THE ALLIANCE HERALD
LLOYD O. THOMAS, llualneea Man
JOHN W. THOMAS, Editor
Published etery Thurwday by
THE HURALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Incorporated
Uoyd C. Thomaa, President
John W. Thorn, Secretary
3. Carl Thomas, Vke Pre.
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delay when 70a mlaa your paper.
SHOULD ENTERTAIN THE EDITORS
Alliance should by all means extend some form of entertainment
to the editors of Nebraska when they visit this section of the state on
their special train next week. It is indeed unfortunate that rivalry
between towns and individuals should have resulted in the present
situation, which is that no stop is to be made at Alliance on the trip.
In other words, that the largest and most prosperous city in wesern
Nebraska is to be passtd up entirely on account of a misunderstanding
which has arisen in "regard to the time for stopping. It is intimated
that the misunderstanding was caused by the efforts of selfish indiv
iduals, jealous of the town, who live in other towns of minor import
ance, to "hand one" to Alliance.
In an attempt to assist in getting the matter straightened out,
Lloyd Thomas, business manager of The Herald, sent the following
letter to Horace M. Davis, president of the Nebraska Press Associa
tion, on July 24th:
Dear Mr. Davis: A difference seems to have arisen between
the officers of our commercial club and those In charge of the Ed
Itorlal excursion which la regretted us much by myself aa anyone
else concerned.
The officers of the club maintain, and they have correspond
ence to that effect, that when the first plans for the trip were
made, It was planned to atop at Alliance on the morning of Aug
use 8. Plans were therefore made by our real eatate membera
and others for a short auto trip during daylight, out over the sur
rounding country, In order that the visiting editors might be shown
the country surrounding the town of Alliance and Impressed with
Its possibilities.
. When the final program waa announced our people were very
much surprised to find that the atop for Alliance waa arranged for
the evening. This knocked their plans in the head and caused the
present misunderstanding. They want the excursion to stop at
Alliance but they also want the opportunity of giving the visitors
part of the original entertainment, as planned.
Alliance Is the leading city of western Nebraska and her cit
liens feel that they should be given the opportunity of showing
the town and surrounding country in daylight. Our big welcome
sign shows up Just aa well in the daytime aa It does at night
D. J. Sallows, editor of the Alliance Times, will return the
middle of this week from an extended eastern trip. Immediate
ly on his return we will get busy on the proposition and get In
touch with you by wire. In the meantime I trust that you will
consider the matter as 1 have explained it to you and that the plans
can be so modified that Alliance will have the opportunity of en
tertaining the guests In her regular style. . .. . .
If a short morning stop could be made in Alliance as the
train comes In from Orand Island, onr people could the nhave the
opportunity they desire of entertaining the visitors in davlieht.
The matter of the donation of one hundred dollars by the
club la a small matter and they would certainly be glad to make
this donation If matters were so adjusted that they would feel that
they had been given fair treatment.
Awaiting your reply, I am,
Fraternally yours,
LLOYD 0. THOMAS.
The following reply was received from Mr. Davis on July 28th :
Dear Mr. Thomaa:
I have your letter and I confess that I am much chagrined
to know that affairs have taken the present unfortunate turn at
As soon aa I learned that there was trouble I called a meeting
Alliance.
I of the executive committee at Lincoln. That meeting was held
j Monday and the matter laid before the members. Bayard wan
, substituted on our schedule for Sidney and we decided to leave the
f Alliance matter in statu-quo.
There la no chance to change our trulu schedule to give you
an early morning stop. The only thlug that could be done would
be to stop In the evening. We will leave Crawford about 3 p. m.
and plan now to reach Bridgeport for supper. Stay there all
night and go by auto to Bayard after breakfast the next morning.
I regret the awkward situation because it is eiiibarassing to
yourself aud other friends, although 1 can not but think that your
commercial club secretary has approached the matter from the
wrong angle and made It as difficult aa possible to alter our plans.
We are not greedy for money and we are not going to be so
poorly provided with money that w nn not pny for everything
we eat or drink. The invitation that you extended at the Omaha
meeting whs referred to at the late meeting of the rommittee.
