TIIK BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1914.
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Note the striking superiority of The Bee's
special war news service.
Old Pluvlus reminds us once more that the
rain descends on the Just.
Spies are shot on the theory, no doubt, that
"a dead man tells no tales."
It's B-poor war that doesn't give both aides
periodic occasions for rejoicing.
Another urgent need Omaha must soon look
to Is enlargement of Its storni sewers.
"Marry tn or I'll shoot," demands a Kansas
City woman. Now what's the poor man to do?
Omaha's gentle ball team has gone to Den
ver to beard the bear In his lair and here is
hoping better luck.
Sniping Is Just as bad by any other name;
and likewise it la just as bad in a Belgium town
as it was in Vera Cruz.
Well, if Bordeaux also succeeds Paris as the
fashion center, it cannot do much worse by us
than Gay Paree has done.
The next notable event to occur is the Mo
bonk peace conference, which will tell us how
to put the war devil out of business.
China serves notice that, owing to the war,
it will be unable to participate Ln the Ran Fran
cisco exposition, evidently believing a poor ex
cuse better than noes.
The Turk resents the innlnuatlon that his
people are not civilized or suffer onore frequent
lapses to force and brutality than their critics.
Since when did the Turk become so sensitive?
As the Boston Transcript suggests, the most
patriotic thing the London militants could do
now would be to go on a hunger strike. But
there ia the perversity of womanhood, .you
know.
Considering the circumstances, the country la
getting along tolerably well without those re
serve banks, and perhaps it would be the part
of wisdom to avoid Injecting a new element of
uncertainty by taking plenty of . time before
putting them ln operation. '
The war is a seductive subject for letterwrlt-
ers, and we welcome their contributions to our
letterbox. But still space limits require ab
brevlatlon, so we again ssk our correspondents
to make their letters short and to the point,
and not to try to put everything on their minds
ln one letter.
. Colonel Roosevelt devoted his speech In New
Orleans exclusively to Mississippi river improve
ments. He said nothing about over-weighted
southern representation in progressive party
national conventions nor about the dlsfran
chisement of the blacks by poll taxes and grand
father clauses. There's a reason! The prog res
alvea ln Louisiana are trying to make thorn
selves a Illy-white party in flagrant defiance of
the principle of no color discrimination, which
the colonel has been preaching all his life.
The special attraction of tha state fair' waa a
speech by General Benjamin F. Uutler. The guest waa
met at Council Bluffs by a committee of the peoples
party constating of Colonel fc y. Kmythe and Dr. F.
Lewis. II was then the candidate of the labor party
tor president.
One of the monkeys from a sideshow at the fair
(rounds ifot looee, and In the -evening; paid a visit
to the residence of J. D. Kustln.
Daniel E. lianrfmann presented "Hamlet" at the
Academy of Music, lie Has supported by Miss
Jjouise UaudcL
The women of the First alethodlst Episcopal
cnurch gave a sociable in honor of their pastor. Rev
C. "VV. 8avlde. Mrs. K. C. IL Lounsberv. Mr..
Hawver, Mis Kdlth Dann and Miss Kobinaon con
tributed musical nu.nbtrs. The congregational also
adopted resolutions asking the conference "to return
iirotntr bavuge to stive via another year,
It took a ten-inning game fur the St. Pauls to pull
oui a victory over ttie I'p.lun I'acir.cea by t to 2.
in xne newroster of the KuiaMa of Pythias grand
lodge are these Omaha names: E. E. French grand
keeper of the aeal; "Auguet-iiootuue. .grand Inner
guard; J. J. Mor.rll. Jr., and J. 8. Shropshire murems
f-ipresrntatii ts.
The Baying Mr. Bey.
The good Mr. A. RtiHtem Hey, Turkish am
bassador to the United States, evidently has
been undone by the excitement of the war. The
report of England's suggestion that American
warships In Ottoman seas might serve to" sup
press apprehended antl-Chrlstlan uprisings, ap
parently has capped the climax of his nervous
tonalon.
"I will permit myself to say," observes the
agitated Turk, and the license he thereupon ac
cords his discretion la really remarkable for a
diplomat. He sees ln It all merely a subterfuge
by the wily John Bull to lure our good Uncle
Sam Into the war on the side of the allies.
Generously he warns the unsophisticated
Yankees against It. For this, of conrse, we are
grateful. Without the warning our govern
ment doubtless would have rushed pellmell into
the war. But the baying of Mr. Bey does not
stop there. With the massacres that have ','1
cannot, unfortunately, deny" occurred in Tur
key, he compares negro lynchlngs in America
and the wafer cure ln the Philippines.
