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What Is "Cost of Living"?
The general after-war readjustment goes right along in its inexorable
course giving but little satisfaction in any caseT On the contrary much
dissatisfaction is being created.
Transportation Is undergoing a far-reaching process. There are the
wage readjustments reaching from top to bottom and involving hundreds
of thousands of men and women. Quite as vital as the wage readjustments
re the proiosed changes in working conditions in certain branches of the
service.
The unions are standing out against any reductions. In the meantime
the managers are getting ready to reduce since there serms to be no pos-
sible way to remedy mutters by Increasing revenue. Both freight and pas-
senger rates are at levels that clearly discourage fliiiimcnts and in some
lines production.
There Is the great packing industry also In the throes of readjustment.
.A great strike is threatened !n this industry the workers being unwilling
to go back to former cond tions'either in mutter ol pay or time.
The chaotic conditions In the cotton-growing industry are quite pro-
nounced with an effort being made to decrease production but with what suc
cess remains to be seen. A large surplus of the old crop can not at present
he sold even at the quotations which are far under the cost of 1920 pro-
duction. In one trade and another wage reductions are being resisted largely
upon the ground that the cost of living has not fallen in proportion or In
any such measure as that which is being used as a basis for wage readjust-
ments. In all the readjustment 's seen the presence of the "cost of living"
factor.
What Is the cost of living anvhow? Some of tho railroad managers
mention quotations on rlothlng food products und other Incidentals of liv-
ing. They consider these primary needs as the proper basis of calculation.
The truth of the matter Is If c ost of living must afford the basis of re-
i adjustments the lower costs of food and clothing can not he considered
alone nor should one individual or even one family he considered as a unit.
Cost of living should be estimated upon a broader scale and inoludo
many things besides food und clothing.
1 For Instance rent enters into the cost of living in u most Important de-
gree. The KiO.oOO people of Houston pay several millions annually in
rentals that must come out of their earnings just as the cost of their lood
or apparel must.
Taxes are a part of the cost of living They support governments edu-
cate'chlldren supply water protect life and property and pay for other
service. A town like Houston pays In Income excess profits oxcise State
county precinct municipal and district taxes probably more than $10000-
000 "a year. This large sum must come out of the earnings of tho people.
It is a part of the cost of living that has steadily risen. It ought to be cal-
culated like the cost of food and clothing for the government will if neces-
sary take your money by force not asking if you have anything left to pay
(Of food and clothing.
There are the luxuries of course the doctors the apothecaries the hos-
pitals and other incidents of urban living. They all come high. ICven the
churches of Houston require probably $500000 a year. They can't be dis-
pensed with and their needs have not decreased but grown as a result of
the war.
Last but not least the higher wages themselves enter Into the cost
of living for those who work also serve in essential capacities and general
conditions have made it necessary for them to have greater compensation.
. So when we come to estimate the cost of living we see much is to be
calculated beyond food and clothing. It seems to us that only a compe
tently undertaken survey of living costs could elicit Information really valu-
able to ub in wage and other readjustments of the after-war period. Ap
parently readjustment after the war like readjustment during tho war
proceeds in a haphazard way and not upon a scientific basis.
By Geargs M. Bailey. '
Senator France of Maryland suggests $15000000-.
000 a proper reparations for Germany to make and
urge a credit of $5000000000 to enable Ger-
many to resume. That arrangement would all thing
considered make Germany substantially the victor in
the recent war. The s?nator i the France that Ger-
many would like to make peace with.
Of course we believe that now is no time for can-
didates or president in 1924 to be active. Mr. Pal-
mer ought not to have ruled that doctors may pre-
scribe beer by the cast. He takes an unfair advan
tage of candidates who held no office.
The senate has recessed thus assuring thousands
of democratic saints in office a slight reprieve and
one more p.iyelay. The Ltrd's mercy endureth forever.
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Just a Rhyme or Two
Governor Morrow has offered a reward of $500
for the apprehension and conviction of the Kentucky
lynchers. Though the governor is a republican we
desire to say that he knows this thing of offering a
reward for lynchers is bunk since lynchers are not
arrested and convicted. Hut the law requires him
to do ij.
