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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
100 MANY CoAU MINERS.

Mine workers in the soft coal fields
claim consideration on account of the
seasonal character and short year of
the industry. Bituminous coal opera
tors, while recognizing the seasonal
demand as a necessary evil under
present conditions. hold that the
claims of the miners are largely inval-
idated by their own established prac-
tees.
There seems to be a large excess of
men nominally employed in the min
ing of bituminous coal. Some author
titles place this as high as 10000 men.
This, the operators hold, is a basic con-
dition by no means justified by the
admitted variability of the demand
for coal. 1t is occasioned in large
measure. they say. by the practice,
present in no other industry. of men
voluntarily working a few days and
then laying off for a few days with
out losing direct connection with a job
when they do desire to work.
Under the rules imposed by the min
ers' union, the operators have no con-
troll over this practice. without pre-
cipitating serious trouble, the opera
tors cannot discharge men that work
less than a full shift or remain away
from work OF their own volition. to
the detriment of their own earnings
and those of their more earnest fellow
workmen, to say nothing of the eco
nomical operation OF the mine.
The high wages. 1t is declared, have
attracted large numbe-s Of men TO the
coal industry who wece formerly en-
ployed in other industries.
Regardless OF the excess OF men in
the mine fields. the miners contend
for a six-hour day and a five-day
week. which would serve to bring
about the employment of stu more
men in order to get out the amount of
coal needed by the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

The assistance rendered the aSri-
cultural and livestock interests OF the
country by the War Finance Corpora
ton from August -. 1921. to March
II, 1922. inclusive. is set forth IN a
report recently made by that body to
the senate. Altho the War Finance
Corporation has existed for a much
longer time. It was not until August
"a last. that it had power to make
loans to banking and financial institu-
tons and to cooperative associations
for agricultural and livestock pur-
poses. Under that power the corpor-
alton has loaned. up to and Including
March II, S25S,1Ss. 500. This covers
A period of 1es days. which shows
the corporation. since it was given
added powers. has been making loans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
AS THE TwIG1s BENT

The most powerful agency in the
world is education.
The public school system, backed by
the home, is able to do more to make
this a great world in which to live
than all other forces combined.
Whenever 1 see a school building.
say to myself that here is a section
that is safe for freedom, which is but
another way of saying safe for human
beings
1t isn't the knowledge that is Sc
cured from the school that makes it
the great institution that tits. but the
stimulation to thought-and the right
methods of using thought.
1t is difficult to get very far away
from first impressions. The early eX-
periences Of childhood stay with US
long after more recent events
The honest boy becomes the honast
man.
1 once read that a man was not
really educated until he had every vol
untary muscle under his direct COM
mand.
This is possible thru patient self
education-the greatest education of
all.
Lincoln became one of the greatest
masters of pure English of any man
of modern times-simply thru years
of the most xacting self-training.
watched a man play a difficult
musical instrument recently. His fin
gers were so trained that they sought
the exact places to touch, and always
with the most perfect grace-second
nature, as the saying goes.
But that is tive should become
such masters of our abilities and our
will. that to do the right thing and the
skillful thing shall become a natural
part of our very natures.
The teachers job is the most impor-
tant in this world. 1t is unfortunate
that it is the least appreciated of all
the great professions.
For human beings are shaped as
are the trees-as the twig is bent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

breathlessly. did you realize what you
were doing when you played this
awful trick on me ?''
II hope so, Anne. Sally Blair
told me a lot. And I'm terribly fond
of you-and of Billy, dear"
Then kiss me, you duckling.
shall love you for this all the days
of my life! Isn't he awful?"
who. Billy Forbes"
1t was the laugh of Anne Hunting
ton at twenty-three that answered.
Now I'm going to run away home,
this minute. And Rhodyi Tell Billy,
like dear, to come and see me soon.
She was gone. But it was with the
happy smile of complete content that
Rhoda Fellows, inventing an excuse
for her as she went, returned to her
guests.
copyright, 1922 by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
Dinner Stories

