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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
TRAGEDY.


Don't want any supper an no strawberries
Jes' want to hide my face away where
nobody can see.
ought to go to bed right now, but If do,
An 1 know dreadful nightmare It will
be.
I wish tomorrer wouldn't come.
Or nothin' Just let me alone--I guess
1 want to cry.
I'm in disgrace an awful shame
An Butter Fingers is my mamie
an easy fly.
There amt no use in coaxin' me. The
An don't blame 'em neither coz cost
the winnin' run.
No, didn't trip or nothin', was set an
The ball. an didn't lose it in the sun.
It's my fault we lost the game
An I'm taktn' all the blame,
An I'm maxim no excuses, but visit
that would die
Coz 1 had it in my mitt,
An just let loose of it,
There's was three men on the bases an
1 should have grabbed that fly"
put my arm around him for understood
That his ! youthful heart was suffer1ng as
he walled: ut was a cinchl
Il could catch that ball one-handed."
He has made his first mistake
And has faltered as we all do very often
in the pinch.
In the years that are to come
He'll have troubled days and glum,
He may faiter in the crises and may fail
again, Thought I,
He will look back and remember
muffed that easy fly
Copyright 1921, by EdganaA. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04
FARMING THE FARMERS.

The department of agriculture pre-
diets that the wheat crop will exceed
that of last year by 100000 BUSH
els. the total being 629.2S7.0oo bush
els. Farmers are shown to have aban-
doned only 4.6 per cent of their acre
age, whereas last year the abandon
sfnent was 10 per cent. Despite the
Z hysterical measures for farmer relief
proposed a few months ago in con-
gress and elsewhere" says a COM
mentator, that class OF our citizens
appears to be possessed of the same
courage and optimism as the rest of
aus. 1t needed no stimulation from
government sources to make the
Farmer plant his land. Had some OF
fhe suggested legislation been enact
ed. the farmers would have become a
pampered and privileged ~class, and
incurred the jealousy of others, to
their own future disadvantage"
- The fact is that no danger of any
Wing of this sort ever has existed
There has been no serious intention or
the part of legislators at any time tc
make of the farmers a "pampered ans
privileged class" All the proposed
legislation on behalf of the farmer.
has been designed to catch the farmer
Vote.
: An illustration appears in the bill
passed by the senate authorizing g
government loan of $4,000, 900 to the
Farmers. Uncle Sam has been lendins
money to railroads. and trade corpor
htions, and agriculture must b,
shown equal consideration.
But how can the average farmer
make money on borrowed capita
(which costs him 55z per cent? Be
sides If he need money and feel tina
It will pay him to borrow. the big in
kurance companies stand ready to. lie
ahim have it at rate little If an,
above that which the government will
charge.
on the proposed s5o.oOo.ooo LOAF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04
UNFAIR COMPETITION.

If a portion of the land of a COM
munity were owned by the govern
ment, the fences maintained. the
kept in repair and the taxes paid by
the government, and these lands were
let out rent free to a number of agri-
culturists, the rest of the farmers of
the community would insist that this
was unfair competition. Yet the rail-
roads of the country are subjected to
something of this sort and it is pro-
posed to aggravate the situation by
giving American shippers free pas
sage thru the Panama canal.
The government has adopted two
methods OF limiting railroad rates;
one, that OF requiring that rates be ap-
proved by the interstate commerce
commission. and the other that of pro-
viding cheap transportation competi-
ton on publicly improved and main
tanned waterways and highways,
Hedged around byTal these handicaps
and limitations and also required to
pay wages fixed by a government
board, the railroads believe themselves
to be unfairly treated.
In practically every city, municipal
ordinances require that a street ped
der pay license in order to make up
for the fact that he transacts his bust.
ness on the public street maintained
at public expense. whereas the mer-
chant must pay rent. The govern
ment bears the expense of improving
rivers and harbors. It bore the ex-
pense of building the Panama canal.
Now it is proposed that the railroads,
which must pay interest and dividends
on the capital they have invested, shall
be required to compete with ocean
and river traffic which pays none of
the cost of improving the rivers and
harbors.
The public pays the expense of i'm
proving the highways and keeping
| them in passable condition. and, as a
| result, commercial automobile trucks
are now handling a large amount of
| short-haul traffic at prices which the
| railroads claim they cannot meet.
1t may be said that the railroads
should be able to meet this competi-
| ton and they might do so If left to
their own resources in the fixing of
rates and the payment of wages. But
| they are not The Interstate COM
] merce commission determines how
mdh they may charge for either a To-
cal or a transcontinental haul. The
railroad labor board determines how
much they shall pay to their employees,
who take the greater part of the rail-
road income.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04

