the dread
that it will end,
But there comes to every fellow on this
planet called the earth
Times he really ought to worry II he wants
to prove his worth.
1 never see youngster romping on the
streets in play
Put / wonder If his father ever worries
thru the day.
Does he worry for his safety, does he worry
for his care.
Does he worry for his future and the bur
dens he must bear?
Does the big fear ever strike him, be
kisses him at night
That in some way, as bis parent, he may
not be doing right2
Man cannot escape from worry, cannot
smile at self-dIsgrace.
He cannot sit down eonteuted, shirkin Z
tasks he ougbt to face:
Bx his moral obligations to be just and
clean and true,
He is bound at times to worry over what
is fair to do,
And there's none so rich in wisdom but
must sometimes sit at night
And worry lest his judgment shall not
lead him to the right
Copyright, 1870, By Edgar A. Guest9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

Representative Kahn Of California
took up a considerable part of the
houses time Thursday in a speech
which apparently was intended to con-
vince the country that there is little
chance of a war with Japan. Since
nobody is expecting or looking for a
war with that country it is difficult to
discover a necessity for the speech.
It is such action on the part of MEM
bers of congress that retards the en-
actment of needed legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

applies to manufacturers and produc-
ers who. in figuring costs. make due
allowance for income taxes they are
obliged to pay, SO that the country at
large is virtually paying a consump-
ton tax today without fully realiz-
ing It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

President Wilson calls on the people
OF this country to contribute to a
fund to provide food for the starving
Chinese. But why not let Japan look
after the needs of her neighbor?
She made immense profits out of the
war and spent little. The charitable
people of the United States may find
an outlet for their activities at home
before long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

Farmers now demanding emergency
legislation as protection against fall
ing prices, raised crops during the last
two years which brought more than
$1,000, 900, 600 when sold for export,
according to an analysis of foreign
trade by Secretary Houston. But the
secretary neglected to tell who got the
money. Probably a search of the
farmers would fail to reveal anywhere
near that sum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

One newspaper correspondent de-
clares that governmental economy is
in~the air at Washington. IL probable
performances may be judged by past
experiences, it will stay there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

Congress has been in session since
last Monday and there has been no
apparent effort to bring about a con-
dition of peace between this country
and Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

Helen, for cow that's as easy flat
tered as grandpa's cows are. Grand
pa call 'em Boss when they amt
boss at all. and that seems to tickle
'em SO they give up all their milk.
when if they had any sense they'd
keep it for their own USE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10

The presidents report to congress
on the cost to the United States of the
Versailles conference shows that we
paid more than one and half mill
lion dollars for a peace which we did
NOT get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10
International
SundaySchoolLesson
BIZ WILLIAM It. ELLIS.

For Dec. II is, What the Kingdom of
Heaven is Like. Matt. 13:44-5S.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

disff
Miss Elsie Lenzke and her brother,
Alfred, have returned to their h me at
Lake Crystal, following a visit in this
city. They also visited the Geo Wendt
family and julius yKenzke at Springfield.
Mrs. Ed. Vogel has ret rned to New
Ulm from Lamberton, whittier she had
accompanied her father, Jos. Wilt,
following the lattef's convalescence from
a severe operation, performed upon
him at local hospital some time ago.
Mrs. Sophia Dittbenner has disposed
Of the building in Springfield, in which
she conducted restaurant the past
year and a half, to Ccmfrey parties
as part payment for the Comfrey hotel,
of which Mrs. Dittbenner expects to
take charge about March 1.
DR.. O. C. Stricken who contemplated
making a fishing trip to Florida with a
number of colleagues from the Twin
Cities has abandoned the idea Of leaving
the city. It was impossible for him to
find a suitable substitute to take care
of his patients during his absence.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

patriots, and, as a matter Of course
prattle about one language" for this
country, frequently use a certain foreign
fRussian) word, when the common
everyday American language expression
is much more easily pronounced, written
and understood. We have reference
to the Russian word sBolsheviki,"
which means nothing more or less terrible
than the majority" But, then, the l.
000,0 cooper cent loyalists cannot hope to
intimidate anyone not even child
into accepting their views by accusing
him Of belonging to ''the majority. I"
Funny how terrifying some Of those
foreign words do sound, isn't it? Es-
pecially so, when they hale from Russia!
Reminds us of the long, but meaning
less words our elders originated and used,
when they sought to make us be good
little children and they usually sue
ceeded. We repeat: It is to laugh!
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

