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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

A distinguished editor has asked the
column to stipulate-we believe that
is the word-the difference between
the Republican and Democratic par
ties. Ordinarily we esteem IL priV1-
lege to be permitted to rush in where
angels fear to tread, but for the pres
ent we must decline the commission
This newspaper has many Democratic
readers. 1t is no part of our purpose
deeply to offend them
The fact is. we are none too firmly
fixed in this job. If we eventually
are pried out of it, we do not intend
to have it said we did it with our
crowbar. So We intend taking no
chances.
AS we have indicated, the column
IS little worried concerning the state
of Europe; but If anything untoward
does happen, it cannot be said that
Frank H. Simonds didn't warn us.
In Which Opposite Angle Is Obtruded.
Sir-If you wish to please a woman.
arrange a dance for her husband.
leaving her free to ''vamp" another
with the Beau Brummel who has en-
Enthusiastically called their last one "a
dream" X. NJ. S.
The esteemed New York Trlb.. from
which we frequently quote choice
gems of thought, says portions of the
Hoover letter read as tho Riram W.
johnson had written them. We con-
cede the Tribune's right to oppose Mr..
Hoover. We doubt that it should go
so far as to attempt to defame him.
The name of Mr. Lenroot, of Wis
consin, has been suggested in connec-
/ ton with the Republican nomination
for president. 1t is, we hold, thing
to be regretted that every time the
country succeeds in forgetting La Fol-
: lette something happens to recall him
! to memory.
We are credulous enough, goodness
knows, but we don't believe Patrick
Henry ever said it.
Eph Wiley says every time he gets
ready to concede the intelligence OF
the people something happens to re-
mind him that a great many of them
believe in madstones.
Buck Kilby is willing to meet his OPP
ponents halfway on most of the con-
! troverted propositions, but there is
one point he refuses to yield. when
l get ready to be saved" said Mr..
kilby yesterday. Il do not intend to let
the job to a boy preacher"
The rule in the social circles with
WHICH we are LIdI the
bridegroom buys the wedding ring,
but the father of the bride must pay
for having her teeth fixed
Signs of an awakened public con-
seriousness multiply in the New York
assembly, where more than half the
members have expressed, a willingness
to fight for $50 beer. So recently as
! five years ago a defender of $50 beer
could not have been recruited in the
entire state of New York.
Probably the most humiliating dis
closure in the life of the average man
is the discovery that there is a woman
in the world who doesn't want to
marry him. ~
The rea SON a woman hates the
newspaper that critieizes her husband
is that it interferes With her monopoly
of the product
1t is all right to talk about modest
worth, but the trombone player at
tracts more attention than the violet.
We get it from the cable intel
iigence that 100000 Sim Feiners are
about to rise. And that prompts a
perfectly natural inquiry: When did
the Sim Feiners sit down?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

The national board of farm organ
ization has prepared a QUESTIONABLE
which is to be sent to each of the pres
idential candidates. The replies are
TO be made public. and it is limited
that a choice may be made of the can
didate who comes nearest to meeting
the requirements of the organized
farmers. Mr.. Hoover's name is on the
list to be addressed which will give
him another opportunity to acknowl-
edge or deny that he is candidate
for the presidency. Up to this time
all efforts to "smoke out" Mr.
Hoover have failed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

- Former Secretary OF the Treasury
McAdoo proposes to cut federal taxes
a billion dollars by issuing bonds. But
he will scarcely dare to make a cam
pairn for the presidency on that issue
TIE people are not calling for an
other bond issue even for the purpose
OF lessening taxes. Whit they would
like to see is a reduction of expenses.
For orc tmng. the:e are entirely too
many job holders for the amount of
work done or required. That economy
which the government has been urg-
ing on the people should begin in
Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

