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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-12

Topeka, Kan, June L.
wHEAT-No. l dark hard, S13S; No. 2
dark hard, $1.30@1 A: No. ) dark hard, 81. %
al 43: No 1 hard, $1.13td11S; No. . hard.
81 11G133: No. hard, $11Od123; No. 4
hard 81. oral Is.
CORN-No. white, 5615c; No. / yellow,
511&c; No. yellow. 5T12c; No. 3 yellow,
56j5c No. mixed. 5615 Q57c..
OATS-No white, 3Sc; No white, SIG
371ac.
BARLEY-No. 4, SIC.
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EPTSCOPALIAN CAMP CLOSES
The Rev. James p. De Wolfe of Pitts
burg, Spoke Sunday.

Camp Wise, the Episcopalian camp
of instruction for the boys and girls of
the parishes and missions of the Kan
sas diocese. broke up Sunday after the
final sermon by the Rev. James P.
De Wolfe of Pittsburg, at the Grace
cathedral Sunday morning
Corporate communion for the boys
and girls was given Sunday morning
at 1890 o'clock. There were nearly
100 boys and an equal number of girls
at the camp
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He Lost His Twin Peaches.

Salina. June 12.-W. H. Padgett is
mourning the loss of his twins
Only recently Mr.. Padgett was jubi-
liant because a peach tree in his yard
was full of peaches. all of them twins
Their vitality evidently was low, how
ever, as they have all fallen off
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CALL KATo A REAcmoNARY.
Many Blows Aimed at New japanese
Premier by Press.
(By the Associated Press.l

(By the Associated Press-J
Toxic, June 1.-THE cabinet of
former Premier Takahashi, which
failed because of opposition to his
liberal ideas, has been succeeded by
one whose announced watchword is
economy and which, a portion of the
vernacular press declares, has tinges
of reactionaryisrn. These comments,
directed so far chiefly at the new
premier. Admiral Baron Tomosa buro
Kato, who took office today, are re-
inforced by others levelled at his policy
of naming a non-Party government
which affect all the members
Most of the members saw service in
either cabinet or governmental posi-
lions. Three are retained from the
Takahashi ministry-Viscount Uchida,
minister of foreign affairs, and
Enkichi Ol<i. minister of railways, be-
sides the premier.
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Dixie Carroll. sport writer, Is Dead.

Chicago. June - Dixie Carroll.
Carroll Blaine Coook Jr.,J widely
known sports writer and authority on
fishing. died here yesterday. At the
time of his death he was editor of the
fishing news section of the Chicago
Daily News
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

New York, June 12-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creamery higher than xtras. 371
3715c.
EGGS-Market steady. Fresh gathered
extra firEts. 26Iz a DC.
CHEESE-Market firm. State whole milk.
flats. fresh specials. 19M 20c-
POULTRY-AIive easy: broilers. 3TH
42c; dressed, steady; western chickens. 30tl
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KANSAS CITY GIN MARKET.

Kansas City, June 12-WHEAT-Receipts
800 cars. Market Sc to 1Oc lower No. 1
81 2S@1. &C; No. / hard, $112@1.42; No. .
hard. $111@1.44: No. red, $1.1O@I13; No.
= red. S1.O56I1. 10.
CORN-Market down &c to 1c. No. .
white, 56l@c: No. B white, 551zQ56c No
. yellow, 5I1&c; No. 3 yellow, 5615 a SIC !;
Mop mixed. 5614c; No 3 mixed. 551Sd56c.
OATS-Market down 1ac. No. white,
3SG 3S15c; No. mixed, 36@3Tc; No. 2 red,
36d SIC.
RYE-S5M SEC
BARLEY-5265 41zc.
KAFIR@S1 26@1. A
BRAN-T66I soc.
SHORTS--$1.10612 20.
WHEAT-Close: July, $1031a Sept,
CORN-Juiy. 56ssc; Sept. 59Ac; Dec,
J915c.
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Chicago, June 12.-WHEAT = With
harvesting expected to become general this
week in the winter crop belt and with a
bumper yield in prospect wheat prices to-
day underwent a MARTIAL downturn in the
early dealings. Bears were predicting a
free movement to market straight from the
thresher. the fact that the elevator facilities
here were still clogged with grain tended
further to put. bulls at disadvantage
The opening which ranged rom &c to 1Ac
lower. July $114H to $1141a and Septcm-
Der S1133s % $7.135s was followed by de-
cided further drop.
The close was unsettled. 31sc to sc
net lower. with July $1.O9% to 81 001s and
September $1.101A to $11OA.
CORN-Corn and oats started firmer but
then sympathiZed with the weakness of
wheat. After opening unchanged to Sc
higher July 62Hc to 623sc, the corn market
declined all around below Saturdays fin
ish.
The close was strong, &c to ne net low
er. with July at Gle
OATS-Oats started a shade to &c high
er, July 36as @3615c to 3612c, and later
followed corn down grade.
PROVISIONS-LowerQ quotations on hogs
weakened the provision market.
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POTATOES-Market slightly stronger
Receipts 1O1 cars. Alabama, Louisiana,
Oklahoma sacked Bliss Triumphs, No. 1,
50 5O63.75 cwt South Carolina, stat bar
rels, Irish Cobblers No. 1, $8754I.oO.
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Chicago, June 12-POTLTRY-Aiive
higher; fowls. 221ze; broiIers. 52d 40c;
roOsters 15c-
BUTTER-Market higher. Creamery ex-
tras. 1914 N3JAc-
EGG&iarket lower. Firsts. 22a221zc.
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, June 2-wHEAT-Gose: July,
CORN-July, Gle: Sept, 635sc: Dec, 631sc
OATS-July. 351zc; Sept, 311zc; Dec,
395sc.
RYEJnly, sT14c; Sept s41sc; Dec. Soc.
LARD-July, $11-31; Sept, S11.64; Dec,
RfBs-JuIy. s1212; Sept. $500.
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GRAIN RECEIPTS.
FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co.. 201
New England Building.)
June IL, 1922.
Wheat Corn Odtf