The tirade of the Hon. Bey" Is chiefly amus
ing, as far as Its Influence goes- Turkey deserve
sympathetic consideration for being represented
at Washington by such an unbalanced diplomat.
Holding for Top Prices.
It Is notorious that comparatively little of
bin year's small grain crop has been moved to
he market, and that a much larger proportion
than usual remains In the hands of the produc
ers who are manifesting no haste to part with
it. Our old friend, Edgar Howard, denounces
grain gambling, whether perpetrated by Board
of Trade operators or by farmers holding for
ton-botch prices. But Hoard of Trade
plunging Is done on margins, and Is gambling
pure and pimple, while holding the real grain on
a rising market Is at worst merely a business
speculation. If somebody Is going to make a
snug profit out of the increase in value, the
farmer who raises the crop is certainly entitled
to take his ahead of the elevator man or grain
broker, If he can get It and this time he is ln
position to get it.
A Spur for the Simplified Life.
The Bee commented the other day upon the
effect of the war's stoppage of foreign imports,
forcing fashions ln wearing apparel to conform
to simpler materials. ' Along the same line Col
lier's Weekly suggests that cutting off many
foreign drugs and edibles may make for saner
eating and exercise and less medicine. "The
war may be for many of us," it says, "a valu
able compulsory discipline in personal hygiene,
start toward better living."
This Is merely an'other way of expressing the
same thought that the agitation for a return
to the simpler life has enlisted a new and pow
erful advocate and will help people to carry out
good Intentions which they could not before
quite bring theniHelves to. It Is well to re
member, however, that the simple life does not
mean hoarding or deprivation, or even spend
ing less money, but in spending It on things
that give comfort and enjoyment rather than
on crass display, freak fashions and over-indulgence
conducive to discomfort and physical suf
fering the morning after.
Diversified .Earning for the South.
The latest scheme for relieving the cotton
situation of the south Is known as the "buy a
bale of cotton" movement, launched at Atlanta.
Three hundred public spirited Georgians started
the campaign by buying a bale apiece, to set
the example for as many persons as will in
every town and city of the south boy a b' a'
10 cents a pound direct from the planter and
tore It in a warehouse for one year.
So far as it goes, this may prove a' palli
ative, but after all, it is In no sense a cure. The
paralysis In which the cotton Industry of Dixie
finds Itself was produced, Immediately, by the
war of Europe closing up the channels of ex
port trade, yet other underlying causes enter
Into the conditions with which the southern
people have to deal. They have raised this
year one of the biggest cotton crops on record.
Normally prices would have been good, but, aV
normally, everything Is against them.
While It might not effect a complete cure
for cotton growers over night the solution of
the trouble, It seems to us, Is simply a greater
diversification of farming. Let the southern
planter learn a lesson such as northern farmers
have learned and turn attention to some sup
plementary crop besides cotton. To be sure, the
south has Increased its corn production some
what of late, but not enough; nor has It In
creased its production of fruit and other staples
as much as it might. The south has rather too
readily yielded to the old temptation Just to
raise cotton.
Bumping Price Boosters.
t'nder conditions now existing throughout the
world, capltalliatl in of misfortune and oppression of
our own people by the arbitrary Increase of the prices
of foodstuffs, are so peculiarly reprehensible that,
whenever convictions can be obtained, the government
will Insist upon sentences of Imprisonment no fine
or civil remedy will be deemed adequate.
This statement by the new attorney general
In prosecuting charges of price-fixing under the
Sherman antl-truat law, will find a responsive
echo from every fair-minded man ln the coun
try. It is interesting to note the Indictment by
a federal grand Jury of thirty-one accused food
price manipulators at Washington.
What the consumers are interested in is in
seeing, for once, the law seriously enforced
against conspiracies to advance the coat of liv
ing by artificial means. The statement could
not be put ln more succinct form than the
above by Attorney General Gregory. The capi
talization of misfortune and oppression for per
sonal profit Is simply not to be countenanced
if it can be prevented.
The highest vote cast for any one of the three
constitutional amendments printed on the re
cent primary ballot is in round figures 51,000
and the lowest 4 5,000. But being majorities in
each instance the amendments will go on the
official ballot ln November with the benefit of
the party label, and will be counted in by force
of tb party circje votes. In other words, three
more amendments have been written into the
Nebraska state constitution by less than 20 per
cent of the voters.
