The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-13
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public LedgeE.)

The newspapers make note of the
fact that Charles P. Steinmetz, whose
salary is well over 100000 year,
lives like workman The natural
inference is that the newspapers be-
lieve there is some wide divergence in
the degree of comfort enjoyed by the
man with unlimited money and the
workman. 1t is, of a fact, a funda-
mental belief that lot or money will
buy something worth while.
A good workman can live as COM
fortably as millionaire. With few
exceptions, most of which are arti-
fetal. he can enjoy the same diver
| money, in excess of the comforts en-
joyed by the average man, are frills
| and responsibility. The reason a good
workman can live as comfortably as
a millionaire is that this IS a grand
and glorious country.
Enjoying life largely is a matter of
sound personal philosophy and a rea-
sonable sense of proportion. Money
has little to do with it, one way or
another. We happen to be a work
man. We try to be a good one. Uncle
Adam could buy and sell us thirty or
forty times. We have all the COM
forts civilization has provided. Uncle
Adam has none of them. And we've
| had more fun since June 16 than I'm
| Gle Adam has had in his whole life.
| AS you will have observed, this is
our day to be philosophical.
The columns assumption that May
or Oles had taken himself out of the
news was, it appears. unwarranted.
We can't imagine how we happened
to fall into such error 1t was appar-
emit from the first that Mayor Oles
isn't that sort.
The indications are that Mr.. Jewell.
of the shops crafts, who has been out
on a limb, may be able to retrace his
OF the tree.
He Thinks the Public Ledger Is Dis
| graced.
Sir-No doubt about It. you were
quite right when yo6 stated in the
| column in reference to segregation;
| Prof. Scott assumes wrong. We
don't want to hear anything about it,"
1t is only the wise man who desires
! to hear of his errors and his follies.
The average man, believe, likes to
nave the good graces of even a dog.
Since your bit of humor at the ex-
pense of Professor Scott and the ne
| gro has incurred for you the ilI-wil
| of hundreds of your colored readers
| and former admirers, don't you think
! you have paid rather dear price just
| to help fill your column? Or are YOU
such a cynic that you do not care?
| 1 hope that you will not disgrace
| the Public Ledger again, for the Pub
| lie Ledger holds a warm place in the
heart of Philadelphia's colored peo-
pie. I. w. H, Jr.
AS we have hitherto indicated, we
are entirely friendly to the colored
| man. We are not conscious of any
| prejudice against him. We do not
| in the least object to the quasi-social
| contact which spurs SO many mem
bers of our own race to protest. But
the facts in the case are as plain as "A
pikestaff The white race, greatly SUI
perior numerically and intellectually
tact. Except in a very limited way
it won't stand for it. PUBLIC Sontro-
versy over the question serves only to
increase the friction which exists.
And, in any event, what possible eff
feet could a disposition to gloss it over
or salve it with fine words have upon
the situation?
AS for us, we are concerned only
as to whether We have presented the
in a fair and inoffensive way. We
don't care what people think of it.
The only test we impose is that of
sQuaring it with ourself. To be able
to write the truth fairly, freely and
without prejudice is worth whatever
it costs. If We lose the friendship of
any group of people merely because
we have presented an obvious truth in
frank and friendly way. the friend
ship wasn't worth having and we lose
nothing.
The communication from L w. H,
Jr., illumines the point we have made.
He has written what seems to us to be
a rather ill-tempered letter directed