TOPEKA CASH GRAIN MARKET.
FURNISHED by Derby Grain Co.. $50 New
England BLDG Topeka. Kan-)
(These prices are basis delivered in Kansas
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LIVERPOOL BUENOS AIRES GRAIN.
FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co. 20l
New England Bldg. Topeka.l

June IL, 1922
LIVER POOL-Wheat opened Il d higher;
D. m, wheat II @5d lower than Saturdays
close
&c lower; corn closed Saturday 1Ae high
err
corn closed IL d up
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KANSAS CITY PRoDUcE MARKET.

Kansas City, June 12-EGGS-Aarket un-
changed Firsts, zoe.
BCTTER-Creamery. SOC; packing. 1c
higher. pc: butter fat unchanged. 32c.
POULTRY-Hens. 19c; market unehang-
ed broilers. unchanged, SIC; ROSTERS. IN
changed. lie.
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NEW YORK srGAR MARKET.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET,

New York. June 12-SCGAR-RzT. ga
Ter: centrifugal. 461; refined, steady: ii
graduated, 5-S0d600.
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Just to keep you
reminded that we
are still selling Quail
ity Goods at less
than our COMPETE
tors.
Fancy New Potatoes, lbs. .1sc
Fine New Cabbage. each. .. 1Oc
Fancy Lemons. doz. $50
Meadow Gold Butter. .4Oc
Elgin. Nut Butterine. have you
tried it? 1t will stand up as
we'll as any creamery butter in
hot weather. special. -. .22c
Our Fine Bread. .........so
Jell-O, special ........... &c
Gold Dust, large. special. acc
Ice Cream Powder. special. 100
Glass Fine Jelly. SC
25c Tall Jar Jam. pc
Csc Can Finest Apple Butter zoe
Rupert's Pure Jam, 2o-oz.
can. .22c
Hires Root Beer Extract,
Z5c bottle .22c
Sal Soda. 10 lbs. .25c
Block Salt, gray. &c
Corn, cans. 25c
Finest Spices in the city
Cut Prices.
owl-Right Coffee. 47c grade, SIC
Owl Toilet Paper.
2Oc quality. .1Oc
Post Toasties, large. for. Csc
Large can Tomatoes. .1Sc
Can Sifted Peas. ......15c
White House Flour. AZ lbs, $3.50
o. n. T. Spool Cotton. special &c
Certo. for making Jelly and
Jam. 33c
Penn-Jel. cuts labor of jelly and
jam making in two, and makes
II better lac
Libby's Mix, tall. PC y
Campben's B. Beans. can. lie
Goodrich Wild Cherry.
zoc size. '-.-......... 2oc
Very low prices on Armour's
Grape Juice.
usii- 49, .-...... zoe
No. Macaroni or Spaghetti.
phss. -......-....-. Csc
Aspirin Tablets, genuine. Sc
Lowest Price on Jars. Caps
and Rubbers-
- m ~
owl d;Ns5;
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GENERALLY higher than last year. This stu
alton forces us to come to the concluslon
that egg markets Will go lower IN the near
future.
Hens 4 lbs and over. 19c per lb,; hens.
under 4 lbs, Ice per ID; roosters' &c Pc
ID :; broilers, 32c per ID. -,
Buff and white Except Leghornsl fowl
1c, broilers &c premium over above prices.
Ieghorn and black fowl lie, broilers &C as
count from above prices
Eggs-On a graded basis, extra firsts, &c
per doz : ordinary firsts. lie per doz-; sec
onds and checks, 16c per doz.. case includ-
ed without case. lie per doz. less
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York. June 12.-COTTON-Spo
quiet; middling, 22.15-
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EIV15-RKgE1Ts

