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1. New Ueloa Passenger Statlaa.
2. CetlaM4 Iniprovemeal af Ik Ne
braska Highways, iaaUallaf ike
Meat af Main Tkorougkiares leading
Into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca.
3. A skert, low-rat Waterway from ike
Cora Ball la lk Atlantis Ocaaa.
4. Ham Rata Ckartar far Oawka, wltk
City Manager form of Govsrament.
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"Open" or "Closed" Conference.
catul reader following William E. Borah
through' te ramifications of hit seemingly lucid
but really involved arguments, would Imbibe the
notion that the conference to be held at Wash
ington for the discussion of disarmament is to
be a strictly dark-lantern affair. Mr. Borah
would give the impression that all proceedings
rc to dc held behind closed doors, and that in
the, impenetrate of the secret chamber plots and
counter-plots will ripen and thrive, and when
all it over the world will again have been coz
ened by the crafty politicians who are to assem
ble there. That such a result may be forestalled,
the watchful apprehensive senator from Idaho
proposes that the doors be open, that the press be
admitted, and that nothing be done that is not
made a matter of public record.
'" In support of his argument he holds forth at
some length on the wickedness of Old World
diplomacy, and tells of the evils that have fol
lowed in the wake of intrigues hatched by con
niving thimbleriggers posing as statesmen. What
Mr. Borah does not appaar to comprehend is
thai the Washington conference is on a plane
just a little different from the camera confer
ences of the old-time European chancelleries. So
far at the United States is concerned, it will be
represented by men who not only have but de
serve the public confidence, and it is not antici
pated that one of them will forfeit the trust of
the people. It is conceivable that, in the delicate
tad uncertain state of politics throughout the
wsrld, some of the visiting delegates will want to
privately present matters they would not care
to offer for general discussion at this time. - Mr.
Bossih knows this, and appreciates the reasons
for she reluctance that may be noted in this re-
a-irf'
' la other important public matters the people
must and do truest their representatives. 'Certain
proceedings in congress in connection with leg
islation are held behind closed doors. ; Public
dkenasion is not always profitable. When the
proper time arrives, all will be apprised of the
actios taken by the conference, and its results
will fee laid before the world. If any treaty or
similar ' agreement between the powers comes
oat the affair, it will be freely discussed,' and
there need be no fear .that full information will
not be given the American people- Whatever
covenant we enter int as a nation will be done
openly, and in considering this' point it will be
well to recall that the same arguments against
"secrecy" were advanced against the negotia
tion by which the treaty with Germany was
framed. Our country is not in danger; nor is
any part of our liberty threatened, because we
do not adopt mass meeting methods in consult
ing with other nations about matters of prime
importance to all.
"Civil War? in West Virginia.
Intrinsically the disturbance in the coal
regions of West' Virginia is not of importance to
the rest of the world. Maintenance of orderL
within its own boundaries is a matter of concern
to the state itself; when it fails to keep down the
turbulent and the presence of disorder becomes
a public scandal, then it is the right of the neigh
bora to discuss the situation, if not actually to
protest against the proceedings.
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wnatever maype-ine underlying cause ui me
trouble that prevails in the Mingo mining dis
trict, responsibility for it rests distinctly on the
state government Authority has not been exer
cised to the end that law is sustained and peace
made secure. Violence of a disgraceful charac
ter, "murder and rapine, has marked the progress
of a "labor war" for months, a state of affairs
that does no credit to the government of West
Virginia. Privately organized "armies" of "de
tectives" on the one side and "miners" on the
other have roamed the region for months, indulg
ing now and then in clashes that always add to
the death roll, and the state police have out
wardly at least proven futile.
The situation is nearly unbearable, and order
should be restored, by federal intervention . if
necessary. The mines of West Virginia should
be operated as freely as those of Illinois, and
'i under terms negotiated between the owners and
the 'miners, to the end that the public have the
benefit of the production that is now out of the
question because work can not proceed as it
should in the face of the lawlessness that exists.
There is' no more reason or excuse for such a
"war" in West Virginia that in Pennsylvania or
Ohio.'
; ' Doorbell Salesmanship.
