The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-30

The A. f. of L. has declared itself
Gin" on a share of the profits. We
hope we shall not be deemed impef-
tinent or out of order if we ask the
A. F. of L. what it purposes doing in
return for the concession. We have
studied the deliberations of the A. r.
of L. with some care If the WORD
work has appeared n the connee-
tien, 1t has escaped cur observation.
AS one who once carried a union
card and who ceased to march under
the banner of labor while yet in gooo
standing, the thing that always inn
pressed US was that labor had rights
but no sense. It seems to have learneo
nothing in the years that have come
and gone. Labor has reached ebb TIDE
in public esteem. In the mind OF the
average American citizen, 1t has come
to be a bywerd and a kissing. Its re-
Mobilization can come only as result
of careful, conservative leadership ana
thought. And at this crisis in affairs
it goes on record with q. declaration
for discredited industrial panaceas
against which the mind of this coun-
try is firmly and irrevocably set.
The A. F. of L. has met crisis in
| its affairs with sheer stupidity.
The clerk at the general delivery
| window advises us that. altho Mr..
| Hamilton Holt has been to the post
| office several times, no letter bearing
the Washington pestmark has come 10
| him as yet.
1.-The international polo champion
ship returned to American hands to-
| day." says the esteemed cable, and
| the memory of that American defeat
at Meadowbrook in 1914 is wiped out
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|
and more appropriate word. Had the
cable neglected to mention it, nobody,
SO to speak, would have recalled the
defeat at Meadewbreok in 1914. It
is only those with very rstentNe
memories who can recall what hap
pened in polo seven years ago.
what do you really think of the
fight writes a reader.s We don't
pretend to know anything about it.
but what we really think is that Car
pentier will winu in seven or eight
rounds. The reason we think he will
win is that we want him to win. and
that is the basis of fAost of the expert
opinion. That and the way the loose
kale points
Taking the various sporting events
as they come, one mans guess is as
anything for sure. but it is the fashion
of the alleged experts to string
together. In the worlds series of 1905
the talent was all on the Chicago
club. The despised White Sox wiped
them out in six games. In 1910 the
talent was again on the Cubs. The
Athletics beat them four out of five.
The talent went thru the hole in the
! fence again in 1914, picking tine Ath-
letics TO win. Boston won four
straight
Those who took the dope from Reno
. seriously couldn't believe johnson had
a chance. Jeffries was clay in his
hands The talent picked the slow
; moving Willard Dempsey Knocked
him for goal in the first minute Of
actual fighting.
Either Dempsey or Carpenter is
going to win. The way to enjoy the
contest is to discount the dope and
decline to take counsel with your
fears, whatever they may be.
Chicago hotels again have reduced
, room and restaurant prices. In Chi
cago one can now get room and bath
in any of the leading hostelries for as
little as So day. 1t is not personal
matter with US. We have a lease on
an apartment which runs to septem-
Der ID The rent is paid until July
IS; But what is the occasion for the
delay in Philadelphia?
The winning of the polo cup by the
Am erfcan team will stir the curiosity
of many thousands of persons in this
country, They will want to know what
polo is, and some of them will try to
find out.
II This country has a pretty fair idea
as to what-a yacht race is, but ali il
knows about polo is that it is a word.
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