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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-06

$4,000 a year who have refused sal
aries ranging from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year, because they wanted to see thru
jobs which they had undertaken, or
IN their work. But these motives can
not be relied upon to hold an organ
| ization together and the government
organization is rapidly going to pieces.
These facts and instances speak for
themselves Little amplification is
needed. 1t should be explained,
however, that the government organ
ization in Washington consists of
about los, 900 individuals, all of whom
are underpaid. OF these about 6, 500
are technical and professional men.
It is with these men, and not with the
clerks. that this article deals. These
technical and professional men are
the brains of the government-the
quality of the service which your gov
eminent renders to you depends
largely upon the quality of the brains
with which it fills its technical, pro-
fessional and administrative positions.
The activities,of the government are
constantly expanding 1t now advises
and aids some industries such as agri-
culture, it operates others such as the
railroads and the national forests and
the postal system, over others it ex-
ereises a large degree of control. It
is a growing machine which touches
the lives of every one of US. Some of
us think it ought to grow still more,
and others think its activities ought 10
be curtailed. But no one. ,presumabl
thinks it ought to collapse. Whatever
the amount nj work it does, we agree
that it should be a good machine
But it is no longer a good machine
and it is getting worse all the time.
There is only one reason for this. The
people of the United States are not
paying their employees enough money.
They not only pay too little to obtain
first class, or even second class en-
ployes. They do not pay enough to
retain the services of anyone perma-
nently. The government service has
become a place to which men come
for little while and then go, leav-
ing work at loose ends. It is a place
where youngsters experiment and
complete their educations, and where
change, doze in their chairs. 1T no
longer offers a life career to a man
of first-rate abilities
Congress has appointed a commits
sion to look into this state of affairs.
The commission has held hearings
and it has heard the facts. There is
every reason to believe that the com
mission will recommend extensive in
creases in government salaries. There
is not much reason to believe that con-
gresS will act upon its recommended
tions- Administrative economy is~a
plank which will appear in the plat
forms of both great political parties
Fair salaries for government en-
ployes' is a plank which will not ap-
pear in either-at least; not unless the
people can be convinced that their
government machine is going to rack
and ruin, and congress hears from the
people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-06

Books are friends-but friends are
human beings.
But with my book AND my friend,
1 shall be able to travel far. I shall
gun and not be weary in the running.
and 1 shall aspire and take my friend
with me. For my all shall be his
everything. And in our palship shall
the world step aside and let us pass.
Write = book. If you are able-and
may it inspire countless crowds But
there is one thing greater than to have
written the greatest book-and that is
to have been a friend
Books and friends are quite insep-
arable. Buff you have only one to
keep, get a tight grip upon your
friend. and stick to him thru thick
and thin.-thru cloud-burs-s and cy-
clones-thru the sunshine and thru
its shadows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-06
Household Hints

Stuffed Flank Steak M X ca
rocket in thick flank steak, or IL the
steak is thin, fold one-half over the
other. and skewer together after it has
been filled.
To make the dressing. crumble one
pint of bread. soften with cold water
and drain well after it is moist thru
out. Season the crumbs with salt and
pepper, finely chopped onion and a
little sage or poultry seasoning and
Two tablespoons of drippings. j..
Pack the dressing closely into the
meat; pat it into shape and bake for
one hour In q. covered rooster or
longer in an open pan
Brown Betty Pudding-Dse four
slices of bread and four apples, one
cup of sugar. one. cup of milk or
water, one-half teaspoon of cinnamon.
Put a layer ef bread in a baking dish.
then layer of spiced apple Sprinkle
with sugar and spice. continuing until
bread. apples and sugar are used.
Pour milk or water over 1t and bake
until apples are soft. Lemon Juice
may be added.
Suecotash (made dish)-CooK one
pint of dry lima beans in boiling water
until tender. add one-eighth of a tea
spoon of soda, boil one minute and
drain. Add corn. milk and butter and
cook fifteen minutes. Add salt and
pepper and cook five minutes longer.
Sugar may be added with the salt IL
desired.
Waffles-Beat the yoIks OF two eggs
very light. add one cup of milk. ore
half teaspoon of salt. one tablespoon
of. sugar. one tablespoon of shortening.
enc cup of flour sifted with one tea
spoon of baking powder Bake on q
hot waffle iron and serve at once.
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Quesfions-Anstcers

