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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
Last Colonial Mill Closes.

Detroit News: The last mill--the
last firn-that had a part in feeding
the colonial armies has just disccn.
tinued business, ending the career OF
what is probably the oldest corpora
ton Gin this country that has been
conducted continuously by the same
family.
The Lea Milling company Of Will
mington, Del, co-operated closely
with Washington, who considered the
mills of such strategic Importance
that he ordered the owners to dis
mantle the burrs and hide the upper
stories from the British army. SO
these stones, weighing more than a
ton each, were carried in ox-carts to
remote places, out Of reach of the
Hessians, and buried. Due to the good
memory Of a continental officer, one
of these was found later, but the
other still lies hidden
It was at the Brandywine mills that
flour and grain reached the highest
figure for which they were ever sold
in the United States. Old records in
possession Of the Lea family show.
that s24 bushel was paid for wheat.
and that between 800 and 400 barrels
Of flour brought the gross sum of
$4,000. This happened in 1850. -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

Moreover, it seems just about as new
The story by Mark Twain is one you
could hand to hundred people and
it is safe bet that 1t would be
entirely strange to ninety-nine Of
them. The same remark is even
more true of the contributions by
Howells, James, Arthur Hadley, Alice
Brown and all the rest Practically
the whole magazine could be repub-
lished today and no one would re-
member having read it before.
1t is in the literary advertising
pages that the age of the magazine
shows. OF the dozens of works OF
notable fiction" one is grieved to
note that but two or three are re-
membered at all.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
AN ILLUMINATING TRANSACTION.

The one practice which has brought most
criticism on public utility corporations and mas
caused much of the popular dissatisfaction with
tbam was that of watering their stock on one
mr. another pretext, thus compelling the people
to nav interest on a fictitious valuation. Pub
lie service commissions and public opinion pre-
vent this to a great extent today; and this IS
nne Of the real achievements of value the peo-
ole have made in recent years. Devices or thaI
Kind were legal-no law made them CRIMINAL,
but they were not ethical, were not de1enslDle
On moral grounds but were really species OF
profteering under cover OF law.
transaction of this sort in which Governor
Cox was the central figure and principal bene-
fciarv was an issue in the Ohio gubeTnatorlal
ranpaign Of 1904 and contributed to bring
about his defeat He had engineered a consoll-
dation of local gas companies IN Dayton through
which he and his associates put half million
dollars worth Of newly issued watered stock
in their pockets. The governor sought to Justl-
fv his action on the ground that his deal was
that Of a citizen in private capaclty-although
he was a member Of congress at tht time But
the court records appear to show that IN this
high financing Governor Cox used three othcerS
Of one of the gas companies, who were supposed
to be representing their stockholders. These
men received their share of the division, but
when the exposure came they returned their
stock to the governors group which had put
The deal through. Governor Cox retained his
This popular disapproval and outcry defeat
I'd the governor, though he tried to justify his
action and while this is not an issue now il
must be admitted that it throws light upon the
sthical standards of the man. No president
ZONES to mind who was ever known to have en-
gineered to his profit any transaction of this
tort. The fact is that Governor Cox is shrewc
businessman and politician of a type unfortu
nately commoner than it ought to be, and not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

three dislike each other to the point
of hatred But both Of them are very
fond OF third person, and the third
person likes both the first and sec
ond, although the two are the direct
antithesis the one of the other.
There are men who have to go over
the names of their friends very care
fully when making list of guests to
dinner lest they invite two persons
who would be antag onistic to each
other. Verify there is no greater
mystery of life than the mystery of
personality.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
An Essential 20 Prnaress.