: > :
Miss Anna Spoering of Courtland IS
5ccnvalescing from the effects Of a sue
.cessful operation for goiter, which was
performed upon her at the Union hospital
here last week
Miss Phyllis Neumann, teacher in
the Lun berg school district in the
town 0 Linden, arrived here the fore
part Of last week, her school being
closed temporarily on account of in
fluenza. Miss Neumann is assisting
in the care Of her mother, Mrs. j. F.
Neumann, who is ILL.,
As announced in our last weeks issue,
the annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Farmers Dairy Association
formerly Milford & Cottonwood Cream
cry Coz will be held at the hall in the
new creamery building, corner Broad
way and Third north streets, on Saturday
afternoon Of this week, beginning at
1870 o'clock. Some of the machinery
and other equipment of the new cream
cry has already been installed and this
work will be completed some time next
week.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

Joey" of the Ma,'kato Free Press and
his local com" pay" triot are having a
dismal time of it, consoling themselves
to the tur-r-rible fact (?) that Congress
man F. E. Ellsworth has aligned himself
with the Nonpartisan League and is
seeking it's support in his attempt to
reach the gubernatorial chair. How times
do change! 1t is not so very many
years since, that both "Joey" and his
New Ulm confrere would gladly have
moved heaven and earth-lhad this
been necessary and in their power to do)
to land Mr.. Ellsworth in Congress.
But now that the story is making the
rounds in the kept press that the latter
is flirting with the Nonpartisan League,
they are through with him, for the League
is too bitter pill for them to swallow.
However, their fears are somewhat
premature, as Mr.. Ellsworth's chances of
securing the Leagues Endorsement in
his gubernatorial ambitions are so slim
that they would have to move several
times before they could cast shadow,
to borrow a opular expression.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
Bryam's Jackson Day Speech.

William Jennings Bryan, the man
whom President Wilson has to thank for
being the chief executive of this country,
demonstrated in his epoch-naking Jack
son Day address that he is not "afraid
Of the cars" but is brave: enough and
honorable enough to speak right out in
public. Mr.. Bryan gave utterance to
many words of truth, and the Democratic
politicians will do well to heed them, for
the erudite Commoner is still great
factor in that party and it would hardly
be possible for any Democrat to attempt
to gain the Presidency without his sup
port.
Among other pertinent things, Mr..
Bryan, in his Jackson Day address gave
voice to the following timely sentiments:
That if he knew the American people
they would never stand for foreign powers
deciding when and where our American
boys should fight; that the Republicans
had majority in the Senate, and there
fore, had the right to dictate the Senate's
course; that the Democrats, being in
the minority, cannot demand the right
to dictate the terms on which the Senate
should consent to ratification, and that
the responsibility for any delay in ratify-
ing the treaty now rests on the Demo-
Gratis and that they must accept COM
promise.
For fnesse in his diplomatic, but none
the less effective criticism of the present
administration, the silver-tongued orator
of the Platte can hardly be surpassed.
He handled the delicate subject in an
able manner and called the school
master-president sharply to account for
his high-handed autocracy in attempting
to dictate to the Senate as to what action
it shall take relative to the proposed
peace treaty and the league Of nations.
Long live Bryan and may his power
for good increase!
It is to laugh! Newspaper writer's
and others who claim to be si1non-pure
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
Wednesday, February 4.
A "BoLskeuik" Governor.

A 'BOLSkGUIE UOVGi7tOI.
The following news item is from a
recent issue of the New York Nation.
The quotation is condensed and abbre-
Waited: s. 49,"
In his annual message to the Legis-
lature, just published, an American
state executive proposes the following
laws: ~ minimum wage; ~ the eight
hour day for all women workers; (3)
maternity insurance for expectant moth
ers; ~ the extension of workmen's
compensation to cover occupational ill
nesses and accidents; ~ the appoint
ment Of state physicians and nurses in
rural communities now destitute of med
ical aid, in cooperation with those CON-
munities; (6) the ownership, develop
ment, and operation of all waterpowers
by the state; CD state owned and opera
ted grain elevators in the cities, after
the manner of the Nonpartisan League
experiments in North Dakota; ~
the recognition of the production and
distribution of milk as a public utility,
subject to the control of the state in all
details; and ~ the municipal operation
of public utilities
1t must be extremely painful to the
Journal and other organs of its char
acter to see an American governor who
in their opinion should be splitting fire
against everything that has only the
slightest smell of Bolshevis1n or Socialism
advocate such terrible ultra-radical laws.
And they did not deport this governor
on the Buford either. But the most
amusing part about this interesting
news item is that the name of the
governor in question is Smith and that
he is the executive of the same
state, New York, whose legislature
recently refused to seat five Of its law
fully elected members on the ground
that they are adherers of the Socialistic
doctrine. And they still expect a man
to sit still and look at this rotten mess of
things without saying word!
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

The daily press recently caused con-
siderable CONSERVATION among those Of
it's readers who are not up on geography
and through general ignorance OF actual
conditions in Russia are cast into frenzy
of fear whenever they hear the spell
binding word Bolsheviki. The cause OF
this CONSERVATION was the publication
of a brief, but sufficiently sensational
news distpach that Washington is al
armed by the revelation that the Russian
soviet government is preparing to spread
it's propaganda in Turkestan. No, Ma
bel, Turkestan is not city in the United
States, nor yet a state OF, Mexico or
South America. 1t is a part of the
Russian realm
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

This country may yet reach the
point where .sedition' will mean oppo-
sition to the politician who happens to
be in power t. q Paul Daily Nsus.
There are Others who believe that
we do not have to wait for this blessed
moment. Conditions during the war
would seem to show that we already
have passed through such experience.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
Watch Gore,,.o B,,r,aq,.s;st!

