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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
Dorothy Dix Talks
Her Hated Rival.
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Her Hated RIVAL.
I think that when a grown up, mar
ried woman lets herself get into such.
an unhealthy state of mind that she
views her husbands business as a
rival, that it's a great pity somebody
can't spank her into sanity. as we do
a child in a tantrum. No, 1 am not
advocating child beating, nor wife
beating, but there are times when it
takes a good stiff jolt to wake US up,
and make US see things as they really
are instead of the way we have been
beholding them in a bilious dream.
And this is ore of the occasions.
am not saying that man should
not give more time to their families
and less to their business than they do.
The ideal arrangement would be for
men to be able to spend the balance
of the time in heart-to-heart associa-
ton with their wives and children.
But before that ideal can be realized,
several things will have to happen.
For one thing. man will have to
give up all ambition because nobody
ever achieved any worth while thing
yet who kept union hours. The ones
who get there are those who whilst
their companions slept were toiling
upward i'll the night" The man who
is Johnny -on-the-spot and always on
his Job is the one who is going to
succeed every time.
Don't forget that, weepy ladies.
Business Will also have to be re-
constructed so as to permit man
leisures in which to hold his wife's
hand. AS it is pow. it is as relentless
as fate. 1t is a. life and death game,
with all a man has on the table, and
he either sits in it and matches his
wit, and energy, and foresight against
other tight-fisted players, or, else, he
has to drop out entirely. It's no
tiddlewinks that you can take a
hand in now and then, as the motion
seizes you. When a man starts an
enterprise he has got to push his
stone up the hill and over the crest,
or else it rolls back on him and
brushes him.
to demand less If they want more Of
a mans time. You don't hear of the
woman who complains that her hus-
band is neglecting her for his bust
ness, telling him that she will go and
live on a cheap street, and do her own
cooking, and give up the car, and
wear hand me down dresses Not
much. She wants to eat her cake
and have it too and 1t can't be done.
So 1 say to the woman who i'm
AGNES that her husband neglects her
because he gives most of his time to
his business:
Brace up and act like a sensible
woman instead of a cry baby. Go
down on your knees and thank God
for having given you a man who has
got the grit to do a mans work in
stead of a lazy loafer. Be proud Of
his ambition. Enter into his plans,
Get as much interested in his business
as he is, and bear in mind that all of
his work is for you and yours, and
that there is no other proof of devo-
ton a man can offer a woman so
great as being willing to slave for her.
: And don't forget this-that the
most contemplate woman on earth is
she who dolls herself up in the
clothes a hard working husband has
paid for, and goes out man hunting
in them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
HOW SHALL WE STOP STRIKES?

James J. Davis. secretary of labor.
holds that the best time to stop
strikes is before they begin. Probably
everybody will agree with Mr.. Davis.
A survey of the results of labor
walkouts and labor lockouts, both in
America and elsewhere, during a pc
Rod as long or as short as It may ne
possible to consider, would be con-
vincing to any fair-minded person
that the losses accruing thru strikes
have much more than offset whit
has been gained thru them. Industry
long ago learned its lesson. Strikes
and walkouts are always disastrous,
and lockouts have come to be the last
resort when supposedly all efforts to-
ward Cancellation have failed. But
Mr.. Davis, while perhaps he has moth
ing absolutely new to offer as an in
dustrial remedy, has made 1t quite
clear that the real difficulty in ad-
Justing labor disputes has been due
to a failure to begin soon enough in
the effort to reach and to meet the
real matter in dispute Mr.. Daviss
reasonable theory is that no misunder-
standing can arise between employers
and employed which cannot be over
come satisfactorily, or in a measure
satisfactorily, to all concerned.
In giving its endorsement to the
secretary's contention, the Christian
Science Monitor says:
There are few instances recorded
in which a specific unit of any estab-
lished industry has been destroyed CT
rendered useless by a strike, or IN
which one has been closed perma-
nently by a lockout. This is not say
ing that many prosperous industries
have not been seriously crippled by
such means. 1t is simply saying that
as a general rule, an almost universal
rule, the battle, no matter how Ions
continued, ends eventually, and ends
usually in compromise which is ac-
cepted by both sides only because it is
better for all concerned than indefi-
mite warfare"
The theory of Mr.. Davis is that sat
isfactory adjustments could be made
long before hardship was suffered by
either capital or labor. That he is
right has been proven in the case oil
numerous industries, but there seems
to be yet long road to travel before
the goal he has set up can be fully
attained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
DOUBLE TAXATION.

