M i M HHRAIjn, THIBKDAT. AMilST II7
the ALLIANCE HERALD
Lloyd C. Ttaomaa, Editor John W. Thomas, Aaaociata Editor
George Edick, City Editor
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A NEW CANDIDATE FOR U S SENATOR
Funny that it never occurred to us before. And yet, we had just
never thought of it in that light hut it has some, and now that it
has, nothing seems more natural than to consider that Lieutenant
Governor Kdgar Howard should be announced as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for United Slates senator at the primaries In
1918. We had supposed thnt our eminent and uell-known lieutenant
governor, brother Howard, would eventually travel to the United
States senate but only by way of the governor's chair. The old step
was from the office of lieutenant governor to that of governor and
then cither to eonorrcss or the senate.
But Kditor Dan Webster of the St. Paid Phonograph, who holds
iti .etina And difficult iob of state printer, spilled the beans when
be brought up the candidacy of brother Howard in a recent issue of
his newspaper. Brother Howard replies to the editorial, and quotes
it in the following manner in The t Alumnus telegram ot August i :
I plead sullty to the charge cf IHmk a lover of men. This
fact la the sola reason for my failure to (irnnt the request of many
friends to announce myself as a candidate fr the United States
senate. Editor Webster, of the St. Paul Phonograph, has good
knowledge of mv life, my ambitions, my devotion to principles and
to friends In the strength of that knowledge he wrote for his
newspaper last week the following:
"U. 8. Senator Edgar Howard would not sound bad. would it?
"That may be the official title for Lieutenant Governor How
ard after the next election. He Is planning on making the pri
mary campaign next year, and his Triends look for htm to win the
nomination. If he does not land the nomination he will make
the successful candidate hump himself to keep out of his way.
"There is but one thing to keep the OolumbUB statesman out
Of the senatorial race, and that one thing is a man. That man is
Hon. W. H. Thompson, of Orand Island. Phonograph readers in
this section of the state know him better as "Billy" Thompson, or
the 'Little Hiant' of Nebraska democracy. Should the Orand Is
land statesman decide that he desires to ko to Washington as the
senator from Nebraska, then Edttar Howard will be lined up be
hind him and will rupport him in avery manner. Mr. Howard is
sv great admirer of Mr. Thompson, and, as such, he would not en
ter the field if be bad to oppose his lifelong friend. He is of the
opinion that the democratic party owes Billy Thompson anything
that he may desire, and la in favor of paying that debt at the next
primary election if the opportunity presents itself; otherwise How
ard will enter the fight and make an active campaign for the nom
ination. Either Mr. Howard or Mr. Thompson would make a de
sirable man in the U. S. senate to look aTter the interests of this
state. No man in Nebraska is entitled to any more consideration
from the democratic party than 'Billy' Thompson, but we are not
advised whether or not he will be a candidate for the office. If
he is, the Phonograph will oe for him first, last, and all the time
until the votes are all counted, and In the event he is not In the
race Edgar Howard will look mighty good to this paper."
First, let me thank Dan Webster for his generous treatment
pf me, and then let me add that he ha stated my position to the
letter. I indeed appreciate such n tribute from the pen of a writ
er of such ability and proved devuiioii to principles which I hold
dear. I have been in doubt regarding my duty to my party and
my state. Sometimes I feel that duty commands me to remain in
the office of lieutenant governor. In that office I was able to Klve
some grief last winter to the corporation lobbyists, and perhaps I
ought to remain there another term or two to complete the work
I have Inaugurated. Sometimes I believe I could accomplish even
greater good for the people of Nebraska if I might have a seat in
the United States senate, there to promote the welfare of the com
mon herd and resist the demands of the big special interests. But
in my devotion to two magnificent men I cannot and shall not an
nounce myself aa a candidate for that high office until such time
as both of those men shall have definitely decided that they do
not desire to become candidates. One of those men is Hon. W.
H. Thompson, of Grand Island, and the other Is Hon. Ignatius J.
Dunn, of Omaha. Both are brothers to me in the holy cause of
humanity. Both are my brothers in the promotion of pure dem
ocratic principles. oBth are more deserving than I of any honors
within the power of the democratic party or rhe State of Nebraska
to bestow. As long as there shall remain the hope of inducing
either Billy Thompson or Ig. Dunn to file for the democratic nom
ination for the United States senate I shall not announce my own
candidacy. But In the hour whrn those two men shall say that
they will not seek the nomination, in that hour I shall become an
active candidate. I trust this statement may be so plain that ev
ery reel friend may understand It. My desire is to have the priv
ilege of helping to send one of those good men down to Washing
ton to speak the real sentiment ot this great agricultural state in
the highest legislative body on the earth. If those two men shall
say that they cannot enter the contest, then it will remain for me
to announce my own candldary. EDGAR HOWARD.
of it, all the great remaining bulk can be profitably employed as teed
for draft and food animals. The bulk of the great corn crop can and
will be made to produce more generally popular food in the form of
meat. milU, butter, cheese, poultry and eggs. For where corn is plen
tiful and is liberally fed to beast and bird, there all these animal foods
life produced in the greatest abundance. Cattle, hogs and poultry
thrive beat on com feed, and cvin if we never ate an ounce of Indian
corn, except in these deiivilive forma, it would still remain our great-
st food croft.
