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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
George Matthew Adams
y Daily Talk
TO A STRANGER.

I see you so often. 1 would like to
know you. I see no reason why I
should not. Your forward eye and
steady step and happy mein make me
want to step right UP and speak to you.
There are so many of you-and life
goes by so fast-and friends are so
wonderful. 1 would like 10 know
YOUi
would like to sit for a while beside
some still path and compare life notes.
[ would like to know your problems
and 1 would like to talk about how
you have met the many emergencies
that come to us all. 1 know that you
you, / an sure.
l have never liked "introductions"
They are too stiff and formal-not
bit human. / would like to use my
God-given intuition towards you, O
Stranger, and IL you look fine and
wholesome and helpful. would like 20
begin right off to know you. Isn't that
the way you feel toward YOUR
strangers?
What big world of strangers!
What a VARIETY
have noted that in the midst of
great peril. where large numbers are
gathered, there is very little reticance
about intermingling. Trouble. direct
emer gency, catastrophy, seem to make
US all very much akin. 1 wonder WHY
the ordinary, happy run of life should
not find more of us approachabie, kind
and enthu siastic for the good and hap
piness of everybody?
In the newer communities and "out
where the west begins" l have found
the stranger different-and almost
always splendid
There are many in this world who
are so beautifully made that they keep
giving off a sort of inviting aroma to
all whom they meet. l pass many
whom I never speak to, but who in
spire me by their very bearing. Don't
you?
In a way, we are all strangers-pil-
grims, walking around in a world Of
cloud and sunshine. Let US try to e
helpful.
God bless you. stranger-and hope
that YOU may always be happyi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
CASTE N INDUSTRY.

Until the passage of the transporta-
ton act, the theory OF congress was
that railroad facilities were adequate
for all business and it was made the
duty OF the Interstate Commerce COM
mission to see to it that there was no
discrimination in service as between
shippers. Under that theory the sys-
tenn of rebates was abolished, and the
whole institution of privilege in trans
portation was toppled over.
Under the transportation act, a new
policy is given life. 1t is that the facil-
tiles of the railroads are not adequate
and that discrimination as between
shippers is permissible. The Interstate
Commerce commission, which was or
ganized to prevent discrimination, Is
now made the instrument for COM
polling discrimination. Transportation
has ceased to be a right and has be-
come privilege.
Those who think that they have
been fighting against socialism and
concentration of control over industry
in Washington may find it profitable
to examine conditions as they actually
are.
In transportation, says the Manu-
facturers Record, there is a board with
even more autooratic powers than the
Federal Reserve board possesses. If
one month it happen to say to con-
struction interests that they could not
ship their materials, it might the next
month ~a,, 70 tho COTTON ipfarasfe Aha +
they should not ship. No industry is
exempt. 1t holds the well-being of
them all on its lap. No business can
proceed with the absolute certainty
that it will be allowed to get its goods
to market. It must find out from
Washington what priorities and what
embargoes are in effect. That this
tremendous power would not be ar
bitrarily used ordinarily is true
enough. perhaps. but it exists. 1t has
been used violently and it may be
used violently again. Nor is there any
appeal to the courts. The Commits
sion itself is the judge of when an
emergency exists. It of itself decides
when it shall be allowed to exercise
viz tuaIly supreme authority.
+ It is idle to talk about the danger
Of government control of industry
when it is already in effect. When
, the government can decide what IN
dustries shall have money and what
industries shall have transportation, i.
can decide what industries shall exist
So It begins cataloging Industries into
those W! ',h are essenua; ED those
which are non essential and slowly
brings into being a system of caste il
Industry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
WHY COAL IS HIGH.