Heing worth $500000000 Secretary of the Treas-
ury Mellon will no doubt have a keen insight into
problems of the farmer the worker and the small
tradesman.
Sure this is a week of ' demotratic anniversaries.
Thomas II. Benton's on Monday. Andrew Jackson's
on Tuesday. St. P.-itrick's yesterday Grover Cleve-
land's today and William J. Bryan's tomorrow pro-
filed Mr. Bryan is a democrat.
We get this from Waco: "Why do you sneer at
the purists when there is so much immorality in the
land?" If we were in any position to follow our in-
clinations after this query we'd drop 1 matters right
here and tomorrow we'd be fishing at the Rrenham
lake.
The former kaisrr has printed 70 copies of his
hook on the war in which he charges England with
responsibility for the war. Measured by the his-
orical worth of this book there was no sense in
printing such a tremendous edition of it.
The Chicago Daily Standard has suspended. It
started last December with the announcement that it
wouldn't publish crime and srandal. How did the
ool publishers git the idea that they could publish
a daily in Chicago with no local news at all?
Impfovenient in Automobile Industry
Conditions in tho automobile manufacturing Industry directly after the
: war are not likelv to be experienced again soon. The tremendous nroduc-
tioa of that period was made necessary by the facts that the manufacturers
. had been engaged in war work and were far behind on orders for cars and
N that the temporary . wave of prosperity that swept the country stimulated
an unusual demand for cars. It was inevitable that such conditions as those
could not endure for long.
Nevertheless after the reaction the automobile industry Is again grad
ually becoming active and the outlook is steadily improving. Reports from
the manufacturing centers agree that the demand is improving more men
are being employed and production is well passed the low point of two
months ago.
No doubt the approach of the summer season is having something to do
; : with this improvement as well as the evidences of general recovery from
the era of depression that set In last fall. During the winter in the greater
. part of the country automobile owners found less use for their cars and it
v was easy to postpone replacing old cars while) new buyers naturally have
been Inclined to put off purchasing until nearer the time of the opening
; ol the "motor season."
As the summer season advances there should be a considerably increased
demand for cars for this reason alone. The people will not give up the
- pleasures of motoring in the open season even though business conditions
are still unsettled.
The higher fares put into effect on the railroads likewise should stlnv
Ulate automobile tniffle th'a summer and consequently augment the da-
mand for cars. With passenger fares and Pullman rates far in excess of
'.anything known in modern railroading the probability is 'that a greaQy
. increased number of people will travel less this summer and utilize
1 the automobile more extensively for their traveling. The new railroad
rates tend to emphasize the utility of the automobilevniaklng It more of a
. . necessity than it has been regarded In the past.
The lower prices for the majority of cars and the decrease in prices
.; of fuel likewise should exercise stimulating effect on the demand for carl
1 during the coming months. With general conditions in the country lm
a proving the automobile industry should be in a fairly healthy state soon.
L There will be no return to the boom days of the post-war period but activity
. should be sufficient to maintain the industry in Ub rank among the two or
'-v three greatest industries of the country.
The announcement is made that the Palmer beer
ruling will stind. But Daugherty will be to blame
f it should result in 'aimer's defeating Harding for
re-electiem in 1024.
Boston claims to have a hath tub in the city for
every 4.4 inhabitants. What a wild and wooly
Saturday night the Hub must have with so many bath
tubs!
A Chicago minister says it is all right to use the
ords "hell" and "damn" in the proper place. We
were in Chicago not long ago and everybody there
seemed to think Chicago the proper place to use
them in.
The packers proposed to establish a trade democ
racy by having the workers represented in their
ouncils. Why not let the cowmen have a few rep
resentatives and then by hnkry let the consumers
elect a few ambassadors we being ready to represent
the liver-eaters.
The internal revenue collectors were all swamped
on the last day by the income tax returns. But that's
the way it is about taxes. A man will respond to
the first call if it is to offer his life for the country.
but he takes the count on taxes.
We must confess the shapeliness of the new styles
in women s footgear. But we still stick to ihe prop
osition that if women's feet could make an outcry
they would drown all other noises of the world in
their protests against injustice and cruelty.
