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THE TRUTH ABOUT DEFLATION.
In his keynote speech at (he democratic state con
veniion in Omaha lst month Hitchcock said:
"Reptihlken responsibility for dr4ti deflation
bsji Willi the republican i.tfonn adopted In
June, lJ9, Thai pUtf.,rrn denounced tha groae
espsnMnn of inir iiirrriti y mifl .intlf uinlr the
'leniOcciilc ailinlnli (rati, in uini jI-.IkI the repub
lican pany ta n rouiiigauun am) lnti-lljt;in( i( na,
lion ft tr vpunli d . mliia mi. I current y."
In June, l'r'(t, and until March i, lazi. i'rc.idcnt
Wilson uaa in the White Jloure. At that time a dem
ocrat, W. P, (',. JMr.ljnjr, wan governor of the Federal
Reserve board and a majority of tha members of tlia
Federal Roerva board were democrat..
Hitchcock' atatement then ii that it ia 'possible
fop a republican plntform to ron'rol the policy of a
democratic president while tliil in office, of a demo
cratic governor of the Federal Rcf-rve board, and
ft tha derrn'-rafjc hoard itself. Th. indeed, fa co
Inj far afiald in an effort to fix responsibility on the
republican party for the grow miamanaifement of tha
nation's financs which took plar in 1920, and which
ta the climax of democratic minmanairement in the
yean preceding. It is Interesting to republican to
hava from ruch authority a Hitchcock himself that
republican rcuponnbility for national affairs com
mencei with tha adoption of 0 republican plntform,
even though hia democratic friendi atill were in office.
; Only fhort memory on the part of the public would
enable the democratic party to "fret by" with auch
'aklmmed milk" argument. The year 1320 still is in
tha memory buaijiei'a men, farmers, and wage
aarnera aa a year of .near panic in all direction and
of absolute panic fn aome directions. The "drastic
deflation" mentioned by Hitchcock and the demo
critic state platform bad ita birth and fruition In
1920, concocted by a democratic administration and
carried out by a democratic Federal Reserve board
over the protest of large-and small buwness, farm
era and workers. .. , .
It is a law of nature that what goes up must coma
down. It was obvious to every sound mind that the
unprecedented inflation of the first yeara of Wil
son's second term must inevitably have ita reaction.
Tha republican national platform of 1920 did face
this issue squarely, but contemplated no such star
tling processes as were carried out by Wilson and
former Governor Harding in the last year of the Wil
son sdministration. To make this plank of the re
publican national platform an excuse for Wilson's
deflation policy of that year Is not only rldipulous,
but Is an amazing admission of the weakness of the
Wilson administration or its last legs.
. Against the violent opposition of the "conven
tional democratic set" in congress, Freaident Hard
ing's administration adopted the one measure which
would bring immediate relief so far as the farmers
and this means the people of Nebraska are con
cerned. This was tho revival of the War Finance cor
poration. This was tho salvation of the central west.
The recovery of Nebraska dates from the passing of
this measure. A revival of the War Finance corpor
ation was urged in 1920 under. Wilson and was bit
terly, opposed by Secretary of the Treasury Hous
ton. a
The gigantic operations of the War Finance board
in Omaha for Nebraska are well known. Over
$1,000,000 a week was loaned to the farmers and
stockmen of Nebraska during the first 10 weeks. A
total of nearly $300,000,000, was loaned to the farm
ers and stockmen of the nation. The effect on the
market was almost immediate. Trices of farm prod
ucts commenced to be stabilized. "Deflation" of the
prices of farm products was stopped. And the entire
country was started toward a revival of business. This
revival of business is still progressing, delnyed and
handicapped only by lubor troubles, and the "conven
tional" democratic propaganda of hard times.
No greater compliment was ever paid the repub
lican party than by Hitchcock when he said tha re
publican national platform of 1920 exerted an effect
on democratic policies of the Wilnon administration,
Republicans must, however, decline to accept the
"compHmBnt" or rather the responsibility for the last
year of the Wilson administration. A good share of
the rponibility for the present business revival
very properly belong to the republican part' "ml the
Harding administration.