additional late markets. Will be
found on another page of this paper.)
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Wall St, New York, June 12--STOCkS-
Shorts were in control of the market thru
out the morning Dealings became more
Losses of one to five points accompanied
the selling OF minor oils. motors. indepen-
Heaviest features comprised Barnsdan A.
and B. shares, Phillips Petroleum. Chan
dler. Willis Overland preferred, Crucible
and Lackawanna Steels, Mercantile Marine
preferred, Pullman Consolidated. Gas, Peo-
pies Gas, Pacific Telephone, Market Street
Railway prior preferred and Texas and
Pacific, strength was confined to few
issues, such as Lake Erie and Western
common and preferred, Virginia. Carolina
Chemical and Postum preferred Call open
Selling of the general list was actively
resumed at the heavy opening of todays
end. including the failure of the German
loan negotiations in Paris gave further
courage to the short interests. Studebaker,
U. S. Steel, Baldwin Locomotive, Mexican
Petroleum and several of the speculative
rails were the only exceptions to the fur
Their reaction. Canadian Pacific, st. Paul,
Standard Oil of New Jersey, Kresge, Sears
ROebuck, Republic Iron and Steel, Anacon-
da Copper, Industrial Alcohol, Westing
house and American Hide and Leather pre-
ferred were lower by fractions to one
point, all foreign exchanges were unsettled.
the British rate reacting lac from last
weeks final quotations. French. belgian
and German bills continued OF weaken.
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET.
(The following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards. Kansas City. and
reported over long distance telephone
direct to the State Journal by X. T.
Ward.)
Kansas City, June 12-CATTLE-Re-
eeipts 1900 head Market slow, steady to
HOGSEReceipts $4,000 head Market 1oc
to 15c lower. Bulk of sales, $1o.2OG1o25;
SHEEPGReceipts 5000 head. Market
Cfa " 10
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FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co, 2Ol
New England Building. Topeka. kan-l
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NEW YORK sTOCK MARKET.

100 a. m, June II, 1922
English sterling, 4.4S%; German marks
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TorEKA PoUI.TKY MARKET.

FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Co.,
corner Laurent and Madison SITS. Topeka.
Kansas.)
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KANSAS ROAD REPORT.

1vo3S.ber T.11reor fioIaEa Kan For the 81
hours ending at a. m, June II, 1922.
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Market quotaflOns BY Premium Poultry
Products Co. 210 North Kansas avenue.
Topeka. kan.l
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Topeka, Kan. June -
Hens. lbs and over. 19c; under lbs,
Ice; fancy broilers, lbs. a nd under, SIC;
Leghorn and black broilers, &c; old roost-
Eggs-s5 so case delivered. including new
cases
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
FURNISHED by The Empire Commission Co.,
POI New England Bldg.)


Range of futures on Kansas City Board
of Trade as reported by B. c. Chris
TOPPER s. Co., 226 New England Bldg,
Topeka. Kan.
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TOPEKA HOO nAEKEK-
FURNISHED by Wolff Packing Co. fooT
OF Quincy street. Topeka. kAnsas-)
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Topeka Kan, June u.
MIXED AND BUTCHERS. ..... 50 2099.L0
HEAVY Observation-Disclosures. 900d919
LIGHT Observation-Disclosures. 9.256l9-Io
ROUGH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. TOOdS.5O
1s,, 49,, - ,,, s.,,is
to the Wolff plant.
Cannot use rough or unfinished hogs.
VIII have TO buy at stock prices
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Labor Board Called Unfair.

THE decisions of the railroad labor
board have given satisfaction neither
to the workers nor the management"
the report remarked in considering
the compulsory arbitration subject as
demonstrated in transportation fields.
They have tended to ward a mere
general decentralization of morale of
mechanical forces. The Esch-Curn-
minis law. thru the board. has practi-
cally destroyed the concept Of voluu-
fary agreements between employers
and workers and the subject of COM
pensation for services has become a
constant source of litigation and ir-
r1tation."
Returning to direct labor matters.
organized labor scored a victory, the
report said, against organized cam
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET.

