THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEM15EH 28, 1921.
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The Bee's Platform
1. Naw Union Paaaangar Station.
2. Continued lnurovement of the Ne
braska Hi hwart, including tka pare
ment witk a Brick Surfaca of Main
Thoroughfare! leading into Omaha.
3. A abort, low-rato Waterway from the
Corn Bait to tha Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
Backing Lakes-to-Ocean Canal.
Out of Washington comes the expected newt
that the International Commission will recom
mend to congress the construction of the Lakes-to-Ocean
canal by way of the St. Lawrence river.
The additional need and the unquestionable prac
' ticability of this project provide its greatest ap
peal to the public. When constructed and in
operation, it will furnish a ready and reliable
,rr,u tn tidewater from the OTMt interior em
pire, whose producers now pay excess tribute
to the railroads. Every cent of lessened cost of
transportation is direct gain to the producers,
who are now feeling impressively the effect of
distance from market.
That the project will have influential opposi
tion is clear. Already New York and Boston
papers are presenting specious arguments why
the undertaking should be abandoned. Special
interests of the ports and the general effect on
the region are considered, and appeals are made
to the people to resist the efforts of the Middle
West to throw off the burden of high cost of
transportation now endured. A little more than
the mere shipping business is involved.
Before the war came to disturb conditions
a movement had set' in which meant in the
end a shift of the industrial center of the country.
Slowly but surely factories were being estab
lished In the region west of the Alleghanies, to
the extent that disconcerted the magnates of
the east Long before the textile industry had
noted the transfer of a considerable portion of
the cotton business to the southern states. De
troit became the very center of the automotive
industry, St. Louis overtops Boston in output
ot toot gear, while Milwaukee, Uuitith and Min
neapolis have become important factors in the
textile trade. Cleveland and Chicago contest with
Rochester and New York for supremacy in cloth
ing manufacture, and so it goes. The industrial
center of the nation is surely moving west.
This is a natural development. It does not
mean that New England and the North Atlantic
states are to be abandoned, but it does mean
that the growing needs of the developing country
are to be provided nearer to the arena of de
velopment. Massachusetts and New York are
populated to saturation now. If Nebraska had
as many people to the square mile as Massa
chusetts, if would contain more than the entire
population of the United States. Any expansion
in population, growth of industry, or development
of resources, must be within the region that is
to be served by the Lakes-to-Ocean canal.
No selfish purpose exists. The future inter
ests of our common land require that every
available method of transportation be used to
its utmost service. The proposed outlet is only
one of several that will in time be utilized, be
cause the welfare of humanity demands them.
Overlaying the Arms Conference.
A new angle to the propaganda in connection
with the present conference at Washington has
appeared. Generally it takes the aspect of a sec
ond or supplementary gathering, at which all
nations will be permitted to send delegates, and
from which is to emerge an association of nations,
pledged at least to carry out the determination
of the limitation, of armaments body. President
Harding's campaign promises and his devotion
to them are cited as reasons for supporting the
proposal It is unfair to the existing body to
insert at this time any other business. Grave
divergences of opinion have arisen as to how
to act on the matters properly printed for
consideration, and until these can be 'u some
way accommodated, it will not help to bring
forward other problems. Mr. Harding surely
will not consent to turning aside the work so well
begun, but will insist that one job be finished
before the next is taken up. When the great
powers can agree as to the matter of naval and
military forcea to be maintained, and the Far
Eastern questions have been adjusted between
the nations most directly concerned, the general
welfare of humanity will have been well served,
and it will be time enough to proceed to the
formation of a world-wide association.
Loyalty and Profits.
Success of the American merchant marine is
more than a mere matter of national vanity.
During the war this nation built up an immense
fleet of cargo carriers; these should now be kept
in use and aot be allowed to rot at the docks.
For some time it has been apparent that for
eign steamship lines were receiving the cream
of American export cargoes. - Japanese and Brit
ish Knes were carrying freight while the Ameri
can ships swung idly at anchor. The explanation
was advanced that the railways of this country,
through special arrangements with these foreign
shipping lines, contracted to turn their business
to them rather than to the American ocean lines.
Ten of these railroads have been ordered to
send representatives to an investigation in Wash
ington. The shipping board wishes to ascertain
to what extent the preferential contracts die-
criminate against American ships. It is a maxim
of law that corporations have no souls, but even
so, it Is not too much to demand that they show
due loyalty to nationsl interests.