'Arrest of a house-to-house canvasser on a
charge of attempting to attack a little girl calls
for tome recognition of the menace that lies
in 'the' practice of agents practically forcing
their way into homes where they often are most
unwelcome. Housewives know that it is nearly
impossible to get rid of some of these solcitors.
Persistent salesmen may thrust a foot in the
door to insure an audience and prevent its being
closed, or by a show of excessive politeness
snake it difficult not to allow them to enter the
parlor and settle .themselves in a chair for a
Ionf conversation. Now and, then one will ask
by 'name for the woman of the house, posing as
an acquaintance or as one having a mutual friend,
this- merely .oa the strength of. having inquired
next door. In such ctsrt one may not realist
for some timi that the ostensible caller Is trying
to sell something.
It Is not to be thought that all of these door
to-door solicitors are of bad character many
of tiiem art unduobtedty quite worthy and do
not push themselves and their wares through the
doorway and Into the home. But there is noth
ing to prevent one of criminal nature entering
this employment. Unprotected women and chil
dren, alone In a house with a strange man, may
be subject to insult or injury and beyond im
mediate aid. A great many women are too busy
to spend much time in conversing with these
agents, and in view of this and the unpleassnt or
dangerous features, under ordinary circum
stances, solicitors ought to transact their busi
ness without seeking to enter the house.
Air Congress Meet Assured
Some annoyance has been given the Omaha
Aero club members becsuse of rumors that the
projected congress of airmen in Omaha in No
vember might be abandoned. Nothing could be
farther from the truth. The air meet Is assured,
and will go over with a sip, just because it has
the enthusiastic support of energetic young men,
backed by substantial business interests.
The promoters have met with success in their
preliminary endeavors; have secured the Pulitzer
Trophy race, the really great event of the heav
icr-than-air world; they have pledges from aces
from all the world to compete. Visitors from
every country will be here. From any angle, the
work of preparation and promotion has been well
done.
Now the tug is at hand. Accommodations
must be provided on the big flying field that has
been secured, and some similar arrangements are
to be cared for. The club's committees are
working hard, the Chamber of Commerce has
given the undertaking its endorsement, and
three-fourths of the money needed to carry out
the local end of the project is secured.
It is up to Omaha to do the rest. The Aero
club has shown the way to new life, and the
response to their Lets got should be
unanimous.
Between Austria and Hungary.
A flare-up that may mean much or nothing
at all between Austria and Hungary indicates
the unsettled conditions that prevail among the
remnants of the late empire. Ostensibly the dis
turbance arose over the possession of a little bit
of ground, awarded to Austria but claimed by
Hungary. In reality, the cause lies much deeper,
and therefore its possibilities are the more worthy
of serious consideration. '"'
When the Austrian empire 'was dissolved,
Czecho-Slovakia came up as a republic, and Hun
gary and Austria adopted, so far as exterior ap
pearances are concerned, a republican form of
government ar'welL Austria is so completely
exhausted that for the moment it is all but
ignored, save as a technical rather than as an
actual figure in international politics. But Hun
gary yet is powerful, and good opinion strongly
tends to the thought that the protectorate is
practically certain to result in the restoration of
the Hapsburg line to the throne of Hungary.
Such an event would undoubtedly suit the
Magyar element, but the Czechs, Slavs and Ger
mans in the kingdom are not at all. partial to the
plan. Bohemia and Moravia are happy in their
internal relations as established under the' repub
lic, but are not especially fortunate in dealings
with their immediate neighbors. Age-old jeal
ousies and grievances against Austria and Hun
gary still are warm in Czecho-Slovakia, and
have marred the intercom, between the elements
of the decomposed empire. Poland, Germany
and Russia are not yet on easy terms with Bo
hemia or Moravia, and this makes the circle
complete. 1
Until a great progress is made in the direc
tion of settling some of the causes of differences
that existed prior to the great war, prosperity
will be retarded. When barriers are broken
down and boundaries are forgotten, save on elec
tion day, the Czechs, Slovaks, Slavs, Magyars
and Germans will find that finally their interests
are much the same, and will be better served by
agreement than in perpetuating contentions that
belong to a past that is closed. Closer inter
communication is the remedy for most of their
present troubles.
Extreme, But Effective.
