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The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE USE
Full ANYHOW

1t was that sterling true blue Re-
publican organ. the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger, which on Thursday had
the manhood to stand up high above
partisanship and show where tho few
democrats who are now In Congress
were OF decided use to the country
when it said in speaking OF the ratifi-
cation of the peace treaty:
"The day has been saved for the
Harding administration but 1t was the
democratic senators who saved it..
When President Harding and his ad-
ministration sit down again to tally
and weigh the Jewels of their ac-
complshments 1t will be necessary
for them to give credit to the four
teen democrats who placed the inter-
ests of the country above partisan
ship"
And only the other day, thanks to
large number OF republican alb
sentees. for which Senator Penrose
scolds angrily. the solid democratic
minority was big enough, combined
with eleven progressive republicans,
to vote one OF the most vicious fea-
lures out OF tho pending revenue bill.
1t was the clause. attacked by Senator
Hitchcock in a speech some days be-
fore. providing that corporations need
pay no tax on that portion of their
profits realized from foreign trade.
Under that clause it would have been
possible for grcat corporations doing
business at homo and abroad, in any
thing from oil to typewriters, to or
ganize subsidiary corporations to han
die their lucrative foreign business
and thus escape the payment of a
single penny OF taxes on the profits,
| however large.
1t was the support of the almost
solid democratic minority. too. that
alone made 1t possible for tho "agri-
cultural bloc" to wiring concessions
from Penrose as to the surtax rate on
very large incomes. and other pro-
visions OF the bill designed to favor
wealth at the expense of the ordinary
taxpayers.
The democrats in congress are max
ing a record for which not alone their
party but their country owes them a
vote of thanks.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
DO NOT KNOW THEIR OWN BILL

II the congressman at Washington
do not know what sort OF a revenue
bill we are getting out Of the present
congress, who does?; for the con-
gressmen themselves admit that they
do not understand the bill that they
have framed. Even Senator Town
send, one OF the big Republican
chiefs. declares that the people will
be forced to pay large fees to law
yers to tell them what the bill means"
Senator Hitchcock said, In the sem
ate last Friday You cannot blame
the people who pay the taxes for not
knowing what 1t means when even
the members OF the finance commit
tee spend time here on the floor of the
senate arguing shout what their own
bill means. II anybody knows what
1t means it should be the people who
made It,"
Senator Underwood, himself n tax
alton expert and a very able lawyer.
said the other day:
There are one or two cases here
where 1 happen to understand what
your amendments mean, but II / sat
down to study out. with the law books
before me-, what l thought was the
| Interpretation Of the amendments you
| have put into this bill, II would take
me from now until next spring to do
! the work. l think l can say without
| contradiction that what I say OF my
| self Is true of you. / have not found
man on this committee or a man IN
| the senate who can tell me what all
the clauses Of this bin mean"
The war revenue bill. which is still
on the statute books with the war
over three years ago. was bad enough
In its obscurity and uncertainty. But
there was the excuse for It that II
was drafted and passed in a great
emergency, and had to be put through
in a hurry.
There is no such excuse to plead
now. House and senate have alread!
spent months on the new revenue
law, still far from being ready to pas
it. and have injected more OF con
fusion and mystery and complication
into the new bill. by far. than exis
in the law 1t is designed to replace.
1t ia a mighty inferior brand o
statesmanship and business ability
that congress is displaying.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
THE HERITAGE OF HATE

With a string attached to It to the
effect that no student OF German
birth shall ever benefit from it. the
famous Chicago orchestra is In a
quandary as 20 what to do with a
gift OF $4,000 bequeathed to 1t.
No one, as yet knows what the or
chestra will do with this string tied
gift. but the best thing 1t could do
would be to reject the offer entirely.
for whatever misguided thought Of
self-righteous patriotism may have
dictated such a bequest. 1t is a heri-
tage OF hate; and what the world
needs above all else is to get away
from hate as fast as 1t can.
Granting everything the giver of
that gift may have felt about the
iniqulty Of Germany In plunglng tho
world into the war. still the world
must live on somehow with Germany
In 1t. and sooner or later 1t must take
Germans as 1t takes the people of
other countries. 1t can't afford TO
keep on hating Germany and the
| Germans, and Il won't. Probably
there was a time when a good many
OF US solemnly swore that we never
iwould patronizs anything German
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
What Could They Do2

