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THE MORNING BEE M O R N 1 N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, Publiaher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Preee. of which The Bee Is a member, ta exclusively entitled to the use for republleatlon of all new* dispatcher credited to It not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republications of our epecial dispatches srs also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: innn Editorial Department. AT lantio 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Famam Co. Bluffs - - - 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N , New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. LOST ADVANTAGES. “One of the unsolvable mysteries to the average layman is the method used by producers of common necessities in maintaining higher prices at the seat • of production than at points scores or even hun dreds of miles away,” says the Wyoming State Tribune. It takes its text from the fact that in Cheyenne and Laramie the cost of gasoline refined in Wyoming is higher than at Fort Collins and other Colorado points. There is a refinery at Laramie and Cheyenne is between the Casper oil fields and Colorado. The system is the same as prevails in the steel trade, where it is known as “Pittsburgh plus.” By this method western buyers of steel are charged with the cost of freight front Pittsburgh, even though the steel is produced in Chicago. A number of western states are engaged in fighting “Pittsburgh plus” be fore the federal trade commission. If an order can be secured abolishing the steel graft, it may have far-reaching effect on similar practices in other lines, all of which are affecting adversely living con ditions in the middlewest. Here in the heart of the productive region the cost of living should be lower than anywhere else in the world. What is it that prevents this? Glance t again at the Colorado towns which buy their gaso line cheaper than Wyoming, where it is produced. There are sugar factories in those towns. Do the inhabitants purchase their sugar cheaper because of that fact? The refiners could, if they wished, give their neighbors a price concession based on the fact that there is no freight charge to get it to them. Yet what happens? Fort Collins and the. other sugar factory towns are forced to pay the regular rate plus what it would cost to ship the sugar to Kansas City and back. Thousands of bags of sugar are produced at four refineries in western Nebraska. There is another as near Omaha as Grand Island. Yet nowhere in Nebraska is sugar sold for less than it could be shipped in from the cane fields of Louisiana. This trade custom is one which moves the Lincoln Star to reply to the slogan, “Buy Nebraska-made sugar” with the question: “If Nebraska consumers are to give Nebraska sugar the preference in their buying, then why shouldn’t the manufacturers of sugar in Nebraska show some consideration for the con sumers?" The eituation is one which is arousing general comment. The Chicago Daily New* publishes the. statement that the “country is honeycombed with similar practices.” Cement, brick, butter, flour and innumerable other commodities, though produced next door to the consumer in a Nebraska town cost him as much as if they were shipped in from the nearest big center of production. The higher freight rates are. the higher the prices, even though goods are not shipped. If “Pittsburgh plus" is a tax on jponsumers, so are there many others of similar kind. ?The condition is one that hampers the whole middle west, removing as it does most of the advantage of being close to a source of supply. SOUTH DAKOTA ADVERTISES. The jangling notes of a brass band, blaring away on a strident tune, the garish dress of feather-be decked Indians, the loosely worn chaparejos of some modern cowboys, filled the streets of the city with a bit of diversion from the ordinary and accustomed noises of down-town traffic. It was a reminder of a day that is gone. The frontier has vanished, the cowboy and the Indian both have cut their hair, and the present only sees an imitation of what the past knew as its daily dish. Yet that is all the promoters claim for it, a show to keep alive some of the glories of the real frontier. Back of it is a deeper and more worthy motive. These people from White River have something to sell, and they are going about in a most effective manner to get public notice. No, it is not the wild west show and the Indian dances that are daily dis played at the town by men who know the business Ihoroughly. That is the part that most of the visi tors will note, and it is well worth the trouble of any of those who did not know the cowboy in his heyday. What these enterpriaing and enthusiastic promoters really are trying to do is to direct atten tion to the fact that they live in one of the best rections of a fertile farming empire, and desire set tlers to develop the region. Maybe they have picked a poor time, when farm ing is at such a low ebb of prosperity, but they also know their business. Steadily the number of people in the world is increasing, and each day sees more mouths open for food than the yesterday beheld. Farms and farmers are the basis, the foundation of society, and these business men of White River know they have a good thing to offer. Indiana and