At no time did I Intend to leave the Impression that we could
give Alliance any certain hour. We had to be governed by a train
schedule that let us have the in oat time at the places we expected
to visit. 1 am Borry If this matter shall result in embarassment,
as It seems almost certain to do. I had a little talk with Bob
Graham about It yesterday and saw Mr. Ritchie at some length.
Personally I will exert my best offices to secure a modification
of plans that will permit a brief stop at Alliance. Shall be glad
to hear further from you.
Cordially,
, HORACE M. DAVIS.
It is very probable that the train can reach Alliance at 5 o'clock
in teh afternoon. This would give plenty of time to show the visitors
around before supper. A concert by the Alliance band w ould be fit
ting before they left. Bridgeport offers to give Alliance the evening
and entertain the guests the next morning before thy go to Bayard.
The mistaken impression has gone out through the columns of the
daily press that Alliance does not care to entertain the visitor. This
impression should by all means be corrected.
PRESIDENT WILSON
The Democratic party goes before the American people with a
candidate whose wisdom and ability in a period of unparalleled storm
and stress entitle him to support in the name of a patriotism which
dwarfs all narrow partisanship. His record of achievement has won
the applause of his friends, the admiration of his political foes, and
the gratitude of the nation at large. v
He has given the country a currency system which on the eve ol
universal upheaval enabled finance and industry to stand unshaken.
What the. conditions would have been under Republican rule may
easily be imagined by recalling the disaster of 1907. He has proved
himself a better pilot in a storm than the Republicans in an ear of
profound tranquillity.
Under his guidance a Democratic Congress has written upon the
statute books a tariff law which has brought prosperity to every class
of the American people. The familiar shibboleths of .the Old Guard,
the prophecies of impending calamity have become the butt of mock
ery and derision in the light of cold facts. The noisy forecasts of evil
are drow ned in the song of the harvest and the hum of the loom.
He ha passed unscathed through a crisis in international alTsirs
that would have seared the soul and paralyzed the mind of a weaker
character. Charged with the welfare of a hundred million people,
whose destiny was exposed to all the cross-currents which blew front
the earth's four corners, he has maintained peace while giving the
world a new and inspiring vision of the moral grandeur of the nation.
jealous of its honor, but devoted to tho interests of mankind.
In the highest sense he is the embodiment of a splendid Ameri
canism. I lie nest traditions of the republic are wrouirht into the very
fiber of his being. He loves peace well enough to fight for it, if need
be. He has made, it doubly clear to all the nations of the New and
Old World that the United States covets nothing which is not legiti
mately its own. In trying ordeals he has shown that the American
people ask nothing and concede nothing, except to work out their own
destiny under the free institutions which are their peculiar heritage.
But with it all, the candidate of the Democratic party is no vis
ionary, groping in cloudland. He is a stir in a world of realities. He
has taken measures which insure the safety of his country. If. out of
this welter of war, this riot of mad passions, should come a menace to
llie liberty, peace and prosperity we enjoy, the forces he has mar
shalled with an unvaunting but determined efficiency will be ready
at hand, waiting only to be quickened into action by the word of com
mand.
Strong, alert, tried and approved by experience, he has won the
confidence of the people, and this will be their verdict at the polls.
PRESIDENT'S EUROPEAN POLICY
Th e COnmlcte Storv of 1'reRidpTit. Wilson 'n tfnrnnenti nnlinv n.
mains to be written, but its high achievements already are fully an-
preciaieu uy ine people or. tne united states. lo more successful
policy, whether of peace or war, was ever evolved by an American
president to meet the exigencies of a crisis in American intnrnntinn nl
relations. The president succeeded absolutely in meetincr the nara-
mOUllt need which his Knrnnonn mliv ivna ovnlvo1 in moot Tim
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need was for the abatement of the German policy of making subamr
ine attacks against merchant ships without going through the process
of visit and search. s
Suppose another man had been president of the United States
when Germany's policy of f rightfulness endangered the peace be
tween the two fifovemments. S linnORA riA tiflrl honn a man nf martial
spirit, instead of one possessed of that keen understanding and sym
pathy ior American lacais with which woodrow Wilson is imbued.
