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Arizona republican., 1920-02-20
DINNER STORIES

Are you a lawyer?" asked the wrathy visitor
 -T am, sir. What can I do for you 9 I'm in the grocery business A woman called me profiteer. Is that word actionable?"
 Tt certainly is-if she can prove it."
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

A woman went into railroad office to buy ticket for her son who was about to emigrate to Canada, and while the man was looking up the par
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

to the importation of the machin- cry now used by the company, the European oil makers had been the only ones to adopt the method now being used by the Mccall com pany.
 The Mccall Cotton & Oil Com pany has since its earliest ad- vent in Phoenix been progressive. They were quick to see the ad- vantages of the rotation of crops in this district, and equally as quick to see the menace of the one
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

The total labor cost of a pair of SIP women's shoes in 1918 was only SIPS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02
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for committing crime Is "Wednesday.
IF we can't do it all on Wednesday We
put it off a. week.
Rut we take it the plan for q Pu III
tan sa tbath gets its impetus from tns
thought that it will wipe out cIlilS
Tf that Is not the underlying principe
If the movement. we should De giao
~ he set right 1t is preposterous 10
think that those behind the movenens
are merely meddling in the business
of their neighbors.
The column is disposed to award tne
sea son's championship for women De-
tween thirty and fifty years OF age %
Mrs. Artemus G.. McBuckle.
May to December, according 70 me-
husbands records, MRS. Ae6uch.s
drove II, 2o6 miles from the rear seat
The position of runner-up is, py tns
same method OF scoring, given 70 MI
Berwick Sewickley. Mrs. SeWlckiey
record was that OF having screaineu
seven times while her huspaho was
driving three squares.
Meanwhile we credit Mr.. vice Pre9s
ident Marshall with birdie. Mr..
Marshall is the first retiring vice pres
ident to get into the newspapers SINGS
SCHUYLER Colfax left the office.
In the matter of providing poor
meat with an alibi. no method seems
so satisfactory as that OF converting IL
! into hamburger steak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THE INSIDE BOSS.

We are moving contestants with
We carry with us every
where we go many governing forms
within us-all supervised by one great
boss.
So often we do not do the things
which we fear we will do. The In
side Boss says NO!
And so we follow an unseen leader
ship-often grudgingiy.
Maybe it is because of some inporn
hero worship from which we cannot
easily escape. At any rate the world
is kept clean and full of hope because
tho full OF weak spots, it gives man
his chance to aspire.
It's the Inside Boss who says to do
your best, to walk boldly past failure
and discouragement.a and to keep your
chin up!
And it is when We are touched by
loneliness and frightened in heart by
deep despair that the Boss comes for
ward and says not to yield.
It's the Boss who encoura ges us to
try the game again and again-after
we have repeatedly lost. You see. the
Boss understands us better than we do
ourselves.
AS selves we merit little. To the
Inside Boss we owe credit for Keep
ing US out of so much trouble.
He MAKES US look up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02
LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
BIZ IEE PAPE

Mrs. Hews came to see ma yestid-
day aftirnoon, being bigfround lady,
and they started to tawk about diff
trent subjecks, Mrs. Hews saying, o
Dy the way Mrs. Potts, I'm taking New
Thawt and its the grandest thing.
You've herd of New Thawt of course.
Well ony in genrel way, sed ma,
and Mrs. Hews sed. Well its the grand
est thing. all you haff to do is believe
it don't make the slightest diffrents
wat happens and as soon as you get
yourself worked up in that frame of
mind you stop worrying and getting
ixcited, and you know If you don't
worry or get ixcited about a thing wat
diffrents does it make?
No diffrents sed ma and Mrs. Hews
Used. 1xackly, and ma sed, I think Ill
have to try that. it sounds rele sensi-
bic and think Ill begin rite now and
refuse TO let enything Excite me for a
day or and see wat happens
Me thinking, G betI can make her
ixcited all rite And as soon as Mrs.
Hews went 1 sed. Hay ma, hay ma.
Wat? sed ma. and I sed, Amt you
going to get ixcited all day today?
No. sed ma And in minnft sed,
Hay MAJ
Wat, wat? sed ma. and I sed. Amt
you going TO get ixcited tomorro either
ma?
No. no. sed ma. And pritty soon I
sed. ma, hay ma MA not answering,
and 1 sed. Hay ma. ma, hay ma.
For goodniss sakes wat? sed ma,
and I sed, Amt you even going 10 git
excited the day after tomorro, and
ma sed. No, for pity sakes no. and in
abont a minnit >sed, Hay ma
| Another hay out of you and you'll
| feel something harder than hay, sed
ma, and I sed G ma wat goods New
Thawt. you're ixcited as enything.
Well then misery loves compinny
and heers something for you to get tx
cited about. sed ma And she gave me
a fearse crack. proving the Experiment
was a success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02
ON THE ROAD TO NoRManCY.