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ment. OMAHA, Sept. 7-To the F.dltor of The
pre: Working men would be ready to
f I it tit If they wtre told, seriously, that
thry should make an effort to secure their
own disfranchisement on the grounds
that the ballot la of no value to them.
Working men regard a the sheerest folly
the Idea thSjt their employers, who profit
by long hours and low wages, are more
capable of representing' working men than
working men are capable of represent
ing themselves, fihould any lawmaker
have the temerity to propose that the
ballot be taken away from men and men
be placed In as helpless a position as
working women, the result would be that
after tha next election the lawmaker
could not be foend his epitaph would be:
"Burled by the 'Ballots of Free Men."
The twenty-nine conratlon lawyers and
corporation henchmen who have or
ganlerl to fight women are afraid to meet
women on an equal footing; they want
to reserve for themselves the strongest
and most powerful weapon the vote.
A gallant band of brave men fighting
women with both hands while women
have ono hand their voting hand tied
behind them. VIOLA KAUFMAN.
A Bohemian Viewpoint.
WII.BF.R, Neb., Sept. 7. -To the Editor
of The Bee: In a communication sent by
me to one of our Nebraska editors a few
days ago, I stated that a soldier of any
nation, who Is flirhtlng In a battle against
the enemy and who Is sent to kill his fel
lowmen. Is no "tenderfoot" and himself
facing death at all times, la apt to resort
to brutality and atrocities which ln time
of peace he would resent and abhor to the
limit. Tour norrespondent, Mr. Matt
Hpader, states that he regrets that the
German soldier is pictured in the news
papers of today as a savage and deplores
the unnamable Ilea that slip In print about
the atrocities of the German army and he
calls such statements trash coming from
lying England and France.
I could not help to think how easily his
statement Is refuted by the article on the
first page of The Bee headed. "Louvaln
Horrors Told by a Victim,' to say nothing.
of all other eye witnesses. It is useless to
try to shield a soldier of any of the war
ring nations In such a war, and It Is piti
ful to have a man call others liars when
ho himself Is overcome with race preju
dice and falls In his statement to adhere
to truth. Mr. Spader says America should
be grateful to Germany lor furnishing her
quota of men who fought valiantly for the
preservation of this union, but he forgets
that all other nations were represented In
the line of battle for this same Just cause.
Further let me call attention to a corre
spondence in same Issue of The Bee,
signed D. 8. Thla man, whatever may be
his name, aays, among other things, that
there Is a strong national feeling among
the Slavs against Austrian, Hungarian
and German governments, tinder which
they live, but he falls to explain why
auch feeling exists. He either does not
care to explain or Is ignorant of the facta
In question.. Perhaps he does not know,
for Instance, that the once kingdom of
Bohemia waa forced by prolonged wars
with her enemies, and after the loss of
the best blood of her nation, to Involun
tarily become part of the German Austria,
and that In Prague, the capital city of
Bohemia, for over a century the Bo
hemian language was forbidden to be
spoken In public and that all schools and
public affairs were conducted In the Ger
man language, and that It was not until
after a prolongeu protest and hard na
tional struggle that the Bohemian lan
guage was lukewarmly reinstated In the
Austrian courts.
Mr. D. 8. also states broadly that In
the same city no Qerman signs or notices
sre tolerated. In the year 1871, when I
last visited the city of Prague, there were
more German than Bohemian signs In the
city and the American visitors returning
from that city In recent years will un
doubtedly testify that German signs and
literature la still plentifully found In thla
Bohemian capital. I personally know that
all portofflce and all official seals and
many of the legal documents are expres
sive of both of the languages.
Let me kindly ask Mr. D. S. how the
Russian, Bohemian or other Slavic signs
and literature would fare ln Berlin or any
other German city, and would he have the
courage to explain how the majority of
the Hermans love the Slavs? I do not
wish to entertain any race prejudice and
it men living under the neutral stars and
stripes of united America should bury
race hatred promptly. I number among
my friends many Germans and think as
much of them as I do of my friends of alt
other nationalities, but I cannot calmly
read assertions wrongfully published
against any man, men or nation.