We are not appraising the guilt as betwen Hamon
and the woman. We are simply standing pat on the
preiposmon mai inr punnc is innocent but a sufferer.
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- Much t speculation is being indulged in by Ameri-
cans both here and abroad concerning President
Harding's policy toward the consular and diplomatic
service. Messrs. Ackerman. Williams and Conger re
cently have written interestingly ..about it in their
Public Ledger foreign service dispatches and have
given our public the benefit of their long European
experiences as to the workings of our foreign ser
vice notn past and present.
It is a matter of more importance than our peo-
ple ire inclined to "believe. One of ten hear the
expression that a minister or an ambassador is mere-
ly a messenger and of no real importance ; that the
quick cable service permits Washington to adirect
cv n the smallest and most unimportant matter leav-
ing our representatives transmitters only. This state-
ment is far afield from the truth. An ambassador
may have lot some of his importance because of
quick and accurate communication but he is still
the one to give his government the atmosphere of
the country to which he may be assigned. What he
sends by way of information nas much influence upon
its government.
If he is a small and peevish man. he may reflect
his own temper more than the actual situation. On
the other hand it is possible for him to influence
favorably the government to which be is accredited
and in this way to be of benefit to his own. Am-
bjssaelers have frequently been the indirect if not
the direct cause of war. A recent instance of how
an ambassador may color facts to suit his own views
that of the German ambassador to Austria in
914. He was a potent instrument for evil when ne
ight have been an instrument for good.
It can not be said with certainty that the European
stem of using trained diplomats for ambassadorial
places is or is not better than the custom we have of
sending untrained men to represer' us abroad. Some
f the best ambassadors sent to Washington have
had no diplomatic experience. Recent instances are
Lord Bryce Lord Reading and the present British
ambassador.
Broadly speaking the men whom we send abroad
re quite the equals of the trained displomats they
meet at the different capitols. On the other hand
some of our most successful ambassadors have had
ng training in the s rvice. Henry While is a con-
picuous example of this class. Therefore it would
seem 11 if there were no rules which need of neces-
ty be followed. It would perhaps he best to use
material from the diplomatic corps for every place
up to that of ambassador and use it there in excep-
onsl cases. Unless this is done the personnel of
the regular service can not be brought to a high
level. Young men of ability will not take up a ca-
eer which promises no future.
One of the idiosyncrasies of our democracy is that
t refuses to give opportunity to men without means
ho would be glad to serve in the diplomatic service.
The compensation is so meager however that none
but the rich can afford to adopt the calling as a
profession. The salaries paid are far below the level
paid in similar positions in private life while the
places demand a much greater expenditure. It is
impossible to live upon the salaries given without
private means tr unless one is a bachelor and even
then it is difficult. And there is no pension to look
forward to as in the army and navy. The govern-
ment uses these servants during their serviceable
ears and when they are unable to maintain them
selves because of -age or disability they are set
drift.
In other times the duties of embassies and lega-
ions were almost wholly concerned with interna
tional politics. Tkday. the question of commerce
looms large ini the! work and consequently the link
between the diplomatic and consular service grows
loser. I
This' latter service has now hen definitely placed
under the civif service rules and no appointments
ave recently been made- except from the bottom up.
There has been much Insirteuce that consuls general
be exempted from this rule; l-t here again' it would
not be possible to attract good material for a career
n which the highest places w r unattainable except
through political influence.
The whole subject needs intel i-;ent attention from
both congress and the department of state for its im-
portance fully justifiesit.
(Copyright 4021 by Public Ledger Co.)
ftlatch.-
In March the weather runs amuck and springs
contortions treat and small the. poorest - month 1
ever anv4r mnA tva Lwa aaa. aint them xlL It
Ns a month of sudden whims : one day the grass starts
from the. toil and then a blizxard comes .and trim
the whiskers from a stone gargoyle. What he should
-wear no man can know for he may shiver or per
spire; there sure to be three feet of snow it ee
puts- on his spring attire. If he putt on his heavy
furs convinced they are the safest bet a summer
xephyr round him whir and be' reduced So grease
and sweat March s m to keep ns all in view as
we go doddering along and then no matter what
we do she shows us what we did was wrong. I've
seen all kinds of months go by I've seen their char
RIGHT.
jytJkTVl
If mca would I only tike the dunces of doing
right because ft' is right instead ef the ssnws-
diate certainty- of the advantage of doing wrong
how much happier would their live- be- B. S.
