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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21
CHILDREN OF POOR
COUNTIES pENAu|zED
IN EDUCATION RACE

Shall the state penalize an Indiana
boy or girl who happens to be born in
a community not favored with an
abundance of taxable property to sup
port the public?" asks B. ]. Burris,
assistant state superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
Eighty-four per cent Of the money
expended for education in the state is
raised in the local corporations. Fig
ures prepared by Mr.. Burris show
great differences in the per capita
amount of taXables in the counties for
the children enumerated for school
purposes.
Wayne county has a comparatively
soft place." Her taxab1es amount to
S93, Gal ,43S with her school enumera-
ton totalling 1889 children, making
sum per capita of taxables, 1854.
In Benton county, which leads the
state in the amount Of taXables for
each school child, the total valuation
is $72.773,S40. the school enumeration
is 1926, and the amount of taXables
for every school child is s22,0S6.
Crawford county. which is at the bot
tom of the list, has taxable property
amounting to $2,93O,350; there are
3,146 children enumerated and only
1891 of taxables for each school child
in the county.
Striking Disparities.
Similar startling disparities exist
between the counties of Boone, Car
roll, Clinton, Hancock, Hendricks, Jas
per, johnson, Montgomery. Rush, Shell
by, Tippecanoe and Union on the one
hand and the counties Of Clark, Clay,
Dubois, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison and
Orange on the other hand.
The total taxable property in Indi-
ana for 1920 is S5,749,45S,794 and the
school enumeration for this year is
778,7S6. The average true value of
taxable wealth for each pupil enrolled
for school purposes in 1920 is 1882.
The uneven distribution Of taxables
in Indiana is strikingly shown by the
fact that one township of the state has
taXables amounting to $18,000,000; at
least IA townships have taxables rang
ing from SS,000,000 to $4,000, 900: 81
townships have taxables ranging from
$6O00,000 to $S,000,000, and other town
ships have taxables ranging from
100000 to 100000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21
LETTER SHOWS INTEREST
FRIENDS RELIEF WORK

Proof of the growing interest in
Friends relief work in Germany is
pointed out in a letter written by
Alfred G. Scattergood, head of the
unit, on May 8:
After returning from a trip to ST.
lesia, Poland, and SaXony, visiting
various feeding centers, l received a
letter from the secretary of the
French Consul at Breslau He is a
young German who had been interned
in England and wants to become
Quaker"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21
Church Members Cheer
Lonesome Orphans Hearts

Seventy-three orphans from the
Wernle Orphans Home were brought
to the city Sunday in automobiles
by members of the Trinity Lutheran
church. They were entertained at
dinner and during the afternoon in
the homes Of members of the church.
They were then taken back in auto
mobiles. They will probably be enter
tanned again in about month.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21
Nettle Creek Dunkards
Observe Centennial Tuesday

Tuesday, June %, marks the Tooth
anniversary of the organization of the
Nettle Creek Church of the Brethren,
commonly known as the Dunkards.
A centennial celebration will be
held at the church, one mile west of
Hagerstown. Elder Lewis w. Teeter,
for SIS years a member of the organi-
cation, will preside. Bertha Dilling is
the pastor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21

then it seems to me that she should
be considered as a free lance, right to
the end. I have no hand in making
the laws, unfortunately for my theo-
ries, so there is nothing to do at pres
ent but conform to those that are in
favor now, and laugh at them up my
sleeve, as many others do. A time
will come when things will be differ
ent. That is one consoling thought.
(To be continued.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21
YOUNG WOMAN DIVORCED

EATON, O., June 21.-Married two
years ago in Newport, KY, when she
was not quite II years old, Edith
Krone was granted a divorce Saturday
from Ralph A. Krone in common pleas
court and restored to her maiden
name of Breese. Judge A c. Ris-
niger granted the decree upon grounds
of gross neglect.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-21

The smallest circular saw in prac-
teal use is tiny disc less than the
size of a silver quarter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
ton that places the whole country above the in
terest of any class.
THE KIND OF BOARD NEEDED.

/ One OF the men whom nobody ever heard OF
until his appointment as member OF the ship
ping board, announces his intention OF prose
cutting everybody who can be proved to have
lad hand in stealing any part OF the two bill
lion dollars which took wings and flew away
during our experiment of building ships at
government cost. With this declaration OF pur-
pose no fault can be found; but the indications
are that this nobody from somewhere will not be
a member of the board for long enough to carry
his creditible program into effect The ship
ping board as Mr.. Wilson constituted 1t has
never saved dollar or prevented the theft OF
"a dollar or ever brought single case OF steal
ing or wasting to light. Its apparent concern
was to cover all such transactions up; and but
for the congressional investigation and the dis
coveries of outsiders the nation would never
have known how shamefuly it had robbed
The country wants no more Wilson shipping
boards-no more such men as MIR. Wilson ma
turally appoints. 1t wants outstanding men IN
that capacity, whose names, achievements, repu-
tations command general confidence and re-
spect. The almost universal expectation is that
Senator Harding will give the nation such
board which the peoplee will approve and the
senate cheerfully confirm.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
The measure of success is not merchandise,
but character-Calvin Coolidge.
CONFUSION IN SPORTS.