Mr. D. S. Truthfully states that the
ancient Slavs were people mostly devoted
to agriculture and averse to war,- bat
when he says that the Slavs were the
last people to enter the sphere of modern
civilisation he Is laboring under a delu
slon and misapprehension, unless he con
siders the modern warfare and sharp
practice as such a sphere. I may only
quote that history shows that the Univer
sity of Prague, Bohemia, established In
13 was considered one of the greatest
and foremost schools of learning, and be
Ing magnificently endowed, brought for
eigners to It from every part of the world
and It waa here where the Germans and
other nationalities obtained their benefi
cent early education.
Neutrality of the American people In
these conflicts should be upheld in thw
greatest measure. The correspondents on
these subjects should be honest and brlna
a "square deal" Judgment In their utter
ances for all nations and above all let us
uphold our government In Its great efforts
for peace and good will toward all peoples
or the earth. JOHN F. SPIRK.
The herculean task of modern warfare U for
the field censor and the official press agent at
headquarters to make their accounts tally.
Walt ill Se.
Houston Post.
"Is this free America, or ia this Ra
slaT" asks the Omaha Bee. We are
possession of Information that wouM
able ua to answer this ouarv rrnr.i.i.
but we can not, can not violate a sacred
commence. w refuse to answer.
fwaeoltasr thi Strlekea.
New Tork World.
Automobile tires will cost more by
Son of tha iknrlan nt om
to the suspension of Imports. MolorUta
coin. io recera ure as one d charge
aftsr another. But at least the American
motorist runs ao risk of having- his
requlattloned for military uses.
w.i.rim nitte: One thlnr that the primary re
sults locally reveal Is that It Is about aa easy for
members of one party to control, or seek to control,
the nominations of the opposite party under the pri
mary system aa undr-r the "old plan. The principal la
the same,, and both are a subversion of the spiru. u
not the letter, of the law, for It is intended that each
party shall nominate Its own candidates, wnen u
rnmea to election one has a right to vote for tne
man. but In the primary each one Is supposed to vote
for his party ticket.
tik- Th ahnrt hallot faddists assume
that public of flclals barring a few higher up-can
be picked by experts better than tney can De cnosen
by the people. How about HT
T-nun niv Times-Indenendent: The short ballot
nmnnaiiion la mnr fa receive a lot of attention from
the hands of the legislature this winter. The proposl-
. A i.
tlon will be to do away witn mosi or xne siaie m
o. .ni hava them anontnted by the governor, and
enact the recall on the governor. Then. Instead of
voting for a lot of candidates on xne state ucaei oi
which we know nothing, we have to rote for only a
governor, and if he falls to come up to the standard
we can recall him. The president appoints his cab
inet, and what a mees It would be If they were
elective, the same as our state officers. No one would
ainnrnvai nf nur cabinet belns- elected, neither is there
one who thinks it would be an Improvement. . The
short ballot would he a remedy ror xne primary iawv
Bridgeport News-Blade: That Nebraska's garbled
primary law Is ponderous, foolish and difficult to
understand all will agree who had anything to do
with the last election. In addition to Its general
vicious alms, the law makes It difficult for the aver
age voter to cast his ballot Intelligently, and the
judges and clerks of election might be able to explain
Its workings to the voters If they had a few weeks'
dally "practice. Voters ln different precincts In this
county thought they had found something crooked
when ballots were handed to them which were blank
as to county offlcera. The trouble was the election
boards had mixed the regular baUota with the "voting
by mall" ballots, and the voters, who were no more
familiar with the new provision of the taw, did not
notice the line 'voting by mail ballot" at the head of
the ticket It Is safe to say that not a precinct In
this state, outside of the large cities, was equipped
to handle the election supplies which were piled up at
the voting places, and 'as a result nobody knew ex
actly what to do. It would be useless to attempt to
improve the present primary law by amendments.
The sane thing for the coming legislature to do will
be to repeal the entire measure and permit the differ
ent parties to oonduct their primaries In the good
old way.
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Short Ballot Talk
Btanton Register: We hope the legislature will
give ua the ehort ballot at the next session of the
eglslature. We only need to atect a governor, lieu
tenant governor and supreme Judge. In the county
we ought to have a county clerk and manager and
let those two men run the county, and If they didn't
do their work hsng a recall onto them so we couU
easily get rid of unfaithful public servants. The
present ballot Is a nuisance, caused by the multi
plicity of names.
inn rn Northwestern: The oast primary elec
tion shows most conclusively that the cities and towns
select the candidates for the various parties, while
the country districts have little or no say ln tha
distribution of the plums, ln the local tickets the
county seats and villages decld? the question. It be
ing shown conclusively that the country vote will not
come out. What Is the remedy?
