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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30
KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT

The Rocky Mountain News claims
that Mr.. Bryan got his inspiration for
effective public speaking from Bob In
gersoI. 1t says:
In placing the name of James G.
Blaine before the Cincinnati conven-
ton for president. in 1894, Robert G..
1ngersoll drew a vivid picture of how
Blaine had marched down the halls of
congress and hurled his lance of de-
fiance full in the faces of his enemies.
Ingersoll's flood of dramatic oratory
swept away all opposition.
That illustration of the power of
words inspired the life and determined
the career of a young neighbor of In
gersoll in Illinois named w. J. Bryan,
then "a years of age.
The force OF the News's assumption
is weakened somewhat by the fact that
it did not get it's history on straight.
To illustrate: Ingersoll's famous
''plumed knight" speech was delivered
in 1875 and not in 1894 and while II
may have swept away all opposition
Blaine was not nominated. While al
that time Mr.. Bryan may have been a
neighbor, he was toe young to know
anything about the speech.
The Ingersoll address probably
would have resulted in Blaine's nomi-
nation if the convention had proceed
ed to a ballot Immediately, but ar
element among the Republican party
leaders never wanted Blaine for the
presidency. so in some mysteriou.
manner the lights went out and ad
journment was taken until the mex
day. when Rutherford B. Hayes wa,
given the nomination.
Blaine was again before the conven
ton at Chicago in 1880. when an at
tempt was made to nominate Gran
for a third term. The prize went to
dark horse" James A. Garfield. II
1884 Blaine won the nomination il
spite of the opposition of his OLE
enemies in the party. Probably no
body doubts that he was honestl.
elected, but the Democrats in New
York City counted him out and tn
Republican leaders in that state lie
them do it without a protest 1t ma.
be that they even eonnived at it.
Going back to the News editorial
in 1894 Mr.. Bryan. instead of being
resident of Illinois. was Representing
Nebraska in the lower house of con
gress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

With the world in its present condi-
ton. every days work that is lost thru
strikes is actually causing hardship to
all labor. When the coal miners in
England stopped production they in
creased the difficulties of life to mil
lions Of other Iaborers thruout the
world. The same was true when the
coal miners in America struck, and
again when those in Belgium, France
and Germany stopped work. These
strikes have prevented other laborers
from being able to produce, which has
resulted in decreasing the production
OF the world and further increasing
prices. Strikes in connection with
transportation of goods have had ex-
actly the same effect and have result
ed in great destruction of foedstuffs
which have been required by many peo-
pies. Every time that a large body OF
laboring men who are producing oil
helping in the transportation of the
things the world needs stops work
their strike is not against capital but
against other labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
DOORS.
BY LEE PAPE-


Most houses have all the doors they
need and no house is compleet with
out at leest one. The name differ
enees between a door and a gate is
ferst, their opposite location, and End,
people have mulch less respeek for a
gate and would rather kick 1t than
mock on it. But a gate is more useful
than door because it does everything
q door can do and besides that it can
be climbed over and awffen is.
One of the most Embarrassing things
you can do in a strange house is to
wawk into a closet wen you thawt you
was opening the door to the hall. One
way to avoid this is to put a little
chawk mark on the inside of the door
wen you come in, in case there's a lot
of closets.
The doornob is small but impor-
tant part of a door witch people never
Appreciate till it comes off. Most pee
pie never notice the deornob unless 1t
is brawt to their attention on account
of having jam or sumthing on it wen
they go to tern it.
Doors are crate things to give pee
pie privacy and would give them still
more if it wasent for the key holes.
One of the most disgusting things
door can do is to skweek wen you
don't wunt enybody to notice you go
ing out.
The easiest way to, close a door
would be to slam it if sumbody dident
senrelly make you go rite back and
close it rite. The ony thing that
makes a grown up persin madden than
banging a door wen you go out of the
room is not closing it at all. One OF
the last things children lern is to shut
doors after them, on account OF they
would Jest as leef have them open as
shut and maybe leefer. a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

