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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
THE MISSOURI FARMER AND HIS
WIEAT

Every farmer in this part of Mis-
souri, who raised wheat and ia now
getting around a dollar n bushcl for It,
is wondering what benefit the emer-
gency tariff has brought him. with
prices maintained or rising on every
thing they buy, the decHano in the
price of what they sell Is not calcu-
lated to make them happy. or to SIM
plify the tasy Of congressional candl-
dates who. to be consistent, must
make high protection appear both
wise and vlrtuous.
Journalistic advisers Of the farm
press are urging the wheat raisers to
hold their grain. Higher prices are
coming after the first of the year.
they say, because European crops are
lower than they were year ago, and
old world experts figure that Europes
import needs will be 10000, 900 bush
els in advance of 1922.
Granted that this estimate is right;
granted that predictions OF greater
shortage next year are correct. will
somebody tell us how Europe is going
TO buy the surplus Of our fields when
we are putting up an even higher
tariff wall to exclude her commodi-
ties?
How do our farmers expect to be
paid h- a world which has no gold to
spare, and which can buy only on
barter basis?
In some rural neighborhoods it is
still the practice of the farmers wife
to bring her butter and csgs to the
country store and exchange them for
merchandise. If before she entered
the store she had 10 pay a hlgh~tax
on every pound and dozen, how much
would she buy in it? How long would
the merchant be able to hold her
trade? She would be driven TO an
other market, or. failing that. to re-
stricting her products OF dairy and
hen to the needs of home consump-
tion, while she did without the goods
on the merchants shelf as best she
could. Nobody would benefit by such
an insane arrangement.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
DON'T s!InOr TIE pIANIST

The kcynotcs Of the sop national
campaign II been sounded by its ac-
credited leaders and they are truly
inspiring"-for there is little or moth
ing that io constructive ana forward
looking on the whole they stand
pat, support the record Of the national
administration. and i&uore or care
fully skirt the 6gcs OF issues and
wrongs that concern the people and
in which they ara keenly Interested.
Concerning the c&travagant claims
of great economy at Washington two
short quotations may be pertinent
Commerce ana Finance. (No. 31D
IThc usual prediction claims that
great savings have been made in the
cost Of government are being trumpet
ed at Washington. They viii not af-
feet a single Taxpayers vote. Unlim-
itrd speeches and fiGures cannot make
him believe that the costs OF govern
ment are falling to normal while taxes
are still on a war basis"
Senator Borah: "The beginning of
each fiscal year is the open season for
party hypocrisy in the matter Of gov
crnmcntal expenditure. IN this mid
summer season each year the party
which happens to be in power makes a
report through the heads Of the ap-
propriate committees Of the appropri-
ations and expenditure. The country
Is thereby advised how expenditures
have been cut and taxes are being
lowered. II has become so udicrous
a performance that, like the Roman
oracles, they do not look at one an
other while the deliyerance is being
made"
1t is true that some federal taxes
have been reduced by the present adj
ministration. The citizen with an in
come OF S5.0OO,O0O pays $71O.G0O less
income tax under republican law than
he did under democratic law. Some
Si5O, 100000 of taxes on excessive
profits have been wiped out alto
gcther. For the rest Of US, we have
only to consult our income tax re-
ccipts, The only TAX reduction appar-
cnt there is that which is due to re-
duced incomes, The rate remains the
same as it was in war time.
It is rather dismally poor showing
that is made for the opening of the
G. 0. u. campaign. 1t recalls that
famous old sign in tine dance han in
| the days Of the vanished frontier.
Boys, don't shoot the pianist. lie is
doing the best he can"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
MRS. uARDINC'S ILLNESS