FIFTY-FIFTY IN THIS RACE.
A New York rongreuman enter complaint that
Gotham is unuM out at a center of activity by the
prohibition enforcement officers, to he haraseed and
en.barraMtd, and he requests the president to u
Hi influence to secure a litt'e leeway for the fulkt
whu want to lead a wild life on Broadway, Yef, we
think, if that brvther were to Uok over the eiluattun
th e aide of the IMtott rbtr, he might find juit as
much eceitn for complaint in ietrj to the ee.
iU-iou activity ef the jry nu. As a matter of
fact, it ia n eatirr, and maybe no harder, te get ia
tea.h whH a hut!jfr vn larnam street than en
lreadway, anj the rtU will he about the same in
the rl Yst the "hvuh Iwun U" ste here as well
as tkaie,
I'vea In OkUhema, they hare Jit ejet I an
((taiisa te.lr inmate fw a , betu
he ait ervJatit'e' an tMiuel m her tiieoi, n4
teal a? ftaHk frvsa the uM's iiejr4 t e4ef
tt ivi.le the materiel (r her eawrti.e Of
tre, the wets a't !' te I the t alt
jt that the area fn the HHr u the rrn,
ay, from IUtUh YVi, is i)ly etrtmf ba
aj may n "me teie r J M as ik4
any extinvl oasis in the ln4, Bat New York has no
rtaeon to aspect that it will be cspcvia'.ly favored by
either aide.
The race between the rum demon ani the pro.
hibiticn agent it neck ami rinL. so fr, ugi!anc and
the law being pitted irait ingenuity and greed.
Only one outcome is vinMe now; man' perver.e na
ture i!l prolong the ronutt, but the good wd in the
end overcome the evil. The tpUo'e of the old lady
In the Oklahoma poorhouse and the plaint of the
New York tengreuman are inlelighta at interest. ng
at a nationwide poll.
FARMS AND FACTORIES,
An at'et to any rural community is the r!ah
liehment of a msnufacturir.g plant to turn tome of
its raw products Into finished good. The idtal civ
iliration for Nebraska would be one In which a gooi
part of the factory workeia could trsnefrr their la
bors to nesrby fields at the tetson of harvrtt.
Such thoughts as these, of a healthy, balanced
life, the auranre of a farm labor supply and the
elimination of acme of tha wate of tranrporting
farm producta across the continent and bark, are
evoked by the newt that Alliance is considering the
erection of a starch factory. The improvement in
grading potatoes, which leaves the culls at home, en
courages this development. Potato flour and com
mercial alcohol likewise would be mad in this plant.
There are many eurh opportunities in Nebraska,
all of which indicate that the development of out
resources is in its Infsncy. The process of dehydrat
ing potatoes and other vegetables opens a new world
for agriculture! communities to conquer. Today,
great tank cart filled with cucumbers In their hiine are
being hauled hack to pickle factoriea in Pennsyl
vania they might be bottled in the irrigated die
trict of Nebraska where they are grown. A straw,
board factory for the went it the suggestion of a
young chemist at the University of Nebraska. The
canning industry, alieady important at Grand Island
and Nebraska City, is capable of esteniion.
These developments, however, must come slowly.
The fear of over exploitation has been instilled by the
blue sky fiasco of recent years. The beginning that
has been made it small, but its gradual increase ia
assured, both by the spirit of the people and tha force
of circumstances.
"From State and Nation"
EJitoriah from other newipapai
tarat IVpwUiUm.
iiium ua IImiiii) 1hv
Tlier a a ery nioiked iu.ie.
went lot year ef the farm popula
tion "f the seven rentret stales lino
Mtthlfta, Ohio. Missouri and New fern iaa Sni N.
llh, III preterenvM 10 the Brest
hrt paironlie his advertieeie would
a-iWribe fr hu ppj and thn
oev his t4ea as thry alwtts liavej
Thrift In mm! tosle.
