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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1917. The Omaha Bee PMLTfltOBMINQ-EVENINO-SUMDAT FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THB BEE PUBUSHWO COMPANY. PBOPBIETOB. BoUwj at Omaha poitoffieo an occond-claeo matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By unw Sony Mi tHl per snout Ut Doily oniooot In lis ...... " Me BnlM mi taodor " Mo fJnotBI VtUMOJt toad.. ......... " 150 tadu Be. mlt " noil aed toadir Mo, lam yowl to ftfflrf BOUTO Of OfcOBM f HMtMl or urojaierllr ta Bo, oucaum Br Mel) r w, le.ot ID I.M 1.00 " I.M ..... ( erMoat of mull I REMITTANCE. t I or poaul orrWr. Only teent Moan, tekeo to . ni wwo.o mmu OFFICES. Oaioa Too Boo rnrJMru. Cetaen JWei Ooo Bxfltni. toot Oouko-nu ! BV e Tort Flfta ill Oondl Slefro-ll R Mtia . ft. Loolo Now Bit. of caUMno. laimsj littlo BMMrw. waoMaeton IS HI ft, X. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Ad 'i MO laomuiilioUono roleUoe to novo aatf odHorlel nottor I Oeuaa Boo. Bdltorlol Deneroaeot. . JANUARY CIRCULATION 64,320 Daily Sunday 49,878 I for IbO OKOMi fOOOrllloa ODd ream to by DwlaU WUIIaae. OraolUleo liooooor. " No polities in the schools? In the lingo of the ttreet, "Aw, fergit it" The subset score board is being watched more latently than was erer the base ball score board. Clean tip the pool halls that need cleaning apt Likewise, clean op all other places that need cleaning up! ',. A $4,000,000 shell fire at Pittsburgh strength en confidence in oar ability to do some execu tion en this tide. Damage suits against the city remind us that pulling the municipal leg is not the least of Lmunicipallyonducted pleasures. Fair warnings to keep out of Villa's danger zones should not be ignored. Spring activity among his firing squads lends to distance the charm of safety. . The folks who know so much abont paid-for protection and graft in Omaha, when talking to the gallery, evidently do not know it when invited to talk to the grand jury. The president of the Swiss republic does not stand on strict ceremony with the ambassador of the American republic Let him visit us some day and we will return the compliment. " An Omaha lawyer is trying to revive the de mand for the recall of federal judges by popular vote. He is evidently unaware that that move ment was recalled shortly after it was launched. Another probe into the rising cost of living is about to be launched. The oppressed consumer may rest assured that the new probe will touch the right spot at the public treasury. They all do it ' " It is (aid the German war chiefs, m view of the diplomatic break with the United States on the submarine issues, would like to back up but don't know how. , Where there's a will, there's a way. The youngest person who can have a distinct remembrance Of Lincoln must now be over sixty years old. In another decade men who knew Lincoln personally, or even saw him, will be few indeed. Blessings brighten as they wing their flight to the right spot. The approach of the Roumanian bag of food supplies to Austria and Germany constitutes the most satisfying evidence of mili tary thrift in sight The salary boosters and fee grabbers are all os the job at Lincoln, either in person or through hired agents, lobbying for their pocketbooks. It is Bp to the lawmakers to see that the taxpayers who foot the bills get a square deal. . , A Chicago congressman solemnly assured his associates that he never saw a woman drinking or smoking In a cafe. Do you get that? Unless . the congressman is properly chaperoned some body may tell him some wild horses. Mand Baifirjgton Booth takes pains to explain to her hearers that the carries no "Billy Sunday erganization"' around with her to work Bp a flow of coatnlrations. The comparative return's prove that the 'explanation is unnecessary. Congress will tomorrow canvass and declare th result of the presidential election held last i November. , The . time between the voting and taking the office is altogether too long. It makes this day of steam and electricity hark back to the age of the' ox team and the stage coach. Omaha Heaven by Comparison Sou Dioco Unioo, There hardly can have been failure to note a certain malign activity in which lawyers of the ' adjacent and sufficiently esteemed county of Los Angelet have participated. One young member of the bar there was put in jail the other day be cause of the charge that he had forged a paper. The bail asked was comparatively small, but he could not give it Another has just had to meet a charge of conspiracy, and though he was not convicted, he lost his suit for a fee, his former attempt to obtain this fee having been the basis of the accusation. Still another recently was rebuked from the bench for having coached a witness to give perjured testimony, the judge telling him that a proper realization of such baseness ought to , induce the offender to leave