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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
TOO had They Didn't Stay Down

peculiar situation occurred in a
boxing match in Colorado few even
ings ago. One man landed on the
others chin after the first party had
started blow for his stomach. Be-
fore the party whoh was hit on the
chin fell, he completed the blow he
had started for the others stomach
and they both went down together
AMI the referee counted both out. It
was a case where both parties were
satisfied with the referees decision
m TO the other fellow at least.-Mnan
Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

There are many to bear them COM
pany-they form one great closed cor
poration composed OF the mighty,
privileged financial and Industrial in
tcrests Of America. They are repre-
sonted in the cabinet by men like Mel
Ion and Fan and Daugherty and
Weeks Their henChmen hold the
strategic posts in either house Of con-
Ercss They already have dictated"
agriculture They are now debating"
the workingmeu, the professional
classes, the retail merchants, the
housewives, the clerks. And at the
same time thhey are initiating their
own swollen incomes. on which. very
thoughtfully. they have reduced the
taxes.
what the present administration
and congress are doing for the "wool
Philistincs" they have done. are do
ing, and will continue to do for all
the other Philistincs
The Philistnes are indeed upon US.
We are in their hands. What we are
going to do about it is up to us. We
can. If We like. accept Senator Mel
sons advice, take our medicine in
silence" and hope that God will help
us while we keep on voting the re-
publican ticket.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Is a CRIME AGAINST THE PEOPLE

Ex-gop Senator Lippett of Rhode
Islond says that he did not write the
proposed high duty clauses in the
wool tariff bill. and Senator Lcnroot
comes right back and says that Lippett
did. Wen If he personally didn't
write them. they were written by the
wool manufacturers association in
which Senator Lippitt is a leading fig
ure What the difference is we can't
see. still less can we understand how
anybody can get excited over the
charge. In heavens name. what has
been happening, 10 these seventy
years, in connection with our tariffs
other than that the schedules have
been written ~ those who were to
benefit by them? "Step up to the
captains office, gentlemen, and tell
us what you want" has been the slo-
gan Of the republican party after ev-
cry election in which it was success
ful, and since the manufacturers rails
cd the funds which bought the cleo
tions for IL this was merely carrying
out the republican party's share OF
the bargain. This time the manufac-
turcr hogs have got not only their feet
into the trough, but are trying to get
their bodies in, which is a little bit
too much even for some OF the stand
ratters Hence the "revolts" against
the high rates dictated by the manu-
facturcrs. But when the whole bill
is such a crime against America and
suffering humanity we believe that
it makes little difference exactly
where certain rates are fixed. And as
for the proposal that we should have
a scientific tariff commission. that
hoary old hup~Ig is trotted out once
more merely to fool the public again.
When the whole tariff rests simply
upon greed and selfishness it is ridic-
ulous to talk about science in connec-
tion with it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
EVEN REPUBLICANS TURNING
STATE'S EVIDENCE

Every person who has to work TO
pay for what he or she eats or wears
or uses may as well take alarm. SEN
ator Wadsworth OF New York, a re-
publican who cannot be classed as
progressive, states on the floor Of the
senate that the wool schedule OF the
pending republican tariff bill presents
"the curious spectacle Of proposing
the lowest ad valorem duty on cloth
ing for the rich and the highest duty
on clothing for the poor"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

If the Republican Post Dispatch and
Globe-Democrat are still to control a
part of the Democrats of this section
OF the state it would be we'll for these
gentlemen to take an account of stock
and see where they will land IL they
continue following-right in the gop
camp. The rot sprung by the Post
Dispatch that anti-Reed men were fig
uring on putting an Independent can
common ordinary fabrication-just
such as that gop organ has put out
for years-to hurt the Democratic
party.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
HARD TO THINK THEY LIVED

We are now in the last half of 1922
and can look backward to the first
half of the year and see what agitated
us-and see what we shall see--and
how "het up" we were over them.
Looking through the dustbin of MEM
ory, 1t seems that (if the newspapers
were correcD the things that reused
us all to frenzy were
Galoshes.
Flappcrs.
Shifters.
Lady Astor.
Ectoplasm.
Radio.
Babe Ruth's return to baseball.
How will Arbuckle earn a living?
Civic virtue.
Frozen credits. ...7fI
Eskimo pie.
Lower prices of automobi
Ambassador Harvey's breaks.
What viii Hays will do to the
movies.
What De Valera will do TO Ireland.
What Bryan will do to evolution.
What Lasker will do to the Volstead
act.
What the doctors will do TO Lenin.
Some of these topics already sound
so dead that it Is hard to conceive
that they were ever the thrilling an
xiety of an imperial people.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