Rebellion against high prices is not
confined to the United States. The
London correspondent of the Dry
Goods Economist writes to his paper
as follows: THE English consumer is
rebeUling against the high prices of
clothing as he recently rebelled against
shoe prices. The wholesale clothing
trade at Leeds is in rather a bad way
due to the refusal of consumers to
buy except when actually forced by
necessity. Business in apparel. which
until recently was extremely prosper
Gus. has been hard hit by lessened
home consumption and lack of export
business 10 the continent. There APP
pears to be almost a boycott against
not only clothing, but anything else
the price of which seems to be unrea-
sonably high"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

brush his teeth and wash his ears. He
must do his share toward keeping the
tent in order. He must rise at a GER
tain time and go to bed at 2 certain
time. But the bulk of his day is de-
voted to pursuits after his own heart
There is an athletic field and tennis
courts.
Practically all outdoor games are
played, and there are teams to be
made and prizes to be won. There
are expeditions into the wilderness in
which mountains are climbed and fish
caught and camp is made at night IN
der the trees. There is swimming and
trips by canoe. Movies and music
help pass the evenings. There is a
les or carpentry if he wants to. but he
is not compelled to do so. and he may
also go in for photography and de-
Velop his own film in the camp dark
room. He is given a chance to study
woodcraft and natural history. He is
given an outlet for his natural savage
propensity toward struggle, adventure
and physical prowess, and he is also
given a chance. to develop his bud
ding powers as scientist. builder, artist
or engineer.
He is given as much freedom as pos
sible, but it does not include the free
dom to be dirty or lazy. Such is the
summer camp at it's best. 1t may have
it's shortcomings but 1t certainly beats
the city or the summer resort as an
environment for Jimmy. The trouble
is that so few sJimmies can afford
summer camps, and every Jimmy in
the nation needs one as much as any
other boy Perhaps the time will come
when a summer camp will be recog-
nized as the necessary adjunct of every
public school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THE PAWN.

A man must ever hold himself in
readiness to be played. He must take
with great grace the fact that he must
at times become a mere pawn for an
idea. Yet may he rank among the
immortal worthwhile of the world
for in Life. as in the game of chess,
the pawn often holds the key to the
winning play.
Only as you are able to link your
own noble aims and efforts with the
larger ones of Time, are you able to
feel working within you the "con-
scious pursuit of a great purpose" as
Aristotle has so finely put it-n1ean-
ing, l believe, that the machinery of
high achievement which Nature has
given to Man begins its motion the
minute that he sights his ideal.
With such a feeling breeding within
ones mind and heart. who can hest
tate before a great chance? Who
would not be willing to lay down his
very life and ask that it be traded in
for an ideal?
Napoleon walked thru pest houses
without fear Roosevelt evaded his
guards. while president, for it was dis
tasteful to him to think that. if his
body was to be sacrificed, it would
not well serve its end.
Greatness stalks out in the open!
But this big business of pawn-serv-
ing isn't confined to the fullness OF
fame. The men or women behind
their desks and machines, doing the
days work well, are as truly spending
their lives to a fine purpose-pawns
for the chronicler of a passing time
to note with pride.
So let us talk to eur tired bodies
and to our oft-diseeuraged hearts, and
tell them to remember that what they
give out is the only, thing of perma-
nance about them. 4
Be glad to give, to serve. tie sweat
to fight, to sacrifice. to stand smil-
ipgly ready-to be pawned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30
Observation-Disclosures

@. Where did the Colorado sugar beet
webworm Gene from and when was i first
heard Of In this country IN: a ~ s;tr,,,.-
to the garden webwerm, and is so named
because it has developed as a serious pest
of the sugarbeet in Kansas, Nenra teS s anu
central Europe, and northern Asia: and was
evidently introduced on the Pacific Coast,
AZ ii was noted in Utah in 1863 This pest
did not begin to attract notice in the United
States until the beginning of the develop
ment Of the sugar-bcet industry; ost
pafronized ?--R. E. A,
A. More people. draw books from the
public Libraries of CINCINNATI, Ohio thar
any other city in the United States, While
Birmin gham Alabama, feots the list
o. Where was the first California mis-
SiV a. Father Juniper Sierra and his as
sociates founded the first mission: Roman
Catholic one, at San Diego in 1I6a In 1850
Diego the Oldest municipality in the state
o. What part of an iceberg is above
water? Where are most of them found =
A. Icebergs are much more numerous in
the south polar regions than in the north
ern hemisphere. About ene-seventh OF
their entire bulk is above the surface OF
9: What part Of +, the population of South
e,e. IIse in hf Bra Fl 'H Ths eeoantry how
! ever comprises almost half the land OF the
coatipens-
made s-H. h l.
A. America is and for the last ten years
has been. the largest manufacturer of ar
tificial teeth The value Of this product
in the United States for the last decade has
been about $50,oo0.ooo.
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question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
! Haskins. Director. Washington D. C
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR a. GUEST.
THE FOOLISH HUMAN RACE.


