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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
WAR AND TAXES.

War creates the great bulk of taxa
ton. Outside of the cost OF wars, the
maintenance of the military establish
ment in times OF peace and the pub
lie debt burden, other expenses are
relatively small. If a way could be
discovered to end wars and to pay off
the debt the people thereafter need
scarcely feel the burden OF taxation
for other purposes. 1t is the history
OF almost every great country, includ-
ing the United States. that it does not
finish paying for one war before it has
another.
study of English Public FL
nance" just published by the Bankers
Trust company, of New York, strik-
ingly visualizes the tremendous
amount of money spent by Great
Britain during the past six years. This
was more than the total costs of rum
ming her government, fighting eight
great wars and a multitude of expen-
sive little" wars, OF building and re-
building navies. maintaining peace
time armies. colohizing. and meeting
the cumulative expenses of improv-
ing the social condition OF her popu-
latiOn over period of two and one
quarter centuries preceding the world
war. The sum of fifty-six billion dol
lars represents the British govern
ments expense from March 81, 1914,
to March 81, 1920. In the previous
two and one-quarter centuries the to-
tai outlay by the government was fifty
four billion dollars.
The British people have already paid
in various forms of taxation and war
contributions sc per cent-aboui
twenty billion dollars-of their ire
mendous war period expense. In other
words, they have paid in six years
time on behalf of their government
more than one-third as much as they
had been previously required to pay
in 225 years. The company's study
also shows that last year. burdened
with interest charge for national deb,
fifteen times greater than the ma
onal debt charge before the war, and
also with a very happy peace time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
Questions-Answers

O.. When was Herbert Hoover appoints
ed food admins traitor ID. V. H.
A. On May 10. 1917. President Wilson
asked Mr.. Hoover to take charge of food
administration in America during the
World War.
O. wish to use other sweeteninc
what proportion to substitute e. {. u.
A. Instead of a cup of sugar. You may
use w cups, of corn syrup, IA cups honey.
IL cups molasses or IL cups maple sirup
Q. How much Is spent Annually in the
United States. for candy, soft drinks, and
A. The treasury department says that
in 1919. 81 600. 100000 was spent for candy.
$3.50 000.0o0 for soft drinks and s50.000O00
for chewing gum.
Q. How fast does sound traveI?-A. d.
A. The velocity of sound varies exceed
ingly with the medium thru which it
travels. The velocity Of sound in dry air
at a temperature of - degrees Fahren-
heit. is about LOST feet n second: in glass.
water, 4.T0s lat eight degrees centigrade.)
Q. What is the name of the carrier
that an Indian squaw puts her papoose
A. This cradle board was called kekna-
hosea in an Indian language.
.. What city is called the Athens Of
A. Boston. Massachusetts. was given
this title in the day OF her literary pres
Q. Where Was the birthplace Of Presi-
dent Wilson's mother &C. s. u.
A. Jessie Woodrow the mother Of
President Wilson was born in CarysIe
England, town the northern border
of England, and she was OF Scotch ances-
try.
q. Who was known as the winter
king" III +.
A. Frederick V of bohemia. who mar
ried daughter of James I OF England.
was called the winter King" since h.
reign lasted thru one winter only
Q. What is n sun-stone &C NJ L.
A. This is variety of nventurine.
feIdsDnr. oiiCOclaSp. witch Yields when
polished. internal reflections cmanating
from crystals or flakes of iron oxide. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE CALL.
must get out to the woods again, to the
whispering trees and the birds
aswing.
Away from the haunts of pale-faced men.
to the spaces wide where strength
is king:
I must get out where the skies are blue
and the air is clear and the rest is
SWEET
Out where there's never a task to do or
goal to reach or a foe to meet
must get out on the trails once more
that wind thru shadowy haunts and
cool,
Away, from the presence of wall and door,
and see myself in a crystal pool:
l must get ont with the silent things.
where neither laughter nor hate is
heard.
Where malice never the humblest stings
and no one is hurt by spoken word
oh, I've heard the call of the tall white
pine. and heard the call of the run
ming brook:
I'm tired of the tasks which each day are
mine. I'm weary OF reading a printed
book,
I want to get out Of the din and strife,
the clang and clamOr of turning
wheel.
And walk for day where life is life. and
the joys are true and the pictures
Copyright. 1920. by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
A~@ ISL
Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
DISAPPOINTMENT.

