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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
..s1x DAYS SHALT THOU LABOR,

Hon. Thomas U. SissOn of Miss.
issippi thinks ministers Of the gospel
are missing a rare opportunity to serve
the country. Instead of putting SO
much emphasis upon the injunction.
Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep
it Holy" more should be put upon the
command, six Days Shalt Thou
Labor" In the course Of Il recent adj
dress in the national house Of repre-
sentatives Mr.. Sisson said:
"There is a school of politics that
imagines that you can get together
and by their boot straps lift people
over these hard places in life. 1t can
not be done that way. / hear ministers
preaching on this text, Remember
the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy"
| do not know that they preach too
much about it, and l do not condemn
them for it, but commend them: but
l have never heard a minister of the
gospel preach a sermon from the words
following that text, six days shalt
thou labor / have listened in vain
to hear it, and yet one command is just
as positive as the other; and If that
second clause of that commandment
were observed by us all there would be
plenty for everyone. In my Judgment,
you are p%andering to certain demands
of the soap-box orator, and by doing
that will cause us infinitely more
trouble than any other One propaganda
in America.
Il hear people talk about every
man being entitled to a living wage
1 deny it. No man is entitled as a mat
ter of right to a living wage. Every
man is entitled to what he earns.
rr"If every man were entitled to a
living wage, the man in the shoe fac
tory who makes the equivalent OF ,
pairs of shoes a day might eat more
than the man who would make the
equivalent of 10 pairs of shoes, and
yet if you gave the man who makes ,
pairs of shoes the same wage as the
man who makes 10 pairs OF shoes 1t
will not be long before every man i'll
the factory will be making only , pairs
of shoes a day instead of 10. In other
words. you must reward men in ac-
cordance with their efficieny and their
capacity to produce"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
SURPRISES OF FOREIGN TRADE

The foreign trade Of the United
States in the. fiscal year which ends
so days hence, will show remarkable
activity on the part of u manufac-
turers, their imports of raw materials
having doubled as compared with last
year, while their exports of finished
manufacturers also show large gains,
Details of the latest trade figures, those
Of the month of February, just re-
ceived, says a statement by the Ma
tional City Bank of New York, indi-
cate that our exports of manufacturers
in the fiscal year which ends June 80,
1920, will exceed those Of 1914 by a
quarter of a billion dollars, and that
practically all of this increase. occurs
in finished manufactures. Another
evidence of the activity of the manu-
facturers is found in the fact that the
value of the raw material which they
are importing tOtaling for the month
of February, $197, 100000 against $685.
100000 in February 1919, and for the
eight months of the current year
$1.41S,OOO,OCO against $744, 100000 in
the same months of last year.
We were expecting, say the banks
statement, a fall off in imports from
Europe, which it was supposed had
little to sell, especially of the class OF
materials which we desire, but to ev.
%erybody's surprise the imports from
Europe in the month of February were
$1O7 ,O0O, 600 against only $3O,OOO,OOO III
the same months Of last year, while
the exports to Europe, which was sup
posed to have little with which to buy
also show a slight gain owe last year,
$3.50, 100000 against $374,O0O,0OO in the
same months of last year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

his consideration in the course of an
hour. That time has passed. We now
receive copious and m~ultitudinous Pc
%titions, kilograms, letters, appeals, de-
mands, to take this, that and the other
attitude upon everything of practicaf
Importance that comes to our calendar.
Half a mans constituents sometimes
tell him to vote yea upon a particular
proposition or be damned, and the 9TH
er half assures him at the same time
that if he does so he certainly will be
damned. That is when some men feel
like taking to the woods. That is bad
enough, but to have semi-pOlitical or
CARNATIONS of the men and women who
are dependent upon congress for their
positions through legislation, and re-
senting refusal of their demands and
clamoring for political heads, Is some
thing which, as I have said, cannot be
permitted with impunity."
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Joseph Name of Chicago is sure

Joseph Name of Chicago is surely
some man, even if he does weigh only
1876 pounds; and upon occasion he is
not 600 proud to fight. The other
morning he was walking down a Chi
cago street with his wife when three
hurley loafers, full Of bad Ticker, in
suited the m Name lit into
them like a wildcat, and the first vic
tim to get a blow from his fist never
touched earth until his bone head
struck the sidewalk with such force
as to crack his thick skull. The other
two ruffiians were put to fight after
a short fistic encounter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Name proceeded to their home, think
ing little of the encounter until they
heard one of the men was dead. MIR.
Name Immediately surrendered him
self, and according to reports in the
Chicago papers will have little diff
Guilty i'll acquitting himself of improper
conduct. If there were more men in
Chicago like Name it would be a bet
ter place in which to live.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

