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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-03
"FvTP PAVACANCE," THEME
 OF SERMON BY DIR. WARE

Taking for his theme useless eX- travagance, the Rev. |. T. Ware rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, preached forceful and timely sermon at the morning service yesterday. MT. Ware said, in pat:
 The vast majority of Americans esteem themselves Christians. yet they yearn passionately for wealth Do they remember that the Gospel calls him who lays up riches for himself a fool? This is not the issue of capitalism against socialism; not the question whether capital should be owned by the individual or by the state; it is riches laid up for oneself that makes a man a fool
 Differences in salaries and wages are the rewards by which men are spnrred to make the most of them selves and to render their best serv- 'ces to the world The fool, lacking sense to perceive this. seeks wealth as a means of living at his ease
 "A local industrial manager at- tributes the high cost of living to the over-large wages Of labor Labor. spending it's money for embroidered silk socks and high priced automo- piles. diverts work which might have been expended upon necessities to the production of these ,uxuries. Again, with more money than 1t knows how ho spend. labor is content to loaf on the job.
 "A local labor leader replies that labor has the same right as capital or management to wear luxurious clothes and to enjoy extravagant pleasures Both men are correct.
 Labor has the same right as any one else to wear costly silks and speed about in superb motor cars: precisely the same right; that is. none at all
 "ls a man worth millions? They are capital which he may use solely to make profitable work for labor and desirable goods for the public. On himself, he may spend only such a fraction of his wealth as will keen nim fit and enable him to do his best work. To a single extravagant luxury. he has not the slightest right nor has his family.
 Labor too has the right to all which will fit 1t to render it's best service to the world to all which will make for the noblest manhood Rea- sonable hours, pleasant homes good food. a college education for young people who really want it. reasonable recreation-to all this labor has a right But to s15 silk shirts while talf America is being driven~to des- peration to buy cotton ones; to high powered motor cars while America's school teachers are all but starving. to selfish idling when old people and children may freeze next winter for lack of coal; to any unnecessary ex- travagance or vulgar display labor has not the slightest right In the world
 "It is good to live in this age when labor is having its great opportunity Let it use 1t. Let it buy houses send the boy to college. Invest in Liberty Bords and frst-rate industrial secur- ities and America will be labor's para disc. But let it spend it's money as senselessly as the spoiled son of a new-rich millionaire and it will go back to hard lines as certainly as will he"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-03

IN OYSTERS picked th'' the 'ahldaa,v Il y two clubs in baseball to fight it |
 out for the American League i
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

Hat to match, special .... 1875
C-2-Litrlc Tots Velvet Frock, en-
broidcrcd in contrasting silk, spc-
cial...... .............. 1895
C-5-Iittlc Tots White Orrandy
C-4-Pink Crepe de Chine Frock,
accordion pleatcd, special go
A-l0O-l|namclcd Wicker Rcvol,
ing Stand, in white or ivory tint.
trimmed Gas illustratcd), spc-
cal .... $500
Un,rmmcd, special. 1884
D-l-Ribbon Trimmed Baby Bunt-
inr, Of double ripple cidcrdown,
special b44
D. -2-Babics' Record Book l5O
lnamclcd Wicker Bassincttc,
beautifully trimmed as illusiraicd),
special ........ $3.50
Untrimmcd, white or ivory tint
special ........... ............. ......... H.74
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

AZ Infants Long Crcpcla Goat.
A-3-Infan,s' SILK Cap, special $50
A Af-Lj'tlc Tots White Corduroy
Coat, special .............. $50
A-5-Cap to Match, special 2.S7
B-l-l.r'lc Tots Wool Challic
frock. dainty rosebud pattern. en-
brodcrcd in wool, special 1874
B-2-Iitrlc Tots Regulation Serge
Frook, special ...... .. TT
B-'-Par'y Frock OF White Gcor-
gcttc Crepe, trimmed with fine Val.
lace, special 1880
B-4-Littlc Tots Sweater Coat. in
good range OF dark colors. pc
B5-LirtIc Tots Wool Jersey
Boomcr Dress, special 1850
C-l-Fur Trimmed Chiffon Velvet
Goat, special ........ $500
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03

