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    THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. fEPTEMBER 9. 1921.
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The Bee's Platform
1. Nw Uals Patafr Suiioa.
2. Cntia4 Impraeameat of Ika Ne
braska Htihwey, lacludiaf th
aaat af Mala Taorouyafar IIb
iato Oman wit Brick Surfaea.
3. A short, low-rat Waterway freai th
Cera Ball ta la Atlaatla Ocean.
4. Ham Rul Charter for Omaha, wltb
City Manager fra af Cevaramaal.
Democratic Obstructionist Tactics.
In and out of congress the democrat have
iissumed tlieir natural and normal attitude of
fcrninst the government." Offering no sugtfes
t ion or presenting no plan for solving the prob
lem of the government, they consistently as
sume to obstruct a far as possible everything
the republicans propose. William Jennings
Bryan gives an excellent example of the general
aspect f hi party sweeping denunciation
of the revenue measure now under consideration.'
lie repeats what is being shouted from every
democratic source of utterance, that the bill will
take the tax off the rich and place it on the
. poor. . ' , '
The proposal to drop the excess profits tax
feature is the pretext for these democratic dia
. tribes. " They carefully refrain from any refer
ence to the fact that the bill lowers the tax rate
to the mass of taxpayers, by increasing the ex
emption on beads of families to $2,500 and mak
ing an allowance of $400 for each dependent child
instead of $200 as placed by the democrats.
Under this arrangement, the father of a family
of five children must have an income of above
$4,300 before he pays tax directly at all. Family
incomes of $2,500 or under are absolutely exempt
from taxation if the bill goes tlujough congress.
This phase of the, bill is entirely neglected ,by
the partisan critics, who seek only to stir up
dissatisfaction among the people.
The excess profits tax was not a defensible
source of revenue in the beginning. It was
adopted as an experiment, and in its operation
it has defeated its object. Supposedly it would
' have discouraged profiteering; instead, it actually
stimulated undue profit taking, and did not bring
- to the government the share of extortionate
returns its proponents anticipated. The col
lector's qffice reports .that returns from excess
profits levies arc diminishing, and have reached;
a point that warrants the discontinuance of the
tax. Business demands it, and common sense
supports it. ;;V
' Mr.' Bryan, who rejects human experience;
ignores' facts, and derides science, surprises nd-
. body familiar with his vagaries when he sails
into the republicans for undertaking to frame a
revenue measure that will bring income and at
the same time be of as little hindrance to enter
prise as possible. He knows, but neglects to
state, that all taxes arc collected from one
source; that' everyfjeitiaen of the United States
is iti the end a taxpayer, and that all must con
tribute1 toihf common end of paying the gov
ernment's debts.' , ! 1
fc The cheapest sort of demagogy is that which
preaches that, the revenue measure , takes the
burden off the, rich and puts it on the poor. An
casual distribution of the tax may be impossible
of accomplishment, but an honest effort is being
made to make the levy as nearly equal as pos-
" sible, and yett to secure enough money to take
care of the government's need, and the demo
crats are not helping to attain the end.
t Saving the Gullible Public.
One policy of the Nebraska boxing commis
sion, so far as it has been unfolded, deserves
commendation. If we are to have prize-fighting
legalized under the diaphanous cloak of "boxing
exhibitions," it is well to see that these affairs
are carried on in faitlras good as is possible
. among men who engage in such callings. There
fore the action of the commission in .holding ou'
the prize money from one alleged contestant and
suspending him and another because they were
not in condition to make a proper showing i.
praiseworthy as being on right lines. Protec
tion of the gullible public is the first duty of the
authorities. When a boxer enters the ring ou'
of condition,; or deliberately refuses or neglect
to extend himself and put forth his best efforts
to win In any contest he engages in, he docs nc
deserve to share in the money collected as fees
for admission from the patrons. Boxing is a
good sport only when it is honestly carried on,
and professional athletes should be the most
jealous of its reputation, for it is their means of
livelihood. The source of revenue may easily be
cut off if once the public be convinced that it is
being cozzened by exhibitions that are not con
tests, but merely a series of calisthenics, awk
wardly displayed that the participants may get
away with a little easy money.