Omaha is not the only place where the bat
tle between the landlord and the tenant is going
on. As reports come in from all parts of the
land, bearing practically the same import, the
impression grows that the tenant has very few
rights the landlord is bound to respect Now
and then one crops up, however. Out in Ala
meda, Cat., a woman set fire to the house she
owned because she could not get the tenants to
vacate otherwise. The ruse had the effect of
compelling the. renter to move, but it also had a
back-fire the owner did not look for. She is
now under arrest, to face criminal prosecution.
"It was my own property, and I thought I had a
right to burn it up," she told the police. She will
find Out that her right to burn her own property
is circumscribed by the greater right the public
has in the security that must prevail in order that
the community may be safe at all times. Also
that in these days neither she nor. any other may
selfishly dispose of anything (hat has public
value so long as public need requires it Even
in time of peace in this land, the right of private
ownership is not entirely paramount to general
need. '
Note the grace with which the democrats
accuse the republicans of not accomplishing any
thing in congress, and then recall that everything
in the way of remedial legislation has been
fought tooth and nail in both house and senate
by the minority party.
The Greeks should not have stopped their
advance merely because of lack of water in the
desert If they can't get water, let them drink
wine.
Senator Borah is working off a surplus of
speeches left over when the senate took a recess.
Somebody should send word to Belfast that
the truce still is in fo.ee.
As a statesman, "G. B. S." continues to be a
corking good playwright
Railroads and shippers, never did agree on
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Europe 8 Gold Reserves.
Unespecttd Addition of Almost
Half a Billion to World Total
(From the Commerce Monthly, Published by
National Bank of Commerce, New York.)
While Europe sent to the United States more
than 1:50.000,000 In gold during the first six
months of the current year above receipts from
this country, nevertheless a slight gain occurred
in that period in the total gold reserves of
Europe held by central banks or government
agents.
Only three of the fourteen chief European
gold holding countries- showed a diminution in
their gold stocks from January 1 to July I, and
these losses were relatively slight, their com
bined total amounting to less than $12,000,000.
This loss wss more than offset by gains among
the other eleven countries, the net increase of the
fourteen combined amounting to SI. 199.000.
Yet between January 1 and July 1 the gold
stock held by the federal reserve banks iu the
United States increased bv $402,601,000. or nearly
20 per cent of the $2,059jJO,0OO they held the
first of the year, almost two-thirds oi the increase
being made up by the gold from European ship
ping points, the rest coming from non-European
and domestic sources.
An analysis of this gold movement shows that
p.escnt European gold reserves are not being
drained to swell America's holdings, but that the
increments to this country s hoard since the first
of the year, in so far as shipments from Euro
pean points are concerned, are chiefly accounted
tor by three great streams of the metal consist
ing of newly mined supplies from Africa coming
by way ot London; ot gold yielded up by India
also coming by way of London; and of metal
thought to have originated from Russian sources.
eventually coming to America through various
European countries.
Europe's centralized reserves were built up
subsequent to the outbreak of the great war far
above pre-war figures, and were turther increased
since the armistice, by concentrating in them as
far as possible all gold privately held. While
these reset ves have been, by continued govern
ment impoundage, kept rigidly stabilized at the
points attained as a result ot those extraordinary
war and postwar measures, in the face of the re
cent tremendous suction toward America, never
theless the three great streams have . flowed
through these countries to the United States
with little impediment during the last six months.
No material effort has been made iu Europe to
divert the gold from them for the purpose of
building up further the reserves there.- lhc
gold has served to reduce European indebted'
ness in America rather than to aid in restoring
the sold standard in Europe.
It was stated in the Federal Reserve Bulletin
for June, 1921, that the director of the Swedish
mint had recently estimated that seventy tons of
Russian gold were received in Sweden since
1920. He was quoted as saying that after re'
finine it was re-exported, chiefly to the United
States, representing an assayed value here of
about $40,000,000. The bulletin also said that hot
less than another $60,000,000 of Russian gold or
its equivalent had found its way to the United
States through France and other channels.
The movement of gold from Russia to the
United States is not definitely traceable. It is
thought to have come to this country indirectly
through various continental countries in addi
tion to those mentioned above. At the outbreak
of the war in 1914 the Russian State Bank held
$779,750,000 in gold; by the end of 1917, the date
of the last definite statement of gold held in the
bank, the stock had dwindled to $633,000,000. It
has been reported that this balance has since
been largely dispersed and the amount remain
ing is unknown, but is thought to be small.
