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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30

mind, not 50 much a question Of hours
as Il Is a question OF intensive effort
That's what counts and Il II in inten-
give effort that we have 20 increase.
The laborer Is thinking Of bis work
IN terms OF hours he is suspicious Of
any plan that would result in more In
tensivs WORK. And can not but real
ice that II IL q natural suspicion In
times past he has been worked almost
10 death. But, nevertheless. intensive
worn means increased efficiency. and
is necessary II We are to have . short
er work day.
Il think a. six-hour day is sufficient
In certain occupations. The miners
are entitled to a six-hour day. Their
work Is dangerous, II has been poorly
paid in the past; it is dirty, disagree
able. hard work. that saps energy. 5ix
hours Of # is enough. I would say
that SIX hours work was enough for
the women who work in laundries as
laundries are conducted At the present
time. Their energy is also sapped.
But the conditions that nov prevail
could be improved 90 that the people
in landries cNuld easily work eight
hours.
"a locomotive engineer can not be
expected TO run his engine for eight
hours day after day without feeling
the great nervous strain. But a rail-
road conductor or brakeman Is not
subjected TO the same strain and can.
therefore, work longer. I should say
that, generally speaking, g six-hour
day should be established IN al occu-
pations that are hazardous. that are
nervetryinE and that take more than
a reasonable amount OF energy from
the men and women engaged in them.
We Want Too Much.
But DO not think that the siI-hour
day. applied 70 industry generally,
would work out
Our standards OF life are rising all
the time. We want more things 20
make life pleasant-and there IS no
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30

seven They say this country wastes
100000. 900 tons OF coal = year. They
declare that IN only comparatively
few plants and on comparatively few
railroads is the attention given 20 the
coal that the subject demands. but
they believe the high costs OF coal and
OF everything entering into mEnufso-
turing Will force a reform that will be
OF lasting benent 70 the country.
So far as the coal operators are con
cerned they are meeting more and
more opposition or competition from
oil and water power. IN New England
oil has made considerable headvAy.
some OF the big oil companies having
established stations there for supply
ing big manufacturing concerns and
entering into long-term contracts 70
supply the users with the fuel Oh Is
cheaper than coal and easisr 70 han
die, but the costs Of Transforming pow
er plants from coal burning 20 oil
burning are heavy.
New England Offers a good Geld for
the oil people, az there are no coal
beds nearby and the oil people can lay
their fuel down at the ports without
much expense transportation eI-
penses from he coal fields OF Pennsyl-
vania, Vast Virginia and other terri
tory hRndcaps the coal man.
Now be fears the oil people may IN
wade other sections heretofore con
trolled BY the coal people.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30

When the manufacturers change
their present arbitrary attitude and
meet labor on fair ground the labor
ers will do their part for Increased
production"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30
Fishing Hard Work.


Fishing Hard Work.
Jonas Brown was fond OF pike hsh-
ing. He frequently visited the neigh
boring stream until some OF his friends
told him he worked harder AZ nshing
than some OF them did az blowing and
planting. The Mortified man threw
down his PIKE hook and retired TO his
rocking chair. he never nshed after
that.
But to pass away the time he used
TO white long. curly shsvings from
blocks OF white pine. He became Al
expert az this. The boys Of the village
would stand Open-mouthed watching
him whittle And then some village
wag said IN his hearing that II he
would work as hard as q carpenter as
be did with bis 3Ack-knifs he could
easily build . house nor every man.
woman and child IN the village Jonas
heard him. and his wrath and discom-
nture were worth going many miles TO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30
He Wouldn't WORK.