Many interested in sport only from the stand
of the looker-on who loves to see fair contest
have grown somewhat weary of the looseness
that has crept into the rules of nearly all sports
In recent years. They see the standards lower
ed and the regulations ignored in almost all
branches of athletics. Some of the sport lovers
have become so displcased at the way in which
sports are conducted nowadays that they have
lost their active interest in them and long for
the old days when rule was rule, standard
d standard and an amateur an amateur. A
title means nothing nowadays.
From pugilism up, athletic contests are MARI
ed by this confusion. In the prize ring We have
champions that cannot fight at the weight for
the class in which they claim the championsip.
Frequently team wins championship while
using some professional players against team
of pure amateurs. We hear of baseball players
playing for pay while holding their amateur
standing
Our great lack is not so much a national or
ganzation that shall keep sports pure, as it IS
a standard of sporting honor among the people
that shall condemn such looseness so severely
as to compel participants in our sports to play
the game fairly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
More Buriesonism.

Rock Rapids Review: Patrons on
routes l and out of Rock Rapids are
up in arms-and they have right to
be. Without warning or explanation.
the postoffice department recently
withdrew their rural carriers, and they
are high and dry for delivery service
1t would seem as though the depart
men had had trouble enough with
these routes and that it would be glad
to have things running along as
smoothly as they have been running
for the past several months. with a
carrier on each route giving service
that was thoroughly satisfying to the
patrons. Rumor has it that the de-
partment will again attempt the i'm
possible feat of covering the two
routes with one carrier. If the Bur
'leson administration exercises no bet
ter judment than ii has exercised in
this small matter of the Rock Rapids
routes, no wonder II has aroused so
much criticism and opposition. If the
postofiice department is going to give
rural free delivery service, let it give
it. If it is not going to give it, let
ut discontinue it all over and quit wig
Cling and vaSsing as it has in the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
ALESSON FROM BELGIUM.

AS one of the means to a more rapid recovery
from the effects of the war, Belgium has or
ganized national committees, composed of en-
ployers and workers, which hear and settle all
labor disputes. The plan is working successful
ly in nearly all the big industrial communities.
Travellers say that no European country has
attacked the task of recovery from war with
greater energy or common sense than has Bel
GUM. The people Of that devastated land have
wasted no time in fighting over what is to be
done or how it shall be done, or by whom it
shall be done. They knew that what was to be
done first was to rebuild and to return to work.
They knew that it to be done by getting to
work at once. They knew that it was to be done
by all hands working together. They went at
the task upon the basis of this knowledge They
are recovering from the war at rapid rate
When the matter of recovery was discussed,
the radicals were given plainly to understand
that no nonsense would be tolerated. To the
credit of the Belgian ''reds however be it said
that they looked upon that matter sensiblv as
did the rest of the people, and quickly fell in
with the general plans. In consequence Bel
GUM is not distracted by mere politics from
the work of recovery from the war, which ex-
plains in part the rapidity with which she is
recovering.
Belgium in this matter gives US lesson that
We may with profit take to heart. All it requires
Tor success Is spirit of good will and co-opera-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
Preserve the Iowa Lakes

Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: After
a long fight on the part of sportsmen,
Goose lake, near Jefferson. has been
drained at cost of $4,000, OF nearly
s94 an acre, since there is 500 acres
In the tract. 1t is said that the land
is good, and that it will raise some
fine crops. At different times there
has been agitation for draining many
of our lakes in Iowa Sportsmen
have always fought racn measures, as
they claim it woulG' be distinct ca
larnity to the state to spoil the few
hunting and fishing grounds within
the borders of Iowa The board of
conservation has in a measure backed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
RUPTURED?
TRY THIS FREE
New Invention Sent on 30 Days
Trial without Expense to You.