O. Is the Sweet bill, granting increased
compensation to disabled soldiers, retro
A. The Sweet bill provides for the pay
ment of the increase in compensation from
the date of the original award. A soldier
who has been receiving thirty dollars per
month under the old compensation law. and
is now entitled to eighty dollars a month
under the Sweet bill. will~1lso receive the
accumulated increase of fifty dollars a
month from the date he was first awarded
compensation. If, for example, he has been
receiving compensation for year, ne will
have 5000 coming TO him in n lump sum.
q. Do salmon spawn only once in life
| time, and shortly afterwards die ?-E. L. c.
A. There are ten easily recognized kinds
of salmon, only one Of which is known
to die Immediately after spawning. This
peculiar salmon is common on the Pacific
Q. How many men have held the rank
of admiral in the United States n3vy.-
A. This rank has been held by only
Farragut, Porter, Dewey and Sims.
Q. If an employer gives his office men
Christmas presents in money must they
include it in their income tax returns2--
G. Il. C
A The e,npIoye is not required to in
clude money received as a Christmas gift
in his income tax return. 1t must be in
ciuded in the employers return. If the
money is a bonus, the employee must in
elude the amount in his tax return as the
employer is permitted to deduct it from
his income.
O. Is tattooing of the skin an OLD Gus
A. 1t is impossible 10 say definitely,
where and when this custom originated.
Records of 1t are found in the tombs near
Thehes where there are painted represen-
tations of 4 race of white men whose
bodies tattooed- In Caesars Com
mentaries" we are told that the Britons
were tattooed.
Q. What is the Oldest game Of balIs--
r. o. H
Hand ball is believed to be the parent
of all our modern games of ball. the
-cestor of tennis, cricket and baseball.
Very gradual was the evolution TO a game
where something beside the naked hand
was used for striking the ball. First the
hand was covered with a glove to protect
il. Then came the first rude form of
racquet and bat, which underwent many
changes until the present day racquet and
bat were evolved.
fAny reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, u. G. This
offer applies strictly TO information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal medical.
and financial matters. 1t does not under
tG-e 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 2-cent stamp for return poSta ge.
All replies are sent direct to the inq1irer.)
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I read your
answer to- AN Earnest Seeker and
wish to say for her sake and others
that the dead know not anything and
SO cannot communicate with the liv-
ing, Eccle. 9-5, 6, 10; Pisa. 6-5. Mes
sages are received, but they come
from the fallen angels, Judus. verse
g., Second Peter "a; Gen. chapter.
I speak from a personal experience.
I, too, was firm believer in spiritual
ism and it almost wrecked my life.
My loyalty to God and desire to do
right saved me from a terrible fate.
In appreciation I desire to convince
others that spiritualism is demonism
and nothing else A FRIEND.
To delve into spiritualism unwisely
is certainly dangerous. 1t is difficult
to- attend numerous trumpet meet
ings and go into frances without its
affecting the mind. There is, how
ever, a. sane investigation which is not
harmful to a healthy mind. / do not
believe it will hurt AN Earnest Seek
era to read Basil Kings stories or
other good articles on the subject
Thank you for your, word of caution
and the account of your personal
experience.
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IMPORTATION FOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

Each reader. of The State journal is
offered the unlimited use of the largest In
formation bureau in the world.
THIS Service Bureau is located in the ma
tiOual capital, where it is in Immediate
touch with all the great resources of the
United States government.
It can answer practically any question
you want 10 ask, butt can't give ad-
vice, nor make exhaustive research.
The war forced many changes In the
daily life Of the American people that the
services of this information bureau will be
Invaluable to all who use it.
Keep in touch with your government at
all times. 1t can help you in thousand
ways il your wants are only made known.
The State journal pays for this splendid
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ers may take free advantage OF II. You are
welcome TO use 1t as often as you like.
Write your request briefly, sign your
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BooKs AND FRIENDs.

