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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LElE PAPE-

Pop came home late for suppir last
mite, bringing a little plant with him
ana saying to ma, Heers a plant. ]
picked up, CESS I'm a little late.
CESS you're about an-hour late, ma
sed. Id rather of had you erly with
out the plant but its a RELY pritty
plant. wat kind of a plant is inn 1
thawt you were run over or some
thing, she sed.f
Not at all, on the contrary, pop sed.
wy. its a little imported plant that
grows very well in all kinds of wealth
er, 1 believe, especially indoors, he
sed.
Imported, well well, don't YOU know
the name of it? ma sed.
Certeny 1 do. you don't sippose Id
buy a plant with no ideer of wat kind
1t was do you? pop sed.
Well, don't knt v. llen are funny
about plants, ma sed, and pop sed, Eny
time you catch me buying enything
without knowing the name of II,
please call a policeman and have me
taken away for Examination.
Well wat kind of plant is it? ma
sed
o. the name of it, Ill tell you, pop
sed. And he started to look like some
body trying to remember a name, say
ing, Its an imported plant and as long
as you remember to waiter it regulerly
it wont give, you eny trubble, it awt
to be wattered once or twice a week.
or maybe every day or so.
Well wich? Its very important, ma
sed, and pop sed, Well. maybe it will
be best to US your own judgement,
its an imported plant
I wish I knew wat kind il was, it
looks something like a begonia, ma
sed.
That's ixactly wat it is, a begonia.
begonia, that's the name of it, / told
you knew the name begonia. pop sed.
Wen my goo6niss watts imported
about that? ma sed. and pop sed, May
be Jest the flower pot. 1 beIeeEas those
flower pots are made in Germinny.
Jest being an ornerry looking flow
er pot, and we went into suppir. being
stake und :. onions.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
CUTrING DOWN ExPENsEs

One of the plans for reducing taxes
advocated by Jonathan NJ. Davis, gov
ernor-elect of Kansas, is the reduc-
ton of salaries paid to state officials.
1t must be apparent to any thought
ful person that the saving in dollars
and cents would be so small as to be
scarcely worth mentioning. Besides
these officials probably are receiving
no more than they could earn in
other lines of work.
A more effective way of curtailing
expenses. would be to cut down the
number of officials, thus eliminating
entire salaries Counting employees of
states, counties, municipalities and
townships. there are more than g.
600, 900 public employees in the United
States, according to the estimate of
Richard H. Dana, president of the
National Civil Service Reform league.
Only a little more than half of the
total payroll of $s,O0o,oOO,oOO comes
out of the federal treasury.
Taxpayers, most of whom complain
of the burdensome exactions made for
the support of government, may be
surprised to learn that one person out
of every seven families is on some
official payroll. One-quarter OF the
total of salaries, Mr.. Dana asserts, is
wasted in surplus employees. unneces-
sary duplication of work. inadequate
management and ant:quated methods.
Gould waste be stopped in the public
service" he says, there would be
saving to our overtaxed country of
800. 100000 a year.
Here is an opportunity for Mr.
Davis, aided of course by the leg.sla-
ture, to do some real saving of the
peoples money. And the good work
should not stop with the state, but
should extend down to the counties.
and the municipalities. Counties and
cities have about twice as many em-
pioyes as they need.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have been
married only a short time. At first
my husband was good to me, but he
seems to have changed over night
When he comes home he wants to
know whom havet spoken to. 1
don't understand why he should act
that way. If tell him whom 1 have
spoken to he curses me and says he
will leave me.
My folks do not live near me- If
I leave him 1 haven't money to go
home. What would you advise me to
do, leave him and work out the money
to go home? He doesn't love me, or
1 him. SAD WIFE.
Separation seems advisable in your
case since you do net love each other
and there are no children to hold you
together. If your parents can lend
you money to get home. L would ad-
wise you to accept it and to work and
pay it back when You get home. Your
living expenses would be so great that
the money you could earn would only
pay for them. 1t might be advisable,
however, to do housework and earn
the money that way. Then you would
not have to pay board and you could
save what you earned.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
PAY TIME HAS COME

