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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
P|INPLY? WELL, DON'TbE
People Notice It. Drive Them
Off with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pimply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get package of
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin
should begin to clear after you have
taken the tablets few nights.
Cleanse the blood, bowels and liver
with DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the
successful substitute for calomel; there's
no sickness or pain after taking them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as efec-
lively, but their action is gentle and
safe instead of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with dark brown taste, "
a bad breath, dull, listless, mo good
feeling. constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
Olive Tablets are purely vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil; you will
know them by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa
tents afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result. Take one or
two nightly for week. See how much
better you feel and look.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

new eras. Cranks have their values.
They stimulate us by annoyance.
Cranks are the dissonances in our
symphony Too much sweetness in
monotonous. Like pickles, they are
natures means of emphasizing the
harmonies of life. We observe them
humorously and by contrast know
what fine, sane, good fellows the rest
of us are. Without cranks the pleas
ures of human vanity would be i'm
possible.
The crank may be defined as that
premature genius who tries to embody
in himself a general principle that all
humanity should follow. Nor is this
definition cynical. We wear foolish
clothes. The crank corrects 1t by ap-
pearing forthwith in Grecian tunic and
sandals. He thereby loses what in
fluence he might have had to advaAus
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
AS soon as women begins to be ashamed OF
what she ought not, she will not be ashamed
of what she ought.-Livy.
A NOVEL CONDITION.

cnrious economic condition exists IN the
country today. Work in many productive mes
has slaekened and in some industries IN certain
localities has temporarily ceased An instance
Of this is the closing of many clothing making
shons in New York City which has thrown one
hundred and fifty thousand operatives out Oh
work. The novel feature of the steady busl-
ness recession as it is called, is that the mar
ket is not overstocked with goods There is no
more of any commodity on hand than the peo-
ple would take at price. The trouble is that
prices have in the past few years been put up
to a point which has injured the market IL
is not that people do not want the goods, but
that thew will not take them at the price Inc
question therefore is how soon production can
begin on a lower cost basis, and this applies TO
constructive work, house building and to out
nut in every line Samuel Gompers, president
Of the American Federation of Labor, has siren
uouslv protested that no reduction OF wages
must be thought of as among the possibilities,
and it would be desirable if wages might keep
ND. But the country faces a condition which
overrides theories, preferences and ideas OF
what would be well. If the public, including the
wage earners, will no longer buy goods produc-
ed at the prevalent wage scale, either this must
be lowered or output must be suspended until
the people are willing to buy or are compelled
to buy Choice of these alternatives Will IN the
last analysis rest with the workers themselves
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
MIR. WILSON NOT A MARTYR.

During the closing days of the campaign and
since, there has been endeavor in certain quar-
ters to present President Wilson in the pose OF
a MARTYR to a great cause. That the effort Will
fail is certain, for the same intelligence which
induced the people to repudiate Wisconsin at
the polls will enable them to see through the
sophistrv of the latest Wilsonian move. Even
Secretary Tumulty's plea to the country on the
eve of election did not influence any votes.
Mr.. Wilson is a martyr to his own egotlsm.
For nearly eight years he has assumed dictator
ship over a great political party and has at
tempted to assert dictatorship over the nation
When he asked for a referendum before the
people in 1918 and promised to accept the judg-
ment of the people without cavil the voters ex-
pressed their views, and Mr.. Wilson not only
refused to accept the Judgment but defed it
He went to Paris as he sole spokesman of the
United States, Notwithstanding he had beer
definitely and specifically repudiated by popu
lar vote, on the issue as he framed il himself.
Neither directly nor by inference had tn,
American people asked that league of nation
fenant be inserted In the peace treaty. an,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
A CALM WINTERS NIGHT.

How beautiful this night! the balmest slgh'
which yernaI zephyrs breathe in evening ear,
Were discord to the speaking quletude -.
THAT wrans this moveless Heavens ebon Vauis
Studded with stars unutterably bright, -,
Through which the moons unclouded grandeur i3aAa'
seems like a, canopy which love has spread
To curtain her sleeping world Yon gentle hills,
3obed in a garment of untrodden snow
Yon darksome rocks. whence icicles depend,
So stainless that their white and ghtter1ng spires
Tinpe not the moons pure Deam-yon caStied Steep
whose banner hangeth DER the tmeTorn tower
So idly that rapt fancy deemeth it
a metaphor of peace,-all form d scene
where musing Solitude might love- to hit
Her soul above the sphere of earthi1ness;
Where Silence undisturbed might watch alone
So cold bright, SO still ,..u..
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

his cause. We lack simplicity in me-
The crank eliminates his influence 10
induce simplicity by becoming he''
NIT
He is the lonely and uncomfortabie
extremist surveying our comfortaOie
normaHty. He is the great uncohf
promiser. He has a paradoxicai So
cial function. Usually he is nan
baked and inept- Sometimes he
la heroic leader of men to better
Aga
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

