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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
GETTING THE CASH

There never was a time more hec-
tic than the present to get money
the real cash-and every st. Joseph
business man and dealer of every
Kind knows it. The business of this
big world is done on credit. Those
who are most enterprising. whose
names appear In many companies
and who excite the envy of the un-
Initiated by showing of wealth are
in fever. Big fronts" are not
bankable just now. Bankers want
cash. Everybody wants cash. The
bigger the borrower the more the
pressure on him.
This is the secret OF the prlce cut
ting campaign that is on. Merchants
would rather cut prices. reduce
ness than pay big bonuses for money
with which to carry the stocks. The
abler merchants did not wait for this
imperious demand for cash. In st.
Joseph it has been notorious for
months that prices were being scaled
on all excess stocks ana cuts made
which Wanamaker did not average.
Delay in everything is the prime
cause of the check TO enterprise.
Unfinished buildings that tie up
money undelivered freight. unground
grain. overflowing elevators, slow
moving workers, demands for higher
pay, congress fiddling, have alto
gether put too big a strain upon
credit.
A process Of liquidation is on.
Those without ready money must
sell to get it and those with uunec-
cssarily large stocks must reduce
them and so divide up their resources
with those who have lighter stocks.
All must skate on thinner ice for
while. This applies to the bondhold-
cr as TO the business man and the
farmer This is the meaning of the
decline in prices Of Liberty bonds
and all other kinds of bonds. Those
who have had them as a resource
against just such a slump as this are
selling them at loss to get cash.
II is a good time for every man
who can. to pay his debts. Every
dollar counts now. To hoard is the
stupidest and cruelest thing anybody
can do
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
How Closely We Missed II

Henry Suratt. a Chicago butcher.
invested in an empty soap box. for
which he paid. no doubt, a commits
sion to profiteers in soap boxes
moved his box to a downtown street
corner and announced himself a cam
didate for president on platform
promising to look up the profiteers
and run the White House "as WASH
ington did." Just then the police ar
rested him and took him to a psy-
chopathic hospital. Which shows
how narrowly we have all missed the
psychopathic hospital. as who of us
have not felt tempted to announce
our candidates. for president on tho
same platform kansas City Times,
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

you going to do about It you women
OF this part of the West? Will you
blondes hold with your sisters OF the
east and go in strong for brown
stockings, or will you jump from
, brown to pink, from pink to white,
from whine to dark, as is now the
custom? And will brunettcs hold
fast for yellow hose, or will you wear
your hose hit -miss?"
Some might say these are serious
questions. for when one begins to
tinker with hosiery worn by the lad
les, trouble is just ahead.
If the suggestion OF the effete east
were an e6ict, a hosiery revolution
might como bobbing along almost
any old day. But is the suggestion
really an edict? That's another ques-
ton. and all we can do is to wait and
see, be on the lookout, as it were, for
hosiery, blondes. brunettes, and
'flappers" tripping to school in silk
stockings.
And speaking of silk hose reminds
that haberdashers for ladies assert
that "all's not silk that rustles." A
vast amount OF so-callcd silk hosiery
isn't silk at all. they say Much Of
the cheap silk" hose are in part just
plain everyday tin, the same kind
that chow" and sardines. and cove
oysters are packed in. say the haber-
dashers
All this brings the thought. why
not call the average silk hose tin"
hose? That would have the effect of
weaving away from the more expen-
sive to the hose Of lesser cost, hose
of cotton, for instance. and thus help
reduce the high cost Of causing the
fair ones to look like a blossoming
cactus bed, or a full-blown poppy
field.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
That Damnedcst Dam

Monday evening we were out taking.
a look at the new reservoir which ia
being built about a milo northeast OF
town to supply Grant City with some-
thing she has never had. to-wit.
water, We have managed to get
along without anything of the kind
for sixty years. but when three
fourths Of the states ratified tho
Eighteenth Amendment and made the
whole country dry we knew il WAS
time to get down seriously to busi-
ness and make Grant City wet. so
we done II. 1t will catch the drain
age for coo or 700 acres OF land and
one good big rain ought to fill it. The
dam will be eighty feet thick at the
tase and about twenty feet high and
about quarter of a mile in length.
Altogether It will be the Demnedest
dam I'm this part of the country
Worth County TimeA
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

for all OF the world. As soon as the
war ceased we forgot all about the
world and plunged headlong into an
era Of money grabbing. We loudly
proclaimed that we were for America.
first, last and only but the truth Of
the matter is that we were not even
for America, but on the contrary we
were each for himself. with a ieal-
Gus and suspicious eye for each of the
other fellows. We plunged to our
shoulder blades into the game of got
while the getting was good, and
damned everybody else for doing like
wise. Most Of all we damned the
government for not stopping the 9TH
er fellow-and while we were about
l. damned 1t for everything else into
the bargain. We all went out for the
maximum OF gain with the minimum
OF effort. And we spent our gain in
an orgy OF waste and extravaganza,
wondering the while why prices con-
tinued to rise. The farmer blamed
the city man and the city man the
farmer. The profiteer blamed the
striker and the striker the profiteer.
Everybody blamed everybody else but
himself, though himself was equally
to blame with everybody else.
Now the federal bank is making
US pay for our indiscretions-so pay
up.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Kind Words for Judge Mayer

