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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

five years we've been looking over the
resi- Of the earth quite a bit and have
begun to learn that is pretty wen
mussed up with a lot Of rather poor
countries. We know ours is the best
relatively of course, but there is so
much room for improvement we have
no time to loast. Our task is not fin
ished.
We started the thing in 1875 and
put down a firm foundation. France
copied us and England followed and
so has most OF the rest OF the world.
we have led and the others have fol-
lowed. that's all in the school books
We've got the foundation In govern
ment Of and by and for the people.
It's our house and home. We're not
going to burn 1t because the roof leaks
as half-cracked red gentlemen sug-
gest. and we're not going to let a lot
of Wall street gentlemen steal our
deed from us and assume a landlord
and tenant attitude toward US We
have as much to fear from the black
and devious ways OF high finance as
we have from red and fiery ways of
bolshevism. And there is no need OF
having fears of either of them il we
keep our heads. and see tn it that they
neither burn our house nor take 1t
from us.
And the problem of setting our
house in order will not be solved by
generalities that do not even glitter
The bugaboo OF bolshevism Is not ar
issue; it's a pretense behind which
certain gentlemen hide because they
do not dare to take UP
the responsibilities of discussing the
real issues.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
AS EXTINCT AS THE DoDo

well-wetl-wen-here h some
thing new-+and not really new either
but 1t sounds a triffe strange in
these days of autos and aerial trans
portation.
From Tarkio comes complaint
that that enterprising Atchison coun-
ty town Is short on hitching posts
Just think Of that! ............. ..
But it Is the truth-and the farm
ers are the compfainants. The reason
Of this complaint too is that on ac-
count of the heavy snow of December
there was much bob-sied transporta-
ton which is very popular with the
farmers and dairymen OF outlying dis
tricts. They drive into town with
their sledges, horse-drawn. and re-
member the good old days when that
was the only way to get around in
the winter.
But lo!-upon arriving nthe city,
there are no hitchlng posts wherunto
to anchor their prancing steeds!
The automobile has made the hitch
ing post a sort of Passenger Pigeon or
Dodo or other extinct vegetable.
Traffic and parking rules forbid ty-
ing up the trusty team to some fire
plug or mail box, and the driver Is
in a sad fix.
Gone are the days when the horses
used to chaw away at the wooden
hitching post and scatter sawdust all
over the wooden sidewalk.
Gone are the days when there were
trees on tho parkline, with boxes
around 'em to keep the aforesaid
horses from making a meal OF the
bark therefrom.
A shortage in hitching posts is the
very latest wreck wrought by the gas
oline chariot. to say nothing Of the
starving condition Of the great boil
shevist mob of English spsrrows.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
THE LAW AND FREE SPEECH

Those who are lovers Of their coun-
try should make the championship of
the civil liberties guaranteed by the
constitution and the laws their per-
sonal concern when they see those
liberties threatened or invaded either
by mobs or overzealous administra-
tive officials. One Of the most prec-
ious of these liberties is the right Of
free speech and assemblage. II this
right is undermined for one group.
however unpopular, it will be under
mined for all OF us. II is impossible
by an arbitrary act TO deprive a sin
gle individual Of his lawful privileges
without attacking the foundation up
on which rests all organized society.
A law and order mob is a contra
diction in terms. If law and order
must depend upon lawlessne ess, then
/ law and order becomes nothing but
| name for lawless force and the
state starts on the high road 10 an
archy II is immaterial whether mob
rule, which may be minority or ma
| jority tyranny overriding constitution
al rights by controlling administrative
: functions, sends a negro to the stake
after dragging him from jail with a
rope around his neck, or prevents a
radical public speaker, actually yio-
lating no law, from addressing his
meeting the same nasty blow is
strIco at tn, theory and practice OF
government As It was constitutionally
. developed in America by the fathers
Of the republic.
The police authority has often been
used throughout the country during
the past year in ways that have very
: seriously disquie,ed many good citi-
zens because Of the junkerish indif-
! ference To the right OF free speech
, and assemblsse displayed by officials
! and people giving them inspiration
, This sinister tendency has been tol-
/ Grated as merely trsssitory phase
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
LODGE HAS FORGOTTEN
MCKINLEY