The collector of the port of Bos-
ton collected in October. import taxes
amounting to s5,501,0OO. This COM
pares with the peak record of $5.5S4,-
600 in September, the first month
under the Fordney- bill.
Combined collections for the last three
months are more than for the whole
year of 1921 under the old tariff.
The American consumer thus can
make some estimate of the big bill
he is paying in order to protect our
domestic industries.
During the debate on the tariff bill
it was pointed out that importers were
making enormous profits on foreign
made goods. High rates of duty may
have served to reduce these profits
but it is difficult to see where 1t has
helped the consumers. Bradstreets
reports, week by week, have shown a
steady increase in the cost of living
ever since the new tariff law became
effective.
As an evidence that an Increased
tariff was not needed. it is noted that
with the ten months ended with Oc-
tober. our textile exports amounted
10 Fo4SsuUOtOuU III FdAuGs anu IepE6-
sent about one-fifth of our entire for
eign trade. This breaks the record
for the pre-eminence OF textiles, and
goes to show that American manu-
facturers OF WOODEN. cotton and silk
fabrics are able to manufacture on q
competitive basis with any other ma
tion.
There are a few lines OF foreign
made goods. in which we cannot COM
pete successfully, because we do not
know how to make their equivalent in
quality. No tariff will bring US THAI
knowledge. But the aim of the Ford
ney-McCumber bill is to force US to
buy an inferior article ar whatever
price the American maker sees fit TO
charge.
1T is well known that the Germans
make the best surgical instruments
and the best dyes in the world. But
the tariff makers would force Amer
leans to put up with an inferior ar
ticle, pay a higher price or both.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
Dorothy Dix Tails
The woman's Burden-1.
BY DORoTHT DIx
WORadrs Szlshesa PaaA WcmAA wrassa.
Said a woman the other day:

Said a woman the other day:
I'VE women. are always being told
that we must adapt ourselves to our
husbands peculiarit-es, that we must
keep our worries to ourselves, and
make home bright and happy, and that
when our husbands come home in the
evening, we must be all dolled up aHd
meet them with a glad. sweet smile.
4 don't see why it is any more in
cumbent on a wife to make herself
over TO suit her husbands taste, than
it is for him to alter his habits and
ways of linking to please her.
don't see why it is any more a wife's
business to make happy home than
it is a husbands. I don't see why
to dress herself up she will look at
tractive to her husband, than there
is why he shouldn't beautify himself
SO as to be easy on her eyes
I don't see why women should have
to do all the adjusting, and keeping
the peace, and jellying, and camou-
flaging in matrimony."
There isn't any reason. my dear,
except the iron bound. copper riveted
reason that it is a thing that men
won't do, and therefore women have
to do ii, if it is done at all. And if
1t isn't done marriage goes on the
rocks 1t is one of the situations de-
Scribed by Mr.. Cleveland when he said,
"A condition, and not theory, con-
fronts u.s.
OF course, marriage is a partnership
in which a woman invests her all just
as much as a man does, and if the
venture fails she is left more COM
pletely bankrupt than he is, because
he has more outside interests to fall
back upon than she has, and it -
easier for him to make a fresh start.
1t is, therefore, peculiarly an obliga-
tion of honor on a man to make his
marriage a. success by ma king his
wife happy, \but. curiously enough
men seldom ever realize tbis, or make
any effort to pay this debt.
The average man considers that his
duty to his wife consists solely in feed !
ing, and clothing her, and giving her
a comfortable shelter, and when he
has done this, and especially when he
has added a few frills in the way of
French millinery and an automobile, |
he feels that he has done everything |
that any reasonable woman could ask !
and he pats himself on the back, con- /
graduating himself on, being such a !
good husband.
Yet If he had a wife who inter |
preted her marriage vows as he does
his, he would be hunting around for
an affinity who understood him, and /
sympathized with him. He wouldn't
consider any woman who merely set
well cooked food before him, a good
wife. He wouldn't think that a woman
who took no pains to please him, who
went sloppy and slouchy about the
house, and who growled anG grumped.
and snapped when she was spoken to,
was much of a .lomemaker.
And if she told him that he did not
know what he was talking about when
he expressed his views on a subject,
and if she op My derided his opinions.
and her favorite funny story was re-
counting to strangers some foolish
mistake he had made; why, then,
there would be ructions or a divorce
in that family, according to whether
it moved in the circles that throws
crockery or goes to law.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