the country.. For sev eral weeks there has been suppressed excitement in total circles in the tame community over the allegation that certain lawyers maintain "cap ' pert" at the local jail; that through these scurvy . agents they obtain access to prisoners whom they rob of such money as may be available, and then desert without even pretense of giving any service.' . Of course, the legal profession is known to ' have a code of ethics well nigh flawless, and the bar to contain manv members who strive to live tip to this fully. It would seem wholly just that in self-protection they proceed to weed out tire undesirables. A man who lives by his wits is at twit a dangerous character, but when hit wits have been sharpened by professional training, and still are directed toward the accomplishment of evil, he becomes more dangerous. For the Bar association to deal with tome of these offenders seems t natural and proper course. At to the horde that invades the iailt to do their crooked work, the matter ought to be simple, consisting largely or locung tne doors while they are intide and treating them at vagrants. As Plain as A-B-C. I The urgency of some action by our present legislature to qualify Nebraska to apply for and receive its quota of the federal good roads appro priation must be as plain as A-B-C to those who know the facts and ponder on them. Congress has already set aside and made available the money for a nation-wide road improvement move ment to be executed through the co-operation of the different states. Whether Nebraska shares in this appropriation or not, our people will be paying into the federal treasury their full share of the taxes from which the good roads appro priation is drawn. Other states that meet the re quirements will be getting back what they put in, while by refusing to fulfill the conditions Ne braska would be merely helping to foot the bills without sharing in the benefits except as our peo ple might travel over roads built with their money in other states. The bill before the Nebraska legislature, upon which the good roads advocates have finally united, seems to answer the purpose in a fairly satisfactory manner. True, Nebraska will have to levy a special mill tax to produce a state aid road and bridge fund, but in no way can we par ticipate in the federal appropriation without self taxation.. The method of apportioning the fund to the several counties may not be quite as equitable as some might prefer, being pro-rated in thirds according to superficial area, population and post road mileage, exclusive of cities. Strangely enough, the cities are not seriously objecting so much as the farmers, who, so far as we can see, have no good reason to object at all. The method of providing for the work by high way districts to cover a road "project" embracing several counties should help to avoid piecemeal construction and to encourage continuity of road way, which is, of course, the first essential of a good roads system. The main thing, however, is to work toward good roads according to a comprehensive and unified plan under central direction such as is proposed through a state highway board and thus to keep Nebraska on the map as a progres sive state, prompt to take advantage of the fed eral aid, rather than standing still while the pro cession goes past. Plenty of Work for Congress. Only three weeks of life remain for the Sixty fourth congress, and practically all the work be fore the "short session" hat yet to be completed. It is true the legislative machinery has been thrown out of gear to some extent by the inter national complications that have arisen, but this will not be sufficient excuse for the more than two months that have been wasted by the demo crats in their play for partisan advantage. The president has been compelled to abandon his paramount program, finding the legislative chutes ahead of his pet measures clogged with the routine business of appropriations and revenue measures. If these laws ire carefully considered, the work will fill all the hours that remain before the expiration of the session's life. Danger lies in the fact that the democrats are resorting to the bad practice of attaching "riders" to appro priation bills, thus securing legislation that would not otherwise pass. Another menace is that the experience of the Adamaon law may be repeated, and similar ill-advised measures be forced through under party pressure tt the last moment. Most significant' of all is the fact that the supporters of the administration Aid themseivea unable to agree, as the time to end their power draws near, and any serviceable work that may be accom plished during the remainder of the session must be accomplished through the patriotic efforts of the republicans. Pleading for the Ex-Convict. ( Maud Ballington Booth's advocacy of the cause of the man just freed from prison finds tympathy everywhere. The great question