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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02
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Q. Is trade between Alaska and the
United States considered foreign or domes-
A. Trade between the United States ana
Alaska Is considered domestic commerce, as
Alaska belongs to the United States.
Q. How much does it. cost to go from
Havana to Key West by airplane? Fl. II. d.
A. This flight is made in So minutes and
the fare is $50.
A. Amber is fossil resin Of vegetable
origin 1t is usually of a pale yellow color,
sometimes reddish or brownish; it Is some.
times Transparent, sometimes almost
Opaque. 1t occur In round irregular Jumps.
grains. OF drops: has perfectly con-
choidal fracture. 1t is slightly brittle. emits
an agreeable odor when rubbed, melts at
$50 degrees F., and burns with a bright
flame and pleasant smell.
@. What is the name Of the navigation
instrument resembling two rulers hinged
together? L. w. G.
A These instruments used to find chart
courses are called parallel rulers,
Q. Were vestal virgins allowed to
marry? II. ]. H.
A. In Rome, girls between the ages of
six and ten were chosen as Yestal virgins.
After thirty years of service. they could
return to private life and marry. if they
chose.
Q. How many homicides are there in
the United states in a year, C H.
United States ap fop loo was s9 es6 'as
Q. Is oil considered a mineral rightz
A. The mineral division of the land Of
@ How can / keep grapes fresh? d.
H g.
A Dip the end of each stem into hot
sealing wax. and pack one layer In shall
low box between paper or grape leaves,
first removing all deeaTed or broken
grapes. Keep in dry, cool place
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By EE PARE

Me and Pubs Simkins was standing
next to the lamp post looking up the
street and Pubs sed. G heer comes
Sam Cross up in back of us. good mite
bet he thinks he's sneeking up on
us without US seeing him, haw haW
that's joak on him all rite.
Lets pertend we're tawking about
him and don't know he's enywares err
round, L sed.
Wich we started to do jest wen Sam
Cross came up in back of US Wawking
on his rubber heels, me saying, Hay
Pubs watts you know about that guy
Sam Cross, I think he's one of the
defeetfullest guys I ever herd of.
Nee too, so do I, that guys SO de-
ceetfull he never wares enything but
rubber heels and that's the ony reason
he wares them, you cant tell me, sed
Pubs.
Sure, you cant tell me, Sam Gross is
a big hunk of cheese, and enybody
says he aint jest refer them to me, I
sed.
WITCH jest then I quick termed err
round, saying, o, is that you, Sam?
Eoley smoakes, was you heer all the
time? sed Pubs, and Sam sed. I
certainly was, and I'm sorry to say I'm
/ glad to know wat you guys think of
me. And he took a big candy cane
out of his inside pockit and started to
bite hunks off of one end, saying, Id
like to offer you guys some, ony
know you wouldn't take it off of q
deceetful guy like me, L wouldent in
suit you by asking you to take it off of
a big hunk of cheese like me.
Aw heck, Sam, watts the matter. we
was ony kidding, watts the matter. we
knew you was there ali the time, we
was jest fooling, watts the matter, sed
me and Pubs. Witch the more we told
him we was ony pretending the more
he acted as if like heck we was, and
he finished eating the candy cane by
himself without me and Pubs asking
too proud and knowing he would ony
say no enyhow.
Proving you awt never say enything
bad about a persin behind their back
especially if they are neer enuff to
heer it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

look in her eyes. What was she
thinking of? What was behind this
queer adventure?
Charlie had slight time to speculate
on these questions. Almost on the in
slant the car was surrounded by ten
or dozen silent. black-masked men.
A bury individual, who seemed to be
the leader beckoned to Charlie to step
out. Charlie looked at the girl. Her
face was averted. For a moment he
hesitated and fear caught at his heart.
Then the burly leader caught at him
and pulled him from the car.
Once Charlie was out of the car he
was Immediately hlindfolded, bound
and gagged. Then he was pushed for
ward.
Some one struck him in the face
Charlie lurched forward, angry and
puzzled. Some one hit him in the
! back. Now thoroly aroused, Charlie
began fighting roughly. No one fought
back. Silence still prevailed. Then
some one tripped him. Charlie fell,
saw a million stars and went into un-
consciousness.
When Charlie finally came to him
self he found his bonds were less tight
than he had expected. He managed
to get them off and remove his blind
fold and gag. He was lying on the
ground in front of the deserted house.
No one was visible.
Slowly and painfully Charlie got to
his feet and started walking toward
town. Thru his mind just one ques-
ton seethed and tortured him. Had
the girl told him the truth, or would
he never see her again?
Some days later a bunch of Char
lies friends gave him a dinner on the
occasion of his birthday. The toast
master was Ed Cunningham, a burly
individual.
Here's to Charlie" said Ed, when
| it came time to the toasts. He want
ed excitement and we gave it to him.
Charlie, your luck hasn't urned yet.
The gang that gagged you and roped
you and blindfolded you was this
bunch. There isn't any excitement in
life for you yet. The mysterious girl
was only my sister, Grace"
Charlie rose slowly to his feet while
the crowd laughed and cheered. Char
lies face was flushed, his eyes spark
ling.
I'm not kicking at what you fell
| lows did," he said. 81 simply want to
say my luck has changed. I've never
been so excited in my life as I have
been recently. I've never been so
| thrilled as I was today
This statement seemed to surprise
the crowd. For a moment there was
| silence.
"How's that, Charlie?" queried Cum
ningham. Tell us about it,
It's simply this" Charlie respopd-
| ed. 1--WE fallen in love and today the
girl promised to marry mer'
who's the grip cried the crowd.
Its Grace-Ed Cunningham sis
ter" said Charlie and smiled.
| Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

