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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

always try to treat everyone the same.
but guess fail to sometimes.
Just what is the trouble with me?
Do you think it natural for me to lose
interest in my friends since I am older
now? 1 have had two chances to be-
come engaged. but wanted to be sure
they were right and so did not ac-
cept- A NICE GIRL.
You seem to have too much time to
think about and anaylze yourself. You
need to be so deeply interested in
some work that you will forget about
boys for awhile.
If you are working girl and do not
enjoy your work. get another position.
A change would probably do you goo l.
See how efficient you can make your
self. Your efforts will absorb your
time and as you work you will find
your interests increasing.
1t Is not normal to lose interest in
your frie Ids Perhaps you have grown
away from them and need to meet new
people. A change of position would
help in this respect too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
JUST FOLKS
A GOOD WORLD.
ny EDGAR A. GUEST.

n GOOD WORLD.
It's good old world and a true old world
In spite of the wrong We see.
An the naughty lips which In sneers are
curled.
Don't steal any joy from me;
For the selfish hearts an the cruel hands
May walk In the ways O. sin,
But the bloom still comes to the clover
lands
An there's leace for all to win.
The trees stiff offer their friendly shade
To the strong an the tired an faint
An the sky never asks you what's your
trade
Or are you sinner or saint:
The sun smiles down on us one an all,
An the roses blossom. too.
An whether We rise or whether We fall.
The day says kow-do you do:
Oh. we hear so much of the good an bad,
So much IN the praise O. skill,
That we're apt to think they are only glad
Who stand on the topmost hill:
But the sky bends over the humblest boy
In the way that IL greets the king,
An the hand % man cannot steal the Joy
Which the days o. summer bring
The breeze never asks about case or creed,
An the orchards know no pride.
Tho men may flatter daring deed
An fawn at a monarch's side:
The birds an the trees an the sun an the
sky
Know nothing of good or bad,
Cor they smile on all Of us trrvelin' by
An hope that We all are glad.
Copyright, 1920. by Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
FINGERS.

FINGERS.
Our lives are filled with cropping.
We reach for the things we desire
our fingers leading. Silently, and
much alone, do we move toward our
destinies.
and, in 1t all. how strangely do our
fingers influence and play their parti
The mother presses her babe to her
breast With her fingers, and noise
lessly steals her way into its chamber
in the dead of the night to tuck the
soft coverings back in the place
with her fingers.
Flngersi How can we forget their
touch-tho ever SO silent-so long as
we remember that love came thru
them last.
Let me but touch the hem of His
garment" said the afflicted woman
who sought out Jesus, land I shall
be made whole"
Fingers tell so much And they
can DO so much,
1 delight in keeping about me the
simple gifts of love that have come
to me from time to time. l often
pause from my book or typewriter
and look at them and say to myself
Their fingers picked these out and
hallowed them for me-"
How many times the sympathetic
press of beautiful fingers changed a
whole day and made life itself very
wonderful
Feeling fingers are finest, for they
carry only heart messages.
The most fascinating thing about
across the strings. I am always
thrilled by it.
But the greatest fingers are those
that work-and those that. by their
touch. tell you that you have won
when you fear that you have failed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

The public health work of the last
fifty years. by cutting the death rate
from such diseases as malaria, typhoid
fever. smallpox, cholera, yellow fe-
yer and tuberculosis, and also from
accidents. is. in large measure. respon-
sible. it is said. for the addition of over
ten years TO the average lifetime of
man. In 1855. the expectation of life
OF person in Massa chusetts was about
forty years; according to the most re-
cent figures II is well over fifty years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