is How can we really help him? Many efforts have been made along this line, through organizations and by individuals and much of good has been accomplished, but the perfect solution of the problem is not yet attained Society, despite statements to the contrary, always will give an erring member a second chance, and a third, if need be. The convict may be forgiven; hit trou ble usually lies with himself, by reason of a false pride or an equally false humility. - His success in regaining his standing in society depends more upon himself than on another. He should first of til master himself, reinstate bis self-respect, and not expect to be carried through life by some society, his only claim to such service resting on the fact that be once was m prison. The sooner he forgets his stripes, the sooner the-pool ic will Sectional Jealousy Unwarranted. Omaha's own weather maker, Forecaster Welsh, voices some doubt as to the verity of a report that dwellers in and around Saratoga, Saranac Lake and other resorts found themselves with a temperature of 40 below. This dubiety on the part of Colonel Welsh is certainly due to sectional jealousy. The utmost he has so far been able to produce in the way of extreme frigid ity fell so far below (or above) the 40 mark that he despairs of ever reaching it, at Itast while he lives in Omaha. With proper pride in his home town, he feels that no effete easterner should be permitted to outdo him. His attitude is becom ing in a sense, but is unworthy of him. His ex perience should have long ago taught him better. Nebraska may never aspire to such depth of ice and snow, such awful cold, nor such visitations of wind and storm as must be endured by those sections that now excite the weather man's doubts. Accustomed is he is to Nebraska's satubriety, he fails to understand what others must put up with. That's all. ' Some years tgo American authorities m the Philippines tent out t missionary expedition to civilize the head hunters among the Moros. The work it sufficiently sdvanced to justify the recall of the expedition. Big work awaits in newer fields. If proper representation is made the gov ernment might loan the missionaries to Douglas county for active work among the head hunters of the court house. A string of white feathers flutters beneath the American flag on the city, hall at Minneapolis. The socialist end of the city government, headed by Mayor Van Lear, insists on peace at any price, while (he city council stands by the president come what may. Rival public meetings indicate a lineup of a thousand Americans to each socialist China shows a disposition to stand by the United States m outlawing subset "f rightfulness." Should the dragon hump its spine in real earnest. it's all over for the kaiser. I Teaching Europe to Bathe Litorary Difott. I'ntil a comparatively few years ago, even modern apartment houses in continental Europe lacked the most approved type of bathtub, the zinc or tin tub being still in full sway. In many pretentious houses it was customary to provide a bath room, but no tub, the tenant being ex pected to install his own fixtures. Even today stationary wash-stands are rare. Within the last decade or so Europe has learned from America how to bathe, if we are to believe John J. Laferme, who contributes to Domestic Engineering "Some Reminiscences of a Salesman Who Sold American Sanitary Ware in Foreign Countries." According to Mr. Laferme it was the Paris exposition of 1900, where American sanitary plumbers made a fine display, that really stimulated the effective demand for such fixtures. "The great influx of American visitors to the exposition," says he, "also served to further this demand for better bath accommodations at the hotels, as all Americans would demand rooms with a bath, which hotel managers were unable to provide to any adequate extent. The hotels, finally realizing the need of more and better bath facilities, soon took up the question of remodeling the rooms. "The manufacturers of sanitary ware in Eu rope, upon seeing how perfect was the quality of American sanitary ware, immediately began to imitate the patterns, selling bathtubs under the motto, 'American Pattern,' which pattern, by the way, was far different from those used in Europe. For instance, on the continent, where they do not bathe as frequently as the Anglo-Saxon race, they want a very deep bath twenty-four inches deep, it being their habit to soak m the hot water for an hour or thereabouts. "In the United States, where the power of ad vertising is tremendous, we are able to educate the people to the use of the things we wish to sell them. In Europe the power of advertising is less persuasive, the result being that you have to sell the people what they have been accustomed to and what they know by practical experience is best for them. "American manufacturers have had to over come many prejudices against their