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Just Between Ui Doctors.
When Dr. Adolf Lorens came from Vienna
to the United States eighteen years tgo, and gave
a useful limb to the afflicted daughter of
wealthy Chicago man, his visit was made the
topic (or much publicity. His return to New
York a few days ago has excited considerable
comment, also, but not of the kind that accom
psnied his coming and going on the occasion of
his first visit In Philadelphia, for example, ob
jection it lodged against him, not as a skilled
and competent surgeon, but because he is
Teuton.
This objection seems rather far-fetched. We
will yet have to receive many Teutons amongst
our people. However, a Philadelphia doctor
touches rather pertinently on the avowed object
of Dr. Lorenz' visit to America, which is to
open a clinic in New York for the treating of
orthopedic cases. The Philadelphian points out
that there are quite as many poor children in
Vienna in sore need of skilled attention as the
great surgeon comfortably could care for, and so
there is no need of his coming to America for
material to work on.
As to bloodless surgery: An Omaha surgeon
pertormed identically the same operation at a
local hospital as was done by Dr. Lorenz in
Chicago, and with equal results; the only dif
ference was that the Omaha doctor had to de
fend himself against a charge of unethical prac
tice because The Bee published an account of the
operation and gave the doctor's name. Dr.
Lorenz is just now getting space in New York
papers because he has set the neck of an
actress who met a serious accident. The same
Omaha doctor set the broken neck of an Omaha
man who is going about his daily work, entirely
recovered from an injury that In less skilled
hands would have terminated fatally. AH over
the country American surgeons have done the
miracles on which rests the fame of Dr. Lorenz.
Our men and women of the healing art need not
go to Europe to acquire either skill or reputation,
nor is it necessary for the afflicted to go beyond
seas for assistance. Nebraska maintains an
orthopedic hospital, where at public charge are
done all the things that the greatest "bloodless"
surgeon of Europe ever accomplished. Few of
these facts get on the front page of the news
papers, however, and that makes the difference.
Loans to the Farmers.
The operations of the War Finance corpora
tion are now well under way, and the amount
of loans made for agricultural purposes may
be expected to increase rapidly in the next few
months. Up to November 16, loans amounting
to more than iO.OOO.OOO had been made on farm
securities. Half of this was on cotton, about
$2,000,000 was on grain, $3,000,000 was on live
stock and $9,000,000 for other agricultural pur
poses, some to fruit growers and some on agri
cultural equipment.
Approval has been given mny loans where
the money has not yet been passed over, this
totalling $95,000,000. Of this sum $26,500,000
was on grain, $5,920,000 on live stock and $18,
000,000 for other purposes. Co-operative asso
ciations of farmers have received loans amount
ing to more than $3,000,000, directly from the
federal agency and without discounting their
paper at any bank. ' - ;
This pouring forth of credit, although slow
as yet in some sections, is going to have a mighty
helpful effect on agriculture. New confidence
is being given, so that in addition to the actual
loans, the country is bettered the rise of a more
liberal attitude on the parts of the banks towards
loans for marketing and production.
Political Thunder and Taxation.
A good deal of the criticism of the new
tax law is on a partisan basis. It has, for in
stance, been called to public attention that Sena
tor Hitchcock's present position is exactly the
reverse of what it was when his party was in
control and his opposition might have counted
for something. Such weather-vane statesmanship
exists, of course, in both parties, and it is ex
actly this lack of steady principles that weakens
the respect in which government is held.
Now Senator Calder, a republican member
of the finance committee, has asked the creation
of a tax investigation commission to study the
effect of present tax laws and the possible ad
vantages 'of suggested ones, such as the sales
tax. He would have nine members of the upper
and lower house hold hearings and prepare a
report for the next session.
The public well knows the futility of these
congressional investigations, and the lack of
ability, which frequently is shown by the politi
cians who compose them. If congress wants to
know the facts about such things as the effect
of exemption of public bond issues from taxa
tion, or the actual effect of a turnover tax in
Canada, it had much better hire a few trained
statisticians and economic investigators to go.
quietly about the task and make a report. A
congressional investigating committee is a very
dignified body, but it seldom gets away from
partisan bias and for that reason its conclusions
never seem to count for much.
