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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
to Mr. Gompers is that more freight Will move
faster under the new order the roads propose 20
introduce.
FRIGHTENED TO HEALTH.

Once upon time, JnaC Is W say WIFI -ooP
ships were dotted upon the ocean lanes III q COLI
tinuous line between the coast OF America ana
the mainland OF Europe, ship bore out OF New
York City harbor freight OF well nlgh eleht
thousand souls. 1t was at the time OF the N
fluenza epidemic, but clean bill OF health On
the day Of sailing sent the voyagers to sea VIII
Ii ht and hopeful hearts. Two days afterWaru
the scene was changed A baleful bacillus BIT
into the soldiers and the hunks began to NIL Win
miserable victims of the malady that had been
feared. The doctor and his assistant did their
best, but medical supplies were none too gen.
erous and the FLU crept from berth to berth,
until it's victims were numbered by the hum
dreds. Nothing could persuade the invalids to
get on their feet and take the air and it was evil
dent that upon arrival the ship would be met
by a string of ambulances and disgorge its car
90 upon stretchers. But on the last morning at
about six O'Clock a horrible bump shook the
vessel. 1t was nothing but the explosion OF a
depth bomb that has been smoked off the stern
of destroyer crossing the bows at the wrong
moment. But the sick did not know that and
the berths emptied with startling rapidity,
while the decks filed with eonvalescents.
Something of the same experience has blessed
tie city of Los Angeles, the homesof the near
sick and the symptom swappers, who are never
so happy as when they are possessors OF rare
disorder and can find someone to listen to their
tales of operations and narrow escapes from
growing the traditional angel wings The earth
quake shocks, productive of hysteria for the
few, brought many to life who did not know
how fast they could travel or how forgetful
they could become of their aches until some
thing whispered in their ears that the open
square was better place than the rooted apart
ment to be in just then. Seeing that no fatal
ties resulted, the earthquake may be rated as
quite a blessing to the California community
and its lotus-eating members.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
There will Be Less profiteerine.

Forbes Magazine: AS the weeks
and months pass greater competition
from foreign merchandise must be
counted upon here. Phenomenal
though our exports have been, our
imports are now increasing at still
faster pace, and the probabilities all
are that the inflow of goods to this
country will reach unparalleled IL
ume in the near future. American
dollars are worth so much in Europe
that they can buy unusual quantities
Of merchandise which can be sold
here at correspondingly low prices,
whereas it takes lot of European
money to buy goods in this country.
Americans can, therefore, look for
ward with sor1e degree OF confidence
to less profiteering frcEn now on. At
the same time business interests can
find comfort in the fact that the
cheap labor of pre-war days no longer
exists in Europe The rise in the
cost of living and in wages has
reached higher percentage in most
European countries than in the
United States. Steel is not the only
thing that can be produced cheaper
in America today than in Britain or
Germany The indications are that
this country will be able to hold its
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
QUESTION AND ANSWER

The action of the Pennsylvania railroad in
reducing its working force by laying off twelve
thousand men excites Mr.. Gompers, president
of the Federation of Labor, who processes to re-
gard it as campaign move to drive men IN
fright into political camp. Will this reduc-
tion help to move freight, he asks
Without pretending to expert knowledge on
The matter, there is reason to think that probab-
" it might be step towards more satisfactory
transportation 1t is unlikely that any actual
freight mover will be aid off. Presumably no
fapable man for whom the company has any use
s7iIl be discharged But people who know even
& little about railroad business realize that it
kas come of late to be bound about and strang-
led with red tape, and that in some Of the small
er stations five clerical employees do less work,
and have less Of it to do than was formerly
done by two Of them. Old railroad oficemen
who can be induced to give their views in con-
hdence will make this clear enough to any en-
! auirer whom they trust. Under government
operation tens of thousands Of superfluous en-
telope drawers were put on jobs through which
/ they dawdled; and ittakes more blanks, reports
i endorsements, duplicates, documents and memo
4 tanda to move a bureau nowadays than it used
to take to move ten tons. An off-hand answer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
s RANGE LOSSES.