The People's
Voice
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ara Ialir4 la Iki rluia lrlr
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Imeraal,
' could he h"ii.f.nner thitn (he km. k -! a .irli;tn aMi,l boji Iff'ie
! eib.M k r .''tii.i- anil 11 rnlnn.i lei ,V'n bum his aiW Tha i..ilt i S
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' Iron ara lliat ara nnw in u.e ! ti mainif Iti Uiaa IMa Ukr li
I The lime Im ci.iiib fur 4 aailurl.il i whether ihrv ere hunurii lur U.e
' i'i rlii.it . hi ,,r fivi'.l.iin hne! h'tiitaier or fr the) apurt-e of auppiy
emilil 11 I., inailf li.ili-t ilnit in 'lixli.f lli h'"lh tn.wnft.1 eiimiaii
' Ind-penilrnl nke 4 iu l""k !' ,s"
sira 11 r, r m 1 i.r.w Mi l t. 1 pnm ia iir.i.
Weak sp,u Ib-fiire the Cmle,
(Hiklia. Jlepl. 14 To Ilia Kdllor
of The Omaha Hee: necalllna the
fait that V. J. llrvan as a realUent
Tha leava rtff altt.'ikm .l!r..i,il i
a heal anil seam.! nwlnt wales auch I ih ao roal troaratil eeejna to he
ri ,frrtaa. Iiiilisns. Kai.ej mJ a il.nnllrs. frrhapa one fe fori. . 1. -1, . '
tuna . lais Hanirirant n.rm.ui 1. !,,,... .iT., .1. . . I I 1 ' N'hraaka for many
,arly-iMkle. In report laaiiett tlieir hnalllliv . amna ifiI..i.
hr the K A hirout Karm Al'i .
Inc. whii h reenrila the aale by that
(in y dutina the year nf ninrt I hat
k In 'I farms el a loial Valuallon Of
t.'il ono oa,
rrin the aianale ff rtmre.e
eliltli have lean flying Ik. m Hie
Immra nf the big farinera of tha weal
Hi la year. II la intereailng to note
li.u the farm eUll retains Ita rharm
f ir tha offi worker of the citiea
n, I ile ahoA workers of the Imtue
iilal tnaii, fur tluar waa the hirc-el
lear'e bii'lneas eer d"ne by tbnf
4irnry
this a that moat vt III Cl)its baaed
their horn llii v on amne pnrtluiilar
runt joh, but let thalr fehna carry
llirin farther thart aohar thouvht
W.111M Juaiify them n golna. Hut
aiM.lhrr reseoii la uii'loublailly the
ar.. wins restitution tlmt gxnt rou.la
p.iy ilivblsnila In ilollare and eente.
An IhiereeUtif aoalya; aliuwing how
Hie people profit by hifliMay eon
eiiiuilon has been mails by V. 15.
t l r anil, field secreiery tf the Ne
briiaka lim.il Hada saam'lallun.
Mr. Clement bases hi eoiiclualims
on tha aceepe fail thitt on '.1
rJi rnsiia a tar will set ahnul
Hire tnnea more per gallon nut of
Ni'terthr lrie. tha big f.uma nf the I (ha ar.iaollna la ennanmea lhan nn ...!
we-iarn phuiie generally speaking j roid" If gaoUne Is 2i eila a aal-
WOMAN KEEPS ON COMING.
While up in Maine the women restricted them
selves to the legislsture, the movement out west Is
aspiring to the higher places within the gift of the
voter". New Mexico Is the latest state to wheel into
line with a woman candidate for congress. The re
publican convention at Albuquerque on Saturday
nominated Mn. Adeline Otero-Warren to succeed
Representative Nestor Montoa in congress, giving
her 446 "4 votes to My, tor Montoys. Mrs. Otero
Warren is a nstive of New Mexico, and was edu
cated chiefly in the achools of the territory. Her
compelling victory is notable because of the ad
mitted popularity of the man she defeated. He was
elected to congress two years ago by the largest
plurality ever given a candidate for the office in New
Mexico, and the selection of Mrs. Otero-Warren ia
therefore the more impressive. New Mexico has ac
quired the habit of sending republicana to congress,
and it is not unreasonable to expect that Misa Alice
will not be lonesome in the next congress, for ahe
will have a colleague, not only of her sex, but speak
ing as we'll tha language of the great aouthwest.