The Santa Fe railroad is accused OF
discharging union employees for the
purpose of filling their places with
non-union men. This may or may not
be true. But the accusation may
serve as a basis for calling attention
to the fact that not infrequently when
organized labor has possessed a posi-
ton of advantage over its employer,
It has pushed that advantage to the
limit 1t should not be surprising.
therefore, IL when the employer has
the advantage he should retaliate.
This disposition SO often manifested
by both sides is the most unfortunate
feature of the whole labor problem.
II each party would make itself ia
miliar with the problems of the other
and then would act in spirit of fair
ness and justice there would be no
labor problem. Nearly all the trou-
bic in this world is due to the effort
OF men to obtain an undue advantage
over their fellows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04
observation-disclosures

@. How can one differentiate between
carpet and a rug?
in. In the p United P States se carpet usually
means Competing p or SO inches wide,
sewed together and tackled down. thus COM
pletely covering the floor OF a room. A
rug is a one-pfece or seamless floor COW
ering which leaves Hart of the floor bare,
and which is not tackled down. CarpetiEg
is now made up to initiate rugs. In Eng
land the term carpet is applied to large
rugs.
9. What is the largest poisonous snake ?
A. The bushmaster,. pit viper of the
rattlesnake family, is the largest yenomous
been measured The bite is so poisonous
that victims have died within ten minutes
of the time when bitten. This snage is
tamable. 1t will not feed in captivity and
as the shock of forcible feeding kills the
reptile, none has survived in a cage for
more than four or five months
Q. Which makes more noise in an air
plane, the engine or-the propeller I'M.
A. The propeller and engine make about
the same amount Of noise, but the sound of
the propeller is much more penetrating
than the roar Of the engine.
o. Can .OO2 inches be seen or read with
| the naked eye on straight-edge scale?-
A. 1.-THE bureau of standards says there
are no straight edge scales made which
| are divided so that -oo2 inch might be
Q. Are natural gas and coal gas the
A. Natural gas and coal gas are both
combustible, but are not identical. Natural
gas Is about % per cent methane. Coal
/ gas is about 40 per cent hydrogen and
40 per cent methane.
Q. Is 1t true that the French officers
have two uniforms? J. E.
A. It has been officially announced that
officers of the French army are now to have
three uniforms-full dress, undress, and
field service. Officers have been given un-
I'll April 1923, to equip themselves with
.
| Q. Why are there no established laws
for the game of pokerf J. A. J.
A. There is no authoritative Gods of laws
for the game of poker because card clubs
Of recognized standing do not admit the
game to their card rooms, and find no ne
Eeessity for formulating any official code
for its government.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04

Tulsa, Okla, has had her orgy Of
blood letting and destruction of
property and she will now set about
paying the bill and it promises to be a
big one. Events at Tulsa and those
of similar sort recently taking place
in East st. Louis and Chicago tend to
make the work of the missionaries we
send to foreign lands doubly hard. 1t
would be interesting to know how
many of the participants in the Tulsa
trouble were professors of Christian
itY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04

The railroads are preparing to re-
duce their transcontinental freight
rates and are making a virtue of ne
cessity by causing their action to ap-
pear as a concession to the public de-
mand. The fact is that the ships are
carrying the goods thru the Panama
canal. Nothing is heard regarding a
cut in passenger rates. The movement
of ships is too slow to afford compe-
tition in that line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04

the farmers will not only pay 5 u per
cent but they will help to pay another
5M per cent, which the banks are
charging the government on its treas
ury certificates. The government has
no money to lend which it does not
first borrow and on its borrowings the
whole people must pay interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
DIMPLED BRAINS.