The Parcel Post Way.
- Traveling by parcel post is not yet possible,
although the public prints occasionally record
some thrifty parent affixing a postage stamp to
bis child's cheek and attempting to send him by
tnaiL Yet an astonishing amount of goods is
being handled in this way. The announcement
that a Colorado mill is to ship 45 tons of flour
: by parcel post may strike a novel note, and yet
undoubtedly sacks of floor before this have been
handled by the postofHce, although singly rather
than' in large amounts.
The general impression is that it costs more
to ship in- this way than by others, and in many
instances tills is probably true. ' Yet the an
nouncement of the flour mill that it is cheaper
to send its product by mail than by railway
freight gives a graphic picture of the dispropor
tion into which transportation rates bare fallen.
In both cases the railroads haul this cargo, bat
in the one the United States postoffice standi
between them and the shippers. So far at gov
ernment reports go, no Ion In th operation ul
the postal system exists, although its rates are
comparatively low,
Tbt way tome shippers feel, it may soon be
found cheaper to send live stock to market by
air mail than by rail At all events, to th ex
lent that th government it competing with the
transportation companies, the people are the
beneficiaries.
Sounds Like a Family Council.
Americans ho have seats In the gallery at
Crneva, and there are said to be more of them
than any other national group, arc learning
something about the League of Nations that it
good to' know. They art hearing a discussion
that strongly resembles a family council, in
which the membert are not all agreed at to a
course of action. Hjalmar Branting, who repre-
sents Sweden, plainly told the delegate the
management of the league's affairs under the
tecretariat had been extravagant, and unless the
waste it stopped Sweden will cease its contribu
tions. He also said the settlement Which gave
to Finland the Aland islands was not at all to
Sweden's liking, and bad been reached after on
due means had been adopted.
This direct challenge was replied to by Lord
Robert Cecil, who lives in England but titt for
the South African Union in the assembly, the
defense being that the secretariat bad not been
extravagant, had to spend money, and that no
settlement could be reached that would,satUf
all hands. Moreover, the absence of the Unite
States from the assembly putt the blame for all
delay and failure on this country. To be sure;
we would have been blamed anyway, and might
as well accept in absentio.
Argentine again threatens to withdraw, Dr.
Pueyrredon declaring the league dead, because
it can not survive under "the present democratic
system of organization, where there is an equal
ity of duty but not an equality of power." Lord
Robert Cecil tays the failure to settle the Polish
situation is a disgrace, and to this there will be
no demur. -
Altogether, the progress of the league so far
appears to justify about everything that was
said concerning it from the opposition side in
the United States. Futile as a European tribunal,
it is impossible as a world court. Experience
may show its further weakness, but already it
has demonstrated its lack of capacity to achieve
the great things foretold by its advocates. Our
absence from its sessions is due to American
statesmanship of a quality on which the republic
is to be congratulated.
Ireland to Be a Nation.
A note of unrestrained optimism is sounded
in the latest advices from Ireland, the hope be
ing that a way to peace has finally opened. It
is clear that the reply of the British cabinet to
the De Valera communication suggested the de
sirability of abandoning the circle on which pro
ceedings were moving, and striking off on a new
tangent in the direction of a settlement Ire
land is to remain a part of the empire, but other
wise to enjoy autonomy. Ulster is not to be
coerced, but that agreement is not impossible
has long been' apparent, the chief difference be
tween north and south Ireland being over the
separate existence contained in the republic for
which Sinn Fein contended. Details of the. bar
gain are yet lacking, but that good sense it Com
ing uppermost again is plain from the fact that
we hear the news as given out". The people of
both islands are weary of strife; they have been
fed up on war to the absolute limit, and all, hands
are anxious; that amity be restored; Any bar
gain that is made between, the empire, and the
dominion will be satisfactory to the world, and
the rest may be left to the future for thd Irish
and the English to work out according, to their
own notions. ,
Concerning Transportation
Charges
Senator Capper's Analysis and Soma ,PrtU
ncnt Comment Thereon.