Harden. . - .
Haydn. ; . 1
The railroad folks say traveling is just about the
same as it was Monday when the raise went into ef
feet. Not on your life. We traveled tens of thou
.nius i uiiie-s em me railroads Derore this raise.
We haven't traveled a mile since.
France Recovers German Monopoly
The recovery of Alsace by France has something more than a sent!
K mental value for the French people. Alsace contains the greatest potash
t beds in the world and the virtual monopoly that Germany held on potash has
passed to France. One of the most important sources of commercial rev
enue is thus diverted from Germany to France and the economic standing
of the latter country correspondingly strengthened.
; French engineers who have been making a survey of the Alsatian potash
jMds. and making repairs to the mining machinery again have the industry
of mining and refining potash in operation and farmers throughout
' tilt) world who require potash in fertilizers will soon be able to get an ade-
quate supply. The geologists estimate that the Alsatian beds contain
enough potash to lasf the world another 300 years.
' " The problem of preventing Germany from securing an undue commercial
- - advantage over France In the post war period of reconstruction has been
' one of the moat serious that the French have been confronted with. The
' possession of the famous potash beds in Alsace is a factor In restraining
Oermanr .from getting such an undue advantage and for this reason the
""return of Alsace to France was one of the most significant results of the
war.
Colonel George Harvey may be able to make some people believe that
Woodrow Wilson is false to his friends but there is at least one gentleman
la tb United fitates who will remain skeptical on that point. He is John
' Leltoa Williams of Vlrf ItaU former comptroller of the currency to whom
th president 'stuck through thick and thin including the opposition or
powerful senators sad financial 'interests and at the end of the administra-
tion Mr.; Wilson accepted the comptroller's resignation with "deep and gen-
uine fducUnce'.' ."A frlead la need Is a fnend Indeed."
Postmaster General Will Hays says: "The postal
establishment is not an institution for politics; it is
an institution of service." Not of politics? Say
Will you tergiversating scamp. You're fixing the
machinery right now to fire our patient and unc"om-
plaining saints en bloc as Mr. Dalzell used to say
Oypsy Smith is now holding a revival in In
dianapolis. Since the vast republican landslide last
November all the evangelists are busy seeing that
the world is hell-bent and it's tip to them to stop 'cr
Former Senator Turncy says the high cot of meat
is anriouidDie to me mnciiers. since cattle price
are at pre-war levels. Ii's a trouble about inflated
money profits. 1 urnry. Profiteers require so long
to learn moderation again.
The New York World is slowing up on disarma
ment and is now heading a movement to get congress
to pension ex-presidents $25000 a year. That ought
to be done. The job kills a man for dignified money
making during retirement if it does not almost de
stroy him physically.
General Wood says he will go to the Philippines to
investigate but not to be governor general. Our be-
lief is that those who want to goldbrick General
Wood will have to chloroform him handcuff him put
sand in his eyes and knock him in the head.
Postmaster General Will Hays is 41 the youngest
member of the cabinet. With that much youth and
the opportunity that is now his he ought to be able to
work steadily on and up until the fellers grant him
the distinction of calling him "Bill."
Of course if a man is too proud to drive a fliwer
and too poof to own a regular second-hand car.
there's nothing for him to do but walk.
"New York is the nation's nerve center" writes
Richard Spillane. Yes it really is. For nerve bra
gall or w hatever you call it of the unadulterated kind
New York is the universal center.
Some Postscripts
Timber of suitable quality and plentiful enough
to supply the world with matches having ben found
in Malaya a British company wfll establish a match
iactory in the Federated Malay State.
An Arkansan has patented a swimming pool in
which a gentle current of water carries bathers
through long and narrow parallel channels! one after
noiher until the start is reached again.
Driven by the action of the air through which it
passes a gyroscopic device has been invented to
enable aviators to keep their courses in fog by
moving an indicator to show when they deviate.