am an admiDer Of beautiful faces
but not dimpled ones. Excepting
those of laughing babies. There the
diInples have a use-mothers can
plant kisses in thesm!
But I look upon dimples in a grown
face as something of a misfortune.
met a person the other day of
great intellectual attainments. But
somehow or other he didn't seem to
know muchi The fact was that as a
boy he was used as an experiment
Showing unusual mind, he was trained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04

1t costs. the farmer SO to get into
the National Grain Growers associa-
ton. The indications are that it will
be much more profitable investment
than the SIG which it costs him to en-
ter the Nonpartisan league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04

The fact that both the industries
and the labor unions of Kansas are
attacking the court of industrial rela-
tions indicates that they prefer to
fight out their battles between them
selves. without interference. AS re-
CARDS the public-well. all remember
,what Vanderbilt said about the pub
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-04

copyright, 1920. by the wheeler Cyndicats
Incl
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
SISTERS TRIPLE
B REAkS PITCHING
DUEL BROWNS WIN
LICK tNNORS ~. I.OIIS ~ HtRIl
FOUGHT GAME; SCORE
TO ..

ST. LOFTS. Aprn iS-Sislor's iriplc
aud Jacobson singl IN the Sth after
two men we've Out. broke W. pitch
INK duel between Shockor and Kerr
and luSr ~. Louis a. . victory In
the ur"nlng game with chicago today.
Mostirv home run. following Sh"cly's
single accounted ior ChicagU's tnlli,s.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

CINCINNATI. April is--Good pitch.
Ink by Luuuo and some fielding Il q
sparkling character enabled III" C.ncin'
natl Reds io defeat 81 Louis today.
! 10 a. May was Pot out OF IN" game
IN the second inning Tor protesting
against called hail. one run having
been made 30 him The score:
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

" her conditions wrr" Ideal Tor Tue
inst tlur this season and everyone
was q; their best. q,
-. l.. Mcdonald. q. \. Lewis ana
Frank Mars If Hereford were visiting
shooters. 49, nlsn ". e. Dcycr OF Con
way. Texas,
IIigh score of The iay AMONG the Wv
turs was made los Lewis uf ll"reioru,
q out ~ possible % Best s'or" ol
the local club was mad" hy j. ~ ''%
a-l. - straight.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

tonic took three ult ~ -FOUR same. oi
,hc series hy STAGING slurfGr fest
In their final gam" with tho B,aumuu,
Exporters toby. The EDUs connected
with IS hits and closed the same with
a score ~ 70 90 tn, visitors used
three men. james l~lng taken out De-.
fore the first frame Tho sl,p.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
sPUDDERS UNABLE
To HOLD MARINES
THREE PITCHERS ARR TAKEN
FROM BON--sCORE EIGHT
AND THREE.

WICHITA FALLS. Texas. Apri IS
Dallas halted three wichita Falls pitch.
ers 20 four corners n tho lot to-day. and
took the third and closing game hy nm
sto.s score. Marshall started Cor th"
spndders. hnt WAS -nt Ia thc showers
IN the fourth inning. when thu Marines
scored two. Anderson relieved him. but
gave way a. Kroh In ,h' seventh The
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

Two hlsr hits Dead itIhcr. Grimm
.. Stolen has schmidt Dpubl" play
Carey 90 M1mnyillr 90 T'mvy. Hob
i,ohor to T"y o. Grimes. Tyler 10
Holloch,r e. Grimes Has ga balls
Tyl,r :. Zinn ! GLsncr !. struck ~,
Iinu g Gazncr I. Tyler 3. Runs larn'
hart .. Whitfield. .1i"tncy. llull"a her
Terry Grimes .. Ma.s,l Barber. Deal
Errors Maany.,ly. Whitfield, Tcuy,
Deal
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
nanei ID IILm,I b LID.

summay-Euus made OF James I.
~ Hymei e. ofl Humphr."s :. Twohasr
hits. Gross. Homo runs Henry burst.
stolen lases. Henry rooy Struck out.
by Deason . Hymol (. Hasc on balls.
81 Deasou Z Hymsi .. James !. Double
plays. Fuller 90 Gross 20 Henry, Gross
10 Horny.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