After the experience OF the past two
or three years it must be apparent that
the conditions OF high prices of coal
and irregularity of supply can never be
remedfed except by large increase in
the number of cars available or some
means of storing the coal at the mines.
The National Coal association has is
sued a chart, showing ths increase in
the cost of producing coal. which re-
suits from the short working hour
caused by the lack of cars to transpor,
the coal.
The public has never before per-
haps so thoroly appreciated the fact
that coal cannot be stored at the mine,
and that coal cars must be available
to take Il Immediately from the nina
in order that mining operations may
proceed.
The chart shows that If the basic
45-hour week be reduced to a 12-hour
week, the cost of production is more
than doubled. In other words, it shows
that the overhead expense. which must
be continually met, is such that con-
tinuous production is necessary to in
sure a reasonably low price for coal.
While this is equally true in other lines
of business in which it is necessary to
operate full time in order to accom-
plish the cheapest production. 1t is par
ticularly true with reference to all
mining operations. in which the cost
of maintenance and upkeep is greater
because of the rapid depreciation of
mining property.
The chart enforcesNa lesson which it
would be we'll for the public to cone
slider. A large number of mines during
the last few months have only been
able TO operate from three to six days
per month because of the shortage of
to market. The mine which operates
only six days per month must neces-
sarily get a double price for its coal.
while the mine operating but threa
days per month must receive approx
mately two and one-half times a nor
NAL price for it's output
1.-The confusing public" says the
Mining Congress Journal, should bet
ter appreciate this situation and be
more willing to lend its assistance 10
plans by which continuous operation
of coal mines may be made possible"
But the public would first like 70
see the plans. At present it looks as
tho it is up to the operators to pro-
vide storage facilities and to railroads
to furnish more cars. Then. perhaps
the public will be willing to do its
part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

The excess profits tax was purely
war measure and was recognized as
such when adopted both in this coun-
try and England. In peace it is a seri-
GUS stumbling block in the path of
business and commercial progress. 1t
drives capital into hiding because it
retards expansion and binders new in
dustry, 1t has been one of the great
est. handicaps to conservative recon
struction. Whichever side wins next
November. the excess profits tax
seems to be doomed. Both Senator
Harding and Governor Cox have de-
lclared for its repeal. thus leaving open
only the question of what shall be pro
vided as a substitute Governor Cox
offers "a small tax. probably to 1 Il
per cent on the total business of every
going concern" That Senator Hard
ing will favor another remedy is like
ly. and the public is entitled to know
what It is Eut since the party lead
ers are in agreement on the main issue.
why should it be necessary for con-
gress to awe t the Inauguration of a
new president?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the Columns OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL


August IL. 1895.
The managing board of the Topeka
Homeopathic night school met last evening
at the office of DIR. G. P. Howard, aua
made the preliminary arrangements for
the fall term of the night school. The
school was organized two yearE ago BY
the homeopathic physicians Of the city.
and has steadily grown until It had on
its rolls last wieter forty students. The
following is the staff of physicians who
will teach the night school the coming
winter: DR. L. A Ryder. surgery: DIR.
u. P. Howard. anatomy: DIR. Eva Harding.
materia medica; DR.. Aenninger. physiology ::
Dr. s. p Swift, obstetrils: DR.. Mary Stew
art, theory and practice.
". L. Dickey of Omaha came down To
the bicycle meet yesterday and is the guest
of his brother-i Flaw. Mr.. Arch F. VIII
hams.
Misses Nell Clough and Carrie Dubois
will leave tomorrow for Colorado. Utah
and other western points. for a vacation
Mrs Clara Mills and Titles daughter
Lucille. went to Leavenworth today To visit
Mrs NEilis's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Atchison-
Mrs. Fred Freeman, Mrs Schuyler
Nichols and little daughter. Ariel. and Miss
Waugh. Mrs Freeman's sister, have re-
turned from two weeks stay at Eagle
Springs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

This government" declares Secre-
tary OF State Colby in his letter to Am
bassador Avezzana, believes in a
united, free and autonomous Polish
state and the people of the United
States are solicitous for the mainten-
ance of Poland's political indepen-
dence and territorial integrity. From
this attitude We will not depart. and
the policy of this government will be
directed TO the employment of all
available means TO render it effectual.'
What does the secretary of state mean
by available means?" The president
is possessed with every one of the
emergency powers granted to him for
the waging OF war. with the exception
of the control of our transportation
systems. But perhaps Mr.. CoIby's
letter was intended solely for Euro
pean consumption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST
TIE COMMnN pAY.

