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New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
The Coming ower
AN ECHO OF THE WAR

l purchased scores Of Liberty 4s
when the Hun was at the gate,
And bought cigars at war bazars,
and l paid a dollar straight.
The bread had was pretty bad, but
the soldiers needed the wheat; ]
And-it seems like a dream-but I
used no cream, and my coffee
was far from sweet.
Contributed l with a will to the Y;
to the Am. Red Cross 1 gave,
When / was dub at Neufchateau
and my wife was a Washington
slave.
Now l am not sore at the silly old
war-I go where duty bids;
But what became of the old tinfoil
I gave to the Belgian kids?
I'm not the kind to keep in mind the
wrongs Of a bygone day.
l can take a bath in the grapes of
wrath and emerge debonair and
gay.
The forgivingest guy in the world
am I, and seldom l bear a.
grudge;
And / often sing to myself, cold
thing, who are you that you
should judge?"
But once in a while I lose my
smile, and bite on my cigar,
And you'll maybe learn that the
worm can turn, and / can be
pushed so far.
For this is what gets me wild and
hot, till I grind my teeth and
dances:
Whatever became of that old tin
foil I gave to the kids of
France?
My bonds are low, but 1 let that go
i never was one to bawl.
Though the things I thought were
what fought for weren't the
things at all.
l pay my tax and | make no cracks
at the ridiculous government;
If l knew how to adjust the row,
perhaps I'd be President.
When liquor quite disappeared from
sight l raised no protesting
voice,
And if Sundays blue should be our
due, III dutifully rejoice;
But Berserker ire sets me afire with
a flame that can't be hid,
When wonder who got that old tin
foil and what miserable good
it did.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
A Deadly Weapon
.trrom The Toledo Blade)

Only five Of the twcnty-four Reds
shipped to Lenine tho other day were
to take soap with them, though
there is soap famine in Russia. This
is too bad. A little leaven leayeneth
tho. whole lump, and twenty-four Com
munists, all armed with soap, might
have been sufficient to overthrow SOAP
lcss Soyietisrn
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
History Repeats9

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: "It is reported on excellens ~
thority that General Wood will De ssess
to assume the Governor Generaisnip =
the Philippines" History iUni'sN
States) repeats itself. II there Is me-
in the ofIing remarkable only LOT w.
esty and efficiency. by all means 'es
remove him as far as possible Nv,
Washington. NJ. +. "o"
Geneva, N. Y, Jan. Is, 1874.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
General Wood in the Cabinet
More Tribune Readers Express Widespread Demand His Abpon
of
o the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: thank you so much for your
splendid editorial last Sunday about
General Wood. l am only one of hun
dreds of New York women (there are
three of them in my family who long
to make their voices heard in time to
register for General Wood as our next
Secretary of War.
Can you not give the people an op-
portunity to sign form printed in
The Tribune, and mail you their sigma
lures, which would reach enormous
numbers within the next month?
New York. the Empire City, should
lead the East in stop, look and listen
call to Mr.. Harding. Let US make
ourselves articulate in time.
The street crowd which attended the
dedication of Roosevelt House on Jan
uary surely indicated, women equal
ly with men, what the people think and
whom they want 1t was like the roar Of
the pack when Wood came after all the
other speakers-a7 "eye-opener" as to
what is going on in the minds and
hearts of the multitude. They want
no more misfits like Baker and Daniels.
through whom the United States has
lost SO much prestige and the graft
tude tor all we did
For purely selfish reasons, Ameri-
cans don't want General Wood eternal
ly chested of official power and dignity
They want him where he can protect
the country at every point-not as
resident Governor of the Philippines
or any other "out-of -the-way of pol
iticians" island. We intensely hope
that Chicago and Cincinnati publish
ers, etc, will not be rewarded with
public plums for personal friendships
"a la Mr.. Wilson.
There are very many who feel most
earnestly and intensely on this mat
ter.
Can you not give them the chance
to sign their names to great list
and get word to Mr.. Harding ia time +?
We would bless The Tribune even more
than we always do for its noble senti-
ments.
FLORENCE B. HENGLER.
New York, JAN 19, 1921.
I'VE suggest that our correspon-
dent, and every one who wishes to
express the same view, write a per-
sonal letter to Mr.. Hardinr.-Ed.l
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
RALPH BARTON.