indianapolis News: Mrs Minnie
Madern Fisk, who appears in new
role, that of president of the Nation
League to Conserve Food Animals,
has issued a protest against the prac-
tice in range states OF permitting
cattle and sheep TO die of exposure
and starvation when it is not prac-
ticable to feed and water them. Citing
figures taken from the department Of
agriculture, Mrs. Fiske shows that
during the year previous to May,
1919, 1,175,000 cattle and 100000
sheep thus persisted from starvation.
With an estimate of 500 pounds for
each head of cattle and 60 pounds for
each sheep, the meat loss to the ma
ton was 554,0o0,000 pounds. This
|estimate does not include the lambs
and it does not take into considera-
ton the stunted condition of cattle
that survive winter on the ranges.
Authorities and practical stockmen
tconservatively place the loss in stunt
ing of range cattle at 200 pounds
EACH" says Mrs. Fiske. $50 the
actual waste amounts to over 2.000,-
600 pounds of meat, beef and NUT
ton, per annum."
The charge is made that many
stock raisers in the range states sell
their surplus feed in the fall and
leave cattle and sheep to shift for
themselves during the winter. Some
! times the cattle and sheep die of star
walton: sometimes they die of thirst.
Mrs. Fishes communication of
entire herds left to slow death. The
/ stockmen expect public sympathy be-
cause they have lost money and no
Thought is given to the extreme
Ecruelty practiced on the helpless ami
mails.
/ In Canada. last winter, it was seen
that many cattle and sheep could not
survive. Food and water could not
ibe obtained for them and death was
icertain if somewhat sIow, SO the men
rode the ranges and shot all the help
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

less brutes to relieve their suHerlns'
Mrs. Fiske advocates the same
humane treatment in this country. .
the cattle and sheep are doomed ~
death, if they no longer have any eco
nomic value except the vague chance
that a limited number may coiue
through the winter, stunteo anu
weak, the only humane way 70 lreal
them is to do something that Will re-
lieve their terrible suffering. tliue
the ranges and shoot" IS mrs
Fiske's advice and behind her STANDS
the organization of which she is presr
dent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
There NAV be riches and there must be
poverty; but there need not be so much Oh
either-Maxwll Gray.
WHAT WILL SHE CHARGE?

Add this to the story Of the mechanic VINO
looks at nothing less than silk underwear ana
the munitions worker whose shoes had to COST
at least twelve dollars per pair.
In certain eastern city there lives Lady
who possessed hat of such pleasing form and
color that she desired to have It duplicated.
She sought out leading milliner, whose taste
and workmanship were favorably known and
gave the order The milliner, knowing her Gus
toner, spared no expense in buying the choicest
with which to match the hat. Y ct whe the need
full things had been purchased and the hat made
lit was found that the whole cost was only eight
dollars The figure was doubled and four dol
lars added for good measure, bringing the price
iof the hat to the customer to twenty dollars.
But when the customer came for her hat, and
was told the size of the bill she Indignantly re-
iected the thing, stating with flashing eye that
the original had cost her sixty-fve dollars. The
question for little boys and girls is this: What
will the milliner charge the next customer who
wants eight dollars worth of materials In hat
duplicated?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
COAL SCARCITY.