Mrs. Harding-the first lady OF the
land--on her Sick bed has brought the
nations feeling of sympathy to the
surface, for by her kindly and charm
ing personality she has won her way
completely into the affections Of the
people.
In the operation of our govern
mental activities it is very frequently
the policy of an administration. Gov
crument officials are singled out for
criticism. without the watchfulncss
of the people and the continuous
checking up. sometimes in severe
criticism. government in our democ-
racy would develop into an ollgarchy.
But the health of an esteemed Of
ficial he threatened. let there be trou-
ble in his household, and political foes
and friends alike Join in condolences.
It was a touching bit of news that
came from the capital after the an
nouncemcnt of Mrs. Harding's Illness.
THE wheels of government have al
most stopped except for routine.
Officials in all the departments and
members of congress considerably re-
frain from hothering the president.
Inquiries pour in over the White
House switchboard incessantly--ev-
crybody is worrying and hoping"
Mrs. Harding has shared the bur
dens of the president and has been
his solace in times of anxiety. And
now when her life was threatened,
Mr. Harding could have little mind for
affairs of state.
1t is therefore very gratifying to
observe the manifest interest of those
without as well az within the capital
| rc-ai dlesa Of political belief. The
wish Of the nation is that Mrs. Hard
ing may soon be restored to health to
grace the White House with her az
cUstomcd fortitude and cheer.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

Haruch therefore suggested longer
credit terms for farmer, and big state
terminal elevators to aid in storing.
just across the Missouri river in
our rcishboring state of Kansas. farm
crs are piling their wheat on the
ground on account Of the annual car
shortage. That moves clyde NJ Reed,
chairman Of the Kansas Public Uuli-
ties company to recommend the
building Of state owned elevators in
which wheat would he held to prevent
the usual slutting Of the market.
Judge Reed would also furnish easier
credits by providing that the individ
nal cooperative society storing wheat
could receive certificate which
would be collateral at banks.
Better credits and public ware
houses would help and should have
been provided long ago. But moro
credit will only put farmers deeper
i'm debt unless some way is found to
enable Europe to buy. The grain
must he unloadcl In Europe. which
has exhausted its supply Of gold;
which Is barred from paying for
wheat with It's goods hy a manufac-
turers' tariff wall; which is hindered
from buying with what little money
II can dig out of it's socks by an ad-
verse rate of exchange that is the re-
suit Of hlundering, hermit policy
toward international relations.
II is the farmer, pocScting his 20
to 50 cents hushrl, which is less
than the cost o; production--it is the
farmer who pays, not the Henry cabot
Lodges.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
Should Not be Answered

Newspapers and inquisitive organ
izations will soon be sending question:
aires to turymen asking them how
they are going to decide the cases
that may come before them. There
would be Just as much sense in such a
proceeding as there are in many now
sent out. 1t is evident that the ques-
that nine-tenths of them should be
ignored. Many of them would have
persons decide questions before they
have heard the facts.-Moberly DEM
ocrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG

And who does not? so why should
we not agree with that youthful North
Carolina lady who at the age Of II
has taken up n university course in
comparative literature and utters this
oracle: "Stagnatlon and intolerance
are ones greatest foes in staying
young"
The mind that keeps exploring, the
heart that Keeps kind. the spirit that
fares on in great adventures Of faith
can never know grabbed age. though
the winds OF ninety winters betoSs
them and send them sailing at last to
unseen shores. OF Sophocles, who
lived to be four score and ten. II Is
related that in his advanced years his
son, Iophon, becoming jealous of the
affection which he showed his grand
son, and fearing that he. Iophon,
might suffer ia the final disposal Of
the family property. brought suit to
have his father pronounced incompe-
tent, because OF age. to manage his
affairs. When the trial came tho
great dramatist's sole reioinder was
to read to the Judges a passage from
the chorus OF his Cepidus at Colonos,
which he had composed in that very
year. 1t hardly need be said that the
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
Tint Marching Madc Publicity

This paper receives each week from
constitutional convention a long prop
aganda letter. We fail to see the use
of burdening our columns with any
portion Of it In the first place, we
do not believe the voters are going to
adopt the new constitutions; and in
the second place, we strongly suspect
that a eeS:ain machine" has control
of the convention and its pq ~. city
and is suppressins and Withholding
some facts while exaggerating others.
Henry County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
They Go DC,rgFdly Ahead