Which is the more vaiuable-books
or friends? This is the question that
one of the readers of this little space
has asked me.
] would ask. in turn, which would
you rather love-a statue, made from
the choicest gold or marble. or a hui
man being, made out of the substance
of Eternal Fibre?
a book is book-wonderful, fas-
cinating. The world and its civiliza-
ton would grope and wander without
its books. But we. who make up the
world, would die without our friends.
When am most in need, I want my
friend-who isticketh closer, than a
brother At such a time. my books
must lie silent in their stored-up great
ness-for a more convenient season.
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RIGHTS.

The meanest man ] ever saw
Knew all there is about the law
He never stepped an inch beyond
The legal phrasing Of his bond:
lie wouldn't lie and wouldn't cheat.
But children ddodged him on the street
And neighbors had no love for him
Because his ways were stern and grim
lie wanted everything in sight
If he could say twas his by right
I've noticed that the Ineanest fights
Begin with men VINO want their rights
Even as Shylock. they pursue
The final dollar that is dsle
And tho they pay the debts they owe
No mercy to their friends they show;
The law proclaims them honest men
But In the verdict rendered then.
Thruout the script you cannot find
That II is written they are kind
All men have rights. and yet it seems
The happiesf joys and sweetest dreams
Are always theirs who now and then
Fnrego their rights for other men:
Men who their petty claims release
For friendship or the sake of peace
And would not make another bleed
Attic the law allowed the deed
Know more about the worlds delights
Than they who coidly want their rights.
Give ze the man who will not press
The neighhor who IL in distress
The man Of principle who gives
Some thought to how his brother lives
And chooses rather here to act
With Kindness than in ways exact;
The man who. when there is doubt,
Forgefs his claim or wipes IL out
He shall be richer in the end
For having been to all n friend.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest
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THE GovERNoR,s MEssAGE.

Thru his message to the legislature,
convened in extraordinary session
Monday, Governor Allen has added to
his reputation as an orator that of a
statesman Seldom if ever has there
been read 10 a legislative body in this
country an ADLER state paper. The
message covers y wide range of
thought and embodies an extensive
constructive program.
The governors evident intention of
forcing an issue on the Industrial
ably will be welcomed by the public
generally and should be endorsed by
both labor and capital. 1t can be con-
fidently assumed that whatever solu-
ton shall be arrived at by the legisla-
ture will be fair to all concerned and
VIII be in the interest of all the peo-
pie of Kansas regardless of>whether
they be laborers. employers of labor
or innocent bystanders.
The governor has put into words
much that was in the public mind.
He has voiced what every other man
in public life has known to be true,
but has feared to utter. Yet there is
naught of injustice or unfairness in
the governors proposed program. He
would not, as Colonel Bryan once put
it, place crown of thorns upon the
brow of labor" He is asking nothing
that should not be conceded by all
classes of citizens, and every 1aborer
and every capitalist in his heart knows
it. He is demanding only a square
deal.
As pointed out previously in The
State Journal. complete solution of the
constantly recurring disagreements be-
tween labor and capital lies in induc-
ing or compelling labor unions to file
charters of incorporation. With this
done, there would be no necessity for
a special court to handle such leases.
Disputes between employer and en-
ploye could be adjudicated just as are
those between individuals or corpora
tons.
If special laws be needed governing
labor problems let them be passed,
but their Interpretation and execution
may safely be left to the existing legal
authorities
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NOTHING Is LEFT TO REMIND
SANDRA OF LEOIIA.
CHAPTER CXI