The Japanese government is conducting extensive
experiments to determine the effect on the public
health of saccharine as a substitute for sugar it
1 : 1 . l 1 . a
ill mi leumij uaMiig urt'D prvniDlteq lOr I
years.
United States Bureau of Standards test have
shown that concrete made with coarse travel with
stands heat with less danger of disintegraion if pro-
tected by a coating of cement aa. inch thick rein
forced with win mesa.
Little Stories fbrBedtime
By Thornton W. urgeas.
You sometimes can not always tell
No matter how you' scheme and plan
If things will turn out ill or well
You just must do the' best yon can.
Peoole who live that war. iust doina the best they
acters unfold: and some were wet and some were can every day and not worrying for fear that things
dry and some were hot and others cold. And they will not come out just as they have planned are
were what we would expect they were consistent in called by a long name. They are called philosophers.
their ways and so their 'conduct was aorrect and Jimmy Skunk was a kind of philosopher. You see
drew from me a song of .praise. But March is sum- he planned everything as carefully as he could and
mcr winter fall and springtime badly mixed and then he just made up his mind that he wouldn't
blent' her lightning changes bore us all and fill our worry. If he had really done all that he could do.
hearts with discontent. Walt MascW. I why that was all he could do. The only thing was
(Copyright by George Matthew Adams.) to make sure that he had done everything.
So limmv Skunk sat beside Prickly Porky the
SHE WASN'T SO BAD. Porcupine in the Green Forest waiting for the black
"Central you have given me three wrong num-1 night shadows to grow blacker. When the darkne
bers." was' at its very darkest they would steal up to
Just think how many more wrong ones I can give I Farmer Brown' dooryard and try their plan for et-
you if I feel like it."
BUSINESS AND THE BOY.
BY EDGAI A. GUEST.
He never had the time to spend in play
Or give much thought to him who bore his name
ting Unc' Billy Possum free from the wire covered
box in which Farmer Brown's boy was holding him
a prisoner.
Not very far away somayone else was watching ana
waiting. It was Reddy Fox. He had a plan too.
It wasn't to help Unc Billy Possum. Oft my not
He'd honed his son would learn the nroner wav. It was to upset Jimmy Skunk's plan to keep Unc
Billy Possum a prisoner and to try to gei jimmy okuuk
and Prickly Porky in trouble that was what Reddy Fox
was watching and waiting. He was very impatient
was Reddy Fox. He couldn't sit still. You know
that is quite likely to be the way with people who
are planning mischief. He kept going to the edge
of the Green Forest to peep out and he moved about
lIBSTSt'1 10 much that Jimmy
1 LT"-?.TTJ ' CL .1.
And never cause him sorrow here or shame
He hadn't time to talk with him at night.
He thought the boy was getting on all right.
He had a business which required his care.
To lose his money would not do at all.
Mistakes would happen if he were not there.
So quickly dors the market rise and fall :
Though other could be trusted with his boy.
Others his business surely would destroy.
Dollars are things a man can count and feel
The bank accepts them and the merchants too;
Buildings are solid things of brick and steel
And good to own and very fine to view ;
Men know the worth of Wbor when it's done
But who can count the value in a son?
The business prospered but the boy was lost
Others had failed to fill the father's place.
The man is rich but oh the sorry cost I
The son has come to ruin and disgrace.
Oh fool who guards his business day and night
Yet blindly hopes his boy will be all right.
(Copyright 1921 by Edgar A. Guest.)
LONG DISTANCE CALL
Mr. Tarzan Jones was sitting down to his break
fast one morning when he was astounded to see in
the naper an announcement of his own death. He
rang up friend Howard Smith.
Hello Smith!" he said. "Have you seen the
announcement of my death in the paper?
"Yes" replied Smith. "Where are you speak-
ng from?"
THE PRESENT.
Sy folgf.k m'kinsey. the bentitowm bakd.