HEROES OF THE WORLD BELOW.
Peace has its perils scarcely less thsn war in
some of its rather ordinary occupations. For more
than a month 47 miners have been cut off from the
outside world, deep in a -burning gold mine. Thus
does the great drama of industry turn now and then
to tragedy.
Unceasingly rescue parties have dug through the
muck and rock in hope of reaching their comrades
while life remained. Little hope of finding more than
the bodies now, but the loyalty with which the search
continues is assurance that all is being done that
could be.
t One regards a trinket of gold without a thought
of the toilsome, perilous1 process by which it may
have been wrested from the earth. In the same way
one may sit musing in front of a fireplace regarding
the fiery coals without the mind ever straying to the
men who brought it forth from the depths.
There have been holocausts in coal mines that
have taken more lives than this accidont in Califor
nia. One of the most pathetic scenes in all human
experience was that of a few years ago when it was
necessary to give up all hope for the imprisoned men
below and seal up the shaft in order to smother the
fire that had consumed them. The wives and fam
ilies of the lost ones stood at the mouth of the pit,
weeping no doubt the same pitiful domestic scenes
are occurring at the Argonaut mine.
All America has watched while these rescuers
have struggled against disheartening odds. The
thought comes now that money can scarcely repay
those who dig our gold, coal, iron and other minerals
for such risks as this. Yet industry, and civilization
itself require that these odds be faced. It is some
one's duty to burrow for this wealth. And how easy
it. is to understand, in the light of this tragedy, the
desire of the miners for better psy and wider opor
tunitics in that part of their life above ground.
Comparing his qualification! for the senate with
Mr. Howell, Hitchcock tays "Mr. Howell might be i
the senate all that Mr. Hitchcock has been, and more,
aa his friends believe, but he would first have to win
his spurs. Influence and power In the senate are
plants of slow growth." Influence and power in the
senate may he plants of slow growth, but the plant
It evidently not of the modest violet type.
The uevtlopment of oil fleldt in districts where
the federal government owns land brought in roy.
altirs amounting to 42.007 In one month. Half of
this fedcial income was from Wyoming. Of course
this It jut small change for the treasury, but it ro
ducia Uat 'Vi Just that much.
In the appointment of Mrs. John Tongue tf
Wtromihurg of the setrttaries and organitera
of the republican atate central committee, Chairman
K. . Terry hat gained an influential aid. The women
of Nshraaka ran take an important part in the pres
ent rampeign.
It, ace the Valuer's fall, ht teams t have lst tun
t rot even ef hit own family, and htt sent fetl free ta
ftbatruct hie marriife la the handsome Prim eta
Hermiune.
Reel estate trsniftr tlill i4icate a heUhy move,
meat in lsl ierty, The maa wh seat f' t
Omaha ha a tl ltte4e.
On Stctimi Thought
a m at, rttstfka. 1
War e II ike ae nu n m ..a ii-i4
I me 4 ! el m tk la the - IM
k.
r-nialnnl inactive, lbs unanina of
this I-. In Ihr opinion nf Mr. Hi rout,
t.r. utile m of Iha diioui agamy, thnt
thia la the rlay of the an, nil and
ii'lditl Hum fainter growing 4lvrr.
fie, rr.e within re.ii h of total
n.arkel.
While I lie bitf groweta of single,
'lopa auch as atain, cotton and ti
htfuco on blvh priced land nf ih
t ltheilo wrallh-proilu, lug fjrma of
Urn meet and smith have experienced
a ifthark, the llltle farmer la making
litiia or no conipUlnt. lie la In a
vuetly more comfortable poaitlon
than ruber trie big alnale.i rori farm
er or the off lie and shop woikers of
tha ilili'f and Industrial cominunl
I'ea hou'llH by rent prnfltsera and
ditirarted by high prices for food,
clothing and fuel
Turning Hark the Clock.