OF course the labor board is
willing to pass on seniority"-and
on any old thing for that matter-for
this board has nothing to lose as has
the railroads. The railroads gave
their former employees due notice that
they would abrogate seniority rights
time--and the roads also have the
right to protect the men who are now
standing by and helping them in the
present crisis.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
And There Is a Reason

An exchange rises to remark that
during the past week we have heard
several men casually remark that the
elderberry crop will be very large this
year. There was a time when not one
of these men would have noticed the
elderberries at all. They we,.ld have
been watching the corn and the wheat
and alfalfa and would have driven a
hundred miles along roads lined with
elderberry bushes without paying any
attention to them, But that was be-
fore prohibition was alleged to have
come, and before they became aware
Of the fact that really excellent wine
can be made from the Juice of the
eiderberry.-Nodawsy Democrat-Fo-.
um.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

The drys are showing much con-
being disclosed by the Literary Di-
gest. II shows them conclusively
that the prohibition they put over un-
der the guise OF a war measure Is a
fake and a sham-and that the people
deeply resent the unfair means that
were used to put it over when all hon
est and decent people were doing all
possible to win the great war.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
EVERY AMERICAN INDoRsEs 1T

There is not real American but
that will indorse the request made by
the National Coal Dealers association
to Governor Small of Illinois urging
him to have the state make a thor
ough investigation OF the Herrin mas
sacrs 80 that the conspirators and
assassins will be promptly brought to
justice"
AS the Herrin outrage now stands
the general impression Is that both
local and state authorities in Illinois
are bunch Of jellyfish. who eitlser
condone the shameful affair or else
ars afraid TO set the machinery In
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

Four months ago well known
young mansof this city was shot and
killed while robbing a box car at
SaXton. Up until a few nights ago
thieves feared more hot lead. Now
these robberies have begun again and
killing or two is needed. The best
plan on earth-and the only effective
one--is when officers catch these
thieves at work. to shoot first and
then inquire into the circumstances.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Would he in Village Class

big row was kicked up by Jeffer-
son City people because the engineers
failed to make the state capital the
hub from which all highways
throughout the state would radiate.
The idea, of course. is ridiculous, but
jefferson City has for so long been
given everything she asked for that
no amount Of explanation will suffice
to soothe the ire OF those who feel
that they have been slighted. But
for the fact that it is the state capital,
Jefferson City would be in the village
class.-Glasgow Missourian.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
THAT WHITE ELEPHANT FLEET

During the month of June, accord
ing to the report OF the $4,000 a
year chairman Lasker OF the United
States shipping board. the vessels un-
der the boards control showed a net
loss to the government Of s2.7s3.21e.
Next TO the showing Of last May, when
the loss was s2,66o.4ss. June was the
best month that the shipping board
has had under the present manage
ment.
Mr.. Lasker explained that the cost
of operations has constantly declined
and that this season Of the year Is
best for ship operations passenger
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
No Explanation Possible

No single explanation is adequate
TO make plain the cause OF the Re-
publican breakdown, for such 1t is,
for the general opinion among bust
ness men Of all political shades is that
such an exhibition of discord and in
capacity has rarely occurred, certain
ly not in an entire administration
where all branches were of one party.
Worth County Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Democratic Ticket

United States Senator
JAMES A. REED
COngrcssmar-
WILLIAM T.. SPRATT
State Senator
ERNEST Il. JAMES
Circuit Judgr Division No. l.
THOMAS Il. ALLEN
Circuit Judge Division 40. s.
WILLIAM II. I'TZ
RoDrogcufaffy.o First District
JANrl.S 81 LEONARD
Ropresnrfatfyo Second District
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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Is rractIced Here Each Day

"Conservation." Is the comment OF
the Emporia Gazette in noting that
two men, one with his right leg cut
off and the other with his left leg
cut off, landed in Emporia the other
day. kicked off their peg legs and be-
gan begging. one on each side of the
street. The men travel together so
one pair OF shoes and socks suffice for
both.--Hopkirs Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Don't Need Two Guesses