Some big national movements go
doggedly ahead. Indifferent to tempo
rary industrial setbacks. For in
stance, the good roads program.
Around 500 miles of highway a month
are being built with the aid of the
national government. Good roads.
however, involve something more than
mileage. The biggest good roads
problem Is the motor truck as large
as box car, destroyer of pavements.
Missouri State Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
4 likely Tail

Reginald r. Brewster. Republican
nominee, in his report says he ex-
pended but $500. OF this amount,
Mr. Brewster states. $500 was donated
to the Brewster-for- Senator Club Of
Kansas City, The main expense of
HrCWstcr's campaign Is reported to
haze bcen paid by the organization
Of which Bayard Taylor, Walter s..
Dickey's secretary, was treasurer
Attorney General Barrett charged the
lavish expenditure Of money on Tay-
lor's part during the campaign and
declared that checks were sent to
most every Republican newspaper in
the state.-IIenry COUNTY Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
Still PROHIBITION "pRoHBrrs"

Prohibition is prohibiting
bootloGging has become one Of the
create =. .oe industries" Of these Unit
ed States. Its annual turnover runs
into billions. It hes IT'S gunner, fix
crs ana kings. with It's baronies, fiefs
ana fcuds. It spawus ana feeds Grim
inals, and has become the citadel OF
crime and the inner circle Of political
corruption.
Our federal ana state courts are
smothering under a growing avalanche
Of liquor cases, as witness the showing
made before Judge Van Valkenburgh
in the federal court hero this week
where nearly two hundred liquor cases
were disposed OF. Violations OF the
Volstead act are crowding other and
vital cases off the federal dockets.
They increase by as many as $4,000
a year. If All the guilty were back OF
the bars our jalls would not hold
them.
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hobbled, hlndered, handicapped and
oregon booted by the politicians, big
and little. municipal, county state and
national. Always their heavy paws
are resting on the enforcement SER
/ vice, They say who shall and who
shall not be agents, laying down the
] law In the name Of patronage. They
! are making possible many OF the leaks
/ through which the red liquor and the
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
ORR rLvNDERING OF MEXICO

In the course of speech in Omaha
this week Bishop ThirRield Of the
Methodist Episcopal church la Mexico
city r,bukcd the United states in a
wholesome manner for It's Erasping
attitude toward Mexico. We have
been most unnc'ghborly toward that
republic. all but totally disregarding
its welfare. except for exploitation.
the bishop charged.
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"Amity' to project those who 80 TO
Mexico TO exploit The oil "nd other
Interests; commerce to insur" fur
/ thcr depredations and to euarinte"
that American holdings there would
b" saf"guudod against Mc%ican reg
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In M'y, 1914 President Wilson
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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

shine flow.
An old story everywhere is the lack
of enforcement. Liquor pours in from
the sea and over the borders in a yell
low flood. II wells up from the ground
in a pale river Of moonshine. A thou
sand terrible alcoholic concoctions are
being sold. The profits Of the outlaw
cd business are as incalculable as Is
the ruin It Is working under the foun-
datiOns OF order and law.
oh yes! Prohibition is prohibit
ing"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

There is a great amount OF bunkum
in the Smyrna massacre" affair. Had
the Turks been slaughtered 1t would
have been battle" but as the shoe
is on the other foot it is a "massa- =
Gre" The so called relief" societies
who are now flooding the country
with propaganda for the purpose of
raising vast funds for their organiza-
tlons to handle are responsible for a
great amount OF irresponsible and
misleading propaganda.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
our rAnMEns AnE rAYING


