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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

any tangible value in the present sit
uation or in any that might arise in
the future"
Mr. Garrett is off the track a bit.
Facts about the coal industry are i'm
portant. True, they won't keep us
warm. But II another strike is threat
ened next April, we shall have facts
about the situation. And with facts,
maybe the president will be armed
with a weapon that will protect the
public from coal shortage during the
winter OF 1923-24. And he might use
that weapon TO enforce justice between
operators and miners. who knows?
Let the president have facts. Let
him have volumes of them. The truth
about the coal industry has never been
told. 1t should make an interesting
story.
Facts are useful. But they require
a trained and re8olute mind to grapple
with them and turn them to account
as a powerful weapon.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Of his great office to defend a former
client who had been convicted of
criminal practices.
MIR. Hughes does this very earnestly
and very adroitly. The republican ma
tional committee Immediately makes
his letter public. although the New
berry scandal Is the chief issue in
the Michigan senatorial primaries
Through the secretary of state and
the national committee. the Harding
administration has thus definitely
aligned itself on the side OF New
berrylsm.
Mr.. hughes In his letter deals en-
tircly with the legalistic aspects OF
the Ncwberry case. Apparently it has
mover occurred to him that quite apart
from the strict letter of the law or Of
the methods employed by n federal
judge in trying a criminal case, there
might be moral issue in the whole
sale use of money to influence a
~ lAiltll I4Nfu lAlt lliNtu t'Abl'o
senate, in voting to allow Newbcrry
to keep his seat, condemned the ex-
pcnditure Of money in the primary
that nominated him. Mr.. Hughes
condemns nothing that Newhcrry did.
His Indignation is all reserved for the
senator's accusers.
Mr.. Hughes knows as well rs any
body that the Newberry campaign
was disgrace to American cleo
tions and n menace tn American in
stitutions The total expenditures
have never been made matter Of
record. The Newbcrry people have
confessed to moro than $25O.OOO and
it has been charged many times that
more than 100000 was spent to put
this man in the senate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
WE HAVE TOO MUCH GOVERN
.gENT

If we keep on creating commissions
and state jobs at the rate that we
have since Gov. Hyde and his crew
took the reius Of government in Mis-
souri,, we will soon be on a par with
our big Nebraska neighbor who is
suffering from too much government
and too little service To show how
It works over there it can be stated
that when the present gop regime
started in Nebraska three and a half
years ago, it found the state business
being operated upon an economical.
efficient business basis.
The appropriations for the two
years covering Governor Morohead's
| first Democratic administration in
round numbers amounted to $4,000
900. The appropriations for the two
years Of his second administration. in
round numbers. were $7OOo.O0O. The
appropriations for the two years COW
erung Governor Nevlle's administra-
tion, which was the war period,
amounted to $9,O0g,0O0. The state
administration then passed into the
hands OF the rich and get-rich-quicl
| gop McKelvie administration. The
two years covering the present gov
"rnno"'s first term jumped to the ap-
railing figure of $2OO0O.OOO. After
. do. Q
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
THE FARMER CARRYING HIS
BJrRDEN

When Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace spoke to the farmers at
Loesburg. Va, last Friday he quoted
figures to show that the wages Of
the farmer. as represented by the
prices paid for his crops. are lower
than his wages before the war, meas
Gled in purchasing power"
That probably is not news to the
farmers. But it may help to explain
much of the discomfort of agrlcultur-
lists.
THE purchasing power of the farm
hand who works for wages in 1921
was per cent less than in 1913"
Secretary Wallace said, while the
purchasing power Of the farmer him
self was. on an average. from 25 to
As per cent less than in 1918"
How are we going to keep farmers
On the farms If this continues?
The total value of crops in 1919
was sl5,42S.OOO,OOO. In 1921 it de-
clined to s7.O2S, 100000, The decline
in the total value Of animal products
from the farms was from sS,361,oo0,-
600 in 1919 to $5,33s, 100000 in 1921.
And the emergency tariff passed by
the present administration was de-
signed to help the farmer. Now the
Fordney- McCumber bill is going to
send up the cost of living.
Where do we go from here?
Surely the farmers have carried a
heavy burden on the little jaunt back
to normalcy.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
STOPPED BANKERS MAD RUSH