I 4 The vice president Of the Backus-
Brooks Minnesota, Dakota & Western
railroad, which is experiencing consid-
cradle inconvenience as a result Of its
employees in the mining camps in North
ern Minnesota having gone on strike,
has filed petition with Governor Burn
quist, demanding the removal Of Sheriff
Hugh T.. Mcintosh Of Koochiching
county for alleged malfeasance and
nonfeasance in Office.
The Backus-B Brooks hireling charges
Sheriff Mcintosh with af1liating with
sympathizers and striking employees Of
the. logging railroad, and allowing /.
w. w. agitators to practice sabotage in
International Falls. s.
The sheriff made huge mistake in
the choice of the company he keeps.
Instead Of 'fraternizing with the enc
my the. Under paid and over-worked
railroad employees who are on a strike
he should have kept closer to Messrs.
Backus ct al, who, in the final analysis,
may mean his bread and butter, as it
would be great surprise to US, were the
plunderbund governor to "whitewash'
Sheriff Mcintosh as he did Sheriff Gowan
of Big Stone county.
The fair-minded people of Minnesota
are watching their car to see whether
he will treat Sheriff Mcintosh the same
as he did Sheriff Gowan, whom he "vin-
dicated." We'd almost like to bet that
he will not.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

An exchange remarks The American
Legion is fast finding itself. There is
encourage cement in the assurance Of the.
Legion leader that it ] stands for law and.
order and full constitutional rights IN
all cases, a0itkout discrimination. I" It
will be a sad day for the professional
politicians, the pay ''triots and the
1000, 000-per-cent' loyalists when this
assurance becomes reality!
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

Feb. e
Enid Bennett in
"The Virtuous Thief

All because she had reckoned not Of
self when her brothers good name de-
handed Sacrifice, A story that you will
;T Tug and Tug and Tug, at all the big
human emotions you know - And z--
Harold Lloyd in Pay Your Dues
a onereel comedy also" Good Gracious
Bobby one reel Christy comedy.
Monday and tuesday, Feb. 8 & 10th
Teeth Of the Tiger
"A Paramount Special. "a Gripping
Mystery Story. An Excellent cast.
Arsene Lupin, Notorious French Crook,
Is hero Of this New Picture lso --i
3Codys Man Hunt, a two reel Western.
and Fatty Arbuckle in Fatty's Bare
Escape, Comedy.
Just Follow the Crowds and You will
see the Best in P PICTURES and Com
edies at the LYRIC Theatre. Carl
Schmidt, Operator.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 & 7tk
Marguerite Clark in


81 His name was Dicky Norton, Her
name was Annabell Lee; He was a
knight Of the. Golden Spoon, and she
was Of low Degree. Gosh! what a stir
that pair did make, in High Societies.
also Both Nights, Joe Martin in The
jungle Gentlemen a Two Reel Com
edy with a Monkey as Star. And
Friday night only, "Sky Mountain
a beautiful Prizna Film.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

Miss Frieda Schwartz returned home
last Wednesday from a two weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. H. Kastens,
and family at Echo. .1 '
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
Is There An 18th Amendment?

