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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
AN OLD FIGHT RENEWED.

The old fight of the railroads
against any attempt to extend or i'm
prove water transportation has broken
out in new place. There is on foot
a plan to give Great Lakes ports thru
steamship connection with Europe via
the st. Lawrence river. Railroad ex-
ecutives are reported to be offering
vigorous opposition to the scheme.
The railroads are not in a position
where they can afford to antagonize
any large body of citizens. They were
never more in need of friends than
they are today. Besides they have
more business than they can do with
their existing facilities and traffic
promises to increase more rapidly
than will the ability of the roads to
handle it. No dog in the manger'
policy will meet with public approval.
The st. Lawrence waterway is in
tended to be a continental belt line.
to be used for the diversion of certain
traffic that now passes thru the ter
minals. principally Buffalo and Allan
tic ports. and that could be sent
around them with greater speed and
less cost.
BY loading millions of tons of
freight at Chicago. Milwaukee. Du-
luth. Fort william. Detroit. Toledo
and other Great Lakes ports and rout-
ing it completely around the congest-
ed terminals by way of a deep water
way in the st. Law cnce channel,
much more freight can be saved from
the worthless of the present system than
is now saved. OF rescued. by the ter
minaI railroads The same routing
could be used for raw materials and
manufactured articles moving west
ward.
Just how railroad executives are go
ing to Justify my. opposition to the
St. Lawrence project. says the Detroit
News. is ACT clear This project is in
tended to reduc. congestion on the
railroads themselves in way that the
executives have approved and put into
practice in their own necessarily linn
tied way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

afterward took the name of Rappi as
George Rapp's adopted son, these
craftsmen were put to work, building
the town and producing extra goods
to be sold to outside communities.
This was the beginning of the socie-
tvs Industrial prosperity, which grew
steadily, until Economy, the third
town, was a famous early metrop-
oils.
'sWhen 1 was a little boy" continued
Brother Duss. they were making even
their own silks, having imported silk
worms rom China with which to start
a silk farm. About the time of the
close of the Civil war a bakery was
established which baked bread for all.
And each family had its own COW.
Just the same the milkman drove by
mornings and evenings, and the milk
from each COW was poured into the
top of a large can. Then the milk
man extracted from the spigot at the
other end of the can the proper por-
tion for the family and drove on.
milk into the. can, we would get only
a galloni in return: the rest would
be distributed among our neighbers.
but what happened to this Ideal
state?" we interrupted Brother Duss-
why did it fail r.
Why Utopia Failed.
well the first cause of its failure
started back in the early days of the
colony when the hardships were many
and the food rations were extremely
scarce. At this time celibacy was
adopted as an integral part of the So
ciety's platform, and from that time
on the birth rate was practically nil.
Then an insurrection occurred in
the society, led against the Rapps by
a ne'er-do-well just arrived from Eu-
rope, called Count de Leon He
managed to influence most of the
young people in the society to cut
loose, demand their share of its CAPT
tai, and move to another part of the
state Then others began to demand
their money back; a gradual dis
indignation setain, and with no new
members to supplant the old ones,
the organization of .the society went
to pieces. When We tried to straight
en- out the accounts, we found that no
books had been kept-well. I would
rather talk OF the days when the band
played here on this stand, when the
cherry trees were in bloom, when all
was order and neatness, ard an amaz-
ing peace and tranquility was over
all"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
JUST FOLKS
WE VINO ARE AMERICANS.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

WE WHO ARE AMERICANS.
We who are Americans have much to dare
and do,
The world looks up to us as men who will
be staunch and true.
We've crossed the seas IN Freedoms name,
for truth our sons have died.
And for n better. happier world our peace
we've put aside.
BY all our brave forefathers were. there is
no moment when
We must not live as they have lived and
dare to die as men.
The charge lies heavy on us all to walk the
World erect.
To gain no single hour Of ease and lose our
Self-respect.
To keep our posts. whafe'er they be- sery-
ing the common cause,
Holding to honor when trick might win
the thronR's applause
DauntleSs when danger strikes. and true
to what we know Is best
This was the splendor Of our past, and this
our present test.
We who are Americans must be too big
for shame,
We are the guardians of the faith from
which our gIarylcame. -
Ours Is a Fp'endor truly won in US all pee-
PIE trust.
We face the world as men who are great
hearted. firm ana just.
And he who falls 20 serve the truth In high
or little place.
Shames not alone himself but brings con-
tempt upon his race
Copyright, 1890 by Edgar A. Guest.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
THE PsYCHoLoGIC FACTOR.