Prom ika nnrky Veunlain Stmt
' An enaehronlam, but a picturesque
one, that stage coach with Us beard
ed driver which Is rattling around
Ihe r'ty at reel theaa days a an ad
e-rtleement for a pageant at Jdaho
Hprlnir to eelfbrats the discovery
of quarts gold In Colorado. This
happened a decade following the
California dlsenvertrs that chaiiK"d
the course of American and world
hli-tory for a time we mean the
economic Influence of the new cold
We wonder whether the successor
of the stage coach will be able to
enwrap Itself with glamour of the
earlier vehicle and its memories?
We hardly think so. There was
eomethlng human and friendly about
the etnas coach that there cannot
be to the etee) machinery and the
hare lines of the motor car. No. the
substitute for the staff roach breaks
romance and brings us down to earth
with a thud deapits the finely ham
mered and adjusted springs. The
staife coach took Ita time; horees
rad to he relieved, travelers fed; the
lifeline machine whirls pset us.
slags coach driver waa an Institu
tion: it was an honor snd a pleasure
to ride by his slile. The horaeg even
bad an Individuality. And the dan
gers of thone days the desperado
road agent, the Indiana! Today we
go to France and get a chauffeur
and drees him In Kngllsh putteea,
spick and span. He Is all Intent
upon bis levers and wheel.
Hixty-three yeara ago. Men and
women are living who remember the
day when word passed that gold had
been discovered beyond the sands
of Cherry creek. Neither wire for
speech nor signal was within many
miles, but the news traveled fast,
and this waa the beginning of the
slate of Colorado. From that day
until the daya of Cripple Creek, the
last discovery in Colorado, there was
something doing somewhere to keep
tho blood circulating. Greater dis
coveries followed the Jackson find.
From Idaho Springe to Black Hawk
the hills wera covered with pros
pectors. ' Smelters came. They were
not very elaborate and they did not
aave as much as the modern ones do,
but they sufficed for the time and
encouraged the miner to go out and
find more ore.
The powers that. b. back east, say
we must give up thinking about
mining -in this state. It is hard to
do. And that stage coach makes It
harder; It brings baclc memories.
Mr. Capper and the Bonus,
From the Top.ka State Jpuriul.
The speech delivered by Senator
Capper In support of the soldier
bonus was a fine example of Fourth
of July oratory. It was also notable
for being davold of aound argument
regarding the question under discus
sion. When the senator declared that
the bonus is nothing more than a
sauare deal for the bova who did the
fighting, probably he voiced the4
sentiment of a largo majority of the
citizens of thia country. But In sug
gesting that the men who made a
profit out of the war be made to
pay the bonus he fired Into the air.
He offered no workable plan for
making these gentlemen pay. There
are constitutional safeguards against
confiscation.
The senator truly said that "Those
who remained at home made enough
here in the I'nlted Htatea to enable
us to pay many times over the debt
we owe to the men who fought our
battles." Hut how does he propose
to take it away from them?
When Senator Capper said: "I
would like to see tha government re
cover the hundreds of mllllona of
dollars stolen from tho treasury by
tho crooks snd grafters who profi
teered off the government In war
contracts and then use that money
to puy the soldier bonus,' he again
gave voice to public sentiment.
Everybody escept the profiteers
themselves would like to see that
done, but how are we to bring it
about?
As anolhcr means of raising the
money fur the bonus Senator Capper
proponed; "IaI us go after the bil
lions that the foreign governments
owe tin, collect the Interest promptly
and pay It In our aoldlets," Hut
again he does not provide a way.
We might "go after" thee billions
with the army en I navy, hut even
then It is doubtful that we would
get them any sooner.
Iteturiilng In trie attaea on wan
street. Ihe senator sld "There Is mi
ti tiSultlns the fact that our In-
inu t'l.inal tinkers want ua lo wipe
out thia foreign debt. It will nuke
I heir foreign securities that titui
.Irons. i, If wa detilue to cancel
this dl t those gut eminent piob-
ably will try to borrow mois money
from us l ' ue ah.it they owe.
,j far sn I am ' n erned, I will
ii.tar vie ta i.iwtl one dllr if
Ih.i debt "
Ain he flf Into the air II. e
tnailee ef cast eliu.. el t.il.n
a. to ine.l trni . i.
tf UM kS av.'lar I lht It te te.ly
ts ray we, snl M bee notified ua
.i.Mrtie thai lrty tnwev t' 1 U A1' !
th.y will ay it wh th.y tan le.
