the ALLIANCE HERALD
Lloyd C. Thomas, Editor John W. Thomas, Associate Editor
Oeorge Edick, City Editor
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
After serving more than eight years as editor in chief of The Al
liance Herald, I feel a sense of relief in stepping down from that poai
tion, but am glad to retain my connection with the paper in the ca
pacity of associate editor.
At times my work on The Herald has been strenuous, but within
the last few years I have written Only a small part of what has ap
peared in the paper, except in thespecial stockmen's editions. In
common with people in general, I have made mistak.es; 1 regret them:
but I have had a constant defiire to serve humanity by doing right at
alt times.
In progressive movements I have been in the vanguard sufficient
ly to help to bear the brunt of4hc battles against reform; but ccn at
that it has not been all grief.
Twenty-six years before the liquor traffic was outlawed in Ne
braska, I entered the campaign for constitutional prohibition, as a
newspaper editor and member of the state dry organization. To
know what sacritices 1 made and things endured for the cause during
a little more than a quarter of a century woidd probably surprise
many of my present acquaintances. I now feel well repaid for all by
the results that I have had a part in obtaining.
After entering the newspaper business in Alliance, 1 opened a
campaign for the adoption of direct legislation, the initiative and ref
erendum, as old readers of The Herald well know. At that time the
opposition to the measure was so strong as to make my position a
handicap to me in business; but 1 stayed by it until I had the satisfac
tion of seeing Alliance give a rousing majority for it and helping in
its adoption as a part of the state constitution.
When I began the advocacy of making intelligence and charac
ter, rather than sex, the test of one's right to vote at public elections,
women's suffrage was sneered a and many men who at heart favored
i? feared to declare themselves because of the opposition; but when
this question was last voted upon, I had the satisfaction of seeing Al
liance give it a handsome majority. I have had the further satisfac
tion of seeing the state legislature at its hist session give to women
the right of suffrage so far as it could be extended to them by statu
tory enactment - and the representative from Alliance took a leading
part in securing that legislation.
Henceforth, as associate editor of The Herald, I can give only
spare moments to writing matter for publication, but will be in posi
tion, I think, to fumish its readers with the cream of state news that
will he of particular interest, and furnish stockmen with information
that will be both interesting and valuable to them.
And dear, old Alliance. There isn't another town on earth that
I love as well. Jt tiuty lul not call me elsewhere, I would rather live
in Alliance than anywhere else on earth. A It ho I have accepted a
position at the state capital, I still call Alliance mw home and shall
continue to do so.
This is not an adieu, simply an announcement of a change; but I
feel like making use of the opportunity to thank the many readers of
the paper who have helped anil encouraged me by kind words and
co-operation. One and all, they have my earnest wish for their
health, prosperity and happiness. .JOHN W. THOMAS.
cost of more than six billions without taking account of the expense
of shipbuilding, the. losses through submarine attack during trans
port, and the replacing of these losses and those on the battle front.
No wonder Lord NorthclifTe, one of the best informed men in
England, has advised against the rushing to the colors of all sorts of
persons and the inclusion of men in any way unfit in the army we send
to Kurope. Kven a little army of 200,000 men will cost us $520,000,
000 a year for maintenance alone, and would require 200 ships carry
ing a thousand men each to ferry the force across the Atlantic.
Such figures strengthen the argument already appealing to common
sense in favor of sending only picked, trained, seasoned young men.
It is a job only for regulars, if we had enough of and could spare
them. It is not a job for a "silk-stocking" army of men chosen for
their wealth or social prominence.
THE OLDEST FLAG
We arc one of the youngest, nations, but never-the-hss it has
been shown that, amonir all the belligerents of the urcscnt war, we
have the oldest Hag. The Turkish star and crescent is older than
the Stars and Stripes, but onlv as a religious emblem not as a na
tioual banner. The American Hag dates back to 1777. The Rus
sian tod, white and blue also goes back to the eighteenth century,
but only as used separately and not combined as now. The tricolor
of Prance was adopted in 1791. The British Union .lack did not
exist in its present form before 1801, the year of the creation of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Herman red,
while and black dates back from 1M67. as does the Hag of Austria
Hungary, the dual monarchy being formed in that year. The Ital
ian flag now in use was adopted in 180ft. .Japan's present flag was
adopted in 1859. The flag of the Chinese is as new as their republic.
Thoi it appears that the last Hag to niter the great war is the oldest
(tf them all.
If American destroyers are already chasing (Jerman Submarines
in the war zone, our patriots who spend their time in denouncing the
government at Washington may take comfort in the knowledge that
something has been accomplished, after all.