Pluck the blossom of the present from the purple
stalk of power
Pin a purpose on your bosom and go forth to win I narl made up his mind that Reddy Fox was hang-
your dower. I jg around for no good purpose and so while he
rwn it. Him nJ H.i vi.ta. nf the finished thinm I kept one eye on farmer Browns nouse ne Kept me
0 I . r 1 1 r- e- L J n.ij.. . U l.
men Brieve- lotner open lor Keaeiy rox. 30 wuiie ivcuuy iiiuugui
P.h vo forward to the oastures of the nroole who himself so smart as Be sneaKeeJ out or tne ureen
How to Enforce Prohibition
(From the M. E. Church Board of Temperance and.
Morals.)
The Complete and effective enforcement of pro
hibition is after all a matter of extreme simplicity
Many years ago Dr. John A. B. Wilson father of
Clarence True Wilson was walking on the streets
of New York city when he was hailed by Theodore
Roosevelt.
Wilson you preachers are always complaining
of corruption in the police department. Now I am
police commissioner and I have fired every man I
have reason to believe was corrupt. But where am
I to get others men in whom I can hae entire con
fidence?"
That is easy." replied Dr. Wilson. "Just ask the
churches for them.
Bully! I'll do it" said Roosevelt striking one
hand in the other.
He did. The churches of the city Protestant and
Catholic were called upon to furnish absolutely hon
est men. They furnished them and Roosevelt solved
his problem.
Ihe way to enforce prohibition is to appoint none
but prohibitionists for its enforcement. Instead of
appointing an officer because he is a democrat or a
republican appoint him because he is a prohibition
st and is known to be a man of unimpeachable
honor.
Appoint no judge who is not a prohibitionist :
Federal attorney who is not heartily in sympathy
v.ilh the federal taw.
Make every United States marshal a prohibition
1st.
Put no juries none but those who believe that pro
hibition should be enforced.
It is a simple little recipe but it would work to
perfection and some day it is going to work in just
that way.
Unknown Races of the Earth
(From Anraeri London.)
It lately has been announced that a hitherto un
known race has been discovered in a mountain valley
in Northern Japan. They were entirely wild people
who dressed in leaves and were of somewhat paler
colore than the Japanese themselves.
Discoveries of this sort show how little we really
know of the world we live in. Within the past few
years tribes previously unknown have been similarly
discovered and there is at present a good prospect
of several ethnological mysteries being cleared up.
For instance the legend of the white race in the
heart of Central South America. Colonel Fawcett
who is now icngaged in another jodrney into the un
known region of Matto Croso at the back of Brazil
said that he had seen members of an Indian tribe
not white but clay colored. They had however
blue eyes.
Deep in the moartains of the great Philippine
island of Mindanao another white tribe is reported.
A girl belonging to this tribe was seen some years
ago by an American officer. There is talk of an
exploring party to search for this mysterious tribe.
in the mountains of Southern Arabia a region of
tremendous crags and precipices lives a tribe of peo-
ple who are entirely dif ; rent from the Arabs. They
are far lighter in color and live in villages not tents.
They are said to be a relic of the Persian army
which invaded this country nearly a thousand year
ago. lney do not intermarry with the Arabs.
The people of Ankole in Southwestern Uganda.
are of very light complexion finelv built with
straight nose and are in no way related to the
negroes who surround them.
.
Look Like Twins To Us.
(From Ihe Detriol Newt.)
A London dispatch say there has been a differ-
ence between Lenine and Trotzky. There may have
been our u was nanny noticeaoie.
I
Nobody To Blams But Themselves.
(From Ihe Pittsburgh Gsette-Times.)
We wondet if Germans ever reflect that they would
have no trouble over the peace terms if the had not
(UTK4 Wr- '
Skunk's sharp eye
saw him.
"Ho!" said Jimmy
Skunk. "Reddy Fox
isn't hanging around
hfre for any good
purpose. I'll just keep
my eyes oniim."
When the nig h I
was very darkest and
all the lights in Farm-
rr Brown's house had
...:-i..j
wniKeej uui jiuimij .
Skunk led the way
uo to Farmer Brown's
My How Prickly Porky Can dooryard straight to
Onawl the box where Unc"
Billy Possum was a prisoner. Unc' Billy was wide
awake and waiting. Prickly Porky didn t waste any
time. He just grunted a short "good evening in
reply to Unc' Billy's greeting and then got right
down to work. Jimmy Skunk went off a litlle.way
where he could watch.