New York Times: It Is exasperat-
;ng 10 coal consumers, whether they
NE manufacturers or householders' 70
know. on the authority OF the bureau
of mines. that the supply OF minaple
coal in the United States is S,553.63I
100 900 tons, which should last 6oou
years. With such enormous resources
of coal available, If miners Will only
dig it and railroads carry 1t, the
householder is walking the noors
NIGHTS because he cannot get MS
dealer to fill his bins for next WIN
ter. and many plants are running on
part time for lack OF normal supply
'of bituminous coal. Dire are the pre-
dictions that the already high price
lof coal is going higher. Said tne
Black Diamond, coal publication,
recently: "The situation is one OF the
grayest which has ever occurred IN
the history of the trade, the worst
feature of it being that there IS no
Erelief in sight"
Bituminops coal is SIS ton at
Pittsburgh, 400 per cent. increase
,over the price fixed by the govern
ment in August, 1917. Into this price
enter commissions and transportation
costs. Anthracite for tho kitchen
range can tsill be obtained in favored
localities for $13 a ton, but not every
body can get it. AT the present time
ordering winters supply OF anthra-
cite is regarded by the dealers as
sign Of alteration. Very few con-
sumers had the foresight in the early
spring to get what coal they could
into their cellars.
Reasons for the scarcity and hlgn
cost of coal are thick as blackberries
in midsummer. The miners won't
work on saints days, or any other
days when the fishing is good or fire.
men are parading; the sales agents
are profiteering ngaged in an
orgy" of taking profits, say some; the
railroads as common carriers OF fuel
have almost broken down-plenty OF
coal but few cars. OF these reasons
the last holds the attention. There
is abundant evidence that car short
age is the main and continuing cause
of small stocks of coal, bituminous
and anthracite Whatever the dealers
in bituminous are doing, 1t may be
doubted whether the retailers OF an
thracite are making unseemly profits,
the relation between them and their
customers being intimate and compe-
tition brisk in the trade.
/ More coal could be mined. The
average Of some seasons Is not being
maintained But there is no good
reason why miners should work like
beavers digging coal when there is a
conspicuous lack of cars to carry 1t
to consumers. According to the geo
logical survey, the miners could have
produced As per cent. more coal in
May IL transportation had been avail
able.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
SOME SERIOUS BEST SELLERS.


New York Evening Post: In the list
0f general books-not fictlon-m'oSl ~
demand in public libraries througnoul
America durin April the leading placs
was taken by Keynes's "Ine hco,
Inomic Consequences of the Feace'
1.-THE second place by Theodore Roose,
|vel's Letters to His Children anu
third place by THE Education u
Henry Adams" How many OF these
books have been sold? Inquiry OF
the publishers shows that more than
$50 900 copies of Keynes's book nave
already been distributed in the Chiteu
,tates and Canada; the English safes
have reached 10000, making tosai
iof $4,000. OF Roosevelt's letters the
sales are now approaching the aniah-
ling figure of 250,000, and the publish
ers state that but for difficulties in
! production and transportation the
total might have been double that.
Henry Adams's autobiography costs
! sum that gives the impecunious DOCK
buyer pause, yet the circulation mas
passed 20 900 copies, a really impress
| siye number. It is a book that would
ordinarily be thought caviar to the
general; but we can only wonder how
many copies would have been dis
!! tributed had it been retailed as low
! as SO, or even 81. Undeniably there
lis an American public that buys seri-
| Gus books.
j The sale of General Grants
memoirs" astonished even the SAN
guine Mark Twain, his publisher, and
gave Grants family royalties OF
half million dollars; but there were
obvious special reasons for this sue
cess. 1t would be easier in the pub
Fishing history of the last few de-
.cades to cite Instances of deplorable
neglect of good books by the public
than of unexpected response to them.
Every man versed in any branch OF
knowledge knows Of books whose
merits publishers admit, but which
they will not accept because they
! fear they cannot find buyers. There
are uncounted families which spend
SIS for a pair of theatre tickets, but
would never think of spending it for
Mark Twain's Letters" which spend
$40 or $40 for, automobile tires, but
would be aghast at the idea Of spend
ing the former sum for Watterson' 5
i"Marse Henry" or the latter for Bev-
leridge's Life of Marshall Yet it
would be strange if our colleges,
libraries and other agencies of edrl-
cation did not steadily widen the
circle of book buyers. 1t is pleasant
to find evidence that they are doing
SO.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE CALL OF THE WILD.

THE CALL OF THE WILD.
have heard it calling, calling,
When the red sun famed in the west
Freighting the night with its longing.
And it would not let me rest
With its miles of tropical forest
And the CLINT of the deserts sand.
In the twilight the trail was waiting
That led to lonely land.
I've heard the croon-song Of the pines,
Where the night winds wandered free
have walked in the naked tundra,
That borders frozen sea-
| have seen the aurora flaming
Ger the north gods secret stu,
But the long white trail was calling,
To land just DER the hill
So long as the trail is waiting,
And the night winds pipe in gee.
| will wander, searching, searching
For land where the miles stretch Tree
The voice OF the wild is calling,
But you never will understand
How it fires my blood like buses cry
That voice of the lonely land -.
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terest to those who would build 4
brought within their means Munici
palities in England that are engaged
in the work OF supplying working
class houses are stated to be much
taken with the scheme, and If all tina.
IL promised is realized concrete Will
take the place Of materials heretofore
used. At any rate the progress OF
the experiment will be worth oDserv-
ing in these times when houses are
so scarce and costs are so high
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