The Outlook: Advertising has be-
come recognized as an essential ele.
ment in modern life. Without it in
dustry could not continue. One of
the results that the Associated Adver-
Using Clubs of the World has helped
to bring about is the practically uni.
versal recognition of the fact that ad.
vertising is essential to the merchan-
dising of goods, and that it is useless
to make things for sale unless there
is some systematic and intelligent
way of letting the consumer know
how things may be obtained.
More than that, these clubs have
have made 1t clear that it is of no use
to advertise product unless that pro-
duct is good product of its kind,
Advertising will not sell that which
of itself has no merit. And so the
advertising agencies and advertising
men have been influences for better
production and better products.
In turn, the associated advertising
clubs Of the world have laid empha'
sis, particularly in the last two or
three years, upon the necessity of
in Advertising. Not only
must. the goods themselves that are
be meritorious, but what
is said about them in advertisements
must be said in good faith.
1t is highly significant fact that
which not so very many
years ago had to bear the opprobrium
resulting from practices that were
fanciful and sensational and in disre-
gard Of truth or good faith, has now
become one of the forces for ethical
progress in business.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
More News From Poor Emma.

Des Moines Capital Poor Emma
Goldman has a hard row and long
one to hoe since the brave snip
"Soyjet Ark" sailed the briny deep
we have read, recently, of Emma
tardy rspining for the real land Oh
the free, America, and now we learn
of some of the reasons for her regret
and longing.
A correspondent to the New YORK
Tribune tells us that Emma and he[
red associates are now repairing tne
railroad roadbeds Of soviet Russia
The bolshevik leaders, it seems.
failed to realize that the shipload Oh
"martvrs" from America really were
martyrs. and the impressive welcome
the reds counted upon from the manu-.
of Lenine was conspicuous Decauso
of its absence. In fact, soon afte.
their arrival the deportees were pus
to work just the same as the othe.
"freemen" under the soviet regime
are forced to labor. Those VINO az
INJURED against mental labor were 10
minded that the extraordinary corr
mission. the soviet organlzation,
which directs most of the atroclue'
engineered under the name OF oor
shevism, would soon put them in Ihe
proper frame of mind. AS conse
quence the whole sorry lot started "
work repairing railroad roadbeos'
Now and again they turn their saw
der, wiser eyes in the direction
the United States.
It is small wonder that Emma Cow
man thinks OF the little United Staless
flag that used to be draped aroui'
her dres - e-hi~ IN this country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
An "Oldv MAGAZINE

Cedar Rapids Gazette: To realize
how fast the world moves, pick up
an odd magazine. one as old as a
child in his early teens, for example.
Here are Mark Twain, Henry
James, w. Dean Howells as the lead.
ing authors and Howard Pyle as the
leading artist, and all dead There
are score of other distinguished
contributors and enc bushes to dis.
cover he doesn't know whether they
are alive or not. And what is worse.
he doesn't much care.
The material is readable enough
and just as entertaining as though
It comprised the current number.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

One applicant for life insurance in every
seven has been rejected by large American
life insurance company on account OF physical
unsoundness, but at the same time the total
payments of one billion dollars in the United
States and Canada indicate that the demand for
insurance is maintained. The largest amount
paid out during the year was on the life Of
Henry G.. F'rick, who carried policies to the
amount of four hundred thousand dollars. APP
plications for loans on policies fell off materially
last year, which indicates a general prosperity
that made it possible for many former loans to
be paid off as well. Life insurance will always
be one of the ''best buys a man or woman can
negotiate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
RAILROAD MEN VISIT HARDING.

