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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

The railway executives represent
ing 14S roads have rejected President
Harding's suggestion of a basis for
the settlement of the strike, insofar as
the matter of the restoration of
seniority rights. The railroads appear
to prefer to fight it out. In this de-
cision they are within their rights and
may be permitted to keep up the
struggle if they continue to furnish
transportation. If, however, they fail
10 deliver the goods, the interstate
commerce commission, under the
Esch-Cummins law, has been given
ample power to take over the direc-
ton of the transportation business of
the country. The wisdom of the
trainers of the transportation act of
1920 has never been more apparent
than in the present railroad situation.
The whole purpose o: the act was to
serve the public welfare, and it is so
stated several times therein. Machin-
cry. in the shape of the railroad la
Dor board, was constituted to hear
and determine controversies relating
to wages and conditions of employ
ment of rail workers. 1t was hoped
that the board. thru its decisions,
would be able to avert any interrupt
ton to traffic caused by dissatisfied
employees, but in the event that trans
portation should be disorganized in
spite of the efforts of the board. the
trainers of the law clothed the inter
state commerce commission with full
and complete authority to take con-
troll of any situation that might de-
velop and administer the railroad sys-
tenn OF the country in the interests of
the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
seventeen years old. One night ms
girl friend and were down town to-
gether and we stopped in an ice cream
parlor to get a soda. While we were
eating it two nice looking boys sat
down at the table with US and started
to Joke. They paid for our sodas and
when we left they went out with US
and asked US to take walk. We
didn't stay out long because my father
makes me get in at 10 o'clock The
boys walked home with us and seemed
to like us very much. My friend
kissed me without asking me and said
all sorts of nice things.
1 did not see him for a long time
and then one night I saw him with
another girl. spoke to him and he
did not speak to me. Do you think
he recognized me or because 1t was
night when we were together he did
not remember my face? Should I go
up to him and remind him that We
were together that night the next time
we meet? DOROTHY.
A man does not consider IL neces-
sary to speak to a girl when he has
picked her up" on a street corner or
in a soda parlor, as was your case.
The boy recognized you without
doubt but because lie was with girl
he had met in the proper way he
would not speak After this do not
speak to him and forget that you ever
knew him and in the future do not
let strange men talk to you and be-
come so familiar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
Questions-AnsUers

Q. When did Josephus write the his
tories OF the Jews? A. L. p.
A Flavius Josephus. whose Jewish
in 81 A. d. and died about 100 A. d. The
History of the Jewish War, Jewish An
tiquities, an Apology Of the Jews Against
occupied him from about the year 20 until
the time of his death.
Q. How long has rotation of crops been
practised? L. d. p.
on the same land for several successive
years was noted by the Romans, but the
attention was first called to the value OF
crop rotations in 1!I4 in treatise by
Dickson. of Edinburgh, Scotland.
.. When were the first college boat
races held in this country? P. T. L.
A. The first races held were between
boats owned by Yale students in Boston
Harbor in 1914, the contestants being an
eight-oared gig and dugout canoe. The
first intercollegiate race was rowed by
Yale and Harvard crews in eight-oared
barges over = twO-mile course on Lake
Wlnnipesaukee in 1852
Q. How many Rhodes Scholarships are
there and what is their value? L. W.
A The system of scholarships founded
by the will of Cecil Rhodes provided in
perpetuity for the support at oxford Uni.
versity for term of three years each of
about 1T6 selected scholars from the Brit
ish colonies, the United States and Ger
many. The Scholarships have an annual
value Of 81 go to $500.
CAny reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic ].
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. This
offer applies strictly to Information Che
and financial matters 1t does not attempt
to settle domestic troubles. nor to under
take exhaustive research on any subject
cents in stamps for return postage AID
Write your question plainly ana briefly.
replies are sent direct to the tnGuirer.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