(The following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards: Kansas City. and
direct to the State Journal by K. t.
Ward
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
Promise With Care
TRADITION says that the sovereign of an an
j cient kinndarn offered 10 GRANT wish To th

TRADITION says that the sovereign of an
cient kingdom offered to grant one wish to the
inventor of game which would amuse
his army, wearied in long siege.
venerable man thereupon came forward with
the game of chess, and it fitted the need.
Told to state his wish, the inventor suggested
one grain of wheat for the first square the chess
board, two for the second square, four for the
third square and so on, doubling up to and in
cuding the sixty fourth square.
The king amused at queer a wish, ordered
his chamberlain to give the old man a saclful Of
wheat and send him away. But the aged inventor
insisted upon exact measurement. ~
If you want mental exercise figure out how much
wheat the inventor would have received had the
ancient king been able to fulfill the kingly promise
As a oonvepience, first weigh an ounce Of wheat
and count the grains, thus converting the figures
into pounds, tons and modern carloads. ,2i,,
A schoolboy who once had the patience to reckon
this sum found that the wheat would load train
Of cars reaching from the earth to the moon and
back, thence half way around the earth
Be careful what you promise.
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
The Ouija Board

WE have great sympathy
w with the Supreme Court.
" Called upon to decide
whether the Ouija board should
be classified under sporting
goods or children's toys, the
court was unable to form an
opinion.
The 0uija board is an unpre-
ccdented event, and what has
the unprecedented to do with
courtsi The only type of person
who might define the Ouija board
is the artist, for each piece of
art is unprecedented; it cannot be
properly classified. "~
Whatever the Ouija board is,
( means something to the imagi-
nation. Why. then, take it into
courti Have mercy on the Judge.
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
Is IT COMING
TO This?
~RADU ALLY we behold

GRADUALLY we behold
= equal suffrage working it.
~ self out to logical con-
clusion. Ex-Governor James r.
Ferguson is candidate for nomi-
nation on the Democratic pri-
mary ticket as United States
Senator from Texas. So is
Myriam A. Ferguson, his wife.
A rival stumping tour between
them suggests interesting posi-
bilities. In attacking his or her
opponent-which is not unknown
i'll Texas politics-these two will,
AZ least, have the advantage of
knowing what they are talking
about.
81 venture to say, without the
fear of successful contradiction"
James may declare from the
platform, "that my opponent
has never cooked a decent steak
in her life and that she does not
know the difference between a
broiled chicken and a ham sand
wich. Furthermore, my fellow
citizens, gaze upon the holes in
my sox!"
And,
"Do you realize, ladies and
gentlemen" Myriam may ask,
"what vote for my opponent
actually meansi Would you
send to the United States Senate
a man who leaves cigar ashes
all over the house, who goes out
to his club at night and does not
return until after midnight, who
cannot even remember the date
of his wife's birthday or the
anniversary of his own wedding'
Have we come to such a pass
in Texasi"
And, as the campaign livens
up, they can vastly improve on
this.
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
Too Many Widows

yYYHAT will France do about her surplus Of
w widows-a majority Of them young womeni
w In Paris alone there are about $4,000
widows and only $4,000 widowers.
War took the men and left the women. In old
wars, the victors took the women along with them
each kept two or three of the young ones and the
populating Of the world went on. na
After certain ancient wars poygamy was per
mtted not only by law but by offering objection
to 1t. III, ". ,,h.. ~ ~. ..
Now women are net dragged away behind the
conquerors, to improve the race by mixing breeds.
The law forbids polygamy. France and other ma
tions wanting population look upon every young
woman without a mate as upon an idle factory
and don Y know what to do about il.
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
znge for his SouI9" Matthew, xvi:2s.
Life Is a Compromise
ything Means Ultimate Progress.