There is "a reported shortage OF
a00.oop.00o bushels Of wheat in the
crop Of Europe. and this is leaving
Russia ont OF consideration. since the
bo.shoyi.uc blight has practically iso-
lated that country from the rest Of
the continent. It Is doubtful If Russia
viii D." able TO produce enough to
alleviate hey own famine, not to men
tion having any for cyport
Ev all signs it ought 10 be a banner
year for American wheat growers.
European wheat shortage means a
widonod market for the American
farmers provided Europe has the
whcrowithal with which TO buy. But
this seems uncertain. Europe is stnl
stumbling in financial darkness, espe-
cially those parts where the wheat
shortage obtains. Her purchases are
from hand to mouth, with her popu-
latlon on short rauons and home
grown substitutes for wheat.
Bernard NJ. Raruch IN testimony
before the senate farm bloc. attributed
the present low wheat prices to the
abnoramlly small sales for export
since the new wheat crop had begun
/ to move. The Armour Grain COM
/ panT julius Barnes, and other au,
thor.tles on wheat, have been urging
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
Cannot Embroil the Dcmosa.s

The ST. Louis and Kansas City daily
newspapers tried terribly hard to get
the Democrats into a row at Excelsior
Springs. but did not have any luck
The Democrats Of Missouri are all of
one mind this year. No matter how
they disagreed at the primary cleo
tion. they fully realize that any kind
Of an administration would be an i'm
provement over Hyde, Spencer q Co.
We are going to have another
change" and this time 1t viii be for
the betterment Of the whole people.
And we want the Republican voters
to help ~ do it--Mlan Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
They VIII Not Mix

The man who attempted to mix oil
and water had an easy time compared
with the politician who thinks he can
get the union laboritc and the honest
to-goodness farmer to vote the same
ticket. The laborite is interested In
doing as little as posSiSle and getting
the very highest possible wages, while
the farmer wants the other kind Of
labor--for that is what he has to do
himsclf.-Hopktns Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

There Is a movement in New York
to set aside a day to be observed an
nually, If we understand It, by violat-
ing the eighteenth amendment. II
might not be a bad idea IL New York
could be induced to conflnc all its
violations to that one day.--Kansas
City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
We Thank Won. AnYhOyY

A committee of Brazilian senators
and deputies calling on Secretary
Hughes told him that the United
states is the most powerful nation In
the world and that II the United
states Wills it there will be no more
war. Anyway. we thank the Brazil
Times
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
SO he wrote a Letter

Charles L. Hughes. lawyer, received
fee Of 100000 for defending sena-
tor Newbcrry. He probably feels that
he did not earn the money as law
yer, 90 rs secretary Of state, he has
written a letter defending Rcwberry.
Henry County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

The unfortunate miners whose dead
bodies were taken out OF the Argonaut
mine Monday were mercifully spared
unnecessary suffering by thirst and
hunger. for it is demonstrated that
they died less than five hours after
being first Imprisoned.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

or course those councilmen and
city officials who brought back that
$4O0 out Of the $1,000 of the peoples
money that they appropriated for a
useless and needless junket, will now
figure that because they did not
spend it all. that "all Is forgiven"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
And There You Are

The price of coal was advanced
three cents per bushel because of the
strike. If you use hundred bushels
OF coal, you pay three dollars, be-
cause the administration did not ar
range for a settlement Of the strike
before It began.-Dadc County Advo-
cate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

II is the fashion now TO file dam
age suit on the slightest of provaca-
tlons. If all OF the suits of this char
last few days could be "cashed in"
there iJ not enough money in the
county to pay the damages sued for.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
this week. has now decided that he
had another guess coming.