The Nebraska republicans had
convention at Lincoln last week, and
among the proceedings the admins
tlut.on was lauded for reducing the
national debt over s1,000,000, 1000"
Refunding is merely postponing re-
duction of debts that should have been
made through economy one pre-
sumes the convention had in mind the
calling In of victory and liberty bonds
by Secretary Mellon, so that the bank
ors could transfer these gilt-edge Sc
curlties from the public TO themselves
in the form Of treasury certificates.
Mr.. Mellon, reputed TO be the second
richest man in America, wasn't made
secretary of the treasury for nothing.
Why he should be congratulated for
rcfunding debts is a mystery. The
only difficulty he has had in doing it
is preventing eastern bankers from
trampling one another to death in
their scramble for the tax exempt
certificates.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
Can Show Them Mt Craig

About twenty metropolitan papers
out of every twenty-five are controlled
by Republicans. In these trying times
they are having a hard time making
up dope to voice approval OF the do
nothing Republican administration
that we have been enjoying the past
two years. One of these papers not
long ago contained a picture of two
prosperous looking men. one a farmer
and the other a manufacturer. The
wording was that prosperity was here
In abundance and that they now want
ed to see the army of unemployed. If
they lived in this town for a week
they would soon see a big army.
Every freight train carries from ten
to fifty Of the army Of unemployed.
We sometimes wonder how many Of
these men voted for a change two
years ago and how they like It by this
tFne.-Craig Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
AND HUGHES WROTE A LETTER

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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
FACTS WON'T KEEP Us WARM

As a result OF the presidents mes
sage to Congress on the strike situa-
tion. there is now being a coal COM
mission formed, for the House has
passed a bill to establish n federal
fact finding body of nine men at sal
aries Of $500 year and fund Of
100000 for the upkeep Of the COM
mission while it learns the truth
about coal.
When Christmas comes and the
most useful gift one can give a friend
will be a package OF coal, we shall
have the assurance. perhaps, that
facts are being gathered about the
coal that brightens the Yulet!de
hearth.
This fact finding commission was
desired by the PRECEDENT, and Il went
through the houra wien D, 10 o3po,i-
ton However E-praee. .,at.-n Car
go.5 opposed il ..s.a.e .o e.-. .orod
4. q a1,,,r.u-e .ra. v,..- ..- Sac
Z milton co.'a.- 'v .-r. ,4r- o.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

see that its people have bread. The
ten million gold marks-s2, 500. 900
we have Just turned over to the repa-
rations commission is part OF the
bread fund OF the German people"
From Deauville came a cabelgram
that said:--
Money is the cheapest thing in
Dcauville amid the seething swirl Of
the most diaphanously clad women
aflame with huge jewels. Twenty
million francs-roughly $4,000, 1000
sets the top total bet during one ses-
sion at the casino from 2 o'clock in
the afternoon to s o'clock the follow
ing morning. The electric. money
laden atmosphere is reinforced dur
ing the excitement of gambling by
champagne and cocktails. and also
cocaine and morphine among certain
hobitues, which obviate the necessity
for sleep"
The fact that Berlin is in Germany
and that Deauville is In France has
nothing to do with these observations.
It is the cry Of humanity, of civiliza-
ton at stake that makes us shudder
at these dispatches.
What a contrast for the pen of a
Carlyle to put into vivid, immortal
words; what a picture for a Dore to
startle an Indifferent unheeding
world.
"Deathbed Of people" says one;
electric money laden atmosphere,
says the other.
1--WE have taken $4,000 900 from the
bread fund Of the German people"
says Chancellor Wlrth. "The top to-
tai bet during one session of the
Deauvine casino is roughly $1,000,
OOO," cables the historian OF that re-
sort Of gambling and vice.
Does all this mean nothing to the
world outside Of Berlin and Deau-
Vile? Are we all as blind as the
frcnzied gamblers. drunk with gold
/ anu NnuIl pdEIt III AiAS Nl'' ~
money-laden atmosphere?"
Sleep on, busy world! Dream fondly
that there will be no reckoning for
this; no accounts Of despair to be paid
by despair; no bills of anguish to be
paid by agony and remorse.
These dispatches might have been
written century and a third ago.
when the same agonizing cry went
up from the "deathbed" Of another
| people, only to be overwhelmed by
the noise of gaiety and luxury. What
was the agony OF his people to Louis
XVI? What was the bread fund Of
the starving peasant to Marie An
| toinette?
| But the cry of famine was greater
| in the end than the clamor Of pleas
ure. The last sob on the deathbed of
a peasant was louder than the thun-
der OF the king. The world shuddered
at what followed. 1t still shudders
at the lesson Of those years of terror.
1t Is time to remember that lesson
now!
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