Des Moines Capital: Four hundred
members of the railway union of
Marion, Ohio, marched to Senator
Harding's home and on his front
porch they pledged him their sup
port. They declared that the story
that the railwaymen were for Cox
was in line with other reckless state
ments made by the democratic nomi-
nee.
The men were in their working
clothes. Senator Harding read a
carefully prepared address in which
he defended the Cummins -Esch bill
in detail. Referring to the Plumb
plan of control of the roads by the
workers, he said:
I do not believe America ever
will consent that the righteously
owned property of any citizen be
placed in tho hands OF another.
To have seized the railways and
to have bestowed them upon the
operating forces would have
been the destruction of every
thing we hold precious as an in
spiration to American advance
ment.
The senator spoke Of the govern
ment experiment in ownership. call
ing attention to the seizure of the
telephone and telegraph lines. he
voted for the measure granting this
power and said he did so because he
was assured the government never
intended to use the power given I'M
der the bill. Fifteen days later, he
said. without any new emergency,
the lines were taken over. The I'M
doubted intent Of the present admin
istration, he said, was to make pub
lie ownership permanent
The senator said "the Cummins-
Esch bill does not interfere with
collective bargaining; on the con-
trary it facilitates collective bargain
ing. 1t recognizes that the railway
workmen should be employed under
the most fortunate conditions for tn,
good of all the American people. It.,
in effect, provides that they sail be
compensated generously and abund-
antly, and establishes for the first
time in America tribunal through
which the governments concern for
workmen may be given expression"
The railroad men were favorab1y
impressed with Senator Harding's ex
PLANTATION Railroad men all over the
United States are beginning to real
ize the business and fairness of the
Cummins-Esch bill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
individually inspires.

1fOI' It 1IfOuUItffOfy lI1SPIICo. : 1oUt
what it inshpires in most bosoms is
sense of detection and woe and
resolve to shun, from that day for
ward, the plague of inspirational
speakers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

If you buy and eat army corned beef the gov
eminent statesmen tell US, the high cost of living
will bother you no longer but will it relieve the
family of the high cost of your dyinga
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

This world is full of hurts You have to
take them as you do the weather, without a
question. Someone put them here to polish
our little souls.-Katherine Haviland Taylor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
A TYPICAL cox oUTBURsT.

New York Sun: The decent demo
cratic sentiment of the country Is
both shocked and alarmed at Cover
nor Cox's public utterances and pub
lie conduct. Our neighbor the New
York Times, for example, frankly
lamented in its editorial columns or
Saturday the possibilities Of
Cox's loosely hinged tongue. or ons
incident the Times had this 10 say:
With time and opportunity for
reflection Governor Cox probably
would not have said what he is
reported by the correspondent OF
the World to have said at Butte,
Montana, that wherever you
show me a radical movement l
will show you a government that
has been unjust and oppressive
There are many radical move
ments in this country. The mem
bers of the l. w. W., the commun-
lists. the socialists, OF late the
bolsheviki, have been preaching
and some of them acting radical
ism in this country. Their radi-
calism is not the result of I'm
Just and oppressive govern
ment;" it springs from quite DIFF
ferent sources. There is much
radicalism in the neighborhood OF
Butte. Governor Cox would have
very great difficulty in demon
strating that it is the fruit of
government injustice and oppres-
sion.
But in all news columns on the
very same day that irresponsible Coz
tongue, in another outburst, was de
manding the penitentiary for men
whom he had recklessly and falsely
accused of corrupt practices IN TINS
who had just been vim
dictated in a careful and searching
investigation by a senate committee
before which Cox himself refused tc
20 to substantiate single one OIL
his unfounded charges.
SO il is useless for the Times, !;
is useless for any decent democrat
to hope that If Cox reflected on some
Of the things he says he might not
say them. The truth is that the Cox
type of thinker and talker could re-
feet long time and never realize
that what TO him is just shooting Of
his mouth is to the American people
with their fine sense Of rectitude and
their INSCRIPTIONS regard for truth
blackguardism.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

Without seeking, cannot be known at ALL ~ can
neither be declared pupits, set down IN
nor any prepared and sold in packages reaoy
use Truth must ground for every man by hnse ou
), its husk such help he get, inoeeo ou' S
without stern labor of his own.-Rusan
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

The Judge in New York who has announced
that twenty years Will be the minimum sentence
for any hold-up men who have been convicted
and brought before him for sentence has hold Of
a sound idea. He will treat these thugs as po-
tential murderers and place them where they
can do their killings by mental processes if they
wish to try. A little more Of this philosophy
would go long way towards ending crimes Of
violence against the person and against prop
prtv
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

