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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

authenticated fact that no British
campaign OF coercion has ever been
successful or made the Irish problem
| less difficult Of solution.
Yet with those two indisputablc
historical facts before them. Sim
| Fein ireland is engaged in wholesale
murder and the British government
is engaged in wholesale coercion and
roprisal
outside OF soviet Russia there are
no other such conditions in the world
that used to call itself civilized as
those existing in ireland today.
Tho Sim Feiners describe the stu
alton as one OF civil war, but it is not
civil war. Civil war implies organized
! armed forces responsible TO a definite
authority and fighting in the open.
Killing men in their beds Is not civil
war. 1t is murder and nothing can
make 1t anything else.
Although the Lloyd George govern
nent refuses to recognize the Irish
uprising as anything more than dis
turbed condition OF the peace. It has
encouraged policy Of reprisals which
are nothing more than counter
assassination. The answer to MUIR
der is due process OF law. No gov
ernmen: that pretends to respect law
can afford to deal with murder by
the primitive process OF destroying
towns and killing innocent and guilty
indiscriTninately. When the British
authorities attempt to suppress Irish
murders by a series OF police pogroms
they ccnfess that the great British
administrative system. which has
long been one OF the bulwarks of
civilization, has broken down.
1t is plain enough that the Irish
will never succeed in numbering their
way TO independence, and 1t Is equal
~ plain that the British government
will never succeed in driving the Irish
back to the status quo at the point OF
the bayonet. Both methods are equal
ly futile. and I'm the circumstances
both are equally criminal.
As for accom- plishing any good for
ireland. the Sim Fein leaders have
rai!ed utterly; but the British govern
ment has likewise failed, and failed
ANONYMOUSLY. II has shown itself
Incapable OF satisfying the Irish or OF
pacifying the Irish. Instead OF max
ing matters better It has made them
worse. That ought to be as apparent
in Downing street as in Dublin.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
WHY YOUR TAXES ARE HIGH

There is not a person in the Platte
Purchase that is not complaining
about high taxes-and for that matter
this complaint is general all over the
United Statos-and all the world over
since the great war
over ia Giles county in the wilds Of
Tennessee is published paper called
the Record and its editor who also
seems to pay taxes puts up the situa-
tion in q way that Is not only truth
fuI but decidedly interesting for so
few people associate taxes with the
reason for which they are levied. This
novel way Of putting perfectly le-
sitimate subject and which hits every
one, is shown in this Tennessee edi-
tors remarks in this way:
1T is no wonder that this country
is troubled. tax-riddcn and all-around
in a he'll Of a mess. Here are a few
knots that just now come 10 mind.
II l would take more time the list;
would be increased fourfoll. a half
dozen saIar.ed revenue officers 60
100 miles 10 bust up $40 outfit. A
special revenue agent comes around
TO see about your privilege Gas II you
had any privilege taxes. An auditor
comes from Nashville, Memphis or
Honolulu and checks W" two Off
GERS at the courthouse and leaves the
others for the county court to look
after. Another fellow comes down
the pike in his sedan 20 see II the
country merchant has six bottles Of
yaseline and IL he has six United
States stamps TO put on EN-. An
alcohol and wine man comes to the
druggist to soc II he is fourteen names
short on his registration. And an
other narcotic man comes along to
see about the P2rCgor.c. Ana another
one comes a fow days later to check
up' on the morphine. opium. etc. And
| tho one-Eorse country merchant gets
| a qucs'.0nuaire about his stock Of
patent medicines that il would puzzle
4 Philadelphia COR PulaskD lawyer
/ TO Tin out, And 50 On ad iut,nitum,
. ad uauseam ana ad nux vomica or
any other darn thing you cara 10. but
IL l9 all 50. aud thea some, anI re-
peat IN all sincerity, that il is no
wonder that the cuyment' gets cuss-
ed out $50 days (SI6 leap yeGrs) In
the calendar year from Cape Cod 10
Kalamazoo, and from Tadmcr in the
| wilderness to Yuha Dar1. Arizona"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