patterns, shapes, fittings, as well as the existing sanitary regulations, so different from those in the. United States. When I had made up my mind to go into the propaganda of selling American sanitary ware in Europe, I considered it a lucky omen and 'a case of good judgment' when, upon arriving in Paris, I was greeted with the welcome and fa miliar sight of the old-time' bath house man, pull ing his cart of hot water and tin tub ready to deliver a bath to somebody's house, for which luxury his customers paid abont 20 cents, and for which sum he might have to carry the five-foot tin tub up six flights of stairs, and then draw the hot water from the cart tank into a bucket, and climb np those stairs as often as necessary to fill the tub. This exercise might be considered a joke, but if so it was on the bathman. The sys tem still prevails in many parts of Paris where modern sanitary methods have not yet been in stalled. Strange as it may appear to Americans, there is practically no hot water distribution in even the up-to-date French, English and conti nental apartment houses, but those which are pro vided with bath rooms have gas water heaters. "Not only the present king of England, but also other crowned heads and presidents abroad have purchased bathtubs made ha America; for in stance, the king of Italy for bis palace in Turin; King Albert of Belgium, the empress of Russia and other royal personages. I remember a bamor ous incident in connection with the sale of a num ber of bathtubs to the late King Edward, wfaach were installed in Buckingham palace. One of the tubs, in which the king was in the habit of dis porting himself daily, was ordered by the latter to be encased m mahogany, covering the rim of the tub. The physician to the king summoned me to the palace one day on 'important business.' When I arrived there, he told me that the king was very well satisfied with the tub he was using, but that he had decided to have it cased in. 'You see, his majesty is very fond of stiting on the rim of the tub when he takes his ba-ath, bat he found it so infernally olid that he thought H a joUy good idea to have it cased in, so that he might sit on wood instead of cold porcelain.' When the physi cian had delivered himself of this solemn state ment I breathed a sigh of relief, for I had ex: pected that something far more serious than the casing on the rim of the tub bad transpired. "The American traveling in European coun tries, be he salesman or tourist, is certain to hap pen upon many peculiar customs, some of which are both humorous and vexing. I remember that while touring on the continent I arrived in a small town where the leading hostelry proudly an nounced in the office that 'baths were to be found on each floor.' These baths discovered were very old fashioned, copper-lined tubs, much the worse for wear, but to my intense horror and astonishment I learned that owing to the scarcity of water, I would be obliged to immerse myself in the water that had already been used to ex cellent advantage by another guest I absolutely declined the invitation (and without thanks) not withstanding the hotel manager's kind offer to have the water in the tub skimmed for me. "It is well known that no civilized nations bathe as much as the American and English, and in France one often heart Frenchmen expressing their surprise to the effect that we must be very dirty people since we have to bathe every day. Perhaps, however, one of the persons most op posed to bathing it the Russian peasants, of whom it is said he only bathes three times at birth, before his wedding, and before being put to rest in the grave. It is not surprising that dealers ire sometimes asked by visitors from rural districts what bathtubs are for, obviously not having seen such fixtures before." Switzerland Sits Steady -St. LoarJa GUo-Do Switzerland is one country whose only care is maintenance of strict neutrality. It cannot af ford to express itself about anything. Not only is it completely surrounded by jealous belliger ents, daring it to make a mis-step, but its own population is so mixed that the government could not expect support of any course, not actually es sential to the pcrservation of the peace of the re public it is an artificial country, both in geo graphy and population. The fact that there are three lawful languages recognized in the Federal Parliament,' German, French and Italian, illus trates the complexity of the present situation. Roughly estimated. 