According to reports received by the
federal bureau of labor statistics from
retail dealers in fifty-one cities, the
average family expenditure for food
was six-tenths of one per cent less in
February than in January. The in
crease in January as compared with
December was 20 per cent, hence the
decrease of six-tenths of one per cent
in February still leaves the. cost 1.6 per
cent above that in December, which
until January had been the highest
point reached since 1918. The figures
for February, 1920, show an increase
of 16 per cent as compared with Feb
ruarys 1919. AS compared with 1913,
the prices in February. 1920, show
an increase of los per cent. These
comparisons are based on the average
retail prices of the following articles:
sirloin steak, round steak. rib roast,
chuck roast. plate beef. pork chops,
bacon, ham, lard, hens, flour, corn
meal, eggs, butter milk. bread. pota-
toes, sugar, cheese. rice. coffee and
tea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

The Market Reporter, of the depart
ment OF agriculture, imparts the in
formation that London has shipped
100000 pounds of sugar to the
United States. Since England does not
produce sugar. it is evident that Brit
ish buyers bought sugar in Cuba.
shipped it. to London and thence to
the United States. and sold it at a prof
it at the prices now prevailing in this
country. This announcement will
help the American consumer to I'M
derstand why he is required to pay
so high price for sugar. while at the
same time being unable, occasionally,
to get it at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26
MouLton Musings
BIZ ROY X. MouLToN.

Professor Kirchoff. of Milwaukee.
an astrologist, has been gazing re-
Gently at Mercury. Gemini, Saturn,
Mars, Venus and other sparklers. AS
he dopes 1t out. the world is in a hys-
terical state, subject TO radical influ-
ences and will in the next three
months be endanged by selfishness
and intolerance.
Well. what do you know about that?
That's what you might call real
news to all of us, isn't it?
A Long Throw.
C. II. Sanders, a young man Of
Douganville, in this county. was badly
injured when his motorcycle threw
him about two miles from the city
Lexington (Ky.) Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

For March % is Review: The Life
Work of Peter and john"
Two Men Who Changed Things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

We are credulous enough, goodness
knows. but we don't believe Patrick
Henry ever said it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

Buck Kilby is willing to meet his OPP
ponents halfway on most of the con-
troverted propositions, but there is
one point he refuses to yield. when
1 get ready to be saved" said Mr.
Kilby yesterday. II do not intend to let
the job to a boy preacher"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

Eph Wiley says every time he gets
ready to concede the intelligence OF
the people something happens to re-
mind him that a great many of them
believe in madstones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

The rule in the social circles with
which we are familiar is that the
bridegroom buys the wedding ring.
but the father of the bride must pay
for having her teeth fixed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

AS we have indicated, the column
IS little worried concerning the state
of Europe; but If anything untoward
does happen, 1t cannot be said that
Frank H. Simonds didn't warn us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

The fact is. we are none too firmly
fixed in this job. IF We eventually
are pried out of it, we do not intend
to have it said we did it with our
crowbar. So We intend taking no
chances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

which we frequently quote choice
gems of thought, says portions of the
Hoover letter read as tho Riram W.
Johnson had written them. We con-
cede the Tribune's right to oppose Mr..
Hoover. We doubt that it should go
SO far as to attempt to defame him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

The name of Mr.. Lenroot. of Wis
consin, has been suggested in connec-
ton with the Republican nomination
for president. 1t is, we hold. a thing
to be regretted that every time the
country succeeds in forgetting La Fol-
lette something happens to recall him
to memory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

Probably the most humiliating dis
closure in the life of the average man
is the discovery that there is woma n
in the world who doesn't want to
marry him. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

Signs of an awakened public con-
multiply in the New York
assembly, where more than half the
members have expressed willingness
to fight for $50 beer. So recently as
five years ago a defender of $50 beer
could not have been recruited in the
entire state of New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-26

The reason a woman hates the
newspaper that critieizes her husband
is that it interferes with her monopoly
of the product
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

Mo opens IT'S heart and home it's native son
his famiv o f' n VINO srsn his first Christmas
@ son whrren beside him. while Gardner
our a. r. Commander citizens of Icdc tn The
~'' 80 'e'"' INV" "urins tne
ood umdW u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