In their unqualified hostility to
President Wilson, the g. o. ps. in Con-
gress have raised such hue and cry
about the ''blind gropings of a vision
ary' for perfection in international
relations, and referred with such ILL
concealed contempt to the presidents
school master idealism." that Is is
sometimes we'll to recall to these ad-
mittedly materialistic devotees of the
G. o. 2. the words Of some Of their
own great leaders of the past.
President Mckinley, writing twenty
years ago relative to "the national em-
ergency" following peace with Spain,
voiced a sentiment which may be said
to vie with the most idealistic utter
ance Of the present executive, but
which Senator Lodge, though an active
member of congress at the time it
was written, and his followers appar-
emily have forgotten"
mo political outcry." wrote Nc
Kinley, "can abrogate our treaty of
peace with Spain or absolve us from
its solemn engagements. 1t is the
peoples question and will be untn its
determination is written out in their
enlightened verdict We must choose
between manly doing and base deser-
ton. II will never be the latter. II
must be soberly settled in Justice and
good conscience, and It will be. Right
eousness, which exalted nation. must
control In its solution"
President Mckinley. It would seem
was unjustifiably optimistic concern.
ing the magnanlmity which members
of his party were to display in the
future, but 1t Is difficult to conceive
how the most prophetic of statesmen
writing twenty years ago, could fore
see to what depths OF base politica
intrigue certain of our public mel
would descend In their bigoted at
tempts to defeat treaty Of worlt
peace, and for no other reason thai
that Is was negotiated under the in
fluence of president who chance(
| to be a democrat,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
II He "Knows How"

Every man can still have his own
hard cidar-if he makes ii himself.
He can't buy sweet cidar. unless it
contains some kind OF a chemical.
that will prevent fermentation. The
man who gets himself a hand press
can buy up the farmers wind falls.
along in October. and make himself
all OF the cider he wants He can
boil this apple juice down, TO just
about half its original volume. set it
away and let nature take its course.
Then along about Christmas. he can
go down in his cellar and bring up a
pitcherful Of liquid, that tastes like a
drink of the gods, and has a kick
equal to that OF four year old mule.
Lamar Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

against all assailants,
They will be proud to explain what
works for progress and building were
done by democratic congress and to
contrast it with the do-nothing record
of a republican congress which is cf-
ficieut only in scolding.
They will be proud to tell the won
derous story of American achievement
and service that saved world from
the chains of despotism.
If the republican campaign is to
be a campaign of belittlement, demo
crats will be proud to meet it with a
campaign of eNtollm
not merely of democratic admins
tration but of the great repubii,
which called that administration into
being and whose faithful servant il
was.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
THE SILLY INDISCRETION OF
SIMS

While nothing will probably come
of it officially. England is likely to
take seriously the indiscretion OF Ad-
miral Sims. When. he was sent to
Great Britain in March. 1917. the
United States had already broken off
diplomatic relations with Germany:
this in itself sufficiently shows tina; II
any official told him we would as
soon fight the British as the Ger
mans" it was not seriously meant.
II ne was cautioned, Don't let the
British pull the wool over your eyes. "
the advice MAJ or may not have been
needed-it was a question Of the ad-
miraIs strong pro-British procliyities
and temperament rather than of any
iniquitious design on the part of the
British admiralty. Whether or not
the matter was discreetly put. the
unnecessary revelation Of it is a blaz-
ing indiscretion which under imagin-
able conditions might do serious harm.
Fortunately, Great Britain and the
United states now understand each
other too well for that.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
AND WOOD WOULD BE PRESI-
DENT!