70 per cent of the people speak German, 23 per cent French and 7 per cent Italian. Switzerland suffers as much as any neutral country by the unlawful blockades, for it depends more than my other on the outside world. Nor maly it produces foodstuffs enough to supply its population for 153 days of the year. It is also de pendent on imports of raw materials for use m manufacturing. Its chief industry, the entertain ing of tourists, is ruined by the war. The import ance of the tourist business has not been jocularly exaegerated. Over $150.0(10,000 is invested in this business. There are nearly 2,000 hotels built pri marily for entertainment of visitors and the nor mal force of employs it about 35,000, Switzerland has not only lost its tourist busi ness, had its exports shut off and been forced to pay extravagant prices for necessary imports, but it has been put to great expense to maintain its neutrality. The customs have been greatly reduced and it hat been necessarv to borrow vast sums to meet abnormal government expenditures. It is in no position to join the United States in protest against unrestricted submarine warfare Prudence requires that it sit steady in the boat and hope for the speediest possible end of the great war. r aaaaaaryomr-taaBay m a m Health Hint for the Day. Many diseases of the mouth and re sulting Ills may he prevented if you will make a monthly trip to your den tlHt for thorough removal of tartar and polishing of the teeth so that no foreign sub&tances will adhere to them. One Year Ago Today in the War. Germans fiercely attarked French positions in Artois and Champagne. Austrian aeroplanes raided cities across Italian frontier, killing fifteen and wounding many. French minister of marines admit ted Admiral Charner was probably Bunk by German submarine. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Secretary Nattinger of the board of trade has received a letter from J. P. Miller of Detroit inquiring Into the nature of the advantages offered by Omaha as a location for a varnish manufactory. Mr. Ed Rothery, the well-known sporting man of this city, received from James Paternon of New York a pair of very fine "homing," or carrier pigeons. He also received a very line picture of the bluechecker pigeon, "Little Steve," which has a record of 525 miles from Charlottevllle, S. C Poor Superintendent Mahoney was Injured by being thrown out ot a boggy on Georgia avenue. , C S. Higgrns and his son Charley have returned from a three weeks' trip in the east during which time they visited nearly all the large cities, and In a number of these Mr. Hlggins made purchases of many beautiful and useful articles. F. P. Zimmer has sold his drug store at Grand Island and will open a manufacturer!!' agency In this city. John Miner, forTnerly of the Re publican advertising force, Is now to be found at the office of J. B. Evans & Co, a full-fledged real estate man. Sneak thieves stole a fine set of harness valued at $200 from Mark Upton's barn on Park avenue. Dr. Peck, one of Omaha's oldest and best known physicians, is danger ously 111 at his residence, Eighteenth and Davenport. Tins Day In History. 174S Sir Joseph Banks, who financed Captain Cook's voyages of discovery, born In London. Died June 19, 1824. 1811 Francois Achillea Bazaine, the marshal of France, who surrendered to the Germans at Met, born at Ver sailles. Died at Madrid September 23, 1888. 1815 Hews of peace with Great BrttsJn reached Boston from New York tn thirty-two hours, "thought to be a great effort of speed." 181 Bill authorizing the people of Kissonrl to frame a state constitution introduced in congress. 188 Congress awarded a old medal to Colonel George Croghan for his gallant defense of Fort Stephen son, at Lower Sandasky, Ky against the British and Indians. 182 The federals began the bom bardment of Fort Donelson, Tenn. . 1869 Two hundred lives lost in the wreck of the American steamship Her mann off the coast of Japan. 1871 Bettort capitulated to the. Germans with military honors. 1871 Alexander Graham Bell sent the first long distance telephone mes sage, from Salem to BoBton. 18TS The British squadron passed the Dardanelles against the protest of the Porte, 1900 Bank of France celebrated the 108th anniversary of Its founding. lono nwjt Rritain. Germany and Italy signed protocols providing for the settlement or me venesueian cumru veay at Washington. The Day Ve Celebrate. Victor Kcewwater, editor of The Bee, is 44 today. He has been actively engaged in editorial work with The Bee for twenty-four years. Henry Rosenthal of the Union Out fitting company, was born February IS, 1875, at Baltimore. He became aarxrektted with his brothers In the mercantile baeiness and is now in ciaarge of their establsthmsnt here. Frank P. Manchester, secretary of the Omaha Grain exchange, was born February IX. 1880. He is an Omaha boy and a graduate of the Omaha High school and the Nebraska Stats university. Sir Jcaepb Ccrrrn7tocRVett M. P., recently appointed to the ponftJon ot British paymaster general, born m Ixsadon seventy years ago today. C B. Borchgravmk, celebrated aet erttxt and Antarctic explorer, born in Cbristiarrta fifty-three years ago today Joseph C. Lincoln, well-known writer of Cape Cod stories, born at Brewster, Masa, forty -seven years ago today. Hal Cham, first baseman of the Cincinnati National league base