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ROY M. CRAIG, Business Manager
Senator Reed and the
League of Nations
The Journal is in receipt of a section of the
Congressional Record containing the speech of
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri against the
proposed League of Nations.
Senator Reed is an able and a scholarly
gentleman, and presents a great array of ar
gument against the plans for a League of Na
tions.
But we should not forget that fully as able
and as learned persons as Senator Reed have
branded as impossible some of the greatest
accomplishments the world has ever known.
To say that it is impossible for the nations
of the world to unite to prevent a repetition of
the recent horrible war, :s an absurdity and a
slander upon the intelligence of mankind.
Some one has said that the word “impossi
bility'’ is the adjective of fools.
Those who are opposing the League of
Nations should study history a little more care
fu'ly. If they will do so, they will find that al
most every great step forward in human prog
ress has been made over the protest of people
who declared that it couldn’t be done, or that
it was impractical or impossible.
Because learned men like Senator Reed
and Senator Knox oppose a thing is no reason
that it cannot be done.
If the march of human progress had
been compelled to have the universal sanctior
of everybody, the human family would still be
living in caves.
Nothing can stay the hand of human prog
ress. The trend of human events from the
dawn of the world has been upward and on
ward.
In the years to come, Senator Reed ant
Senator Knox will be classed with the men wh<
said the Atlantic Cable was not practical
those who said it was impossible to build flyinj
machines and those who scoffed at the idea o
sending messages through the air from one con
tient to another.
'Truly “Impossible” is the adjective o
fools.”
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Cost of State Government.
Some idea of what it costs to run the State
government of Arkansas may be had from a
study of the general appropriation bill, passed
by the legislature just before adjournment.
The passage of this bill brings the total
appropriations made by this legislature up to
$3,330,000. At the end of the present biennial
period the state will be in debt $630,000, as the
revenue received by the state during the same
period will amount to only $2,700,000, accord
ing to estimates made by the state comptroller.
It is plainly evident that with the state
running behind $315,000 a year, we are going
to have to abolish a few boards, commissioners,
or bureaus, or else raise the rate of taxation, in
order to enable the state to pay the salaries of
all these boards and commissioners.
The State is very much like an individual
in one respect: It cannot pay out more money
than it takes in without going in the hole.
And if the State continues, year after year,
to go in debt a little deeper, where will we be
twenty years from now?
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There are thousands of acres of land in
the vicinity of Newark now lying idle which
should be put in cultivation and made profitable
for the community and for its owners.
I TOLD YOU SO
The following article which is going the
rounds of the press is good enough to bear re
peating again, so we are passing it on to the
readers of The Journal.
“Among the pests who ought to be perman
ently interned on a desert island are the folks
who say “1 told you so!”
“If you are giving them a lift in your au
tomobile and get stuck in the mud they don’t
hesitate to say they thought you would get
stuck before you got into it. But they don’t get
out and help. The only thing they push is bad
news and cheap advice.
“It wouldn’t be so bad if they had enough
ordinary courage in their systems to go out and
make an honest mistake. The man who makes
a mistake is an improvement on the fellow who
sits by and never makes a start. But afraid of
initiative and timid in the face of opportunity,
they give their morbid soul perverted satisfac
tion in forecasting misfortune and croaking “I
told you so” if by ill chance hard luck cvertak
es the unwilling object of their solicitude.
I had rather see my boy grow up to be a
chrous man in light opera,” said the late Sam
Jones, than to become the exponent of ex post
facto wisdom.”
The “I told you so” fiend is no respecter
of victims. He will slide up to a poor widow
whose house has just burned down and tell her
she ought to have mended the crack in her flue,
or kept hot ashes out of the box on the back
porch, or had her home and furniture insured
before the fire. Ten chances to one he is guilty
of the same omissions as was she; but that
makes no difference to the “I told you so” bird.
“If you find yourself yielding to the impul
se to say “I told you so” consult a first class
veterinary surgeon. There’s something wrong
with you.”
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Community Betterment
Old settlers like to think of the early days
when people found so much pleasure in help
ing their neighbors and rendering service to
their community. In many instances young peo
ple were so impressed with such principles
that they have made such conduct their ideals, i
Society requires certain duties of each man
who gets the protection of society. There are
some things we must require of the government
and some things government requires of us.
Neither the individual nor the government
should seek special favors nor expect more
from the other than is given. A free govern
l ment must protect, encourage and assist the
> people by leading the people to do the things
that should be done and giving up the things
r that should be given up for the benefit of each
, other, for the benefit of society and for the gov
ernment.
Individual interest should coordinate with 1
public interest. Individual ideals, individual
sentiments and individual ambition, so far as
possible, should correspond to the interest of
society and the government.
The man who realizes that he is under ob
ligations to his fellow’ men for neighborly kind
ness, for ideals and for examples of industry,
thrift and moral character will strive to return
the favor to others with w^hom he may be asso
ciated. He will endeavor to be a better citizen
and in every way wrorthy of such assitsance.
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Harvey G. Combs, chief clerk of the House
of Representatives, will be a candidate for sec
retary of state to succede Tom J. Terral. Mr.
Combs has served three consecutive terms as
chief clerk of the House, which is a very high
recommendation of his ability, and he probably
has more close personal friends among mem
bers ol the House than any man w’ho ever serv
ed as chief clerk fo that body.
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I he good highway is the straight road that
opens the way to better schools, better religious
activities in country churches, better dwellings
and that means better homes, more content
ment on the farms, larger food production, with
more profit justly earned by the grower and
yet a lower cost to the consumer.—Manufac
turers’ Record.
The placing of Eugene V. Debs in the fee
era] prison will mark the removal of a serum
trouble breeder from the public life of Amer
ca. The only pity is that Victor Berger and
few others of their ilk have not been sentence
to serve time along with Debs.
AND THEY SAY
IGNORANCE OF THE
LAW NO EXCUSE
The acts of the present gen
eral Assembly will be publish
ed in three volumes for the
first time in the history of the
State. This action will be tak
en because of the extraordin
ary number of bills passed,
more than 600 bills having
been introduced in each bran
ch of the assembly. Governov
Brough has signed 220 bills,
being 59 more than he had af
fixed his signature to at this
time two years ago.
It has been decided that two
of the volumes will be devoted
to special acts, while the third
will be used for registering
acts affecting all parts of the
state alike. One volume will
be used for recording road im
provement district acts alone.
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PENITENTIARY REPORT
Fifty-six prisoners were re
ceived and 64 were discharged
from the Arkansas penitentiary
in February according to the
population report of the Peni
tentiary .Commission. The tot
al population of the prison on
March 1 was 827, according to
the report, which included 270
white men, 536 negroes and 21
n egresses.
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The Strong Withstand the Winter
Cold Better Than the W'eak
You must have Health, Strength and En
durance to fight Colds, Grip and Inlluenza.
When your blood is not in a healthy
condition and does not circulate properly,
your system is unable to withstand the
Winter cold.
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Fortifies the System Against Colds. Grip
and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching
the Blood.
It contains the well-known tonic prop
erties of Quinine and Iron in a form
acceptable to the most delicate stomach,
and is pleasant to take. You can soon feel
its Strengthening. Invigorating Effect. 60c.
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OFFICE IN JOURNAL BUILDING
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