Instances in which The general sag
ging of prices has been due either to
greater production or to lower cost of
production. are practically negligible.
Production. if anything, has suffered,
under the influence of eight tie-ups.
coal shortages, fewer working hours,
strikes and other handicaps. How,
then, it may be asked. has it been pos
sible for prices to fall. and how is it
possible to predict any further de-
cline?
The answer is, says financial bull
letin. that the fall IF prices has come
about thru an alteration in demand.
and that while the objective or phys
ical props still work to sustain prices,
the psychologist prop has been with
drawn. Intrinsic Influences remain,
but the speculative influence is dis
appearing.
OF equal Importance with the psy-
chologic factor INFRINGING prices
down has been the shortage of credit
and the high rates resulting from it.
With commercial paper now moving
at per cent, merchants will be prone
to carry as low stock of goods as
they can. Unfortunately, present high
money rates work in some instances
to hinder commodity Production; But
commodity speculation suffers even
more. Banks whose funds are 50
greatly needed for productive enter
prise will be inclined to lend as little
as possible to Spectators who wish to
carry goods merely in the hope of a
higher price
In the money 1arket there has been
a tightening of credit all around. The
government is now paying as high as
6 per cent for its shorA-terrn borrow
ing. rate not touched since 1865; the
New York discount rate has been
raised to per cent; and the federal
reserve banks of Kansas City, Dallas,
st. Louis and Atlanta have applied the
powers conferred by Inc recent Phe-
Ian act, so that some member banks
in those districts are reported to be
paying as high as 15 per cent for part
Of their borrowings. These rates are
without precedent. Recent weekly
federal reserve statements show that
they have been effective. and that con-
traction of currency and credit has
set in.'
result of the usual summer duIlness
but in any event the banks will need
all the surplus lending power they can
accumulate to take care OF the crop
demands in the fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

It is generally conceded that one
cause OF high prices is inadequate dis
tributiOn of commodities. This is not
wholly due to a shortage of cars. The
railroad workers have the power to
effect a reduction in the cost of living,
as with extra exertion they could bring
the goods now held at production
points and centers to the markets and
thus influence general price -reduc-
tions. The result would hardly be
n. ore than temporary. as in the case of
The voluntary price reductions due to
the suspension of demand by the pub
lie. but it would be beneficial in that
it would add to the strength of the
ensuing upswing in production and
confidence. The sales" conducted by
retailers in their effort to revive pub
lie buying were only moderately sue
cessful and are already on the wane,
the pioneer in the movement having
announced the suspension of the re-
duction policy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
PIRATES
BY LEE PAPE

-
The pirates used to rome the sea
With skull and cross bones flying
Spending half their time in robbing
And the other half Jest trying.
They had red hankerchiffs around
their beds
And hives between their teeth
And innocent ships left the ocean top
For the bottom underneath
And meny a victim wawked the plank
without a ,funerel wreeth.
They showed no mercy to enyone
Espeshilly to children and wimniin
And altho there was wateP rite there
all the time
They never went in swimmIn.
Some had mustashes and some had
red saSheS
And they took the greatest delite
In bording ships full of trezzure trove
And filling. the sailers with frite
Vile they sang 70 no and bottle Of
rum
And<if they bert themselves in the fife
Nobody pitied them hardly at all
Because it certeny served them rite.
o there are no pirates eny more
And its safe to sail the sea
So let US be thankful we wasent born
In the days wen there used to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

BilIy's mother has two other chill N,
so she had to stay home and care for
them and her husband, but tie doctor
insisted that Billy have a summer of
this wonderful air. I was the only
one to take him and, unmarried. I
could never have stayed here withoua
a chaperon, SO I decided to be-mar-
riedl"
$50 you SHALL" he. said in raptured
tones. "I'1 get the license and the
preacher now if you'll let me-"
The setting is ideal" she replied
dreamily, "the moon and the stars and
those big wonderful trees. but guess
we'd better wait a while. dear"
Copyright. 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
me first demand thai business Ner

The first demand that business and
the country will make of the admins
tration to enter office next March is
economy. Greater economy would
have been compelled long ago if the
nation as a whole appreciated just how
widespread the effects of government
extravaganza have been. The most
obvious result of the heavy expendi-
ture is being seen in taxation. The
need to turn billions of dollars into the
public Golfers has caused the adoption
OF doubtful taxes. which have fallen in
many instances with little relation to
the ability to bear them. have drawn
heaviest on the normal savings of the
nation and have dried up the sources
OF new Investment funds; funds that
would otherwise have gone to restor-
ing the railroads. and to building new
factories or launching new enter
prises to increase the nation-s capac-
ity for producing wealth. Most dis
turbing OF all has been the excess
profits tax which. not to speak of the
intrinsic unfairness and inequity with
which it has fallen. has discouraged
production on many sides and encour-
aged extravaganza and waste every
where.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