Some light is thrown on the high
cost of building by figures set forth
in a publication issued by the Assoc
ciated Employers of Indiana. Here As
the cost of laying bricks for example:
In 1909, it is pointed out, bricklaye-s
got SIS cents an hour. The rate in
1920 is $1.25 an hour. This does not
look ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS up only a
little more than 100 per cent in eleven
years. But in 1909 bricklayers laid
LOO bricks a day, while new the
number is Sal. The burden on the
public is expressed in the unit cost of
getting the bricks laid. In 1909 it was
81 a thousand. In 1920 it is $3.50 a
thousand.
This system went along all right
while the cost could be passed along
to the public, but when the public re-
belled and refused to build something
snapped. Now we hear of large num-
bers of men out OF work in the east
and that condition moving westward.
There are indications now that or
ganized labor sees its error and that
recent mistakes will not soon be re-
peated. There seems to be little dis
position on its part to strike. There
never is when jobs are growing
scarcer. The strikes of 1919. accord
ing to reliable, altho unofficial fig
ures, cost the workers nearly S725,-
100000 in wages. They cost the en-
ployers over 100000. This was
at a time when money wages were the
highest in the history of the world.
The illustration of the Indiana
bricklayers applies to many other in
.dustries. The blame for present in
dustriah conditions lies on employers
equally with labor. They granted Ia
boris demands and submitted to a cur
tailment of production because they
thought they could pass added costs
on to the public and reap even larger
profits.
Now both employers and workers
are suffering. One is facing losses
that may mean bankruptcy, and the
other is facing a hard winter without
job. Employers and employees
should get together. not so much to
settle the differences involved in their
supposedly conflicting interests as to
see what both sides can do to right the
wrong both of them have inflicted on
the community at large. When they
can approach their problem in this at
titude of mind most of their old
grounds for friction will automatical-
ly disappear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

Just q little thoughtful cooperation
will help immensely to solve the prob
lem of Christmas buying. Merchants.
clerks, delivery and transportation
employes-in fact nearly every one
directly and indirectly connected with
the Christmas trade knows the mean
ing and the nerve-racking strain OF a
Christmas rush when the bulk of
shoppinA is crowded into the last few
days before December rs. Such a
condition takes away much of the
pleasure of the occasion. at least for
some, and every thoughtful and con-
siderate person should be willing to do
his share to avoid it. So get busy
with your Christmas shopping at
once and do not allow inconsequential
matters to interfere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02
JUST FOLKS
SYMPATHY.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

It wouldn't be much Of world down here
IL nobody cared when we shed q tear:
Win all or Its roses and dimpled cheeks.
And its. mountains high and Its ripping
creeks,
With all of it's sunshine and skies of blue,
And the. laughter of children that cheers
us thru,
A sorrowful place would this old world be
II 1t weren't for the leaven Of sympathy.
Tho the roses bIossomed year after year.
And the sun came out with the birth of
day.
And the children rorhped in the yard at
play.
If In times of trial and hurt and woe
We could get no help from the friends
we know;
We should hate the world and the joys
we own
II We had to stand to our griefs alone.
The rose grows11ovely because it lends
Its tender charms to the love OF friends
The precious jewel Of great or wise
Is the power they have to sympathize,
To feel the sorrows that others bear,
To sense the touch of another's care:
For there's never a man wh0e'er he be.
Who could get along without sympathy.
It's the balm we need when our hurts are
sore,
It's the one sweet touch that we hunger
without It life were struggle win >
And few would master their hours Of pain
For we're all sustained in our times OF
By the gentle hands of the friends who
It's the kindly word and the tender smile
And the hearts that feel that make life
tcopyrigSt. isao. By Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02
Questions-Answers