In her plan of taxing the same dol
lar two or three times in a single year
it seems Kansas is not alone. Laws
similar to ours are in force in Con-
necticut
Intangible possessions in that
state are taxed mills, If registered
with the state treasurer before a GER
tain date. and go into the regular tax
list if not registered. This means,
says the Hartfort Courant, about 81
per $1,000 if registered, and $50 per
900 il not registered.
The reason for this peculiar distinc-
ton, it points out, is that the tax is so
Illogical and so indefensible that the
people of Connecticut demonstrated
years ago that they would not pay it,
If levied on this sort of property at
things, and consequently there was a
compromise. The people thought it
easier to pay a small tax than TO
swear falsely and the state thought 1t
more profitable to collect small tax
than to compel property owners to
evade and falsify.
The whole thing is illustrated by
the Courant as follows: Suppose
that John Smith lends William Jones
$4,000 and takes Jones's note for It.
Jones deposits the money in bank and
Smith locks up the note. There had
not been dollar of wealth created by
the transaction, yet under the law
Jones must be taxed on his $1,000 In
bank and Smith must be taxed on the
note for $4,000 which he holds.
1.-The one reason for levying such
taxes is that sometimes they can be
collected. They are without justifica-
ton under any intelligent reasoning"
That such taxes are without justi-
fication" probably nobody outside of
a legislature will deny, yet laws pro-
viding for their collection are permit
ted to remain on the statute books IL
Kansas. An attempt at repeal doubt
less would be met with a charge of
trying to let the rich escape taxa
ton" So the debtor will continue to
pay taxes on his debts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

pendents of deceased soldiers amount
ing to $1,4s0.12s. Between June 1
and June Is the bureau mailed 221.-
s12 checks to cover this disbursement
to former service men.
The increase in the number of
claims filed with the bureau has ex-
ceeded any estimate. The number Of
claims filed from the inception of tho
bureau to May. 1919, was 10000,
while on June 1, 1921, the number on
file was Ss1. $50. showing an increase
during that period of 422.2s0. The
number of awards for death and dis
ability for the first period was 41,073;
the number of awards at the end of
the second period was 323.415. an in
crease during the second period of
2S2,342.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
JUST FOLKS
NV rncAR CHEST
By EDGAR a. GUEST.

July 4, 1T76.
what means the ringing Of the bell7''
Trouble" a father said;
"Oh, son Of mine, 1t rings to tell
There shall be fields of dead"
"Why does it ring 80 loud and long?"
The son inquired again,
And what's the meaning of its song?"
Sorrow and hurt and pain"
why do the people dance and shout,
And throw their hats in air?
What is the church bell ringing out
That sets them laughing there"
'oh. son Of mine, this day is sad
And hdened down with grief,
But all the people now are glad
Because Of their belief
"And all Of them are pleased to buy,
With death and bitter woe,
A fairer flag for men to fly,
Long after they shall go.
Father, the bell has cracked, so strong
The clapper strikes its side"
st matters not, ere very long
The crack shall be its pride.
ut matters not how many die
Who hear the bell today;
1t matters not how many high,
he gain shall pass away.
and when the battle flags are furled
Under Gods will and plan,
Freedom shall smile upon the world
Uplifting every man.
Copyright, 1921 by Edgar A. Guest1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

When the employees of the railroads
collectively were receiving millions of
dollars in back pay and other mill
lions in wage increases, they may
have thought the money was coming
out of the roads but it was not. 1t
was coming out of the pockets of the
taxpayers, the shippers, the travelling
public and the ultimate consumers,
the latter class including the railroad
employees themselves. If these same
employees refuse to abide by the ruling
OF the United States railroad labor
board reducing wages. and strike, the
losses to themselves and the roads,
incident to such a course, will be
paid by the same classes that have
paid and are paying for the wage in
creases and back pay. Perhaps the
railroad workers are beginning 10
realize something of this sort, since
there seems to be a reluctance on
their part to carry resistance to the
wage cut to the limit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
THE COST OF WAR.