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a Dieie a4 v"ti i i i c i.i. i -I.
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Inn this would be euusl to a redue.
tlon to III cents a gallon In the price.
He proceeds: .
'"fbere are about S10,f)f)fl auloa
(metered In Nebraska. The aver
i g annual travel of eaeh car could
conservatively be eellinaird at t.nao
in it, m- a total of l,3&o.u(io.ono
inilt'S. With theas i afe' getllfig an
ilfiriee. i.r IS mil., fin ffHll.ki nf
gasoline, 11 1-3 million gallons would
txi the annual vonsuinptlon of gas
in tns state, a saving or 4 rents a
hjiII'iii would mean an annual saving
of I 1-t million dollars.
"If for each gallon of gas bought
in lbs state fur Nebraska cure, t centa
were kpent for road maintenance we
would have the aum nf II m, 000
for that purpose. Since the main
tenance of graded roads means a
avirig of i ceiils nn each gallon of
aasollne, the returns nn such nn In
vestment would be 2011 percent."
The.e figures take) no account of
"iversl other factors of Importance
if. the busy buelnees man or farmer,
such as the saving of time, the Irss
ened cost of ninliitiilnlng the car and
the greater ncceaalbllity of markets
by eraded read.
With then taken Into considera
tion. Mr. Clement's estimate nf Ihe
dividends paid by Improved blgh
waya would bo very conservative,
When Ynu Wore a Hoy.
rum the Wichita tie. ion.
In this hot weather your Ihoiigtila
loin hetck to boyhood, and somehow
cool water is Inseparably connected
with It the cold spring bubbling
fiom kindly Mother Karth. and tho
refreahlng r.ld swimming ho!e.
Clarence Dnrrow once wrote that
the boy never lived who could paes
cold running water or a spring with
out pausing for a drink.
Tired of the flat, lukewarm fluid
that conies through city water pipes,
what would you not give for another
session flat on your face In the gruss
end moes. drinking your fill from
the spring of boyhood? Oh, but It
was delicious there In the nhade,
with the fragrance of clover on the
breese.
.Birds trilled In Ihe nearby forest.
From far off throueh the dusty hot
sir floated the ambitious whir of
the planing mill, the soft roar of
the flour mill, the whistle of a dis
tant freight train or the crash of
gondola cars shunted down a aiding.
Your faithful dog, his long red
tongue panting, though gorged with
water1, watched you Intently and
wagged his tall violently when you
favored him with a glance.
The 1og watched closely, for he
knew that soon ynu would Join the
gang under tha willows at the old
HWlmmlng hole. lie was the bent
swimmer of the hunch, that dog
and. maybe, the bent scout.
You had great day dreams with
the gang, undecided whether to be
pirates or railroad engineers when
you grew up. Your soul thrilled
with knowledge that they were your
friends. Oh. yes. you never would
forget thone lada. . . . How many
have you kept track nf? In par
ticular, what became of the young
demon who always led In tying your
clothes in knots, making you "chaw
heef"?
It wan a red-letter day when you
were allowed to help unload a car
of watermelons. Tho ripest and
most alluring always allpped acci
dentally, of course and rind to be
eaten.
You recall that melon. Reeds as
black as Ink. tha "meat" red and so
ripe that it was like sugar crystals
BtT the core. You compare it with
the half-ripe melons aold now in
cities, melons with white-streaked
hard centers, and you wonder if the
watermelon of, boyhood has not been
crossed with the aquaah by "scien
tists."
No matter how much a person
emacks his lips and sighs when tha
choicest liquor trickles down hia
throat, there ta, after all, no real
drink In the world except good old-
faehioned water, cold and refresh
ing. It Is ono of tho greatest Joys
of lifo.