stored too many millions Of dollars
worth of supplies. 1t is evident that
,ho army OF 100000 mon which
America Was to have to put into
Khaki for tho campaign Of 1919 was
entirely too large. 1t got in the way
Of a wonderful war and stopped it.
The war was stopped by the prep
arat.ou which America achieved in
an amazingly short time ana at a
really indccorous gait Germany had
intended to continue il. Franco and
Great Britain ana Italy had expected
To continue it, when, as General Hin
donburg says the action Of America
in the Argonne made it impossible
for Germany to continue and there
fore unnecessary for France and
Great Britain and Italy to continue.
Energetic castigators OF the Wilson
administration have asserted that this
country was not sufficiently prepared
for war in 1871. Between April.
1871, and November, 1913, prepared
ness waxed in America like SNOWFALL
rolled down hill. II gathered momen-
tum as it went. When the armistice
was signed. because American effic-
iency in action made it necessary for
the Germans to sign up, and give up.
we were just about to roll up an army
OF 100000. Compared with 1t the
army OF Nerxes would have looked
like a sheriffs posse.
In course Of preparation the war
department bought right and left
what would be needed by 5000. 900
red d-blooded fighting men; men OF a
greater army in point OF size and
effectiveness. than the world had ever
seen. an army which proved a decid-
ing factor in the greatest war in the
history Of mankind, before It got half
through its growing pains.
The war department. with its i'm
merse supplies on hand, was caught
red-handed in the act OF ending the
war by making it too hot for the en-
cmy. There was too much prepared
ness. There were too many military
stores. There were lots too many
men. There was not exactly too much
johnson. but too much Brother Jona-
than; altogether too much.
In the circumstances this paper
suggests that the New York Herald
be empowered b. joint resolution Of
the congress which convened Monday
to hang Secretary Baker in cffigy in
every state whose sons contributed to
the strength Of the army that stopped
the war. and to hang him on a sour
apple tree in Washington.
No secretary Of war, no war de-
partmcnt, no country in Christcndom
or in PaEandom. ever was guilty of
beating up an army so extravagantly
large and buying for that army so
many millions OF tons of supplies.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
STICK TO YOUR JOB

There are now said to be 900 idle
men I'm St. Joseph--at least that is
what Supt Morris Of the state Free
Employment bureau says and that
brings the suggestion that all those
men who now have a job should stick
10 it. For months this paper has
hammered on the fact that those who
had good jobs would do well to stick
10 them and those who had been
holding good jobs should save some
Of their money for the coming hard
days which arc now not only close
ly approaching, but are really here.
Those s,oycns and clock watchers who
have all along during the war drawn
high salaries and done Indifferent and
many times rotten work will now sit
up end take notice for their days are
short. The time is now ending when
tho garage helper could demand 335
week for hammering cars with a
monkey wrench when the manager
was able TO charge 81 or 81 an hour
FOR rolling cigarets. The careless
days are coming to close now
There are still plenty of demands for
hep, and lots Of good jobs. Those
who now hold the good Jobs are hold
Ing them because they deserve them,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
TIE HEROIC TROTZKY

That worlds hero-the heroic
Trotzky--is prepared to make stupen-
dous sacrifices in order that the cause
of world revolution may be saved and
carried through to its glorious tri-
uriph OF destruction and chaos.
lie sees famine sweeping over Rus
sia, but he is not turned from his
purpose by the spectacle, Though
three-fourths OF the population die
OF hunger and cold" says he, "the
remainder will survive to carry
through to victory the world revolu-
ton"
AS communist and commissar. the
brave T'rotzky is one OF tho twenty
five or less per cent for whom a sus-
tanning ration is assured under the
discriminating democracy practiced
by the soviet regime.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

1T is said that when the delegation
which notified the president that
Congress was ready to receive his
message called at the White House
Tuesday, the president did not shak e
hands with the members, because
Senator Lodge was one of the delega-
tion. After tho brutal manner in
which Lodge treated him, It Is no
wonder that Wilson did no. extend
his hand.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