Quito large delegation of Eldorado
Cedar county IN session at Stockton to
protest against the high taxes. The
court received them and threw up its
hands in helplessness. The indignant
property owners had been relying on
Governor Hyde's assurances that the
increase would Re small but when the
truth reached them that the taxes
would be doubled. they Jumped on the
county court, which really had done
everything possible to help them.-
Clinton Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
OF COURSE THE RICH NEED TT

OF COURSE THE RICH NEED 1T
In the vote given on the Democratic
amendment proposed TO the section
repeating the excess profits section OF
tho existing taxation law, is given a
true revealmont of the spirit in which
the great Republican majority Is
framing its great taxation measure.
After every effort that had been
made by the Democrats to continue
the tax on excessive profits had been
defeated, Senator Reed proposed sim
ply that on all rrofits exceeding so per
cent of the invested capital a tax Of
20 per cent should be levied.
Now, with agriculture and small
business, and many large businesses
also. in distress, this country has to
raise the sum Of S4.0O0.000,000 or
more annually to meet the enormous
expenditures OF the federal govern
ment. 1t amounts to $40 for every
man. woman and child, or 5000 for
each family OF five. Millions of fami-
lies are not earning a living. Millions
of farmers are not able to pay ex-
penses. Millions OF men are out Of
employment. Most commercial and
Industrial enterprises are strugglliI
hard to show any profit at all.
At such a time. what shall be
thought OF party in control OF the
government that is unwilling to i'm
pose a modest excess profits tax of 90
per cent on thet part Of the net in
come Of corporations that is in excess
of so per cent ot the invested capital?
Why should multitudes OF citizens be
taxed so severely that to meet their
taxes threatens them with bankrupt
cy, while on the other hand those few
enterprises that earn more than so
per cent yearly are to be spared a 20
per cent tax. not on their whole In
come, but only on the excess above so
per cent?
Under Senator Reeds amendment a
corporation with $1O,0O0,00O capital,
and earning a profit in a single year
of s6,OOO,OOO. would have been taxed
100000, in addition to its ordinary
taxes. to help support the government
under which It profits so greatly.
Could not it afford to pay 1t? It
would still have a profit of So per
cent remaining. Should it not, in
justice, be required to pay at least
that small extra tax on its extraordin-
airy prosperity?
Only eight republican senators sup
ported the Read amendment. Only
one democratic senator opposed it.
What better answer could be given to
the question, which is the party OF
special privilege in the United States
today. and which the party that stands
for the equal rights and opportunities
OF all the people?
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

gotten over that by now, and GER
tainly all Of us should, Germany and
the Germans deserve a reasonable
amount of punishment. and they will
get II. But the world can't keep on
punishing Germans always. and 1t
can't keep on hating them without
hurting itself more than 1t hurts Ger
mans.
That gift. to the Chicago orchestra
was born OF bad spirit. and will not
do good. Tho best thing to do with
1t Is to reject 1t.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Mrs. Francis Henry Hill is to be
highly complimented for the opening
number of her concert season. Mon
day night. The great Ruffo made an
impression here that will always re-
main and the music lovers who heard
him will never cease thanking Mrs.
Hill for bringing such real talent
here. Her coming numbers are all of
this high class, and she should be
given record houses.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
Boquct for Chief Macdonald

