The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-19
RTTTER,S PUNGENTS
Paragraphs Interestingly Important
Features of the Day.



to fail, il The popular will for peace
continues toI bear upon the delegates
throughout the conference.
A square mile of the earth's surface
receives heat enough from the sun in
six hours to equal the combustion Of
twenty-six hundred tons OF coal. who
would believe it these frosty Novem-
ber mornings9
The most scandalous statements are
now made by those who ought to know
the facts" concerning the ongoings
which preceded the recent failure Of
the New York and Philadelphia Stock
Exchange firm OF Chandler Brothers
& Co. The shortage Of the firm runs
into millions--far more than could
possibly have been lost" by conduct
ing the brokerage business on high
grade lines.
The melancholy days are gone. The
jolly days are here. For any Illness"
you may feign. there's gallons OF real
beer.
A whole sheep can he bought in
Asia for sixty cents, the price Of a
lamb chop in st. Louis, but Asia is so
far away.
In the noxt campaign the Republi-
can party will be reminded that for
months men couldn't work because
the Republican theories" wouldn't
work.
Lenine says Russia will pay up il
the world will recognize her. But the
world would prefer to practice its
recognition powers on the cash first.
lie that planteth a tree is a servant
Of God. He provided Kindness for
many generations. And fears that he
hath not seen shall bless him.
Another thing-should doctor who
specializes in beer prescriptions drive
a schooner-rigged car?
The latest radiator cap ornament
for a physician is a "corksci ew."
Al''i an 'he PuVSti'h - "uo VIII
lead US out of the unrest" which
engulfs rs, into rest and prosperity?
VIII European governments feel any
safety in negotiating with American
delegates after the treatment given
the treaty of Versailles?
The visiting delegates have ample
grounds for suspicion" to say the
least. They have ample grounds for
the fear that, the United States will
undo" what the conference does. 1t
was the Senate, which undid what was
done at Versailles. .-- -
1t is NOW plain to be seen that all
tax-eXempt securities in this country
must be taxed by the federal and state
governments in justice TO the rest Of
our taxpayers Surtaxes must be re-
duced and the excess profits tax
must be rept aled.
More than three out Of every four
householders in ST. Louis live in rent
ed quarters.
Public opinion does have a trernen-
dous weight, AMI to think that public
opinion doesn't even have to vote. The
Interstate Commerce Commission hav-
ing ordered freight reductions on hay
and grain west Of the Mississippi must
be having some hing equally good in
store for the states east Of the Missis-
sippi. If rot, Why not?
The purpose Of the League of Ma
tions as defined in its covenant, is:
ITO promote international co-opera-
tion and to achieve international peace
and security by the acceptance of OBJ
legations not to resort to war; by the
prescription of open, just and honor
able relations between nations; by the
firm establishment OF the understand
ings Of international law as the actual
rule of conduct among governments,
and by the maintenance Of justice and
a scrupulous respect for all treaty OBJ
legations in the dealings of organized
peoples with one another" Each ma
tion represented in the league is on
an equal basis. That ought TO satisfy
our United States senators, TO say the
| least
GEORGE a. RITTER.
St. Louis, Mo.