became 10. but soon felt the need for
larger fields to conquer. Accordingly,
two years later he abolished his own
firm, laying the foundation for an in
dependent career. Not until the out
break of the war, however, did he find
his real opportunity for complete self
expression. The history of all his
skilIfuI manipulations would make a
pretty tale. hut suffice it to say that
he entered the war period only mod
erately rich man and came out with
Billions. And since the armistice he
has achieved even greater wealth and
power.
In amusing contrast to his spectae-
ular exploits is the personal appear
ance of the man himself. who is de-
scribed by Doctor Brickmeyer, his
biographer, as resembling nothing so
much as "a wondering lump of COAL
HE has a compact body" writes
Brickmeyer, upon which is set a big
head. His hair is cropped,
black; his face large and pale, his
beard black as coal, his nose bent, his
, eyes deep-set. AN Assyrian King
that is what a German paper recently
dubbed him.
His manner is absolutely without
Straightforward, heavy, firm.
He walks with a slight stoop, shut
fling along. like a. seafarer. His
clothes and habits are simple.
at is remarkable he comments,
chow the traits and 1eanings of old
Matthias SHINES have reappeared in
his grandson. In him we find the
same restless spirit, the same daring,
the same talent for combination and
construction; but these powers find
their application on an infinitely
greater scale. Never in the economic
propitious as today for a constructive
genius"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

The gold holdings of the United
States are in excess of three billions
of dollars. England has but $685.
74s, 600. France $500, 1853, o00 and Italy
$2os, $4,000 IN gold. All of these
countries together have gold little in
excess of one-half Of ours. If the Eu-
ropean countries begin paying us in
terest on their debt in gold and some
thing each year on the principal in
less than three years we would drain
from Europe every ounce of gold.
Germsny's reparations. Eurepe's debt
to us, all international obligations
must pc paid either in goods, there
FORE or liquidated otherwise than
with geld. If Europe pays her inter
est to us by shipping us five hundred
millions of dollars more goods than
we ship to Europe, our industries, it is
said, will be utterly demoralized.
Still, it seems to be up to Europe to
do the worrying. This country will
get on somehow. 1t always has
done so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

An analysis of the effect of the tax
payers pocketbook on the acceptance
by the government of Henry Ford's
offer for the Muscle Shoals nitrate
and power plants is being circulated
by the National Fertilizer association.
The analysis is put in the form of a
chart, showing that over a period of
100 years, the term OF the proposed
leases, on the basis of the calculation
which Mr.. Ford himself uses, the tax
payers would pay as subsidy to Mr..
Ford $ss4.9S5, 900. The associations
interest in the matter is explained as
follows: The National Fertilizer as
ISOLATION does not oppose private
operation of the Muscle Shoals nitrate
plant unless it involves a subsidy by
the government; but it does oppose
either government operation or gev-
eminent subsidized operation in COM
petition with the existing fertilizer IN
dustry.n Users of fertilizers probably
are interested chiefly in cheaper sup
plies and are not particular how those
supplies are obtained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02
JUST FOLKS
THE IMPORTANT JOB.
az EDGAR A. GUEST


may fail to be as clever as my neighbor
down the street,
may fail to be as wealthy as some other
men / meet.
may never win the glory which q lot or
men have had,
But I've got to be successful as little
fellows dad!
There are certain dreams I cherish which
I'D like to see come true,
There are things | should accomplish ere
my time of lille is thru,
But the task my heart is set on is 10 guide
a little had
And to make myself successful as that little
fellows dad.
I may never come to glory, I may never
gather gold,
Men may list me with the failures when
my business life is told,
But If he who follows after shall be man.
ly, I'll be glad,
For III know I've been successful as
that little fellows dad.
It's the one job that I dream Of it's the
task l think of most,
If 1 failed that growing youngster, I'D
have nothing else to boast;
For tho wealth and fame I'd gathered,
all my future would be SAD
If I'd failed TO be successful as that little
fellows dad.
Copyright. 1922, by Edgar A Guest.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