The Houston Post remarks that
every protective tariff law has been
repudiated by the people. Whereupon
the Republican Publicity association
cites the fact that, the party that
stands for the principle of protection
has been kept in power for forty-five
OF the sixty-one years since 1850, and
the Democratic party only sixteen
years in the same period" This does
not alter the fact, however, that each
time the Democrat party has been
elected to power was preceded closely
by the enactment of a high tariff
measure and the additional fact that
the Bourbons themselves met a SIM
liar fate following their failure to re-
duce the rates imposed by the Nc
KinIey bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
JUST FOLKS
THE DEsERTER.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE DEsERTER. "a
1--WE got to tell you It ALL" says he,
As mad as ever man eaH be-
Am bidding that woman O. mine goodbye.
For twenty years have tried to smile,
with her voice getting raspier all the while
So I've quit the place and I'm on my way"
hi 1t . my pipe Ssn and adn ssid M
l fancy she nags you when things go
And maybe her speech is trifle strong
And her voice is sharp and her temper
But twenty years of the thin and thick
Beats all that ever her husband bears.
You've got to be patient Suppose that
Had had to suffer what she's been thru;
Washing the dishes three time day,
With never rest along the way,
OF a babe to nurse and the boys to mind,
So tired you could scarcely move about
I fancy your temper would soon give out.
You ought to remember the pain she's had
When her voice is sharp and her temper's
And the times she's nagging you thru the
It isn't your cue to have much to say,
For all thata she's spending her strength
Is to keep home for your babes ana you.
And only coward would grab his hat
And turn his back on wife like that"
81 reckon you're right" he said to me,
That woman's had many a cause to be
Cross and cranky and all upset,
And many a good excuse to fret;
After all she's suffered 1t isn't strange
That her nerves should wear and her mood
So III stick by her till my life is spent
And let her nag to her hearts content"
Copyright 1922, by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
Dinner Stories

George s. Kinsman, retired agent
at Julesburg, Col. used 70 tell a
story about a certain judge who' In
the old woolly days, operated a cat
fish, bank in addition to his some
what light legal duties
One day a stranger presented a
check and was asked for tdentifiea-
ton. He dug up a number of letters
and kilograms, but was informed that
they were insufficient.
But" protested the man. you
have hanged people here on less iden-
tification than this"
ct know" replied his honor. "but in
money matters you got to be csreful."
A shopkeeper had in his employ
man so lazy as to be utterly worthless.
One day, his patience exhausted, he
discharged him.
, "will you give me q character ?"
asked the lazy one.
The employer sat down to write a
noncommittal letter. His effort result
ted as follows:
THE bearer of this letter has
worked for me one week and am
satisfied"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
PREPARING THE PUBLIC.

Apparently, in an effort to prepare
the public mind for the advance in
prices to the consumers certain to fol-
low the passage of the pending tariff
bill, supporters of the measure charge
that importers and joppers already
are getting ready to make such an
advance. They point out that:
zone of the most notorious exam
pies of this propaganda is a circular
letter which has been broadcast
thru the country to every retail dealer
handling any kind of clothing. This
letter is being sent out by a firm in
New York notifying retail dealers in
mems clothing and merchant tailors
dealing in cloth, that IN event the
pending tariff on wool becomes a law
it will be necessary to advance the
price of mems clothing $3.50 a suit
and mems overcoats $3.50"
But it is hardly necessary for the
New York firm to go to so much
trouble and expense. The public
the consequence of a high duty on
wool. 1t knows further that the wool
schedule was written at the dictation
of Senator Smoot of Utah.
1t is charged, further, that this New
York firm is holding more than 100
000,00 pounds of foreign wool in
bonded warehouses, waiting for the
passage of the new tariff law. under
the impression that the new rates are
to be lower than those which now pre-
vail.
Could any statement be more alb
surd than this? If this New York
firm hold its wool until the pending
tariff measure pass it seems likely to
have that wool on hand for. long
time.
However. a good way to disappoint
the importers, the jobbers and the re-
tailers who are preparing to raise
prices on the strength OF the. enact
ment of the Fordney-McCumber bill
is not to pass it. That course will be
entirely satisfactory to the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