Kentucky-Tennessee coal miners
have reached an agreement with mine
operators on a basis of an increase in
pay of $3.50 per day, and they will go
to work at once Only one guess is
needed as to who will eventually pay
the added $3.50 per day for the men,
and the consumer might as well learn
that he is, as usual. the goat.-Glas-
gov Missourian.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

OF course the whole country is
ready to believe that fellow Welch
representing the oil interests OF the
country, who told the senate inyestl-
eating committee which has the gaso-
line probe in hand. that "all the re-
finers have lost money ANDY gone
through the most disastrous flnan-
cial period in their existence in the
past eighteen months" It is TO laugh.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

The two Moberly bank wreckers,
he Verne brothers. have Just been
sent to the pen for five and ten years
each. Now It will be in order to have
them become "ll" in the next few
months and get that pardon or parole
that is awaiting these Napoleons OF
finance-with the maudlin aid OF
some OF their impressionable friends
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
HERE Is SOME REAL PROOF

HERE Is SOME REAL PROOF
In an issue Of the Philadelphia
Record Of this week appears a state
ment that throws more light on the
tariff question than a hundred pages
Of Republican speeches made by SEN
ators. 1t mentioned thrty-four car
loads Of electric machinery on its way
from Pttsburg to that city, where
with imposing ceremonies it was
transferred to steamer bound for
Chile. II required ten trains to bring
the material for one order. the largest
single order for electrical machinery
ever given.
Chile decided to clectrify most Of
its railroads. Electrical machinery is
made on a large scale in several
European countries. England is the
greatest producer Of machinery, but
Germany has immensely large cleo
trical machinery plants, and accord
ing to Mr.. Fordncy and Mr. McCum -
Der wages are paid in deprecated
marks and are infinitesimally small
The fact that that contract for
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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
That VIII Stop It

A Frenchman was guillotned yes
terday for his part in the only train
hold-up ever recorded in France.
Maybe that helps explain why hold
ups aren't more popular there.-Kan-
sas City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Do You DawnCc, Hank?

How can flappers preserve their
complexions after dancing cheek-to-
shaker with sideburns? ns?-ClarSsdal
Journal
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
And q IAttie More Truth

We have equal suffrage now, but
there are still lot of women who had
rather get their names in the society
column than be elected to office.
Milan Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Pretty Swift Work

II the world keeps on getting faster
a man may expect to kiss his newly
wed wife goodby in morning and on
returning home from a days work at
the office. greet his grandchildren.-
ClarlSsdale Journal.~
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
these prostitutes prevent the chances
for settlement offered.

Breckinridge Long himself gives the
lie to the Post Dispatch fabrication as
to an Independent candidate against
Senator Reed. He emphatically stated
that he would have nothing to do with
it--and he further positively states
that he will not have recount or file
q contest.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
What 1t Said Before

The British government again in
forms the house of commons that the
debt to America is to be paid. But
that's what it said before.-Kansas
City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

Such occurrences as the beating up
Of Jackson by the strikers on last
Monday will not get the strikers any
where, but on the contrary only adds
to the hostility of the public to the
strikc-which is decidedly pronounc-
ed, .t-.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

II is a fact as certain as that the sun
rises and sets. that we will not think
of cancelling our claim to the debt
that Europe owes us. as long as those
countries go feverishly ahead getting
ready for another war-as they are
really doing.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Chanrcd Its NotIon Thcn

Greece now says IL wanted to take
Constantinople merely in the interest
Of peace but of course when it turned
out that It would have to fight to take
It the interest Of peace didn't seem so
important.-St. Louis Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
No MistsiIe-It Is Correct

A foolish mistake was made in the
Journal last week which was over
looked by the proof reader. In the
article about the revival meeting we
said great deal Of interest was being
manifested and the types had 1t
"manufactured."- d."-Edgerton Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

The picnic season is now on in full
blast in this section and Congressman
Faust and candidate Spratt are the
busiest political merchants in these
parts.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Give Him All lie Needs

jess Willard has begun training for
his bout with Jack Dempsey He has
added a new trainer to give him more
exercise, he says. Jess will need
something more than exercise when
he gets in the ring with the champion.
Dempsey will give him all the exercise
he needs,--Nodaway Democrat-For-
um,
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

Now that all of the runners are up
and the Democratic ticket is the best
put up in years. all Democrats should
rally to its support and put it over by
one of the old time majorities.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

The only thing that is true about
that story to the effect that Germany
is trying to go dry, is that there is
country called Germany. The rest is
dry propaganda.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