The demagogue can always work up more
sympathy for the fanatic who has landed IN Jail
than he can for the people who put the red
in jail to protect themselves from his mania.
Probably it is as well to have precedent; one
never knows when a political amnesty may
Icome in useful.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

The Wilson covenant as fashioned contem-
plated government by men; but government by
law is what the world and nations need, and any
league of real utility must be constructed on
these lines
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
LADIES

When irregular or suppressed, use
Triumph Pills. Safe and always de-
pendable. Not sold at drug stores.
20 not experiment with others, save
a disappointment. Write for "Relief"
ind particulars; it's free. Address:
National Medical Institute. Milwaukee,,
wis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Webster City Freeman-Journ
George Creel, perhaps, should NOT pc
blamed for infatuation. Only eight
years ago Colonel Harvey, too, be-
|lieyed that Woodrow Wilson was a
wonderful man. Harvey has had y
vision since then and it is possible
that Creel may have one ~hen ne
|awakens from his trance.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Senator
Harding uses the first person silgu-
lar but three or four times IN the
first column of his speech OF accept
ance; something most unusual in
documents of this character. But
how he does resort to the editorial
1--WE" frequently.
! Perry Chief: Absolutely at one"
means twenty-three for certain demo-
cratic presidential candidate.
Davenport Times: Poland sowed
the wind when ignoring the tuun-
daries fixed by treaties, its army
swept over the lines seeking 10 annex
additional territory from Russia. Now
Poland is reaping the whirlwind.
: Marshalltown Times Republican:
Wherever thrifty, sensible happiness
is found in home there's Mrs.
Coolidge. She's keeping house. Wher-
ever family rises from little enough
and takes rank as an asset to the
community and the nation there's a
busy Mrs. Coolidge In the back
ground, "a wonderful housekeeper,"
as the Massachusetts, delegation re-
marked of the wife of the next vice
president.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Champ
Clark declares that the republican
candidates for president and vice
president are respectable This is a
! great admission for Clark. who got
his political schooling shortly after
the civil war when opposing politi-
clans always insisted that the other
fellows were horse thieves.
| Cedar Rapids Gazette: Gradually
the smoke with which the bolshevist
menace has been screened is lifting
and the world is coming to know that
there is real fire beneath it. Ours is
indeed a sick civilization
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

can mother to the spng babe that prattes on her
let it be taught schools seninares and IN coieses
LET L be written in primers spelling books and in Altman
acs let it be preached the pulpit proclaimed N 'es
isative halls and in courts OF
Lincoln.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
SEALING THEIR LIPS.

Fort Wayne News and Sentinel
No autocracy in Washington? The
notice that follows has been posted
in all the bureaus and divisions of the
postof1ice department in Washington
and elsewhere throughout the United
States:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

own in competition for world trade,
notwithstanding the higher living
standards enjoyed by American wage
earners.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
TWO NEGLECTED BOOKS.