The Santa Fe railroad is being 'sil-
yer plated and finished IN mahogany
at the expense of the public, which
pays the freight. according to the tes-
tiInony of Clyde NJ Reed, chairman Of
the Kansas public utilities commits
SION Admitting this TO be true we
might as truthfully say that the fed
eral reserve banks are pursuing
similar course. And all other con-
Germs that are required to pay a por-
ton of their profits to the govern
Inent Will pursue a similar course If
they can find the way. When it comes
to a choice between spending their
earnings themselves or letting Uncle
Sam do it they will choose to do the
spending themselves
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

LET'S GO.
The futures looking mighty bright,
Let's go!
Things are working out all right,
Tets goi
Wheels are turning. smoke stacks show
Fires are blazing high below,
Traffic signals green, and so
Let's got 49, --
Hard,times2 They are in the past.
Let's 90,
Setbacks came but couldn't last,
Let's GO.
Gloom has held its last parade.
Grab the. hs INNER. gran the spade,
There's a fortune to be made
Let's go.
Skies are clear that once wers dark,
let's go.
Everybody on the mark,
Let's goi
We have done with frown and whine,
Get set ncsy and on the line.
Everything is looking fine,
Let's go!
Were nation. free from hate,
let's eoi
We can keep it strong and great,
Let's go
Land of freedom land OF mirth,
Happiest land upon the earth.
Let us show her what we're worth,
Let's go,
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest.J
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

In a Haskin letter to The State
Journal appears the following story:
"A high official OF the treasury was
hearing tax case. The attorney for
the taxpayer. who wanted to get his
tax reduced, said to the official: The
tax you have imposed is inequitable.'
The official replied: You surprise
me- Did you expect to find any equity
in taxes? Did you ever hear or an
equitable tax?'" The Implication IS
that because there is no such thing as
an equitable tax such tax is impos-
sible- But it is not impossible The
proposed sales tax could not be 9TH
erwise than equitable.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Hoover, former Governor Frank Low
den of Illinois, and Clifford Pinchot of
Pennsylvania, while on the Demo-
cratic side William Gibbs McAdoo
looms up prominently and James NJ.
Cox, the nominee of 1920. may claim
to be more of a business than a pro-
fess.onal man, but he is also some
what of an anomaly. He has been
a candidate for a<Republican nomIna-
-tion and then the Democratic nominee
for the same office, SO no one may be
quite sure of his politics at this t me.
and he is looked upon as q radical
rather than as a business mans can
didate.
pear that the running Is good for
business men there is little doubt that
there will be a sufficiency of entries
who can qualify.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
Household Hints

Red Cabbage Salad-Take a firm
head. cut in half. take out heart and
cut as fine as possible into strips Add
one diced sour apple. Sprinkle with
two or three tablespoons of sugar and
a pinch of salt Heat some white
vinegar to boiling point and pour over
salad. Keep covered a short time.
Serve cold.
Raspberry Pie-One pint cooked
raspberries. yolks OF three eggs, one
large cup sugar one heaping table
spoon corn starch. one-half cup milk,
stir together yolks of eggs, sugar.
cornstarch and milk: then empty rasp-
berries into mixture and stir all to-
gether. Pour into pie shell and bake
When done. beat whites of eggs
sweeten to taste. spread on top and
return to oven to brown. This makes
two pies.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