It appears therefore that the United States
received, between January 1 and July 10, the
equivalent ot $106,599,000 of African and. Indian
gold by way of London and the equivalent of
more than 5100,000,000 of Russian gold by way
of continental Europe. These three chief sources
account for the fact that Europe as a whole has
been able to make substantial gold payments to
the United States without further impairing her
existing centralized gold stocks.
No Plaec for a Wamanl
It is to be rgrettcd that the president is being
mportuned to appoint a woman, any woman, to
a seat at the conference. Being1 impelled by the
conviction that sex division, as such, should not
be allowed to -creep into politics, this newspaper
has frequently deplored the appearance and re
appearance of efforts by women's clubs and fed
erations to wave the sex banner and ' make it
paramount to all other considerations,
A national woman s political party would be
foolhardy. Yet there are women all over the
country who would hail such an institution with
delight, ignoring the viciousness of the intro
duction of an entirely new class, with its in
dividual aims, foibles, and axes to grind, into
national, politics. -The greatest good to the
greatest number should not become the greatest
good to the most solidly organized class. In
politics we must think of ourselves as American
citizens, not as male and female.
The granting of suffrage to woman was a
recognition of women's brains and women's
value, but it was also the imposition of a stern
duty. For the most part women are wearing the
wreath of political equality with dignity, and only
here and there one comes upon a little group ot
bacchantes, who, having accepted the crown of
Minerva, believe it to be the bonnet of Carrie
Nation. Louisville Courier-Journal.
, History Truth or Fiction?
Dr. John J. Tigert, United States commis
sioner, of education, wants a new kind of his
tory teaching. He is not the first to charge in
ternational misunderstanding to propaganda mas
querading as history, but he is particularly out
spoken about it. Just what he thinks ought to
be done to our history courses in detail he did
not say when he addressed the New Jersey
teachers at New Brunswick last week, but he in
timated that he wants school histories that tell the
truth even when it is disagreeable rather than
those that perpetuate cheerful fictions. He asked
for history books that, regardless of where made
and used, will all tell the stame story of Chan
cellorsville and Appomattox, Sumter and Sher
man; histories that will enable Americans and
Canadians alike to recognize the encounter that
goes under the name of Lundy's Lane: texts that
describe accurately the chaos that followed the
American Revolution, instead of elossing over
what Fiske truly termed "The Critical Period."
This is a high ideal In attempting to reach it
authors and publishers will run up against narrow-minded
school boards. But it is an idea
worth fighting for. New York Evening Post.
Keen Minds of Irishmen.
The Irish are famous disputants. They have
keen minds and detect differences invisible to
the ordinary eye. - They will divide you a hair
between north and northwest side with the great
est energy and enthusiasm. This is one reason
why they make such good lawyers. It also helps
to explain why they are such excellent parlia
mentarians. They seem to inherit ability to per
ceive nice distinctions overlooked by others, and
vehemently insist upon them as absolutely vital
New York Times.
. Where the Actor Is Safe.
The admission fee at a Moscow theater is
four pounds of peas. In the distressed state of
Russia an actor is safe from eggs and tomatoes.
New York Herald.
No Iron Crosses.
The only disadvantage the average German
citizen can perceive in a republic is that it is
less magnificent in costumes and scenery than
the old monarchy. Wfejli?Tton Star, ...
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MILK, COWS VS. COATS.
"Will you tall ua something about
goat's milk?" M. B. writ.
I hav coma to tha conclusion that
there la not much dlRrnra chemi
cally batwaao row's milk ami goat's
milk. In tha dosen or more analyse
ol aoafa milk tn my poamaalon I n4
tha different Insredienla ranging
between following extremeswater,
ti to ST.l per cent; aollda. 13 I to
IS per rent; fata, I to 1 per vent;
ugare, S to t per cent Total, pro
lelii. I H. to 5.
Tha protelda are caaein, Intalbu
mtn, and lactglobulln. Tha percent
agea of raarln aro glvan 4a ranging
from 1.6 to S.S and lartalbumlns
from .15 to i t. Tha mineral matter
from .5 to 1 par oent. Theao are
wide varlatlona, aomo of them being
below tha figures given for cows
milk and human milk and some
above them.