cow boys are merely the outside wrappers on the package. SHOWING RAILROAD CURVES. When Baron Haussmann, under the Second em pire, set about to remodel Paris, he proceeded with n directness that gained him everlasting fame. Laying down a map of the city, he located the cen ter and then drew lines as straight as a ruler could make them, designating the avenues and boulevards for which the French capital is renowned. While Hausmann may have had in mind the military necessity of a proper defense of the emperor against his subjects, he did set a precedent that immediately became popular with American railroad map makers. The Union Pacific has just put out a folder that departs from this time honored practice. So far as is possible on a map of the United States, thirty inches across, the deviations from the air line are shown. Curves and bends suggest how the lay of the land and the location of the town require the roud to bend. Yet everybody at all familiar with the facts knows that the Union Pacific owns some magnificent tangerrts. E. H. Harriman plowed back a good many millions of earnings into the work of eliminating curves, reducing grades, and the like, and he shortened the distance from one end of the road to the other materially. If the Lake Shore be excepted, no other road in the coun try has as Httlo reason for hesitating to show its runes on the map as does the Union Pacific, and after all, Hogarth drew a curve as the line of beauty. •REMEMBER THE MAINE." The death of Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., will recall to the minds of many in a most vivid manner some of the things that agitated the world a quarter of a century ago. February 15, 1898, the battleship Maine, of which vessel Charles D. Sigsbee was captain, was blown up in the harbor of Havana. A war between the United States and Spain had slowly been coming on; friction over the Spanish government of Cuba and other islands in American waters, the last of the great empire in the New World, had endangered peace for many years, culminating in a great rebellion in Cuba, which was bfgun in the early 90s, and continued in guerilla form until the United States was deeply impressed with the necessity of intervention. Negotiations were in progress, under President McKinley, who had inherited the problem from the Cleveland administration, and hopes were enter tained that an adjustment would be reached without resort to arms on our part. Weyler’s course in Cuba had incensed Americans, as well as humane persons generally throughout the world, and had added to the difficulties in the way of a peaceful solution of the vexed problem. When the Maine went to Havana it was on a peaceful mission, the quiet visit of a vessel of this country to the port of another with which we were on friendly terms. The mystery that surrounds the explosion on the Maine is buried many fathoms deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where the bones of the old vessel lie, after she was raised and removed because of constituting an obstruction to Havana harbor. Captain Sigsbee was relieved of his command, and lost the promotion and post that would have been his, but the fate of his ship wrote a new and entirely creditable page in the history of the American people. Cuba was freed, Porto Rico was taken over, the freedom of the Philippine Islands was purchased, and Spain stepped forever from the stage as a world power. Civilization is advanced, because the Re public of Cuba has succeeded an island principality, maintained as a source of revenue and grossly mis governed by Spanish grandees; Porto Rico is being developed under the Stars and Stripes, and savage Moros and Tagalogs are learning the ways of peace and industry, because Uncle Sam has been school master over there for two dozen years. Sigsbee will not be forgotten, neither will the Maine, nor Dewey or Sampson or Schley; and, as Clark said at Santiago: “Don’t cheer, boys, the poor devils are dying!” Montejo and Cervera deserve re membrance, because they did what they could for the country of their allegiance. THE BURGLAR’S WIFE ’’Somebody has to weigh the coal,” said the man to the committee, after being informed that his partner in the fuel business had joined church and he was asked to follow suit. Among savage and civ ilized man alike, the male has been the hunter, the warrior, the bread winner. The feminine half of the sketch was not supposed to ask any questions about the source of the provender her mate brought to the family larder. She prepared it for the pot or the frying pan, and they partook, sometimes to gether, sometimes tandem. Now comes a break in a practice as old as the world. A wife at Kansas City looks askance upon her husband’s vocation, or, maybe it is merely his avocation. He, it seems, is an industrious, hard working bandit, who has gathered in considerable quantities of select and valuable loot, through the simple process of sticking a large pistol agsinst the person of an unsuspecting pedestrian, or within the bosom of a family where the sanctity of the home has been invaded by lawless intruders. This he car ried home, not to put into the pot, but to be ex changed for something that can be cooked. One family has received through the mail a package of stuff atolen in a bandit raid, accompanied by this note: "To the Goudles: I am sending this stuff