The enormous cost of war has been
Kept prominently before the public
for the past fifty years by the huge
annual pension bill incident to the
civil war. Now this outlay promises
to be eclipsed thruout the next fifty
years by the payments to be made by
the government on account of our war
with Germany.
The government has to date made Il
total disbursement of $226,4S6, S91.3
in meeting both the. compensation
claims of former service men disabled
by reason of wounds. injuries or dis
case incurred in the world war. and
the death claims of the dependents of
those who made the supreme sacri-
flee, according to an announcements of
Director C. r. Forbes of the bureau
OF war risk insurance. The disburse-
lnents for disability have totaled
$192,677,5S9.4s and the death dis
bursements $3s.s09. so1.s6.
For the month of May alone the
total amount disbursed by the bureau
for compensation purposes was $1O.-
575.416. the monthly payments on
disability compensation claims for
that period amounting to $s.145,2sS
and the monthly payments to the de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
Questions-AnstDers

@: What place is known as ''The Heart
of England"?-T. w.
A. This name is applied to Warwick
shire, the middle county of England
Q. Can a high school boy II years old
get the free training at camp offered by
the government? What is the nearest camp
to New York City, and when does it open
It H l..
A The war department says the Civilian
Training camp in all parts of the county IT.,
physically fit men and boys between the
ages Of 16 and 80 years. All equipment,
food, and recreations including moving pic
lures, sports and dances, are paid for by
the government. Your nearest camp Is
PIttsburg, n: Y, which opens August Z.
We are sending you an application blank
Q. What is the origin of the name Port
land cement?-R. w. f.
A Portland cement was so-called be-
cause it resembled a sort of building stone
found on the Isle of Portland.
Q. Do corn, wheat, and oats ali belong
to the cereal family &C. NJ. r.
I A. The word cereal refers to any grass
yielding farinaceous seeds suitable for
food. Therefore, corH wheat and oats all
Q. Where did the expression "robbing
Peter to pay Paul" come from &C. k Nj.
A. The phrase is said TO have originated
of Saint Peter at westminster We're wei sAa ap.
proprfated to raise money for the repair
Of Saint PauIs in London.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
offer applies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal, medf-
cal, and financial matters. 1t does not at
tempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any SUBJ
5eet- Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
inquirer.>
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

A return to normal business condi-
tions now appears to rest largely on
the future of the farmers and the
railroads. The railroads are the
greatest employers of labor and pur-
chasers of material IN the country;
the farmers as a class purchase more
manufactured products than any
other class of workers. But railroads
and farmers must have margin Of
income over expenses If they are TO
buy, and that margin can only come
out of a proper equalization Of prices.
The relatively low prices now prevail
ing for commodities make the cost Of
transportation much more burden
some to producers than when prices
were high and when transportation
charges could readily be passed along
to the consumers. Inasmuch as exist
ing rates were not enough, with high
wages. to enable the railroads to earn
an adequate return, or even. for that
matter, to earn in most cases their
operating expenses and a reasonable
uplSsep, readjustments in wages and
prices at least encourage the hope
that the railroads will soon be placed
"a a position out of when concessions
in rates may come. The roads have
persistently refused to lower rates
while wages remained high. Wages
now have come down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

A few weeks ago, says the Railway
Age, it was claimed that cantaloupes
could not be- shipped under the exist
ing rates from the Imperial Valley Of
California. Up to June 20 of this
year. it then points out, the total
shipments were $40 carloads, as
against 4,497 carloads last year. The
Age, however, fails to. note that there
has been a reduction of M per cent
in the rate charged on shipments of
cantaloupes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY IEE PAPE.

THE CIRCUS.
1.
Herray for the circus!
1t happins inside of tent,
And ferst you're glad you're going
And then you're glad you went.
Herray for the trapeez ackerbats
Terning tumblesalts in the air!
How careless their Expression is
AS the wind blows throo their hairi
g..
Herray for the bareback riders
Inclooding lady ones in titles!
People go all over the werld and bach
without seeing better sites.
Herray for the way they jump on
and off
Vile the horses run all their mites!
We wouldent even do it in the after
moons
But they do it agen at mites.
S.
Herray for the elefants wawking err
round
Holding each others tale.
1t would be fun to keep one in the
city
But they're proberly not for sale.
Herray for everything in the side show
Herray for every clown
And herray for the way you crack
peenut shells
And drop them empty down!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the Columns Of
TIE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,


July 4, 1906.
This is an uneventful Fourth Of July for
Topeka. For the first time in several years
there are no orators here except the few
who live here and who could not be eoaxed
ont to some grove or adjoining village.
There Is but one celebration and there is
no speaking there. MarshalI's band is
playing patriotic music at Garfield park,
the Topeka baseball team is wrestling with
Kansas City aggregation and Topeka
horses are struggling with supremacy at
the fair grounds.
Messrs. VIII Hindman, John and Charlie
Thomas, Claude Caps and Jean Bailey
went to Paxico, Kan, today for q weeks
The young ladies Of the Douze Whist
club decided to celebrate today by giving
a. leap year pienic- The party is to meet
at the home OF Miss Mary Thompson at 2
O'Clock. Then they will go to the reform
school woods in a huge moving wagon,
gafiy decora led Those who will 90 are
Aessrs. Ferd Cole. Julius Welding. GaIen
Nichols, VIII Alexander, Ralph Peterson,
Lou Bronson, Judge Ferry. Ed Curry, Mrs.
o'Brien, Alice Prescott. Mary Thompson,
Kate Gunther, Fannie Moon, Aaude Ranney
and Eleanor WiIson-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