I'm glad that we were all made out
of the same kind of material.
OF course, some of US look rather
funny and act rather out of the Or
binary at times-but we all track
about the same. We are human.
And humanity is frail.
But each of us has within US the
elements that make for great power.
We father resources. We harbor mys-
terry. We feel hope in our secret
chambers. We mix faith in our blood.
We all feel the darkness of disap-
pointment at some time or other. But
that's all right. II we didn't get pretty
low every once in a while, we wouldn't
put back of our finest effort that force
of fight that is so able to take US to
the heights.
To climb hill, you have to feed
your automobile additional gas and
give it a good boost at the bottom.
Then your car keeps gaining momen-
tum until it pokes its nose to the level
again.
Disappointment has to be climbed.
So climb it. Put heart into the task
that faces you. And If disappointm ent
clouds the day for you. work right
thru-till the sun comes around again.
For it will come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

william G. McAdoo. the man who
has been regarded as the heir appar-
ent of the administration, has refused
to contest for the succession. He was,
perhaps. the best chance for the Dem
ocrats. He stands well with his party
associates and is respected and adj
mlred by many Republicans. The
presidential nomination probably was
his for the asking. The public will be
inclined to look beyond the reasons
which he has set forth for his refusal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

budget for running the government
Britain paid outright. about so per cent
of her years expenses.
With reference to the past the study
discloses that England has been good
pay" in the matter of her debts. Since
the Revolution of 1858 she has scrup-
ulously kept her engagements with her
creditors. The records show that she
has done so in times of greatest stress.
Her burdens today. while heavy. are.
according to the study, not much
greater in proportion to national
wealth and income than those which
she has borne at times in the past.
To illustrate: with estimated wealth
of f2,7OO million at the end of the
Napoleonic wars Britain had a debt of
$3.50 million. Today with estimated
wealth of E24.o0O million the debt is
IS, 900 million, approximately the same
ratio as in the NApoleonic period.
When the United States entered the
world war, the public debt had been
reduced approximately to one billion
dollars. without the expense of main
tanning an army and a navy and pay
ing pension charges due to previous
wars. this debt could have been wiped
out in one year. Now the public debt
stands at about twenty five billion dol
lars and army, navy and pension
drains have been greatly increased.
The need of a League of Nations or
some other means of preventing wars
never was more apparent than 1t is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

IAN expressive term was coined in
American politics a number of years
ago" says the Christian Science Mon
itor. This was the phrase Safe and
sane It was applied, descriptively.
to party policies. perhaps, oftener than
to party candidates An unprejudiced
appraisement of the result at Chicago
might be that the action there iEdi-
Gates what the party leaders regard
as a complete return to and endorse
ment of this policy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

The Committee of as" whatever
that is, is planning to hold a conven-
ton in Chicago July 10 for the pur-
pose OF formulating a platform and
nominating a candidate for the pres
idcncy. Indications point to La Fol-
lette as the candidate to be named.
But what is the matter with Debs?
He stands for all that the Wisconsin
senator does and then some and would
have about the same chance of cleo
ton why can't the opponents of the
government get together?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

1t is reported that Bryan is against
Wilson, whatever that latter's program
may be. 1t was Bryan who brought
about the presidents nomination at
Baltimore in 1912, and defeated
Champ Clark, who had majority of
the convention. voting for him. Bryan
even violated his instructions in order
TO put Wilson over. In view of the
Nebraskan's past public record. it
would not be surprising should he
come out for Clark this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

unless we dye our hair etc. and dad
would never stand for that never in
the world. He hated to have me even
use powder.
1 guess fathers are mostly like that
with girls.
(Tomorrow-A new man with nice
name.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

be above par and greatly in demand.
Wise is the man who holds his bonds
and wiser is ne who digs up his savings
and puts them in those government
securities while they may be bought at
so low a figure as at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

1t may have been supposed by some
that the fighting capacity of the world
was exhausted by the Great War. or
at least that everybody had enodgh of
bloodshed and destruction, but appar-
emily this was mistake. Wars are in
progress over a great part of Europe
and Asia and there is no indication of
a subsistence of these conflicts. If the
Great War were fought to end war, it
was a failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

President Wilson seems determined
to prolong the war. He failed to sign
measures passed by congress repeal
ing war time legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

finest specimens, showing brilliant play
of color, come. from Norway.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
Dinner Stories

Mary's mother was trying to spray |
the little girls throat with an-atomizer |
and was meeting with considerable /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
LITTLE BEHNY'S NOTE BOOK