A novltuHl Torsion,
The love of money Is also the root
of all Industry. Vancouver Sun.
vests and
Iherefore familiar wlih tlie facta. I
mill. lei- why , hue tint yd Itlolher
Charley aftiue of the thins that hap
pened hack in the NUa, when w had
i government bv board and com.
miaaions such as llrother Charley
propoaea to re-eetablisli. In the re.
mote event Of his election,
Hrt. there waa lha scandal of the
oil inspection, exposed by The
Omaha llee. In 1SSI. liiihii of the
old tlineia may still remember that,
and surely W. J. tran has not for
gotten it. Then, a few may recall
the hushed -up affair of the shortage
in a certain oil Inspector's accounts,
at Hip Urn he Went out of office.
Kugene Monro Wa not fortunate, a
touplB of ye.tr Inter, when he waa
called on tn si count for aoiuctlilna
over fttt.tino of feee h had collected
from Insurance cmtipanire. Moore
wa amltior of stale, and a such
head of the Insurance bureau; when
he was put on trial he set up ae a
defense that n wa nut a fiduciary
cinier or me slate, and so had no
right to collect fees. The supreme
couit suslnliod this, ruling that the
companies should hava paid the
money to the stats treasurer and
have presented his receipt to the
auditor, and If a suit was tn he
brought against Muore at all It
ehould be by the companies, while
the state's recourse wa In separata
auli agulnat each company
When the Kiate Hoard of I'uhllc
Land nd HulMlng was Impen. lied
by Ihe legislature ,,f ih'ii, it being
composed of the attorney general,
the state audllor, IJie mreiary of
sTiite. uii'i ihe i oniinlssloiier of public
bunt ami bulliiiuaa, the accused of
ficers set up that they were called
upon to serve on so many boards
nnd commissions that they rould not
give needed attention to any. hut
were forced to depend upon subordi
nate, and so ahould not be held re
sponsible for Ihe mismanagement
It. at grew out of thn situation. And
the supreme court agreed with them
tiy a vote of 2 to I.
In fact, the p.isl to which Brother
Charley propose to return contains
rnany example of, had government
rroni which Nebraska Is now pre
aervpil by the i o-ordluallon accom
plished bv the code law. ills mem
ory rnav be convenient, but the great
mas of people who are familiar
with the record ara not anxious to
return to those "good old times"
when things were so ensv at Lincoln
OLD FOGY.
hci W ant In Style.
Oinalm. Sept. 12. To the Kditor
of The Omaha, lice: If one could
collect a. dollar from each woman
in the foiled Ht-ite he would have
something like f SO.oon.noo. As a
matter of fact, the proposed chanses
In women's fashions will add arverHl
billions to tho nation's bill for dress.
From extremely abort eklrt the
parliament of stylo authorities are
ord rintr a change to extremely long
erien. Thia means the use of more
material and In many t uses the rele
gation in I hr scrap bag of perfectly
good (IreMKea and skirts whose only
fault Is that their hem is not broad
enough lo permit their lowering.
What Im the reason for this radical
change? The women who have been
freed from the tyranny of long sklrffl
are satisfied, and the men moat par
ticularly. Why, then, should the
'Ureasmukers presume to dictate?
I have eeen several women back
from I'arlM and the continent, who
have brought, home skirts that al
most trail dowdy, I call them. I
see nlao an Increasing number of
women who have taken to- the In
expensive and comfortable knickers.
If some auch standardized clothing;
as thl.s con Ifl be brought into general
iifp by pnl. lbs opinion, what a great
saving of tiniG and money would be
made in every home, leuvlng money
for food and culture.
It Is possible, too, that, the men
could make use of a similar uniform
design for their clothes. Nothing
Politician nn Tatslhni,
oil-bluff Hrpt 10 To the Fd
Pur of The otiiiih.i lire Why do we
ulwata use lb dollar in our rout
pariaona? Take lave, for Instance .