off times man was not the husky giant
we imagine, but a smaller creature,
that he lived in trees and used his
hands to cling by, and his voice for
vague Gatherings. Then for some un-
known reason, possibly because the
forests disappeared thru some change
OF climate, this prehistoric man came
down from his trees. He was curious.
and so he picked at things and ex-
amined and explored. Then he
showed his fellow. citizens his re-
markable discoveries, thus develop
ing communication, which is one of
the greatest aids to progress. His
fellow men, crude as they were, prof
tied to some extent by the researches
of the early investigators. Gradually
intelligence grew, grunts and squeals
were organized into speech. and in the
course of million years or so, the
superior creature of today was
evolved.
together from the bones that science
has dug up and the bones it hopes
some day to find. 1t is to most scien-
lists the only plausible theory, tho
there are still some people who hold
out that seeing is believing and that
when they see the animal that man
descended from they will put moi e
faith in evolution.
Meanwhile, If man has no immedi-
ate prospect of growing a third leg
or second crop OF nalr, ne is Saio
to be changing in another way. Pro
fessor Gidley says that the tendency
is for the races of the earth to blend
as civilization spreads. The Bushruen
and Igorots may in the next few aeons
develop into desirable mates for races
now far in advance of them in civiliza-
ton, and finally, in the course of the
next million years, it. is thought pos
sible that all the races of the earth
may be merged into one composite
type. 1t is an exciting thought-until
we reflect that none of us will be here
to see the world citizen of A. ID.
1,001,92o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

Except for the possible danger of
extraordinary and unanticipated ex-
penditures under the presidents war
power which he has refused to have
taken from him. government revenues
will exceed expenses by upward of a
billion dollars during the fiscal year
1921 with the way opened for a sub
stantial reduction of the tax burdens
said Representative Frank W. Mon
dell of wyoming, recently. But the
existing tax is not in itself so grievous
a burden. Just ground for complaint.
however, is found in the system of col
lection The bulk of the federal tax
is not taken direct from the people.
but is collected by persons all along
the line between consumer and manu-
faeturer, each one OF whom adds an
extra tax on his own account. For
every dollar that reaches the federal
treasury the people probably pay two
or more. Congress should not wait for
1921. The excess profits tax should be
repealed at the earliest opportunity.
It is costing the people who have no
source of profits too much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

Washington has of recent years
gone daft on oppression of all bust
ness interests. It is a burden hard to
Dear. It is no longer regarded as cred
table 10 create a great business inter-
est, to establish a manufacturing en-
terprise larger than a one-horse affair
or to open mine and give employ
ment TO thousands of people. Success
is now discouraged by the government
and penalties are imposed upon the
hard-working men of ability. while
non-success and inefficiency are put at
a premiurn.--Manufac Record.
But isn't that what the people have
been asking for and voting for for
years? Haven't they been told that
big business was robbing them until
they believed it? Didn't the votes of
the people ruin the transportation
business of the country? If given an
opportunity they probably would do
the same thing to the packing houses
and other Industrial enterprises. We
have the sort of government for which
we vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
Moulton Musings
By ROY x. MoULToN.
BaIIads of Ye ont Consumer.

Up to the miikman's clarion call
His bottles rattle in the hall
It's fire o'clock and that is all,
He says his milk is u, in price
Since the day tefore-and that is nice
sing no. for the merry milkman,
He's n jolly wight
Who pumps all night
A toast to the cheerful milkman.
Back to the old hay to enjoy
A snooze, then comes the butchers boy.
A limb Of the faithful hoi polloi.
Who brings the chops. with good intent,
And says they have gone up a cent.
Who hates to charge
A price that's large
A cheer for the suffering butcher.
And then, the piercing summons:
E Hsw much todsyl It's up IN price
Shake a leg or you'll be too late;
haven't got all day To waitr"
Sing no! for the humble iceman.
For waters shy,
So ice is high
A toast to the modest iceman.
Is heard ere tie day begins to wane
He's forced to -aise the rent again
Eor he's losing fortune every day,
Can't save a cent
From all his rent
A tear for the hero landlord.
Some day upon a lonesome lea
An epitaph for all TO see,
victim of prosperity
Who gave his all that other might
Roll up thei- fortunes over night.
Sing no; for the ult consumer!
Give him your vote
As the worlds prize goat
Here Lies Old Tit Consumer"
The Chicago bathing censor saws
Il see nothing in the one-piece bath
Ing suits that should be prohibited.
OF course not-nothing that is in them
The suits themselves are what the re
formers object to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
WHERE LIES OUR GREATNESS.