Judge Mayer has many attribute,
that will greatly aid him in his race.
He is a pleasing gentleman and he
has besides that strong personality.
great ability, and above all, ar abun-
dance of moral courage that would
add greatly to his efficiency as the
chief executive OF the state This
courage has been tried out I'm MANY
ways during his public career and
never has been found wanting. Judge
Mayer was circuit judge, but later
resigned to enter the private practice
of law. and only returned to public
life at the fnsistence Of hundreds who
believe he should lead the party in
the coming campaign. There is no
question but what Judge Mayer will
make a strong contestant for the
nomination, an invncible candidate
II nominated and a fearless governor
when elected.-Sedalia Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
LEAP YEAR PROPOSALS FAIL
URES

There is many a young man in this
great Northwest Missouri who flat
tered himself late last year that with
tho beginning Of the present year.
which is a leap year, he would have
many proposals to his credit-but he
has not--and the first authentic re-
port that we have heard seems 10 in
dictate that this sort Of a proposal is
not much Of a success this year.
From windy Chicago comes the
story that a girl there invited a young
man 70 dine with her, took him to a
picture show, and then suggested a
walk i'm a park, whore the proposal
was made, with the supporting an
uounrcmont that the girl had already
furnished an apartment.
Tho young fellow did not say that
it was an so sudden and that he
begged time 10 think about IT, The
offer was flatly rejected, and the girl
in disappointment and humiliation
went to her room and shot herself.
We hear rumors Of leap year pro-
pOsals, and always with happy de-
velopments. but they are only re-
ports and gossip. Here is a clear
case Of one, and with what shocking
result!
Il makea ansrthlak. Lhat. Rhils Ye
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

The investigation now being made
of the campaign expenses of the Re-
publican candidates for president re-
veal a shameless expenditure of cor
ruption money. which is a disgrace
to the party. 1t fully discloses that
the candidates are being financed by
the corporations who hope for a re-
turn OF the Republicans to power in
order that they may plunder the peo-
pie at will as they did in the palmy
days of Republican presidents and
which they could not and have not
dono since the Democrats took charge
OF this great country.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Shut Out Negroes ana Women

1t has been decided that extra"
delegates to the Republican national
convention cannot be seated. This
action appears to have been taken
for the purpose Of shutting out the
women and negro alternates. More
trouble for the G. o. P.-Boonville
Advertiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
PrUfitecrs Help Their Brethren

The profiteers are rendering the
Republicans most valuable aid in
bringing financial panic upon this
country. The Republicans would
welcome 1t because OF the damage it
would do the Wilson administration.
The profiteers are rendering all the
aid possible, Many will think It is
only by driving them to the wall in
refusing them further financial cred
it that we can reduce the high cost
Of living. With the Republicans and
profiteers working hand in hand, it
seems impossible to avert the trouble
pending Advertiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
MCAdoo Is Very Strong

This paper as the Democratic ma
tional convention approaches, sees no
reason to hedge on its frequently
reiterated prediction that McAdoo will
be the Democratic candidate for
president. Indeed. it seems very
probable that he will win in a walk.
for no other candidate has made SER
ious headway. The only question to
be settled by the condition will be
the selection OF an equally strong vice
presidential andidate-Henry Coun-
ty Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Penrose Sharp Criticism

Senator Penrose's caustic comment
that any Republican who is for
Hoover for the presidential nomina-
ton is insane will not be eminently
pleasing to the thousands of Western
progressives who have expressed a
preference for the former food ad-
MISUNDERSTANDING Advertiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

love novelty in romance and think
we might have 1t every four years.
perhaps the old way is the best.
We pity the luckless girl. who thus
boldly attempted to exercise the priv
ilege opened to her. Very few girls,
certainly, have the nerve. But she
should be commended for one thing,
and that is refraining to initiate those
rejected suitors of the other sex who
often used revolvers on the maidens
who refused them.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
And So Say We All

To the jefferson City Democrat
Tribune's motion that the word
City" be expunged from the name
OF the Kansas City Star. there will be
a thunderous response from all over
the state of Missouri and the ayes
will have it.-Henry County Demo-
crat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
No One Would Object