Twasnt much OF Il day, he said,
The common fight for the daily bread,
The usual tasks in the usual way
With little accomplishment to mark the
day;
And this was his thought with the setting
That nothing at all worth while he'd done.
But there was much that he didn't know
A friend was cheered by his glad hello,
And the kindly word he had stopped to
say
Had sent him whistling along his way:
A common day without much worth while.
Yet he'd blessed the world with another
smile.
A questioning boy in the busy shop
BY his side that morning had CHANGED to
And, as boys will do. he had asked him
The why Of the wheels and the bolts and
springs;
And he told him all that he wished to
know,
And the boy was glad to be treated so.
He didn't know, as he sat that night
Thinking his day had been wasted quite.
That a boy was telling his mother then
OF the kindly ways Of the best of men.
And she was spreading the news around
OF the wonderful friend her son hal
found.
He never guessed that his cheerful way
Had helped a number of men that day,
He never dreamed that his kindly word
The tagging soul Of n friend had stirred !;
Oh. life is bigger than things We build.
And the commonest day may be richly
Copyright. 1920. by Edgar a. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
III LEE PAPE

Yestidday was Nora's day off and
ma had to make suppir, saying, Deer
me, / don't know wat to have, there's
so mulch lam left over Id make
well, I CESS Ill make a lam stew.
WITCH she did, saying, Benny, I've
got some sewing to finish upstairs, 1
wunt you to stay down heer and see
that the stew duzzent bern, jest stir it
once in a vile, that's all.
in the zitchin and started to keep the
lam stew frum berning, and after
vile I herd Pubs Simkins WHSLE out in
the alley and I went out and opened
the gate and started to- tawk to him,
and pritty soon Pubs shifted upwards,
saying. Pew, watts berning, pew
Gosh, does it smell like lam stew?
I sed. And quick ran back and
started to stir the lam stew agen, be-
ing mulch harder to stir down at the
bottom than wat ii was before and
smelling fearse, and ma called down
stairs, Benny is enything berning
down there?
I'm not sure, ma. this lam stew
smells sumthing like it, sed. And
ma came running down, saying, You
bad boy. I should say it does smell
sumthing like 1t, its ruined. that wat
it is. ruined. all you had to d. 10 1t
was simply stir it.
Well 6. ma, that's all I did to It.
sed. Wich it was. the trubble being
I dident do It enuff. and ma sed, You
jest wait till your father heers about
this. YOU jest wait.
And she sent me erround to the
butchers for some stake. being pops
most favorite thing. and wen he came
home ma ,oId him about the lam
stew. being his leest favorite thing.
and pop pretended to tawk mad and
gave me 4 dime TO go TO the movies.
Proving the effect is jest the same
weather its good luck or good man
aEemint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

Graw. the weu-knowu little fighter.
was once whipped by an umpire.
The appearance of Bobby Jones's
name in the list of golfers at Toledo
prompts US to renew a half-abandoned
search for information. How old is
Bobby this year?
Young Mr.. Jones. we add by way Of
wishing those who do not keep track
of the game, is the demon golfer who.
up to and including last year had been
seventeen for six seasons.
The man who doesn't believe thera
is hell always makes an exception
in the case OF the fellow yho ought to
go there.
STILL" said Adelaide as she read
the casual record of the journey from
back numbers of the paper, IF my
family. hadn't owned a motorcar you
would have had no trip to write
about"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