What would have been his main objective as he formulated his policy
for dealing with Germany. . Sunnose even t.tiAt hp. ViAd crone tn wo r
would he not have done this with the main purpose of procuring an
Buaifjineni 01 me outrages wnicn uermany had committed, and thus
insuring for the future that respect for American rights which would
enable our citizens to travel wherever they willed upon the high seas
safely and without fear of their rights being violated. A war or some
other policy might or might not have succeeded in bringing this about.
ine policy which the president has followed did succeed. His vigor
ous exertion of the moral power of America upon the intellects and
hearts of the German rulers and tho German people, and his clearly
indicated purpose to break with Germany if she did not respect our
rights, compelled the most militant of nations to bow to America's
will. This was the supreme diplomatic achievement of modern times.
Undoubtedly the future historian, in writing of the European War.
in vuuiiiieni upon me president's achievement as remarkable and
ujJuuu-maKing.
The test of a policy is its effectivenpHn U affant nf ti.a r.i
dent's policy has been to preserve the peace of the nation, to withhold
from American mothers and American young men the sacrifices which
war would have forced unon them, to leave Amrig ri n ,.0
to her highest destiny of national prosperity and national ideals, to
noxi-Kuoru uie rigms 01 ine citizens 01 this nation in whatever quarter
iney were assailed, 10 Keep tne beacon light or human hopes and as
pirations toward free erovernment uni
had engulfed all Europe and was reaching out its hand to the home of
ir-- governments nere in tne Western Hemisphere.
PACT! TTTH! TW.TTTW
By force of habit, doubtless, the theory seems to survive amontr
uanj jicpuuucau apoKesmen mar. rresident Wilson's administration
can be discredited by misrepresentation. One evidence lies in the ef-
ion netng made to arouse sentiment in the business community by
dwelling in everv advertising medium ttiov nun i..ali
creases of imports under the Underwood Tariff Law, notwithstanding
4 1 . ...,. IT rati
-mi-open" Hr. im enort is Bound to fail for a very simple rea
son the facts riddle it.
In their "tariff nuhlie.it v." tln U
enormous increases of exports because these show the unprecedented
P.ohperiry 01 tne country. Also, they do not analyze the imports. If
they did both, they would discover the increase of imports is wholly
due to the fact that the U. S. is drawing upon all parte of the earth to
secure the materials from which to manufacture the vast quantities of
supplies of all sorts which othr-r nations, both belligerents and neu
trals, need at this time. Huge though it be, the domestic supply of
j v. uiaienais u not adequate to supply the demand
and hence foreign raw materials are being brought in to augment the
domestic supply.
That such is the situation clearly appears from, new statistics on
the subject just issued by the Department of Commerce. Bv reduc
ing or removing entirely the tariffs on many essential raw materials
the Underwood Tariff Act greatly aided American manufacturers in
mcetuie the new foreicn Hemm-wlsi unm. timm ti.
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millions of dollars have been drawn into this country in payment of
irmunu uy American tanor and capital in manufacturing
these imported raw materials into articles desperately needed bv the
outside w orld.
ine conclusion business men will draw is obvious:' The tariff
Buomu noi oe cnanged unless conditions change, and then should be
readjusted only upon the advice of experts. The latter contingency
is provided against by President Wilson's recommendation for the
creation of a tariff commission.
PRESIDENTS OF PT.APtp.
.t .Jhe chief characteristics of all the really great presidents of the
.....v iia.n umi paufme, culminating in quick, decisive action
when patience ceased to be virtu
None of the really great presidents wanted war, or tried to arouse
I'rui'io iu a wuriiRU mooa.
On the contrary, they exhibited patience under the most trying
circumstances, counseling peace and toleration until the time came
when peace was no longer compatible with the national honor
aslhngton tried to avoid the Revolution, but circumstances fin
ally made no other course possible.
Lincoln tried to avoid the Civil War.
McKinley tried to avoid the war with Spain.
These presidents were men of peace. They were not agitators
Their voices were not heard in the market places, sounding the call
of battle. They symbolized the nation 's love of peace ; vet when cir
cumstances forced the issue, they did not shirk responsibility
1 resident Wilson, too, is a man of peace. "Valor," said the
president, 111 his sni-ech to the Gridiron Club, in February 1916 "is
self-respecting. Valor is circumspect. Valor strikes only 'when'it is
right to strike. Valor withholds itself from all small implications
and entanglements and waits for the great opportunity when the
swoid Hash as if it cani. d the light of heaven upon its blade."