Almost every day we read of acts
of heroism equal to the brilliant rec
ords OF war times. Police Chief Clay
Macdonald and his faithful forcs
demonstrated real bravery when they
faced the bullets Of murder-mad
negro barricaded In a house at st.
Joseph Wednesfay. In spite Of fall
ing comrades. the old veteran and his
men fearlessiy stayed on the Job until
the assassin was accounted for. That's
the kind of stuff good soldiers are
made Of, and It is the kind that makes
good policemen.--Mound City Jeffer-
sonian.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
The Star Is Governor

This week I'm the circuit court
Judge Hughes was questioning an ap-
plicant for naturalization. says =
Richmond paper, A number Of ques-
tions had been asked and answered
Finally Judge Hughes said; who d
the governor of Missouri" The
Kansas City STAR came the reply
without a moments hesitation. Ths
applicant apparently had been read
ing some OF the antics OF our gover-
nor where he had been doing the bid
ding OF the Star and had formed his
own conclusions. For once the digni-
ty OF the court was almost discarded
and Il required first aid in the control
of the Judges features 10 refrain from
joining In the ripples OF msrriment
that swept over the court ROOM
Howell County Gazette,
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
George Has Somo Job

George e. Bider. "a years old. is
trying to figure 1t out in his homo at
Cedar Rapids. Iowa. George is the
step father Of his former wife and the
grandfather of six of his own chill
dren. This is the result Of his marry
ing his mother -in-law, after getting a
divorce from her daughter, who In
mother OF his six children. Remem-
Der. Bider. when your brows are knit
solemnly, trying to figure out what
relation you are to someone.-Mis-
souri, State Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
Those Suggestive Headlines

Headed articles in the Globe-Demo-
crat Tuesday recently. said: Two
Illinois Banks. Short $500. 900, Clos
ed" Hanover Union State Bank De-
posts Short s75.oOO." "Dry Agents
Get Three Years and $4,000 Fine"
Mercantile Trust Teller Confesses
s2.60o Shortage" "New York Police
Head Deposited s1oo.42l While Hold
ing Office -Four Years" "St. Louis
Could End Idleness II Breweries Re-
opened" Railroads Refuse to Cut
Freight Rates In Effort To Prevent
Big Strike" Quite dose OF Republi-
can prosperity. in different forms for
one day. eht-Milan Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
Fun Pockets and Empty Hesss

When Fatty Arbuckle was -discov-
cred" for ths movies he was cleaning
cuspidors In a saloon. At the time
of his arrest on & charge Of numbering
Virginia Rappe he was a film star
with more money than he could
spend. But his money went to his
head. and his head landed him IN a
murderer's cell. Whether Arbuckls
be guilty or innocent. the fact Of the
revolving debaueh rsmainA and the
debauch brought on the death OF a
woman. The time may come when a
man viii achieve fortune without los
Ing his brains or his decency. as In
too often the case now.-DeKaIh
Tribune.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

The city council should see to II
that the eight thousand dollars asked
by the police commissioners with
which to properly arm and equip the
police force is Forthcoming. II 1t is,
there will be protection for the citI-
zens of st. Joseph. and what is still
better the simple knowledge that It is
here and ready for use will act as a
powerful deterrent to contemplated
crime.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

We have been looking for this for
year. and now 1t is here. which
ought to prove that you should never
trouble trouble unless you want trou-
bio to trouble yeu' A man IN Mime
sofa Is suing his wife for support and
allmony. This comes from spending
so much on education and the teach
ers trying TO get everybody to show
iniatitive; be roadbreakers and get out
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

One of the best features of the new
motor law which went into effect
Tuesday. is that which forbids chill
dren from driving high-powered cars
and making the average pedestrian
climb trees. These knowing infants
will now take back seat and wait
for the maturity OF years-and 1t may
now be safe to cross the streets or
highways.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
To Redecm Campaign Pledges