While the bureau OF internal reve-
nue. is now collecting back taxes at
the rate OF -s26. 100000 a month. the
treasury department is preparing to
ask congress for an immediate appro-
priation of s42.OoO.O0O as the first
installment on a debt which the gov
ernment owes its citizens for taxes IL
legally collected during the last few
years Such complications might
easily be avoided by "a resort to the
sales tax
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
Observation-Disclosures

Q-Who made the famous filibuster
against a rivers and harbors bill in the
senate some years ago? o. j. r.
A Senator Thomas Carter of Montana
in 1901 spoke for sixteen hours against a
river and harbor appropriation bill that
would have appropriated $5o.O0O.OO0.
@, How is the bull killed in bull fight?
A. A bull fight generally comprises
three. episodes The bull is first baited
by the picadores. who are mounted ON
horses, and second by the banderilleros on
foot, while the matador completes the
fight. He lures the bull and plunges his
sword between the left shoulder and the
blade.
IAny reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing Tb1u Topeka state
journal Information Burenu. Frederic
Haskin. Director. Washington d c This
offer applies strictly to Information The
Burea IL annnf give advice ON legal medical
and financial mntters II does not attempt
TO settle domestic troubles nor to under
take exhaustive research on any sub iecf
Give full name and address and enclose two
cents in stamps for return postage Ap
Write your question plainly ana briefly
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

The annual report of the coroner OF
Los Angeles shows that within the
past fiscal year. 27s persons in that
city committed suicide, 295 were
killed in automobile accidents and
there was a total Of ia homicides.
Yet. strange as it may seem. people
continue to be lured to the town by
roseate reports Of its climate. which.
in fact, is about the worst in the
world
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

The advertising OF American busi-
ness in American monthlies and
weeklies amounts to about $3.50. .0OO.-
600 year. and newspaper advertis-
lns- to about $3.50. 100000 a year,
ssOe. 100000 in all. George w. Hin
man asks whether this is worth the
money And he answers his ques-
ton in the affirmative. For he says
the value OF what the United States
produces amounts 10 about S4O,o09.-
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Opponents of the sales tax assert
that it is a plan to lay the burden
on the already laden backs of clerks
and small salaried persons Yet it has
the endorsement of both President
Harding and Secretary Mellon. both
OF whom might reasonably be regard
ed as being desirous of doing the best
possible for the people of the entire
country.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
Suggestions.

Laundering Lingerie-It takes con-
siderable time to take off and replace
the ribbon bows ana rosettes from
boudoir caps and lingeries when they
need to be laundered. Many have
found that it saves time to use fast
eners. sewing one part to the bow and
the other to the cap. 1t tftakes but
moment to remove or replace the bow.
This is equally good for the ribbon
ties or rosettes on baby's caps.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

business world is a combination of
grief and advertising. Every big de-
partment store in New York published
a tribute to the late john Wanamaker
in display type in the New York
Times
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

600 COO. AMI this advertising bill of
ssCO.OO0.O 900 is therefore only abou+
per cent of the total amount Of
goods produced. Advertising. says the
Washington Herald. is the self-ex-
preston of business enterprise. and
keeps it wholesome Russia tried the
abandonment of advertising and found
that advertising and business both
departed together.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Reports from Odessa tell of the
death OF so to 100 persons daily from
exposure and starvation. other re-
ports from Odessa relate that prepa-
rations are being made for exporting
large quantities of wheat from that
port The Bolsheviki certainly have an
eye to business. They sell Russia's
surplus wheat and let America feed
the hungry natives of that country.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Homicide continues TO increase in
the United States. In twenty-eight
cities the annual rate of murder rose
from SIS for each 100000 population
IN 1920 to 9.s in the last year. Elimi-
nation of the manufacture and sale
OF firearms probably would reduce the
rate more than one-haIf.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Why all this revival talk about an
other Topeka team in the Southwest
ern league? 1t is very evident the
city doesn't wish to support a club
in this class of organized baseball so
why pile up more Indebtedness? A
drive to pay up old bills might be
launched for the 1929 club.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Japan win be "a dry nation within
a few years" David Starr Jordan,
chancellor emeritus OF Stanford uni
versity. declared on his return from a
visit of three months in Japan She
NAV vet beat the United States to it.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