AS always when 1 had proven my
suspicious unjust or unfounded 1 was
very meek, very humble for days. ]
had been So astonished that Mrs. Cur
RE could calmly carry out her hus-
bands instructions. and at the same
time appear happier than at either
time 1 had seen her.
II am sure 1 couldn't have done it.
I said to myself. Then came the
thought: This woman who knew her
husband loved another and yet who
did her duty by him, was Snade happy
because, she found out that, in spite
of his love for the other woman, he
had been faithful, always-faithfu to
her. And really that is what counts,
after all. AS she had said, people
couldn't help loving, but they could
help being faithlessI''
i compared this woman's husband
With Walter kemp-the careless pleas
iure-seeking man who trampled on
women's hearts with no thought of
consequences to them, so long as he
was happy. Then 1 thought OF Ever
EFT. of how I mad misjudged him 50
many times.
she isn't as jealous a disposition
as am said of Mrs. Currie, trying
to condone my actions with the old ex-
fort to combat my jealous nature, but
gave way to it. thus making it more
intensely alive,
could not dismiss the incident for
days. That and Walter Kemp's acct
dent l had a letter from mother
saying that Rose would not return and
live with her parents; that she had
taken Walters loss bravely, altho she
was inexpressibly grieved.
Her mother told me-" the letter
said, that Rose and Walter had part
ed amicably that morning. That he
had promised to come home early and
take her to dinner and the theater. He
had kissed her, and called her "a good
little scout Those were his last words
to her. They had seemed to comfort
Rose"
Of course they did it WAS nice
to feel that he had appreciated her
efforts to please him. L recalled her
letter written after she returned to
him, in which she had said she was
going to do her very best, no matter
what Walter did; that she was never
going to find fault. or nag him about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-06
THE AUTOMOBILE AGE.

One of the most remarkable in
stances of Industrial progress in this
or any other age is that of the auto
mobile industry. There are many per-
sons living in Topeka who can recall
that day twenty years ago when Terry
Stafford drove the first motor car ever
seen here, one of his own construc-
ton, over the city streets. AS an in
cident in the progress of the automo-
bile business, may be noted the report
that one local dealer has ordered 500
cars to meet the needs of his business
fors this year of 1920.
Notwithstanding the small produc-
ton during the first three months of
1919, following the armistice. when
the industry was on practically a 100
per cent war basis motor car manu-
facturers made so gigantic strides dur
ing the other nine months that the
years production exceeds all previous
records including 1917, when 1 ,S6S, 900
cars and trucks were produced. The
wholesale value brought the industry
almost to the two-billion-dollar class.
Total motor vehicle production in 1919
was 1881. s29, valued wholesale at ST.
SO7. 594.5SO.
Passenger car production was
slightly less than in 1917. totaling L.
5s6.7s7 as against 1,740, 900 for 1917.
The truck production, however, in
creased substantially. rising from 227.-
600 in 1918 to more than sos. 900 in
1919. The total wholesale value of
passenger cars was 1899, 2S2,995, an
average of 1882 per car; while the
truck value was $40s.s11,5S5. an
average of $1.S3s per vehicle. The to-
tai value of these products was
$1.s07, 594, $50. which, when combined
with the wholesale value of bodies.
spare tires and accessories to equip
the cars or trucks ready for the own
er's use. brings the industry close to
the two billion dollar class with a
practical certainty that this year dts
position will be second only to steel
among the manufacturing industries
OF the country.
The rapid advance of the truck has
resulted from its meritorious per-
formanee in the war. in general com
mercial life. in connection with rural
motor express lines and. in practically
every other department OF commerce.
Buses are increasing in great number,
it being worthy of note that in New
ark. n. J.. 16.oo0.e 600 passengers were
carried by buses during the first half
OF 1919, the fares amounting to $780,
600.
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The annual report of Tuskegee In
stitute. on lynchings in the United
States in the year 1919 is out and
shows that there. were 50 lynchings.
of which II were in the south and 5
in the orth and west. This is Is
more than the number Ga for the year
1913 OF those lynched rs were ne
groes and Z we're whites One of
those put to death was negro wo-
man. Nineteen, or less than one
fourth of those put to death. were
charged with criminal assault, actual
or attempted. Seven of the victims
were burned death. Nine were put
to death and then their bodies were
burned The offense OF murder was
charged against all the whites
Iynched. The states in which lynch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-06