4 LII Government and legislation is compromise
"A For instance, the Farm Bloc in the Senate
wants duty on hides, that the farmers may
not have to compete with hides from the Argentine
and elsewhere.
The farming Senators of the West and Middle
West want hides protected. But Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts represents factories that manufac-
| ture shoes and that want to buy leather as cheap
| as possible So Mr. Lodge is obliged to fight
AGAINST the duty on hides and in favor of free
hides He will say that only the packers would be
benefited by duty. The hide item in the
| tariff will tell whether Lodge or the Farm Bloc
won.
Miss Thomas head. of Bryn Mawr College for
women, retires aged sxtyfive. She says that is the
age to retire. 1t ought to be the age TO BEGIN,
especially for such an intelligent woman as Miss
Thomas Her retirement after life devoted to
teaching and to fighting for the rights of women,
reminds you of progress "H>
When she was girl studying at Johns Hopkins
she had to hide behind curtain to listen to lee
lures, because women not allowed in that in
! stitution. That is changed
And by the way, than professor of
Johns Hopkins his education and his being
there to work done for him by his mother and his
sisters and to that the professors would gladly tes
| tify
| Twelve gigantic locomotives, each weighing more
than six hundred thousand pounds, were hauled
from the East to the West the other day in sin
gle train. 1t an impressive sight, also sight
that gradually will disappear.
The locomotive is much out of date in these
days of the third rail and electricity as was the stage
coach before it. To send SIX HUNDRED THOU
SAND POUND machine pounding over expensive
steel rails with expensive mechanics to handle it,
when the work can be done by current that
weighs nothing is ridiculous.
| The flying machine will soon compel rearrange-
ment of passenger carrying by railroads Part of
the Encouragement will consist of small units, oper-
ated by gas oil engines, giving frequent service
and making every other station express station.
1t is time for railroad management to consider its
problems under modern conditions instead of
merely charging higher rates and cutting wages.
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
Ship Subsidy
O. Naval Bill

II0W large is this ship subsidy
n against which the self-ap-
- pointed watchdogs of the
Treasury raili
A typical 5,OOO-ton ship will be
paid a subsidy of 25 cents a
mile-not much more than the
expense of operating an auto
mobile, all costs considered.
Even when our merchant fleet
is supplemented by the construc-
tion of passenger vessels and at
last we have a balanced mer-
chant marine of 100000 gross
tons-even then the subsidy will
amount to only about thirty mil
lion dollars. That is just one
fifth of the saving in Federal
expenses attained by scrapping
our battleships in accordance
With the Naval Disarmament
Treaty.
We shall save $150,0OO,0O0
annually by not having those
ships operate.
By destroying our battleships
in process of building, in ex-
change for Britain's destroying
blue prints of ships to be built,
we equalize our navy with hers.
theoretically. Practically we
shall not be equal until we have
a merchant marine approximately
equal with hers, to be ready to
serve as warships and naval
auxiliaries in war time and in
peace time to train a personnel
from which the navy can recruit.
The subsidy aims to encourage
the construction of such an
American merchant marine.
We are taking thirty million
dollars, one-fifth of our savings
through Naval Disarmament, and
applying it to strengthen that
branch of the navy in which we
are weakest.
That's the meaning of the
Ship Subsidy bill as a naval
measure.
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
Speaking of Records
II0W large is this ship subsidy
III against which the self-ap-
- pointed watchdogs of the

TROM France comes the tale
of postal card that was
q mailed near Paris in 1908
and delivered, not fifty miles
away, last week.
Fourteen years for a card to
travel less than fifty miles," is
the correspondents comment,
''is believed to be a record for
slow travel, even in Europe.
Alas, brother journalist, thou
art in error. More than twenty
centuries ago wonderful mes
sages were sent out from Pales-
tine, from Greece and from
Rome which, if they had reached
their destination-which was the
brains of men-would have made
this an infinitely better world to
live in.
To this day the brains of the
human race have not yet re-
ceived these messages.
That French postal card trav-
eled by special delivery in COM
Oarison
The Washington times., 1922-06-16
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. 1921
S. E. Kiser
THE BIG IDEA.

LIE may have talent that is rare,
III His knowledge may be broad and deep;
He may have travelled everywhere,
His wit, perhaps, is far from cheap;
He may have found a way to show
The working out of Natures laws,
But, first of all, we want to know
What salary he draws.
LIE may have courage that is fine;
IL His lineage may make him proud;
His purposes may be benign,
His presence may attract a crowd;
Perhaps ne hears far-off call
That Mars is sending to the. earth.
But what the world asks first of all
Is: "How much is he WORTH"
LIE may be writing deathless things;
III He may be painting for all time;
He may be singing, if he sings,
In tones that truly are sublime;
Or, II he acts, it may be clear
That rare abilities are his,
But always people wish to hear
How much his income is.
lie may be able to foresee
IL Much that is hidden from the rest;
There may be things that only he
Can chart as being worst or best;
It matters not what course he takes
Or where his high mark may be set;
The inquiry the public makes
Is: "How much does he get?"