The drys are doing all kinds Of
talking about the Literary Digests
poll now that 1t is absolutely showing
that the people are decidedly against
prohibition. and are trying In every
way to discredit the result-but the
a measure which was put over under
false pretense as prohibition was shall
not stand.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
How About This, You "Reformcrs'7

One of the strangest facts developed
by the Literary Digest poll on prohibit
tion is that more women voted wet
than men. The supposition that all
the women were going to vote solidly
for the alleged moral question is thus
given bad iolt. That they would not
has been proven in every state where
they have had the franchise for some
time. While this may appear strange
but it is true and the giving the women
the franchise is evidently not going to
revolutlonlze things as time passes as
many had upposed.-Moberly Demo-
crat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
THE FARMERS SOPHIE
WHEAT TARIFF

What do the farmers of Northwest
Missouri now think Of the tariff that
the grand old party of standpatisrn
and reform put on to help him.
with their wheat selling on the Chicago
market for September delivery at
99ta cents? In May, 1921. when this
now famous farmers emergency
tariff" became effective wheat was
That tariff, it was explained by the
tariff makers in Washington, was to
sustain and even increase the price Of
farm crops. II there is a farmer in this
Northwest Missouri audience who
still believes in the efficiency of tariff
will he please stand up so the wildcat
stock statesmen can see him?
The emergency tariff, as noted, has
been in effect since May. 1921. 1t has
had a fair test and should be working
to its best advantage now. Judged
by results. there is but one conclusion
it lowers instead of increases prices
on farm products.
Tho truth, OF course. is that the
tariff has no influence on the price
the farmer gets for his wheat and
corn, except indirectly as will be eX-
planned. That price is fixed by the
worlds demand for the surplus. Aus
tria, buying wheat, doesn't care
whether it gets Australian or Ameri-
can grain. 1t bases its bid on the
surplus Of all the wheat producing
countries in a bulk. The price is de-
termined in Liverpool and not in
America. subject Of course to ma
nipulation downward in the Chicago
pit.
But indirectly a tariff on grain does
affect the farmers price; because by
appearing to do something for the
farmer the congressman then do not
fear to give manufacturers tariffs in
repayment for campaign contribu-
tiOns. SO, with competition from for
eign manufacturers barred American
manufacturers are enabled TO enjoy a
monopoly Of the home market Europ-
cans cannot ship Their goods here and
exchange the money received in the
sale of their goods for the farmers
grain. Thus wheat falls under 81 a
bushcl while the farmers cost Of pro.
duction remains at or near the wal
level.
1t is we'll to rejoice in our great
crops. Thanks are due nature. But
| it is childish Pollyannaness not tc
recognize that bounteous crops NEAR
little unless tho farmer has a faii
market in which to sell. There will
be no such market as long as the ad
miuistration persists in building tariff
walls for our manufacturers tina
keep prospective grain customers out
as long as it persists in the foreign
policy of an ostrich.
After the civil war the southern
planter was afflicted with the un
scrupulous politician with his carpe
bag, This, the after the world wa
period, is the era Of the unscrupulou
corporation lawyer with his brief case
The northern farmer of 1929 suffer
as did the southerner in SO.
The farmer who Is undecided hoy
to vote at the coming elections shoul
consult his pocketbook.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
Better Than Financing Them