And when Will the demands for
shorter hours sndi VIII all trades
finally be graz ted q S0-hour week. or
is II the ambition OF the workin gman
TO emulate a well-knovn character In
SUSSEX county. Delaware. who sin
cerely believed that work was an sf-
Fiction with which some malignant
devil had cursed the human race. and
who steadfsstly refrained from work
throughout his lifef
But he died when be was 80 years
old-an age when some OF the worlds
greatest men have accomplished su-
perhuman tasks.
This eccentric Delavarean-we shall
call him Jonas Brown for purposes OF
identty-was fortunate in having
wealthy father. who set him up as the
proprietor OF a well-stocked general
store in the village in which be lived.
But that didn't put ambition into
Jonas
He selected q comfortable rocking
chair from the stock. had q boy take
II out on the porch, and there he
spent his time from that day on BE
announced publicly that he had never
worked and never intended 70 work.
Every little while customer would
disturb him.
ANY sugar today. jonas
-Oh. damn 81 suppose I have. Go
In and help yourself"
A man with a jug might walk along
the road. Jonas would know what he
wanted. and II vas bis custom to call
out;
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30

w YILL six-hour working day be
" ar economic possibility
On all sides is heard the
demand OF the workingman for a
shorter work day. From the II hours
Of labor which his grandfather called
a days work he has, after many BIT
ter struggles. succeeded in Topping OF
two 10 four hours.
Today II is generally conceded that
eight hours OF hard work are enough
for one day II the efficiency OF the
worker Is 70 be maintained In the
majority OF trades the 4s-hour week
has long prevailed.
A world devastated By war 70 to-
day crying aloud TO its workers and
its manufacturers to produce more
goods.
Keep the mills. the mines, the fac
tories hard at work producing the raw
materials and the manufactured goods
which are needed, and needed badly.
Give rs more food, more cotton, more
wool more leather. more steel-give
Us more, Of everything
That - the appeal. the duplication.
even. OF the world today. VIII IT be
possible 10 answer that appeal II
short work day Sc granted TO labor?
or r. II possible that short work day
will result IN increased efficiency. so
that tho man who produced a certain
quantity OF manufactured product or
raw material IN eight hours will be
able to produce the same quantity, or
even more, by working harder in six
hourHf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30

Hey, go round TO the back build
ing II the boys brought any whisky
it's there. II they didn't. II amt"
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-03-30
q. q 6. neER

Established is72-New Orleans. Ia
Cotton, Stooks. Grain. provisions Cot
ton Seed. Oil SUGAR and Coffee.
members of tho New Orleans Cotton
Exchange, New Orleans Future Brokers
Association New York Produce FIX
chnnRe New York Cotton ENhnnga
Now York coffee Exchange. Chicago
foard Of Trade, Aaaocinte Aiembsrs OF
Liverpool Cotton Association.
Special attention given to tho oxacu.
Hon OF orders on the above cxchauges
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-03-30

VI "T"I"| 7" - TI-T"T
ln iaHM SHios nouc
New-York tribune., 1920-10-24
A M on C. US MORT ALS|
When They Grow Up
BY w. f. HILL
Yk
BY W. f. HILL

Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc
New-York tribune., 1920-10-24

J oe s m a m m d h a S
found Il letter from a
girl in Joe's coat
pocket. A girl, mind
you. she knows nothing
about, most likely "a
terrible adventures :"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-24

"Why, it's half-past ten by the
hall clock. 7 can't imagine
why he doesn't come home."
Edgar. aged fifteen. and new
to late hours and late calling,
is being phoned for at his best
girls house. Edgar is going
to be pleased beyond words.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-24

And now. Garvin. you
must be very careful
not to leave your wash
cloth in the hotel room. y
Garvin's first trip. un-
accompanied by some
Older person, is the oc-
casion for much advice
from Pop and Nom.
Garvin. of course. be-
ing years Older in ex-
perience, tries very
hard not to look too
bored.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
San Franeisco,s Climate.

Editorial correspondence of the
Knoxville Express: Palm beach
suits are about as much use in San
Francisco in midsummer as fan in
is in Iowa in January. Here you can
dress as you do in Iowa in winter,
and not be uncomfortable. Every
evening men wear overcoats and
women wear their winter furs. Have
seen only two or three flies, and they
were probably brought in by some
democrat; as / did not meet them
next day | suppose they froze to death
in the night. This town doesn't
know what hot weather is. The
beautiful palms in Union plaza, which
is a whole block just east of the ST.
Francis hotel, are of no particular ac-
count, as no one seeks their shade;
ones inclination is rather to seek the
warmth of the sun. Sunday, July
4, undertook to wear thin suit,
but was soon cold enough to change
my mind, and clothes as well. 1t is
easy to understand why the stores
have such displays Of furs in the win
dows. People say that it will be hot
enough in Los Angeles, and I suppose
this is right, for it Is some eighteen
or twenty miles inland. Away from
the sea the summers are hotter and
the winters colder. While the sum-
mers are so cool here in Frisco, yet
in winter it seldom frosts and snow
is unknown.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
NEED FOR THE sUPERFLUOUs.