back to you as I do not want my husband to make a living for myself and family in such a manner Hoping this ends the matter, I remain. "Wife of Bandit No. 1." Such wives, according to Solomon, are worth something, “for her price is far above rubies,” and he goes on: "The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.” If the husband in this case will only be guided by the spirit of his good wife, there will be one bandit less and one honest workman more in Kansas City, where they have a surplus of the one and a dearth of the other. Yet, ve recall the lament of Bobbie Bums, when telling of Tam O’Shanter’s waywardness: "Ah, gentle damee, it gars me greet To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony wholesome, sage advice* The husband from the wife despises.” Serge Voronoff has set up a big farm in Africa to breed chimpanzees, that he may have a steady supply of superior glands for the rejuvenation of reluctant elderly persons. Yet mankind generally will continue to accept the verdict of nature. Captain Jack Pzsanowski rules that policemen must wear their badges on their chests, hut not lower than the heart. What is one to do whose chest has gone below his waist line? One good thing about Colorado is that the ground most stands at auch an angle that it doesn’t take long to drain off the results of the average cloud burst. When ten bottles out of twelve get broken in transit, it looks as if some rareleas packing had been done. State Food Inspector Zacek will testify that the federal rum sleuths in Omaha are vigilant. Maughan certainly is some flyer. Homespun Verse —Hjr Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie TRUE GREATNE8S. I alius flggered greatness ns common as a straw An' rather looked with pity upon the ones 1 saw A struttln' round Ilk# monarch#, their heads high In the nlr As If they thought no squat w»* livin' anywhere An' slnr# I've done some trampin' about this world, an' met With every Sort of creature thals been created yet I've come to the conclusion that what I thought wa# true The biggest men le oftentimes the smallest feller, too. The violet thnt graces the valley like s gem, Reminds me of nobility upon e little stem. An' so I've come with reason, where'er mv path has led. To Jedge a feller by hla heart an never l>y hia head. “From State and -Nation99 Editorials from other newspapers. No “Back to the Farm" Movement. From the Aurora Republican. No amount of propaganda by farm clubs or business organizations will ever produce a “back to the farms" movement. Economic conditions and nothing else will fletermine the number of people who go in for farm ing. If conditions are such that the farmer can make an honest living, without slaving his entire life' away, and at the same time enjoy some of the conveniences of modern life, then will people of intelligence and ability be found tilling the farms. We think that such is and has been the case in Nebraska and adjoining states. Ne braskans need not be greatly con cerned over a flocking of people* to the cities. A drive through any section of the state will reveul broad and fertile acres, farmed by modern methods and dotted with prosperous looking farmsteads. These splendid farms will not be left to the shiftless and unintelligent as long as farming yields a reward commensurate with the in telllgent efTort expended upon them. If economic conditions become such that the intelligent citizen can no longer earn a fair living by farming, there will still be no scarcity of farm ers. As has already happened in some sections of the eastern states, the ambitious and progressive will seek other occupations, the dull and plodding will remain on the farms or find their way to them. With re turning prosperity and better prices, we believe there Is no danger of such a movement in the large middleweat. Community Drama an Inspiration. From the Fargo Tribune. The Cavalier county cant of "David Harum" which attracted widespread Interest at the Community building at ihe fair during the last few days was not merely entertainment. It furnishes an illustration of the striking ing results that can be obtained from providing a community with a whole some medium of expression. If "David Harum" could be given in every community in the state, and If each community would thereby he inspired to go and do likewise, a void In many (a country community would be adequately tilled. North Dakota is blessed more than are many other states with a country life laboratory at the state college which ha-s Inspired communities of the state with the truth that the color, romance and Inspiration from drama can be supplied easily from among the community folks them selves Social starvation, and the lack of social contacts which stunt the development of many communi ties can under enthusiastic local lead ership lead to a fine and healthful stimulation through the medium of the community hall or theater. Scores of plays are available which can be given by home talent In any community, and which can he supple mented by other feature# of entertain ment to give community folks a me dium of expression, and opportunity to And themselves and thereby build up a satisfying community spirt*. Boys' and girls’ clubs are doing a splendid work In North Dakota to keep the best of the young people on the farms Community halls, wisely directed, are furnishing