Fox hunting in the
Capitol grounds is
Washington's latest.
Here is Sir Reyna' d,
the captive, but only
after a merry chase.
Where he came from
or whittier he was
going is not re-
ported. No, it wasn't
c h a m p Clark S
"houn' dawg" that
made the arrest, but
a passing motto
cyclist. 1 r1rxs
Right-Former Ser
geant William Sand
lin, who has been
appointed by Secre-
tary of War Baker
as a special escort
for the return of
our soldier dead
from vers a S.
Sandlin, who halls
from Kentucky, is
said to rank second
only to Sergeant
York in his exploits
against the enemy.
Press Illustrating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

We're it not for
the readily iden-
tilted silhouette
of the famous
Flatiron Building
in t h e b a G k
grou n d O ne
m i g h t e a silly
imagine himself
looking at some
+ ranc h ruins
rather than the
NJ adison Square
Victory Arch in
process of de-
mobilization.
Right Director
General Stevens
GU. S. Az and the
technical board,
one each from
England, China,
Italy, France,
r Il s 81 a a n q
Japan, who are
operating the ST.
berian Railway.
Mr.. Stevens is
the third from
the left, front
row.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

Miss A my Spar ks,
daughter Of Sir Ashley
and Lady Sparks, of New
York, who makes her
debut at the Ritz next
Friday evening. Sir Ash
ley Sparks is director of
the Cunard Line in Am
erica and was invested
with the rank Of Knight
Commander by the Prince
of Wales here last month
for his shipping services
during the war.
cumpbcH
Right-All Berlin turns
out to enthusiastically
welcome home General
Mackensen, who was com
mander of the German
forces in Saloniki, where
ne had been informed
since the signing of the
armistice. Standing be-
side the aged and lavishly
bedecorated general, who
wears the uniform of the
Deaths Head Hussars. is
his smiling Frau. pco.,,,o.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
CURB STOCKS.

Furnished By W. B. Hibb. 4 Co.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
MAxWELL-CHAI.MERS
CONSOLIDATION PLANS

Under the plan for the conso,i-
dation of the Maxwell Motor Com
pany and the Chalmers Motor Cor
poration there will be 100000
snares' no par value. outstandine
"hen the merger is completed. :.
After allowance for dividends on
the small amount of preferred
STOCK the combined companies will
nave about $3,500,00O. The earn
inss of the Maxwell Company alone
IN the eight months covered by
PRESIDENT Mitchelrs latest state
ment, were equal to nearly s12 a
snare for the new stock.
AS the consolidation agreement
Is now outlined Maxwell first pre-
ferred will receive 100 per cent in
new stock and 81 a share in cash.
Maxwell second preferred 66 per
cent in new stock and Maxwell
common 20 per cent.
Holders of Chalmers preferred
Will receive 1o5 per cent in stock
and holders Of Chalmers common
Is per cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
BRITAIN WARNS
Of GIGANTIC TRUST"

There is a strong possibility of
the formation of a gigantic inter-
national trust to dominate the
electric light bulb markets, accord
ing to an investigation by the Brit
ish Board of Trade. the results of
which were sent to the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce bv
American Consul General Robert
r. Skinner at London. The report
was made public last night. The
Brltlsh board recommends the
formation OF governmental
agency to watch and control the
activities of such a trust. Ameri-
can. British and Holland interests
are involved.
The report said that the General
Electric Co, of America, have
majority holding in the British
Thomson Houston CO., Ltd, and
have recently Joined interests with
the Phillips Glow-Lamp Works,
Ltd. very important lamp manu-
featuring concern in Holland.
Such a community of interests.
the report says. might be able to
dominate the worlds lamp market
NIX prices, regulate output, and al
locate markets. Indeed. the state
ment of the committee is that there
is already an arrangement between
America and England whereby the
respective markets are allocated.
and British associated manufactur-
ers are prevented from exporting
to the United States. Mexico and
Japan. Moreover. the British as
sociated manufacturers control.
through the General Electric Co. of
America the best American glass
bulbs. and have prevented non-as-
ISOLATED manufacturers from OBJ
tanning supplies of that particular
bulb"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
MEXICO AIDS
on DEVELOPMENT
wsshi.rton stsck xxen.ngA
ouotations for is1o 10 data.
Furnished b. Moornead q Einorl.