ball team born at Los Catos, CaL, ttrirty fonr years ago today. Edward C Foster, third baseman of the Washington American league base ball team, born In Chicago twenty nine years ago today. Willie Ritchie, former champion lightweight pugilist born in San Francisco twenty-six years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Delegates from many states are ex pected today at St Joseph, Mo for the national convention of the Pike's Peake Ocean-to-Oeean Highway asso ciation. The dismissed German ambassador, Count von Bernstorft, with his family and suite, have tentatively engaged passage to sail from New York today on the Scandinavian liner Frederick VIIT. James F. Lee, a former theatrical manager, has Invited a large party of friends to be his guests at a dinner in New York tonight at which horse meat will be the chief article of food on the mens. Btoryftte ot the Day. Sir John Jetlicoe, the latest reulpteut of the greatly coveted British Order of Merit totd a good story recently ot a train Journey he took one bitterly cold night on a local line in Scotland. His only fellow-traveler In the same compartment was a Scotsman, and he had Just drawn his flask from hit pocket when the train stopped at a little country station and the door opened. Tickets, please," said the shivering collector, with a longing look at the flask. "Oo. aye," observed the Scotsman, as he fumbled in hit pocketa "Wull ye take a nip?" The ticket collector looked up and down, and as the coast was clear he remarked that he didn't mind If he did. The traveler handed him the ticket. Take It oot o' that then," was all he said, and he transferred his attention to the flask. Liverpool Post Putting Municipal Court on Wheels. Omaha, Feb. 10. To the Editor of The Bee: I notice by the papers that the municipal court of Omaha intends to hold Besionj! In South Side, former ly South Omaha, also. I am surprised that such a thing is contemplated. Dundee, which was also merged in Omaha, will probably insist on having a session there, and when Florence and Benson are merged, they will each want a session, and it will be difficult, if the rule Is adopted of hav ing separate sessions of the court in all of these communities, which were formerly municipalities, to prevent it, for there will be no good excuse for not granting their request Then, It would seem also proper to have the supreme court of the state hold ses sions in Omaha, McCoofc, Grand Isl and,. Kearney, Norfolk and the like. It is establishing a bad precedent, and one that will cause considerable annoyance and delay and confusion in the trial of cases in the home or cen tral court I know of no other place where such Is done. In London, Chi cago, New York, Philadelphia and all of the cities which are as large, if not larger, than Omaha, and of course all other cities, they have one central place for holding courts, that is, mu nicipal courts. Of course, when they have justices of the peace, they may be scattered over the city, but they are under the constitution and laws provided for the whole state and its precincts or separate divisions of counties. The plan suggested will prove a failure, but I hope will never be tried. LAWYER. The System or the Child. Central City, Neb., Feb. 9. To the Editor of The Bee; Ever as centuries pass and nations rise and fall, each people sooner or later has faced the problem: . "Shall we preserve the sys tem or save the individual members of our institutions. Germany, to pre serve her military imperialism, has si lenced the voices and stilled the souls, only by whom she could hope to re main a world power. Always, in the pages of history we read that to the nation or people who forgot the indi vidual tn its effort to preserve the ma chinery of a "system," there came a reaction and a loss. Today our coon try school is so en closed with selves and devices that the child is either passed through unfin ished or thrown out altogether. If he is slow and overgrown he is auto matically excluded from what he terms a "sissy" school, for now he finds no 'big boys" there. He has worked in the fields all the kmg spring, summer and fall. Now, when winter comes he is restless as a young colt He needs exercise, men tal, moral and physical, bat the little school does not invite him in and could not give him work if it did. The school system has swept by on classic wings and left the farm boy to labor on alone. When the call to arms comes will he be required to haws an eighth grade diploma; no, neither does the tax col lector, in later years, require it of him. He goes on paying for a great educa tional system which in building farther and farther beyond his reach. This system Is so hedged about that the scholar goes on through and the toil er is thrown aside. Today here in Nebraska, more than 30,000 country boys and girls are out of school, either pushed through or discouraged, and have no place open to them, unless