General Wood has already demon
strated that he is entirely lacking in
tact and diplomacy, let alone all other
great qualities which go to make
presidents. The latest way in which
he has shown his total lack of the
qualities mentioned is demonstrated
by the fact that it would have been
ihuch better for him to have stood by
tho statement he made In his recent
speech about the navy than try to get
away from a stenographic report.
The stenographer's notes catch him
saying; "All that we have now is
not a navy; it 10 a floating death
trap" If the general had stood by
his guns and declared that was what
ne meant, many would rally to his
support But when he tries to ex-
plain and offers such weak and
comm monplace observation as First
class ships filled with unframed men
do not mean q navy, but are some
times a death trap to those IN them"
nobody can say a word for him.
General Wood has caught the bad
habit from Mr.. Roosevelt OF saying
slap dash things without having any
OF Mr.. Rooseyelt's talent for picking
time and place. Mr.. Roosevelt had n
positive genius for that sort OF thing
no other American has ever had. and
he cannot be initiated by anybody,
much less by man OF General
Woods mental habit.
General Wood has been guilty OF
dozens Of statements just as likely to
| embarrass him as this statement
about the navy. Not long ago he pro-
posed to deport all Americans guilty
OF treason, The newspapers had to
point out to him that Americans
could not be deported, only aliens are
subject to deportation, and that trea-
son is not a crime for which deporta-
ton is the penalty.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
YoU-AND THE II. c. OF L.

In an address the other day Attor-
ney-General Palmer said:
IF everyone who produces will pro-
duce his utmost IL those who buy
and consume will save and eliminate
extravaganza; and if all honest peo-
pie will Join with the department of
Justice in stamping out boarding and
profiteering. the cost Of living can be
reduced"
Every word that ne said is true
and it is also true that not much real
progress can be made in any other
way.
So long as we continue our blithe-
ly needless ways. trusting to the gov
ernment to work some magic that
will cvt the cost Of living and railing
at it because it doesn't, little gain
can be made against the high cost of
living.
At time when production is short
and prices consequently high, we are
consuming faster than we produce
Worse still. we are consuming luxur-
les so heavily as to cut into our
capacity to produce necessities.
We are raving about the price Of
eggs, while we pay recklessly the most
fantastic prices for silk shirts and
fancy shoes.
A furniture man tells us, as a typ
ical instance, that rugs which used
to sell for s65 now go like hot cakes
slS5, and not enough can be had
to supply the demand
A wooden manufactures says that
II everybody didn't insist on getting
only the highest quality OF wool, cloth
ing would be cheaper.
Shoe dealers declare that people
won't buy sensible shoes at sensible
prices, but that there is always q run
on the counters where the high -pric-
ed shoes are sold.
An eastern furniture dealer reports
that a set of furniture that he could
not get rid OF at 5000 sold immedi
ately when he marked the price III
TO s425.
IT, those who produce would pro
duce their utmost and. II those whC
buy and consume would buy and con
sumo sensibly. the problem OF the
high cost OF living would be solved
promptly.
SO long as we spend extravaga ntly
| consume wastefully. and impede our
production, while we implore the
government to work some magic that
will make things cheap while we
continue the reckless spending that
makes things dear, we shall get no.
where
/ At least half the railing we do al
profiteers and commercial pirates we
ought 10 save for our own folly which
encourages profiteering and promotes
commercial piracy.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
Hay Wants the Whole Field

1t would be interesting TO know IL
Charles NJ. Hay. of st. Louis. has made
up the full list OF democrats eligible
to represent Missouri at the democra-
tic national convention. He has been
kind enough to tell the party certain
democrats who must not be elected
delegates to the convention, and now
he should extend his favors sufficient
ly to let the party know the names of
the men and women who should be
on the delegation. He no doubt con-
siders himself eligible to be one of the
delegates-at-large, or possibly. an four
Of them.-Jefferson City Democrat
Tribune.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
Walt a Dead Gaxno Sport

Walter S. Dickey, Of Kansas City
has charge of the work Of raising
Missourfs quota Of funds for the
national Republican campaign fund
This Is the same man who ran for
United States Senator against Jas. A.
Reed. He wore white oxfords and
palm beach suit and looked more like
dead game sport than a would-be
United States senator. He read his
speeches from manuscript copy and
made no impression whatever upon
his audiences. Dickey is a millionaire
and can furnish the slush funds to
grease the wheels Of the g. o. p ma
County Gazette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