Taxation is one of the vital functions of gov
ernment By this weapon business may be made
to prosper or to fail and the welfare of each
citizen be destroyed or enlarged. It will not
do to discuss such a crucial problem with noth
ing more than political expediency in mind. The
shallow statesmanship displayed in this connec
tion by Senator Hitchcock, agitating first on one
side and then on another, illustrates the necessity
for more expert handling of such questions.
Prices of meat animals are said now to be
25 per cent lower than the average of the past
10 years. If this condition comes about naturally
there is no reason to regret the decrease of 7
per cent in the number of cattle oh Nebraska
ranges this year. Once the price goes up, the'
business of feeding and breeding stock will
revive.
Formation of a men's club to conserve "boy
power is a splendid thing; the next organiza
tion may be expected to be composed of boys
who are anxious to embue their fathers and other
adults with the keen and clear ideals of youth. .
The number of women in domestic service
decreased nearly 500,000 in the last 10 years.
This is one case in which supply and demand
are now oa speaking terms.
Armament Limitation in Italy
What Has Been and Is Being
Done by the Fifth Great Power.
(From the Bost6n Transcript)
Speaking yesterday in indorsement of Premier
Briand's explanation of the military needs of
trance, Senator bshaiuer gave to the conference
some illuminating figures showing the extent
to which Italy has already gone in limiting her
land forces. The publication ot these figures,
doubtless, will come as a surprise to those who
have been led to suppose that Italy is maintain
In if, In time of peace, a top-heavy military estab
lishment For such a supposition there is abso
lutely no foundation whatsoever. As pointed
out by Senator Schanzer, the Italian army now
numbers only 200,000 and the government is plan
ning t further reduction to 175.000, exclusive of
35.000 colored troops. Her ordinary war budget
shows a marked decrease from the budgets of
preceding years, the figures for the current finan
cial year amounting only to s5J.OW,ooo. Un the
physical side, Italy has already carried the limit
tion of her land armaments as far as present con
ditions in Europe will permit .
But Italy has done more than merely to cut
down the number of troops with the colors, snd
limit her army appropriations. Military aggres
sion is due quite as much to a national attitude
of mind as it is to excessive appropriations for
war, and a standing army unduly large. And
here, too, Senator Schanzer continues, Italy has
clearly revealed the strength Tf her desire for
peace. She has entered into a direct understand
ing with Jugo-Slavia, and instead of embarking
upon a perilous rivalry with the berb, Croat and
Slovene people," has committed herself to a
policy of pacification and ass;stance. Italy has
chosen to pursue a course which will lead to
friendliness and mutual understanding toward
the new states carved out of the former Austro
Hungarian empire, rather than enmity and strife.
Italy, moreover, has offered her mediation in
the recent controversy between Austria and
Hungary; and her friendly offer of help in this
instance was largely instrumental in preventing
the controversy between the two from becoming
an ooen breach.
For Italy to limit further her military estab
lishment would be an unwise, if not a dangerous
policy. Italy's responsibilities on the continent
are second in magnitude only to those of France.
Both nations share the burden of defending
western and southern Europe, not only against
the threat of a renascent German militarism,
but also against a westward expansion of the
bolshevist military power. Italy has assumed a
further obligation in helping to keep the peace
along the Danube and in the Danube. Her
responsibilities are sufficient in number and in
weight to make it necessary that for many years
to come she maintain a permanent army of 200,
000 men perhaps more.
Roosevelt in Panama
A cable from Panama states that "a monu
ment to Theodore Roosevelt is to be erected on
Ancon hill overlooking the canal." It ought to
be a very handsome one.
Mr. Roosevelt was so long in public life,
so active there, and in one office or another
achieved so much, the list of his performances
is inspiring for its variety and consequence.
As civil service commissioner he greatly
strengthened the cause of civil service reform.
As assistant secretary of the navy he early saw
the danger of the controversy over Cuba, and
helped put the country in condition to meet Spain
on the water. As colonel of the Rough Riders
he made an' attractive figure in the Spanish war.
As governor of New York he served with such
distinction he was nominated for vice president
and, succeeding his chief in the White House, he
crowded into his seven and a half years as presi
dent many acts of merit and wide distinction.