WHERE LIES OUR GREATNESS.
The United States is the greatest ma
ton on the face of the earth We who
live here admit it. Yet we are told
that we are facing a serious coal
shortage next winter, and the bitumi-
nous product is selling in Pittsburgh,
the very heart of the coal region. at
SIS per ton. We are talking about
placing an embargo on the export OF
coal at the risk of provoking interna-
tional reprisals on the part of nations
which are suffering more severely
than we possible can, and which, un-
like ourselves, have no vast uncovered
reserves of fuel.
Moreover, our fuel oil situation is
no better. According to official in
formation, more than four hundred oil
burning vessels, the pride of our mer-
chant fleet, are detained IN our ports
owing to their inability to obtain fuel
oil.
Our coal scarcity. says the Wollman
Review, is partly labor and partly a
transportation problem. Mine opera
tors lay a portion of the blame for the
shortage on their employees. many of
whom are foreigners and much ad-
dicted to holidays in these times of fat
pay envelopes. The reports of the
geological survey show that during the
month Of May, the mines were pre-
vented from shipping As per cent of
the coal available thru lack of cars.
The evidence at hand goes to show
that at present we are mining only a
little over nine million tons of coal per
week, when our production should be
around eleven million tons weekly.
The latter figures represent the needs
for domestic consumption alone.
So, here we are, the leader of the
world In the production of petroleum
and coal, We. undergoing a serious
shortage in both these Industrial ne
cessities. According to the geological
survey. this country can mine billion
tons of coal a year for four thousand
years Wyoming alone has an under
ground supply of nearly seven hun
dred billion tons. We lead the world
in oil production with about four hun
dred million barrels per annum.
The coal and the oil are here. Why
cannot so great a nation supply its
people with what they need?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01


A glimpse at the aims and plans
of the so-calIed Committee of Forty
eight movement has been furnished by
one of the speakers at a meeting of
the Milwaukee branch of this political
organization, says the Northwestern of
Oshkosh. Referring to the proposed
third party movement that is being
pushed by this organization, the
speaker said: with La Toilette,
johnson or Borah. we can carry Wis
consin, Minnesota and North Dakota.
Neither the Republicans nor the Dem
ocrats will have a majority in the cleo
toral college. They will not jeer and
boot at La Toilette when he holds the
balance Of power" And the speaker
went on to explain how this was to be
accomplished, thru the aid and sup
port of Hundreds of thousands of
voters OF German extraction. with the
Irish. and with other Hberty-loving
Americans"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

The third party. the formation of
which is being engineered by William
r. Hearst. is preparing to welcome
Senator Reed into the fold. Senator
Hiram johnson has been a little slow
NJ reaching the camp and Reed easily
iNay become the favorite of Mr..
Herst. When the party becomes q
goAg concern it should be labeled
THE Boilers Retreat"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

Secretary of the Treasury Houston
estimates that the American people
spend s22. 1000. 100000 a year for
things which they could do without:
But If they did not do this where
would the government get the money
TO pay for all the things it now has
and could do without?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

]. NJ. Davis, Democrat candidate
for the nomination for governor. an
nounces that 81 expect to actively and
honestly advance my claims in the
primary" But how can MFR. Davis
hope to win if he continue to split his
infinitiyes?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

The Democrats might do we'll by
nominating Cox or some other man
who is not now and has NOT at any
previous time been connected with the
national administration. Rightly or
wrongly there is widespread preju-
dice among the, voters against the men
in washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS ELIZABETH THoAPsoN.