Bobby came home from his first
day at kindergarten with the an
nouncement that he could write.
Upon being given pencil and paper he
made his usual meaningless scribbIes
But what" said his mother, docs
it say?'
How do know" answered
Bobby. Il haven't learned to read it
yet"
A large sporting goods concern
shipped to one of its customers in
the country a water polo ball In the
course of a week or ten days the ball
was returned with the following note:
We are returning for credit one wa
ter polo ball shipped US recently
The customer for whom we ordered
this ball is dead, and where he has
gone there amt no water"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

The Kansas Taxpayers organization
announces that it will take no part in
furthering a third party movement in
Kansas. adding that the taxpayers
organization expects to take an active
interest in both the primary and the
election. not by placing independent
candidates in the field, but by getting
behind candidates OF any political
party who stand for a return of taxa
ton and public expenditures to nor
nal conditions" 1t will be difficult to
find party or a candidate that does
not favor such a program All have
Keen doing it for many years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
Dorothy Dix Talks
Personal LIBERTY.
III DOROTRY DIX
worIa'n Rlghess Paid waman WrssnE.

Personal Liberty.
The secret of how to be happy tho
married is no mystery at all. 1t con-
! sists of the party of the first part not
interfering with the personal liberty
of the party of the second part
If, when every young couple get
married, each would take a solemn
oath not to boss the other one or try
to enforce his or her own particular
tastes, habits. and opinions on the
partner of his or her bosom, prac-
tically every marriage would be sue
cess. and cobwebs would form across
the doors of the divorce court.
OF course, marriage inevitably
brings restrictions to the men and
women who enter into it. and lays OBJ
legations upon them. In the very ma
ture of things their liberties are cur
tailed Everybody understands this
and accepts it, and those who assume
the bonus of matrimony do not expect
to be as free as the single.
No right thinking married man ex-
poets to roam around as he did when
a bachelor, or to keep bachelor hours.
No decent woman expects to flirt
about with men as she did as a girl.
Having entered into, a life contract
to be all-in all to each other, and es-
tablish a home, they are content to
abide honorably by the restrictions
they have laid upon themselves.
Nearly all men and women are
willing to make the big sacrifices that
marriage demands of them, and they
do it with a good grace because there
is a valid reason for their doing SO. 1t
is the thousand little sacrifices of
their freedom that they resent, and
that get upon their nerves, because
they are so absolutely unnecessary. 1t
is one thing to be martyred for a
principle. 1t is another thing to be
daily and hourly crucified to crafty
somebody's petty whims.
What adds to the desperation of the
situation is that it is so utterly uneX-
dangers of natrimony, it never oc-
CURED to a man that he was parting
with his last shred of personal liberty.
He never dreamed that never again
would he rise up and lie down when
he chose, or eat what he wanted, or
wear what he fancied, or crafty a
single individual inclination, without
having to fight for it. If he had even
surmised such a thing wild horses
couldn't have dragged him to the
altar.
Nor did It enter the woman's mind
that instead of getting a lover and a
husband when she married she was
acquiring a grand inquisitor, and a
grand tyrant who would scrutinize her
most minute act and sit in Judgment
on it, and that henceforth she would
have no more liberty than a bird in
cage. If she had suspected that she
would have to be an echo of her hus-
bands thoughts, and an illustration of
his tastes in dress, and an exponent of
his theory of dietitics, there would
have been no wedding bells for her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

Chicago tenants have hit upon a
way TO stave off increases in rent.
They will start litigation with the
landlords. No better way for post
poning the settlement OF a controversy
than getting it into the courts has
ever been found. The truth of this
was illustrated in the famous Kansas
gas case. The chancery court Of
England. which Dickens made a fea-
ture of one Of his stories. had little if
anything on the courts of-this country
in the matter OF slow action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