BY LEE PAPE-

vi y
If 1t wasent for summer there would
ony be 3 seasons insted of 4, and there
would be a less var-ety about the
weather.
Summer comes hut once yeer
And we wait s munths to get it.
And some of the people that wun ed
il most
Are some of the ferst to regret it.
Berds start to fly back in spring so
as to get here in plenty of time for
summer. knowing wen lis spring by
their instinck, proving that if our in
stncks was good enuff we wouldent
need eny callenders.
Summer comes but once n yeer
O bark at that bee a buzzin
If Jest one bee can do all that,
Imagine half duZzin,
good place TO be in summer is the
country, on account of the wind hav-
ing more room to blow there. The
country would be more of ideal
pleace than wat il is if II had more
city life and less mosquitoes.
Summer comes but once a yeer
Jest smell the pritty flowers
And be as cratcfill as you can
For your perfeck smelling powers.
Educa ion is great thing, but il
don't make hardly enybody sad to
think there aint eny skool in summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

ChicagO-Three mel adrift in a stalled
motor boat on Lake Michigan, took off
mort of their clothing. saturated them with
oil and started fire to attract attention. De
tective John Stark rowed n Ieaky boat
while George Moore bafled, making the
rescue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have a
friend who writes to me. Would it
be all right to send him a birthday
gift as his birthday is this MONTH
THANK YOU
The relationship between YOU does
not warrant birthday gift. Send
him a birthday card. which will ex-
press your good wishes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-12-16
LAUGHTER OF CHILD
SCARCE IN POLAND

"In all the time I was In Poland, I
scarcely once saw a child laugh"
declared DR. Harry Plstz. disceverer Of
the typhus bacillus, In report to
the European Relief Council on med
zeal conditions ameng the Jewish pepu-
lation Of Poland, based on his recent
investigations there for the Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee.
1.-THE most deplorable sight Of all
the mlseries In Poland is the condi-
tisn Of the children" DR.. Plotz said.
"Infant mortality is exceedingly high
because Of under-nourishment and the
high percentage Of contagious diseases
In large part mothers must resort to
artificial feeding as they are unable to
nurse their children. In many cities
saw underfed children, suffering with
diseases, wandering about the streets
with no place to 60, begging for bread"
tuberculosis has become prevalent
among the Jewish children, largely
due to the overcrowded conditions In
which they are forced to live, their
lack of nourishing food and warm
clothing, according to DR.. Plotz.
Typhus, which killed thousands of
Jews last winter In the worst epidemic
Poland has ever seen will recur again,
he said, as conditions are much worse
among the Jews than ever before.
"Favus, a contagious skin disease,
is now rapidly spreading from child
to child" he continued. "In Wilma
there are 1900 cases among the Jew
fish children alone. Smallpox. too, is
prevalent throughout Poland and the
Ukraine and children, with wide
spread eruptions and temperature,
have been seen running about the
streets. There are thousands of cases
every year, which vaccination would
prevent, but there is no vaccine"
DR.. Plotz told how In Lithuanian
villages he found children, six end
seven years old, unable to walk or
talk, the result Of malnutrition. In
regions where whole towns had been
destroyed during the war, he found
families crowded In miserable dug
outs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-12-16
VIENNA DEATH RATE
BECOMES APPALLING
Condition Of Children Even More
Narrowing, Declares Authority
on City's Desperate Plight.

Five years of famine have resulted
IN greatly increased mortality and
morbidity In Vienna which before the
war was counted as one Of the health
lest cities In Europe. Figures prepared
by DR.. Gustave Bohn. head Of the
Vienna Health Department. show that
In 1918 the death rate was 1853 per
thousand. In 1918 the rate was 22.5
per thousand, an increase of more than
~ per cent.
Professor Hans Spell Of the Uni
versity Of Vienna, says that seven
moro terrible than the mortality sta.
tistics are those referring to the con-
dition Of children and their mothers.
Owing to under-nourishmen few moth
ers can nurse their babies, and the milk
shortage affects not only infants. but
all children In spite Of al. that has
been done to help. At Processes
Clemens Pirquet's clinic In the uni
versity some $3.50 children were ex-
amiaed In 1918 Only 4.637 Of these
81 about one-thirteenth were passed as
skin good, fat good; 2s.609 were pale
and thin, or very pale and very thin.
THE health Of these children shows
most disquieting features. Skin disease.
rachitis and Barlow's disease are rife.
1.-THE chief medical officer Of Vienna
asks, What II going to happen to these
under-fed children, in whose bodies the
germ of tuberculosis is latent, when
they reach the twsntiss. at which time
It becomes activer"
Ts combat these conditions the amer
lean Relief Administration Of which
Herbert Hoover Is chairman fed last
winter In the city Of Vienna ssne
100000 Of ths destitute and under
nsurished children, supplying them
with q substantial meal Of American
food, served In q number of large
kitchens opened fer that purpose.
Tho conditions In Vienna are more
or less typical Of those In Poland and
other countries Of Central and Eastern
Europe. Last year the Relief Admin
istraticn was able to reach some $780,
600 under-neurished children and this
winter tho program calls for the feed
ing Of q like number, but eight Of the
great charitable organizations Of
America have united under the name
of the European Relief Council. Of
which Mr.. Hoover Is the chairman.
The child feeding task viii be carried
on net only by the American Relief Ad-
Immigration but by the American Red
Cross, the American Friends Service
Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, the Federal
Council of the Churches Of Christ in
America, the Knights Of Columbus, the
7. M. G. A. and Y. w. G. A. An ap-
peal for $4,000, 900 has been made and
the organizations named have Joined
In raising the sum.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-12-16
The Greatest Gift.