My how Prickly Porky can gnaw when once he
set out tot Those big front teeth of his certainly .
can cut into the wood I It made Jimmy Skunk tickle
all over to see the splinters fly from that box.
We'll soon have Unc' Billy out of there" chuckled
Jimmy as he kept watch.
Now Jimmy Skunk is not so easy to fool for
all he seems so easy-going and even careless. He
believe.
Forest and kept in the darkest shadows Jimmy
C.lfinLr saw him anrt trnew tjiat be was Un to tTlis-
In the dust and in th'e-shadows things that were willlr;r
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rust and wait ;
n the present dwells the message of your mastery
and your fate.
Don't lose time just pinring roses on yourself but
up and on
To the doubts and difficulties through whose mist
men reach the dawn.
Reddy Fox had a very simple plan. He would
slip into the henhouse and frighten the . hens so
that they would make a great noise and that would
bring Farmer Brown's boy out with his gun. Reddy
chuckled wickedly as he slipped into the henhouse
and thought how he would be far away in the Green
Forest by the time Farmer Brown s boy could' get
nt ittrr ttut that jtlow-runvino- Timmv Skunk and
It's the bludgeon of long brooding that dulls mind I Prickly Porky would be almost sure to be seen.
and heart to death: I Just imagine how disappointed Reddy Fox was-
Wake and walk the magic mornings with a dewdrop I when he got inside the henhouse to find that all the
in each breath. '. I hens were roosting so high that jump' as he would
he couldn't friehten them a bit. No. sir: he couldn't
NOT YET COMPLETE. friehten them a bit. He tried his very best but
Mother Well Nellie is your doll kitchen com-1 jump as he would he couldn't get near enough to
ptetely furnished now? I really frighten them and they didnt make noise
Nellie No mamma. I still need a police.nvin for enough to even waken Bowser the Hound.
he cook. Reddy Fox ground his teeth with rage as he slip
ped out of the henhouse.
HE SPOKE WITHOUT THINKING. "Ha ha ha. Mr. Smarty!" chuckled some one.
I thought sure Jack and Miss Flyrtie would make It was Jimmy Skunk.
a match f it. What caused the break?" said Smith. Reddy was too angry to say anything; ne Just
It was all due to Jack's unfortunate knowledge snarled. Then he had a happy thought. He would
of Shakespeare. You see when he proposed. Miss I waken Bowser the Mound.
Flyrtie said: 'Well here s my hand and my heart!
with it - 'Twas mine ' 'tis yours'" explained Jones. Next story; rarmer oruw.i ooy vc 1 wo
"'And has been slave to thousands quoted Jack I Surprise.
without thinking and it wa9 all off in the twinkling
of an eye.'
(topyright. 1921 by T. W. Burgess.)
Debs
By Dr. Frank Crane
There is a good deal of nonsense and hysteria.go-
ing as to the case.of Debs and his imprisonment.
It is claimed heHs a Political Prisoner. He is not
There is no such' thing in the United States
Delis is in prison for the same reason his fellow I in the ciry.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Houston Post Files.
MARCH 18 l8q6 IN HOUSTON.
V. Wiess and wife of Beaumont are in the city.
Colonel I. T. Pryor of Columbus is a guest in the
city.
Branch T. Masterson of Galveston spent the day
convicts are in prison for breaking the law.
He is not there on account of his opinions. He
s there for what he did.
Twelve men. carefully chosen found him guilty.
after a fair trial in which he had every opportunity
to defend himself.
At the close of his trial he said: I haven t one
J. A. McFaddin prominent cattleman of Victoria'
is a guest in the city.
Mrs. SI. LOOHUn was nuaeerss eu enr Lyauguiiri v.
the Republic of Texas.
C. Grunewald reports the theft of a canary bird
and brass cage from his residence.
Members of the Ladies' Parish association are
word of complaint either against the verdict or the I planning for an egg rolling on Christ church lawn
. 1 XI : J . . .U..I 1. f.:.L I r . .
iriai. 1 ne eviucncc was emvmui n was kiiiit pic- qy easier.
sented by the prosecution tfle jury was patient and
attentive and the judge's charge was masterly and
scrupulously fair.