Simply send me your name and
will send you my new copyrighted
rupture book and measurement
blank When you return the blank
/ will send you my new invention for
rupture. When it arrives put 1t on
and wear il. Put it to every test you
can think of. The harder the test
the better you will like it. You will
wonder how you ever got along with
the old style cruel spring trusses or
belts with leg straps Of torture. Your
own good. common sense and your
own doctor will tell you it is the only
way in which you can ever. expect a
cure. After wearing It 80 days, if 1t
is not entirely satisfactory in every
vay-if It is not easy and comfort
able-if you cannot actually see your
rupture getting better, and If not
convinced that cure Is merely a
question of time. just return 1t and
you are ont nothing. Any rupture
appliance sent on so days trial with
ont expense to you is worth trial.
Tel your ruptured friends of this.
EASY-HOLD Co.. 1861 Koch Bldg.
Kansas City, Mo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

them up in this and many small lakes
that could be drained, on the contrary,
will be deepened and improved. VI
course, in many cases where there
no good hunting or fishing the dram.
ing should be done But the hunting
and fishing grounds of the state shouio
not be spoiled. even though it does
mean few more fertile acres. Com,
ing generations will rise UP TO can
those blessed who have retained .
few hunting grounds for them y
were feasible to drain Storm lake ano
the matter should be put up TO Vote
of the people we imagine that the ma
jority in favor of retaining our laNe
would even overshadow the republican
landslide of 1920.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE

SEAGUlLS.
Chill fingers Of aUtumnal rain
Play on the sands a dull refrain,
And over restless, striving seas
The gray guls stoop and rise again.
Queen Summers satellites have flown
To sing before her Southern throne;
o Little Brothers OF the Storm,
We keep our rendezvous alone!
~ 49,
| hear your bold, imperious cry,
That challenges, and would defy;
No liquid note of song-bird's throat
Would match so well that cold, gray SKY.
Greetings, o wild, adventurous crewi
| scorn the Flower OF Safety, too;
o Little Brothers Of the Storm,
i storm-tossed soul saluteth you!
Florence Van Gle
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
Predicts 1921 Boom

Paul Clay. in Forbes Magazine: The
foundations for almost any period OF
prosperity are laid in times Of depres-
sion. The prosperity is merely the
superstructure; the foundations are
the thrift, conservatism, and sound
financial conditions brought about by
adversely. The chief characteristics
or business depression are the
marking down of fictitious values and
the paying off OF excessive debts:
and 1t is just such things as these
that pave the way for boom in bust
ness.
The more we look at the present
actual conditions, the more impressed
we become with the evidence that
another boom is on the way and is
not so very far Off
All OF us know in general theo-
retical way that the three great essen
tiais required to make nation pro-
ductive and prosperous are an abund-
ance of capital, both liquid and fixed;
sufficiency of labor, skilled and un-
skilled. and an abundance of raw
materials at moderate costs. Yet to
most people the thought has never
come that these three essentials are
as important in the routine of the
practical business man as in the
theory of the economist. AS a mat
ter Of fact, our years OF prosperity
are those in which these three essen
tials are present, and our times of
adversely are invariably marked by
the sbsence Of one or more of these
essentials.
One may truthfully say that when
these three things are in good sup
ply we are certain OF prosperity re-
CARELESS of anything else except war
and psstilence.
One should not, however, expect a
business revival too soon. The first
quarter of the year will doubtless be
extremely depressed, and it is not
certain that much Improvement will
be shown in the second quarter. 1t
will take time to sell off these high
cost products now on hand and to
restore the depleted purchasing pow
er of the public. But by the third
quarter of the year-Dossibly in the
second quarter-we ought to begin
to feel the beneficial effects OF these
powerful economic forces which al
ready definitely promise US another
boom in business.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
French Gems Market elutted.

Stars and Stripes: French econo-
mists see in the flooding OF the Paris
jewelry market with millions OF dol.
lars worth of diamonds issuing from
The safety deposit vaults OF war prof
iteers a sure sign that French CAPT.
talists are regaining confidence in
the business future of their own coun-
try. It is reliably estimated that
so 900 600 francs worth OF war
profit" diamonds have been thrown
on the French market in recent
months.
Immediately following the armi-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
stice, hundreds of French m

stice, hundreds of French million
aires, grown panicky at the tremen-
dous paper currency initiation, turned
their paper war profits into dia-
monds, which they stored away. A
number of cases are on record where
war profiteers, slSeptical Of the value
of French paper money and govern
ment securities. turned their savings
accounts, ranging from 100000 to
100000 francs, into diamonds.
Reassured, now as to the economic
future of France, they are selling
their diamond savings and employing
the proceeds in the development of
national industries. The resultant
Cutting of, the diamond market has
resulted in a rapid decline in prices.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
Voice of the People

under this head The Daily Gate
City will publish communications on
any and all subjects of interest to the
people generally, reserving the right
to, reject unworthy articles or those
inspired by personal animosity or
malice. All communications must DO
accompanied by the names of the
writer's. The Gate City does not as.
sumo responsibility for opinions or
sentiments expressed in any COM
munication.]
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
HIGHER EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS.