O. was the picture entitled Baby
Stuart" at one time part ola group!--G.
A. The famous picture entitled, "Baby
Stuart" painted by Van Dyke, is said to
be the portrait Of James, Duke Of YORK,
the youngest child of Charles l Of Eng,
land. The child was about one year old
at the time the painting was made: He
was born October IA, 1888. The picture
three csre OF ta of ae The OF
two were Charles, Prince of Wales, who
was four years old at the time the pic
came the Princess Of Orange. who was n
little over three years of age at that time.
Q. Who Invented the game Of baseball
A. Abner Doubleday. who later went to
West Point, and ultimately became a major
general in the United States army, is given
the credit for originating the game in 1889.
He and some other young men began TO
play a game they afterwards called bnse-
the a idea @ Of diamond to improve the game.
Two Old Cat" and Three Old Cat were
still early forms of ball and were adapted
probably from the English game OF round
@. How deep do divers go md how long
do they rs, stay IF 5; T. a.. A..
ers can reach the depth of $50 feet II
equipped with the most modern apparatus,
and can stay down about two hours. \
IS. w s.
A. with a meat grinder the process is
snhpie- hVust tue pehhuts HoueTdteiyr ~
they have been purchased raw. Remove
shells and skins. Use finest plate on
grinder and screw up tension until crank
Is hard TO turn. II pulp is too coarse. run
thru grinder n second time. Add salt to
suit taste, and some olive oil If desired.
(Any reader eau get the answer to any
question by writing The TopeEa State
Journal information bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director, Washington. ID. c. This
offer applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal. medical,
and financial matters. 1t does not under
take 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 postage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

well, until we could be married and
take it in on our honeymoon. But we
had a blowout on the Walloa road.
and, foreseeing some such Ncontin-
gency. scrubbed the note to leave
for him with a deckhand-then / hap
pened to see him." Jim paused with a
faint smile.
What is it7'' asked Marian. her
eyes no longer sad but shining with
happiness.
II didn't tell your uncle the best of
it. The sale of those worthless lands
gave me enough to purchase a con-
siderable interest in the Laurens pine
apple plantation, where I go in as as
sistant superintendent on my RETURN
Suddenly Marian had an idea. an
idea which made her blush adorabiy
'Why-why-Jimz is no rea-
son why we couldn't be-be-
Exactly" said Jim, when we
reach San Francisco"
only" and Marian looked lovingly
at the distant shores growing in the
purple blue haze, I'D like to come
back to Hawaii"
'"For our honeymoon" finished Jim
and promised her with a kiss.
Copyright, 1920. by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate-1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

Mexico has a new president and Is
thus given one more opportunity to
make good. She has not had a chief
executive competent to handle the af-
fairs of the nation since Diaz. Obre-
son goes in under suspicious condi-
tons. Mexico is qs1feter and more
orderly than it has been in many
years. 1t is possible that the people
are willing to submit to an orderly
administration If conducted honestly
by a man in whom they have conf
dence. 1t is reasonable to suppose
that they are heartily tired of the sit
uation that has prevailed turnout the
land for so long. President Obregon
is confronted by a tremendous task.
His efforts to bring order out of chaos
will be watched with interest by the
entire world and especially by the
United States. His success would
mean much to this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

Senator Curtis is reported recently
to have estimated that by the impo-
sition OF protective tariff rates of duty
our imports could be made to pay into
the federal treasury something like
one billion dollars annually. The SEN
ator probably is too high. No tariff
law ever yet has produced such sum.
But whatever amount an increased
tariff would produce would be paid by
American consumers. To this there
would be no serious objections. since
they pay all taxes. however collected.
but the prices of American made
goods also would be forced up. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02
MEDDLING SHOULD END.

The belief has become widespread
that if this country is to make a re-
turn to conditions even approximatiny
normal we must have a repeal of the
laws relating to war time powers of
government SO far as they concern
private business as well as the elimi-
nation of governmental activity in
business. Most of the extraordinary
cost of administration springs from
these sources. 1t is the chief cause
Of our high taxation. 1t is a STUN
bling block in the path of progress
toward orderly reconstruction.
We have had enough of govern
ment ownership. Such policy, says
the Wollman Review. cannot be ef-
fective in a, democracy where every
body's business is nobody's business.
1t may work all right under a benevo-
lent despotism, but that is not the
form of government the American
people desire. The failure of the ex-
pertinent in this country, it declares, is
not due to Conspiracy to diseredit
the attempt. 1t has resulted from its
fundamental defects. Politics and
graft have done their perfect work.
1t was no conspiracy of predatory
capitalists, it is pointed out, that
caused the loss oftwo billions or more
In the conduct of the United States
shipping board. This financial de-
bacle had it's origin in the inherent
weakness of government ownership
and control as applied to our institu-
tons The owner was the people of
the United States who knew nothing
about managing a merchant marine.
The loss of these billions does not
make a tax-burdened people DESTROYS
of going farther with such ventures.
There is no doubt that much of the
high cost of living at present has re-
suited from government supervision
in certain industries. Wage scales
have been fixed on high basis, and
the mere fact that the government. as
result of political pressure fixed
these wage scales makes them diff
cult of revision to meet changed con-
ditions.
The increased cost of coal has its
basis in the fixing of high wage scales
in the bituminous and anthracite
fields. The miners of hard coal, even
now, are demanding a further raise to
"equalize" their pay SO that it will
compare with the wages received by
the soft coal miners.
The packing industry Is fighting q
raise of 81 per day ordered by the
government to all of its plant en-
ployes. Arguments have been pre-
scented in the United States court call
ing attention to the decline in the cost
of>living and the downward price ten
dency. Business unhampered by gov
eminent control can act in accordance
with prevailing economic conditions,
but political pressure seldom takes
cognizance of these influences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