If the names of Gov. EOwden, Gen.
Wood and Senator Johnson appeared
upon a ballot in n presidential prefer
entail primary in Iowa today it is very
doubtful who would get the state
Iowa has been conceded generally to
Gov. LOwden, but it is quite apparent
that Senator Johnson has gained lots
of strength in this state during the
past few weeks. Everybody knows he
is his own man and that no interest,
clique, gang, combination or aggresa-
ton can dominate him, in Office or out
His record as governor of California
and as United States senator proves
this. If Old Hi Johnson were in the
white house today the people would
have somebody on guard who could
and would look after their side in all
controversies that arise.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
.INDEPENDENCE.r

Many Thoughtful people are coming te
believe, or have arrived ut the cOncln
sion, that entirely too much effort is
made by various interests and organi.
cations to control the course OF repre-.
sentativcs of the people. Business
mems organizations pass resolutions
calling upon congress to do this ana
that, and members Of congress are
deluged with letters asking support OF
certain measures or praying for Oppo-
siti0n to others. Labor unions vote
to support only candidates for congress
who will favor labor and farm or
%ganizations ask for legislation in thu
interest of farmers. Capital is always
alert, too, and has ways of bringing
its influence to bear upon congress.
The general tendency of all this is in
the wrong direction. 1t intimidates
members of congress and often infiu-
ences them against their best Judgment.
No interest-capital, labor, business
man or farmer-should ask congress IL
do anything that is not for the gener-
al welfare and congress ought to have
the courage to refuse all such requests.
A representative Of the people must
be free to exercise his own Judgment
if he is to render the best possible SER
vice. This continual cat-hauling, plead
ing for special legislation, asking for
iavors for labor or agriculture, for
business or capital, is demoralizing
and disrouraging. The people ought
to exercise the greatest caution in Sc
lecting their representatives to IN
gress. See to it that honest, capable
and courageous men are chosen and
then give those men a chance to make
good free from undue influences of
classes anG interests.
In speaking in the senate the other
day of the propaganda brought to bear
upon members of congress, Senator
Thomas of Colorado said:
when Lucius y. c. Lamar was first
elected to congress, having accepted the
Office very reluctantly, he Informed the
convention that if he came
here they could not do his thinking for
him, either between the pillow handles
or behind the counter; in other words,
il he were to represent them, he would
do SO according to his own judgment
and to the best OF his ability. The
was. Mr.. President, when that was
the attitude of every nan in either
house Of congress, when Eiodern prOpa-
ganda was unknown, and when Il ena
daily mail could easily receive
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Of Use to the government in time OF
either peace Or war.

..#. r...'
His eye is clear: his heart is
sound; his hand is steady" Nobody
will think of more than IL man WHO
fits the graphic description uttered
before a Chicago convention by Ros-
coe Conkling more than thirty years
ago.-Political News Bulletin.
Roscoe. Conkling was supporting
Grant for a third term in the owen
ton of 1880 wnen he made this state
ment about his chief. However, Grant
was not nominated, the honor going to
James A. Garfield who was a delegate
to the convention rs a supporter OF
John Sherman. Well, Grant didn't
survive the term to which he would
have been elected had lie received the
endorsement of the convention.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

That the. airplane will v carry
any considerable portion of the United
| States mail is the opinion Of Senate
Charles +. Townsend Of Michigan
chairman Of the senate committee. OF
postofiices and post roads. Neverthe'
less. Senator Townsend is also very
strongly of the opinion that the carry
ing Of mail by airplane affords one OF
the best opportunities for experiments
which will develop airplane service
When the pOstotficc appropriation blli
was before the senate recently he al
vocated an appropriation OF $l,4l1'Ooo
for the regular maintenance OF an ar
plane mail service from the Atlanti
to the Pacific, connecting the cities OF
New York. Cleveland. Chicago. Omaha.
and San Francisco. In his explanation
of the appropriation Senator Townsend
said that this route would provide
service at all attitudes and under all
climatic conditions, and furnish the
best opportunity for demonstration
best methods of operation ana ASSIST III
devising improvements which Will De
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
and his candidacy:

and his candidacy: ~
The announcement that former Sen
ator B. J. Gibson of Corning is to
make the race for the republican
nomination for attorney general will
be received with pleasure and salts
faction by the people of this part of the
state and by all others who know him.
His strength will by no means be con-
fined to southwestern Iowa, for he has
friends and supporters in all parts OF
the state, but if he. is to win success it
is from this part of the state that his
most loyal and enthusiastic support
must come. And it will come, for MI.
Gibson is the kind of a man who re-
ceives loyal and enthusiastic support,
not only because of his qualities rs a
citizen but also because OF his fitness
for the Office he seeks.
Mr.. Gibson is a clean and upright
young man, Il patriotic and useful citi-
zen. a strong and loyal republican and
a successful and well equipped lawyer.
He was captain of the Corning com
pany when the boys were on the border
in the, trouble with Mexico and was a
captain and operations officer in the
Seventy-second U. S. Infantry during
the great war. He was a member of
the Iowa senate; resigning to enter
the service Of his country III the world
war.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

When George w. Clarke was a
candidate for governor of Iowa in 1912
every effort was made to have him
state his attitude toward the republi-
can nominee for president, William
Harvard Taft, but such efforts were of
no avail. He lacked the courage to
declare for the man who was head of
the ticket upon which his own name
appeared. Now Mr.. Clarke is Il leader
i'm this state for Mr.. Hoover, a very
appropriate position for him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

IT probably is true that other states
men have fallen as far, but we recall
no instance in history in which the
velocity attained by President Wilson
in the past five or six months has been
Observation-Disclosures Public Ledger.
Well, Andrew johnson made pretty
good speed downward and SO dld
Robert NJ. LaFollette. to say nothing
of James Buchanan and Truman IL.
Newberry. However, none OF tnese
gentlemen attained the exalted posi-
ton occupied at one time by MI. WIZ
son i'm the confidence and respect OF
the American people, hence their
descent could not be so great.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
H A sPENDERs.

Des Moines News: Every 81 fam
| lilies in the. United States are sup
porting a government employee.
Before the war Uncle Sam managed
to get along with $4,000 clerks in
| Washington and 265. 600 employees out
side of Washington.
Civilians on the government payroll
now total 100000 in Washington and
$4,000 elsewhere in the country. Only
5000 clerks have been fired in Wash
ington since Armistice Day.
Despite this excess load Of 451,OOO
more government employees, the tax
payers are not getting more. efficient
government. s7
Uncle Sam has $4,000, OOO, 600 Of bills
that have not been paid. Technically
they are known as a deficit"
Leaders in congress admit that In
the fiscal year 1921 the governments
riot of spending will exceed it's income
from all sources by enough to increase;
the deficit to $4,OOO,OOO,OOO or even
$4,000, OOO,O 900.
Unmindful of this headlong dash to-
ward the poorhouse, bureau chiefs In
Washington, instead of firing some OF
the 451. 600 excess employees, demand
an additional $1O,OOO,OOO for new en-
plOyes.
The Treasury Department wants
100000 for study of rural sanitation.
as against $4,000 being spent this
wear. 1t wants 100000 for control Of
biologic products and another $780,
600 for studying phenomena mani
tested by living matter"
The Interior Department wants
S.. 9 800 for surveying public lands.
as against 100000 in 1916. 1t wants
So, 49,, COZ for improving national
parks, the haven OF tourists, tn Jugll
this year the national parks are cost
ing only $717,225.
All of these may be worthy projects.
but they are about as sensible on the
part of a semi-brOke government as It
lwould be for a jobless man, with no
money in bank, to buy 1000 silk shirts.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

1t didn't take long for a lot of DEM
Ocrats and the democratic newspapers
to revise their estimates of Hoover as
soon as he definitely announced him
self a republican.-Manson Democrat.
Which shows the hypocrisy of the
ones that were pretending TO be in
favor of Hoover because he was a
business man and a not identified
with political parties. They thought
they saw a chance for the nomination
of a mar on the democratic ticket who
might save the party from the wreck
that President Wilson has made Of it,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Take Caro- Of Your Bike.