There are many voters who harp on
the boilers that Reed will lose. The
real fact is that there will be two
boilers for Brewster. the republican
nominee, to whore there is one for
Senator Reed.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

The childlike innocence OF that
burglar who robbed the News Press
of $354.GO Sunday night passes un-
dcrstanding. How a real burglar
could imagine that there was money
TO be found around a newspaper shop,
Is not capable OF explanation or in
terpretation.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

It's always that way--Sarles who
was burned to death at Kansas City
Sunday stated Just before the race
that this is my last race. I'm Off the
road after this one" and then he was
killed. Every driver Of any sort Of
race who has been killed for the last
century is reported to have used the
same words.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

Volstead is again opposed this year
by Rev Kvale. the dry who beat him
two years ago, but who lost out whom
Volstead played the baby act and had
his opponent disqualified after he
(Kvale) had won. This year Kvale
will make no mistake Of that kind
and Volstcad's cake is dough.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
Inst WATCH ThnnI

Did you ever watch the counten-
ance of a Republican when you tell
him that you are going to vote for
Reed for senator despite the fact that
you opposed him in the primary. This
is not at all turning out like they
thought It would. The faces of some
Of them look like faces seen only on
days of bloodshed. d.-Cralg Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

Yesterday a doctor was talking to
young lady at whose birth he pre-
sided eighteen years ago. "Wen, sis
ter" he said. "you are dressed just
like the day first met you"-Clinton
County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

The woman who acted az clerks IN
Precinct T. Of the Fourth ward. whore
irregularities in the returns are the
subject Of fraud charges, now know
little Of practical politics through
being arrested Just like mon.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

case was hurled out of court. Eighty
one OF this immortal masters plays.
including the seven which have come
down TO us, were produced after he
was SO.
Sophoclcs steered clear OF stagna-
tion and Of intolerance; happy all
who do.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
Probably This Is True

We heard Platte City man say a
few days ago that the reason women
they're in the open more. Platte
County Landmark.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

That poor old dove OF peace Is cer-
tainly hard put in the old world where
there is about as much war raging as
can be accommo odated by the finances
OF that section Of the country.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

Those ardent prohlbitionists who
believe that prohibition prohibits,
should attend few sessions OF police
court-and see the fruits of the
dogma.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
should Get a job First

Ex-Emperor Williams family is op-
posed to his marriage, and indeed it
does seem that he ought to wait until
he has a Job and some future pros
pects.--Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

SO far the 'stcemed News Press
has not succeeded in getting every
person in line to help boost its real
estate holdings by the Smith Park
route.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

AS was expected. President Harding
has vetoed the soldier bonus bill. OF
course this is glorious news for the
soldier boys. but it is also the same
sort for the jingoes.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

Every Democrat should get his
fighting harness on and see to it that
the great victory this fall, which is to
be had for the taking is gathered in.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
war What's the Difference?

This winter a man wont get near
the enjoyment in watching the flap
summer watching them frolic in the
sands.-Clarksdale Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

Possibly it is just as well that the
corps of Columbia experts" should
earn their money in New York as here
AS far as earning it goes.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

The person who by any sort of
Imagination figured that federal Judge
Van VelfCnbUrgh would not inposa
stiff sentences here in liquor casa
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
InGl. Is Another

Henry Ford denouncing profteers
is unconsciously making himself fun
ny. who in the United States has
made half as much money as Ford in
the past II years?-IIopkins Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

They charge to see Jesse James
home, but not as much as ii costs to
stop at a filling station.-Cole County
Rustler.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

One bomb thrown at Mr. Trotzky
and several shots fired az him all
missed. There seems to be something
about sovlcusm that just naturally
breeds inefficieucy. -- Kansas City
Post
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

The person who does not attend the
styles and Smiles show the first week
in October, viii miss the event of the
year.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23
What the Missouri
Editors Are SAYING
We Believe You're Right

Other things being equal. we would
rather fight a scared hero than a des-
perate coward.--Kansas City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

Mr.. BootlogCer, If you do not want
to get your tail feathers pluckcd, stay
out OF Judge Van Valkenburgh's court.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

II is offered as comforting view By
\ German diplomat that there can be
no war I'm Europe because tho central
p1WcTs are Cislrmed. "It is unthink-
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

able" he adds, that the allies should
fight each other" 1t Is, Is it?-St
Louis Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

The News-Press building would
make a magnificent city hall--and it
is already built.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

How does the News-Press building
strike you for a city hall?
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23

If France and Ital- keep on they
will soon bring on another war.