Sacrifice: Whitaker. storey. Home
run; Kraft, struck out by Whitaker
8. Gleason 8. Bush /. Bass on balls.
Whitaker :. Gleason !. Bush >. Doubl,
plays Haley 20 Phelan e. Kraft :
rhelan 60 Rlgney 10 Kraft.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

Cleveland At Detroit. snow
Philadelphia az Washington cold'
Bustun at New York. Wet sruuIu''
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
ERRAT|C FIELDING
FEATURES CHICAGO
PITTSBURGH CAME
GUS WIN ~ FREAK FLAMING,
GAVE SCORE
10 Z.


CHICAGO, April u.s.. - Chicago
hun'h,d ~ hits behind some crrutic
fielding bv the visitors, aud defeated
lItirhufg 10 toi1y Wyl'rs Wild.
ness WAS rosWrsiti' lur the visitors
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
Houston wins From Galveston.

GALVESTON. Tex. April is.-Hous.
ton rallied In the seventh inning and
pounded McGraw for four hits and five
runs. taking the fourth game u the
ssfies with Galveston 6 10 }.
Score:
Houston Alb u n TO 4 l.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
Weather Ignores Dry Laws Around Big League c'Tcut

.. struck out by Kerr. Shooter D.
Runs shccly. Mosill' Tohin' S''''' %
Errors, none.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
Knf, iIits Third Homer.

PORT WORTH. April is.-Fort
Worth pounde.i the hall with uF"n ON
bases and wen today ; O. .. Kraft
made his third hume run q the season.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

summary-Two.base hits. Smith. Tan
nsr. dlcich. Palmer. >. Miller. Hon"
runs. Galloway. Sacrifice hits, Marshall.
ralk. smith. struck out by Marshal ],
schwartz :. Anderson :. kroh =. conlcy
{. Hit hy pitcher. Mnl,r. Matick.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

Three hNs, hits. Tuhln, Sihi"i. ton"
run. Mosui Doubl" play Gleason. Ger.
h.r and Sisirt. G,rb'r. Gleason and
Sl-lor. llaHc on balls. Kerr. Q. Shock"r,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

San Antonio Wins Another.
SAN ANTONIO April ls.-Ssn An.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

CnEc. Double play. Toporcor. l.ayan.
Fourier. Ripc on halls, ,ff l.uquc !.
Mny .. p"rtlca =. Walker /, kirch'r !.
struck out. by Ludu" .. r'riica /. kir'
cher l. Walker /. Runs. of ~, sslcr =.
Fonsoca. Crane. Errors stock.
Brooklyn az Philadelphia, W.T.
grounds.
New YORK. ~ Boston. rain.
Evening star., 1921-08-23
SENATE PASSES BILL
TO AID TARIFF WORK
Customs Experts to Gather Data
for Use in Drawing Up New
Schedule.

A resolution appropriating 100000
for an investigation hv customs
a~"nts nreparatory to tie ton
Of the American valuation nlan in the
permanent tariff statue was passed by
the Senate last nieht as an amendment
to the Shipping Board deficiency bill
Chairman Penrose OF the Senate
finance committee introduced the
measure. explaining that it intended
to cover salaries and expenses Of fifty
additional experts whose employment
has been urged by the Treasury.
In connection with the American
valuation investigations. Mr.. Penrosa
said his committee would not attemnt
TO rewr'te the rates in the House tariff
hill until all data on American whole
sale selling nrices wore available. 1t
was every evident" that many Of the
rates were not properly based he de-
clarad. adding thai the co~,n,stteA d.
sired to have = solid forrdatinn unon
which to work before it fixed import
d"tins
Customs a@A"ts attached to tho
6~"nca cor,mit+eas have estimated it
viii rA"''ira at least six weeks to
rathe- the necessary Information and
for This reaso A further delay in
combating the tariff measure is ex-
pected.
Evening star., 1921-08-23
PLAN TO ESTABLISH
VOCATIONAL POSTS
Director Forbes Hopes to
Place Four Schools
Throughout Country.