There is no more foolish and hasty campaign
of abuse running current through public speech
and print than that directed against the super
Efluous' Educators are crying that we must
get rid Of the superfluous in our school courses
businessmen aid in this by saying that II super
Ifluous matters were cut out from our education
practice the student would be able to enter IN
Idustry more successfully; people at large are
pointing to all sorts of extravaganza as product
of superfluous efforts. And the result is that
most folk are opposed in thought to something
which they hear called superfluous without
stopping to think out clearly what is being talk
led about.
Now there is good argument for the super
Ifluous-or what is called this-as Immensely
important. IF we educate shoemaker to be
shoemaker and nothing else it we school him
with only the exact knowledge that he must
use in doing his part at making pair of shoes,
what will he do with the rest of'his time? How
shall he be useful and intelligent citizen? 1t
is the superfluous that will make him able to
reason about public affairs; make him able to
read with pleasure and profit; make him able to
enjoy the stage and music; in short, make up
what ought to be his best assets in life 1t is
even reasonable to declare that the men at the
top of the professions and trades and affairs in
general are at the top because of their possession
of something superfluous; something more than
those whom they have over-topped possess.
We are using the term " superfluous' to sig
nifty something useless; if that something is
really useless it ought to be cast off; but is it?
Certainly knowledge of and ability to think in
diligently of many matters not directly con-
cerned with particular task are not superflu
GUS; they are necessary if we are to produce
nation able to govern itself, live happily and
safeguard its future.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
Dent Treat Kidneys
Rough, Warns Or.
Carey, Specialist
Constant Flushing May lnjure the
Delicate Organism and Seldom
Removes the Poisonous
Deposits.

Now that DR.. Carey, kidney ana
bladder specialist, has retired IRON
active practice, he generously warns
people that even the smallest symP
toms Of kidney trouble should nave
serious attention.
Backache, for instance, puttlness
under or specks floating before tle
eyes, heavy feet and cry skin, ars
also danger signals.
Thousands die yearly because 'apy
neglect their kidneys says u.
Carey, "and | feel upon retiring 'Dd.
should tell all who even s'ERc.
kidney OF bladder trouble about ip'
prescription, Marshroot, which, our
ing my active practice, has curel
thousands of all kinds OF kidney dr.
ments.'
This prescription has been Givcn ~
pharmacists generally t.roue Eous
America and is dispensed by them
under the name of DR.. Carey'S MarsD.
root, name that every sufferer from
kidney trouble should remenipei'
Scott & O'Reilly can supply you
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
ABUSE OF POLITICAL LEADERS.

For long period of time it has been the GUS
>tom of men in public life to accept criticism as
a matter Of course and to accept it in silence;
the politician Of influence is assumed by peo-
pie at large to be human pachyderm and ap-
parently is contented to let it go at that. This
adds to the popular impression that the success
full political leader is contemptuous of public
opinion and finds reward in his calling to COM
pensate him for the contumely he suffers in
silence
This is a mistake It is time for the political
leader to take the offensive. He has good
case; he is a necessity; in most cases he is a
leader because he has the qualities of leader
ship; and in most cases he is far more honest
and honestly devoted to public interest as he
sees it than many of his critics. A mere casual
defense such as is occasionally offered in spe-
cife matters is not what is needed The man,
or woman in political life is simply doing his
duty; those who stand aloof except at election
time and who sheer at the possibility of honesty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
SALEM.