In some households where there is worry
about the winter fuel which should have been
in the cellar by this time the shortage might
be advantageously met by dumping some of the
ouija boards into the gaping furnace mouth,
along with the planchettes and other useless
ways of selling lumber for ten times what it is
worth and helping to keep up the cost Of build
ing materials.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

Atlantic News-Telegraph: If base
ball is to become the plaything of sure
thing gamblers it will go the way OF
the ponies and lot of other sports
which have had their day and passed
on.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
Eighty members of the Hapsburg family Of

Eighty members of the Hapsburg family Of
Austria are looking for jobs of work as a result
Of the recent shake-up in dynasties and result
ing loss Of income. The boys are going. into
business as Office help while the girls are taking
up positions as governesses where they can find
a vacancy The autocracy Of their former court
should almost qualify them in the naughty at
ttude Of the quick lunch waitress.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

Perry Chief: Cox has shown thai
he is not of presidential caliber.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

Europe understands the situation as it has
developed here, and has laid the league upon
the shelf: and Americans deceived for a time
and apprehensive lest the heart of the world
should break, appear to be getting the matter
straight in their minds
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

/ DEBORAH Republican: The Tam
many tiger greedily laps its chops
when it looks at the remains OF the
| late McAdoo.
Waterloo Courier: Who said the
! day of the county fair had passed?
ITO afford a, concrete illustration Of the
fact that it has not, Fayette county
pulled off it's annual agricultural ex-
hibit at West Union last week and
slowed away net cash balance OF
about $4,000.
Muscatine Journal: The man who
occupies the white house should be
above unwise or ill-tempered innuendo.
\. Dubuque Times-Journal: Why does
Governor Cox SO persistently give SO
little time to the discussion of the
real issues?
Sioux City Journal: Relief from
excessive tax burdens is demanded
by the American people. It is one
OF the important issues OF this cam
paign. But so far there have been
few detailed plans advanced. The
declarations have been IN general
terms. The sales TAX is among the
few specific proposals, and it is fuil
of danger.
Perry Chief: Cox has shown that
he is not of presidential caliber.
Atlantic News-Telegraph: If base
ball is to become the plaything of sure
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18
man of that distinctive moral fiber character
istic of our great Americans.
THAT SOLEMN REFERENDUM. F"

THAT SOLEMN REFEkENDUM
While events are moving forward just now
| to their fated end, whatever that may be, Wild
very little regard for Mr.. Wilson's views OF
wishes, he certainly is getting the great aho
isolemn referendum he desired upon the ques-
ton of the league 1t lnay not IN all cases DC
so solemn proceeding as he would have II;
for no little derisive leyity OF the super-state
ischeme crops out in some OF the states. rrecon-
icilable opponents of the league like ShortrldSe'
iof California, and Gooding, of Idaho, have only
ito offer themselves as candidates for senatorial
nominations and ridicule the covenant unlnercl-
fully to line up solid maJoritles behind them.
7 aguers who want it las he brought it home
are hardly in the running, and leaguers with
reservations are left at the quarter pole; "illle
candidates for whom covenant III any form as
vet proposed is utter tonnlyrot come romplnS
in as easily as though they had made the race
alone. Watson, of Georgia, for example, show
ed no particle of solemnity in handling the ques
ton. He was, he said, ''unalterbly opposed 10
the league of nations, root and branch, with OF
without reservations. 1t would be war league
instead of a peace league; would involve us III
all the wars of the world and send our boys to
fight and bleed and die in racial strlfes ana
boundary disputes with which we were not con-
cerned in every habitable quarter OF the globe.
And the Macon, Georgia, News lays itself
liable to the charge. from the white house, at
least Of lese majesty when it comments:
The presidential primary was a sufficient warn,
ing the who formulate the party creed
two-thirds Of the voters in Georgia were oP
posed to the league of nations covenant as brought
back from Paris by President Wilson 1t was
clear that for the United States to enter such
league without throwing about our membership
every safeguard necessary for the preservation OF
the sovereignty OF this government and the In
tegrity of the constitution would be to embark
upon a perious enterprise.
The uncompromising and even autocratc man
in which the president has sought to thrust
this unqualified document down the tnroats OF the
American people aroused against him keen hos
tility. seemed forget that the senate or the
United States charged by the constitution
with duty of giving its advice and consent De-
fore any treaty ratified and that the majority
of the democratic members Of the senate, VINO
differed materially from him on the treaty had a
right to be regarded loyal democrats, as we'll as
himself, particularly issue which had never
become article Of the party creed.
All this plainly to be in the presf
dental preferential primary.
l.. hoC
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-18