Secretary Colby proposes appoint
nent of commissioners by the United
states and Mexico to draw a treaty
governments. What are the issues be-
tween the two governments beyond
Mexicos refusal to salute the Stars
and Stripes when called upon to
do SO? If Mexico be ready to
stop killing and robbing American cit
liens it does not seem necessary that
she should agree in writing so to do.
Anyhow. her bond is worthless. It
seems, however, that an agreement
with Mexico may be the outcome of
eight years of watchful waiting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

The League Of Nations council prob
ably experienced feeling of relief
when it succeeded in unloading the
troublesome Armenian question onto
President Wilson. Mr.. Wilson now
can try moral suasion on the Turks
to his hearts content but the only
thing that will make a Turk be good
is a club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

an employment service by state and
federal cooperation would very likely
lead to something like this A state
government could very wei leave some
of its more ambitious road-building
projects and other public improve
ments, until its employment service
reported many men in need of work.
In other words, state expenditures for
public works could be SO timed as to
relieve unemployment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

The London Telegraph<say that the
British will never forget the debt they
owe America. Certainly they will not.
we shall not let them, at least not un-
til they pay it. They are hereby re-
minded that the interest is past due
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

from these increased prices the gov
eminent would get nothing unless the
excess profits tax shall be retained.
and nobody expects this tax to stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

1t may have been noted that those
who join, the crusade against cigarets
are persons who do not smoke them.
In this regard the anti-cigaret war
differs from that waged against
liquor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

The problem of living on the salary
paid to a school teacher seems to have
been solved by a Colorado Springs
pedagogue. who made a meal of
angleworms fried in butter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

On November the people voted
for change. They will expect the
Congress which meets next Monday to
make a start in that direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-02

Not that we particularly object to
the Puritan Sababth. 1t would not
affect us in any way. We seldom fin
ish the writing of Mondays column
before 8 or 4 o'clock Sunday after
noon. BY that time we are too tired
to think of crime, much less commit
ii. In the year and half that we
have done Sunday work we do not re-
call having committed a single crime
on that day; nor have we felt the dis
position to do so. Our favorite day
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-18

alert for new accomplishments He
was the hero Of the hour In North Da-
kota. HIS political victory was her
aided throughout the country by
friends and foes. his friends singing
his praise and his enemies likewise
advertising him by denouncing him
from New York to C%aIiforpia. But II
was not the Nonpartisan league that
was advertised. It was A. c. Town
ley. The power Of the Nonpartdsan
League was not recognized. It waA
not the farmers organization that
was given credit. It was A. c. Town
Icy.
Hence It was A. C. Townley who
was Immediately sought by self-seek-
ing politicians who wanted political
Jobs and favors on the one hand, and
promoters n commercial agents
who wished to ISL the N~onpartlsan
League to assist them in their money
making schemes on the other hand
Some wanted to start hog ranches
some Insurance companias; some
wanted to promote socdalistic coloni-
to become associated with Townley In
straight real estate. money-maktne
enterprises. He was sought by oil
men. land men, men with patents and
men with dreams Ind ideas He was
sought by men from New York, Call
fornaa, Washington and Florida. The
, Florida man won.
Townley had been in big promo.
tfons before as the writer has related
but he " had tho backing, the
power o the opportunity to put ovel
a real promotion that he now had in
his Grasp. He didn't accept tho frs,
proposition put to him. He had had
| experience in promoting. He looked