Establishment of four United States
vocational universities Is being plan
ned by Director Forbes Of the vet
erans' bureau. 1t is the Intention to
place them on abandoned Army can
tonments. one in the east. middle west.
the south and the Pacific coast.
The new policy, Col. Forbes said.
was worked out with the approval OF
President Harding. to correct the
system of farming out vocational pa
tients" and properly rehabiiitate the
approximately $4,000 men now being
~Inspection Tour.
Col. Forbes said he would leave
within ten days for an inspection tour
of advantageous sites for the pro-
posed universities In the different sec
tions of the country. but expected to
announce the location of the first in,
stitution before his departure. Choice
of localities, he added. would be made
upon approval of the President.
Present plans, he said. call for the
ninety days, with about 1000 men in
attendance. The numbers enrolled az
the training colleges. he declared:
would depend upon the population OF
disabled service men in the various
sections Courses will be offered in
masonry. architecture. plumbing,
printing. engraving. bookbinding.
electrical work. carpentry and steam
fitting, and such agricultural lines as
animal husbandry. dairying and for
estry.
No Lexislatio1 Necessary.
No legislation will be necessary for
the Inauguration of the new policy
of vocational training. Col. Forbes
a asserted, nor will the cost be greater
than under the present system Of de-
instruction. While the
will not be self-support-
ing. he added, farm products can be
raised to provide partially for the
subsistence of the men.
THE universities Col. Forbes said.
will properly house the men. prop
erly provide them with the right kind
OF subsistence and permit men with
to have their families at the
Cott" ~es will be built to
care for them. They VIII be put in
training. which viii be beneficial not
only to their health. but to their minds
as we'll. and upon completion Of their
they will be useful.
by utilizing the sites of canton.
ments which have been. or are. to be
abandoned by the War Department.
it will be possible to salvage consid-
erable material. and actually rebuild
each cantonment into a vocational
and practically erect a
small city in itself" -.
Evening star., 1921-08-23
Well Enough Alone.

Old Bill. who once was kaiser,
now runs his saving mill. and
lad he acted wiser. he might be
kaiser still. "A .gilt-bespangled
sinner. he ruled a mighty realm,
and. Prussia seemed a winner,
with Wilhelm at the helm. He
might have kept on ruling, be-
tore the awe-struck crowd. till
he was old and drooling. and
ready for the shroud, had he cut
cut the scheming that proved to
be no good; but he was fond Of
'..reaming-and now he's saw
ing wood. Alas, no wizard,
gnome-eyed. approached the
monarch's throne. to hand him
cut this bromide. 'Let we'll
enough aloner' No prophet or
rorecaster, no seers in double
teams. irnplored the royal mas
ter to can the hotpoint dreams.
50 Wilhelm went on planning to
make the world his realm, the
farthest oceans spanning-and
low he's whacking elm. With
rusty saws and axes he lays the
hemlock low. and he must pay
his taxes like John or Richard
Roe. But few of us are kaisers,
and few of us have thrones
we're mostly early risers who
rustic for the bones. But many
are disgusted with well
enough" l know: and some day
they'll be busted, and full OF
shredded woe, because some fcol
ambition has led them far
astray; the well enough" con-
dition can't please the hophead
Jay. Old Bill. that outcast crit
ter, might still be on his throne,
had~he known when to twitter,
Let we'll enough alone
WALT MASON.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams)
Evening star., 1921-08-23
TWO AUTOS RECOVERED.

Detective James Springmann who
was relieved of duty at Union
station and made member of
Inspector Grants automobile squad.
accompanied Detective Connors to
Arlington. Va. yesterday and re-
turned with two prisoners anu two
automobiles.
The detectives went to Arlington
to get the automobile of DIR. A. 3.
Wilson. 90S 14th street, that had dis
appeared from in front Of the
doctors Office several days ago. and
before reaching there Sheriff Glenn
ents recovered a second missing
car. that Of j. A. FenneIl, 533 Shep-
herd street.
Bernard A. Kirschner fifteen years
old. and f. A. Rosenberg. seventeen
years old. residents of Bancroft. Va,
were arrested and charged with joy
riding: 1t is charged that the boys
Kept the cars In the woods while not
using them. Sheriff Clements recov-
cred them in the woods.