keen enjoy ment In scores of localities, nnd ar* bringing the wholesome effect of good clean drama to thousands of people A community to he sattsAed needs stimulation for the finer Instincts, and good comedy, a play with a theme close to the hearts of the people. In which the people of a community can take part themselves. Is one of the satisfying means of expression for these instinct*. "David Harum” at the fair was * succeas. So were the other feature* at the Community building If the same Idea could he planted Into every community in the state, a great need and craving would be satisfied May the I.lttle Country thea-er idea spread still mope In North Dakota. What Is a Dog* From th* Chicago Herald■ Ktrmlne The woman who wanted an exrmp tion in her income tax on account of her dog. because tt was a "depen dent." knows as little about dogs as she does Rbout Income tax regula tlonc. A good dog Is not a dependent TTe earn* his way. And a dog which Is dependent Is no good a# a dog A dog that earns his way does tt Daily Prayer ’ T* srs not rtd«cra»d with corruptibl* thine* but with th* pr*f*lou« blond of <’hrl*t"—1 Ptt»r Oh God, we would come to The*, with reverence nnd fear, for Thou art great in majesty nnd holiness. yet with confidence and love, for Thou art our Heavenly Father. Thou hast re deemed ua with a great sacrifice. For give um tor having tunned against Thee A* Thy children Thou dost desire us 1 to he holy, that we may he like Thee. Help us not to thwart or disappoint Thee in Thy gracious* deal re* and pur pose* Cleanse uh from all pin. Have up from pride and unbelief and self will, ffom evil temper* ami everything , that is low and no an. Make ua gen erous and forgiving. Perfect in tie Thy love. Reveal In us Thy Hon Fill ua with Thy Spirit. Dwell Thou in our hearts Beautify ua with Thy Sal vation until wo shall Indeed l • lights pi the world. Have and sanctify our roved ones. Oh may not one lift up a rebellioufl spirit against Thee, or he indifferent toward Thee! Have merc y upon the nations and peoples of the world. Pity them that are mapped in spiritual darkness nnd Ignorance Comfort them that mourn and ire broken-heartrd. Hind up and heal the hurts made by sin snd wrong Over throw oppressors Outwit evildoers Incline the heart* of hII men to re calve Thy Hon as Savior and l/c»rd, to love Thy law. to do Thy will, to work for Justice nnd truth, that Th> hits* cl kingdom of righteousness snd peace may speedily come nnd fill the whole ssrth. / In HI* nti ■ things Amen Miss gvA U**oT1T S»w York «"It v. N f NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Juno, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 72,799 Sunday. 77,783 poa» not Inaluda raturna. laft j nvara. aamplag m* papaya apollad In 1 printing and Includat no apaaial t I B. BREWER. G<*n. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. $uba< ribad and iworn In Laima mm this 7th day of July. 1023. i j W II QUIVF.Y, 1 (Saall Notary Public The battl© between the Sioux raid er* and the Pawnee hunters In Au gust. 1874. created a decided furore In Nebruska. Yesterday we published th#» first account, as It run in The Omaha Her? on the evening of Au Kimt k and today we have h more detailed version of the affair, con tained In a special dispat'h printed opj the evening of August 0; "FIRTHER DETAILS OF THE HI T( HERV.” Wpfclal DiHpRirb to The Omaha Bfe. Kearney Junction, Aug 9.—"The following particulars of the tight be tween the Pawnee and Hioux tribes have been received; The battle oc curred about 12 ndltn above French man's fork in the Itepubhean valley. The Pawnees h*d prepared that day for a big buffalo hunt. The Sioux, being evidently aware of this, strip ped their ponies, and distributed them around on thet adjoining hills to lead the Pawnees to believe them to be buffaloes; and also drove a small herd toward the Pawnee camp: whereup on the best of the Pawnee warriors started out for the buffalo and the Sioux immediately attacked the camp, where there were but a few squaws and warriors. "They succeeded in killing about 50 squaws before the return of the war riors, and a desperate fight commenc ed. The Pawnees, stung to frenzy by the loss of their squaws, fought like demons, but being greatly at a dis advantage In numbers and arms, were soon compelled to l>eat a retreat. They fled to the river and crossed, and the Sioux gave up the chase. "The Sioux numbered about 730 and the Pawnees only about 250. The Pawnees lost everything- they had, Including the robe* and meat of about 500 buffalo. They also lost about 100 warriors and 150 ponies. The Sioux lost but 30 warriors. The Sioux were what Is known as the Whistler Isind, under a chief named Snow Flock, the successor to old Whistler. "A young gentleman named Platf, from P,altlmore, who was out on the hunt with the Pawnees, was cap tured but eoon after released The soldiers from Fort McPherson ar rived soon after the fight and drove the Sioux back to their reservation." by lielng a dog. not a parasite. No body knows how many thousands of years ago the dog decided to come in and take bis chance with man, buf he did It deliberately and has never regretted It. Neither lias man. The dog has made good, and he always will If he gets a fair show, and hasn't all his spirit and euger ness either bred out of him or petted out of him. The normal dog doesn't