Muscatine Journal: The man who
occupies the white house should be
above unwise or ill-tempered innuendo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-08
RAISE STANDARDS OF STOCK
Activities of Live Stock Association
Illustrate Benefits OF
Cooperation.

The manner in which cooperative
buying can further the movement for
better stock. is l. ustrated by the ac-
tivities of a live took association in
northern Wisconsin. 1t purchased 80
head of fine cattle from another part
of the state and also several head
from it's own vicinity. The associa-
ton sold these animals individually to
various stock raisers. The money net
ted by the transaction was used in
further promotion of the purebred
cause by purchasing 8 purebred bull
calves. The calves were then dis
tributed by lot among the members of
the association. Thus the cooperative
effort of the association has made pos
sible raising the stock standards on
the farms of practically the entire
community, having brought into the
county $4,000 worth of well-bred live
stock.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-08
Safety First.

Mrs. Smith and her daughter attend
ed the movie. On entering they found
it very dark. The daughter, taking the
lead, found seats No. 2 and 3, about
midway In the balcony. The man in
seat No. 1 stood up to let the two pass,
and when they had entered the row
the mother thought she was falling
and reached her hand forward to catch
herself. The man, still standing, said
to the mother: LADY, you have your
hand on that mans head"
Drawing her hand back with sur
prise, she turned to the speaker and
said: "Oh, thought it was a post, for
it shore like that post up there"
After seating. herself she addressed
her daughter in loud voice, and said !:
II put my hand right on that mans
head" pointing to man in the row
below. Much laughter followed and
many lost interest in the rest OF the
film.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-08
Mutiny Is Work of Reds

ranks. . There is no official con6rma-
ton of this report as yet.
Government statements relative to
the trouble have beer given out by the
Polish Telegraph agency, which says
the mutineers, belonging to cavalry
and artillery units, organized soldiers
councils, and taking up positions in the
outskirts Of Kovno, opened heavy
fire on the government buildings. After
quite serious fighting the mutiny was
put down, it is said, but no arrests
have since been made by the Polish
authorities.
Discussing the situation between
Poland and Lithuania, the telegraph
agency says:
I'm Lithuanian government circles
there is a desire to reach an under
standing with Poland, but this is op-
posed by extremist ministers and the
bishop Of Kovno."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-08

est the public and improve the meth
eds used in the production and care
of live stock.
At the Missouri state fair boys and
girls club teams judged both beef and
dairy cattle. In putting on the demon
strations each member had his par
ticGlar part to do. The captain of the
team introduced one member, who
gave the history and characteristics
of an ideal beef animal and the same
for one of dairy type. Another MEM
Der compared dairy and beef cattle by
using an animal exhibited at the fair
to illustrate his points. The captain
then scored a beef steer, using large
score card that could be read by every
one In the audience. Each point was
discussed and the rating of the good
and poor features of the animal were
pointed out and scored.
At the interstate fair, at Sioux City,
Ia, the Nebraska live stock judging
team won first honors in competition
with teams from North Dakota, South
Dakota, Missouri and Iowa.