(From the Washington Star.)
Senator Capper of Kansas, voicing his view
point in the columns of hi farming weekly,
holds that the major ills of these days through
which America is passing spring from excessive
transportation charges. There are many who
will concur in his diagnosis of the case, tor the
effect of freight rates upon the ecrnomic and in
dustrial system of a nation Is admittedly powerful
and perva.ive. Yet when the senator pvtet
from the functions of diafrnosticstion to those of
remedial prescription!! the numbers of thought
ful men among his adherents must dwindle.
The president should "compel rate reduction"
by the railroads, he states. The guarantee clause
of the Each-Cummins law should be repealed.
The power to increase state ratet should be taken
from the Interstate Commerce commission. And
to forth.
It is interesting that, approximately coinci
dent with the exposition of this viewpoint, the
current issue of the Railway Age should contain
a statement of cold facts and figures which
would tend to show the danger, if not the im
possibility, of the heroic treatment advocated
by the senator from Kansas. Figures are given
which establish the fact that while the total
earnings of the roads for the first six months of
1921 were almost &i20,ouo,ouo more than during
the similar period of 1919, the public paid almost
$21,000,000 less for transportation service during
those months, the explanation of that apparently
anomalous truth being in the fact that in 1919,
under government control, the public paid in
taxes for a very considerable part of the trans
portation services received a large deficit hav
ing been incurred. Figuring upon this basis it is
readily demonstrated that a considerable saving
has been made to the public by the roads during
the indicated period, and this at the expense of
very heavy losses incurred by the owners of the
roads. For the net operating income actually
earned by the roads during the first half of this
year was but $142,000,000, only one-third of the
net return they received in the first half of 1919
under government control, and ,$95,000,000 less
than mere interest upon their outstanding bonds
for the period involved.
In the light of those cold, uncompromising
figures the advisability or, indeed, the need for
the drastic measures advocated by senator tap
per becomes dubious. They would prove that
for each dollar entering into the cost of trans
portation the public is today getting more service
than it was in 1919 that the roads are seeking,
at a heavy cost to themselves, to remedy a condi
tion of affairs for which they are in no wise re
sponsible. Were the earnings of the roads high
today, were profits large and dividends excessive,
the prescription of the senator might well be ex
pedient. But to press that prescription at a time
when the roads are running on so close a margin
as to be unable to meet the interest due upon
their' outstanding obligations would be unwise
in the extreme. For, important and desirable
though a reduction in freight rates undoubtedly
is today, it is still more important and desirable
to find some other means to that end than one'
which, under existing conditions, could only re
sult in the closing down of the roads or (nearly
as bad) a return to government operation.
How to Keep Well
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Who Ran Up the Bills?
- y. The question of whether people should be
paid altogether in proportion to -their efficiency
6T whether some recognition of their family over;'
.head expenses should be made is' not altogether
easy; However, the dispute among federal mi
ployes over equal pay- and promotion for men
and women probably will not go so far as to
grant equal rights to such, women as are sup
porting a husband and i several children- and'
withhold it from unmarried girls who have only'
themselves to feed and clothe. i ?
Certainly a curious , situation where the car
men offered to pledge their entire wages to
guarantee the Des Moines street railway against
loss if it would resume service, and were told
that their earnings would not be sufficient to
cover the possible loss. w -What other concern
is there which could not make a profit if labor
worked for nothing? . . J " ; i
An inventor who predicts that the time will
come when congress will, no longer assemble,
but the members will conduct their debates by
wireless telephones from their homes may be
within the bounds of mechanical possibility,
but hardly can be said to take the human fac
tors into account. 4 ' .
The Eskimos, who manage to exist without
any of the vitamines which are considered so
necessary to life, merely display their ignorance
by refusing to die. The Creighton college pro
fessor who is going exploring among the Arctic
diets may break down one of the very latest
scientific fads.