Bellwood Gazette: You have noticed, perhaps.
that the political bosses and the dally newspapers ln
the eaatern part f the state are all defenders of the
primary law, and there is a reason ror it. Mney anew
that under its workings there Is about as much
chance for a western candidate to secure a nomina
tion as there is for a rnowbalt to preserve its Identity
ln hades. How long will the rank and file of the
voters of both parties permit themselves to be
buncoed?
Ord Quia: If you voted you know Just what the
trouble with this system Is you did not know any
thing about one quarter of the candidates on your
ticket outside of the county. Yet you were expected
to aelect the best men for the various state offices.
What did you do with the cases where you did not
know one of the men named? You made a dab at
one of them or passed the lot up altogether. .Well.
you are like ninety-nine out of every hundred other
voters who went to the polls. You might Just as well
have put the names in a hat and pulled out one of
them and let him have your vote. This, then. Is the
remedy. Carry out the idea of the primary ballot
aa far as the county ticket Is concerned. That is, let
the primary elections be held as now, but let the
elections be' only for township and county offices and
delegates to the county conventlones of the various
parties. Make the primaries and the county conven
tions of all partlea be held on certain days. Let the
county conventions organise for the campaign and
elect delegates to the state, congressional. Judicial
and other conventions. A primary election held like
that would eliminate the boss just as effectually as
the present state-wide primary Is doing, and It further
will permit the voters, to vote Intelligently.
Falrbury News: The Omaha Bee believes an emer
gency exists aa a result of the Imperfections of the
primary law that Is a severe handicap to popular
government and that should be dealt with by tha
coming' legislature before the election of 191. It
points out that In the past primary a voter was re
quired to make fifty-four crosses on a five-foot ballot
In order to Intelligently exercise his right of fran
chlse. Prodlgous as this may seem, It shows that in
1914, when we have presidential electors to select and
a full set of state, county and precinct officers to fill.
the ballot will be twice that long and require in addi
tion to a considerable amount of Intelligence and In
formation, some skill and Ingenuity to vote it Tha
Bee proposes a remedy by shortening the ballot While
It is very evident that something must be done to
simplify the ballot, it Is a question whether a "short
ballot," according to the accepted definition of the
term, making a majority of the officers appointive,
would not entirely destroy the purpose of the primary.
The primary was Instituted for the purpose of bring
ing the government closer to the people, or establish
ing what is known as a popular government. With
the appointive power ln the hands of one man, It
would seem a moat effectual way to remove the gov
ernment from the people and establish a reign of
"boss" rule that would be more powerful than was
ever contemplated when reactionary legislation had
full sway. The Bee's Idea of abolishing some of the
minor state and county offices might be good, but It
Is not probable that the cause of popular government
could be enhanced by taking the elective power away
from the people and giving It to one man.
Columbus Telegram: Yea, the primary election
law in Nebraska is defective In some respects, hut
with all Its faults It la better than the old convention
plan, under which the corporations manipulated the
nominations In all state conventions. It Is true that
a great crime waa committed at the recent Nebraska
primary, when thousanda of men voted primary bal
lots of a political party with which they are not
affiliated. But the primary law did not commit the
crime. The crime waa committed by cowardly pri
mary election officiate who did not enforce the law.
We frankly admit that the Nebraska primary law Is
marked with a few spavlna of, fault, and a few ring
bones of weakness, but still It Is a better plan for
making nominations than the old convention system
The Telegram Is ia favor of making the primary law
better by amendment but Is steadfastly opposed to
Its repeal.
Three Bee Lines
David City Banner: The Omaha Bee
suggests the placing of a pretty girl with
a banner at every railroad crossing to
keep auto drivers from running Into
trains. Might as well rua Into the train
as ln the ditch.
Nebraska City Press: The Omaha Bee
wonders what has become of the old
fashioned country boy who used to take
his best girl out riding behind a pair of
grays, and then queries If he la driving a
slx-cyllnder car. There Is no old-faahloned
country boy these days and If anyone Is
driving a six-cylinder car It Is probably
his hand at the throttle.
Newman Grove Reporter: It is claimed
that the workmen's compensation act will
largely reduce the work of the courts by
making It Impossible for thrifty lawyers
to work up damage cases. The Omaha
Bee sagely remarks that contingent fee
lawyers will find plenty to do even if this
source of revenue Is cut off. Few people
are able to avoid the wiles of the lawyer
who reslly seta his mind to the task of
developing business. The laws are so
numerous and complex and the Judges
so dominated by the letter of the law
Instead of the spirit of justice that the
ordinary cltlsen has little chance to get
away from the traps that can be pre
pared for him by an unscrupulous attorney.