Vice-President Marshall has a hab-
it of making terse, sensible and prac-
tical remarks on politics and the ten
dency of the times. Wonder If he
would carry them out II put in the
presidential chair? There are many
democrats who would like to see him
tried and are confident he would be
a winning candidate.-Moberly DEM
ocrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

II the Commerce Club wants to
help the people Of St Joseph. II
should look into the question OF
house profiteering here. There are
scores OF empty houses here. but they
cannot be rented--as the owners in
sist that they want to sell them-and
ask prohibtive prices. A little at
tention might be given the situation
by a grand jury.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Uncle Pen VIII See 20 That

Chairman Hays Committee of III
varieties" seems to have evoked
nothing but ridicule from Republican
members Of Congress. Most of them
know that when platform writing
time comes Mr.. Penrose will attend
to that little detail.-Bethany Demo-
cIat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
WOMEN'S CLUBS DESIGN ATE
HOSE

Now Of course 1t is none of our
husines7-but We just cannot resist
saying a few words just the same on
the latest fad Of the women clubs Of
tho cast-who have spoken on that
tabooed subject for men-decreeing
what sort Of women shall wear the
various coIors and kinds Of hose.
These effote easterners have decreed
that blondes shall only wear brown
silk hose, while their brunette sisters
must content themselves with only
yellow silk hosiery,
That's the decree. and what are
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Only Long Enough TO Hear

The chairman of a fair price board
has set the maximum price of sugar
in an Oklahoma county at 33 cents a
pound. Sugar in that county is now
declared to be retailing at 80 cents
and lower. Now guess how soon 1t
will be before sugar in a certain sec
pound.-Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
COPS IN BAD WAY WITH FRAC.
ITONALS

When that famous gop convention
al Kansas City three weeks ago in
order to placate the women delegat tes
decided to double the Big -Four"
thereby making it Big Eight" by
ciecting four women members with
one half a vote each they rushed
themselves into trouble Of the most
troublesome kind--for now there are
not seats enough in the convention
hall at Chicago. and the delegations
must be cut down to the original
number allowed-four.
This fractional delegate scheme
was just a party expedient resorted to
by the Kansas City convention and
its sponsors whom they resorted to it
knew that was the case. This NAM
ing Of two or more delegates with
half a vote each is frequently re-
sorted to as a means Of making
everybody feel good promoting har-
mony, throwing sops to minorities
and obliterating any asperities that
may linger after angry or spirited
factional contests in the sclective
bodies.
There has been a great deal Of this
practice among the fearful and eau
tious republicans the country over
this year. Any little troubled piece
OF water that will take oil gets it,
for there is apprehension that there
il turbulence ahead that will be
troublesome enough without being
within a state. Some states have
tried To get over the woman delegate
question in this way. other states
have put the women off on the al
teruate list. Six states have selected
double delegations at large to Chi
Cago each member having half
vote. Missouri oklahoma, Arkansas,
Nevada, Iowa and Virginia, with the
prospect that several more states
would do the same thing.
But no two delegates can occupy
tho same chair in convention hall
Especially if they are a man and
woman--and the national committee
had not planned for such a proceed
ing. Convention rules made far in
advance cannot be changed every
minute or every day or every week,
\ convention is a big thing. A large
and varied crowd must be handled
and the arrangements have to be as
precise as those for the seating of a
circus tent. There might be elastic
ity enough to accommodate a little
%! this fractional delegation work
but it has run clear away from the
convention committee, which has now
sent out the cruel word that double
delegation must be boiled down to
single. Only 9S4 seats for delegates,
the same number for alternates, and
no moro badges issued for delegates
than provided for in the call.
So there. Why now the republican
state committees in half dozen
states must get busy at the delicate
. operation Of wedding out half the
. delegates that were given commits
sions 90 60 10 Chicago. II hundred
little quarreIs were compromised and
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

The Kansas City Star has a bunch
of anti-bosses who are looking for
jobs. They want to run Kansas City
to suit themselves. The Star is for
ever yelling put the old bosses out
and put my bosses in. To an intelli-
gent person the Stars attitude is
both iudicrous and ridiculous.--Milan
Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

Hoover may say that the United
States may have to import foodstuffs
this year" but that does not make it
so. Hoover may know a great deal
but there is also a great volume that
he does not know.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

If there is anyone who now doubts
that the Boyer-Albus delegation will
not be on hand at Chicago when the
big show" comes off next month,
they are invited to look at the pro-
ceodings of the gop state committee
at st. Louis yesterday. and note the
committee selections. There is going
to be big doin's."
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Want No Hidden Treasures