Development Of oil production
and refining in Mexico IL being
helped in every possible way by
the Mexican government. according
to a report from Commercial At
tache E. F. FeeIy received at the
bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce.
During the year 1919. the report
says. Mexico exported approximate
ly 75.700 barrels of oil. In its ef-
fort to develop the refining indus
try there. IL is the belief Of the
government that il would lead
to greater industrial development
by furnishing the necessary deriva-
tive products. offering employment
on a large scale and utilizing to a
great extent national resources.
Numerous concessions for refneries
have been granted.
Although the government was
obliged TO suspend the drilling of
Is wells which had been begun by
American companies who did not
see fit to respect the dispositions OF
the law. the recent decree Of the
President authorizing issuance of
permits to drill new wells has al
ready been taken advantage of by
many American companies.
The greatest activity will be in
the regions OF Tepetate, Chinampa.
and Amatlan. where the petroleum
fields arc divided into many small
holdings. and where. as a result.
competition is keen among the diff
ferent operators. Since IL is fear
cd that salt water will continue to
appear in the petroleum deposits
in that section. il is likely that
the companies will lose no time in
exploiting this region. which is
said to be one of the richest of the
Mexican fields.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
UNION OIL.

A 1.0o0-barrel well, locally desig-
mated the Adobe No. 3, has been
brought in by the Union Oil Com
pany (of Delaware) in the Monte
oello Fields. California, on leases
owned by its subsidiary-the Co
lumbia Oil Producing Company -
which lie adjacent to producing
wells OF the Standard Oil Company
of California.
TWO additional wells are being
drilled by the Union Oil Company
tof Delaware) in this same terri
tory. This is rs gravity crude. val
ued today at $1.93 a barrel. 1t adds
materially to production of the Coz
iumpia Company, which, previous to
the bringing in of this well, aver
aged more than 5000 barrels daily.
The Adobe No. became a flowing
wei several weeks ago, shooting
OIL over the derrick. 1t was stopped
TO drill about $50 feet further into
lower oil sands with the above re-.
suit. - ~
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
THE DOLLAR IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
furnished by American Security and Trust Company
BUTTE & SUPERIOR,

Butte & Superior's net income
for 1919 was sS64.9S9. against s6aS,-
34S in 1918.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
SHORT LINE RAIL
CONFERENCE ADJOURNs

The special meeting of the Ameri-
can Short Line Railroad Association
held at the New willard, Concluded
its session yesterday after voting
to consider this meeting the annual
meeting Of the association, and that
the annual meeting shall be held
hereafter on the second Wednesday
in May. Officers for the ensuing
year were elected, as follows: Pres
ident Bird NJ. Robinson. Washing
ton. d. C.: vice presidents, B. s.
Barker. vice president and general
manager Gainesville and North
western Railway, Gainesville, Ga.
and T. ]. Lisman, of F. ]. Lisman &
Co. New York City; secretary-treas-
urer. T. p. Whittelsey. Washington,
The association voted to establish
cooperative legal, traffic and pur-
chasing bureaus. under the direction
OF the president, to represent tn.
interests Of such OF the roads as
wish to avail themselves of their
service.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
The Steel MerEer.
MONEY.

New York. April 1s.-There was
a good inquiry for time funds and
brokers said that per cent would
be paid although nominally quota
tions were 8 and 81. Supplies of
time funds in the circumstances
were obviously limited! The de-
lays In transportation are putting
an additional strain upon the credit
market. holding up goods which in
ordinary circumstances would have
quick turnover. Prime mercan-
tile paper is slow at a minimum of
per cent in most cases. Bank ac-
r"ptances are quiet at unchanged
hEurea Call loans stand at 5h
per cent.
Money on call opened 10. high IL,
'"w 8. closed 8. ruling rate 10 per
cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
0arnished by ". n. Hibhs 4 Coz
AND COTTON PRICES.