Justice Brandeis of the United States
Supreme Court in affirming the validity
of the war time prohibition enforcement
act in the Kentucky Whiskey case used
the following sentence: '1'hat the Uni
ted States lacks police power and that
ttis is reserved to the states by the tenth
amendment is true" This assertion of
Justice Brandeis has a very important
bearing on the cons titutionality of the
prohibition or, the eighteenth amend
ment of the United States constitution
which went into effect on Janur IT,
In this sentence Mr.. Brandeis bears
out the argument Of many const;tatio al
authorities that the amendment referred
to is really not an amendment at all but
is in effect fundamental change of the
constitution. -...
The contention is that by the methods
adopted in the confirmation of the eigh-
teenth amendment there can be no such
change in the nature of the organized
law. of this country. The states through
their legislatures, in other words, cannot
change even though they amend the
Constitution. For the power to change
that instrument rests with the people
of the respective states and not in the
legislatures of the states nor in the peo-
pie collectively of the United States.
There has been no ratification of the
proposed amendment by the people
of the respective states. And it is the
people alone of those. states who can
give their consent to the surrender of the
reserved police power in the states and
the people thereof to the federal govern
ment. ..-- .,s. r. So -..f
And for this reason, it is by some
publcists deemed possible that pro-
hibition may be knocked out bya decision
of the Supreme Court which would de-
clare that under the Volstead enforce
ment act the power Of the federal govern
ment could not be exercised in any state
without the consent of the people of
that state .asE - -.
This would mean that the enforce
ment of the prohibition amendment
would rest in the individual states ex-
actly as rests there the enforcement OF
any other powers reserved to the states
or the people thereof under the Con
stitution. We should then have an
amendment to the Constitution, but a
notification thereof in the denial Of the
existence of any police power in the
United States to enforce the principles
of the amendment and the observation
of it's provisions. b,
! These are the conclusions drawn by
Justice DuPratt White, practicing
lawyer in the State Of New York, in the
leading article of the Cornell LaaU Quar-.
terly January 1920 under the caption
els There an Eighteenth Amendment
His assault upon the nationwide prohi-
bition amendment is of nature to rem
der it unlikely that,.a William Jennings
Bryan suggested in his speech at the
Democratic Jackson Day banquet, the
people of the United States have re-
signed themselves to accept prohibition
as, an actual and Interchangeable fact and
principle Of fundamental federal law
No doubt, we will hear more about this
question and it will not be very pleasant
to the fanatical prohibitionists, either.
Dudley Field Malone, the well-knowr
New York Democrat who supported
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
LY'RIc.ITHEATRE

Tonight !.
Clara Kimball Young in
The Road Through the Dark
Her first picture by her own company,
in Story of the Early stages Of the
War. Absorbing Thrilling and full Of
Action. and
al Jennings in ''Fates Frame Up"
He was at one slime not long ago a
noted Bandit of the West, and this is
a western play. also Pathe News,
News of all the world.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04
To- Suppress Bolshev5snl.


Constitution of the United States, and
exhibited in every movie house in the
country, as part Of the campaign Of the
State Department against Bolshevism.
This is excellent. The idea should
be taken up with avidity. n. addition
to the old Constitution, the Declare
on. of independence should be shown
in every Bijou, Dream and Nickeldeon
in the country. ...s-. RI.
We herewith suggest that when the
orchestra or organ or piano plays the
National Anthem, and after the people
have sat down again, and after there
has been an impressive showing Of the
pictures Of George Washington and
Benjamin Franklin and Robert Lansing
and Leonard Wood and other great men,
these words be flashed and kept standing
until every man and woman and child
shall know them by heart: ..5
Congress shall make no law re- r.
specting a., establishment Of religion,
Of prohibiting the free exercise thereof:
or obridging the freedom Of speech,
or of the press: or Of the right of the #
| people peaceably to assemble, and to "
| petition the Government for a
redress Of grievances.
After the applause has died down, and
after pictures Of A. Mitchell Palmer,
John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Albert
! Sydney Burleson, Thaddeus c.. Sweet,
John Adams, and other lovers of liberty
have aroused the passion IF the people
! to still higher pitch, these words should
be flashed, and kept standing ntil every
child is able to repeat them by heart:
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS
TO BE SELF EVIDENT: THAT .SS
| ALL MEN ARE CREATED
| EQUAL: THAT THEY ARE EN-
DOWED BY THEIR CREATOR
WITH CERTAIN. INALIENABLE
RIGHTS, AND AMONG THESE
ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
Then, with showing Of the inspiring
faces Of Elihu Root, the Commander
OF the American Legion, Governor
Lowden, and views of Eugene V. Debs
in jail and the process Of lynching the
Socialist Assemblymen in New York,
! the audience will reverently and sol
EMMY file out, with a pure and passion
ate love Of liberty in their hearts.
I - = &,s 4, ~
The month of February has five Sum
days some thing that does not occur
but once in many years. And it's leap
/ year, besides! What a golden oppor-
tunity for the matrim ally-inclined
maidens! 81 IA.
The CELEBRATION" Of small nations as
proclaimed by President Wilson is still
continuing British military authority
| in Ireland has ordered the incarceration
of Irish leaders, according to Dublin
dispatch Of January 81. Apparently,
there ism t much work left for the League
of Nations!
This country may yet reach the
point where ssedition Z will mean oppo-
sition to the politician who happens to
1 be in power st. Paul Daily Meas. ~
! There are Others who believe that
i we do not have ia wait for. this blessed
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-04

The CELEBRATION" Of small nations as
proclaimed by President Wilson is still
continuing British military authority
in Ireland has ordered the Incarceration
of Irish leaders, according to Dublin
dispatch Of January 81. Apparently,
there isn't much work left for the League
of Nations! s.g n