days with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G.. Scott
Charles Johnson and G. B. Lester
motored from Green Castle, Mo-, and
arrived at Salem Thursday.
Mrs. c. H. Cook and daughter
Miriam, are home from visit with
the formers sister Mrs. Harry
Reeves, at Minneapolis MINI.
Mrs. Marian Parker of Ottumwa
has been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. Scott.
Albert Lamm was guest of his
brother, Jesse Lamm, at Pleasant
Plain. last week
Prof. and Mrs. Jones of Lebanon.
are guests of Dr.. and Mrs. C. d. Raw
houser.
Mrs. Enoch Beery returned Wed.
nesday from a visit with relatives 1t
Mt. Pleasant.
We understand that Mr.. Hartley
has purchased the Lyle property
southeast of the park.
Congregational Missionary society
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
PUBLIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The important recent accessions to the keo-
kuk public library will be welcome to readers
who wish to keep abreast of the thought OF the
age in the particular line of human progress,
whatever it is, in which they chiefly interest
ed That is about the most that anyone can
find time to do nowadays; for the vastness and
completely Of the myriad separate movements
which in their totality are human progress ne
cessarily makes specialists of us all. The time
has gone by when a Bacon could take all knowl-
edge for his province, for the province has ex-
banded into continental area which no intel
ect, however capacious, can take in. 1t is q
privilege and labor saving convenience, there
fore, to have at hand, subject to examination,
the latest books which are considered especially
important contributions to the thought of the
English-speaking world. And yet one some
times wonders if the consuming fever Of writers
to tell what they thought, speculated, observed,
discovered, concluded, and the eager interest Of
other people to know about it will not reach its
height in time and abate as the distinction be-
tween knowledge and wisdom comes to be more
clearly seen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
"NAMEs is NAMES"

Memphis, Tenn, News-Scimitar
(Dem.): In the nomination of Frank
lin Roosevelt to be the democratic
candidate for vice president as sort
of thirteenth hour disposition to salye
the wounds of the administration for
the nomination of Governor Cox, the
convention could not have gone much
farther or Jared much worse.
The description of Mr.. Roosevelt
by the Wilson whoopers as "a strong
Wilson man." is misleading and in
accurate Mr.. Roosevelt is not any
body's man He is very much the
same caliber as other men the presi-
dent surrounded himself with in
Washington and Paris.
Governor Cox made a mistake i'll
not designating his choice of run
ming mate Governor Cox was in
charge Of the convention the minute
after his nomination, and his wishes
would have been respected. AS it
was he said it didn't make any diff
ference to him and it appears that
ii didn't make any difference with
the convention.
Roosevelt will make Governor Cox
an ideal vice president, but he will
make him very poor candidate. Be-
fore appointment as an assistant in
the navy department, Mr.. Roosevelt
DISTINGUISHED himself as member Of
the New York legislature, elected on
a platform favoring uniform apple
barrels.
He is about the same relation to
Theodore Roosevelt as he is to the
original Adam Perhaps the conyen-
ton felt that by giving the ticket the
benefit of the regal name of franklin
Delano Roosevelt, rich young scion
of the Aston family. it would relieve
the proletarian significance conveyed
by the name of Jim Cox.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
The only disadvantage of an honest heart
is credulity.- Sir Philip Sidney
AN UNDESIRABLE VISITOR.

There recently visited Keokuk an individual
who represented himself as having authority to
sneak for and work for political party that
has been shown to have for its object line OF
action incompatible with American Ideas OF gov
ernment. While in Keokuk this walking dele
rate in the interest of discomfort IS sad to nave
expressed sentiments SO patiently dlsloyal tlaC
hose who heard him were remlss IN not report
ne his frothings to the representatives OF the
Is ederal department of justice III this dlstrlct.
asserting that the system Of government now
icing indulged in in Russia is far superior to
chat under which the people OF this country 1--we,
This advocate of ''red'' doctrine extolled to the
limit the personalities and practices OF Len1ne
and Trotsky and other leaders OF the murderous
gang who have brought the once great empire
to the brink of utter ruin. One OF this man S
ilk Emma Goldman, deportee, gives fluent
testimony as to the conditions prevailing In
Russia. She knows whereof she speaks, when
she calls them IS rotten.
Apparently our country is being overrun with
a horde of husky fellows, non-producers, who
do not hesitate to enter factories and shops and
spew their poison propaganda III ears that
should Jingle with shame at the contact These
men do not ask permission at the business Of
flee but boldly enter a workroom and ply their
traffic at hours when ''rush' is on, holding
back production, while engaging IN conversation
with all those who will listen. Heads OF depart
ments those who have men working under them,
should give such as the one who inflicted him
self upon this community last week plain init
nation that there is other time than working
periods for conference with those who are eX-
pected to do their daily tasks in acceptable man
ner and without waste of opportunity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
capitaIizine the Town Pump.