Dear Mrs Thompson: 1 am a girl
twenty years of age I have kept
steady company with q few young
men, but have not for the last year.
/ just go with one and then another.
I have begun to lose interest in life
and my young friends and II seems
as tho they have lost interest In me.
Some of my friends think get
angry at them when 1 am not I am
not a girl that forces her way In. ]
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

The Wilson demonstration immedi-
ately preceding the opening of the
convention at San Francisco affords
ground for fair estimate of the num-
Der of federal office holders among
the delegates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

The manner in which the admins
tration delegates at San Francisco
handled Senator Reed may serve to
call to mind that Reed was numbered
among the "wilIfuI H."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

There still is complaint CT a shortage
OF school teachers. There is one
whose services should be available
after March 4, 1921.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

Senator Hiram johnson has an
nounced that he will take long rest.
This will permit the country to do the
same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

The situation in which the Demo-
cratic party finds itself is one of un-
common interest. For eight years IL
has been administered by one who
doesn't speak its language. It is now
about to be asked to confer the mas
ter degre upon one who never knew
its password. 4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01

1t was. as we recall it, along about
1912 that cambridge Colby began
looking for a ride. The news from
San Francisco is to the effect that Mr..
Colby possibly may be given one.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-08
On The ISSUE Of
Nmericanism There Can
De No Compromise
The Principle Of Rejection
By DIR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1870. ~ Frank CfaneD

10 browse occasionally thru literature, WIN,
out rule or aim, for sometimes we so ma
the rarest treasures; but when we do noth-
ing else but browse we grow monstrous
lean. We read at the breakfast table, feaa
on the train, read at lunch, and read IN PEG.
| even knew one woman who said she TOOK
her book with her and read while taxing
her bath.
II is only in rejection that We gain Ell
ficiency. That is why they who spend 100
much time in thought are not good for ac-
ton. John Galsworthy frames 1T aptly IN
these words, which / quote from page
of his novel Fraternity"
Hes got such a sense Of what he ought
not to do that he never does anything
Every tangible cubic deed man does
implies the rejection of a hundred argu-
ments why he should not have done IT:
Every fact upsets a whole carload OF
theories. Everything that Is, is sheer
triumph over causes, forces, and reasons
why il should not be.
The law Of forceful life then is, concen-
trate. eliminate, get away with the waste.
Health is a problem of how to keep the
digestive apparatus clear; office success con-
ssts in keeping the desk clean; such men
as Philip Armour, Marshall Field, and Jay
Gould hurled themselves like cannon balls
at one point.
The matter with heathenism was not lack
of belief the heathens believe too much;
their gods grow on every bush; the triumph
of monotheism came from its rejection of
much that had been called worship.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-08
While the Wounds Are Fresh

II takes a Lincoln hotel disaster to bring pointedy and
pognantly keen realization of duty. While the wounds
are fresh shall be impatient with those who by any
chance have been lax and indifferent to fire preventive
measures We shall have Investigations and examinations
And tho they will bring back the dead nor afford sur
heart burns such probes can at least eaeh
the public a lesson or two.
Not so very long ago the fire department and particularly
Fire Marshal Harry BrnghuIst vigorously protested
against the licensing of certain gas burner IN Seattle
was protested on the ground of creating unnecessary
fire hazard. The question up to the city council
and despite the warnings and peadngs of those who made
prevention their life work. the gas burners were APP
proved Now they for sale in this city. May they
never cause any trouble But If they do aroused
public opinion will demand their confiscaton. That aroused
public opinion however lacking at the proper time
An aroused public opinion will some day demand the
humane consideration for femen that expect Tor
ourseves-one day of rest every week. Those who saw
the fire fighters at the Lincoln hotel accomplish almost
miraculous by their brave indifference to their own
safety will forget their heroism will they ever
regret any act of appreciation shown them.
We dare that if it put TO vote OF the people
today raise the money to give the fremen
their day off week the amount would be subscribed be-
fore the week Yet take IL careessly and
indiffereny when the mayors veto. 1t is calmly
nounced, that the city has money for this purpose.
To those who have been individually touched by the
Lincoln hotel fire, the coming investigation will be of
avail The public at large however may benefit by the
lessons it teach
Admiral Sims testimony MAKES 10 clear that he APP
proved Of one part Of the nary He approved OF Sims
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-08