If any of those people who design question
naires desire them answered correctly, they
should phrase them a bit more fairly, as for in
stance: "What nations were engaged in the
Russo-Japanese war?" and "In what state is Des
Moines, la?" -
Good idea, that of the Chicago, schools to
teach geography by moving pictures some of
the boundary lines "change to often hat they
could not be correctly given m any other way.
The robbery of that moving picture theater
reads as if the criminals had learned the fine
points from some of the film play.
That ' Canadian boundary line reminds the
porting editor of Omar's line about the "strip
between the desert and the sown."
Mr. McAdoo now says he is in favor of a
"navy less world." If the Wilsonites had had
their way, we would have been a navyless na
tion on the eve of entering the war.
Whh an army of 400.000 children in the
schools, Nebraska is making itself safe for
democracy. -
Mr. Bryan still ia-tn "amoosin' little cuss."
A recent guest of Milwaukee, Mr. Emanuel
Dobbs of Atlanta, speaking before a Milwaukee
audience, having first declared himself a demo
crat defending his party record, charged the re
publicans with failing to reduce taxes and at
tempted to prove his case by declaring that liis'
tax bill was as large as ever. Also he called at
tention to Secretary Mellon's statement jol treas
ury needs before the congressional committees.
- Hut what Mr. Dobbs tailed to tell was-who
created the debts those taxxs were paying who
made the deals which called for the huge sums
the secretary required. It is ari';old question;
many times answered from the record. But so.
long as defenders of the extravagance and waste
fulness of the last eight years try to throw the
blame for excessive i taxation on the present ad
mirlistration.'just so long it is necessary to'point
out the facts.
We all know, when 'we stop "io consider and
go beyond the sound of the, words, that -the
greater share of the' money needed by the treas-,k
ury is to meet obligations created by the Wilson
administration. No matter who created therii, no
matter how extravagant-or unwarrantedhey are,:
they' are now debts of hpnor.' of the nation and
no administration can forget them. They must
be paid. And there is only one. way to pay them.
That is through taxes.; We all know that v
So instead of charging Mr. Mellon with keep
ing up taxes and demanding huge sums Mr.
Dobbs, and, every other speaker , on 'the subject,
should ,in all fairness, tell why , such sums are
needed and who is responsible, ot fori the seri
out attempt to pay -them, but for creating them;
And fhey might, incidentally, allude to the
genuine steps toward' ecortomy now? being taken
and which will be reflected soon in ihe tax bills.
It might not be good politics, but it would fee
honest Milwaukee Sentinel. ,
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. Fourteen Pairs of Shoes.
There has been some publication of a .story
issued by a shoe man to the effect that every man
should own 'fourteen pairs of shoes. The daily
newspapers have rung the changes on this in
expedient statement. , Of course the average
citizen is unable to buy fourteen pairs of shoes
and would have no use for that number if he
did buy them. On the other hand there are
special shoes for every vocation and avocation,
and the man of means is really practicing econ
omy if he owns fourteen pairs of shoes. No man
can wear more than one pair at a time so that
when he is wearing out one pair he is saving
leather on the other thirteen pairs. Apart from
the original investment at one time the man who
owns fourteen pairs may save money as against
the man who has only one pair of shoes which
he wears every day until they are worn out. It
is true that the average male citizen pays little
attention to his feet and does not appear to care
whether they are wet! shod or not. The agita
tion to make the men spruce up and be more
stylish is to be commended. During many years
mere man has been content to let the female of
the species own fourteen or more pairs of shoes
while he r-i-s the bills and shuffles around with
any old thing on his own feet Shoe and Leather
Reporter.
Field for Discoverers.
, We should have more confidence in the future
of American aviation if American engineers had
an incentive to produce and if Americans had an
incentive to adopt flying as a day by day pursuit.
American" aviation must develop by American
experiments if it is to have advantage of the na
tional genius. Chicago Tribune.
NET PROFITS OF WAR.