Lenin has levied a 1s per cent tax
on Russia's grain crop. with the pur-
pose. apparently, of using the pro-
ceeds of the tax to support the boil
shevik armies. What Russia seems to
need is a taxpayers organization sim
liar to the one we have here in Kan
sas. Pending formation of such a
body the farmers might hold a mass
meeting and pass a set Of resolutions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
MARKING THE WAY.

| A report on industrial relations pre-
pared by a committee composed OF
prominent business men, members OF
the New Jersey stale chamber of COM
merce, after a study extending over q
period of nine months and adopted by
the board of trustees has been made
public
The report states that three roads
are open to employers. One is the
road of constructive achievement
within the shop involving the use OF
shop committees and enlightened
methods of personnel management.
The second is the road Of constructive
! cooperation between organizations of
employers and those of workmen in
an industry wide scope. The third IS
the road of anti-union coercion and
repression. Only the first two roads.
according to the committee, are worth
while. The third in it's opinion is dan
gerous and should by all means be
avoided.
A number of specific recommended
tons are advanced in the report,
among which is one which emphasizes
the Importance of unbiased and indie
pendent research as a basis for the
determination OF policies.
Everybody knows, says the report.
that employers and workmen are
often at odds, but few people have
analysed the issues between them.
Even the parties in controversy usu-
ally do not fully realize their real diff
ferences. Yet without such knowl-
edge the controversies cannot be cas-
lily settled or prevented in the right
way. Such superficial explanations Of
the conflicts as those which refer to
agitation would not do. for agitation
could not go far without aematerial
issue. Agitation is not a fundamental
cause of differences. 1t is an out
growth and stimulant OF them.
Among the committees recommen-
dations are the following:
The practice which the state cham
Der has been following of having its
committees base their decisions on the
Investigations made Ly its bureau of
state research; of maintaining the re-
search work of the latter absolutely
independent and cree or all dictation
from the officers or ne mbers OF the
chamber as to the character of facts
or conclusions to be presented: of
publishing the reports of the bureau
free OF all censorship; and of merely
seeing that the men carrying on the
research be thoro and unbiased stu
dents. fearless in their work-this
practice is sound and should be con-
tinued and further developed. We
cannot emphasize too strongly our be-
lief that only by raising research to a
high level and maintaining il at the
highest standard of integrity and re-
sponsibility and only by developing in
ourselves a Willingness to look facts
whether pleasant or unpleasant.
in the face, can we, whether
or workmen. hope to de-
velOp a better relationship among
ourselves and help progressively to
improve the world in which we live
We call upon both employers and
wOrkmen, wherever they are organ
lied and negotiate with each other,
to redouble their efforts toward purg-
ing themselves of those domineering
and abusive pra ctices which stand in
the way of their greater usefulness.
and to develop more consistently the
rule of reason in their dealings, and
such constructive experiments of in
dustry-wide cooperation between
them as have been begun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

All surplus textiles in possession of
the war department are to be disposed
OF by July /. according to an order
issued by the department. The de-
partment has just completed the dis
posal Of surplus wool which it held
from the sale of which it realized over
$500. 100000. But despite big sales of
merchandise and high taxes the gov
eminent finds it necessary to continue
to pay high interest rates on short
time loans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

Much speculation Is being INDUCED
in regarding the aims and scope of
the Genoa conference. The whole
question might be settled satisfactor-
lily merely by asking Lloyd George.
He knows already what will be done
at Genoa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
Questions-AnstOes

Q. Can lot in a cemetery be seized or
attached for a debt Of the owner? NJ. P.
r.
A. A grave. vault or burial lot in which
bodies are inferred cannot be seized for
debt, nor can the owner raise a mort
gage or loan on it,
8. When was the first census taken
w p.
A The first census Of which there is a
reliable record is that Of the Jews by
David, in which a record was compiled Of
Q. Where and what Is the Versailles Of
Germany"T v L. D.
dam erected in 1745-47, for Frederick
the Great, is copied after the Palace Of
Versailles and Is sometimes known as
-'the Versailles Of Prussia"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

to farming communities at the aver
age rate of $1,2s7,s3s q day. Out Of
the total OF loans Kansas has received
,2Os, while Iowa has been hand
ed $22.ss1.616. the l-rgest amount OF
any state in the Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