He said he went to prison for an ideal. Judge
Westenhaver in sentencing him said: "I do not re
gard the idealism of the defendant as expressed by
nimseit as any nigner any purer or any nooier man
the idealism of the thousands of young men I have
1 he democratic primaries called by the city execu
tive committee will be held in the different wards
of the city beginning at 8 o'clock tonight.
Caotain Yeasrer. who is in command of the Hous
ton corps of the Salvation Army says his command
will not secede but will stand by Ueneral Booth.
Both bridges across the bayou furnishing entrance
I L Campbell and E. M. Sojourner judges and
I Dan Dickson and C. Waller clerks of the election.
seen marching down the street of Cleveland to de- to Glenwood cemetery are under water caused by the
fenrl the laws of their countrv and the flan. An recent hard rams and no vehicle can get to the
one" who strikes the sword from the hand of those I burial ground.
young men or causes another young man to refuse I The judges and clerics of the all-day primaries.
to do nis duty wnen cauea to serve oy tneir siae or Captain T. U. Lubbock and William Alexander can-
any one who obstructs the recruiting service does vassed the returns of the all-day primaries todav.
just as much injury to our country as if he were a I The vote for Judge Brashear for mayor wa found
soldier in tne ranics 01 ine uerman army. 1 to pe 1604.
Uetw case was appealed to tne supreme court. I t . u.ij j. t. .;:.. r .
There Judge Holmes pointed out that Debs was not voted incorporale under th viia(fe ct by
"l C t . j T- . of 58 to 8. R. J. .Lynn was the presiding officer
t .v."' Jr "
in cms war.
ti.;. . .nn.q n uw .... - 1 V..I
and it was for that and not for any belief that he is 1 ne voiitsiest committee to prepare tor tne com-
: -.u I inir celebration is composed of the following irentle.
now in pciiiini.ij. 1 u f x..j r trii: "
Debs is not a rebel against any tyrant such as J1.' -. ;? i' in A- .' ; V.
king ciar or kaiser. He is a rebel against the will Semhi'iohn. TVf' Gu ?eck;-nllt '"J-
of the maioritv of his fellow citizens. man Paul Floeck. William Butterby William Reich-
- - - . . . 1 . j 1 ir m.r r-i...
A man has a nerfeet r irht to anv nr. n inn rinvr I "u nu it. tt .
neculiar. That is essential to demoerarv.
but it is no less essential to democracy; that after I tac.ne.rlAL.
we have all expressed our several opinions the ma-1 n...nnt A rvrfnn .inj u.j 1
. ! . . .. - I houses in tne vtclnitv of this citv todav.
i iuuuubiivii vi mi IX i uuiiv. la am !IUCTiy. 1 r a... - t .
It is Ui which lies deeper than Liberty for with- . Galveston. Officials of the Santa Fe are ia the
out it no libertT is Dossible. cy on 4n inspection tour of the ystem line and
You and I do not like some of our laws! But we property.
look pleasant and obey them until we can induce the r I01 Worth -A schedule of the Texas league has
majority to change them. I been promulgated' from this city. Chicago will play
fcvexy man in tne u. 3. rw can do one ol three lne Houston team iravis para on rriday.
things.
i. He can obey the lw. STATE HAPPENINGS.
J. van Hi:i uui aim u m wu wuflin IISTS I T-t .
better. I Benin me ioreign minister says an increase in
s. Or he can era to ai . oc wn n.vy .. . n.y.
Deb chose jail. And there he ought to star until Raleigh N. C. State populists have arranred to
he makes up his mind to obey the laws of his country have newspaper office on whe'ls to travel from
(Copyright loat by Frank Crane.) I town to town printing newspapers in each one daw a
wrea. .
Meaning. Their Finish of Course
(From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.)
No one will object to the Turks coin? into a fmiab
fight 'if only someone will guarantee it will be the
Glve Him Little Irsplratlon EM
3 rrvrn inw 1 view DlUtC.) '
It is !d Mr. WUm -will not write a boot' Hi
-J may change kit mind after he reads lira Lsaaiag't.
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