Our candidate for Postmaster Cen
eral is Mr.. Will H. Hays. Mr. Hays,
he tells US, was Wabash College class
mate of Ted Robinson's, The Cleveland
Plain Dealers gifted bat erudite colyum-
list; and with Mr.. Hays in Office law
might be put through giving the free
dom of the mails to coyum contribs.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

a Sunday and enjoy his gloom to his
hearts content. He has no business
forcing his habits upon the rest of
the world, and the. sooner he real
ICES the fact the better.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

According to the blue law lobby. only
motion pictures and professional base
ball are aimed at in the annihilatory
attack. But some motion pictures, it
seems to US, should be retained. The
law might read Except, however, mo-
ton pictures as tiresome to watch as
the average sermon is to hear"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
Taking the Ton Out Of chesterton

Sir: Can't you do something to save the
caricaturists from all the maiigning the re-
porters are treating them to because Ches-
terton is not fat as he was painted
None Of them mention the fact that the
little chap sloughed eff couple of tons
during his recent illness and is showing
America mere shadow of his former self.
lie is now frequently accepted as a single
fare by London cabmen.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
From Tho Utopia Courier

Sir: Impossible extract from n news
story: "The bandits dashed out of the shop
and leaped into a powered car whose
engine was not running"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
THE KuRsE OF THE KEY

Ten years ago last June it was
Facultas magistrorum
Hailed upon the cocoa mat
And made ME kneel before EN-.
They tied n riband on my coat
And uttered cabalistic
Lingo, and hung upon my front
This key, and chirped this distich:
son this should make you rerra happa-
For you are noto Phi Beta Kappa"
1t hung awhile upon my chest.
l thought it looked quite dappa;
Put when I sought Yob, l got
A shrug-"Phi Beta Kappav'
Ten years! And still it's adumbrate
Why I should be, now. happa-
We found no lock this key will fit.
Who'll buy-Phi Beta Kappa?
SNITrRN
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

self in the position OF having offered
gratuitous insult to the Presdent-elect,
JOHN d. ELWELL
New York, Jan. l9, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
RoLLo.

There has been no provision made, in
the inaugural plans, for music; but
somebody should write the Song of
Marion's mem.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

1t strikes us that the simplicity in
Washington on March will border ON
the ostentatious.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
,ir: I'm Phi Beta Kapna man A,.o

Sir: I'm Phi Beta Kappa man. Also
movie press agent I'm at present engaged
IN putting across young star who cracked
under the strain and left the Cleveland
grammar schools in the seventh grade In
class of forty-two he stood forty second. Now
he draws more salary in week than / do
in year and he can get on the front pnpes
OF the newspapers just by getting married.
or divorced again. But, gosh, Boss. I'm
glad you're betting on me!
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

Contemplation of a whole column,
blank and untitled, gives one, even after
thousands of days of it, daily sensa-
ton of vertigo. Yesterdays dizziness
was dispelled by regarding the work of
Benjamin Franklin, better known to
the colyum sfans Of his day as Poor
Richard.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

Well, Mr.. Whitman's idea Of the
police's appeal to those who wanted
protection" appears to be "Give till
it hurts"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21
FLORENCE B. HEN GLER.
New York, Jan. 19, 1921.