Great Britain makes public an
nouncement that she is prepared to
pay the interest on her debt to the
United States Then why doesn't she
pay it? Who Is holding her back2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

One hundred and twenty-six thou
sand officers and men are now en-
rolled in the National Guard of the
United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
International
SundaySchoolLesson
Women Match WIG for Throne.
by William T. ELLIS

For April 9 is, THE Lord Preserves
Joash." IL Kings lilly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

Copyright, 1922, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate Inc.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

We assume about the usual number
of persons remarked, well, he
couldn't take it with him" To which
we offer the rejoinder that he had it
while he was here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
But where Did Mr.. Dana Get 1t?

Sir-More than thirty years ago.
when Dana was editor of the New
York Sun, an editorial on political
speech began as follows: Sire" said
the inquiring youth, what is a flap
doodIe?'' MY son." answered the
sage, ''it is the stuff that fools are fed
on" Needless to say, the rest of the
editorial was brief and to the point.
/ c. w,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07

The fact that the late Senator Pen
roses fortune was much smaller than
the popular conception of it is going to
be bitterly disappointing to many per-
sons. The public is a hard critic. 1t
is exceedingly difficult to satisfy it in
the manner of building a house, max
ing a will or in the amount of money
one leaves behind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
The Urge to Get Into Print.

We try to be a good fellow. We
print Mr.. Silbert's communication
partly that he may have the gratifica-
ton of seeing his name in print and
partly because it points a question we
wish to put to other readers of the
column.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-21
FREIGHT DERAILMENT
DELAYS FAST TRAINS

Santa Fe passenger trains Nos. 2,
and s. eastbound, We're reported
from six to twelve hours late last
night as the result of the derail-
ment of freight engine yesterday
at Hobson, the fi"st station east of
Winslow, Ariz. r'he trains We're
due to arrive here a few minutes
apart, between 2 and 8 o'clock this
morning. 1t was said by Santa Fee
officials that no great damage had
been done by the derailment and
that nobody had been hurt,
Winslow, Ariz., Sept. 20.-Traf-
fic on the Albuquerque division of
the Santa Fe has been at stand
still today on account of a derailed
mountain type engine at Harve.
eleven miles east of here. Both
tracks We're fouled by the derail-
ment. No one was injured by the
wreck. Eastbound trains Nos. 2, s,
4 and % started from here at :
o'clock this evening. This delayed
the Sells-Floto circus trains about
two hours, en- route to Albuquer-
que.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-21
EXPEL NEWBERRY
FROM SENATE Is
CUMMINGS PLEA
Urges PIedging of Every
Candidate for the United
States Senate to Vote to
Unseat Senator.

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 90
PledginE of every candidate for
the United States senate to vote
for the expulsion of Senator New
berry of Michigan, was urged by
Homer S. Cummings. former
chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee, in an address
tonight at the opening session of
the Connecticut democratic state
convention.
Mr.. Cummings criticised the
Fordney-McCumber tariff bill as
practically Il replica of the in
famous Payne-Aldrich bill" as
serting that it would send prices
up and make international trade
well nigh impossible"
The republican policy of isola-
ton, he declared, was directly re-
sponsible for "the industrial panic
of 1921-22, when several million
American working men were
thrown out of work and a stag
gering blow was struck at Ameri-
can prosperity"
He attacked President Harding
LOT sendlhs .the lQlpoSSlple RELY
to bedevil the affairs of Porto
Rico and for sending the I'M
speakable Harvey TO the court of
st. James, where he seizes the
first opportunity to misrepresent
the spirit of America and to vul-
garize the cause for which our
soldiers died"
The pap,inCr of At+Oruo,- Cta,
eral Daugherty also came in for
along with "ineXcusable
raids upon the civil service en-
ployes" in the postoffice and
treasury departments"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-21
JONES EXPLAINS
HIS STAND UPON
TARIFF MEASURE
Senator Replies to a PoIiti-
cal Advertisement Ap-
pearing in a Paper Charg-
ing inconsistency.