DR. Eliot with his five-foot shelf began the
advisory counsel offered to people who want to
read with purpose. Advice multipies fast
these days and courses Of reading are as plentl-
full as Libraries How much heed is given to
this advice as to what to read, when to read It
and why, is problematic But in all book lists,
even in DR.. Eliots shelf, two books Of great
value are omitted.
These two books are the dictionary and the
cookbook.
Our common vocabulary is getting unbalanc-
ed; we are taking ona lot Of newly-coined words
and phrases not because we need them TO ex-
press new ideas which are no more plentiful than
before, but because they can be picked up easily
on the streets and in public print Reading the
dictionary would be a voyage OF discovery TO
most people Not only would a harvest OF new
words be gathered but lot of new ideas and
useful information would come along with them.
Moreover, the practice would help in lettering
the sloppy diction which is our custom
It is costly business getting food these days;
more than ever it is profitable to get all the good
out of what is bought. We have a lot to learn
about this. Our cookery has been expensive:
our best relshed dishes are likely to be those
costing the most But we have cookery ex-
perts who have really studied the matter; who
have learned how the French and Swiss put
flavor into excellent combinations with susie
nance at a minimum Of expense. The modern
cookbook tells willing reader Of ways to use
foodstuffs many people have never regarded as
is good eating'' except in dire straits. A little
Reading time devoted to the cookbook would
promote thrift and good temper IN our homes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Gradually
the smoke with which the bolshevist
menace has been screened is lifting,
and the world is coming to know that
there is real fire beneath it. Ours is
indeed a sick civilization
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
The attention of the department

''iu OAoS" hSAO tAiouSuOuL Lie OultSu
States:
The attention of the department
has been called to many circulars
and letters issued by persons con-
nected with the postal service
which contain erroneous state
ments and are not based on facts.
The postal service is conducted
in the interest of the public, and
the public is entitled to correct
information at all times regarding
this branch of the government ser
vice; and the departm will
gladly and willingly furnish such
Information. Employees of the
postal service, in making any
statement about the postal es-
Enlistment or its service, who
make false or slanderous state
ments will be summarily dis
missed from the service. Post
masters and officers of the service
will be held responsible for the
enforcement of these Instructions
leson's idea of postal efficiency-gag
the men of the service, that they may
not dare to talk of the rottenness in
the service. Those who do so talk
will be dismissed summarily-witEout
trial, without hearing Men in the
postal service have been talking; be-
yond any doubt they have talked. Bel
ter than the postal employees no others
can know how bad the Burleson adj
is and all that Burleson
means. Ask the first postal employe
you meet, should you know him well
enough to have his confidence. and
from him you will get a round, I'M
vanished tale of the inside of things.
The postmaster general seems to con.
ceive that If he can gag men in the
service, and kick them out summarily
when they talk of him and his crew
of insists, the country will not know
how wretchedJy it is served.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

The London Spectator says that the British
people are more interested in Americas elect
ing pro-American president than prohibit
ish one. Which is sound way of indicating
that the destinies of the two Notwithstanding
countries lie together largely and that leader
who is full speed ahead for the United States is
building for the transatlantic future as well, III
all things that make for sound and peaceful
living.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-07-09
ZalOioaa 1897 roku.
zAREAD GL6wNY.

IS. FrancisZek Gordon. Moderator.
Rs Eajnund Applet. Wics-Moderator.
WojCiech r. SoSks. PreZes.
A~ntonins Baranowska. WiCe-prezsskA.
NOjCieCh MepkiCki. Wics-pCczes.
TomSSZ J. BIacEoWSki. Sekretarz.
Julian SzczRpahSki. SHarbnik.
Stauislaw LirGmaTSki. DyFektor.
Jan MaciejeWski. DyrektOr.
S~zc2epan ImbiorSki. DyreNtor.
Franciszka Bieschke. DyrektsrkA.
2Iarya Imbi0TSkR. D~yrCktorka.
Konstancya Czskaia. Dyrektorka.
DR.. FrancisEeH A. Dulak, Leksrz
Naczelny. .
Adv. wawrzyniec Zysmunt. Doradea
PrawRy.
Sertruda MarchlewIcz. Asyst. Sekr. Gen.
G0DzINY BIUROwE.
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dniU). W CZNartek wieczoTem od Codzi
ny lei DO Set. - w niedZiele / Swie-
O. GFoCzySte biuro Zankniete.
Wszelkie liSty uadsyiac Ualezy ma re-
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TOM. $. BLACHOwsNI.
Secretary Polish Alma Mater.
lass W. Division str. Chicago. III.
FINANsE.
Przskazy bankows I pocztowe
fcheCks. money orders ctc.) ualezy wy
stawiac ma orSanizacys.
POLISH ALMA MATER,
{ przesylaG pod adresem:
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!, Do czek6~ z pOza miasta Chicago, do
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Chicago, I'll.
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