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THE COCONINO SUN
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1919,
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The Coconino San
Established 1882.
F. S. BREEN, Editor and Publisher
Entered at the Postoffice at Flagstaff, Arizona, as
second class matter.
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
Subscription, per year, in advance ,..$2.50
Official Paper of the Coconino Cattle
Growers Association
THE DIFFERENCE
John Brown Smith, the successful business
man, imports the materials for his clothing, and
shirts, and underwear from several parts of Eu
rope. Anything under six cylinders and real
plush upholstery is beneath his consideration.
He thinks, sleeps, works, and enjoys himself in
big figures.
John Smith, the plodder, wears the cheapest
grade of ready-made clothing. He hopes, some
day, to own a second-hand runabout. He thinks,
sleeps, eats, and enjoys himself always with a
watchful eye to his manifold responsibilities and
a slowly growing rainy day fund.
The real difference between the two Smiths,
however, is this:
John Brown Smith subscribes to a Victory
Liberty loan with a check for a sum which would
keep him in high-balls, cigars and dinners for one
month. He is not exactly ungracious about it,
but he expresses the belief that the war's end
makes unnecessary any further loan issues and
hopes "this is 'the last."
John Smith confers with the real head of the
family and grins when he discovers he can take
on a bigger load than he at first had anticipated
by paring his own weekly budget a trifle more.
So he makes the first payment on two bonds .in
stead of one and gets quite cheerful about it.
"Great stuff," he says, "bring on some more
bond issues."
Who is the better American ?
MADDOCK GETTING IN BAD?
That fellow Tom Maddock is going to get in
bad if he keeps up his lick. He has declared war
on nepotism. It is said that whatever that is,
means where all cousins, aunts, sisters, brother-in-laws,
uncles are immediately put on the pay
roll as soon as a fellow gets a position where he
portions out the jobs. Things have got along
that way in this state ever since statehood, and
the people had commenced to think it was the
law. Recently, he ordered that his force in the
state engineers' office work eight hours a day.
First thing one knows this thing of regular hours
will make it necessary to cut down his force,
while the people have been educated to believe
a political job is for the purpose of cutting down
the hours and increasing the force on the payroll.
The very best efforts of the Los Angeles
Times, Giff. Pinchot, Willie Hearst, Willie Bryan,
and a large herd of that element will not be suf
ficient in the coming presidential contest to de
mobilize the Republican party again. About
every thinking man and woman in the country
have been whetting up their axes during the past
few years and as soon as that election comes
off off goes the "Wood."
The Cleveland Plaindealer is not alone in hold
ing to the amusing theory that the way to end
"partisanship" is for every American citizen to
let Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic party
do this thinking for him.
A majority of the Democrats in the house
voted against an increase in soldiers' pay when
the war was on, but under Champ Clark's lead
they are loudly demanding "justice" for the sol
dier now that they are out of power and the war
is'over.
It's just one thing after another in this world.
About the time all the laws passed by the last
legislature are argued and quarrelled over and
settled by the supreme court, it is time for an
other session.
You may hear all kinds of discussions as to
which side is' paying the bulk of rthe taxes, but
when it comes to buying bonds Flagstaff always
has to show up with about three-fourths of the
load.
A brave slacker back East cut off his left
hand with an ax rather than be drafted. Sec
retary Baker should have cut off his right hand
and made his assistant secretary of war.
Japan has bought fifty million dollars' worth
of Victory Liberty loan bonds. The Japs know a
good thing when they see it.
Attorney General Palmer opposes a pardon
for Debs. But wait until the friend of conscien
tious objectors has his ssiy.
Mexico has stopped killing Villa and Zapata,
and is now engaged in killing Gen. Blanquet
quite regularly.
THE LAWS AND THE VERITIES
Hon. Jonathan Bourne, jr., says,
"Every ancient maxim contains a wealth of
truth. If it had not contained truth it would
not have survived long enough to become either
a maxim or ancient. Here, for instance, is the
old saying that 'one man can lead a horse to
water, but ten men can't make him drink.' In
those words we have a statement of truth that
should be hung upon the walls of bureaucracy's
offices in Washington, where officialdom has
gone mad with the desire to tell all creation
how to live and move and have its being. Just
now we have in mind the visionaiy schemes to
put "returned soldiers on farms. Officialdom can
lead a million soldiers up to the land ; but it can't
make them farm. Canada has tried it and has
failed. If Uncle Sam also tries it, he will also
fail. This is not saying that none of the re
turned soldiers will go to the farm. A great
many of them will But they will go there of
their own accord and not through the leadership
of an official who is careful to keep away from
the soil himself.