In all probability, all of the annly
ea were carefully dona by competent
chemlata. Then why the wide- varia
tion? The answer la thut soma goats
give rich milk and others poor. Just
soma cows give rit-n milk ana
othnrs poor. There are cowa the milk
of which runs little over 2 per cent
milk fat and others that give milk
running 6 per rent
I am satisfied after comparing
these analyaea that In the preparation
of goal s milk for baby uae, tha dilu
tion should be on tho aame basis with
cow's milk. It la aaeerted that the re
action of goat milk la different from
that of cow milk and human milk
The evidence on that point la ao con
tradictory no conclusions can bo
drawn, and there la no entabllithed
reason for preferring goat's milk.
If there la no chemical superiority,
Is there any biological superiority?
It is said that the fat globule of
goat s milk la smaller thun that ot
cow a milk. The claim may be cor
rect but the proof furnlahed In the
several publications is not convinc
ing, was the comparison made with
llolstein milk or Jersey milk? Who
are right, those who contend for the
easier digestibility of fat from Hoi
stein milk or those who dispute the
claim?
It Is claimed for gont'a milk that
the curd is lighter, more fla ecu lent.
and, therefore, more easily digested.
Fowler says so In his book, but
Cheadle, whose book has a aeparate
chapter on that very subject, says
the curd is an large and heavy as that
or cowa milk. On that point the
evidence is contradictory.
Nevertheless, all writers are a creed
that there are certain babies who do
poorly on cowa milk and who thrive
on goat's milk. The reason is beyond
us aa yet. There is ono advantage
that nobody can deny, and that Is
that goats do not have any consider-
axle amount f tuherruloaie, while
cowa are riddled with It.
A good ninny children get tuber
eu Ionia from drinking cow'a milk, but
none from drinking goat's milk.
Of ruurne, goal have Malta fever
and a few caare of Mall fi-vrr have
bc-eii reported from Texan tnd other
purta of tho I'nlied hi air. It la said
alao goat's milk can be produced and
marketed mure cheaply than roar's
milk. It la aaaerted goata can bo kept
In town or t'loae to lwn without
canning nulaanre, and that In this
way gout'a milk can reauH the con
sumer freah and with a low bacterial
count. I think thut claim tan be
proved.
t'tinoult Ktato r.KvialM.
M.h. 8. R wrltea: "I. Juat what
would you expect of a aby born
while the mother suffered from
neuranihenla?
"2. Tho child mirrored n atroke of
Infantile paralysis when 4 days old.
la now 3u montha old, la helpleee,
cannot hold up her head, cannot hit
or stand, la in reaaor.ably good
health In other waya. Heema to lo all
right mentally. Tho baby aeemrd all
right nt birth. The other children
tn the fiimlly had acarlet fever at the
time of her birth. Who broke out
when 9 days old. Could this have
been the cuuxe of the paralysla? la
there any help for a child so af
flicted T
t ItBPLV.
1. The neuraathenla of the mother
has no rein Hon to this child's trouble
2. You may never know what was
the trouble in the first place. Your
slate health department has a spe
ciality who holds infantile diagnoals
clinics at act times mid places.
Write him for information as to what
clinic is nearest you and what la the
finte or the next clinic in that town.
Take your child to that clinic. If
the case is found to be infantile
paralysis, havo the clinician advlso
with you as to whether there ta hope,
and, if so, who you can see and
where.
lUllk'Hiiukc Bile Fa til.
F. M. B. sends ua n clipping telling
ot the death of W. 8. Farker of San
Antonio. Tex., from rattlesnake bite.
Mr. Parker had caught several rat-
tleanakea. While attempting to charm
one of these snakes he waa bitten In
the arm. His wound waa not con
sidered serious at first, but later he
waa removed to a hospital, where, ho
died in a few hours.
REPLY.
Rattlesnake anti-venom Is now
available. They have it at tho New
York zoo for use with attendants at
the snake cages. It can he had from
F. IL Thomas company, Boston,
Mass.
"Jfto&oe's
7ettar&
Labor' s Place in
Wartime.