The Nations Business: It's wise in
these brutal days of indictments and
blue sky laws to have some sort Of
property back of the oil stocks which
are to make Rockefellers of US all.
Down in Kentucky they've capitalized
the town pump. The project is de-
scribed in serious minded organ of
the oil trade as zone of the best jokes
of the year." Local talent, we read,
secured a thirty day option with re-
newal privilege of one year on a
thirty foot town pump which was
recently found to be floating pure
gasoline on the water The well ap-
parently is getting seepage from a
nearby garage.
Another abandoned well nearby is
reported also to have contained oil.
Indications are that someone has
planted both wells to sell stock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
Calvin the Silent and strono.

Lowell Courier: Acts often speak
louder than words and in that re-
spect Governor Coolidge is a winner.
He is short on words-notoriously 50
He is long on firm and resourcefIl
and fearless action, and also notori-
ously so. He is Calvin the Silent,
but also Calvin the Strong. Exce1r
the nomination of Roosevelt for vice
president we do not think of any re-
publican vice-presidential nomination
so logical and SO fruitful Of party
strength. Should it become neces-
sary for Vice President Coolidge 10
occupy the presidential chair the
country would view the event with
confidence in the man. There's an
asset too often forgotten in naming
yice-presidential candidates.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
SALEM.
= . . > . . : . 8 . > . .

The sympathy of legions of friends
are extended to the T. B. Safer family
in their bereavement-the death Of
their son Robert, who passed away
at their home at Danyille Thursday
morning following an illness OF
typhoid fever. The child was six
years of age, bright and winsome, and
had endeared himself to many friends
during his visits here with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs J. T. Ingrim.
Funeral was held from Danville M.
E. church Saturday afternoon.
Charles Foss, c., B. C @. agent ut
Kansas City. is spending some of his
vacation with his father, Zach F'oss,
and other relatives. He expects to
make trip to Pennsylvania and visit
relatives before he resumes his duties
in Kansas City.
Following few days visit with
her daughter, Mrs. F. W. Foss, Mrs.
George Purdy, accompanied by her
granddaughters, Vera and Elbertine
Foss, returned to her home at Priu-
rose.
After a year spent with relatives in
the United States, Dr. and Mrs Viii
liam Cammack and children departed
Tuesday for western Africa where
they will resume their work as mis-
sionaries.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. s. Brown departed
Monday to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Anna JUN, and spend few days with
he Ross Cramer family
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lamm entertained
their niece, Mrs. Myrtle Griggs, from
Mt. Pleasant, few days of last week.
The Bert Cooper family enjoyed an
outing Thursday They went to
Keokuk and took in the sights.
! Miss Mary Ratliff arrived from
New Sharon Thursday to spend a few
days with relatives and friends.
! Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Scott came
/, from Charles City to spend few
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
the modern methods in the abstract.

the modern methods in the abstract.
The modest fortune of Senator Har-
ding has been built from the news
paper which he bought when young
man. 1t must have been a business
success. The woman who in all
probability will preside over the so
cial affairs of the white house during
the next four years is the same one
who built up the business of the Jour-
nal of her husband until it's income
so far ontstripped its expenses that
investments in other enterprises were
possible and the present competency
of the owner was assured. The next
queen of the white house will likely
be a woman who works.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
FARMERS AND LABOR.

The province of Ontario, Canada, has farm
er-labor government that is threatened with dis
solution and here is the trouble The labor
program has been frankly paternalstic; it has
sponsored the gradual absorption by the gov
errlment of public utilities and business control.
But now the farmers, who in the majority,
declare that halt must be called while the real
economy Of proposed measures is determined and
that in future a test must be applied to each spe-
cific measure before it is adopted. This is in
teresting because it seems a fair example of what
is likely to happen when farmers and labor
radicals attempt to work together tremendously.
AS long as the proposals are directed toward Sc
curing cooperation and real economy, team
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE

FIRST.
He never wanted gold so much
That he would risk dishonor's touch
To gain it;
All that was fair he'd bravely do
For victory sweet, and struggle to
Attain it.
Yet he would rather miss the goal
Than put blight upon his soul.
He neer o'ervalued plaudits, cheers,
That every conquering hero hears
Or yearned them;
He wanted to deserve success
Yet would not claim it's joys unless
He earned them.
He never made the great mistake
Of risking all for yictory's sake.
No victory could compensate
For any mean or treacherous trait,
He chose to fall
Rather than conquer any foe
By striking dishonest blow.
And first of all
He held, above both fame or pef,
His own opinions of himself.
Detroit Free Pr
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
work is possible; when the attempt to throw adj
vantage away from the whole public to class
appears, the break comes.
A SUPERVISING FINDING.