'. B. Hbbs & Co.. Members Chicago Board Of Trs
and New York Cotton Exchange)
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
INT. AGR. CORP.

Plans for the paying off of $40 a
share accumulated dividends on the
preferred stock of the International
Agricultural Corporation are now
under discussion. So far as can he
ascertained no satisfactory plan has
yet been worked out. but the matter
is under consideration. and holders
Of stock have good reason to hope
that a settlement will not be long
deferred.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
PAPER CONSUMPTION
AND PRODUCTION

New York, April 1s.-America,s
production Of paper Of all kinds
during 1913 was 35,5i3 tons under
the total consumption, President
George W. Sisson, of the American
Pulp and Paper Association, de-
ciarsd today in addressing the
feehntcal Paper Manufacturing As
seoiadon nesting here today.
SEASON said the nation sources Of
pager must conserve all possible in
81 anort 70 cut down consumption
To less than production.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
CUBAN SUGAR CROP
ESTIMATE REDUCED

H. A. Himely, Havana represent
ative of the Federal Sugar Manu-
featuring Company. has reduced hts
estimate of this years Cuban sugar
crop nearly 100000 tons to $685.
600 tons.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
CHINO COPPER co.

Chino Copper Company reports
for year ended December. 81. 1919.
net profit after charges, but before
Federal tax. s1.3o1,797. equal to
s1.49 per share as against s3,s0s,-
222 in 1918. "
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
RAY COPPER.

Ray Consolidated Copper Com
oany reports for year ended De-
cember 81. last, net profts Of ST.
ssSs1o, equal to s1.e5 per share on
Us nock, against s4.ss3,45s, or
s--s4. per shays Ia 1915.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-17
GOLD SHIPMENTS

An additional 100000 gold coin
was Withdrawn from the New York
yesterday for shipment
to Cuba, making a total of $1.750,-
600 since March 2. ~.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
ROAD SIGNS EASY TO FOLLOW
Comprehensive System Soon to Be Put
In Effect on the Highways
of France.

A new system Of road marking,
born of the war, Is to be put into
effect in France as soon as may
be practical. 1t provides for road
signs which those who ride in fast
automobiles may read en- PEASANT.
On both sides Of the fighting lines
these great staring signs, painted
on wall or on large bulletin boards,
were put at all road functions. They
were not esthetic. but We can count
on the French to improve that. The
new plan provides for boards at least
yard In length on which the name Of
the place where 1t Is posted shall be
painted full size-white on a blue
ground. with only slightly smaller In
dlcations-names and distances In
kllometers-of the next place in either
direction. The kilometer stones by
the roadside are to have, distinctive
colors marking the main road and one
has only to follow the red or the blue
or the green to keep to the road. One
suspects this Is a relic OF the system
first employed in America by paint
ing the telegraph poles along main
roads distinctive colors.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
Chinese Adopt United States Idea.

There are about $50 Chinese women
and girls in New York city, a few Of
them students, but most of them wives,
mothers and daughters of merchants
and other business men. These wom-
en- will some day carry back to Chi
ma western ideas and methods, and es-
peclally the practices of American
women. They are interesting them
selves in everything that American
women do. "We are hoping to learn
of the best elements in American wom-
anhood," says one of their leaders,
land at the same time to retain our
ideals of Chinese civilization" This
is a Chinese branch Of the Y. w. c.
A. that will train women in citizen
ship, American customs, organized rec
reation, physical exercise and all the
usual lines Of activity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
chlIdren,s Library for Madrid.

The ministry of public instruction
in Spain has instituted special libra
ry for children in the building Of the
National library. The proposed libra
ry is to be open during the same
hours as the National library itself,
and ii Is to admit children under a.
Once it has begun to be operated,
children under that age will not be
permitted entrance into any other
library of Madrid without a special
permit specifying the books needed.
Special funds have been provided for
the library, which will specialize not
only on juvenile books, but also re-
views and papers that concern them
selves with youngsters and their par
ticular problems.