Last night / stood in a tawdry place
And watched the ways of the human race.
l looked at dozen Of shrieking girls
Piled on table that whirls and whirls,
And saw them thrown in a tangled heap
SprawIing and squirming and several deep.
And unto the wife who was standing by,
These are angels to be-" said /.
followed the ways of the merry throng
And heard the laughter and mirth and
song.
Into a barrel which turned and swayed
Men and women a journey made.
And tumbling together they seemed TO be
Like so many porpoises cut at sea
Men and women who've worked all day,
Eagerly seeking a chauee to play
What do you make of it ALP she said.
"Oh, the dead are a long time dead.
And care is bitter and dHty stern,
And each must weep when it comes his
turn,
And all grow weary and long for play,
But here is laughter to end the day.
Foolishz Yes it is that" said ].
But better the laugh than the dFeary
sigh
Look at us here, for we're like them, too
Many the foolish things We do.
We grow silly and seek a smile
In a thousand ways that are net worth
Yet after the mirth and the jest are thru
We shall ali be judged by the deeds We
do.
And God shall forget on the Judgment Day
Copyright 1920. by Edgar A. Guest1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

= one of the hitherto serious obstrue-
lions 70 building is said to have disap-
peared. Builders and architects, it is
reported. generally are able to find Ia
Dor to do the work and they are able
10 purchase a reasonable amount of
material but they find themselves seri-
ously handicapped in transporting ma
terials from the plants or yards OF the
manufacturer to the site of the oper-
alton. No line of business seems able
20 escape the handicap of the exist
ing transportation situation. A ire
mendous congestion of freight is re-
ported along all important transpor-
tation lines. which it will take weeks
at least under the most favorable cir
cumstances TO clear up. Moreover
there is no immediate likelihood of re-
lief for the car shortage as the depict
ed supply cannot be quickly restored
In addition. there is an urgent need
for more cars for the transportation OF
food stuffs and we will soon be in the
midst of the crop moving season
Midsummer is upon us, and. with al
the adverse factors that now exist the
present building season will hardly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30
MORE TALK THAN CIDER.

Up to this time there has been more
noise than 'ual price cutting. In
fact the downward movement has been
degree the lowering of prices must
become general.
We cannot have and need not ex-
pect low prices, says Forbes Magazine,
while wages remain as high as they
are. while labor is not doing a full
days work, while taxation is so crush
ingly heavy while consumption con-
neither raw materials nor merchan-
disc can be transported expeditiously
nor while the present billions upon
billions of currency anu credits con-
tinue outstanding. Also, unless this
years crops are larger than now fore
cast, the cost of food staples is little
likely to fall materially in the near fu-
ture.
We have seen the peak of high
prices, but those who have been led
to expect to be able to purchase cloth
ing shoes, hats, furniture, etc., at any
where from 20 to so per cent below
the level recently ruling may suffer
disillusionment and Disappointment
If the cost of living go down 10 to 20
per cent during the balance of this
year there will be every reason for sat
isfaction.
Many announcements of cuts in
prices have been accompanied by
statements that the merchants have
been actuated by the praiseworthy,
unselfish, patriotic desire to do some
thing for the public. They have pic
tured themselves as launching a
frontal assault upon profiteering pro-
ducers. manufacturers and everybody
else except themselves. They-these
fearless champions of the public veal
decided to rise up and Stay the vora-
cious army of profiteers and spear
unto death that monster, H. C. L.
1.-The truth is" continues Forbes,
that merchants in New York, in
Omaha, in Kansas City. in PhiladeI-
phia, in Chicago and elsewhere found
themselves unable to dispose of their
spring stocks promptly and were be-
ing called upon very insistently by the
banks to meet their obligations. So
long as the public were fools enough
to pay whatever prices retailers cared
to tag on their goods. there was not
one among them who dreamed of an
nouncing wholesale cutting of prices
When, finally, the more sensible ele-
ment among the public refused to buy.
and when the banks began to apply
the screws, then, but not until then,
did the theatrical price-cutting circus
start. Self-preservation inspired the
whole movement. The facts underly-
ing the recent episode will probably be
revealed by and by. How near certain
mercantile establishments came to go
ing under may perhaps be disclosed. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