/ Dallas County News: The effort
to arouse race prejudice by personal
assaults upon Senator Harding only
made the people determined to drive
such methods out of our political life
and it is to be hoped that the verdict
they recorded will mark the last eff
fort in that direction.
| Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: The
nation can furnish no better man for
the department of agriculture than
/ Henry Wallace.
| Waterloo Courier: 1t would be
grand and glorious thing If the wealth
er should be such this winter as to
give the coal profiteers an object les
son that would stay by them for at
least ten years.
: Webster City Freeman-Journal:T The
results of the gubernatorlal contest IN
Iowa again emphasize the fact that
the excessive use OF money by cand1-
dates is not effective.
/ Davenport Times: If the democrats
were to hold another national conven-
tion now, would they boot Senator
Reed. who tried to inject little SAM
ty into the San Francisco delibera-
tions
| Council Bluffs Nonparefl: The
democrats who figure in national poll
tics are paying a. handsome compli-
ment to Will Hays, chairman of the
national republican committee. They
are looking for a man in their ranks
who can do for their party what Hays
did for the republicans in the recent
campaign
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

Where riches are worshpped honor good faith prop
Nv nodesty and principle of every sort are held as s'
IN the baiance is but path which eaos 60
virtue and that is and rugged; whereas to wealth.
there are THOUSAND and at the choee OF rs
votaries you therefore let your nrst care os
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18
JUST PLAIN STEALING.

Something is wrong in government shipping
board operations. The report of the investi-
gator for the house of representatives commit
tee on the boards actions, though given with
out proof, can hardly be without foundation in
fact We must dig down to that foundation,
and the committee appears to be doing just that.
Many congressional Investigations are allowed
to lapse, but the charges made are too serious
and of too much Importance to the fortunes of
Ievery person in the country for this inquiry to
be allowed to die without result.
If millions upon millions of dollars of the peo-
pies money have been wasted, as is charged,
the people have right to know it, and they
have right to demand of the government that
something be done to recover at least some Of
their money. If laxity or worse the part Of
the shipping board has resulted in wholesale
thefts, in the letting of contracts to companies
without responsibility, in padding of payrolls
in order to gouge the government and in kin
dred evils that have taken away the money Of
the people, then the facts should be brought to
| light and the persons responsible made to dis
gorge, as well as to suffer penalties of the law,
wherever they have violated the law.
Rightly, any stealing of the people, money
lis punished And where it is possible to re-
cover the money, the people desire that it should
| be recovered. But here, if the charges be true,
the people are more vitality interested In both
punishment and recovery, for the stealing and
the waste were both done under cover Of con
Quoting a war for the people, and are therefore
] traitorously criminal, and so more deserving OF
punishment than they ordinarily would be.
Moreover, the loss Of the money to the people
lis so immense as to have noticeable effect upon
| the finances Of the country, and therefore upon
the taxes to be paid by the people. The light
should be allowed to shine upon this matter un-
til every nook and corner of it has been search
ed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

Jefferson Bee: The economic eff.
feet of the election upon the coun-
try has been spiritual rather than
material.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Waukon Standard: One McAdoo
should be happy mortal to think ne
dad not get the nomination in the
Frisco convention
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

Corning Union Republican: Mr.
Bryan seems to have been more sue
cessful than Mr.. Wilson in the mat
ter of knocking somebody into {
cooked hiatt"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

Someone writes from Germany that Leon
Trotsky has hidden his vile IN belilh IN rear Oh
oonntar-revolution in Russia Very interest
i,o ahoJ,t the counter-revolution, but more SC
to know which WIFE
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

Probably the Chicago preacher that the other
day told his congregation the Darwinian
theory was improved and that it could not be
called scientific did SO because he was talking
to an audience not composed Of scientists. The
world of science knows many things and scien-
lists generally hold that evolution in the Oar
winian sense is satisfactory explanation OF
our being Evolution is held to be a fact, and
only the unlearned and prejudiced repudiate it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