Roy Grim and daughter came from
Marshalltown Tuesday and visited
the formers brother and sister. John
Grim and Mrs. Bert Taylor. Mr..
Grim departed Thursday to join his
wife in Chicago. Miss Gladys re-
manned for longer visit with rela-
tives.
Arthur Woodson, of Mt. Pleasant,
assisted in the Farmers Saving bank.
while Cashier c. H. Cook was enjoy
ing his vacation.
Miss Beverly Turner expects to go
Ito Mason City Friday to spend some
time with her cousins. the Curtis
family.
In honor of Mrs. Anderson, Y. w.
&c. A. secretary, the girls reserves en-
Itertained their mothers Wednesday
afternoon
Jake Lubelchek is home from New
York. He hopes to have his family
here from Europe soon.
Mrs. Flora Van Wrinkle Raschelbach
ARRIVED from Sterling, Kansas to visit
her mother and other relatives.
Mrs. Spellman and two children
came from Mt Pleasant and visited
lat the Philip Brody home.
Mrs. G.. 0. Van Wrinkle is entertain
ing her mother, Mrs. Isaac Bell from
Mt Hamill
C. H. Cook and wife were Chicago
visitors last week Mrs. Cook is with
her sister, Mrs. Harry Reeves at Min
neapolis, Minnesota this week.
Mrs. Specter, Of st. Louis, spent
last week with her daughter. Mrs.
Philip Brody.
Guy Hedges and family were guests
of Salem friends Sunday.
DR.. c.. o. Van Wrinkle attended the
veterinary convention at Omaha.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE


WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PRouDi
10, why should the spirit OF mortal be proud?
Like swift-fleetng meteor. fastfiying cloud
A flash of lightning, a. break of the wave.
He passeth from life to his rest in the grave
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around, and together be laid;
As the young and the old, the low and the high,
Shall crumble to- dust and together shall lle
The infant a mother attended and loved,
The mother that infants affection who proved
The father that mother and infant who 5est--
Each, all, are away to that dwelling of rest.
The maid whose brown whose cheek in whose eye
Shone beauty and pleasure-her triumphs are by;
alike from the minds OF the living erased
Are the memories of morts who loved her and praised
The head of the king, that the sceptre hath borne
The brow of the priest, that the mitre hath worm
The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave
Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave.
The peasant, whose lot to and to reap
herdsman climbed with his up the steep;
The beggar who wandered in search of his bread
Have faded away like the grass that we tread
So the multitude goes, like the flower weed,
Tht withers away to let others succeed;
SO the multitude comes, even those we behold.
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been
We the sights fathers have seen;
We drink the same stream, the sun,
And run the same course our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking fathers did think;
From the death shrinking fathers did shrink:
To the life clinging fathers did cling,
But it speeds from US all like the bird on the wing.
They oved-but the story we cannot unfold;
They scorned-but the heart of the naughty is cold;
They grieved-but wall from their slumbers will
They oved-but the tongue OF their gladness Is dumb
They died-ah! they died-we, things that now,
That walk the turf that lies their brow,
And make in their dwelling a transient abode,
Meet the things that they met their pilgrimage road
Yea, hope and despondency, pleasure and pain,
Are mingled together in sunshine and rain;
the and the song and the dirge,
Still follow each other like surge upon surge.
IT'S the wink of eye; it's the draught Of breath
the blossom of health to the paleness of death,
the gilded saloon the bier and the shroud;
o, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
William Knox.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
IOWA, A TOURISTS DELIGHT.