But the act topping all the others was his
service in the matter of the Panama canal. He
was the overshadowing figure in what proved to
be "the realization of the' dream of centuries,"
and he will probably be longest remembered for
the prescience and courage he showed in clearing
the way for the inauguration of that monumental
enterprise.
The canal was completed and opened for
traffic- at a time when the world's attention was
fixed on the world war, and since then the world's
shipping has been depressed. Nevertheless, that
waterway, assessed in its true relation to the
world's good and uses, is the most rotable thing
of the era, and the man who did the most toward
bringing it into being was Theodore Roosevelt.
Washington Star.
The Lady Interpreters
How to Keep Well
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Coprrlfht. llll. by Dr. W. A Evens
THE NEW LIT'RY REALISM.
Leaves from the notebook of a
tuberculoid visiting nurse:
"District Is having an epldmle of
diphtheria and whoopltiaT cough.
Several case of scarlet fever and
one of Infantile puralysls. The
health officer la not a physician and
there la no school doctor. Each lo
cal doctor reports his own casea and
does his own fumigating. Many
cues of whooping cough are not
being seen or treated by a physician,
nor quarantined; consequently the
children excluded from school are
roaming the streets, In and out of
the stores, going- to the public- li
brary, getting books, taking them
home to read and roturnlnar them, to
the library for other children to
handle.
"We have not beon able to get
free diphtheria antitoxin for weeks.
Contacts have not received Immun
izing doses of antitoxin because the
families could not afford to buy It
In one short block, 20 children are
excluded from school because of
whooping cough.
"A visit on account of lice: Three
children In one family were sent
home because they had lice on their
heads. The teacher said she did not
envy me, because the mother of the
children had railed at the school
and told the authorities what she
thousrht of teachers who would send
children home from school merely
because they malntolned cootie gar
ages with all space occupied.
"As I entered the Rate, the birth
Tha Bm erlara tla column fraljr la
mdm who ear te UIx'um any aublle
aural ton. II raautwta thai Ullera
rmaonably brlrf, nut aver SOO words. II
alaa laalala that tha name nf the writer
Rrrgmu.nl rash latter, not aeaeuariiv
tne publication, bal llwl tha tailor may
know with whom ha la dealing, Tba Hra
daa But prrlrud to endaraa ar are. in
vlewe or aplnbioa .iprrerr! br enrre
aaeadanta la Iba totter Das.)
Wants Concert Course.
Omaha, Nov. 25. To the Editor
of The Bee: The free concert at
the Strand yesterday was good
enough to be appreciated by any of
the eastern cities. I formerly had
the pleasure of attending- the Theo
dore Thomas concerts tn Chicago
but enjoyed the one "Made In
Omaha'' on Thanksgiving day fully
aa much as I did the celebrated
Thomas entertainments.
Why not make It permanent bi
monthly at the Auditorium during
the winter months and charge 110
for season tickets for 10 concerts?
Push It along, agitate It, encourage
It and patronize It. All credit to
tho City Concert club.
HENHY MITCHELL.
,''npnlploynleIlt,'
Crawford, Neb., Nov. 25. To the
Editor of The Bee: It surely makes
western ranchers and farmers
everywhere disgusted to hoar of the
plans to Inaugurate work for the
unemployed. They -can't Ret a
man "who is worth his board" even
to work In the country at 125 to
$30, with board and bed furnished,
nnd yet states want to start "pub-
llo works" and tax these same
farmers and ranchers to pay for It
to keep these "unemployed" at
work. .
Transportation is prohibitive In
passenger and freight rates, yet the
railroad man gets high wages and
transportation to "visit" or move
hlH household goods, while a "ten
ant farmer" can't get a reasonable
Of twins was announced.' I found ra. , The Interstate Commerce
Several lady writers of six-best-sellers are
gathered in Washington to write the whereofs
of the great conference for a waiting and greedy
public
As we contemplate the names of the ladies
of the romance school whom, from an entirely
proper commercial aforethought, the publishing
gentlemen have sent on to Washington, we ad
mit the beautv and the excellence of the com
bination, but we bewail the fact that Mrs. E. D.