Recently a circumstance has come
to light well illustrating the effect of
labor strikes in boosting prices. A
dealer in marble and granite. whose
name it is unnecessary to mention.
many months ago made an order on
the works at Barre, Vt. for two car
loads OF granite. Before the goods
were delivered the granite cutters
went on strike. They remained out
for months and finally returned to
work on a compromise agreement.
The salesman who accepted the west
ern dealers order has offered him
$1,000 to cancel the contract for deliv-
cry OF the two car loads of stone. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
OuesfionS-Answers

O. When were the first and last erup-
tions of Mt. Shasta?-E. r. W.
A. Mt. Shasta has had no eruptions
within the period that has been known to
white men. In common with Mount Las
sen,+the eruptions began in Tertiary time,
(the time interval Immediately following
the Mesozoic era) and continued down
70 a very recent period Of time Mt Las
sen has been active within the past three
years, but Mt Shasta has remained qsies-
O. What is the oldest living thing in the
A. Trees are the oldest living things in
the world and the General Sherman tree
of Sequoia National Park is probably the
patriarch q them all It +, was s,,a-. goodly
of the land of Egypt and was 1000 years
old when Jesus of Nazareth was born:
feet high. and 1Oe.s feet in circumference.
+ Q. What is the difference between
wood" lumber and timber "a l.
plieation ne aH 9dm covePs so both % timber and
lumber" Timber is wood suitable for
use in buildings, carpentry. etc, whether
in the tree or cut and seasoned. 1t is also
applied to forest land covered by trees
producing such wood. Lumber. is timber
beams boards. pInnks. etc.
@: Where Use the American River?-L.
A. This river is in north central Cali
fornias rising IN Eldorado county and
enptying into the Sacramento River a short
distance north Of the city of Sacramento.
Gold has been frequently found along its
banks
Q. What is the oldest forage crop grown
and what is the best.-L w A
A. Alfalfa is the oldest plant. so far as
known. to be cultivated solely for forage.
It was grown by the Greeks and Romans.
According to Piiny, it was Introduced into
Greece from Media at the time of the Per
sian wars with King Darius. <about 40
=. c. Media or Persia is probably the
fegion of its original culture. Red clover
is the most important Of AL leguminous
forage both on account OF its high value
rs feed and from the fact that it can be
so well employed in rotations
O. Are there any silver mines in Ken
lucky M B. T.
A The Bureau Of Mines states that
there are silver mines in the State of
Kentucky There is an old legend which
lost silver mines in this state, but there Is
no foundation for It
ANY reader can get the answer 70 any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

= Dear Mrs Thompson: I am seven
twenty-three. He has often told me
that he loves me. I do not go out
with him.
Do you think he loves me? Mother
does not allow me to care for him al
tho I do not talk to her about him
What shall I do?
ANXIOUS WAITING.
The young man does not love you
seriously OF he would want to take
you places. I think it would be bet
ter for you to talk frankly to your
mother about him. The more you
keep your love to yourself, the deeper
it viii grow, which is not very good
thing for a girl of seventeen.
before you can choose wisely. Be a
wise little girl now and postpone
your thoughts of love until you are
in your twenties. You can do this If
YOU push aside thoughts of the young
man and busy yourself with some
thing.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am
young girl of nineteen and was keep
ing company with a young man
twenty -four years old. All at once he
him. If he ever writes to me should
answer? BLUE BELL.
\ Yes, answer the letter If it will give
you pleasure to do so. Let him write
first ta----
In reply to "XYZ". Marry the
young man without fear. that your
marriage will turn out wrong. Tell
your father the truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

Haskins. Director. Washington, d. C.
This offer applies strictly to information.
The Bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical, and financial matters. 1t does
not attempt to settle domestic troubles.
nor to undertake exhaustive research on
any subject Write your question plainly
and briefly. Give full name and address
and enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct to the
INQUIRER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

means serious things for the city for
many months in the future. The.
public is much concerned, as it viii
suffer-regard1ess of which side wins
in the controversy between the mas
ter-builders and their employees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

It is claimed for the congress re-
Gently adjourned that it saved $4O,-
100000 a day for the taxpayers. If
we all counted as savings the money
We do not spend, everybody would be-
come wealthy in short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

The Democrat platform failed to
make an appeal to the army of di-
vorcees in this country for their
votes. But it may be that the com
mittee looked for the nomination Of
Coz. who is said to be one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

Not all the public is convinced that
the drops of water seen trickling down
Mr.. Bryan's face during his great
speech in San Francisco were tears.
There are those who think they may
have been produced by the heat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

Should the threatened tie-up of
building operations in Topeka mater
ialize the city would be deprived of
much promised housing both OF busi-
ness and residential kinds Any dis
turbance Of the building program
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

AItho Colonel Bryan is well accus-
toned to defeat at the polls he sus-
tanned his first rout at a convention
of his party at San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