1 Marshalltown Times-Republican
+ The state public parks commission
has issued report on present ana
prospective state parks and sugges-
/ tons and descriptions of localities
that lend themselves to such pur-
poses by reason of natural beauty
and advantage. 1t is book OF con-
| siderable size and scope, profusely
illustrated with pictures of Iowa
beauty spots and their indigenous
flora. The report is nicely bound and
printed.
1t is a pity that the report cannot
have more general circulation than
the elaborateness with which it is
published suggests that it is likely TO
acquire; for it is revelation to the
average Iowan. We Iowans have not
learned and appreciated the beautiful
iscenery of our state. Perhaps we
have been too busy raising corn, but
that does not entirely explain it, for
EIowans spend months and money fol
lowing the routine of tourist travel
seeking the over-adyertised beauty
iof other states and other countries 20
1.-THE neglect of the wonderful beauty
and interest of localities that most
OF them can reach in from two hours
Ito a days drive in their automobiles.
La man who has travelled practically
all over the world and is familiar
with every part of America, and who
has Just returned from six months
jaunt through Canada and the west
and south, said yesterday that he car
find more actual beauty and greater
variety in Iowa than in any other
state or country he had visited. And
he is man fitted by education, cnl-
ture and experience to pass opinion.
1t was an excellent and timely move
to preserve the lakes and the natural
beauty spots along the rivers OF
Iowa. They belong to the people OF
the present and should be handed in
heritage down to those who are 20
come after us in continuation of the
progress and to hold the pride of
Iowa in Iowa. The report is par
tial revelation of a side of Iowa which
has not appealed or has been
neglected. If the report and its pic
lures could be placed in every home
and school of the state, it would be
by way of an education along line
where we need development and IN
formation.
See Iowa First" 1t would be an
and delightful trip by
automobile to make an itinerary CT
Iowa beauty spots, especially IN
northern and northeastern Iowa n
summer vacation time, and those who
should do so would bring home an
added pride and satisfaction in their
own state citizenship.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20

as she was teacher here for several
years and the love and esteem of the
pupils linger aye until memory fails
Those that failed to see her are hop
ing she comes to our burg soon
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Connable of Cali
fornia, were callers at the Mrs. Kate
Tone home last Saturday. They are
about ready to return to that place
by auto. They were welcomed by I'll
on their return to this county and
sorry to lose these good people, but
it is Californias gain.
Mrs. Edgar NHagerman and little
daughter were visitors with Miss Vir-
ginia Davis on Friday of last week.
Miss Ora Davis and Mrs. Kate
Tare are under the skillful treatment
of DR.. Strosnider of Iowa.
The flower beds on Grand avenue
still show marks Of the hail storm.
The pretty home of Mr. and Mrs
George Hagerman was struck by
during last weeks storm
and plastering was torn from several
rooms and much damage done
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
For a Clean Campaign.

National Republican: Governor
Cox, the democratic presidential
nominee, has for ten years been
prominent, as candidate, in the
politics of his state, making repeated
races for governor. 1t remained for
members of his own party, in nomi-
nuting contest within that party, to
dig up and exploit certain early
domestic difficulties of the Ohio gov
ernor as a weapon to be used for his
destruction. 1t was brought out that
an agent of the department of jus
tice had been in Ohio investigating
Governor Cox's personal record.
1t ought to be pretty clear to prac-
teal politicians by this time that
attacks upon the personal character
of candidates never pays. This IS
true even in cases where facts JUS
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-20
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Colfax Tribune: Although w. J..
Bryan was badly defeated in almost
everything he tried to put in the
democratic platform, he has the adj
miration of large number Of people
of the United States on the stand he
took against the wine growers and
brewers of the country.
Denison Review: Every day since
his (Senator Harding's) nomination
reveals something in conduct which
commends him to the American peo-
pie. He is able, courageous, digni-
fled and independent, and will prove
himself as Mckinley did, a popular
candidate.
Oelwein Iowan: Each year it is
stated that the peak of prices" of
Iowa land has been reached, and then
the next year the prices keep right
on growing.
Grinnell Register: The Register
firmly believes that the republicans
will win this fall, but they do not
want to go to sleep at the switch.
It will take lot of hard work and
W CiOSS OSAAss
tor Harding and Governor Coolidge.
Vinton Eagle: Ninety-nine per cent
Of the people who complain because
the farmer does not raise more food
have never shown the slightest in
terest in any movement to give the
farmer better facilities of production.
Cherokee Democrat: After all, the
chief thing political parties want In
a candidate for the presidency is
ability to get votes.
Muscatine Journal: That both par
ties have chosen men who by their
public performance have displayed
capacity to meet vexaious problems
is hopeful sign of constructive gov
ernmental leadership.