Marshall, Mo-. has started the ball
rolling early by the organization Of
club with twenty-four hundred mem
bers which has for its object Senator
James A. Reed for president in 1924.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
Then They Find Out

Washington's interest in the Mis-
souri, primary is understandable. The
only time Washington really learns
what Is going on In the country is on
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

II the yellow newspapers-those
whose entire capital Is lies and
misrepresentations-were suppressed,
there would be no trouble at all OK
perienced in settling all Of the strikes.
The common lies printed each day by
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

The surprise of the congressional
primary in this district was the big
vote polled by John Mcdaniel of An
drew.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
This Is the Naked Truth

It's no longer the grocer but the
gasoline dealer whose bill is paid first.
Folks will ride even IL they have to
go hungry.-Hopkins Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying
Not in This Section

A baby with a rich uncle-perhaps
you've noticed it-never has any trou-
BILE getting named.-Burlington June
ton Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

Now is the time for every democrat
democrat on the ticket. in November.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

st. Joseph should boom from this
time on with all OF the city bond
money being spent here.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-12

the occasion of an election Of some
sort.-Kansas City Times, 4,-5
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-08
AFRICA LOSING WILD GAME
Unless Speedily Afforded Protection
Many Species Will Shortly Be-
come Utterly Extinct.

South Africa, which has long been
regarded as having an almost mex
haustible supply Of wild game, is
threatened with extinction Of several
of its most valuable species, animals
for which explorers and hunters like
Colonel Roosevelt sought in modera-
ton. and which others have slaugh-
tered wantonly for their hides, horns,
or merely for the pleasure of killing.
In an article in the Geological So
ciety Bulletin, A. X. Haagner, direc-
tor of the National Geological Gardens
of South Africa at Pretoria, says that
many wild animals may soon be as
scarce in Africa as others are in the
United States.
The white rhinoceros, the graceful
nyala-a species Of antelope-the
bontebok and the mountain zebra, d
quaint little animal with the stripes
in which children at the. zoo delight,
are rapidly vanishing from the South
African hills and plains, and those in
terested in their preservation are find
ing great difficulty in arousing the
people of the country to the necessity
for protecting them in preserves.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-08
Cheap Living in Germany.

An American visiting Germany has
written to the home folk a letter COW
ering several features Of living costs
in that country. Here are a few
samples: A ride from Hanover to
Hamburg, six hours, first class, %
cents. Lunch for two on the dining
car, consisting Of asparagus soup, a
good drink of schnapps, a good por-
ton of fish, roast veal, vegetables,
coffee, pudding, bottle of good red
wine, two Liquors, at a total cost for
two of about 70 cents in American
currency. A taxi for Two hours cost
in American currency 40 cents. Din
ner for three, including poultry, ev-
erything from soup to nuts and a
bottle of wine, at a total cost Of 60
cents. Laundry bill for ten handker-
chiefs, seven collars, five pairs of socks,
one suit of underwear, n pajamas,
10 cents. Until recently a handsome
suit of clothes could be bought at about
$40. Derby hats, so to rs cents, and
so on, all along the line, he writes.
Topeka Capital.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-08

Boston narUor, anu II was on one Oh
these annual JOY rides that the men,
bers Of this gallant crew got a distinct
shock; they were captured by the
British. By mistake their little boat
got outside the harbor and was snapped
up by the British blockading squad
ron.
They were confronted by the terri
BILE thought Of what was going to hap
pen to them. But instead of being
hung as spies. they were actually ban
quoted by their enemies. The British
officers were probably tired of their
own company, and here was an oppor-
tunity for a good time. That was be-
fore the eighteenth amendment. BY
the time it was time to go home, the
Harvard navy had to be slung over the
sides of the British vessel in the sings
which were used to bring the horses
aboard, and how their own ship got
back to port will forever remain a
mystery.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-08
Weasel Displayed Cunning.

A fair example of cunning was af-
forded by a weasel at a sawmill in
Bruce county, Ontario. The animal
took on the job of killing a number
of rats. After exterminating the lot
excepting one large fellow. the weasel
dug a hole under the corner Of a lum-
Der pile and then tackled his heavier
antagonist, which chased him into the
hole. When the spectators thought
the weasel was "done for" he came
out the other end and went in after
the rat. 1t was not long before the
ingenious weasel came out with the
dead rat. On investigation it was
found that the weasel had made the
hole small at one end s o that the ro-
dent could not get through, and it was
then attacked from the rear.