The national debt stands at about
$2S. 100000 but against that sum
the treasury holds more than $11, OO0,-
100000 of securities of various sorts,
most of them the obligations of for
eign governments. Included in the lot
are about $5O0,0OO.O00 worth of rail-
road equipment trust notes. which
may be considered gilt edged. and II
the foreign debt refunding commission
succeed in arranging for the eventual
payment of the foreign notes the bur
den of the taxpayers should be re-
duced almost one-half, unless con-
gress find new ways of spending
money. such as the proposed ship sub
sidy.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
LITTLE BERNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and pop and ma was taking a
wawk last mite on account of ma and
pop thinking it was too hot to go to
the movies, not making eny diffrents
| wat thawt, and we started to go past
a man all dressed up in a long black
thing and a black hat like clown
hat with stars and moons on it, say
ing, Ladies' and gents, step up and
tell me the day and munth of your
berth and for one dime I will give yon
a correct reeding of your carater ac-
cording to the stars.
1 think Ill have my caracter red,
I've always wondered If there was
enything in this horoscope bizzness,
pop sed, and ma sed, Now W1llyum,
how do you Suppose that man knows
eny more about your caracter than
you know yourself. Whose carater is
it? she sed.
I'm a crate believer in science, pop
sed. And he went up and handed the
man a dime saying, I was born on
the 23rd of August 1877, and the man
seds That brings you under the sine
of Sissyface or the camel star. in other
words you are man of crate pene-
tration.and mulch will power, you are
O leeder of men and mulch sought
after by the ladies' and your judge
mint is mulch respected by all who
And we kepp on wawking.. pop say
ing, He dident hit me off so badly. !
bleeve there's lot to that berth bizz-
ness. And on the way back the man
was still there and he saw US coming,
saying, One dime, no more and no less.
for a true and accurate reedinR of
your caracter according to the stars.
Jest slip me a dime and the day and
date of your BERTH.
Me saying to pop, G pop he don't
remember you, wy don't you have your
caracter red agen and see IL he says
il the same?
I've herd verse Ulcers. pop sed. And
he handed the man a dime, agen, say
ing I was born the 23rd of August
1877, and the man sed. All, that brings
you under the sine of Shippyshape or
the ostrich star. which n1eens that
you are easily led and more inclined
to take the opinions of others than
to trust your own. your chief failing is
carelessniss and lack of will power.
And we keep on wawking home,
pop saying. A lot of tommyrot, that's
all it is, without a werd or a sillable
of truth in it, never did bleeve there
was enthing to this berth bizzniss.
Hee hee, ma sed, And we kepp on
wawking home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

man brave enough to marry me. Sim
ply dreadful to have q chit five years
younger writing herself Mrs. so far
ahead OF me-" Thus she kept all
Brush Creek neighborhood in litter,
and at last brought off the wedding.
not in a blaze of glory but in the
quiet she felt the young couple craved.
when they were safely away on
their brief wedding journey she shut
herself in, saying with something be-
twixt a smile and a yawn: My, but
/ am tired! Alone she faced herself
IN the mirror, saying with real smile
hitterer than tears: My happiness Is
laid a burnt offering on the altar o.
Melia. Lord send she deserves it,"
Copyright, 1929, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

The labor board has declared that,
because of their defiant action, the
organizations as they existed have lost
their standing before the board. In
keeping with this development and on
the sound principle that men have
the right to work if they wish to, rail-
road companies have to some extent
employed others. giving due warning
that, IL the striking employees do not
return within a limited time, their
rights OF seniority will pass More
over, the principle naturally covers
the men who did not obey the strike
order and remained at work The
question that arises, therefore. IS
whether men who thus remained at
work or who were later hired to work
are to be summarily sacrificed in a
settlement. From a union point Of
view these men have no rights. The
unions position is that men willing to
take employment and to help to keep
the trains running must be thrown
out On the other hand. however
willing the railroads might be to do
this. they are reluctant TO violate
their pledged word. Here arises the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
ON SECOND THOUGHT

writing in the Norristown Herald,
/ one who signs himself Morris" makes
! the claim that John H. Wtlliams. VINO
was identified with the her , ior
| Mr.. Williams column was cameo
Editorial Etchings." He began 70
write it inf 1871, and continued TO 90
so until his death In $50 ,1,areiy
start the arguments As a RUE We
make no attempt to settle them
what we do remember is that whens
as q small boy, we first began 20 reao
the newspapers the three most ire
ouently quoted newspapers in the
country were the Norristown Herald
the Danbury News and the SomerViiie
Journal. II &c nappened 70 .ha
space of an ordinary paragraph, the
chances were as 10 to / that 1t nad
been copied from one of the three
newspapers mentioned.
The one in which we acquired the
accomplishment of reading and sub
seouently grew up was an era OF news
paper humor. There is nothing like It
now probably newspaper readers
would not stand for it now. Bob Bur-
dette, George w. Peck. BIZ Nye. NJ
Quad. J. Amory Knox and Opie Reed
were its star performers. save heeo'
they are all dead, almost forgotten.
what we are wondering is would
they be funny now?
Eph Wiley says it looks like Gamma
was gonna
Why Column Conductors Become
Conceded.
Sfr-I am writing to you because
you seem both willing and able to
answer questions. am frank enough
to say that 1t is pure curiosity that
prompts me to write to you. How
ever, as a daily and diligent reader OK
the Public Ledger, shall derive bene-
fit from your answer.
First. / would like to ask how the
life guards at the seashore live on $40
a week. Do they have to depend on
tips from the people they save from
decease? II so. do they save enough
to pay them during the summer? IL
life guard kept a diary of events
would it not be the most uninteresting
and monotonous of records?. What
recreations do they have to offsec
their colorless existence? DO you
think there would be a market for a
volume entitled, THE Life of a Lie
Second, kindly explain the differ:
ence between the use OF % ana
"Oh.' When is 1T best to use one In
place of the other? @. A. B.
AS to the first question. we say yes
and no, altho IL is only fair to say tnas
many Intelligent and well educated
persons differ from usson that point.
We cannot be trusted TO answer the
second. AS to whether 1t should he
20" or "Oh" in a given case Is one
always wrong. The right Csc OF the
interjections in question Is the one we
didn't employ. That is as near as We
can get to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02
r DELIBERATE CONGI