In a hot verbal attack on the pro-
posal to repeal the excess profits tax.
Senator Reed OF Missouri Democrat.
declared that It was the 'most mon
strous ever put before the American
senate" and was for the purpose of
redeemins pledges made to subscrib-
ers to campaign fundA-Clinton
County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Jake Babler. gop chairman for Mis-
souri,, is now in Washington. and all
OF the faithful here at home are won
dering why he IS there. but as he and
his crowd generally knock the per-
simmon there Is not much worry in
the ranks of the anti standpatters.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
She Knows just How

Mrs. Harding evidently proposes to
stand in with the senate. She has
Issued a social order giving the sena-
tors wives precedence at all functions
over the wives of cabinet members.
1t looks like she was coming up on
the blind side OF the senators and
will probably have their votes ever at
her command.-Moberly Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
That Constable Was n Cop

William Jennings Bryan was ar
rested for speeding at Antioch. ILL.,.
recently. The great orator told the
constable who he was, but that did
not make any difference. by Heck!
That constable was evidently a mem
Der OF tho G. o P.-Moberly Demo-
crat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
That Smart Boy

The boy that tries to be smart BY
acting like he thinks he knows much
more than his parents. usually leaves
the impression that he is silly. and
that IL there are any in his family
that are worse the whole family
should be in tho home for the feeble
minded.-Dade County Advocate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
What Ia the Reason7

This country has two-thirds of the
gold Of the world and yet we pay
higher interest rates than we ever
did. There can be no excuse for it.
How do our vote for change"
they voted for last year7-Trl-Coun
News.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
Can't Beat Senator Reed

A little boom is being started for
Harry B. Hawes for United States
senator. A mighty fine man. but Jim
Reed will beat him a country block
and succeed himself as the senior
senator from Missouri. Pin this in
your hat.-Howell County Gazette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
Nothing ON tho MaryvirIe Men

A Paris actress created a sensation
week or so ago by appearing in a
gown which revealed parts OF her bare
hips. She has nothing on many Mary
Vile men, who have had nothing on
their hips for some time.-Nodaway
Democrat Forum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
Was Probably the Case

At the Orpheum theater in Atchi-
son the other night a picture was
shown of the office chair In use by
Roosevelt for a number of years and
from all appearances he must have
sat in It most OF the time.-Rushville
News.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

There is too much "plot" and
threatening stuff" going the rounds
just now. As soon as a fellow who
has been in the lmelight feels that
his attracting points are waning. he
promptly has either a harmless bomb
or a threatening letter sent to him
self
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
Even tho Farmer Ticket

It seems that all OF the political
parties came out of the 1890 cam
paign having a load OF debt. Even
the new Farmer-Labor party ran sew
eral thousand dollars behind. and is
being sued for $500. which Its ma
tional committee borrowed and has
been unable to pay~CIinton County
Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Mayor Marshall is determined that
he will foist his city electric light
scheme upon the city (because he
hates the street railway people), no
matter whether there is a prospect
for success or not. Such schemes
seldom work out successfully.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

A number Of "revivals' are now in
progress In st. Joseph. but as the
most OF them are by lurid talent who
save" for what they get for It. not
much success is being met with.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Judge Utz is getting rid of some OF
the unneeded talent In st. Joseph by
sending it to the penitentiary. II he
will keep up his good and effective
work for a short time there will be
no repetitions of the Henderson affair.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
When They Heard the News

Several Craig people knocked off
work for the day last Tuesday after
receiving the iaily pabers announc-
ing that good beer would be on the
bill OF fare again. following an order
from the birds higher up.-Craig
Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Senator James A. Reed is most GER
tainly setting the woods on fire" in
the tax measure now in process Of
incubation. Senator Reeds attacks on
features calculated to reduce the rich
mans contribution and raise that of
the poor man. are the last word in
statesmanship, and are bearing fruit.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
BEGIN WITH ROTTEN ARBUCKLE

This paper is in receipt-through
the enterprise of a Los Angeles NOV
ing picture publication-of the text
OF an article by Gouvenour Morris,
me novelist. who writes on the en-
gaging subject of the "Arbuckle case"
Permission Is given to print the Nor
ris offering gratis. which. In view Of
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