DO not be discouraged, fellow dem
ocrat, over the turning over OF the
country to the republicans. The next
four years will be ones that are worse
and at the end OF that time the peo-
pie almost to a man and woman will
be so disgusted over the condition Of
the country that they will vote the
Democratic ticket almost unanimous
1Y
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

not because the boss can't get some
body else,
There was a frightful lot Of in
efficiency and indifference when
That was natural, for the Independent
never like to take on the airs OF de-
pendcnce. But from this time on, the
better work a man does, tho better
service an Institution gives, the better
chance heard it will have to survive
the pangs of readjustment. Men of
wisdom, seeing the truth. will not fail
to profit thereby.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

1t will be no trouble 10 be demo-
crat four years from the present time
and there will be several million
more Democrats than there were at
the last election.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Sheriff Isaacson did a proper thing
when he dropped Deputies Grace and
Minis on Monday Men who could do
no better than to allow criminals to
escape. and also allow them question
able company, have no business
around the outside of county Jail.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Supt. Morris Of the State Free EN-
ployment Bureau says that there are
5000 idle men in st. Josoph-and two
thirds of them have not saved a dol
lar Of the excessively high wages they
have been drawing for the past two
years. Such people are not entitled
to any help or sympathy.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

BY failing to file his expense ac-.
count in the required time-last Sat
urday-Representat Harry Nc
Pherson forfeited his office in the
First Legislative district.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Conunued from rage Onel
on the other side of the water and
has given promise. venture to say,
OF early completion only in our own
fortunate country; but even with us
the recovery halts and is impeded at
times and there are imm ediately ser
viceablo acts Of legislation which it
seems to me we ought to attempt. TO
assist that recovery and prove the in
destructible recuperative force OF a
great government Of the people. One
Of these is to prove that a great de-
mocracy can keep house as success
fully and in as businesslike fashion
as any other government. 1t seems
to me that the first step toward prov
ing this is to supply ourselves with a
systematic method OF handling our
estimates and expenditures and bring
| them to the point where they will not
be an unnecessary strain upon our
| income or necessitate unreasonable
taxation; in other words. a workable
budget system, and l respectfully sug-
gest that two elements are essential to
| such a system, namely. not only that
the proposal Of appropriations should
be in the hands Of a single body. such
as a single appropriations committee
in each house OF the congress. but
also that this body should be brought
| into such cooperation with the de-
partments of the government and
with tho treasury of the United States
as would enable it to act upon a COM
plete conspectus Of the needs of the
government and the resources from
which it must draw its income. l re-
luctantly vetoed the budget bill pass
ed by the last session OF the congress
because OF constitutional objection.
The house of representatives subse-
quently modified the bill in order to
meet this objection. In the revised
| form / believe that the bill, coupled
with action already taken by the con-
gress to revise its rules and procedure,
furnishes the foundations for an ef-
fectlve national budget system.
earnestly hope. therefore. that one OF
the first steps takon by the present
session of the congress will be to pass
the budget bill.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

That suro was some swift colt that
Prosecutor-elect Brubaker administer
ed to the Silks when he this week ap-
pointed Lewis F. Randolph. a rant
ing Cotton" to the position Of first
assistant. Brubaker's backbone is
made Of iron and is not a lath painted
to look like iron.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

The st. Joseph Gtts Co. alleged in
asking for a change OF venue Monday
on a case. that the people OF st. JOS
eph. were prejudiced against It,"
This is the first time in years that the
gas company was absolutely right
for the people should be.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

The people who voted for a change
at the last election are getting it
and they are not at all pleased with
what they are getting-but they vot-
ed for it-and must take il.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
TIE RETAIL PRICES OF rood