The farmers all over this country
are reported to be paying bac'i their
government loans rapidly, which not
only indicates that they are getting
back to a normal business basis again,
but also shows that 1t was better judg-
ment TO lend the money to them than
to Russia, Germany and other i'm
poverished countries.-Graham Trt-
bune.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Amy old way to spend the peoples
money--here is old +. Lamson Scrib-
director Of American exhibits at the
Brazilian centennial who draws a big
salary under the guise of exposition
expert"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
THE DEAT1InED OF A people,

All Of the wide range from heaven
TO hell were covered by two news
stories that covered the front pages
Of the dailies Of last Friday. on,
sent out from Berlin was an interview
with Chancellor Wirth by Karl II. Won
Weigand. in which the chancellor de.
clared;
I'VE arc standing today at the
doathbed Of a pcs/',. Above all c'-a,
it i5 the duty OF every g5Yo-u~er. to
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
"Dry" Fofd condemns Both

NJ. E. Ford. of Maryville, classed as
a dry, declared that wayne Il. Wheel
er and this man Shupp in my opinion
are the greatest enemies OF prohibition
in the United States. If they would
go on home prohibition would be set
tied. But as long as they agit7te, the
vets will be encouraged TO feel they
have a chance to modify the Volstead
law"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
Old shupp and His Noise

Brer Shupp. of the Anti-Saloon
League. announces that he will keep
up the fight on Reed. Shupp said be-
fore the primary that his organization
would spend 100000 to defeat Reed
in the primary and us folks down here
in the hills who are not used to such
things are wondering how much the
Reverend gentleman and his crowd
will spend to try to beat Reed in Mo-
vember.-Howell County Gazette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

The fact that Henry Ford has made
millions does not put him in the place
of being able to say what the future
will be. He knows no more about
that than does the schoolboy-there-
fore the fact that he has shut down
his works and sees "a collapse OF in
dustry" is nothing more than any
common ordinary. man might say
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

attorney had his coming" in the YER
dict returned by jury in the Banker
Crossing killing. where after the testi-
mony showed that the track was in
clear view for half mile each way
and that the whistle was sounded, yet
even then the jury declared Meade's
death was accidental"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
Would Bring the Crowds Running

Chillicothe is not so slow as her
hitching rack agitation would indi-
cate. She is the first city in the state
to petition the mayor for flood Of
old time beer a la Johnstown. Cities
could certainly bring crowds If they
would advertise real beer dispensed
one day in each week. If the mayor
Of Chillicothe grants the petition and
puts on the beer that city would need
the hitch racks as it would dcpopulate
the bottom districts thereabouts and
they would sure come a running
Moberly Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

A News-Prcss headline Tuesday
said that "the code makers work on
which is proper. They have already
worked" the taxpayers out of over
100000 and are steadily working
on the second hundred thousand
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

st. Joseph was literally a farmer
city" this week-the five thousand
farm visitors to the Farmers conven-
ton being here. These people are the
backbone of the country and were
properly recognized and cared for
while here.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Every act of violence against the
railroads is another loss of public
sympathy for the strikers-who for
that matter have had but little SYM
pathy since the walkout--and with
out public sympathy no strike was
ever won.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Every thinking st. Joseph man and
woman realizes that the present is not
the time to float more bonds, no mat
ter If the afternoon scold would tell
them that they must. A bond issue
just now would be beaten two to one.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

The people of Sweden were too wise
to be picked up by the paid agents of
the "drys" who only work for what
there Is in sight for them, for they
turned down prohibition for that
country Saturday by decisive and
easily seen majority.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

When the Fordney-M tariff
bill becomes a law you will pay three
dollars each year as your part of the
increase on sugar. 1t will be SO for
every man. woman and child in the
United States.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Almost anyone can make record
flights IL the material and machinery
is furnished them at the peoples ex-
pense-as is the aerplane crew which
is flying to Brazil.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