II Marshal Foch Is not satisfied
with his Missouri welcome. ne is most
assuredly OF the cold order. Nothing
could exceed the warmth OF his well
come to this grand old state.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

1t is now but a few days until the
great peace conference In Washington.
and the eyes of the world will be up
on It. All true people hope that It
will accomplish results.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
What the Missouri
Editors Are SAYING
For None Would Remember

There is some sense to the provision
that women may register without CIV
ing their ages. beyond the statement
that they are OF legal age. Reglstra-
ton was never intended as a memory
test.-Hopkins Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

A great amount of city bond talk
Is now going on. but after the city
and county taxes are paid the coming
tax grabbing time. there may be q
trlfle less enthusiasm.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

The johnson benefit fund Is a wor-
thy project. and should have the sup
port OF all. johnson was a good Off
Ger and had done much for st. Joseph
and its people.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Chief OF Police Macdonald's wound
did not purevent him from going to
Kansas City TO meet up" with his
old companions in arms.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
No Con WIN Pleaae Thcm

Senator Pat Harrison OF Mississippi
and Senator Tom Watson OF Georgia
didn't like President Harding's speech
at Birmingham. 1t is feared that no
Republlcas president ever will quite
please them.-Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

In the passing OF Mrs. Katherine
Landis this county loses a woman
who can lily be spared. She was OF
that class whose efforts were always
for good.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Seventy-five per cent OF the month
OF October was sunshine. Who says
we need to go to California for pleas
ant weather.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

1t would be worth all that those
$3.50. 900, 900. 900 Russian rubles are
now worth for person to count
them.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Two good men are now In early
graves caused by the crazy acts of a
very common negro. Neither OF these
doaths were jusiifled-or needed.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Kansas City was tho Mecca for all
of the world war soldiers this week.
and a finer week could not have been
selected.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

The elections Just held in North
Dakota have removed the blight Of
Nonpartisan Leagueism from that 1.
w. w. curse ridden state.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

appeared for trial In Judge Utz's
court Tuesday. There are reasons"
why the case does not go rapidly for
ward.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
AND IT WAS REASONS TRIUMPH

No one ever believed that the big
railroad strike would ever come off
which It did nct--but every person Is
glad that 1t was officially called off
and that reason triumphed. The la
Dor board has been flooded with con-
gratulatory kilograms from all sec
tions of the country-and they are
deserved by the board and by the
federal government at Washington
which stood back Of the board, gave
II fresh confidence in itself and its
powers, and put II to work In earnest.
It discharged its difficult duties faith
fully and well. And the extensive
preparations simultaneously instituted
by the government to use all possible
powers and means to protect the
country from the destructive effects
OF a cessation OF railroad transporta-
tion in the event the strike eventuated,
were OF invaluable service to the
board In its efforts to induce both
parties to the controversy to listen to
reason and be guided by reason.
From the day in which the big la
Dor chiefs issued the strike order this
paper was firm in the belief that II
the case were fairly presented by the
board, as a governmental agency and
an unbiased third party representing
the public. and if at the same time
the railroad brotherhoods could be
convinced Of the boards impartiality
and fairness in dealing with all as
poets OF the controversy, the strike
would be called off For while the
strike vote vas taken on the July
wage reduction ordered by the board,
IT was not that reduction which caus-
ed the strike order to be issued It
was the fear that the railroads were
determined upon destroying the un-
ions, that they were embarking upon
a course that would defy and nullify
existing rules and regulations and the
authority Of the board to enforce
led the abor chiefs to exercise their
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The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Do not forget to display the nation
al colors at your home, and also at
your place of business Armistice day.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

are even more practical necessities that
will force 1t. Pride. prejudice, pas
sion--all yield finally at the approach
OF hunger and OF death.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

The commons Is still debating the
Irish question-and that is all that It
to-just plain talk.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

Of the beaten track.--Boonvills Ad-
vertiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05

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