As the public aWioola aiiible for
the tMlnn of is:i-'t3, let ua rad
ln that part of Ilia minimum
auinilMrW fur child wtlfr orating
Willi vt'lioul children. T aet nf
minimum aiandanla waa a)opiu In
llll whan we were nil II under the
(motional atreifo of tha war and tha
revelation of the draft axaininatlont
wrra frmh In our nilnda.
Thry represented tha deliberations
of a considerable rroup of think Ins
people who conferred arte a aeries
of nteatlnaa held in the aeeral boo-
tlona of tha Liilon.
A fundeiuental reqiitalta waa that
every child ehouUl bo registered
within three (In ye after birth. The
s.'hoole ehould Inalet that ll Bt'liool
children havt birth cerllllcatea. The
others were;
I. 1'roper locution, const motion,
hva-lene, ventilation and sanitation
of aohoolhnuee, adeijuato room tpave
no overcrowdinc.
2. Adequate playgroun t and
recreational facilities physical train
ing and supervised recreation.
3. Adequate apace and equipment
for school medical work and avail
able laboratory service.
4. Full tlma nuree to five Inetruo
tlona In persinul hygiene and diet,
to make vlalta. to ad vine and Indirect
mothera In principles of hyvlene and
nutrition and to take children to
i-llnlra with permlealon of pnrenta.
S. Tart tlma physician with ona
run time nuraa. tor not more than
2,000 children; If phyeician la not
available ona achool nurse for every
1,000 children. A full tlma phyei
cian with two full time nurses for
4,000 children for:
(a) Complete standardised physi
cal examination once a year with de
termination of weight and height at
beginning and end pf each achool
year: monthly weighing whenever
pOHHlble.
(b) Continuous health record for
lacb child to be kept on file with
other records of the pupil. This
should be a continuation it the pre
school health record which should
accompany the child to achool.
(c) Special examinations to be
made of children referred by teacher
or nurse.
(d) Supervision to control com
municable disease. , .
e Recommendation of treat
ment for all remedial defects
diseases, deformities, and cases of
malnutrition.
(f) Follow-up work by nurse to
see that physlolans' recommenda
tions are carried' oit.
. Available clinic for dentistry,
nose, throat, eye, ear. ekln, and
orthopedic work; and for free vac
cination ag-almit' smallpox.
7. Open nlr classes with rest
period!) and supplementary feedings
tor tuberculosis and certain tuber
culous children and children with
grave malnutrition. Special claseee
for children needing some form of I
spe.lt I Instruction due to phyt?al
or mental detail.
S. Nutrition elaaaet for physically
subnormal tliildren and tha main
tenance of luld morning lumhuon
and hot noonday meal hera necea-
. Examination by epe-Uliet of all
atypical or retarded children.
10. Kduealton of achi.ol child In
health habit. Including hyin and
are of young eblld.
11. General educational work In
health and hygiene. Including educa
tion of parent and teacher to eecure
lull co-operation In health program.
We ar entering on Iht third year
since thla aet of etandard waa
promulgated, het ua hop that many
school have attained this minimum.
Vary nab) 'a Diet More. '
V. U. wrltea: "I. Kindly let ma
know the right food for a baby 17
munllia old. II tua a very poor
appetite, la under weight. II ta bee
Ing fed on certlrtcd milk and orange
Julie in tha morning, up or broth
at mldduy. and a Hula potato at
night, t. ehould I boll thla nillkT
t. He I a resiles eloepor; la thla
due to nervousness? It so pleas
give a remedy?"
ItKPLV.
1. Breakfaat Cooked cereal,
toast, fruit aauce, eight ouncee boiled
milk. Dinner Mashed potato, or
rice, vegetable, tdaat, soup Supper
Cooked cereal. toat. fruit aauce,
eight ounce boiled milk He should
take one ounca nf meat. Good vege
tables ore spinach and other greens,
carrots, peaa. beans, - potato, okra.
asparagu. cauliflower.
t. He should have no raw milk. If
the milk la properly pasteurised,
cold and freah. It need not be boiled.
' I. The remedy for nervousness la
proper training. He should be keot
quiet and rree rrom excitement, at
tentlon, or company. Keep him In
me open air.