(From tha Baltimore' American.)
The New York State Federation
of Labor'' has adopted a resolution
indorsing the government's efforts
to. bring about disarmament' one
whereas of which in of remarkable
and' perhaps not fully, intended significance.
Vhereas: Labor and indus
try' having to bear 'such a bur- '
den of taxation, will be demoral
ized and the government , will
defeat the very ends of national
defense which it professes to
serve. War is no longer a con
flict between uniformed
forces of professional combat
ants. It Is a conflict cf all re
sources" ot the belligerents of
whatever kind and nature. What
ended the world war was the
overwhelming economic forces
of the United States.
It was the proud boast of ex-Sec-
tween uniformed , forces of profeS'
sional combatants, but a conflict of
all resources of the belligerents, of
whatever kind and nature, as Is
certainly the truth, then the current
expenso of maintaining a uniformed
lorce, no matter how great, is a
mere bagatelle, and what is really
needed to keep down the cost of
war is complete organization of all
the nation's resources for economical
employment la case hostilities break
out.. Manpower for the field is only
one such resource. The labor of the
man who, for one reason or another.
is exempted from active service is I
much greater resource.
It. was the proud boast of Ex-Sec
retary . McAdoo that such was the
government's generosity, the United
States was paying 14 times as much
aa Germany for each soldier sent
to the front, and that was at a time
when none knew how long the war
would last. We entered the war late
when Germany was already near
bankrupt But suppose we had gone
in at the .beginning, could we have
stood that rate of expenditure to the
end?- Or, suppose the time comes
for another war in which we must
stand alone against some nation as
rich and powerful as was imperial
Germany and able and organized to
conserve Its resources. What will be
our chance of success unless we get
straight down to hard facts and
commandeer for Industries as we
commandeer for the field?
To fight ' Germany the United
States practically commandeered the
allroads, factories, coal, natural re
sources and - private investments,
paying for their use such rental or
interest as it itself choso to fix It
did not commandeer labor. On the
contrary, every price It paid for pro
auction, every contract It entered
into for supplies or construction.
constituted recognition that if labor
would only produce it could put Its
own money value on its efforts.
Soaring wages had their reflex ac
tion in lowered efficiency: and that,
in turn, was met by throwing in still
more men at the still higher wages
needed to attract them.
Not only is the next war going to
be a conflict of "all -the resources'
of the belligerents. The last war was
one. Labor recognizes the trath
now, but it does so too late to pre-
ent the consequences of our having
failed to see It while the war was on.
When we talk so glibly of the awful
charge the government is now un
der on account of "past, present and
future wars,", let us at least realize
that half the 135.000,000,000 the last
was cost us In direct outlay and all
the other billions that it cost us in
increased .living expenses came from
labor's patriotism being satisfied
with doing the work and thinking
the price asked for doing it a wholly
secondary matter to the government
and nation.
It is too late to correct that mis
take now, but we fail to see how
labor organization can agree on
such a profound truth concerning
the character of modem war without
also agreeing that labor must do its
full share in helping the nation re
cover from its consequences; push
ing prices downward, production up,
reducing cost of manufacture, being
patient
' 1 '
Boston's Returning Normalcy.
Another sign of returning normal
cy: the restaurant men report new
interest in the old-time order of a
plate of plain beans.. oaten Herald.
Senate and Secrecy.
(from the Philadelphia Ledger.)
There are a good many Americans
obsessed with the idea that the per
feet way to make treaties and inter
national agreements is to declare a
holiday, distribute handbills and
draw the agreements in a public
gathering on the public square.
Senator Pat, Harrison of Mlssicsippl
- lias been worrying the senate to
make some such stipulation in the
measure appropriating funds for the
expenses or ine Disarmament con
ference.
: There is a sub-stratum of common
sense in the senate, some of it hav
ing lodgment In the person of Sena
tor Lodge. After the senator from
Massachusetts had finished with
Senator ' Harrison and Ms stipule
tlons , the MlsslBSippian ' somewhat
hurriedly withdrew his measure and
stalked mumbling away.
The effort to commit the senate to
what Senator Lodge described as
"futile bad manners" failed, as It
deserved to fall. The much-advertised
drive to force all doors of the
conference wide open went to pieces
on the rocks of common sense, but
It gave Senator-Lodge a chance to
giv a badly needed lectu.-e on what
constitutes International good manners.-'
..'