I'VE suggest that our correspon-
dent, and every one who wishes to
express the same view, write per-
sonal letter to Mr.. Harding-Ed.l
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

"Little strokes" quoth he, "fell great
oaks"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-21

sntered at tAe Pes,ofnce at New York a. ssosad
Claxs Mail Mates. -
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

The United States not only led the
world in early development of air navi-
CATION but it has led the world in
developing one of the most useful adj
juncts of air avigation-aerial photo
graphy. What the Wright brothers
Gid in invention Of flying machines.
another American. Sherman Fairchild,
Of New York. a son of former Con-
gresham George w. Fairchild, has
done in improvement of cameras for
taking photographs from the Sky. With
these new inventions. not only map
making but civil engineering and vari-
rus other difficult tasks will be greatly
facilitated. The Chinese government is
planning to Use these American inven-
lions to photograph the entire route of
proposed railway, and some of the Can
adian provinces are contemplating tax
ing photographs of their timbcred areas
as a quick and relatively cheap method
OF ascertainiil. the kind of timber. it's
SIC, density. lay of the land. etc.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

Congress and the administration
whose efforts are going to be directed
toward aiding in securing trade in for
eign lands, must not for a moment over
look the fact that the industries OF this
country will have to compete with tho
Industries of Germany and Great
britain. and they must not forget that
the English, and the Germans are Very
e.lcicnt trade gcttcrs. 10 compete with
them in the markets of the world our
soods--quality for quality-must be
placed as cheaply as theirs. Can such
thing he accomplished? That is the
problem that must he solved. First,
however. it must be made possible for
tie American manufactures and pro
ducer to compete successfully with
every other manufacturer and producer
in the American market If congress
and the administration listen to the i'm
l,orters and tariff for revenue only adj
vocates the battle is lost before it is
really begun.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

Conditions in farm labor employment
lave been reversed a year ago the
laberer was getting about all he asked.
because labor was scarce Then man
would hire out for say 500 per month,
board. lodging and washing thrown in.
Along would come farmer and offer
the man $40 per month. with accountrc-
mcnts. and the man would quit the $50
pei month job with remarkable agility
1t is not working that way any more.
Tie shoe is on the other foot and it
r,ay be believed that it is pinching. A
dispatch from Buck Grove, Iowa, says
that Il short time ago $50 per month
for farm hands in that vicinity was
considered fair pay. but of late so many
men raised on farms have returned to
agricultural pursuits that the market
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16
GIVE US A REMEDY.

No organization should be permitted
to grow so great and powerful that
it can dictate terms to the government
or compel the government to compro-
Mise with it. Organizations Of capital
or labor that assume such proportions
spell the death Of popular government
and the tyranny of class.-knOxville
journal.
The Journal has put its finger upon
the sore. but what is the remedy? First
capital organized and there is on doubt
hut that such organization assisted
capital materially in securing helpful
legislation. Then labor organized and
began its fight for congressional intlu
ence. 1t succeeded in forcing the ma
iional administration and congress to
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

roughly constructed foot-path, they
gather in groups and look in wonder
ment at the relief that is coming to
them. Miss Read says the natives are
patient and accomplishing and restrain
themselves with stole philosophy that
is truly marvellous.
A report was in circulation during
the cold winter that warm clothing
could be had at compound" some
what distant and thousands of SILVER
ing, furnishing people made rush for
this, only to find the report false
one. Anticipation had nerved them for
the journey, but disappointment and
despair so depressed them on the re-
turn trip that they fell helpless by the
way and thousands Of them died by the
roadside.
She tells of village streets being lined
for long distances on either side with
dead babies awaiting the coming of the
burial squad.
In order to afford remunerative work
for men able for service the Red Cross
has inaugurateG Il road building pro-
gram that is giving employment to hun
Greds Of thousands. Payment is made
in grain, the amount each receives be-
ing predicated upon the size of the fam
lily Of the recipient.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16
col, HARVEY IN GOOD START.