. Mental Help- 1 XwM,
llopelewa writes: "I have doc
tored ever since I wna B veara old.
At that time I hnd typhoid fever
and pneumonia. It left me with
nervous trouble which I hsv tried
hard to overcome. I cannot go any
place because I get nervous. It
aeema to work on the stomach
There ia a beating and I alwaya feel
as If I have to vomit. Do vou think
exerolte will help, such as swimming
and tennia?"
REPLY.
Taking- medicine will do you no
gooa. you are a neurasthenic and
you suffer from anxieties and fears.
You can be cured, but It will take
time. . It Is a matter of mental and
social training. If you get 'n the line
of auch training and have the
patience and Perseverance to stick.
you can win. There .are bushels of
religions, philosophies, cult, and
such, suited to Just your kind of
people.'
The Truth About
Everything
Or With Labor
. If. as the Indiana limestone men assert, Eng
lish limestone can be laid down on .the wharf in
New York or Boston for less than the freight
rate from the Bedford quarries to those points,
perhaps the trouble is with the freight rates.
Indianapolis News.
Harvesting the Ruins.
The ruined crops are now coming in by the
hundreds of carloads, and every elevator now
feels its oats almost heavier than it can bear.
Minneapolis Journal
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When Red Turn Blue. .
Senator France tays that Russia is not red.
but he .is not the only man who has observed
the blue tinge. Detroit Free Press, ;
Solve Farmers' Problems.
Greeley. Neb., Sept'. 4. To the
Editor of The Bee: What has be
come of the man who started the
slogan of "Back to the Land?" Has
he died an unnatural. doath vr has
ho crawled Into his hole and pulled
the hole in after him Z
Something very serlou" muSt have
befallen him for we never sie him In
print, where he so loved to display
his wisdom. Outdoors' la Just as big
today as it was a' year or. two ago
and the land is Just as rich and pro
ductive; Yet the. Once popular slogan
is never heard for the very good
reason that a reformers nerve has
limits. .- ;
It would fake an. unusual amount
of gall to advise a man to go farm
ing' under present conditions, the
caravan trekking from New York
to Idaho notwithstanding. Every so
.often we farmers are assured by
some "authority" that times Vill be
better presently.' That all we need
do is to produce and the other-fellow
wlllvtake care .of the product Un
fortunately the -farmer listened to,
the- sweet alluring song of the siren,'
believing, of course," that the singer
was' both -honest and disinterested.
But a news item in yesterday's Bee
will convince him of his error.
Perhaps the Jnterstats Commerce
commission thought it. was benefiting
Nebraska farmers by taking & cents
per 100 pounds off the strain rates
from Omaha east, while Jt takes'
absolutely nothing oft tho tariff from
Omaha' west.-- As Omaha Is on the
"eastern edge of the! state it ia diffi
cult to see how. or where it benefits
the farmer?, - as Nebraska farmers
are.au west of Omaha, and have to
pay the same old rate to the same
old carrier. . -i
It does benefit .somebody, howover.
but that somebody was already in a
position to help himself and didn't
need the aid nor paternal care of
tne commission with thi big name.
Nobody doubts the . ability, of the
Omaha grain speculator to take care
or Himself, And profitee-a are not
necessarily soft heated, therefore
there can be but little doubt as to
the destination of the lowly nick le.
When, the farmer comes to realize
that glutting the market with grin
Is not the way to get reasonable re
muneration for his service, times will
begin to improve for him.
Cutting his acreage in two would
give him the same Income, less la
bor and greatly diminished expenses'.
Clearly, overproduction is not tha
cure for present ills. 7
: MICHAEL O'CONNOK.
This Makes It Simple.
Omaha. Sept 6. To ihe Editor
of The Bee: A general feeling of
dissatisfaction exists 1n the public
mind regarding the present status
of the Lihertv . And Vlctnrv hnnd.
A general impression prevails over
.U. I. . A i ! .
mini inai me government enact
laws to restore the value of these
bonds in order to protect the people
and provide them with sufficient
WOrklnir ranllnl at a tlma irhan th.