Paper suits may soon make their
appearance in this country. The de-
partment of commerce has cabled
abroad Tor samples, as the result of
interest aroused by an announcement
that paper clothing has been on dis
play in English stores A statement
from the department says that a num-
Der of interested persons have written
asking for samples of the suits, which
are supposed to retail for something
like 60 cents each. Paper was used
for clothing purposes in Germany and
Austria during the war when other
materials ran out. The garments
gave poor wear, especially when rained
upon, but they were better than moth
ing. and it is said that some progress
has been made in rendering them part
~ waterproof There is no particular
reason, says the Dry Goods Economist,
why the wear of a paper suit should
not be almost as satisfactory as Of
some all wool clothing on the market
of a banana after a rain. They would
present no difficult problem as to
mending. either, pot of mucilage and
a newspaper being quite capable of
emergency duty. There would certain
ly be some hesitation about scratch
ing match on the seat of ones paper
trousers but think how handy it would
be to use an eraser instead of sending
ones ice cream toys to the cleaners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

Commenting on a recent editorial in
The State Journal regarding the up
building of home manufactures the
Sioux City Tribune says: LAS to cotton
goods, the reason Kansas buyers pat
ronize the markets of New England
and Georgia is because they are out
for style. particular buyers. and want
a large variety to select from" Bur
the real reason is that cotton goods
of any sort are not made in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

You know they say, Absence makes
the heart grow fonderr"
Later. out in the kitchen. Mrs. Jor-
dan and Mrs. Pettigrew permitted
themselves one exchange of glances.
I'VE hit the wrong proverb," said
Martha d9lefully.
But between that Thatcher girl"
and my Sons wife" a gulf stretched.
She seems a very nice girl said
Mrs. Pettigrew complacently. And
you know, 'alTs we'll that ends weIl!'.
tCopyrignL 1920 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

per cent Is not considered much of
return on a milIon-do liarz investment
these days. the association feels that
it will be fortunate if it makes that
in an enterprise which has failed only
too pathetically in other cities where
it has been attempted. They place
their hopes securely in the character
of St. Louis, hoYever-St- Louis, the
home city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
Bradstreets chronicles

Bradstreet's chronicles another
slight drop in food prices but at the
existing rate of decline it will take
many years to reach a figure ap-
preaching that of the period before
the war. The index number. based
on the prices per pound OF thirty-one
articles used fer food. is $3.50. which
compared with S4.5s the previous
week and $5.17 for the week ending
august Il. 1919. This shows a loss OF
six-tenths OF 1 per eent-and of IS per
cent from the like week of last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

It may be that the British labor
leader who kept his country out of the
Russo-Polish war is preparing to take
over the job of one of the Georges,
Lloyd or King.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

Armenia has been forced to choose
between the Turks and the Bolsheviki.
Talk about the devil and the deep
seal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17

Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate,
Inc)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
Unique Form OF Insurance

Included in the selling price of the
house is a unique insurance feature.
whereby the purchaser is insured. on
group insurance plan, for the exact
amount of his Indebtedness to the as
ISOLATION during the ten or twelve
year priod of payments. Thus, if the
purchaser should die or become to-
tally disabled during this period, the
insurance company assumes his in
debtedness, Immediately pays it off.
and the property becomes part of the
deceased OF disa bled ones estate. IN
der these circumstances. as the asso-
citation points out with dignity. it will
never be forced to the distasteful task
of foreclosing on a widows mort
gage.
While the chief object OF the St.
Louis Home and House association is.
of course. altruistic TO provide
homes for people who are in desper-
ate need of them-it does not expect
TO lose money on the proposition. IN
! deed. it is planning to make a safe s
per cent on its investment While s
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
Modern Woman
Is Superior to
| GRANDMOTHER

assured she will probably select her
mate in a way that would now, with
our false standards of conduct he con-
sidered perfectly indecent. but seeing
she is the mother of the resulting
race, it seems only right she should
do SO. One thing is certain. that a
large number of degrading unions
which now take place would at once
cease and the whole psychology of
marriage would be raised to higher
level
Until the economic position of wom-
en- is altered woman is most unfairly
handicapped. 1t is undoubtedly for
the good of the individual. OF the ma
tons aud of civilization itself that the
financial position of Il woman shall be
assured as that Of IL man. Already
the freedom of women has begun. but
it is in vain to strike off the prison.
er'S Shackles one 10y one SO long as the
most CALLING one of all is retained in
the form of economic dependence. No
doubt professional and business ca
reers have to some small extent solved
the problem. but much more is re-
CURED. A radical change Of view as
to the provision of daughters as COM
pared with sons seems to Doctor
Schotield to he an essential step.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
WILL HUNT NAVIGATING TIGER
Party Of sportsmen Planning Expe.
dition in the FoothiIl Country :
Of China.