AN INEXCUSABLE TAX
"Pood control" wilh Mr Hoover as administrator is now a fact
and the people may confidently expect at least a measure of relief
rotn the burdens which private greed has placed upon them. The
prospect of reform is a reminder that proper food control in war time
or in peace for that matter will not be complete until the tax on
oleomargarine is taken off, a tax of ten cents a pound for the benefit
of the dairy interests which conies out of the pockets of the people
in the form of an addition to the price they pay for this innocent and
nutritious article of commerce. This tax has no justification in times
of peace and is nothing less than a crime under present conditions.
We export millions of pounds of edible oils made from cotton
seed and peanuts which foreigners turn into imitation butter "as
good as any Klgin brand," according to the experts, ami sell it lo the
eople untaxed at a low price. In this countrv the same excellent
imitation butter is taxed ten cents a pound and its manufacturers
ust pay an annual license fee ot $b00 and give bond for $5000. The
lealer also is subject to a heavv license fee, and all these taxes in the
interest of the butter trust must be paid indirectly bv the public. In
consequence Americans consume only one and a half pounds of oleo
margarine per capita annually, while the Danes, for example, con
sume forty-four pounds. Will Mr. Hoover as food administrator
find it necessary to appeal to the dairy interests to permit congreaa
to take ofT this tax, or can congress be induced to act freely and of it
9lf 1
THE BEST AIR SERVICE WINS
The percentage of aviators lost is said to be smaller than that of
iien fighting in the trenches. This will appeal to the practical-minded
recruit whose desire to serve is accompanied by a perfectly normal
disposition to save his neck. But the features of the airplane service
likely to attract the red-blooded young patriot are the thrilling adven
ture and greater opportunity for personal distinction. The names of
Ia i ing airmen of the fighting front are more widely known than those
of many of the war's prominent generals. What war thrill equal:
that contained in the news that Georges (Juynemer, the dashing
French aviator, has brought down his fiftieth enemy airplane? Who
does not read with enthusiasm of the exploits of Rockwell, Parsons,
Willis, Iitifberry and Thaw, distinguished members of the Lafayette
Kseadrille of American air fighters?
And now conies the inspiring account of how a British youth of
eighteen flew far and low over enemy territory, repeatedly attacking
ami routing with his machine gun detachments of German infantry,
Utterly disregarding and escaping whole from their hail of rifle fire
while strewing the ground with their dead. The air warrior secures
incomparable opportunities individual prowess and the records of
gallantry already made will live throughout time. Moreover, he is of
incalculable value in a larger sense to the army he serves, furnishing
its far-seeing tycs and guiding its movements and its artillery fire.
It becomes more and more clear that the best air service does and
must win.
LAW AND TIPPING
According to a decision of the Supreme Court of New York, tips
are nothing less than wages in law. The stale industrial commission
made an award to the dependents of a taxicab driver (who was kill
ed) on the basis of earnings of 17.10 a week, although his salary was
$12 a week, the evidence showing that his tips averaged $5.10 a week.
In upholding the award the court hold that "both the person paying
and receiving a tip realise that it in a pan payment ot the wages
which the employer compels the person served to pay," and further:
"The custom and the manner in which the payment of tips is enforced
and practised leads inevitably to the conclusion that in substance the
tips received are a part of the wages of the employee from the em
ployer as a part recompense for services rendered."
It is indeed "realixed" pretty generally that the person served;
is too often "compelled" to pay in tips for tolerable service, but it
has not hitherto been recognized that the employer had a legal or
even a moral right to force his patrons to pay in addition to the
charge on the bill any part of the wages of his employees. If tip-
ping is to become legal, the amount should be fixed and appear on the
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OUR GREATEST FOOD CROP
A three billion bushel corn crop is said to be assured and an ad
dition of 175,000,000 bushels to this vast yield is probable, yet the
proportion of our great annual corn crop that reaches the table has
been estimated as ranging hardly above three per cent. The per
centage will be higher for 1917 owing to the war-time corn bread cam
paign inaugurated by Mr. Hoover, but it will be nothing like as high
As it on ''lit to bo even in ni'iliimi'v than I lotiilo of tl,r . t V . i,
states ami limited circles in other sections corn bread in any of its
forms, except as an occasional dish, is not in favor and the prospect of
a large consumption even in war tinu short of stern necessity does
not appear to be very bright. Green corn on the cob is the only table
oiierin i mil is generally popular.
This is highly undesirable, especially under present conditions,
and such hope of improvement with reasonable basis as exists ought
to be nurtured for all it is worth. As there are many thousands of
persons who genuinely like corn bread in so'me or all of its various
forms and who find it particularly wholesome, why should not a sim
ilar taste be cultivated among the millions in the course of time? Let
the campaigners take courage and let the campaign go on for our
own permanent good as well as to meet the needs of the hour, with its
demanded division of our wheat with our allies.
M anwhile it is a satisfaction to know that not one grain of our
asl torn crop need be wasted Though we may eat but a small part
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