Though the plans OF United States Commls-
sioner of Education ClaNton for instituting
training for business in secondary and higher
educational institutions of this country are not
stated with sufficient clearness to give definite
idea Of what they are, there Will be naturally
some sympathy with such movement. The
business schools Of the country do not give
training in the higher aspects OF business. In
consequence, men spend long years and great
effort in learning things that can be taught
them before they enter upon business career
or while they are at the beginning OF it. Any
move to remedy this condition will therefore be
looked upon with favorable interest.
If there is to be training in these higher
branches of business and finance, secondary
schools and colleges ought to be best fitted for
giving it. Education in them is at least sup
posed to be on a broad philosophical basis.
This is the basis upon which training IN the
higher branches of business should rest. The
successful big-buslness man must have these
qualities, though he may not recognize them
himself. It is conceivable that big, broad
businessman, formulating policies of import
ance and value, may not be able to keep books,
to add up column of figures quickly and ac-
curately. But he will be able to understand
conditions that obtain in a country, a continent
or over the world. Training in the higher bust
ness branches along college or university lines
will at least tend to give this comprehensive
view Of things and to outline policies based up
on it.
There may be question whether any man or
any set of men will be able to plan an adequate
system of education in this branch Of learning.
1t will be urged that it should grow out Of the
need for it and be changed as the need changes.
This is valid stand, but it must be recognized
that the importance of business as pursuit in
life has advanced by great strides in less than
hundred years and that the conservatism Of
the college and university has not yet caught up
with it. Nor is this reflection on the higher
schools. It represents merely their carefulness
in adopting subjects as permanent part OF
their scheme of work. Since business is SO far
ahead of the colleges, it is possible that men
having knowledge both of education and of
business may be able to devise a plan Of study
that will help the higher schools to gain many
years in the advance toward a settled scheme
of instruction in this branch. The work Of Dr.
Claxton and his committees will, therefore, be
watched with interest outside of business and
education circles.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
Wants More Polling Places.

10 the Editor OF The Gate City:
A good many people are asking for
more room for voting on this coming
school election. This will remind US
all of the congested condition of the
one voting place at the time of the
last school election.
II the school board wants to be fair
to all, it will at least put up two more
voting places in the city, one in
Reds addition and one in the north
west section of the city. It is not so
much question of burden as it is a
fairness to all. This school election
should be decided by the votes of all
the qualified electors of the city OF
Keokuk.
ED STEFFENS..
Keokuk. Dec 4, 1920.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

matter Of routes 1 and 2 out of Rock
Rapids. AS American citizens, pa
irons of those routes are entitled to
better treatment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

the motive, properly speaking that determines
the working of the will; but it is the will that mfarts
The AS CoIerdse at is tire man
that makes the motive, and the motive the NAM
James mcCosh.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Class
Jealousy, the affliction of all nations
and all times. is less violent in Ameri-
ca than in any other civilized nation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

Southern Alaskan Indian tribes use
canoes with prows not unlike those
Chinese junkA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

Burlington Gazette: II policemen
WISH to earn the good will of the pub
nc they must learn to be civil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

Mason City Globe-Gazette: 1t looks
as II Herbert Hoover is to loom large
IN the industrial Feadjustment of the
country, and if he should be placed
AZ the head Of the labor portfolio
there ought to be better under.
standing between the employer and
employe. and certainly the matter Of
efficiency in production will have its
solution If Hoover can bring it about
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

Fairfield Tribune: There may be
some. mostly tenants. who are I'M.
able to hold their grain for better
prices, but the average farmer Of
these parts can manage it very nicely.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

The highways should be made safe for safe
drivers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

Soft-spined sentimentaHsts who can see
nothing in our precautions against admitting
unclean aliens except an arbitrary exercise of
force might write in the lining of their hats
that each one of our present workers-that is
to say, thirty million inhabitants of the United
States-is absent from work through illness an
average of nine days a year. An estimate Of
the cost of mild epidemic ought to send the
sentimentalists back to their real place in the
community, founding hospitals for rheumatic
snakes or dental clinics for toothess jelly fish.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Rock Rapids Review: Harding and
wilson are two different kinds OF
men when 1t comes to dealing with
their fellowmen. And 1t is only fair
70 admit that the Harding way is
hkely to prove the more popular and
probably the more effective way.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

The greater the supply, the more surplus
there viii be over consumption This economic
truisrn may apply to New YEARS. resolutions.
1t is good to make lot of them in hope that
some Of them viii escape breakage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04

Waterloo Times-Tribune: Subsidies,
however Well-intentioned, have a way
or interfering with the proper opera
uon OF natural business laws. while
they give some people undue profits
and work to the disadvantage OF
others.