We have . invited five nations to
come to Washington and discuss- two
most important' world questions.
There was some reluctance to come
at all. We have specified the sub
jects to be discussed, and that has
not met with general approval. Not
content with that, certain senators
would enforce discussion of soma
highly dangerous 'questions in the
open. ; '
The five Invited nations have some
rights in saying what shall and what
shall not be done.' They have, in
fact, juat as much right as has the
United States.
The move of Senators Harrison
and Borah was pathetically provin
cial. Oh, yes, Senator Borah was
among those in the forefront, and
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts was
there or thereabouts.. While Sena
tor Johnson of California Is not men
tioned in the proceedings, his views
are familiar, and he and Senator La,
Follette were doubtless In the second
and supporting lines. They may be
relied upon usually.
Congress voted for the calling of a
disarmament conference. The in
vitations are out and accepted. The
date is set. . About the best thing
congress can do now is to vote the
necessary money for the tonference,
keep hands off and give the ad
ministration a chance.
The country has been given proofs
in plenty of the ability and the deep j
rationalism of the administration.
The nation is not about to be be
trayed. Disarmament is not about
to be done to death in the house of
its frlenda because a few doors will
be closed. Why be futl'ely foolish
about it?
CENTER SHOTS.
Americana consume about forty-
six million clgarets a year. No won
der the women feel constrained to
help in this gigantio undertaking.
Mobile Register.
The only nation capable of licking
the world is stagnation. Klmlra
Star-Gazette. .
The home Is some women's sphere
and some men's fear. Little Rock
(Ark.) Gazette.
Corn on the cob is fine, but there
are some who prefer it on the hip.
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
In spite. cf prohibition, the high
seas remain wet. Ain't nature won
derful? Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
We don't see how the tilm story of
Adam and Eve is going to get by the
censors. K n o x v 1 1 1 e Journal and
Tribune
You can still find some good nat
ural complexions among men. Terre
Haute Star.
It will be an unfortunate day for
crooks when policemen adopt 'he
practice of aiming at innocent by
standers. Hartford Times.
Some women are born beautiful
and others have beauty thrust upon
them by the society editor. Canton
(Mo.) Press.
locriMir Allen's Hcvli,
Council Ulutra. Au. S.Ta Ihe
Kdltor of Tha IWe: I'rrna reports of
tha apeech of Governor AlU n of Knit
Ma st tha noinid.iy luiu-lieuti at Ihe
Chamber of I'mnniem of tMiiaha
quote the governor aa uiiim that the
(sua tr the men rreignt rates la tne
Inelfli'lenry of railroad labor, and
sialad that five men aro employed to
itti the asms work thai waa per
formed lv one iiihh in II7,
Of oouiaa lite governor and Ihe
members of tha I'h'imlMr of Cum-
meres who heard this Kiatement
knew that it waa not Irui. The audi
enre which was sought In be In
rluenred by this propaganda waa the
unthinking newspaper nadar ami
paclully the farmer, sniitrtitisr un
der tha outrageous "iterlullon" of the
Federal lleaerve Bank ai'su-m. which
la ruining thousand of farmer.- If
Ihe farmers can bo Induced to atari
a fight with labor, their attention can
be ditruct-il from the re.il enemy
until the process of "deilutlun" la
complete and the farmer ia bruurht
completely under the domination 0f
Wall street.
Governor Allen knows that nt the
preaent tlmo there are n-na of
thousands of railroad laborem and
mecnanit-s una orr. now men -an
there be "five men doing tin- wune
work that one man did In 19IT?" If
there waa any truth In tho atatcmrnt.
there would he five time aa many
men employed by the railroad aa
there were In 1S17, instead of in any
thousand of Idle men wh were In
the service In 117.
Governor Allen aeema to bo fol
lowing tha formula of ail defender
of tho system which ia exploiting
labor and tho farmer alike, ami doc
grdly repeating that which ia false
with tha hope that constant reitera
tion will mako an impression finally
on the public mind. Hut tn think
that the rending puhllu cannot sec
the absolute absurdity of auch n
statement as that made before the
6?
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