The women of Lincoln, Neb., are re-
ported to have reduced the price of
eggs from IS cents a dozen to 55 cents
by the simpl4 process of refusing to
buy eggs. But what benefit is de-
rived from cheaper eggs if nobody
buy them? Also. a renewal of buying
would be certain to restore the price.
Another result which would almost
certainly follow an extension of>fhe
plan Of the women of Lincoln 10 the
entire country would be a curtaiI-
ment of production and a further ad-
vance in prices on that account.
Farmers and poultrymen cannot be in
duced to produce eggs at loss for any
considerable length of time and If they
should go out of busin SIS in large
numbers it would take a long time for
them to get back into it. Any at.
tempt TO reduce prices by artificial
methods is likely to recoiT disastrously
upon the reducersA A permanent low
ering of prices can come only thru in
creased production and production
can be increased only by permitting
the producer TO make a fair rate of
profit. Production of eggs will be
cheapened and the price will fall
whenever there shall be a decline in
the cost of labor and chicken feed
and not sooner.
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Sustained Industrial activity is the
prediction of the committee on statis-
tics of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States. in it's regular end
of-the-year review of business and
crop conditions. The committee en-
phasizes the hopefulness of the man
ufacturing industry generally, which
altho encountering constant labor
troubles and shortage of fuel and ma
terials, has orders in excess of its ca
pacity for production within any rea-
sonable time. \"Among the vast num-
bers of retails Dealers" says the re-
port, there seems to be a confidence
in the continuation. at least untu an
other harvest. of the present great de-
mapd for commodities of all kinds be-
cause of the unexampled strength of
the agricultural situation"
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shadow of a little tent. Breaking the
stiffness of early dusk came the distant
roar of rapids. From the fire nearby
rose the enticing smell of bacon crisply
fried, of cornbread delicately Drowned
and of aromatic coffee. Girl" he
said, apparently apropos of nothing to
his tanned companion in flannel blouse
and corduroy Knockers unta Dgling a
fish line beside him, SNAP judgments
aren't worth much"
"Emphatically not" said Cynthia
copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
pepper. Syndicate.i
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JoGGRIFFY.


The cheef use of joggriffy is to
prove the erth is round and what
shape the different things on it are.
People used to think the. erth was SO
flat you would wawk rite off of it
if you wawked far enuff, but after
severed thousand yeers had went by
and nobody hadent wawled far enuff
they decided it mSst be round. Witch
it is. This proves that the more ignor
ant people are the less they realize it
In reel life countries are either
wife or green depending on weather
the climate is better for show or grass
but in joggriffy books countries are
all different colors on account of the
invention of paint.
The side of country is called its
boundary and the more sides it has.
the more it is bounded and the harder
it is to study about. Boundries' are
useful to divide the different coun-
tries frum each other so the inlfa BIZ
tants can tell wich langwidge to speek
and witch flag to yell Herray for.
A river is a long thin body of wat
ter formed by a movable current be-
tween, banks. 1t can go eny way it
wunts exsept up hill and backwards.
Rivers can be fished in or swum in.
according to taist, and some of them
are so deep that the any reason you
wouldent get drowned before you had
time to get frum the bottom to the. top
is because you proberly would of bin
drownded already on the way down.
lake is large stout body of
wattir that would only be a pond II it
was a CRATE deel smaller and wattir
ony he a puddle If it was as small as
possible This proves that no matter
how CRATE you think you are, its pro-
berry more good luck that wat it is
good sents- .
Z The largest size a hill comes is
mountin. 1t would be possible for a
npreffI tn CIlf on he ff
mountjn and shovel snow on the top at
the same time If il Nasent itnnnssihle