There is many family in Keokuk as willing
any of the allies to assist in the sphere-ofin-
flnancinp a turkey before November twenty
ff+b Int the trouble is that it cannot do like
Tho bio nowers-issue series of bonds to pay
for the noble bird
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-18

For eight years the country has suffered I'M
der the pedagogic theories of a college profes-
sor. saturated with ideas on government and
economics absorbd from the books. After March
fourth the executive head of the government
will be a man whose conception Of the Office has
heen formed from the viewpoint of legislator
responsible to the people who elected him and
serving as their representative in the senate for
six years.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15
Thursday. January Is, 1920.
YOUR INCOME TAX.

It's just one item of expense after
another and the next item on the list
is the income tax You may not have
received an income tax form yet, but
one will be sent to you presently. You
must fill 1t out and have 1t in the
hands of the internal revenue collect
or not later than March Is. You may
pay the tax all in lump or you may
divide it into four quarterly payments.
Exemptions are the same as they
were last year. IL the taxpayer is I'M
married he is entitled to an exemption
of $1,000, and If married to $4,000.
There is also an exemption of $500 for
each dependent child less than IS
years of age in a family.
According to the view of the inter-
nal revenue bureau the per cent tax
on all incomes of more than $1,000 in
case of an unmarried person. and of
$1,000 in case of married person, will
be almost a universal tax this year.
The bureaus information Is that, as
result of the increase in wages in all
lines of industry during the calendar
year, wage workers as rule will con-
tribute to the income tax.
1t is settled, according to the best
judgment in congress, that the income
tax is here to stay. Congress hopes
that before another year, before the
returns are made out in 1921 for the
calendar year 1920. it will be possible
to make further reduction
Six per cent, the tax collected in
1913 on the moderate incomes of 1915
was regarded as a full war tax. The
per cent, which is ia be collected
during the calendar year 1920 ON the
incomes of 1919, is looked upon as a
reconstruction tax. The men in con-
gress who are dealing with the sub
ject Of taxation believe that by an
other year it will be possible to cut
the rate on so-called normal incomes
from per cent to 3 per cent in any
event The general expectation is
that peace taxation, when it shall fin
ally be enacted by congress, will pro-
called normal incomes.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15

either ny a misunderstanding Of Am
ericanism. a thirst for blood, the des-
potism Of socialism or the anarchy OF
agnosticism.
These all are the arch -assassins that
threaten our genuine democracy.
These all are the curses of mankind
prophesied in Revelations. These are
the vampires which have combatted
every civilization! These are the in
fiuences that made the Jews build
idols and the pagans and their sue
cessors worship them.
These are they to whom may be
charged the twisting of tongues at the
tower of Babel. Let us have genu-
inc expression from one and all OF a
genuine and perpetual catholicity OF
patriotism above party lines, above
personal affiliations above all and for
all BY catholicity l mean singly and
alone. let country and flag stand
where they must be ever first in our
sight and hence forever In our hearts
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15

There are some words which take
no qualification. like Justice" tor in
stance. Verse Is either poetry or it Is
not Sound is either music or 1t Ii
not. There is no such thing as bad"
artistic or il is not. Anything else Is
chaos. The same rule applies to gov
eminent. That part OF 1t which is bad
is not government, it is merely mis-
government, and the fact that the
sturdy democracy OF the English
speaking race survives its infliction is
no yindication of the anarchist faith.
Constitutions like those Of the Unit
ed States or Great Britain renew
themselves in orderly change They
are pruned, like a healthy tree, that
they may grow better But amend
ment is what its name implies. These
constitutions are the very bases OF
good government because, like the
well pruned trees, they are essentially
creative. When socialism, with its
logical reduction to ahsurdity, anar-
chy, is not sterile it is destructive. 1t
3 the "jazz" government of those who
do not know what government means.
and who have neither the industry
nor the ability to learn
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15
JAZZ GOVERN m ENT.
(Wall Street Journal)