1t also occurs to us. in the connec-
ton, that some newspapers could
SCOOP" the world by printing a kind
ly line about Attorney General
Daugherty.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

by the way" writes w. X, with
ont spoofing. wish you would give
US some of the experiences, grave ana
gay, of your career as public official
/ believe you could make them both
interesting and instructive.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

New York theatrical managers are
considering a plan to establish a cen
rral ticket agency where tickets 10
any theater may be purchased at an
advance of ten cents. This clearly
a conspiracy to make theater ticket
buying easier and we trust Phi.adel-
phia managers Will not permit them
selves to be drawn into il.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

1t is we go on to say, a tyrannous
and barbaric e government which COM
pels a man to be in attendance on a
criminal court when he might be loat-
ing at thApool hall or barber shop.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

The joyous moral we deduce there
from is that the ex-pubtc official VINO
survives his own funeral procession
for a period of three and one-hah
years must have chafed somebody.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

why not go ahead and win the dis
tinction for the column? Well, that
isn't a bad idea. Doubtless an appro-
pirate phrase will occur to US in "A.
day or two. For the moment we
merely express our admiration for
him as the only man Kicked down
stairs by Woodrow wilson who made
no effort to conceal the injuries sus-
tanned in the descent.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Those who sympathize with the op-
dressed will regret to learn that a
number of miners living in the vicinity
of Herrin, Ill, are being.so seriously
disconnected by government as 20
make it unlikely that they viii be able
to spend christ9 as with their lam
lilies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-16
Primary Receipts
In Chicago Market

Primary Receipts
In Chicago Market
CHICAGO. FEB. ls@Primary re-
eeipts-Whest S1I.O00 bushels against
724.O00 bushels; corn 4.ISS. goo bush
els against $4,000 bushels: oats. l.
$3.50 0 bushels against $4,000 bush
els.
Shipments-Wheat. $4,000 bushels
against $4,000 bushes; corn. i,TS6.-
O0O bushels against $4,000 bushels;
oats, 634 600 bushels against $4,000
bushels.
Clearances-Wheat $500 bushels.
corn LEG, geo bushels, oats 10000
bushels; flour 5000 barrels. Above
figures do not include $4,000 bushels
wheat in bond.
CarlOts-St. Louis, wheat As. corn
rs, oats 20: Omaha, wheat 60, corn
1903, oats %; Minneapolis, wheat 255,
corn G2. oats 50; Winnipeg, wheat 2S7.
oats ~, rye 2; Duluth, wheat 80. corr
20, oats 4: kansas City, wheat lei.
corn SO, oats 90.
Duluth Iinsccd Market
DULUTH. Feb. 16.-Linseed on
track, $2.60A m2.63A.
Minneapolis Wheat Market
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 16.-Wheat,
May S1.42, July $1.33A.
San Francisco Grain Market
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.-Wheat
Milling, 40: feed, s2.15G
2.2O; barley, feed. $1.27k @1.32h
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-16
Chicago Hog
Market Active

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-(U. S. Bureau
of Markets. )-Cattle-Receipts, 5000
head. beef steers strong to lac higher:
quality plain; top early, $500; bulk
beef steers, S7mS; she stock. bulls,
stockers and feeders steady to strong;
veal calves steady, bulk fat she stock,
$i.36m 5.75; bulk stocEers and feeders
So 5M7.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; un,
even, fairly active, steady TO 10t
higher than yesterdays average; top,
s10.25 on 14O to 190-pound average;
bulk, 1915 a 10.15; pigs about steady;
bulk desirable, 100 to 120-pound pigs,
$S.50MS.75.
Sheep - Receipts, $4,000 head:
steady to strong; choice fat lambs to
packers early, $15.25, some held high
er; good fed western shorn lambs, SIS:
medium yearlings carrying some twos,
$1l.5O; fat ewes, early. mostly $7.g5
M1.75, some held higher.