United States is piling up gold bul
lion imo me oiiuons or dollars like
so much cord , wood.
The principal ailment with Ameri
can Industries today, which has
caused 7,000,000 men to be out of a
job. in rhk prH aniAlv h. t
our government First these Liber
ia ana victory Dona issues nave ab
sorbed $18,000,000,009 of the peo
ple's working capital. Second The
Federal Reserve bank rystem has,
by oppressive forced restrictions of
Credit, turned tho ftno n..A nf h.
country wrong aide out And Ameri-
uu uueineea can never ae restored
to normalcy until the present Hard
ins: administration, thrnnrh an iM nf
congress, compels the trading In gov-
cmuieiii pona issues to stop oy the
passage of a law permitting these
bonds to be redeemed at par by
issue of Federal Reserve notes, and
the Federal Reserve bank must cease
to be ai bank fnr tha hanlrov-a nmA
become a -bank for the people.
Tne principal evil with these bond
Issues at the present is that they are
exempt from taxes, and thla per-
mits wealthy persons to escape their
Just share of tax burdens but if
congress should compel thmi to ac
cept Federal Reserve notes for these
bonds.; their money would tnan De
forced back into the channels of
commerce; This would supply Ameri
can industries with tho . necessary
i-anltal to operate: Industry would
be started by this act. and there
would be no unemployment, for
every man who wanted to work could
then have a- 1ob. Thin would also re
duce. the tax burdens on the Ameri
can neonie to the extant or si.ouu,
000.000 annually which is how being
nalrl as Interest on these OonOS.
The- present Esch-Cummios- bill,
which provides that the govern
ment shall pay the railroads a net
per cent for the period of two year
whether tney operate or-not ia re-
sDonslbls for the present extortion
ate railroad rates, and as long as tho
government must pay. the bill, !why
hesitate to return to pre-war rates
if tha government must protect the-
railroad stockholder at the expense
of the people? If the government
must pay the hills, why shouldn't
they owit the railroads? Under the
present conditions, l claim we nave
nothing short of railroad ownership
of the government a condition
which is Intolerable and Indefensible,
and one that should be immediately
remedied by congress without
further delay. ROY M. HARROI'.
On Seeing a Nurse. ,
Irvlngton. Neb., Sept. 6. To the
Editor of Tha Bee: - The other day
I visited a modern hospital for the
first-time in my life, and I am send
ing those verses to a friend who is
taking treatment there:
Allow mi to make thla remark ann:
(And for goodneaa saka keep it all dark
Bon I
That handaome young nura
Mada mv heart discard worae!
Oh I I wlah I ooutd i d at the ClarksonI
Oh! atva me a hia-h-toned dlaeaa!
Lot -me ' 'sniffle' and cough bark and
saaasel -
It would- not be a curae. "
With a britht. blua-eed nilrm -
To support my poor head while 1 wheeie.
I could not enjoy a cracked bone.
And lay. In my hut all alone; J
But. a tender, aweet nurse
Every pain could dtaperae; .'
And from misery extract every groan.
But when all. the nuraes are men,
Not one case of- sickness .In ten . .
Will drag on ao alow
Or to a hospital got
There'll be no male Invalids then I
B. O. M'INTOSfl,
. ;v . Red House.
CENTER SHOTS.
Deflation deflated the. number of
jobs, anyway. Asheville Times.
When they readjust taxes, they al
ways put the accent on the "ad" in
stead of the "just." Rochester
Times-Union.
' -Too many persons do not know
what to do with the great outdoors
except to eat . In It. -Leavenworth
Post. ..'
, It is now proposed to deport alien
violators of the Volstead act But
why send so much money out of the
eountry? Peoria Transcript
"Revenue Program, Taking
Shape," Says a headline. And It will
take about everything else. Green
ville (S. C.) Piedmont , ' .