REWARD THE DESERVING
KcpiCNeutative .lames II. Mays,.of Utah, the Progressive-Democrat
who won (h etit)n in his state, though bitterly fought by the
Smoot special-interest machine, bore testimony in the House during
the debate on the rural credits bill to the interest-rates farmers of
Utah re required to pay. He said:
"The manager of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company stated in my
presence that his company could secure more capital than it needed
for budding factories and buying sugar beets in Utah and Idaho at
four per cent interest. The money was literally urged upon them
"At the same time the farmers who produced those beets were
obliged to pay some broker 1 commission of two per cent to secure
him a loan on better security A from 8 to 10 per cent interest."
Hence Mr. Mays actively supported the rural credits bill in the
House. It will establish a svstem under which those Utah beet-grow-trs
can get money at six per cent.
Will the farmers of Utah return Mays to Congress, despite the
Smoot machine! It is devoutly to be w ished that the farmers of Utah
and of other states will not only return to Congress such men as Mr.
Mays but will everlastingly smash the Smoot machine and the similar
reactionary machines run by the Old Guard bosses all over the coun.
try.
CATCHING UP
Under Woodrow Wilson the United States is catching up with
the rest of the world. After years of Republican failure even to pro
pose action, President Wilson and the Democrats of Congress hare
faced the rural credits question and have almost completed legisla
tion upon it.
During all the years of Republican domination
In Germany the "Landschaftcn". system, organized and con
trolled by the government, was providing loans tofarmers at 3V per
cent.
In France the "Credit Foncier," a government bank, was loaning
on farms at four per cent.
In Russia the "Peasant Land Bank" was lending to farmers at
four per cent.
In Switzerland land-credit associations, operated by the state,
were taking care of the needs of the farmers at three and four per
cent. N '
And in Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden, Japan and Canada, by
various plans, the governments had devised means whereby tjie fin
ancial requirements of the farming population were provided for on
a fair basis.
COUNTY FAIR NEXT MONTH
Only a month and a half until the Box Butte county annual fair.
In view of the fact that there was no celebration at the annual stoek
men's convention in June of this year, it is certainly reasonable to
suppose that the county fair should be made a big event.
The Box Butte county fair comes from September 19 to 21. - This
puts it after the following : -
Sheridan county at Gordon, September 5 to 8. j
Morrill county, at Bridgeport, September 7 to 9. i
Dawes county, at Chadron, September 12 to 15. j
Scotts Bluff county, at 'Mitchell, September 13 to 15.
This gives Box Butte county an opportunity to put on a show
that will attract hundreds of visitors. Everyone likes to see a good
horse race. There will be strings of racing horses at these other fairs
which will come to Alliance if the proper inducements are made.
Excellent crops are now assured in the county. Why not stir up
enough enthusiasm for a fall festival that will be a fitting celebration
of a good year. Make the fair of interest to the farmers and ranch
men throughout the county. . .
The
POSTAL DEPOSITS REFLECT PROSPERITY
Postal savings now aggregate approximately $80,000,000.
number 01 individual depositors exceeds 550,000.
In March, 1913, the total deposits in postal banks was only $16,
000,000, and the number of depositors 165,000.
The gain in deposits since the European War began amounts to
about $27,000,000. THIS CLEARLY REFLECTS THE GREAT
TIDE OF PROSPERITY AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT IS
SWEEPING OVER THE COUNTRY.
' The postal banks have succeeded in overcoming the tendency of
the immigrant either to hide his savings or send them abroad. Un
der the Burleson postal administration, nearly $60,000,000 cash wfcich
otherwise would have remained hidden or have gone to foreign coun
tries has been drawn into the postal banks and thence put to the usos
of commerce and industry.
NEBRASKA POLITICS
HHtiK a Few Argument for the Con
1 1 miatioii of Democratic Of
ficials In Nebraska
Indicative of democratic enthusi
asm were the reports of the demo
cratic county conventions held prior
to the gtate convention. Nebraska
democracy was never more united,
never In better fighting trim, never
had a better state ticket, and never
had r better record, national and
state, upon which to make a cam
paign. Keith Neville la not looking around
after issues upon which he may ride
into the office of governor. He is a
competent young business man who
will give NebraHka a continuation of
Governor Morehead's business admin
istration, and enforce the will of the
people as expressed In the laws en
acted by the legislature.
