The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-11
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger) .

In today's paper" writes one who
signs himself '-Unionall.'' you volun-
| teer to settle any little thing. Why
not the railroad strike? To settle the
coal strike might strike you better, but
me-Im selfish enough to want, as a
striker. all railroaders to go back first.
After you get the wolf away from my
back door, then, if you will. just set
/ tie the coal strike and fill my cellar"
Very well. If those who assume the
shaping of the situation will permit us
! to write the prescription we'll under
| take the commission. 1t is a functional
arrangement and requires an allo-
more than two years ago, and any
! number of times since, we'll get no
| industrial peace in this country until
| somebody is whipped to a pea-gIeen
FRAGILE. The irritation is basic. All
of the unguents and emollients in the
pharma copoeia of speech can do no
more than temporarily allay the su-
perficial inflammation.
We, therefore, prescribe quiet and
rest for President Harding and his
a dvisers. Let the railroad strike ride.
| The roads are on top of it. In thirty
days it will be cracked in a thousand
places. Once the rail strikers are
whipped the coal strike will disinte-
CRATE. One has only to mark the
| physiological gestures of Mr.. John F.
Lewis, and note the lights and sha-
dows that chase themselves across his
mobile features, to know that the
coal strike is crumbi1ng in his hands,
That's our medicine, and we're will
| ing to take it. Wen shiver over a fire
of damp seaweed this winter, and eat
Columbia River salmon out of a can,
| if that will contribute to the settle
ment of a row, which can be .perma-
| nently settled in only one way.
And, we shall add, only those who
know how we hate canned salmon
may realize the quality of our abnega-
| ticn.
Let's Sec, Was 1t the sodom Daily
Sun?
Sir-Speaking of columnists, Sam
son was almost a modern. At the risk
of appearing salacious, suggest Lots
wife. ]. S. K.
! "You won't mind such a little thing,
I assume" writes I. K. W., "as being
set straight on matter concerning
, which you have fallen into a very
commonly accepted error, a widely
circulated misstatement. refer to the
| Misrepresentation involved in what, I
think, you called the Osler theory, in
this Second Thought column a few
days ago."
We don't mind being set straight,
provided I. K. w. is equally amenable
to- correction We haven't written
anything about the Osler theory in
fifteen years. We don't even remem-
Der what it was. We merely recall
that he had one.
The reasonable presumption is that
I. K. w. saw the reference to which
he objects in one of the Hearst papers
This presumption is predicated on the
fact that the Hearst newspapers are
oftener wrong than any other human
manifestation in the known world.
81 sense a vei11 of sarcasm in your
l. comment on Edgar A. Guest" writes
]. C. J. The joys of columnist- are
not entirely dependent upon the pleas
ure he derives from doing his stuff.
There also is the appreciation of the
occasional reader who understands
what the columnist is trying to do.
1.-THE seniority issue has been exag-
gerated by the railroad executives
says the New York Trib. THE i'm
preston sought to beaconveyed is that
the railroads are asked to throw out
their new employees. This is not the
case. The new men are to retain their
jobs. With accumulated work to- be
done, there is now room for the new
men,