A man thinks and thinks. and then
orders apple pie and a glass of milk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

There are some things Mr.. Bryan
doesn't know" writes Arthur Bris-
bane, ''and some of the things ne
knows are not true
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

(Auy reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

If a woman has the money, the
men care very little whether it is ali
mony or life insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

AS nearly everybody knows, Mr..
Brisbane is our favorite political seer.
We make obeisance to his gift of pre-
olson. But there are times. pnrticI-
larly in ris discussions of Mr.. Br9 az,
when we feel he is too const rvati' g
of mind and cautious IS to
words.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

Developments" say the New York
papers, are foreshadowed in. the Ell
well case Except in one of its
phases. the Elwen case has ceased to
intrigue US, but upon one point we
still maintain a lively curiosity. We
refer. of course. to the lady described
as a ''mud-gutter blonde"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

We refer to the matter here because
nothing seems to deeply to shock and
offend the people, and there must be
some reason for it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

We fondly believed we had -scruti-
nized the blonde in all of her varioss
manifestations from the taffy -eolored
to the copper-hued. but the cmud-
gutter" is a new type and one which
We fain would study at closer range.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

1T is known" says a middle west
newspaper in its comment upon a To-
cal criminal mystery. that he mar
ried a woman some years his elder"
Doubtless, in asking the question, we
shall reveal our utter ignorance. but
what is the objection to a man marry
ing a woman older than himself?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

Now what we wish to know. and
we have a reason for asking, is
whether Goggles" slept in them
Has. we go on to say. has that old
custom been revived by the oncoming
generation?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

While our Mr.. Palmer may not be
nominated for president. it is conceded
he hollers Wolf" as ably as any
man in public life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

As an expert student of the psy-
chology of the crowd. we expect the
fact that Mrs. Harding is a grand
mother to offset the disadvantage at
which Mr.. Harding t. placed thru l1av-
ing married a widow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

Another of Mr.. Bryan's mistakes.
and it is the mistake made by nearly
every man who makes a profession of
goodness and morality, is that those
who oppose prohibition and the Voi>
stead act necessarily are in the employ
Of the liquor interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

No good cause has any reason to
fear its enemies. Its only dangerous
opponents are its fool friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

In reply to "XYZ'. Marry the
young man without fear. that your
marriage will turn out wrong. Tel
your father the truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

The people are touchy and they
have certain fixed moral standards.
but there is one plea they cannot re-
sist. We refer to the circumstances Of
a woman being also a mother.
If in addition to being a mother
Mrs. Harding can be graphically pic
tured by the Republican press bureau
as "frail little woman" the election
is as good as won.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

And the go farther. If the dimple
were there, we probably should be the
first gent to observe it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05

In the old days on Kansas claim.
blew ''birdshot' snow out of the north
west. we used occasionally TO resort to
that method of defense against the as
saults of winter. II was a well-recog-
nized tenet of the strategy OF the
plains country. But II would appear
to be a too meticulous precaution in a
steam heated house.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1920-09-23
CARS COLLIDE SATURDAY
ON HIGHWAY NEAR CLOVIS

A serious accideyt was narrowly
averted Saturday afternoon, when
Ford cars driven by DR.. C. L. Nc
Clellan. of Clovis, and W. R. Atchley,
Of Hollene, met in head on COLI
sion on the Grady highway few
miles north of Clovis.
Mr.. Atchley suffered broken
right arm just above the wrist, and
minor cuts and bruises, while DR..
Mcclellan was badly shaken up. DR..
McClellan's car was almost demolish-
ed and the other car was badly dam
aged.
Drs Mcclellan was coming south
on the right hand side on the highway
and Mr. Atchley was driving north
on the left hand side of the road, inn
mediately following another car.
According to reports, the first car
turned out to the right, but the dust
was blowing so badly that neither
driver saw the other until the cars
collided.
The injured man was rushed to
Clovis where his wounds were dress
d. He returned to his home Monday.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1920-09-23
Stealing Fords Is
Popular Sport Here

Stealing Of Ford cars IS becoming
a popular outdoor sport IN Clovis ac-
cording to reports this week. r. S.
Rutter's Ford car was taken from
Main Street in front of the new Ly-
ceum Theatre last Thurslay even
ing and was later located in Texico
A Ford belonging to John Daniels
was stolen Friday night from Main
Street and was found Saturday on
the highway two and a half miles
west of the city.
Another Ford, belonging to
Springfield & Wells, was stolen from
in front of Denhof's store at about
8 o'clock Sunday evening. So far
this car has not been located. Mr..
Springfield has offered $3.50 for the
arrest and conviction of the thieves,
but so far the authorities have not
been able to locate the guilty parties.