Your Christmas gift to the Euro
pean child relief collection may help
in saving child's life and Is earn
estly solicited. Send checks to the
local committee Of the joint organ
IzatIens or direct to European Re-
lief Council, q Broadway, New
York City.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-22
YOUR WATCH A POWER PLANT
Really Enormous Amount Of Energy Is
Concentrated In That Luminous
Radium Dial.

II you own a radium-dialed watch
with luminous figures and hands, then
you are the possessor of a vast power
plant of no mean proportions. says the
Electrical Experimenter. There is
sufficient radlum on your watch dial
to haul your train homeward, If II
could be properly applied.
As the matter stands. the innocent
looking radium dial does not seem TO
possess any extraordinary amount of
concentrated energy, but this is only
apparently the case. and not actually
so; for the reason that while the
amount of activity manifested by the
radium paint on the dial is small, this
effect viii keep up for $500 years, pro-
vided the zinc sulphide, with which the
radium is mixed so as to produce a
glow. held out that long. The zinc
sulphide in most cases gives out in
about eight to ten years.
Now. If we could bat find a way to
make the radium release all its energy
In q few hours, instead of spreading
it over $500 years. 1t would not be
difficult to make a motor that would
utilize this energy.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-22

the highest mountain in the eastern
part of the United States. Mount
Washington stands 6,293 feet above
sea level, according to the United
States Geological Survey, Department
of the Interior, but many peaks in
the Southern Appalachians are sew
eral hundred feet higher than New
Hampshire's famous mountain. The
highest mountain in the Appalachian
systematic highest point in the U.
S. east of the Rockies-is Mount
Mitchell, in North Carolina, which
stands at an elevation of 6,711 feet,
The highest mountain in Tennessee,
Mount Guyot, stands 6,636 feet above
sea level.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-22
VETERANS MEET AND MARCH

At the 54th annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic at
indianapolis $4,000 veterans of the
Civil war marched to the enthusiastic
cheering of the vast assemblage of on
lockers. Though the route OF the
larade was lees than mile in length
the warm weather resulted in several
of the old vets" falling out of line,
and there were many calls for first
aid Prominent among the Ohio
troops was Dr. George Harding,
father of the Republican nominee
foi President. st, Louis was select
cd as the place Of reunion next year
VIM. A. Ketehsm, IF indiana, was
ch osen commander-in-cn!ef
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-22
S1.OO A DOZEN FOR EGGS

Some of the leading market men
are predicting that eggs will go TO
800 a dozen this coming winter.
This statement is based upon the
fact that results show that on Sept
ember 1, 1920, there were over mil
lion less cases of eggs than in 1919
and with the increased daily con-
sumption of eggs il means that high
prices are to be expected this COM
ing winter.
Farmers should make every pos
sible effort to give their farm flock
suitable housing conditions SO as to
reap some of the benefits of these
high prices. All windows in the
houses should be repaired and the
windows washed so as to make the
house light and CHEEKY for the chick
ems during the winter when they are
confined indoors. Bring the pullets
in and get them accustomed to the
house before they start their fall lay
ing season. Clean up thoroughly and
disinfect the house with some we'll
known disinfectant or spray the house
with white-wash. II there is a dirt
floor. the dirt should be changed and
every possible condition should be
brought about to make the poultr,
house sanitary and then with proper
feeding the farmers should get eggs
during the winter months
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-22
Daddys Status

Barbara and Helen were spending
Christmas day thoroughly enjoying
the gifts Santa had left for them.
Barbara, the older sister, had spent
the previous summer in the country,
where her father, doctor, had
thought 1t advisable to have her.
Helen showed herself partial to big
toy horse. upon whom she had contem-
plated bestowing name. when she
turned to her sister with the remark !:
II wonder is this girl horse or a boy
horse?"
With an Indifferent shrug Of the
shoulders Barbara said: II don't
know"
Helen's rejoinder came promptly:
"You ought to know; you We're in the
country long enough last summer"
Just then the childrens father came
into the room. and Barbara suggested
they task daddy"
To this Helen haughtily replied:
"He amt no horse doctor; he's per
son doctor"