-r Interest on our drbis We pay
I hem with product, not with dollnis
til 1 1 7 and HIS vt p.ild mil enure
running eapen.es of t b slats with
about 0 Oil 00 0 tm. dels of wheat,
now It requlie something like 31..
mi'MiUn bushel tn. pay the lull
While Uxee he otilv bten Increased
lo three I. me the eurirr amount In
dollars, In product or adust units
.f effort tha I net en e ha been ten
fold 1
This represent about one-fifth of
Ihe total taxes. That marvelous
code h discovered It It It per rent
that Is stale las. but for many year
we have reckoned It at about one.
fifth. This means thai the total las
I about five llmea the above flguiea
la other words, hi ItlT-lttt about
10 per cent of the wheat crop Would
pay all l.ixc. stale und local, while
now the whole nop reipilted. This
Is hrouKht bo,it by Ihe whlpssw
deflation and low prices on one h ind
und waste and ektravsgance on the
other.
Oi'llar mulching appropriation by
the legislature, following thut of
i iitigiese adiled considerable to local
tue Ko cotigrre and the slate
hsvi added to the iliffli utiles of
county board In keeping down the
lax hutilen. All of whltll eM for
a ihsnge hf men and measures.
(iltANT I.. HIU'MWAY.
AROUND
NEBRASKA
l .iliU'iiy Wwa: In tha g.ioit
itia llitr used to tell It flat tflk
county waa dv, but the dlapsiclie
Would in. In at that they see hav ing
i bant lime keeping t dry under
the I i ii amendment,
W in n lletald. A IHtle mrl went
f ,..in W.iviie 'ti a Ins" tuv i hoot
A l.tte l,.,y ft mil Itetroll hi't'pcnt d
in go tn the same school The two
. ml. lien pursued studies In the e.une
srs.le. The pitla girl took the lea l
in her claiu. The llltle boy siruss'e.1
at lb tail-end The S'rl bright
nnd reflected the tmlnlns of a lite.
..it t .-duti school. The boy did "'
snow th it h. hetroit si hoollng had
ii .ne .i t.rt lb i p In pie. .Ion on him.
The teacher, w ho had m1 a teeord
of Hi- . lii.nli from which ihe ihil
dren had coma, decided ah had
tnde ii il.-.t.ik' tthe thi'ilght III
little gill must h.it ronie from th
hot school of lieiroll. while the lli'l"
I hoy most have come r com the modest
I little town of nt n The tern her
investigated .Hid found that Iter m le
thal recnul was coiie.t To hei
irtt.iyciueni, the htiv had come fiom
I roil . Ihe Kill ftoiu Ustne Th
e.ii her did not know, what luaiiv
people know, that the keenest losli
are developed In tuisl eoiiimiuili Ii
and that th school of town like
Wiiyne in v contribute more to lbs
education of n child than the more
elaborate end pn tentlous j'"iu ef
a gic.it i I'V
AtliMiMiu flrjiphli-: Hume one i h
Seivet lh.it "if tbe average mother
didn't Iriinsact her duties inoie
promptly thin the aveisae couit pi i -fm
ni Its functions, not a single meal
HI Ann i n would ever he ready, and
im! a tblld would gi t to Sihool on
time."
(ienoit l.r.f,. ; The Omuha Hee
sits that while ii ili.rk maid limy
succeed the flapper, that it I a sate
prediction that rhu costume nf the
cannibal Isles will never become pop
ular. However, we l.ellsve we have
"cn losiumea that would makii it
lanmlml blurb.
Kulton Ite'dsler: Holiday's papTe
Illustrated the proposed new Ne
braska slate seal. To us it looks like
a copy of some foreign postage
slatiip. There's only one .thing natu
ral nli. ml it, and that's the buffalo
head, ami In the arrangement Ihe
old-tlnm .Whrsektt animal appears to
be f irliiK tlir attack of a couple of
ptehlsloelc lions It may be an ar
tistic pie of work, hut Isn't in the
slate seal clus now used.
Genoa Lender: There Is great ex
citement up a( Hay HpriiiKS. Home
one plum full of linolch saw a bull
frog suing on a log pi a lake near
that town. The hootch nitiHt have
been a home brew brand, for that
fjotr evidently looked to him as big
as an elephant. Kcared half out of
his wile, he Majrgercri Into town and,
proclaimed that lie had discovered!
Cleaning Prices Reduced
Men's twe ar lhr.. in aiiltt
(le.n.a nf Prettsal ti SO
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at
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