E. N. Southworth, Miss Rhoda Broughton, Miss
(or was it Mrs.?) May Aenes Flemmtr, and. of
course, lest we forget, Miss M. E. Brandon no
longer are available for the service of elucida
tion. "The Hidden Hand," modernized to fit
the present diplomatic occasion, would make
the word "invaluable" cloak its inadequate head.
Watching the budding promise of oeace. iust
think what Rhoda Broughton could do with a new
Lometh Up as a t-lower."
The spirit of prophecy has descended uoon
all Washington writers alike, whether they be
plain newspaper men or ornate chroniclers of
the preliminary weals and woes and the final
happiness of Claude and Clarice. This primal
prophetic duty will necessarily compel some of
the fair creators of the fiction of today to un
learn much that they have learned. They no
longer can keep their readers in suspense until
the very end. The secrets of the Lady Audleys
must be divulged in the first chapter. Mr. Hughes
has "given away" the plot with the opening of
the initial paragraph. Chicago Evening Post.
Last War Not Yet
As the Washington conference progresses it
wiH be made increasingly apparent that its ef
forts will be in the direction of reduction of
armaments and that none of the responsible states
men there assembled will take the deluded stand
that the world has seen the end of war, or that
the civilized nations, and particularly the nations
that fought the World War against the central
empires, can in safety disarm before former
enemy nations that would pounce upon them
instantly once they saw they were defenseless.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
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What One Linotyfe Did.
The linotype is a very tricky piece of machinery
and unless watched carefully will cause much
trouble. Sometimes it drops two letters at a
time instead of one and last week exercised that
privilege in a Springfield paper where the ar
rival of an 11-pound baby was chronicled as 111
pounder. Fayette (Mo.) Advertiser.
Few Real Pot-Hunters.
It is estimated that 6,000.000 Americans will
hunt wild game this fall. The numeral stands
for the fellows who will kill enough game to pay
for their time. The rest are represented to
the right of the numeral. Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Champagne Gone, Let the Ship Go.
At that well miss the picture of the pretty
girl break'ng the bottle of champagne against
the side of the new battleship, but what sacrifice
is too great in the interests of peace? St Louis
Star,
an upset house, five dirty urchin
running around and twins to be
washed. I killed the lice, washed
the babies, cleaned the children,
straightened the house, but I missed
the bawling out I expected to get.
"A little girl had been struck by
an automobile: When I called for
the child I noticed that the mother
had a cough, looked thin and bad,'
and said she did not feel well. I
tried, unsuccessfully, several times
to get her to a clinic for a diagnosis.
Plainly, she suspected consumption
snd was afraid to face' the tacts.
Finally, we got her there and a di
agnosis was made. She would not
go to a sanitarium, so her husband
built her a sleeping porch and is
caring for her at home. The chil
dren have had their tonsils and
adenoids removed, and everything
possible Is being done to keep them
from contracting consumption.
'A young ex-soldier, out of work
for five weeks, with a wife who was
soon to become a mother, was found
to be suffering from an acute, rap
idly progressing case of consump
tion. His cheeks were flushed, his
fever was high, and his expectora
tion was profuse. The government
placed the wounded ex-soldier In a
hospital, the girl-wife wasx placed in
the hands of the Red Cross, and the
man holding the mortgage agreed
to go easy. .
"Mr. and Mrs. P. had been mar
ried seven years, when Mr. P. died
of consumption. Mrs. P. is a frail
woman in need of hospital care, but
seems not to be ituberculous. There
are four young children, the young
est being 18 months old. This baby
is malnourished, weighs only 12
pounds and )s deformed from rick
ets. Unless thl6 family gets help,
the baby will cle or grow up de
formed and some of the other chil
dren will develop tuberculosis."
Room Too Warm, Dry.
Mrs. G. writes: What causes the
body to itch at night? I am in per
fect health, but Itch so at night It
keeps me from sleeping." ,
REPLY, ;
The warm, dry air in your room
and tho warm, dry sheets on your
bed.
Greasing your skin helps to ward
this off.
Cool, moist air is the real remedy.
Country Doctors Scarce.
W. R. writes: "To settle an argu
ment, please let me know if the
medical profession is overcrowded
or if there is a shortage. I am sure
the information will be greatly ap
predated by high school students."
REPLY.