Mt Bryan's occupation is gone
There is a new boss of Democrat con-
Vsntions on the job, and he is doing
his work from his headquarters, 5000
miles from san Francisco. Up to this
time the Nebraskan has not had. a
look-in. Thus is afforded another il
lustration of ingratitude in politics
Bryan made the man in the White
House president eight years ago at the
sacrifice Of his political honor. From
the viewpoint of the party the retri-
button that has come to him is rich
Is deserved 1t is Champ Clark's time
TO laugh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30
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A subscriber writes in to express his
dissatisfaction because The State
Journal does not denounce as abso-
lutely wrong everything that the Dem
ocrat administration has done and ap-
prove everything that the Republicans
have done or may be expected to do.
If he be looking for that kind Of a
newspaper he has long search ahead
of him. No political organization in
this country has yet attained perfec-
ton and the newspapers know it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

witness any great reduction in the
housing shortage of the country. The
demand for new buildings continues
undated in all parts of the country.
but the building industry is proceed
ing at so pronounced a disadvantage
that it is doubted that present activi-
ties are of sufficient magnitude to pre-
vent an ever increasing deficit in hous-
ing facilities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

Pa; Piqus, O.. and others of the
frontier towns.
We don't know how you feel about
il but if it were necessary for the Nom
partisan League to nominate candi q
date for congress we are happy in the
fact that it was the enc who ran
against Mr.. Volstead.
While the probability of young Mr..
Bergdolrs apprehension seems slight,
his situation continues to be a trying
one. There is always the possibility
that he may have to go to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

Delegates representing twenty-five
countries recently met in London to
confer on the housing shortage. Their
conclusion was that it will take twenty
years to provide proper housing for
every family. But by that time there
iii be more families, so what's the
use7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

with a wheelharrew filled with ripe
apples, saw enough of the miracle that
had happened TIA Mac and Kate 10
question. with q twinkle in his sharp
old eyes, ''Is we gwine use dis here
cider to drink to se' happiness,
rlissye'
Copyright, 1890, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndieate-l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

II may be McAdoo; then again II
may be Mack. Adieu.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-30

The New York writer who cenfesses
his Familiarity with the West ends at
Pittsburgh may take it from us that
he has yet to see the best part of it.
No man can know the West, or really
appreciate it, until he has seen Beaver,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
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ENTERTAIN SYNOD
PREseYTERlANs OF IOWA TO
MEET HERE LATE
IN 1921.
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DELEGATES TO ATTEND
Iowa State Board OF Home Missions
to Hold Annual Meeting Just Be-.
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Ward Fisher, Of Ackley, Made
Moderator at Synod.

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storage plant will be built. This will
be strictly an up-to-d date structure
for artificial ammonia gas refrigera-
ton. and will afford the company to
handle certain classes of produce to
better advantage than 1t has been
able to do In the past.
Roland oppioe Assistant Manager.
In taking possession of the new
place OF business Frank w. Oppice.
head OF the oppice Fruit Company.
has made his son, Roland f. Oppice,
assistant manager and salesmanager.
The younger MrOppice, like his faith
er before him. has been schooled In
the fruit business. and in addition to
helping manage the business will
take charge OF the statesmen who are
employed on the road. The company
does a large business turnout central
Iowa. radiating In all directions for
distance OF sixty miles out OF
Marshalltown.
Fond Dream Realized.
In building and occupying q mod
ern fruit house Frank w. Oppice IL
u.
his ambition for many years to build
in Marshalltown u wholesale and re-
tail fruit house that would be cred
1t not only to himself but to the job
bing and retail interests Of tha city.
So well has he succeeded that the
Fruit Dispatch Company. the biggest
fruit importing concern in the world,
has sent here it's district manager, v.
l.. Mitchell, Of Burlington. to look
over the new place and arrange TO
secure photographs from which half-
tone cuts will be made for publiea.-
ton In the Fruit Dispatch Journal
and sent to all fruit men in the coun-
try.
Mr.. oppice has grown up In the
fruit business, and has been very
successful. He started in the business
as young man in Burlington, thir-
ty-two years ago. After his father,
the late s. Oppice, moved here and
went into business on a small scale,
the son came to Marshailtown twen-
ty-eight years ago. and has spent
most of the intervening time In the
business that his father founded.
Shortly after the death Of the senior
Mr.. Oppice. on Aug. 9, 1909, the son
bought the interests of the other
children and has built the business
from it's modest beginning to It's
present proportions-recegn by
fruit jol,bers as one Of the largest in
the state.
We will be pleased to have all our.
old customers of many years visit
our new place of business and see
how we arc situated to serve the
public In it's fruit wants To our
many out-of-town customers, mer-
chants in the smaller towns. we ex-
tend a hearty welcome to visit us
when In Marshalltown. We will take.
great pleasure in showing them thru
the building, that they may have a
better understanding how the fruits
they buy arc handled. We feel sure
that when they realize what we have
tried to do to provide them with
high-class fruits. handled the way
they should be, that the merchants
win be one Of our valuable assets as
advertisers. Oppice Fruit Company.