Dr. Edwin Seligman of Columbia
university insists that the national
government made a serious blunder in
making liberty bonds exempt from
taxation. He holds that the federal
treasury is losing 100000, 900 a year
by loss of taxes in excess of the gains
received thru reduced interest rates.
He fears that the continued exemption
Of state and municipal bonds will soon
seriously impair the taxing resources
of states and the nation. But the doc
tor really has little cause for worry.
There are always the land and sales to
fall back on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

Secretary Melons reluctance to
have the payment of soldier bonus
placed upon the federal treasury may
be better understood when it is real
lied that the government will again
soon become the largest borrower in
the country. The public debt as a
whole now totals almost sss.50O. O0O,-
600. OF this sum no less than s6.5O0.-
100000 must be provided for within
the coming seventeen months. OF
this amount more than $500. OoO, 900
will mature in the form of victory
notes on. May 20. 1898. while about
s2,2o0,OO0,Oo0 of various issues of
United States treasury certificates will
mature at various times within the
next year. Besides this about $780,
100000 of war savings certificates
will fall due on January 1, 1923. or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02
THE FUNDING BILL.

The bill authorizing the refunding
of the $1,000. 100000 from foreign
debt into securities maturing in not
more than twenty-five years has been
passed by the senate. Under the
terms of the bill. a commission of five
members, headed by the secretary of
the treasury. would have authority.
subject to the approval of the presi-
dent. to refund or convert, and to ex-
tend time Of payment of principal or
interest, or both, of the foreign debt.
The date the obligations mature, ac-
cepted by the commission, could not
extend beyond Juno Is, 1947, and the
interest rate could not be less than
AZ per cent. Bonds of one foreign
government could not be accepted for
those of another, nor could any part
of the foreign indebtedness be can
celed.
The funding of the foreign loans
which total in round numbers, S1O,-
590,0O0,00o would benefit directly
every person and every family in the
United States by reducing the ex-
penses of the federal treasury $780,
100000 year, which, in turn. would
be reflected in lowered taxes. The
$500, 000.0 600 represents the amount of
interest which is due upon the foreign
war loans. none of which is now being
paid and will not be paid until some
final arrangements have been made
for the funding of the loans.
The unfunded debt consists of loans
made out of money obtained from the
sale OF liberty bonds. The United
States government is paying interest
on the outstanding liberty bonds at
the rate of more than s9OO,0O0,0 900
year. If the foreign nations were to
pay their interest on their debts, it
would take care of more than half of
the interest which the United States
government now pays.
The largest single item of expense
in the United States government is the
item of interest charges. 1t costs the
government more than SO each year
for every man, woman and child in
the United States to meet the interest
OAA 4lH oCRlSs ~ LItdA udl1 OIL
this, or SIS for every man, woman and
child, were to be obtained from for
eign governments, it can readily be
seen that the expenses of our govern
ment would be accordingly reduced.
The cancellation of any of the for
eigr debts by the United States does
not mean the debt is wiped out. It
merely means the foreign nation
which borrowed the money out of
proceeds of liberty bond sales will not
pay the money borrowed or the inter-
est on the money borrowed. In that
event the American people must be
taxed to pay the principal and inter-
est.
In other words. the cancellation of
foreign war loans means simply the
transference of the payments of those
loans from the shoulders of the tax
payers of Europe to the shoulders of
the taxpayers OF the United States,
The senate bill therefore wisely pro-
hibits the cancellation which has been
urged by number of public men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

The coming political campaign
probably will be waged on the issue of
which party is responsible for such
economic evils as are in existence in
the country. What would interest the
voter more would be some practical
plan for improving existing conditions.
But promises to reduce taxes will not
satisfy him. He has been fed up on
that sort of thing for many years and
has seen taxes steadily mount higher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

The farmer and his business just
now seem to be occupying the center
of the national stage. The almost uni
versal cry is that he is getting too lit
tie for what he has to sell. But it IS
not higher prices for farm products
that are needed so much as lower
prices for manufactured goods. lower
industrial labor costs and lower
freight rates. When normal adjust
nents have been made recovery in
the farm districts will go hand in
hand with that in the industrial CEN
tiers. The farmer has seen the prices
of his products fall faster than manu-
featured goods because he is unable
to restrict production in the same de-
gree as in the case of industry. AS u
consequence there is a surplus of farm
products in proportion to the volume
of ind -strial goods and the exchange
value of the former naturally is de-
pressed. All business would welcome
sound measures to lift the farmer into
the middle of prosperity. The more
radical of the farm leaders would de-
mand government financial aid to
guarantee profitable prices. Others
would make bank credit cheaper and
more available for the farmers. Ger
taiuly some rational plan should he
devised to make this possible. but the
amendment of the federal reserve act
to add a dirt farmer to the member
ship Of the federal reserve board will
not accomplish it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