Taxes are lower, state institutions
better managed, the general fund In
better shape, the state records better
kept, the state treasury in better con
dition, under democratic administra
tion, than ever before in the history
of Nebraska. The record of Nebras
ka democracy is the best platform
and the best argument offered to th
voters of the state.
The Omaha Bee is throwing a ser
ies of fits because the democratic
state administration is paying $ 850 a
year to the city of Lincoln for water,
instead of numDlne It from the wait
on the state house grounds. Such ex
travagance is really awful. Howev
er, as the present democratic admin
istration reduced the tax leVr unmet.
thing like a half-million dollars this
year, tne people of the state will not
become all heated up over the state's
water bill.
Grant L. Shuniwav. the demnrrutle
candidate for land commissioner. Is a
resident or Scotts Bluff county and
thoroughly familiar with conditions
throughout Nebraska, especially
throughout the western part of the
state where ranut of the state's land
Interests lie.
Victor Wilson is waging an ener
getic campaign, and is taking the
public into his confidence. One has
to listen to Mr. Wilson onlr a few
minutes 10 Know just where he stands
on any issue before the people.
Seven of the nine renubllran run.
dldates for state offlpe reside in
Douglas or Lancaster counties. Not
one of the democratic candidates live
in either of these counties. Neville
Is from Lincoln rountv ITnwnrri t
from riatte. Reed Is from Madison,
Hail la from Franklin. Smith U tmm
Seward, Pool Is from Grant, Clem
mons is from Dodge, 8humway Is
from Scotts Bluff. Wilson is from
I'olk. For the first. Hm In thm
state's history the western half la ad
equately represented on a state tick
et, and it remained for the democrat
ic party to make it possible.
PROSPERITY NOTES
Perhaps the 100 per cent increase
in bank deposits In Oklahoma since
1912 also is due to the European
war munitions business. Perhaps!
Will some republican spell-binder
kindly explain how the 67 per cent
increase in building Improvements tn
the Northwest this year Is due to the
Kuiopean war?
How can there be any Joy In the
republican camp this year when there
is no way to credit the 13,000,000,
000 gain in bank resources to a re
publican protective tariff?
The American farmer produced la
three years of recen. democratic ad
ministration a yearly Income 11,000,
000,000 greater than under the pre-
AAl)Ua Hi.ni.kll 1 OT-... -
vituiiik 1 t-uuiiL-jiu regime. win
vote in November against the
crease in his Income T
hs
In-
The American army of mechanics
engaged In the building trades have
had this year 187 wage Increases la
34 states, as thus far reported in the
press. Every dollar they earn is for
America's permanent improvement,
and not a home thus far built has
been for European export.
In four weeks, ending July 8, the
Textile World Journal reports 100
new textile mills and 135 expansions
in prospect. American textile manu
facturers, freed from the "home-market-enough"
Idea of republican
days, are now shouting, "The world
Is our market."
The greatest volume of textile ex
ports under the republican Payne
Aldrich tariff, in 1913, was 160,000.
000. Under the free wool schedule
of the present democratic (Under
wood) law, exports of woolen goods
alone rose from 14,000,000 to 54,
000,000. while total textile exports
exceeded 1170,000,000.
I Will Mr. Hughes explain. If Aiiier-
I lean DrosneritV is a. war mnnltinn
product, why bunk deposits In North
"' ouu 00 u 111 Uil H.U13 Biuce lalM
have grown 70 per cent, while Dela
ware, where the Du Pont powder
I worm are located, is the only state
in the Union showing a decrease of
I bank deposits In the past four yean.
j When A roost ok county, Maine, had
the republican Payne tariff to protect
its products from Canada, every hill
of potatoes hid in fear and trembling
under the republican wing. Since
Maine has become democratic and po
tatoes have gone on the free list,
Aroostok county potatoes ahve flood
ed Canadian markets with Impunity
and high profits. That is the differ
ence between republican professioa
and democratic prosperity.