Col. George Harvey, ambassador TO
Great Britain. is now in London and
has taken up his manifold duties. Many
n.iSgiyings have been expressed in this
country over the appointment of Mr..
Harvey to such al important post, the
fear being widespread that he is too
q ratio, impulsivc and caustic to prop
crly represent this great nation at the
court Of st. James. Nobody questions
the colonels ability or patriotism. but
ipany do question his sound Judgment
and capacity to restrain himself in try
ing situations. However, he has made
a good start and his critics ought to
await developments; before consigning
him to Z place among the failures. IN
response to the address, of the mayor
nt Southampton in welcoming him TO
England the colonel said:
II am glad to have this opportunity
Ct expressing at the outset the message
of good will. cheer and hope which my
president has commissioned me to con
ycy to the king.
I'VE must realize. that we must pass
from recollection to action if we are to
l,applc with the great problems of the
present and the future. You have more
tEan our sympathy. for there never was
FL - 4 1,n
moral obligation she feels to tho mother
country.
y am directed by my government to
extend to England the full cooperation
of America in all good works, and if
ihis great empire and the great republic
get together, shoulder to shoulder, they
cannot and must not fail to save them
selves and the world"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16
WHY THE cow DIED.

Dubuque Times-J Journal: The rail
way executives are kept busy explain
ing why, in spite of the increased rates,
the railroads are slipping farther and
farther into the hole. Some of the ex-
plantations sound like the speech of the
rural lawyer in the justice of the peace
court.
"your Honor" he declaimed, "if the
train had been running as she should
have ran; if the bell had been rung
rs it should have been rang; if the
whistle had been blown as it should
have been blew; both Of which they did
neither, the COW would not have been
injured when she was killed"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

According to an item going the
rounds of the Iowa press, party Of
well dressed young people driving in
beautiful high power auto stopped
in front of Merrill store one day
last week. A young lady dressed in
the latest fashion and in a gentle tone
of voice that could be likened unto
peaches and cream ordered candy, Gig
ars, gums, cookies and at last can Of
salmon. She gathered the articles in
one pile and. as an after thought
asked the lady clerk if she would
please open the can Of salmon. as they
didn't have can opener with them.
The salesladv stepped into another de-
partmcnt of the store for the can
opener ard as she did so. the strange
young lady gathered up the articles
purchased, stepped into the open door
of the auto and in a jiffy all were out
Of sight. No money was left to liq-
nidate the bill.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

enact the Adamson law, which law
is responsible for very large share
of the dissatisfaction over transporta-
ton charges. Now farmers are organic
ing and if they succeed sufficiently to
control prices and legislation they will
NJ doubt be just as eXacting and unfair
as organized capital and labor
If all organizations formed and main
tanned for the purpose of establishing
prices and influencing legislation could
be dissolved the result would be bene-
fetal. Supply 4 Demand would again
be back upon the job as regulators OF
price and congresses and legislatures
would be free to enact legislation with
the sole object of the general good in
view, minfiuenced by class favoritism
and special privilege interests. Every
body would be upon fair basis, honest
competition would establish values at
reasonable levels and the old world
would wag along in comparative peace
and comfort, with no combinations to
boost prices and to throw the industries
into turmoil by strikes and lOckouts.
Can it be hoped that such conditions
will ever prevail?
Labor was. forced to organized in self
defense because capital was organized
and the farmers are being forced to or
ganize to meet the conditions of orga-
nized capital and labor. Where will it
Ill end?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

Ont in Denver last week Il minister
operated q newspaper for a day from
the viewpoint OF what he conceived to
be pure Christianity. No crime was
E,cnticncd and questionable advertise
pents were cut out. Only the good
was played up in type. That is all
right for a day. BIT let the gentleman
try TO run that sort of Il paper. at his
ow:l expense. for year and see how
he comes ont. II was attempted recent
1y in Chicago and failed. The church
people would not support it. The paper
died a Ga,ural death and the equipment
was sold for what i: would bring
Henry Ford or John u. Rockefeller
GOLD rim such paper. bat the man
who must make ii pay finds himself
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

Many Of the canning companies are
LAYING Off this year because they have
been unable to sell all of last years
product. But wouldn't it be better to
sell chcap!y. at loss perhaps. than to
II main idle? 1t often proves wise i'll
productive industries to stock up when
others arc not doing so. Later on there
may be Il larger demand for canned
goods than can he supplied, then the
managers of canneries will wish they
had canned while the canning was good.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16
STRICKEN CHINA.