expect a fat woman to sit by him and h"ld ice on his nose because "Fido gets so warm these days." He doesn't expect it. and he has to learn to like tt. wants to run errands, and look after the kids, and fight anybody that doesn't treat his people right. He lik'-s to carry a basket to the grocery and help to earn his bone. Dependent? A real good dog is the head of his family Take Off The Crepe. From th* Wayne Herald. One of the richest farming sections in Nebraska, where an unusually high order of Intelligence snd fine citizen ship prevails, is in the dumps over a bank failure and the consequent losses and hardships. For a few year peo ple over borrowed, and tbs bank w as too lilieral in extending credit. Finally th* lid was clamped down tightly. Back of money compelled refusal of loans to perfectly solvent institutions. Channels of business were obstructed. The bank struggled to make collec tions and retain its f< ding. Damon and Pythias were no more loyal to each other than were the people of this community to the totter ing bonk. But their fidelity and sacri fices were not equal to the giant task. The bank failed Then the spirit of the people sank and flagged. Now they think snd tnlk too much of thiar losses—a state of mind that, though in a measure inevitable, spreads unwholesome gloom end hinders Important reconstruction. Hard as 111 fortune and financial re verses may be to bear, they can be remedied quickest bv lo- klng ahead instead of t»ehlnd. planning the fu ture Instead of bemoaning the past, resolutely salvaging the wreck and undertaking the work of rebuilding on n sound foundation One of the best farming spots In the state should not tarry in dark despair The best service one could render the community would lie to persuade Its people to hasten the funeral, bury the dead, put away the graveclolhs, remove the crepe and trv to forget, radiating the spirit of hope and cour sge rather than breathing the effluv ium of foreboding hobgoblins and blue devds. Bet the people fix their minds on a rising sun, n new day, gglow with promise CHICAGO / p.*A. 9 0 ^ke j oacUJkeeLs‘M “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” editorial from readers of The Mornlnp Bee Readera ef The Mernln* Bee are Invited to uae this column freely for expression on matters ot publto Interest. Wheal liaising and I .and Value*. Geneva, Neb—To the Editor of The Omaha liee: As the price of wheat falls in value, so just in the same proportion does the value of farm lands of the wheat belt fall in value per acre. Can land owners afford to allow this process to go on any longer? Good business judgment would indicate a most emphatic no. When a business concern finds that it ill producing more than can be con sumed at a good and profitable price, steps are taken at once to reduce the production. Ho Just in the same way there must he less wheat produced in North America if the wheat growers desire a better price per bushel for their wheat crops. It Is because of the utter ruin which ultimately faces the wheat growers of North America, If present condi tions are to continue, that I presume to suggest the following remedy: For the 1924 wheat crop the acreage must be reduced 50 per cent at least. This will have ihe effect of not only doubling the value per bush si of the 1924 crop when harvested, but it will Increase the value of the 1923 crop 50 per cent as soon as It is known that only a half crop of wheat is to he planted for 1924, If these conditions can be brought about the values of our farm lands In the wheat belt, which are becom ing dangerously low, will raise at least from 25 to 50 per cent of their present values. The farmers who are heavily in debt, and most of them are, will then, through the double process of the raise of values, be able to begin to pay off their debts, or at least sell off a portion or all of their land at a fair price, and soon the farm land will be operated on a more sound financial basis. The farming- classes will then become great consumers of manufactured products of all kinds. If. however, their present condition Is to continue through a number of year*, they will lie forced to spend all of their earn ings in getting a scant living and in terest and taxes; there will be noth ing in store for them and other larger bodies of American people hut disappointment and hardship. To carry out a plan of this sort will require an immense amount of publicity and an organization on a township unit basis. Gand owners must see by this time that profitless wheat crops on their farms not only runs their farms down in repair and improvements, but the sals value of their land falls correspondingly, or there Is no sale* value at any price. So why could not wheat growers In every township of the wheat bell of North America organize to cut the 1924 crop acreage 60 per cent? The plan would be to lake the 1923. or normal acreage, in each township, di vide it by two. and then apportion to each grower wheat acreage in propor tion to the amount of lard owned. The organization must be a strong one. and each grower must be bound by contract and penalty not to exceed the acreage allotted. If this plant for the 1924 crop can be carried out. the surpluses from previous crop* can l>e so reduced and gotten out of the way at a fair price, such drastic action will not bs neces sary for the 1915 crops I do