Uncensored Opinions
Kansas City star: There will be a fur
ther confusion of appeals to Heaven If
Turkey gets In.
Pan Francisco Chronicle: There are
hearts left even In London waiters, who
have united In refuslnr tips from stranded
Americana. 1
New York World: History, In It next
Issue, taking Ita cue from the dally
papers, will almost certainly have its
woman's page.
Petrolt Free Press: Alfred Drey fuss, Jr.,
officer In the French army, has been
promoted for gallantry. -A reminder of
time's changes.
Chicago Herald: William Waldorf Astor
has given 1128,000 to the Prince of Wales
relief fund. William will be a lord yet.
If his liberality holds out
Troy Times: Some way or other the
United States Just can't keep out of any
thing. The wife of the victorious admiral
in the Helgoland battle Is aa American.
SAID TO BE FUTTNT.
"When does Maud expect to get mar
ried V
"Oh, every season," Boston Transcript.
"Did the doctor limit you to any par
ticular diet?"'
"No, btit his bill did." Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Roblnwnn Sav, but you're looking fine,
old man! 1
j Robertson Yes; I don't feel as If I'd
had any vacation at all! Puck.
"What are the European nations fight
ing for, anyway commercial aacendency?"
"No commercial deecendency." Life.
Golfer (playing his second round In the
1ay Into this beastly bunker again.
Caddie!
Caddie No, 8'. Thla la the one you
missed this morning. Punch.
Caller Ia your daughter an eques
trienne? Proud Mother Either that or vale
dictorian. These class offices are so con
fusing, don't you know. Buffalo Express.
"What ye reading about there. Hiram?"
"A small farm."
"Gosh, my hired man oughter do well
In that line of work." Seattle Post Intelligencer.
"Why, Johnny," said his mother, "I do
believe you're teaching that parrot to
swear!"
"No, I'm not, mother," the boy replied.
"I'm just telling It what It mustn't say."
Ladles' Home Journal.
Kind Old ldy While you were gone,
little girl, a bad boy cam up to the porch
and ran away with your licorice babies.
Little Girl Oh, I don't care much.
"But he ate them all up."
"Then he'll be sorry, 'cause they wasn't
licorice babies. I made 'em out of tar."
Kansaa City Star
PEESISTENCE. .
Thomas F. Porter, In! Boston Globe.
One thing at least la fixed and sure:
Should you doubt me, one wiser ask;
He who would most success secure.
Must never waver at his task.
The object he must cull and choose
Fom all the others he would fcalnl
Then In himself ne'er courage lost
But that he will the end attain.
Who sets his course one way today.
And doubt tomorrow if 'twere wtse.
Will only flit hts powers away
And but to small achievements rise.
The hours of life too qulclrly flyt '
Our puny hands are far too small
A dosen things each day to try, -So
we would only fall lh all.
By neither doubt nor fear he swayed,
Nor from wise counsel turn aalde:
But since life's game by each Is played.
One ought to choose hlrnself as guide.
To all false lights close tight your eyes;
To timid souls your doors close faet;
Strive with all power that In you He,
And lo! the goal Is yours at last.
Mr
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rio "Water" in
Bell Telephone Stock
Even the most radical enemies of "big busi
ness" admit that there is no "water" in Bell
Telephone stock. The Bell organixation last
year paid less than a 6 dividend on actual
physical valuation of the property. ' .
In a recent speech in New York. Congressman
Lewis, of Maryland, in advocating government
ownership of telephones, said:
"Be it said for the Bell System, that it is the
one great corporation in our country that has
not issued tons of counterfeit capital Its stock
and bonds today represent the actual contribu
tions of its shareholders in money to a great
common enterprise, and we will not have that
unfortunate circumstance to deal with in the
valuation of their properties."
Private enterprise and initiative have made
American telephone service the cheapest and
most efficient service in the world.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY
if
Selling Office Space
is the same as selling anything else. It is
not a sale unless all concerned are satisfied.
Our tenants are better satisfied because we give'
them the best. there is in service, location, attention,
cleanliness, fresh air and plenty of light.
A TRIAL IS ALWAYS A SALE IN THE
BEE BUILDING
Th hmilJimg $ JUt is ! mm
OFFICE ROOM 103.