Two years ago a bushe1 of whea,
was equivalent to four hours work at
the average common labor wage rate
Today bushel of wheat is equivalent
TO about three hours work at the av-
erage unskilled labor wage rate The
basis of all trade is the exchange OF
farm products for labor, and when
their relative values are dispropor-
tionate, all business must suffer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02
Dorothy Dix Tails
Too Much Family.

1.-The other day, four solemn, scri-
Gus looking women dressed in black
brought pale. frail young girl to my
Office continued the doctor. aThey
said that nothing in particular seemed
the matter with the girl. but she APP
peared to be going into a decline. Had
no appetite, slept badly. no energy or
interest in anything. A few questions
brought out the fact that these wo-
men were the girls grandmother, and
mother, and two old maid aunts who
lived in the house with her, and who
adored her, and who had never let her
do thing for herself on an impulse
of her own.
Il told them that / would not un-
dertake the case unless the girl was
sent away from home, alone. They
were Mortified. / told them that she
would die if she stayed at home, and
was that they were sucking her youth.
and her very life blood from her.
They were vampires. At last they
consented to let the girl go, and in
three months she got well and bloom
ing.
Did you ever notice how often
widows and widowers seem to bloom
out as soon as they lose the partners
OF their boSoms? Let a WOman's hus-
| band die, and by the time she lifts her
veil, she looks as if she had bathed in
the fountain of perpetual youth. Let
q mans wife die and he spries up.
The man who has been hump Shout
dered, straightens himself up; he who
has shuffled along, dragging his feet,
steps out like a boy.
| Mature has administered her great
[anodyne, separation. They are free to
do as they please, for the first time in
ten or twenty years. They no longer
live in dread of domestic brutalities.
of fault-finding and abuse. They no
longer have to steel themselves to en-
/ duFe the nagger en the hearth, and
4 they suddenly find themselves well
and strong again after years of drag
ging ill-health, because health and
happiness walk hand in hand.
The real value of a vacation is that
it gets people out of their daily r,it
and Sc 1 always advise married people
to take their holidays separately, il
they can, even when they are happily
married. I don't know anything that
would do more physically, mentally
and morally for the world than for
| family life to be run on half time. 1t
would do away with divorce, and
/, knock us nerve specialists out of
nine-tentlls of our incomes.
/ 1.-The conventional view is that you
can't override family life, and that
the proper thing is for people to live
with their husbands. and wives, and
mothers. and brothers, and sisters, no
matter how much they get on each
others nerves The time will come
when we will have intelligence enough
to save our health, our tempers our
nerves and happiness by taking the
society of our nearest relatives in
broken doses"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

Reports that the citrus fruit in CAL
ifornia has been frozen on the trees
and that automobiles in the country
are marooned by snow drifts are
surely damaging enough to the states
climatic reputation. But now comes
the story that the CLAIMS along the
beach have persisted in large numbers
from the cold. This winter should
hold the climate boomers for a while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

NAV be redeemed before that time
Within a little more than a year
thereafter some $500. 900. 900 addition
al government debt will mature in the
form of short term treasury notes and
war savings certificates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

Kansans who have been enjoying
the beautiful sunshiny days incident
to the current winter in this state,
doubtless feel deep sympathy for their
many friends sojeurning temporarily
or permanently in blizzard-swept Cali
ifornia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

Mr.. McNab latter having his lease
read over to him)-'I viii not sign
that; I have ma been able tae keep
Ten Commandments for fnansion in
heaven, an I'm no gaun fae tackle
about a hundred for twa rooms in the
high street!''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

AErs ,rbeodore Ronsevelt ir stil uses
side saddle in her morning rides about
Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

The foregoing is the dietum of the
Public Ledger proofroom, expressed
by one of it's units, and for which A.
T. c. clamored. 1t is a considera BILE
disappointmen to US to learn that
thinkers damn" is perfectly proper
We thought We were slipping Bme-
thing over. We are always 10th to be
caught doing ANYTHING proper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02

AHUlIIGF DIoupIOITIE1IEtHE.
Sir-Pardon me, but the spelling of
thinkers damn is perfectly correct.
See Century Dictionary Websters New
International and other well known
standard authorities. Likewise is
there authority for the spelling of
"tinker'S dam" J. G..