The American State department is
getting on. It can now call a pro
gram "the agenda" without a blink
of self-consciousness. Indianapolis
News. -
The principal value of an automo
bile seems to be in its shape it Is
not worth much after being hit by a
train. Canton (O.) Kewa
'Doubtless Interracial conflict
would find America and Great Brit
ain prepaired.- Norfolk -Virginian-Pilot
"Do people really want ta work?"
asks one of the papers. Thiy do not.
esteemed contemporary. They simply
nave t Boston Transcripts
treses Xw l Keeelag ret.)
t'rutest by labor union leader that
tha workera' atda vt Induatrlal prob
lems haa not lo fairly presented in
achool textbooks la merely one
urewion of a general tendency. Thla
la 'iha-trusn.abotii" movement,
which haa developed in eonnaitn
with tha paaalonate agitation for
varioua national and class cauea of
ilia paat few years. It la apareuily
raaulving Itself Into a series of at
tempts io capture the minds of the
next generation.
Una of the charactarUtlo signs Is
an Inability to remember that lo
tooat men the "truth" about every
thing Is conditioned by amotion ami
opinion. Tske, fur Instance, a rtld
on the headquarter of soma or
ganisation suspected of r.idlcaileiii
during tha recant parbxt of pel r el
and social hysteria. The report In
a roitservativa publication wou.u
give the reader an Impr.-wtnn of the
strong arm of tha law reaching out
and grasping a gang of dungeroiia
conspirators. The report lit a radical
publication would give th picture
of a group of Innocent rltlsens whose
elementary i ml right were invsueu.
The writer of th accounts. In each
ouaeWtr probably equally sincere;
and th real truth waa eomewhere
between and well away from both
accounts.
Ho It Is likely to be with workers'
versions of Industrial history, as it
would be with employers' versions.
And neither version would complete
th Van. Tber I the "while col
lar" man' version, tha irbltiator's
version, th public official's version,
th Innocent bystander's version
that of th ordinary man trying to
carry on hi profession or bis busi
ness In the midst of Industrial unrest
for which be I not to blamo and
which be cannot control.
Labor's protest recalls he conten
tions that American histories hav
been written -too often from the point
of view of prejudice against the ting
llsh. It Is argued, so to speak, that
th story of th Boston Tea Party,
and Lexington and Co.icord and
Hunker Hill, and oil that went be
fore and cam after, should be re
written to be fair to the English.
Thla, one again, would bo only a be
ginning. The French would have a
version of American history also.
The Spaniards could icll their story
of vtht ui southern and southwest
ern Apierlca. Descendants of the
Dutch might hav something to say
about th dealing with their colony
of New Amsterdum, grown now to a
city of some Importance. Then there
are the Indians but it Is doubtful
whether publication pf their views
of American history could )e permit
ted under the sedition lawn.
Undoubtedly the way to attain
truth is through comparison and
snalysis of all the verelona and opin
ions that can be mad available re
garding any controversial subject
It seems a bit hard on the children,
howaver, 14 tnak IhaM th rt of
laat appeal "n adult m.peirasy
tliaagroa. IVrUluly tleema that
lb readers of lh at It ml ixibooWa
of Iba future will ! tailed upon for
a der of crtiUal Judgment and
d MM' rl mi nation which fw; their
elder hav been able to Jnvelop,
UVtJlhy Widow-fr, CliildiVu,
Tmc Own Life in Herlin
Berlin, Sept. Ileinrith Ilg;
genmarhrr, a iiiiilii-milUoiiirf, Hi
years of age, h owned numerous
factories, mills, breweries and res
t.urants throughout lite country, lias
committetl smriile.
In a Inter which was found on Ins
Plhit) Vk, llapgriiiiuchrr, ho
was a childless widower, stated that
his lonely Me had become unbear
able. .
Man Discovered ia Berlin
With Heart on Right Side
Pcrlin. Sept 8. An extraordi
nary recovery v. as made by sur
geon at the I'ankhow tioipital, near
llrrlin, when operating on a patient
(or appendicitis. When the patient
was cut open it was found that his
hrart was on the right 'side of the
body and the appendix on the left.
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