Some people in this country may
think they are having a hard time OF it
because they are having difficulty to
meet rents or taxes or interest and are
perhaps unable to add anything to their
savings. But the person who is fairly
we'll fed and housed is so much better
off than many millions in other coun-
tries that there is no comparison. Por-
tons of Europe and Asia, big sections
of country. are suffering kcenly for the
bare necessities of life. thousands dying
Gaily because of lack of nourisllnent.
Nobody need starve in the United
States. There is plenty here for all and
ii the unfortunate will make their
wants known ways and means will be
found to supply food.
Alice Read, graduate of Grinncli
college. is now doing missionary work
in China and has written to friends in
Iowa of the appalling conditions i'll the
famine stricken districts of that sor-
rowing land. She says that the wheel
barrow is utilized to get food from the
l.carest railroad station to the famislcd
communities so to 100 miles distant.
Thousands of these crude vehicles are
used, being pushed by coolies who re-
ccivc Tor their services food enough
to afford strength to accomplish the
work.
When the starving natives hear the
sGueaking barrOws coming down the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

ploy two shifts of eight hours each or
sixteen hours service where there is
only four hours actual work?
Yes.
Is it fact that where two shifts are
worked, starting time must be between
Z and S a. M. and if the arrival of a
train, or other operating conditions re-
quire a man on duty at 6 a. ~, he
must be paid for five hours each day
in addition to regular eight hour day?
Yes, and under decisions rendered
by Adjustment Boards at Washington
railroads were compelled to allow con-
siderable back pay on several cases of
this kind.
Is it fact that an employee who
keeps a record of wheels applied and
removed from cars must be classified
as a mechanic and paid S. cents per
hour?
An employee who keeps records Of
wheels applied and removed from cars
! is classified as carman and is paid
so cents per hour.
Is it true that under the rules Sec
ton foreman or his men are not al
lowed to fix or repair the motor car
that carries them to and from work be-
cause this is machinists' work, and a
ma chinist must be sent to make repairs,
or the motor sent to the shop for re.
pairs?
Yes.
Is it true that roundhouse men, car
men and others, whose services arc alb
solutcly essential to the movement of
trains on Sunday and holidays receive
time and one half on such days?
Yes. a.
Did this practice prevail under pri-
vatc management?
Only certain classes Of mechanics
were paid time and one half on such
days.
Did the Labor Board direct the rail-
roads to continue the rules and regula-
lions issued by the Railroad Admin
istration?
Yes. ...
The Trccman-Journal regrets that
the st. Louis chamber of commerce did
not carry its inquiries into the higher
branches of railroading and give the
public the facts about the salaries of
presidents. directors. attorneys, etc.
ETC., together with the amount Of serv-
ice rendered by each. We have no
doubt that men are upon the payrolls
of the companies who receive from $50.
COO to S15O.OOO per year who do not
actually render service equivalent in
value to ten per cent of what they get.
In turning on the light it ought to
illuminate the higher-up departments,
to the end that the real reasons for the
railroads OF the country being oper-
ated at loss, may be revealed.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

II is not good for n boy to be per-
lnitted to practice shooting birds or
harmless animals 1t is apt to make
him cruel aid hard. Yet parents often
allow their small boys to kill birds.
squirrels, etc. with airguns or sling
shots. Small boys are tloushtlcss con-
corning matters Of this kind and ought
to- h" guided by their parents They
Should be taught that it is wrong to
XII any harmless thing for sport.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-16

John Il. Adams. of this state. is to be
tie new head Of the republican national
committee in place of Will Hays, now
postmaster general in the Harding
cabinet. Mr.. Adams will find if he re-
tains the republican majority registered
for his party in the last election that
he will have to be UP and coming
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
But the republican party will never
again be confronted by two such ''pud-
Gngs" as Woodrow Wilson and James
NJ Cox. Such n combination never be-
that it will ever happen again.