TIE RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD
You cannot but help noticing it
for there is no one that eats that docs
not-and that is that despite the fact
that almost every article and every
commodity on the st. Joseph market
has gone down. the prices Of food and
foodstuffs like the willy old goose still
hang Highland do not seem to even
take a notion-lot alone doing so-to
fall in tho least.
But It is not so with the producer.
who has been hit "A most biting wal
lop in the reduced prices paid him
FOR his corn, his wheat, his cattle, his
hogs, as well as for cotton, wool.
hides. silk, copper and other commod-
flies shat are not foodstuffs
These reduced prices IN many in
stances have been passed on in their
attonuated form clear down TO the
ultimate consumer. This Is noticeable
in the case OF dry goods and clothing.
Of hats and haberdashcry, of carpets
and rugs and furniture and other
manufactured articles that the people
buy-article5 that are -perlshable
and in which the labor cost is a large
element Of the total cost.
It is much loss notably true Of
foods You notice the difference
when you go to the butcher and the
grocer and the baker. You do not
notice any appreciablo difference,
though when YOU compare your cur
rent grocery bill with your grocery
bill OF six months or a year or two
years ago. IL is curiously similar, in
itomizcI prices and in total, to tho
bill YOU paid when cattle and hogs
and wheat and such like were twice
as high az now. If you inquire about
little You find that the chickon for
your Sunday dinner. ana the potatoes
that go with it, cost you three or four
times as much as the farmer gets for
them on his place somewhere In
Missouri Kansas, or Iowa"
And when you notice that fact it
seems srr,r,,, to ,,p. does if potp-
for why snouIJ the "s,ro,5n between
producer and consumer i'm the case Of
per.shabIe food products especially
sur1 ,. c,na almost intact from the
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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Harry Il. Mcpherson. republican
representative from the First Bu-
chanan district filed his expense ac-
count Tuesday three days too late to
comply with the law. 1t showed an
expenditure of si2. County Clerk
FerTil will hold up his certificate un-
til ordered to make 1t. by proper
authority
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Mrs. Wilson inducted Mrs. Harding
into the mysteries of the White House
Tuesday. The President showed
President-elect Harding over the ex-
ecutive offices. This is real democ-
racy for you.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
NOTHING But RNNKRIPr
STATHsAiANSIUP

II IS a solemn and wei authcut'-
Gated fact tnst no irish campais1 Of
political murder has ever brought
any benefits to the Irish people.
And It u likewise another duly
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

II looks just a trifle odd TO have
that great moral agency, the after
noon paper, come out and advocate a
letting up on some Of the drastic re
forms" that will be attempted to be
put upon the people.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

The only advantage we can see TO
the leave cars is that il
fellow is broke the conductor does
not find it out until the passenger
arrives at his cstination-which is
too late.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

We are glad that you will te allow
cd no spike" in your Chrlstmss plum
pudding. nor in your mince pie. You
voted for the ice cream and soft drink
man SO he could mulct you and now
you should enjoy what he has to give
yOu-at high prices.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
President Wilson's last

President Wilson's last message to
Congress. delivered Tuesday, was like
all Of his previous ones-a master
piece OF the English language-re-
plcte with good suggestions ard perth
nent paragraphs on the great ques-
tions which confront the people.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

A Texas court refused to bar the
defendants in a suit filed against
them by the Coca Cola company from
describing that decoltion as dope"
which it must be. or the court would
have refused to allow tho appellation
TO stand.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
Just AS WE'LL PLEAD GUILTY

II we can take the prepared state
Inent Of Secretary Of War Baker as
correct-and we dot is perfectly
evident that tho United States war
department and Secretary Baker were
guilty at the time the armistice was
signed Of having assembled and drill
ID TOO many men and purchased and
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

The success achieved in the initial
performance OF tho ST. Joseph Sym
phony Orchestra Is such as to give
the lovers Of real music much encour-
agemenL The right thing to do now
is for the people OF st. Joseph to sup
port it-and it will give them full
value,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

If st. Joseph wants base ball next
year, 1t is time that work was started,
for Ianlon says he will not put a
team in the field, but will sell the
franchise. Now is the time TO get
into the game.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

President Wilson ignored the treaty
in his message Tuesday, preferring to
let the people discover what they had
missed-when it is too late.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

The Noble peace prize will be con-
ferred on President Wilson today. To
no one could it be more appropriately
or fittingly given.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

The grand jury is still in session,
and some OF the donizens of this place
are staying away from the sessions
with decided diligence
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

inet-and that is all that there Is to
it--for Lodge and his gang will be
the presidency.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