The Brookfield Argus hopes the
young men will not wear their over
alls so high as to hide their silk
shirts, or the girls their denim aprons
50 long as to hide their silken hose.
Henry County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

The press dispatches state that
Chicago police officers stole a truck
load of whiskey worth $4,000. Well.
who can blame 'em-with the Juice
OF future punishment worth sac
quart.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

The Democrats OF our neighboring
county, Andrew. should get busy and
put full ticket in the field. So far
there have been but few entries for
the primary. The Democracy Of An
drew should take heart.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
BE i'm a Prepared State

Women in all parts of the nation
have been studying politics on the
principle of the girl with the hope
chest. who believes it much wiser to
be ready and not marry than it is to
marry and not be ready.-Gower En-
terprise.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

A glance at the record of expendi-
lures for Buchanan county last year
as shown by the financial statement
would indicate that the republican
end Of the county court did not hesi-
tate to spend the taxpayers money.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

Samuel Gompers' statement that
Congress has displayed almost an
eagerness to do the wrong thing" is
almost the first time the present
Congress has been accredited with
desire to do anything.-Bethany DEM
oCrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

How the cops Of this county look
a; the chances for success of their
crowd at the polls this fall is shown
by the number of gop candidate en-
tries-which is not enough to sugar
the kitty"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

Gov LOwden admits that already
s404,9S47S has been spent in slush
funds to promote his interests in his
presidential campaign. Gov. Lowden
must be trying to outshine Newberry
in, political corruption.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

The men who are offering them
selves as democratic candidates for
county offices at the August primary
are Of the sort that the voters can tie
to and a ticket will be selected from
among them that will sweep the
county next November.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

When 'Liv" Morse of Excelsior got
hold Of the big end of that s3S, 900
son, 70 this state by Gov. Lowden to
corrupt and debauch the electorate.
Morse evidently did not know how to
spend it successfully.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Is Remarkably Indjscrcct

According to the Erie Record.
about the most indiscreete thing
person with a good reputation can
do nowadays is to order a pound of
raisins and a cake of yeast the same
day.-Hopkins journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

or course there are others, but one
kind of simp is the girl who carries
muff in the summer and marries a
mutt in the winter.-Nodaway DEM
ocrat- Forum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Would All be I'm Here

Under the laws of China the adult
who loses his temper in discussion
il sent to Jail for five days to cool
down.-Clinton County Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
A Most Pathetic AppcaI

pathetic appeal has come to the
police here from Harry Buchanan Of
Reading, whose bride is missing. The
bride is described by the deserted
husband as being "bleached
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Get the Same Results Thcro

The women who are playing tennis
and golf to reduce their flesh, are
reminded that the same results are
obtained less expensively by cultivat-
ing the garden.-Worth County
Times
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

There will now soon be another
100000 of bond money available to
be spent by the county court. So far
there do not seem to be many tangi-
BILE results from the $1,000 already
spent.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

ence between those who recognize the
situation as II is and are manfully
ready to meet it, and those who
think they oan change the situation
by shutting their eyes to it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

blonde" % years old. who wore
"black scream hat" when she dsapt
peared. and who has the Lords
prayer tattooed on her back.-Kan-
sas City Times
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Shocking! shocking! Jones

An advertisement conveys the
startling information that silk stock
ings are coming down. Shocking,
shocking-but where.--Platte County
Landmark.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying


After all. the real hero of the hour
Is the woman who is wearing last
years hat with smile under the
orim.--Hopkins Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

II is a mighty short shrift to mid
night, June 3rd. and any good demo-
crat who proposes to file should act
at once.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

II all in Corning would have a lit
tie more faith in our community bus
iness matters would soon pick up.
We must show the proper courtesy
to our patrons.-Corning Mirror.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

Some of that $3S,OOO slush fund
which Lowden's manager admits he
spent in Missouri found its way to
ST, Joseph, but does not seem to have
accomplished the desired result.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

The joy riding motorists are still
getting that s15 soaked to them in
police court when they are yanked
up standing. Keep up the good work.
Judge Gray, make life safe.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29
Docs Not Think Enough

Usually a man will work himself to
death trying to increase his chest ex-
pansion. but he never worries about
his braln.--Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

Business should be carefully look
ed after these days, since the banks
are cutting down on their credits.
Il is pay-up time-and no mistake.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

Wood got another drubbing by
johnson in oregon this week. Wood
is rapidly becoming a back number.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

The assassination of President
Carranza Of Mexico is but another
bloody chapter in the history of that
unfortunate country.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-29

DoIlar Day was monumental
success Tuesday, and the merchants
save their customers full value for
what they sold.