they go away from bo me. That community deliberately com mits suicide which sends all of its youth away from home even for an education. On the other hand it will rapidly deteriorate if- it keeps these young folks at home tn ignorance of all but the beginning of an education. " Why do either? We have been afraid of a shadow our own shadow. Let us be men and build for our own children. The legislature is considering bills that will help to restore to the country some strength in our schools. House Roll No. 12 distributes the state ap portionment on the enumeration of children instead of on "average daily attendance.'' House Roll No. 70, by Reed, provides for ten years of work in the one-room rural school at option of the district The teachers may op pose this but if they will not agree to do this hire some one who wilL A bill providing for a winter term in the country has been introduced by Tay lor of Custer and ought to pass. Why should the farmer boys and girls be fined for working by beinp: shut out of school. The rankest injus tice has been done these youth and unless a speedy remedy is at hand the cost of Jiving will mount higher for these youth are leaving th1 land at an alarming rate. These win ter terms will be community centers and rallying places for all that goes to make up country life. The state university and normals will receive nearly $3,000,000 for the next biennium. These institutions of higher learning ought to be main tained but not to the neglect of the people who produce the larger part of the fund which the schools receive. If we don't go after what we need we may be sure we will not get it. The legislature means well and will listen. Write, W. H. CAMPBELL. Explanation of the Bill's Sponsor. Uncoln, Feb. 10. To the Editor of The Bee: The Lincoln reports in re gard to a statement I made about Mr. Dafoe, a member of the legislature, who fought my bill in committee and on the floor, were not correct. Thy stated that I said the passage of my bill would give Mr. Dafoe a profit of $20,000 upon his privately owned bank at Tecum sen. What I said was that if my bill failed to pass and the banking board would limit the state banks of our state to one or two in the smaller towns it would create a monopoly in banking m those towns and the first effect would be to add 100 per cent to the value of the stock in those banks. A $20,000 capital bank like Ml. Da foe has would add $30,000 to the value of his stock. The same thing happened when the railroad put a limit of two elevators at each country town. Country ele vators went up from $3,000 to $7,000 or $S,000 apiece and when the rail roads threw the field open they went back to normal prices. The same would happen if we created a banking mo nopoly, which our banking board has been trying to do. It of course, could not last but a few years, for the peo ple would not stand for it and our farmers would soon demand and pet co-operative banks the same as they .have co-operative elevators. Our state bankers who fought my bill taking the guarantee off of in terest bearing certificates and prohih- . lting the sale of bank stock above par before the bank was organized, and prohibiting the advertising of the guarantee feature of our guarantee law (and there were many of therp) seem to be as short-ighted as our elevator men once were. If my bill had passed and became a law they would not organize banks only when they were actually needed. It would take away the power the bank promoter now has of nslng our bank guarantee law as an asset for his wild schemes. JOHN MURTEY, Chairman Committee on Banks and Banking. DESKS CHAIRS and a complete Ime of Office Equipment. Globe-Wernicke Co. Steel and Wood Files. Sanitary Office Desk. Solid Oak. m low as $25.00. We invite you to see oar line Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-416-418 South 16th St. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25cat all druggists,,' a n an a. at over twenty years I doctors have prescribed Resinol to heal itching skins a rjerirjd of twenty ycart, literally thousands of fhysicums tell boor successful the Res inol treatment it tor eczema and similar ildn troubles. The first use of Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap usually stops the itching and banting, and they toon clear away all trace of the unsightly eruption. No other treatment for the skin. now before the public cah show snch a record of professional approval. KmtboI OtotnMnt smI Rwnol Sotp eontun soth mx that could inive or batite the tewkreat skin. Tbcr cWr my punplta. red net and roughnttu. stop dudraff. and form a rat nimble household tiratnicitt far tora, cfaasaga, arts, barm, etc Hsi- Don't Pay Freight on Seedt-ffi on oonlsuaH points h kmaaa nesrbr potato In other oasn. Our csulot shoira hut vbot the oeri4ii coot dofeotttd B jam. No extra CbaxmlorbowvrreialwpoBtaae. 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