not believe the American pub lie egpftits she American farmer, just Ji»- ause lie is a fool farmer, to con duct his business so as to continue to lose money. If the farmers cannot prosper, who else can prosper? It Is the privilege of the wheat growers to raise wheat at a good profit or not at *U. and I hope that wheat grow ers and land owners as classes are not so wrapped up in individual sel fishness os not to be willing to co operate when their most selfish busi ness interests depends upon it. There will be some problem* to he worked out In the use of th4*e aban doned wheat lands for the year 1924. but they will be small as compared with the problems of the ■< ntinued overproduction of wheat and the con tin ted f iM of our .igri' dtural land values through^ cheap wh«.i! WAKD T. DKMING. Does Ur) an Favor State Insurance? Omaha—To the Editor of Tin j Omaha Hee With ”5 cent hogs in4 70 cent w heat" and 116 a day fog c:cht hours labor for bricklavers and plasterer* with a low maximum pro ductlon fiule for the day, we aro is Indeed facing a condition where I ai* glad thp Insurance business is ready to come out in the open and thresh out the Iseuea without any setting of traps. Since a poor little minnow would not get anywhere barking at a man ".sting shark I am glad to omit peg (tonalities anti get right down to wha$ will reach the fair-minded public. "Thrice armed is he who has big quarn-I just," and the policy of smoth ering the facts is too old fashioned to appeal to business minds todayl $7,708,956 in premiums for stock corn pany fire Insurance In Nebraska fot 1922 and losses paid against this ol $5,113,813, or 56 per cent, leaving 3« per cent for all expense of business, commissions to soliciting agents, rents, supplies, collection and tm various taxes and fees loaded on ths business. This does not compare un favorably with the percentage of e* pense and profit f^ured in any merchantlle line or in the pereentaga we pay for the wheat when It reaches us as bread. Still I say that the cost of Insurance can be reduced by propel methods. But the remedy is not s<> cialistic state insurance. When I catch myself thinking everj one else a crook I kick myself fog tear it might be my mind is getting warped. If figures submitted by in surarice companies and checked bj public officials are wrong we ought to turn the government over to the saints Methods of rating fire risk* are business methods and can b* demonstrated to any fair-minded per son Adoption of such promulgated rates Is essential to the solvency of the companies and combination to maintain higli rates is violation of law Indiscriminate Ignoring of adequate rates is financial suicide for a company. Coercion by a loan agent is violation of law, report it to your public servants. In Mr. Green's letter to the "Peo ples Voice" column he cites the cost of tax collection but he fails to in clude the expense of assessment, equalization, the town and county ’reasurers. To this Insurance right fully must charge selling cost, heavy taxes and many items that tannot * be eliminated. An authoritative statement from Governor Bryan that he advocated state insurance and would support it would clarify the atmosphere. Social ism has made little real headway in the last 40 years Socialists them selves have given us no fullv worked out Bvetem for this paternalism and it comes down to the proposition of saving if state insurance is good then state newspaper*, state labor or penal servitude including the indus try of agriculture, all directed and con trolled by the slate. Competition entirely- eliminated and thrift and brains of no greater personal value than idiocy and profligacy. The attack on one line of business from this angle is an attack on every hne of Initiative and enterprise ar.d the perfection of the theory a eo*di-j tion where each citizen would get his faily f - d. his weekly allotment of clean clothes <if cleanliness was not abandoned) his replacement of out fit. his daily paper, his movie tickets, his chewing and smoking (perhaps) from the state commissary and his I Abe Martin »X^ I There’s lots o’ maddenin' thing*, but havin’ somebuddy on th’ curb tellin' us how t’ back out is th’ worn. Miss Opa! Moots, who’* been clerkin’ in th’ New Palace hotel cigar stand, has quit ’cause she couldn’ learn th’ ropes. fCopyrlght. 1321.1 .cssignment to production, schooling religious worship and other permitted activities from the lord high mar shal of the bolsheviks. We have state hail-fund insurance and I am (re!iably Informed that a loss was recently allowed a subscriber for hessian fly damage by the hail Insurance adjuster to be paid for out of the assessments on the farmer* to provide indemnity against lose from hail damage. Call* it a truat If you don't know any better, but every citizen and every voter has his own idea aj* to 'he trusts that are * peratlve to make the cost of living high and my own opinion is that there arc some tariff fottered trusts that are some burden and you can't say that the tariff in league with insurance prices HENRY H. IjOVELT, Says Forget If. Omaha Is thinking of having an other exposition. The Kearney Hub wants Omaha to forget !t But Omaha never forgot anything.—York New* Times. T_J AVE The Omaha ! Morning Bee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. 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