"Spring is coming, Scouts! warns
Scout Virgil Hussey in Boys Life
1T is time to get your wheel out aud
take a trip, but the first thing to do
after taking your bicycle out for the
spring is to look it over carefully.
Tighten all the burs and give It q
thorough oiling oil the wheels n !
have found that it does no harm to oil
the brake occasionally. IL yOn have
Ibourht Il new wheel, he sure and
tighten the burs after you have a 1t
a short time and do not he discouraged
if YOUR wheel begins to look badly after
a month or two, because the first rev
months IA bicycle is in use are the hard-
est of its life. Do not try to paint It
over Yourself, but take it to q good
shop, where you can get it FURNISHED
up to your satisfaction.
always keep your. wheel in a dry
place and if any water or mud sticks
to it, wipe it off quickly, for it will in
jure the paint and varnisll. II you
Ihappcn to break some part don't try
Ito fix it yourself, for you may make
lit worse. Furthermore, take my advice
land do not let every boy in town ride
your new wheel, because it is always
the other fellow that breaks it,.
1.-The wheels and tires should have
special attention. At least once each
month tighten the burs which attach
the forks to the wheels. If you take
your wheel out with one Of these burs
loose some day you may find h a this
is very important, for you may be rid
ing along when suddenly a wheel will
come off over you go and perhaps you
lie where you fell for hours. until at
last some kind-hearted person comes
along and informs you that you have
a broken leg. and goodbye bicycle rid
ing for a long time to come.
.The tires, also, should be given
care. If you are on a rough road and
get a puncture, do not ride home on the
rim, but Jump off and fix it. Be sure
and have the tires free from water and
mud before you put the machine away.
Keep the brake well oiled with the burs
tight: the burs in the saddle, too,
should be tight, for if your saddle is
loose it wobbles all over. and makes
riding very uncomfortable. To keep
the saddle soft and pliable rub in q
little oil.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
FOR GENERAL.

Benjamin J. Gibson of Corning il
a candidate for the republican nomi
nation for attorney general OF lowa
and is securing strong support from
friends and acquaintance in his par
of the state. Judging from the gener
GUS response of his %neighbors to his
candidacy he is highly esteemed and
respected by those who know him best
the verdict being that he is well quail
fled for the position and would fill il
with credit to himself and to the state
Paul s. Junkin. editor of the Crcston
Advertiser Gazette, says Of Mr.. Gibson
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

Men who have to toll for what they
get serve themselves best by toiling
faithfully when they can get the most.
Wages in this country were never so
high as at present. The working man
who owes 500 can pay it with fewer
days labor than eve before. Now is
the psychological time for him to put
in his best licks. Steady work at good
wages will enable him to salt down
some of the coin of the realm and it
will come III very handy when wages
are not so high and jobs are not so
plentiful. However. there is ii dispOsi-
ton on the part of some not to take
advantage of the situation. On the
contrary, it is deliberately permitted to
pass unimproved. One of the biggest
employers of men in Iowa declares that
at least % per cent Of his employees
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

About nine-tcntllS of the talk indulE-
ed in against Gen. Wood because he is
an army man is %insincerc and bunk,
and is used merely to aid sOGlc other
candidate for president. The general
is really less Of a m%ilitarist than is
Secretary Baker and President Wilson.
both of whom favor a standing army
of 100000 men. while Gen. Wood
thinks about half that number OF men
is sufficient. The president, also Mr..
Baker, has arrived at the conclusion
that universal military training would
be a good thing and the general shares
in this belief.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

1t is pretty hard these days to keep
a high grade man out Of the republic ca
party, us is proven by the Hoover
episode. A large number Of republican
leaders were anxious that Mr.. Hoover
remain an Independent and he seemed
anxious to be independent himself.
But these republican leaders with the
aid of Mr.. Hoover couldn't keep Mr..
Hoover from succumbing to the tempta-
ton to get into the party that is OF
the people, by the people and for the
people. 1t looks as though it would
be unanimous by election day.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

Gov. Lowden has replied to the in
quiry of Senator Borah, whose money
are you spending in your campaign for
president" In substance the governor
says, My own, have you any objec-
tions?' Well, as long as Gov. LOwden
spends his own money he will be his
own man and be free to serve the PEG
pie if elected. Some men would be
big enough to do as they thought best,
no matter who contributed to their
campaign fund, but all men are not
built that way.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

The voters of Iowa who are disposed
to oppose Senator Cummins in the pri-
maries because of his attitude toward
the p~eace-league treaty have the right
to know just how his opponent. Smith
Brookhart, stands upon this question.
No doubt Mr.. BrOOkhart has some
ideas as to ratification with or without
reservations. Cummins is for r%atifica-
ton with the senate foreign relations
committees reservations. Is MI.
Brookhart for ratification without
reservations!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12

There appears to be little question
but that Hiram Johnson is the choice
OF the workingmen Of the country for
president, as is shown by the support
he gets in the large cities where pri-
marics are held. The w~orkingmen,
and everybody else for that matter,
knows that johnson is not controlled
by any sinister motives or by any
special interests. Whatever may be
said of Senator johnson it cannot be
truthfully said that he is not OF the
common people or that he can be USED
as anybOdy's tool.