Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-01-08
COMMENT

About the best thing which we have
come across in long time was
card which some friend-or enemy
we prefer to call him friend-sent
this Office through the mail last Sat
urday. The sender was afraid to sign
his name but he need not have been.
It was a printed post card on which
were these words: eff your compel
itof has a good business, it's best to
let him alone; don't waste your time
knocking, when you ought to be tend
ing to your own
In the old days of populism the re-
publicans contended that supply and
demand controlled and regulated the
prices on commodities while both the
democrats and popu1ists ridiculed
| the idea contending that the monied
men fix the prices, and that the
government could zand control them
| If it took hold of the business.
I During the last two years the gov
eminent has been fixing the prices
on certain comm ODDITIES but it has been
| fixing them a little higher each time
| for the purpose of keeping in line
with the old rule of supply and de-
! mand.
The indications are that prices will
continue to soar as long as the de-
mand is kept up and the consumer will
pay-the price. For instance, the price
| of sugar continues to raise the
| supply decreases. When it gets so
high that people will refuse to buy it
| because they cannot afford it the
price will drop accordingly.
It is pretty inconvenient to gec
i along without sugar but it can be
done, but as long as the American
| citizens continue to make syrup of a
cup of coffee by throwing two or
| three spoonsful of sugar into one cup
full the price isn't going to decrease
| very rapidly.
The men of influence at the head
| of the United States armies are
| warning the ex-service men agains1
indu1ging in radicalism under the
/ name and influence of the American
| Legion. Membership in this organ
ization does not license any one mar
or body of men to engage in riot o,
| other 1awlessness. If the American
Legion has any special privileges un
Z der the law it is to see that laws ar
obeyed in lawful way and not VIC
! late law by riot or unlawful unsurpa
: ton of power.
In some localities a few radical
have committed lawlessness unde
the name of the American Legion
when that organization had no know
ledge of what was to transpire- or die
] not indorse the action.
Governor Aliens special session O
! the Kansas legislature is attractin,
considerable attention from all part
: of the nation. Leading newspapers O
many big cities have sent specia
representatives to Topeka for tn
{ purpose of reporting the proceedings
At this time the legislators are en-
gagged in the preliminaries and listen
! ing to the introduction of bills, bu
the message delivered by Governo
Allen and the administration meas
ures which he is supporting hav
( stirred up the animals and the 1egis
s lative session promises to be quite ir
teresting-
The next day after w A Whit
: started a boom for Governor Allen fc
( President the Governor came out wit
a statement that he would rather h
g governor of Kansas for another tw
g years than to risk his chances in tt
& presidential race. The Governor ma
& make his choice and can depend upo
9 the support of The World.
81 LODGE NOTICE