II the newspapers would not con-
tlnually dignity the fellows who con-
duct strikes. there would be fewer
strikes. and less duration 20 those
which did get a start. There Is too
much mush in the newspapers of the
present day. anyhow.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
Lone Got Most Republican Votes


Those behind the movement to
bring out an Independent candidate
for senator against James A. Reed al
lege, as a justification of the move
ment, that Reed received $4,000 re-
publican votes in the primary and
that Breckenridge Long would have
been the democratic nominee If only
democrats had voted. An analysis of
the returns show that the allegation
won't hold water-that Long received
more republican votes than Reed.
Longs big county majorities were
rolled up IN dry" republican counties,
and the fact that in those counties
there was a marked slump in the re-
publican vote Is quite n convincing
proof that many republicans went into
the democratic booths and voted f8s
Long. According TO the analysis Of
election experts. about $4,000 St. Louis
republicans voted In the democratic
primary and their votes were about
equally divided between Long and
Brooktield Argus.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Mayor McIninch goes right ahead
with his civic center and city hall site
selection just as though the afternoon
paper which would enhance the value
OF its own real estate holdings by
having the civic center located near
it's property, was not on earth.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Now let there be no let-up on the
part of the coal miners since the strike
is settled. and let them make good.
their word that the people will not
suffer-only in the pocket book re-
gion.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
Now watch the states!

The federal government regrets to b
feel that If the consumers are to be
protected againts coal profiteering
this winter It will have TO be by the
states. And the consumers probably
know how effective that protection
will be-Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Two St. Joseph men paid fines of
500 each in police court this week
for driving their cars while thcy-not
the cars-were drunk. Next time give
them six months in Jail. Judge Gray!
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

Possibly as old Hank Ford has pro-
duced more of his Henry's than the
market demands, the coal shortage"
excuse was as good as any to close
down production until they were sold.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
werc AFRAID e U. s. nonds

The American public has lost $50
million dollars in fake stock securi-
tr'ct attorney discloses. These are the
nv . rs probably who thought gov
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

members must give up tenth Of their
income to save the world in the pres
ent crisis which threatens civiliza-
ton" We are waiting to record the
names of the st. Joseph tithers who
will give up their tenth.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

a courtesy" to one of the school
board members cost the taxpayers Of
the st. Joseph school district $50 last
Saturday-and still bond drive is in
prospect.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

If there Is TO be no more war why
"a France in such a hurry to build
dreadnaught TO tako the place OF the
4O.O00,OO0 franc war vessal which
aaaE Sunday?
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

1t cost the people of Missouri who
had sufficient to pay an income tax,
$S7,456,4SS for their part last year
and Uncle Sam is that much better
off
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
WHY Dunn. HOW Dare You!

Up at Maysville they can't find
president for their w. C. T, U. Wen,
you know. between home-brew and
politics. women don't have much spare
time any more.--Clarksdale Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

The killings still go merrily for
ward in Ireland. and If there is not
let-up soon. the Emerald Isle will be
depopulated.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
Yon Arr sinccrc!y RIeht

A Kansan rises to inquire, what
Is worse than wasps buzzing in
stove-pirc all day long?" ia say one
in your pant leg. especially If It is at
all ess-Hlic.-Edgerton Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
And wen They should

Some of our Milan girls once wor-
ried about a hole in the toe OF their
stocking. Now they worry about a
hole in the knee.-Aiilan Standard
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
And stm Dldn't Have Enough

The Chicago banker who intended
putting it back in time has been given
fifteen years timc.-Burlngton June
ton Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saving
An such "CoInmons' Do

Babe Ruth Is finding the role Of
permanent hero is a hard one to fill.
--Nodaway Democrat Forum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

ernment bonds were too r;sky.--Kan.-
sas city Post
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

'-he re hodists ggho want mo-c
r-"r7a Uo0C. 2~ declaring that