About all that you read nowadays
OF Red Gross activities is the fact that
"The Red Cross spent SIS, 900. 900 in
Siberia" or ''The Red Gross spent
100000 in italy" or other like
story of expenditure of money. Many
people have come to the conclusion
now is the spending OF money-which
is why there was such a tremendous
falling off in the last Red Cross fund
drive.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
The Open Season For Editors

One might think from the frequent
attacks on editors in this state that
the laws permitted an open sea son
for manning and killing them. But q
few weeks ago Uncle yves Robert
son OF Gallatin. was shot down by q
man named Tarwater. almost without
cause, while last Saturday. Editor
Blagg Of Harris. was pounced upon
and beaten by a man practically with
out cause or provOcation, II we have
been rightly Informed. II such oo-
curances as these are to become gem
erai. editors had better begin practice
ing the art OF self-defense. instead
Of deyoting 80 much time 10 study on
how TO live on hot air and promises
Newton Chronicle
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
First Time Promises Fulfilled.

Governor Aliens industrial court
will be passed by the Kansas iegisla-
ture almost unanimously. This is
about the first time a special session
Of the legislature did what 1t was
called to do In so short a time. The
bill promises great good for labor and
as it has so near the approval OF all
the people of that state will be put
into effect without delay and used
for its best merits and purposes. 1t
Is to be hoped that it will accomplish
all that Is claimed for It and that its
opponents will so soon acclaim.--Mo-
berly Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
VIII Find the Excuse

Indications don't point to a COM
ing down of the high cost OF living.
Clothing manufacturers assert that
mems and women's apparel viii in
crease 25 to 40 per cent in price next
spring and lay the increased cost to
advanced wages Of garment workers.
which they say are In some cases 900
per cent higher than before the war.
--Moberly Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

The Republican National Conven-
tion has offered prizes totalling $10.-
900 to the person who writes the most
acceptable platform for the Repubh-
can National Convention. And IL the
platform can straddle and camaflouge
the issues, it will certainly be worth
that much to the C. o. P.-Henry Co.
Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
Hurry Up and Do IL.

Senator owen of oklahoma. in q
statement issued Sunday said. there
are forty Democrats back Of the res
ervations and who are for immediate
ratification of the league of nations"
He also said he believed that President
Wilson would accept the reservations.
Well, hurry up and do It and cut out
the "spiels Milan Standard,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

II any sane person will show why
clothing should still go higher as ad-
vocated and ordered at the Clothiers'
convention In Chicago two weeks ago,
when the report of the earnings OF
Hart, schaffer & Marx for 1919 just
published shows that that concern
cleared $2,2Oo.21s and earned 1915
per cent net on its sl5.000.O OF
common stock. we would like to have
them rise up at once and do SO.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

With this week John II. Van Brunt
will close thirty-one years of serv,ce
we'll rendered for the street railway
people. With his departure that
company loses a man who did more
for it than money could buy. Tho
people Of st. Joseph will miss John
II. Van Brunt
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

The st. Joseph republican women
are following well along the lines OF
their male preceptors. Already there
is such raciIet In their local camp
and there was so near a hair pulling
match-that at the meeting on Sat
urday most OF the officers threw down
their commissions and resigned. Twill
be ever thus.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

bear all of the burdens and reap none
of the rewards-will arise in their
might-and their wrath as well-and
there may be--mark you we said.
may te--a few necktie parties which
after they are over will leave prof.
teers hanging loosely and danglingly
around on convenient trees, and no
one will even care enough for them
to cut down their carcasses.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

All Missouri is proud of the eleva-
tion Of David Houston OF this great
state to the secretary of the most i'm
portant position in the presidents cabi-
net. There is no such thing as hold
ing down a real Missourian-they al
ways climb to the top.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

We now have prohibition-but still
Shupp who has drawn money for
years for fighting booze now an
nounces that 25,OoO,OOO must be
raised to corrupt legislators and legis-
latures. When formerly II a "wet''
man sought to use or raise a dollar to
defend his interests his fund was de-
nounced as the devils own. etc, {"
what Is this s25, 900, 900 fundf
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

Gov. Aliens anti-strike law had
teeth enough in il to send all of the
miners back TO work. no matter If
Howat did protest. When the Allen
law will seize and dispose OF such as
Howat, the country will be far better
off-and there will be no strikes.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
Are Saved Ono Pest.