"The trouble with the present autocratic ad
ministration is that it tells the returning soldiers
to go to the farms and then does everything pos
sible to keep them away. Hours of labor and
wages are made as attractive as possible in cities
or on railroads, while conditions remain practi
cally unchanged in the country. In -fact, condi
tions are less attractive for the farmer who must
hire some help, for hd finds increasing difficulty
in persuading men to leave the city to work on
a farm.
"The whole policy of this administration has
been one of attempted overthrow of economic
law an effort to prevent water seeking its level,
an effort to dislocate the center of gravity, an
.effort to remake human nature 'by law or execu
tive edict. Price-fixing, government operation,
artificial and inequitable wage scales, are illus
trations of the determination of self-constituted
omnipotents to perform modern miracles. The
performances have taken place their miracu
lous character has not become apparent for the
reason that the eternal law of compensation is
still in operation and the country is paying in
one form or another for the attempt to set aside
natural law.
"Whenever the governmental "back-to-the-farm"
bureaus find themselves embarrassed by
a flood of resignations from employees who are
quitting government jobs to go on the farms,
we may expect to find soldiers flocking to agri
cultural occupations. Until then, soldiers will
go to the farms when they feel so disposed, just
as a horse will drink when he's thirsty."
One trouble with many of those who talk on
the soap boxes about the uplift of humanity is
that they are exceedingly careless about the
comfort of the wife and kids at home, and one
trouble with most internationalists is that in
their professed love for the world in general they
fail to manifest much affection for their "own
country. Genuine patriotism, like real charity,
begins at home, and the man who is not loyal
to his own kindred and country is a four-flusher
as a world patriot.
From the rumors and reports received from
the peace conference, more crises have been
pulled off there than all during the war. Some
day the boys will actually find out what they
were over in Europe fighting for. Fellows like
General Grant and General Lee talked the thing
over under an apple tree and when they got
through told all the boys they could go home.
But our fourteen points seem to have pointed in
all directions except "home."
Things are improving rapidly in Winslow.
Editor Chapman, of the Mail, had a new screen
door attached to his office and if he gets a new
subscriber, intends adding .further comforts by
putting several shingles on the roof. When a
sucker gets to spending money once, you never
can tell where he'll stop.
The trouble with too many people is that they
are willing' to abide by the decision of the ma
jority, provided it does not affect them or is in
accordance with their views. Aside from that,
they are very popular with themselves.
A speaker welcoming returning soldiers in
New York was interrupted by a man from over
seas, who said: "We fought for democracy and
got prohibition and influenza." Some people are
never satisfied'. Douglas Dispatch.
While a good showing is being made for the
Victory Liberty loan, Coconino county will have
to whip up some to come through with their
$290,000 on time. About $150,000 has been
raised at this, writing.
Suppose every person in the United States
last year had refused to either work or fight,
wonder if the Secretary of War would have
treated the whole bunch like he did those who
did slack.
Of course you have bought your Victory Lib
erty loan bond I saw your name in the pub
licity paper.
Mr. McAdoo says that there is too much wild
catting these days. Well, who started it?
Why should a man go straight through the
whole week and then go nuts Sund,aes?
Wonder what our wandering boys are doing
tonight in Russia?
State Auditor Boyce is rapidly becoming the
best sued man in the state. The apairy commis
sioners are now suing him for their salaries, and
it appears that two men are claiming the same
salary.
Just think of the price of sauer kraut "if
Germany doesn't sign." Think of our children's
children who will have to go through life sauerkraut-less.
Postmaster General Burleson claims that he
is being made the victim of abuse. Poor man ;
and all he ever did was to knock the "ser" out of
service.
If our European allies do not agree with Pres
ident Wilson, we can .send Jham Lewis over
there; he will.
If Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty,
the American socialists will probably go on a
sympathy strike.
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The American Field of Honor
It is a patch of soil in France where sleep our dead. It
is Spring now and poppies blood-red cover the fresh
turned earth of the graves. w v
While the marks of the spade still linger can we forget the v
sacrifice those American boys made can we break faith?
We can carry on the work they died for. We can keep
faith with them. We can sacrifice here and there to take,
each of us, our share of the VICTORY LIBERTY
LOAN. Keep faith.
THE CITIZENS BANK
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA .
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