Clayton, ~ NJ, Sept. 20-SiX
speeches Wednesday in as many
towns in Union county made up a
fairly busy day for the democratic
campaign party composed of the
four candidates at the head of the
ticket, Senator A. A. Jones, James
+. Hinkle for governor, John
Morrow for congress, and Joe
Raca for lieutenant governor.
Bank corners, school houses and
a hotel porch were converted into
political meeting places and pu-
pills Of the schools formed a con-
siderable part of the several au-
dicnces.
For the first time in the cam
patGn Senator Jones made mem
ton Of his opponent, referring
to u political advertisement in a
newspaper charging him with in
consistency in supporting a tariff
on New Mexico products while
leading the opposition to a tariff
on products Of other sections. lie
made a defense of his position.
His explanation was that New
Mexico products imperatively
need protection while the manu-
featured products of the east were
making enormous fortunes for
the manufacturers without further
protection.
He said to the Clayton audience.
Nhen my opponent speaks from
TINS platform as no doubt he will
later in the campaign, [ hope you
Will ask him why he would have
voted for this tariff bill which
does not help the people of New
Mexico, but would make them
give something to the manufac-
turers of his native state of Con-
necticut."
The meeting at Clayton was
unusual in that it was wholly in
charge Of the womens organiza-
ton. Mrs. Thomas A. Whelan
presided and Mrs. Livingston
Taylor introduced Senator Jones.
Day meetings will be held
Thursday in Pasamonte and Mos
quero and a night rally lat Roy in
the new county of Harding.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-21
JIMMY DUNN, BOXING
MANAGER, SUSPENDED

Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 20,
The Columbus boxing COM
mission tonight suspended Jim
my Dunn. Of Cleveland, manager
Of Bryan Downey and other boxers.
for q period of 60 days, following
an investigation which resulted in
the finding that liniment had been
placed on Bryan Downey Monday
night during his 12-round bout
with Jock Malone, st. Paul mid
dleweight. Malone alleged at the
time of the bout that some of the
liniment got into his eyes in the
18th round, partially binding him.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-21
UNCOMFORTABLE
AF TER MEALS?
Then Try a Pinch of Black
'Draught - This White
Haired Alabama Lady
Says 1t Helps Her.

Dutton, Ala.-In recommending
Thedford's Black Draught to her
friends and neighbors here, Mrs.
Il. f. Parks. a well-known jack
son County lady. said:
II am getting up in years; my
head is pretty white. I have seen
medicines and remedies come and
go, but the old reliable came and
stayed. am talking of Black
Draught, a liver medicine we have
used for years-one that can be
depended upon and one that will
do the work.
"Black-Draught will relieve in
digestion and constipation if taken
right, and l know, for l tried it.
1t is the best thing / have ever
found for the full, uncomfortable
feeling after meals.
Sour stomach and sick head
ache can be relieved by taking
Black-Draught. 1t aids digestion,
also assists the liver in throwing
off impurities. l am glad to re-
commend Black-Draught, and do,
to my friends and neighbors.
For simple, common ailments.
due to disordered stomach, liver
and bowels. you will find Thed-
fords Black-Draught useful
and valuable remedy. The purely
vegetable ingredients of which
Black -Draught is composed gently
stimulate the liver, increasing the
flow of digestive juices. thereby
helping to prevent or relieve con-
stipation In an easy. natural way.
Insist upon Thedford 8, the
original and only genuine Black
Draught powdered herb and root
liver medicine. --Ady.