they have almost gained the force Of
law by the eternal vigilance of the flag
protectionists.
There are few laws guarding the
flag, such as the trade mark statute,
tho federal law in the District of Co.
lumbia, providing a penalty for its
decorations, mutilation, and improper
use. The majority of the states also
have laws making it a misdemeanor to
place any picture or inscription upon
the flag. And in the army and navy
strict regulations insure generation for
the Stars and Stripes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

is Ills. And we don't want derby:
we have q derby. Neither do we
want a topper. We got a topper last
Christmas.
Mayor Peters, of Boston, has de-
clined to run for recollection. 1t is a.
strange case and yields unreadfly to
diagnosis. But the logical prognosis.
is that Mayor Peters can't stand pun
ishment.
That must be the trouble. No man
who has once been elected to office
ever comedies the possibility of defeat
at any succeeding election.
Charles Garland. who has rejected
two fortunes amounting in all. SO the
reporters say, to two and one-half mill
lion dollars. thinks people should stop
working for money. Mr.. Garland will
have few followers; but, on the whole,
we believe his scheme is preferable
to the one Endorsed by so many OF his
fellow citizens.
The scheme to which we refer is the
one which provides for quitting work
altogether.
If man is afraid to say it himself
he nearly always asks a newspaper to
do it for him.
And this. ladies' and gentlemen, is
the country that was once unspeakably
shocked by a picture called "Septem-
Der Morn"
This will be notice to the Rev. Will
bur F. Crafts that his commission to
do the worrying for the column is
hereby cancelled. In his stead we
have appointed Prof. w. A. McKeever,
of the University of Kansas. Prof.
McKeever says street carnivals are
running our young men and women.
thus distancing all competition in his
particular line
We dispense with the Rev. Mr..
Crafts services without apology.
When we employ a worrier we try to
get the best there is in the business.
If a woman can whistle she is
likely to be pretty capable in other
respects.
If it is to be left to us we credit the
most humorous remark to Mr.. Bryan.
He says Admiral Sims talks too much.
Any good speaker who doesn't
know what he is talking about can
work up a lucrative line of employ
ment going from town to town telling
the business men how they ought to
run their affairs.
Mr.. Vanburen's burning words in
which he resigned his position with
the prohibition bureau will be COM
mented on from various angles.
Much OF this comment will be more
eloquent and convincing than anything
we could write. We shall merely
strive for the distinction of writing
the shortest commentary. Mr.. Van
buren, has had a row with somebody.
We knew it would happen sooner
or later Mrs. c. ]. Runde, of Du-
buque, recently swallowed a hairpin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

1t is pointed out by heads of the
farmer organizations that members
of the Chicago board of trade make
$49,000,oOo a year dealing in grain.
The implied suggestion is of course
that this huge sum is taken from the
producers. when the truth is most
Of it comes from the lambs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

The Kansas Industrial court law
has been pronounced good by both
court and jury, but up to this time it
has failed to put Howat in Jail. And
under his orders the miners have con-
tinued to strike When one man can
openly defy the power of the state
ard get away with it something is
wrong
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

ing eyes. Alice threw me over Friday
night. VIII you make the exchange.
my love?"
"oh, Ralph!" was all she could
say.
Copyright. 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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We dispense with the Rev. Mr..
Crafts services without apology.
When we employ worrier we try to
get the best there is in the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

And this, ladies' and gentlemen, is
the country that was once unspeakably
shocked by a picture called "Septem-
Der Morn"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

If a woman can whistle she is
likely to be pretty capable in other
respects
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

If man is afraid to say it himself
he nearly always asks a newspaper to
do it for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

If it is to be left to us we credit the
most humorous remark to Mr.. Bryan.
He says Admiral Sims talks too much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

The scheme to which we refer is the
one which provides for quitting work
altogether.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

Any good speaker who doesn't
know what he is talking about can
work up a lucrative line of employ
ment going from town to town telling
the business men how they ought to
run their affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04

1.-THE Debs mystery is still I'M
solved" writes Norm Hapgood. "Peo-
pie write me about it and ask me
orally about it ever. day, and really
hate to give the answer