1t is only but fourteen days until
Christmas, and il is time to do your
Christmas shopping NOW.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Bring on your Blue Laws-St. JOS
eph needs 'em and when people want
thing, they should have it
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Do your Christmas shopping NOW.
The st. Joseph merchants have the
goods
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
Finances In Good Shape

The nations finances have shown
marked improvement during the last
year. The total ordinary receipts Of
SG.694 900. 900 for the fiscal year
1920 exceeded those for 1919 by
s1.542. OOO, 900. while the total net or
dinary expenditures decreased from
sls.5lt,o0o.O 900 to s6.4Os,oO, ,ONO. The
gross public debt. which reached its
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11

Senator Lodge and "his cabinet"
have already told Prcside1t-elCct
Harding who shall make up his cab
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-11
WILSON SUBMITS HIS
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

{ Continued from Page Onel
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-01

theme nor situation to the story
that is foreign to an American audi
ence.
The story opens in a club room in
an American city where Henry Stan
wood in a braw1 owe a game of
cards shoots a man and makes his
escape. Fleeing from justice his
wanderingh bring him to the Island
of Hilo. There he breaks into q cot
tage in search of food. 1t is the
home of Lotus Blossom. Japanese
girl who teaches a native school.
She nurses him back to health and
strength and they are eventually
married. The mans real nature
soon asserts itself and he deserts
Lotus Blossom.
His escape from the island, the
changing OF clothes with a body
which has been washed ashore, his
marriage to an American girl In San
Francisco and Blossoms real ro-
nance which is interrupted when
she finds that her husband is mar
ried to the woman who had be-
friended her, are told in a series of
gripping, tense situations that end
in a breathless climax.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-01
The Lew Kelly Show

The international comedian, Lew
Kelly, comes to the Majestic theatre
next Monday at the head of his own
production, THE Lew Kelly Show
Once a year this man, who has
made millions laugh with his unique
dope character, comes to this sec
ton and the lovers of %burlesque
anxiously await his coming as he Is
sure to present a show that is so
far above the other attractions of
its kind that there is no COMPARE
son. This year Jack Singer has
given Kelly a show that Is rich in
scenery and costumes. the produce
ton being new throughout. The
book was written by Singer to fit
the peculiar character that is inter-
preted by Kelly. There are two dis
tinct burlettas in the first act, The
Boardwalk Follies" and the Mex
lean Boarders," and they are said
to be just what the patrons of this
form of entertainment want. The
second act will show Kelly at his
best in The Dream Man"
Lew Kelly is so we'll known that
1t seems foolish to even attempt to
introduce his line to the readers.
Never on the American stage has
the dope" character been present.
ed in such a delightful He
is always the poor misfertunate fell
low who eats skinless bananas, and
tells the brand new way to catch
Hump Backed" herrings. Some of
Lew Kelly's sayings are gems and
this year he has a brand new sup
ply that are sure to keep the audi
ence laughing from curtain to cur
tain.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-01

Elaine Hammerstain. who trans
lates womanly emotions on the
screen with more clarity than any
other actress of the day has a new,
intense role in her latest Selznick
picture, The Point of View" which
will be presented at the Strand the
atre three days. beginning Thurs
day.
AS the misunderstood wife Of a
breezy son OF the west, sacrificing
her own desires to help her young
brother pursue a musical course,
she reaches a pinnacle that stamps
her as a truly great emotional ac-
tress. Yet in all her pictures Miss
Hammerstein has appeared to have
ness so necessary in making a
pleasing photodrama out Of a very
intense story. Where "overacting"
would jar, Miss Hammerstein
shades her presentation gently.
II is by these little personal
touches that Miss Hammerstein has
won a nationwide following who
watch eagerly for her succeeding
plays.
In THE Point of View" Rock
cliffe Fellowes supports Miss Ham
merstein and In recognition of his
past excellent Characterization he
has been given a much more exact
ing part. AS the western Million
aire, laundering, well meaning but
sternly following the dictates of his
heart and conscience, Mr.. Fellowes
is seen in the best light of his ca
reer.