Wv GA 1tiSVb ooui hoAJ
There is a current substitute for the
beverage which made Milwaukee fam
Gus, which is called "near-beer." Ii
is like the star in the song $50 Near
and Yet SO Far"
There is something posing as art
which calls itself "futurist," ignoring
the ways of every great artist in the
world. 1t rejects the well established
laws of drawing, color and compost
ton to obtain a startling result by a
short cut. 1t is "near-art." Throw
ing back to the unspeakable sex
dances of his West African ancestors
our negro has introduced jazz" 1t
rejects the well established laws of
rhythm, melody and harmony 1t is
near music"
All of these are the detestable pro-
ducts of decadence. They represent
the rebellion of the incompetent, Of
those who will not undertake the dis
cipline Of learning, who believe that
results can be obtained without eff
fort: that if they only can overturn
enough of the toll worn institutions
of the world, the grudged guerdon Of
the ages, they can by the ensuing
smash disprove the law of the attrac-
ton of gravitation. None Of these i'm
posters is creative. Even the sovie.
government of Russia is casting back
to feeble limitations of the social con-
ditions 1t condemned to maintain any
semblance of life.
Here is one of the secrets of the
worlds unrest, and the Illustrations
given are the symptoms of a world
disease, constitutional in its character
and not amendaIble to surface rene
dies. In return for all our hard won
experiences in government, the fruit
of our own achievements and mis-
takes we are offered 'jaz' govern
ment, where the countries OF the
world are to be ruled by those ignor-
ant OF the very science of ruling or OF
the fact that government, whether
democratic or not, is a science
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15

viewing solemnly the shyness of po-
tential possibilities, the painless
chuckling at bombastic nothingness,
the stern reiteration of the sound and
solid principles which God Almighty
told Uncle Moses Schiff, or whatever
his last name was, to tell Cousin
Enoch to put into Holy Writ, ETC., etc.
That is what we are waiting for in
high glee.
We are going to get it, too. The
Sun is right when 1t calls for square
declarations from all meaningful can
didates. This is no year for weasels
The Tribune can not do worse SER
vice to its candidates than by insist
ing that whoever or whatever state
suggests another than General Wood
is either unrighteous or unrepublican.
Fudge! General Wood never yet has
asked favors and never will. All he
wants Is fair field, and that is all he
or anybody else ought to have.
The more candidates, the better!
say we,-then pick the best! That is
what We understand Chairman HAYS
to mean and Mr.. Munsey to say.
Anyhow--and being neither republic
can nor democrat we can speak freely
that Is the way we feel about it, for
the plain, simple reason that we can
hardly wait for the time to boot that
pore white trash out Of the capital Of
the United States OF America and put
in some brains and Drawn.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15

Surprising the president had said
..The word war is ended and there
will have to be a treaty Of peace TO
start things right and If possible on
basis that will avert another such
calamity in the life of present gener-
atoms. l will ask two Of the braihl-
est leaders from each of the two great
political parties and two OF the great
est international jurists we have TO go
over to Versailles and help frame the
treaty in the interest of our country
and it's democratic institutions and IN
the interests Of international )usuce
and world peace" Alas, our hlndslght
is best after all.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15

which they have reason to expect from
grateful and patriotic nation.
2. Protection for our country from
foes without. Having lately defended
our country from such foes, it will be
our endeavor to assist in the adoption
of military policy which will make
| it safe from future aggression and yet
a policy which will he truly demo-
cratic, truly American, just and equit-
able to the entire country.
8. Protection for our country from
foes within. Our stand for 100 per
cent Americanism will be virile. AS
good soldiers who did not hesitate 10
hit hard under competent orders, so
now as civilians again, with an ever
keener sense of the responsibility OF
citizenship, we shall not hesitate. we
realize, however, that now our orders
originate in the constitution OF the
United States as expressed through
the duly constituted agencies of ma
tional, state and local government. II
was our duty as soldiers to obey ana
support military authority; 1t is no
less our duty today staunchly to sup
port civilian authority DIN the mainte-
nance Of law and order, and in the
protection Of the rights Of every citi-
zen.
Although the American Legion rep
resents nearly five million American
citizens who have demonstrated their
patriotism and loyalty and willingness
to make the supreme sacrifice, we also
realize that the strength Of the Legion
and the measure Of our influence ana
service to the nation will he in direct
proportion to our ability to cooperate
effectively with the one hundred mil
lion loyal and patriotic American citi-
Gems in the promotion of 100 per cent
Amerianism.
In a measure this Is the spirit OF the
American Legion, and in this spirit IL
Is our hope that we may play an I'M.
portant part in the coordination Oh
all forces standing for real progress
and thereby act as a great stabilizins
and constructive influence durirs
these days Of readjustment.