Some American College professors are less cocksure
of Germany appear to be. Referring to the great problems that must
be solved promptly and wisely at Washington, a Pennsylvania Uni
versity professor casually remarked the other day: "I'm glad that
two persons are not responsible for those decisions myself and
Teddy."
The American loan of 1100,000,000 to disturbed Russia seems 1o
involve risk, even though the money is to pay for purchases in this
country, but it should perform good service as proof that we are not
taking the side Of any Russian faction and merely wish to back the
nation itself against the common enemy.
A modest, annonymous American donor -a rare example in these
times has caused to be handed to Mr. Balfour, head of the British
commission, $2000,000 for the benefit of war widows and orphans
"in appreciation of the enormous sacritices" made by the peoph
(Jreat Britain "to insure the future liberty and happiness of the
tin- world."
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KEEPING UP TO DATE
The baby sou of a very rich and highly educated man and a re
fined and gentle woman was kidnapped by a band of Mexican out
laws. For years the child was held in captivity without knowing
anything of his mother or father.
The people among whom he was raised had no education. They
knew nothing of modern ways of living. They were rough and un
couth. They dug in the dirt with sticks to cultivate the ground.
They knew nothing of trains or street cars or telephones or automo
biles or farm tractors or planters or harvesting machinery,
And the boy was like them at twenty-seven years of age. Civil
i.ation had passed him by after he was taken from his home in the
midst of learning and culture, to the home of these ignorant savages,
away from enlightened modern conditions.
Of course he had inherited from generation a Her generation of
civilized ancestors a better brain than the brains of his ignorant cap
tors and when he was discovered and returned to his people, he made
rapid progress; but he made progress only by keeping in constant
touch with the civilized people of his time.
There is a lesson in this poor boy's experience for each one of us.
We can't fail to keep in touch with improvements and still get the
benefit of improved conditions.
If anv farm familv will shut themselves UP and shut the rest of
the world out, they will not keep up with civilization We can all
learn things Irom our neighbors. We can read 01 the experiments
lhat have been made in the past and the conclusions that have been
reached. We can keep in touch with experts in every line thru the
advertising pages of this paper and other good papers.
If we are to be as successful as our fathers, we must have the ben
Wit of all our fathers knew and of all that has been learned since. We
must be as well equipped to meet present conditions as they were
equipped to meet the conditions of their time.
It is a fine thing to revere the memory ot our toretathei-s hut we
must remember that thev were leaders in a moving procession of
progress in their time and that the procession hd not halt permanent
Iv at their graves.
The Chinese have tried ancestor worship for centuries and havi
refused to change from the methods and habits of their fathers. They
are several centuries behind the times. It is well to make use of the
experience of t4ie past but it needs to be kept up to date.
No one of us can read the advertisements in this paper without
realizing the tremendous improvements that are being made in every
thing that has to do with farm life. And no one can afford to com
pete with modern methods without having the information which till
experts back of these advertisements are able to give and are willing
and glad to give.
EDGAR HOWARD SAYS HE WAS FOOLED
Lieutenant Governor Kdgar Howard, editor of the Columbus
Telegram, is printing an interesting review of the doings of the past
session of the Nebraska legislature. In his issue of last week he had
the following to say regarding the appointment of a telephone in
vestigating committee:
I have heard some men say that they co- Id not be fooled by any
body. I confess that I am not so smart. I can be fooled. I was
nicely fooled by the artistic telephone trust lobby last winter. Some
nasty charges were atloat regarding the distribution of favors to leg
islators by the telephone trust. The charges were so broad that it
seemed certain some sort of an investigation must be made by the
legislature. And here's where the smooth lobby got active. If the
move for an investigation committee could only be in friendly tele
phone hands, then the telephone trust might get out of danger. At
the psvchological moment Senator Wilson, of Dodge county, claim-
1 .1 1 A I 1' A.. I 1 I, .1.1... .,..,. ,t .,,',.,
mg to DC JUStiy indignant necanse oi u ieuuMie iwuuj bvitu, uaiay-
ueed by resolution. He was encouraged by Senator AUams, ot
awcs eountv a senator who posed as Me most impiacanie loe ot ine
ephone trust. Quite naturally I appointed YVilson and Adams on
the inveHtifratinir committee. That's where i ptayea me pan oi a
Ulemouth sucker. I have often thought I might have done better
I ad appointed Manager Bandera, of Xorfolkh, wo was one of the
most BtuentiflO, ot telephone loPhyisls, togeiner win v usper b. iui,
president of the Nebraska Telephone company. That investigating
oumiittee was given power to administer oaths ami examine wiiuess-
but never a witness was examined. I did appoint one sure anti-
mOUOpoliel on the committee Senator ( happcll, ot Kearney county
but he didn t have any more show against nis iwo eoucguc.s man
republican in Texas. I do not believe the gang fooled me very
m mm n ii nrf J
ten during the winter, but I take my hat oil to vaiiy w nson aim
.i i rl! - .1 : .. .J (Uj. immI MmnlnM Ifiil. tlilll
ieorge Adams, nailing tneiu mm a mhi ui i" mvm " ......
ver played the part ol angels to the telephone lOODy.