Conditions in the steel industry may not be
altogether ideal, yet there two sides to every
question on which the employers and the work
ers are divided, and the right is not on one side
A commission Of the interchurch world move
ment has investigated some OF the matters over
which there is contention and It's conclusions
are on the whole disparaging to the corporatlon
management. 1t may be that the report is MAIN
" just; but when it absolves the leaders OF the
recent strike of all faint OF radlcallsm ana Dol
shevisln declaring that such charges are not
justified by the facts doubt arises as to the ac
curacy of other findings in the report. II there
lis notorious and avowed syndicalist on earth
lit is Foster, who went into the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, as he admitted, to bore 1t from
Within And if Fitzpatrick, the nominal lead
/ r Of the strike, is not bolshevist, what inter-
tpretaton shall we put upon his violent TRADE at
Chicago when he hoped for the day when the
workers Of the United States would get together
and do such a job as the workers of Russia have
done?', This utterance will be generally taken
as indicating leaning towards bolshevism; but
If it does not, it would be interesting to know
Just how the man who made it would be classl-
fled by the interchurch commission.
AS remedies for the existing situation in the
steel mills, the chief suggestions put forward by
the interchurch Investigators are the adoption
of the eight-hour day, the recognition OF the
right Of collective bargaining, the creation OF
minimum wage commissions and the introduce
ton Of voluntary arbitration. From the side OF
labor it is recommended that the restriction OF
production as doctrine be abandoned and that
some substitute for the closed shop be found.
The New York Journal of Commerce thinks
Is there is a queer mixture of comnonplaceness,
bias and soundness in all this. Nobody denies
the desirability of reasonable hours of labor.
TO recommend the recognition OF the unions,
however, means the admission OF the closed
shop idea with it's cruel exclusion of all except
the admitted union members In curious con-
ltradiction, however, is the suggestion that
substitute for the closed shop be found, though
what it could be- save the right to work freely
and contract freely, it would be difficult to say.
As for minimum wage commissions and mini
mum wages in general, the notion is already dis
lcredited since no concern can pay wages, either
minimum or maximum, unless they are earned.
There is no reasonable field for the intervention
of outsiders without knowledge Of an industry
who establish the wages to be paid in the plants
iof that industry
The interchurch world movement will have
ito get good deal closer to the facts Of industrial
life and will have to take much closer account
of public opinion if it expects to make much pro-
gress with it's efforts to develop opinion on the
steel strike or on conditions in the labor world
in general
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
A WOMAN WHO WORKS.

Sioux City Journal: American wo-
men are interested in the wife of
the republican presidential candidate.
She is an extraordinary woman. She
has all the gifts of the refined home
and society woman combined with a
rare business ability that would give
her prominent place in the business
world were she to enter it. Senator
Harding has built up a small news
paper in 4 small city to journal of
statewide influence and standing. He
built it by the splendid force of his
editorials and the high standard of his
news. He gave his whole thought
for years to that end of the paper. But
ii costs money TO make newspaper.
There is a Saturday night payroll to
meet. Paper and ink and freight and
postage bills must be paid. These
require an efficient mana cement in the
business office. 1t was to this de-
ipartment that Mrs Harding devoted
her energies and in which she dis
played the remarkable business tai.
ents which made the paper as much a
financial success as it was an editor
ial and news success.
She has grasp of details that es-
pecially fitted her for handling the
circulation department. The carriers
were loyal to her because she knew
how to manage boys. The subscrib-
! ers were her friends and neighbors,
for in cities the size of Marion the in
dividuaIity of the newspaper people
! is not an abstract thing apart from
the paper itself They are the the
living souls of the paper. They are
part of it. Mrs. Harding could
| give many circulators today points on
building circulation through the per
sonal element that have been lost in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03

Accept California" Syrup of Figs
only--look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most
harmless physic for the little stom-
ach, liver and bowels. Children love
its fruity taste. Full directions on
each bottle. You must say Cali
fornia-"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03

An expert in trade says that various indus
tries are going through an epidemic which cor
responds to the ''flu'' and that the trades be-
lieve something is wrong although they cannot
explain it satisfactorily. The main trouble is
that the public feels that there are too many
leeches between the raw material and the fac
tory, and the factory and the buyer, and it is
getting tired of being bled by them
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03

1t is, of course conlmendable in the postoffice
department to endeavor to establish air mail
service between New York City and San Fran
cisco. But some of US feel that it would be more
comnendable if the department were to try to
give us better mail service on the ground.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03

am ready acclaim the highest standard OF pay but
would be blind responsibilities that mark this fate
ful hour II did caution the Of America
that mounting wages decreased production can lead
pnIy to industrial economic ruinWarren G. Harding