Anyhow, some OF those who drank
bootleg whiskey without investigating.
this winter won't be rocking the boat
at some Sunday school picnic next
summer. as they doubtless would have
done.-Kansas City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

And hardly a dollars worth of Lib
erty bonds that are stolen now days
are registered. and as a consequence
they are the same as money TO the
thieves. If people would simply reg
lister them-at no cost at aII-their
bonds would be safe.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

No wonder that the railroad men
do not want the roads to go back to
private ownership. They know that
under private Management, that there
VIII he no more fat picking-as there
is now.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

You have heard of rubbing blind
men and sucking babes-and how
reprehensibie it ia to do so--yet here
were two young men who thought
that they had done wise thing when
they film -flaEamed blind and infirm
Hunsinger out OF little whiskey
which he had properly purchased to
use In his infirmity.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
The Mistake People Make

European exchange has fallen again.
It's frequent falls, In fact. probably
account for the mistake some people
make Of supposing European exchange
and European cabinets are the same
thing.-St. Louis Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying
Getting Ready For the Summer

Many application for divorce were
reported during the recent holidays,
and lot of people are now ready 10
Sign matrimonial contracts for the
Times,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

Those mysterious sounds which are
distuT bling the Marconi wireless in
struments are simply the noise made
by John Albus in trying to bring out
a new candidate for mayor against
Elliot Marshall.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
IL Is Not the First Time.

Bryan Goes South" runs a news
paper heading in Tuesdays papers
but this isn't the first time his party
as we'll as the papers have had him
going in that direction.-Hopkins Jour
nal
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
And Would Do the Same.

A newspaper in the far Southwest
in the days Of old. once refused to
publish the ten commandments. for
fear its readers would think them too
personal and stop the paper.-De-
Kalb Tribune.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

The next time that John Downey's
bank Is robbed-which now seems
regularly-John does not know how
he will be personally situated. When
IL was robbed before he was in the
structure and was locked In the
vault. This time he was away and In
South st. Joseph. The next time-he
don't know what will happen.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
Why So Technical?

The Firms requested the Bolshe-
wiki not to fire when the Russians de-
ported from the Uuited States were
escorted across the border Why be
so technical kansas City Times
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

Samuel Gompers was given his first
serious setback Sunday, when an un-
known cigar maker defeated him for
delegate to the national cigarmakers'
convention.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

Islands contention under the 18th
prohibition amendment. That state
would have to extend her borders to
accommodate the influx of popula-
tion.-Moberly Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
Al the Sugar Bargain Counter

Those riOteous scenes observed In
many towns are not the Bolsheviki
trying to establish Soviet government
but merely the house wives crowding
up to the counter for a rs pound lot
OF sugaT.-Worth County Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
A Tin TO st, Joseph.

Because of the fuel shortage the
people Of Vienna are said to be burn
ing biHboards 1t IS almost worth
having a fuel shortage for.-Potosi
Independant.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

There are numerous telegraph and
telephone poles In the vicinity Of
John Downcy's bank. Ideal. on which
to hang bank robbers.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

Decreasing returns at each drive
now put on, show that the people are
slowly getting back to normal, and
are not giving up to all sorts of
whims and isms.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

The time for the city election is
nearly here. and 1t is important that
the Democrats of st. Joseph get busy
Begin now--and thus elect a full
ticket.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

of wars aftermath which would soon
disappear. but in the future 1t will
probably be found that the number
of citizens demanding the observance
Of constitutional rights will rapidly
increase, \
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31

why not secure the Democratic
state convention for st. Joseph? 1t
will convene shortly and with little
effort could be secured for this city.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-01-31
Can Find the "Stinger"

That was a very polite note the
allies sent to Holland asking for the
release of the Kaiser for trial, but IL
you will read II carefully you can find
the "stinger" without much trouble.
Platte Co. Gazette.