THE COST
The whole vast cost of an American offensive in Kurope is but
remotely suggested by Lord Northeliffe's estimate of $50 a week
for maintenance alone of every soldier we send to France. This
Vould mean ten million dollars a week, or g520.000.000 a year, foi
the maintenance of a force of 200,000, the estimated size of the pro
nosed "Roosevelt arniv." or J. 600.0(10. 000 a year tor an army ot a
million men. The pay of the officers and men in such an army of
million would probably swell this great sum to more than three bi
lions, ami. as two million men would be needed in order to meet the
Germans on anything like equal terms, we can readily figure a yearly
during
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THE REAL ISSUE
The position of Representative sisson of Mississippi on the quea-
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lion ot tiiv rreedom ot ine press fans io uuum huh hi suotuew
II Ml 1 1 1 1 4'..'... I.- iHBtttaJ In- liitll-k'liutwtl'v
son. .mi, lissom says ne nam iiui m-i-u ihi irvatw . f'ui"
ut t hut hf is "unalterably opposed' to the censorship oi toe press.
I would rather," iv declares, "that every newspaper in ine coup-
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their right to publish the truth ami the Mrnoie iruin. niaung io
same general principle, Thomas Jefferson said that the freedom of
the preas could not be limits! "without danger of losing it" ami thai
von harmful abuac of such freedom was "better than European oona-
. V .....
After denouncing Hntish censorship, which, eepeciaiii
il ln.n. nf tht :ir has UlldOUUleul V lieell misguu
useless ami harmful extremes, the .Mississippi Congressman said
.1.. l..,i;..,-.. Itiu InaMAin niwinli' who have been tuuidit Irom
1 1 U VI UCUV1W III- ,iun i.ui
aMtautatiaui nf Ik cnviTinm lit to the lilesclll time t Mat live Kpeeoll
ami a free press shall always he inviolate, would be willing because ot
a foreign war that the public press should not publish the truth about
all officials. If any official does wrong he ought to be criticised, and
if the criticism is harsh it will do no harm.
This is perfectly sound as far as it goes, but it is apart from me
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real ouesiion ai issue. iuuuuj 4 uc im ; . 7
free utterance and there has been no attempt to surpress crmcism.
The government, for good reasons, has merely wiinmni some uu
of information or given them out only alter delay, tins nas eauaeu
disturbance because the people want the news and the newspapers
want to supply it. As a result of the outcry the AUnnnisi ration dps
,iiU,.il.wl t'nv il.., 1 Hit' et oil to secure a sensorsm 1. i,i auu
(ll'UMVIVIIV a svi . I -
U ill 1.1 aTkll 1... vnlimtHi-v Hirreeiiu ill ot the newspapers liol IO BUB-
lish military information of use to the enemy. Yet any reflecting
...,... ,.i.ui;,.. tl,ut tbiv is nn imsate reliance I100U intentions
M I SOU IllU'll t HI St, v i ih W w"
may be readily granted, hut good judgment on the part ot several
tlnusand newspaper managers is another matter. It is obvious that
whatever i-. known to the American public generally win uc kjhiwh
t t In lit i? tih nl 1 lit 11 of in I or 111 Ht hiii may At t iiiwn
l f wv miiy - s,b- ........ r-
be imperative.
Secrecy or censorship in war time is in ilsclt HO tea a
nriiirinle than tin- freedom of the pros As for the criticism
lie oflicials, there is not only no attempt but no possihility of stop
ninir it We hear it and read it constantly. Mm experts ol the lien-
eralStaff and War College know how to solve the appallingly serious
military nrobleins now confronting the nation, if anybody does, yi
t LWaflJ BB r 1 1 i 1 I 1 1 11 ' a I 1 . 1 -i t I i it 1 v It it Hi, in.. I mid denounced bv hlllidl'ids of
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writers ami public speakers every day, mere amateui-s ami inexpi r
i. net-tl atkMriMH takintr it unon themselves lo direct or regulate tin
professionals. All this is both unfortunate and harmful hut, undei
our institutions, inevitable,
correct
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