Kullins, China-E. s. Little, noted
scholar and traveller. will head party
of sportsmen early in the spring in
an expedition into the district to the
southwest, where an effort is to be
made to rid the country of number
of man-ealing animals, said by the ma
tiveS to be tigers.
ReportS are that 90 Chinese. be-
sides "A large number of cattle. sheep.
and other animals. have been killed
and devoured in the district that the
hunters will visit. The country,
which is about 1000 feet above the
plains along the upper foothills. has
been in state of terror since last
summer. Inhabitants have abandoned
their homes and farmers their fields,
and Chinese report that ut least five
different tigers have been seen.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
Have Faith and Fear Not.

This world is largely what We make
it. Destiny. environment, hereditary
tendency-these things sink into insig-
nificance beneath the power Of our
wills and the possibilities within our
souls. The universe. with all its
riches. all its privileges, oil it's joys. Is
ours for the getting. 1t waits to be
conquered. but it waits for the master
hand. Formidable is everything worth
while to the fearful, to the doubtful, to
the weak in spirit.
10 these every obstacle is magniied.
To the brave in heart there are no OBJ
stacles. They wade through them and
use them as stepping stones. They are
impelled by hope begot of their faith;
they are sustained by courage begot OF
their hope; they have strength and en-
durance, begot Of thier courage. There
from emanates success and therein
lies the antidote of worry.-Exchange
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
Explorer Fails to
Force Polar Channel

Los AngeleS.-.Joseph F. Ber.
nard. explorer and former resi-
dent of Los Angeles. is return
ing from the North American
channel, according to word just
received here, after an unSuc-
cessful effort for three years to
force his way from the Pacific
TO the Atlantic ocean north of
the American continent.
Bernard has twice defied the
ice fields in Il ten-ton schooner,
the Teddy Bear, accompanied by
only one man. On his first trip
in 1905 he went to the Siberian
coast and was absent for nearly
five years. His assistant died
on this voyage. and the explorer
sailed his boat to the ice fields
alone.
In 1916 he again sailed north
in the Teddy Bear. this time in
the hope Of drifting from tie Pa.
citic to the Atlantic.
Recently David II. Hurley. a
friend Of Bernard here. received
word that the Teddy Bear had
been sighted by natives near
Banksland, and that Bernard
was unable to negotiate the
passage between the two
oceans.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02

the bait-caster's machine-because X
is the connecting link between the an
gler and the fish-is the line. ms
line is a beautiful and delicate thing.
1t is made of braided silk because it
must be small. supple. smooth ana
strong-small and supple. to lie com
pactly in the reel smooth. to run with
the least amount of friction through
tin and guides-and leave the skin OH
your thumb: strong. to hold one of
Dixie Carroll's old "he-whops."
This beautiful delicate line must
be cared for by the angler-not :"
much because it costs good money as
because care is the price of safety.
The bait-caster who knows his BUSH
ness and attends to it does not let
his line dry on the reel to miidew and
become rotten: he dries 1t III the air.
He turns his line every few days. end
for end. He carefully tests the cast
ing end each day for strength. The
enthusiast even keeps his pet lines in
air-tight cases during the closed sea-
son.
How. then. shall n bait-caster. with
joy-forever bamboo rod and reel
built like watch and pet line and
favorite lure, put up with guides and
tip that are open to suspicion? He
just can't be expected to do It. that's
oil.
"Other greyffes the angler may not
have" writes Dame Julianna Berners.
''savynge but Vt ony fisshe breke away
after he is take on the hoke or elles.
that he catche nought. whyche ben
not grevous."
No; It Is not grevous" to "catche
nought." for catching fish is not alt
of fishing" And part of the other
delights Of fishing is using casting
rOd-with perfect guides.