Z
When the national house of repre-
sentatives recessed to enable its men,
bers to go home and look after their
political fences. it was with the I'M
Outstanding that the senate would
thus have time to catch up with the
coordinate branch of congress in the
disposal of public business. When the
house members return to Washington
! they will find legislative matters
about as they left them.
In the matter of putting in full
time. congressman earn their money,
but in the matter of work accom-
plished they are vastly overpaid. One
reason for this appears to lie in the
fact that the legislative machinery is
at all times clogged with bills relating
to matters of small concern.
OF the 1900 or more bills intro
duced in the 9th congress. probably
not more than 100 merit more than
passing consideration and yet congress
must mark time while these bills are
read, committees must spend days,
weeks and even months reviewing
them, and COMMITTEES members must
lens to devote time to matters OF n
trivial nature.
Many OF the measures which ham
per congress are measures which OBJ
viously are impracticable. Others
clearly would be in violation of the
constitution If enacted. Sti1 others
are introduced merely to satisfy de-
mands of local constituencies, there
being no possibility of their passage.
A few may represent the Utopian
dreams of their authors. 1t seldom
happens that a bill els introduced
which VIII bear rigid scrutiny, and
gather support enough to pass in such
form that it could be identified as the
measure originally offered by its spon-
sor. No wonder the country chafes
at the delay IN the enactment of i'm
portant legislation. No wonder con-
gress. even when working overtime,
is unable to obtain maximum results
for the good of the nation.
There are numerous problems
taken up by congress which legislation
cannot solve. There are conditions
existing thruout the country which
have been brought about or aggra-
waited by too much legislation. There
are improvements needed in national
affairs which can come only thru a
better knowledge of the processes in
VOWED and sounder practices on the
part , of those directly concerned.
Congress should not be called upon to
take action in respect to matters
which, II left alone, will be remedied
in the natural course of events with
out government interference.
1t would be difficult to analyze the
situation in congress, or to define all
the causes for this situation. but one
obstacle to better results probably as
the unwieldy size OF the house. and
another is the disposition to spar for
political advantage For these condi-
tons there seems to. be no present
remedy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

. We boast Of majocity rule In this
&C untry but probably rot more than
10 per cent of the voting population
saw nominated for governor yesterday
the man of their choice In the end
the whole people are compelled to
take what a minority offers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

principle that the interests OF the
great body of citizens are paramount
to those of any group. The exist
ing situation should be a warning to
both sides not to place themselves in
positions from which it is so difficult
to recede.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

More motor trucks are used on the
farms in the west north central states
than in any other section of the coun-
try. according to United States bureau
of the census figures. Minnesota, the
Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska have $4,000 trucks on
farms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

Copyright. 1922. by the Wheeler Syn.
dictate Inc.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

AS to the first question, we say yes
and no, altho 1t is only, fair to say that
many intelligent and well educated
persons differ from usson that point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

what we are wondering is would
they be funny now?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

Eph Wiley says it looks like Gamma
was gonna.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-02

We cannot be trusted to answer the
second. AS to whether it should he
20" or "Oh" in a given case is one
matter of controversy in which we are
always wrong. The right Csc of the
Intersections in question Is the one we
didn't employ. That is as near as We
can get to it.