The best thing about any man is his Noes.
In other words, the cardinal source of
efficiency in forceful life is the principle
of rejection
A person is rich by what he does not
spend wise by what he does not know,
good by what he does not do, a good work
man by the kind of work he never does, and
is kept alive by the things he does not eat.
All our lives We are overwhelmed by the
abundance Of things. We 20 into a library.
the acres of books stupefy us; there is so
much to read that we go out and smoke.
Take seriously this matter of reading. It
occupies large portion Of our days. Books
fall from the presses Of the modern world
Thick autumnal leaves that sirew the vale OF
Vallombronal
Beside these are the magazines, the week
lies the monthlies that pile up on news
stands like parti-colored windows and are
consumed by the passerby. And then the
daily papers, each one cyclopedia OF news
story, romance, theatre, society. sport, fl
nance, and every human interest. Every
thing printed gets cheaper and cheaper. The
reader no longer pays for his reading mat
ter; the advertiser pays. Soap. ham. under
wear and company force our literature upon
us. Our minds are no more wandering
chickens picking food. but chickens Gagged
with their food forced down them.
In the midst of this plenty a mind with
out firm principles of rejection is likely TO
starve. II becomes discursive, fiberess.
Most people read too much. IL is well
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-08
FALLACY or SINGLE TAX

Editor The Star: II should not re-
quire a voluminous disquisltlon on
Single tax To prove 10 an unbiased
mind that It is vain delusion. FIX.
ment Of the Imagination. IL II did
should not attempt to write about II.
but when we see the evil effects OF
the enforcement Of this theory OF
land tenure one would be false to
hls sense Of justice did he not enter
: protest. The sophist. who. by an In
terminabic string Of words. can make
black appear white, or legalized rob
bAry 20 be impartial justice. can de
ceiye the beneficiaries OF his false
theory or those who. are not es-
pecinIly Interested. but not his vic
Tim
Tho first thought is that II carried
70 its logical results by it's full en-
fOrcement II implies a revolution In
our social. business. and possibly our
politfcaI life: II not carried 10 this ex-
tint II Ia simply left TO the discretion
g the tax collector, which gives him
the power Of arbitrarily rewarding
his friends and Furnishing his enc
smiee. which must tend to develop n
reetIess. migratory people, with no
armament interests in the country,
dincouraging habits Of industry and
Kindred virtues. while In place Of
elhoec desirable traits Of character
mi appear their opposite. tending TO
ln~,1eesness and barbarian. The land
$500 u not going to improve his
Se11e II the value which ne adds TO II
- hi money s"H labor Is 10 be taxed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-08
In the Editors Mail

III we condemn the so-calicd I'm.
earned increment. to DO oonsistent
we must make good the deficit that
the thousands Of landowners sustain
py roofing away their time and
money on land that yields no return
IL requires as much skin and In.
telligence 20 run n ranch Az IL does
TO be mechanic who demands n
wage OF dollar an hour. but there
are few II any iandholdera who
would not readily vacste their hold.
lngs " the authorities will pay them
at that rate for the time they have
spent In an effort to make n home
The writer In The Star for March
3Oth who speaks OF the t25 900 farm
which, after 80 years. was worth az
100000. must not ignore the fact
that tho one who invested that f25..
900 took a chance. the same as he
must do In any venture. lie might
win or he might lose. In that case
ne happened TO win. but II will not
be denied that there are many more
real estate ventures that result un
favorably to the home maker. from
financial point OF view, than there
are that Yield net profit; further.
more we must recognize the fact.
that had the $4,000 been Invested
In most any line Of business. cspe
ciaily In the manufacture Of auto.
mobiles. for the period OF 80 years II
would doubtless have yielded many
times $4,000, 900. nj least that there
was a possibility Of such result. TAX.
ing into consideration the element OF
chance. which no sane man can
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