There is a dearth of physicians in
the rural districts. In some regions
the jrhortage is occasioning some
fear, and proposals for. relief are
being discussed
In cities there is an overcrowd
ing. This is very great as compared
with European standards. The num
ber of graduates each year is about
equal to the loss by death and de
sertion, but' does not compensate for
the increase in population. .
Open Windows.
J. P, writes: "Is it advisable to
sleep with the window open, when
one breathes through the mouth?"
REPLY.
It Is always very advisable to
sleep with the window open, but an
open mouth doubles the need. Re
member that open windows go with
open mouths, or should.
No More Children.
N. Y. writes: "I am a widow for
18 years. Now have a good chance
to marry again. My age is 68, the
gentleman's 60. Could have any
more children?"
REPLY.
No.
commission and labor boards let the
railroad and labor unions run them.
They should both be abolished if
they do not make good for the pub
lic good.
During the adjustment of tho late
railroad strike there was no de
cision made. Fear of the govern
ment and losing their Jobs was
what kept the men from striking,
not "brotherly love," so much
talked about in the brotherhood
unions.
Seems as if It will take quite a
while to straighten the topsy-turvy
conditions existing.
f EMMA D. K.
International Coney Island.
A cruise to Madeira used to be a
fashionable jaunt, and maybe Charles
will be able to boom the repute of
the island as a resort. A real
banished ex-king ought to be an
asset even for a Coney Island.
Manchester Union.
Where Watson Is Not Popular.
The only regret we have Is that
the senator from Georgia wasn't in
the picture of those men hanging
from the gallows in France.
Columbia Record (Dem.).
Slight Advantage
Winter quarters will only cost 75
cents where they cost dollars a year
ago. Shoe and Leather Reporter.
HERE!
Here la tha placa to fca happy, and here
la the place to .how
Tha eecret to frlenda and comradra aa
over the road we so.
Here la the place for laughter, and here la
the place for aonc.
And here la the place to art our heart, to
the teak of helping; alone
Here Is the harbor and haven ef all
thlngra beantr would aeem.
And here la the place of tbe vision that
bloom, frora tbe bad of drr.m.-
Here la the place lb be hoaeat and tried
and true and aure.
For the tasks and trust that are datr'e
"mvsV and that forever endure.
Hera Is the place of beflnninc ot toll for
tbe destined end.
And never a crown In heaven till we've
.-i It here, my friend.
B. B. la the Baltimore Ban.
. Would Exocl Foch.
Council Bluffs, Nov. 27. To the
Editor of The Bee: The tour of
General Foch in the United States
at the same time when the disarma
ment conference is in session is un
timely and in very bad taste, and
our government should immediately
request that he return to France, if
the conference has any real sincer
ity or meaning. Surely our pur
pose should be to unite the people
of the world, forgetting the con
flict and strife, if any hope is en
tertained of an understanding be
tween peoples and nations.
For this reason his visit is very
much out of place. The conference
appears more and more, under all
these attendant circumstances, as an
attempt to keep the Allies from
probable disagreement and fighting
among themselves, rather than a
genuine effort to arrive at an un
derstanding as far as possible with
all nations. The tour of General
Foch can have no other interpreta
tion, coming as it does simultane
ously with the conference itself.
The 10-year period of agreement
will be easily reached by the pow
ers represented, or should be, but
that alone will have little value.
There is no danger of war for al
most 20 years to come on the part
of any of the great powers for the
simple reason that all are practically
bankrupt and unable to finance a
war for that many years- now to
follow. Most of them cannot even
buy wheat, as our markets show, so
a 10-year agreement to disarm will
be of little or no practical value or
meaning if that alone is to be the
result
We should Invite General Foch to
leave us at once, and then deter
mine a real policy leading to peace
and disarmament,
v L. H. MONROE.
Railroad Earnings nnd Wages.
Omaha, Nov. '27. To the Editor
of The Bee: It is interesting to
note that the public demand for a
reduction of exorbitant railroad
rates has caused railroad executives
to declare that no reduction can bo
made without a wage cut equal to
the reduction being granted them
by the railroad labor board. To
those who have examined the finan
rial reports of railroads on the New
York stock exchange this is a direct
insult to American intelligence.
The gross earnings of the Bur
lington for the year of 1916 were
$59,091,189, and a dividend of
$4,443,564, or M per cent, was de
clared. During the years of 1917
20 the Burlington held ca?h for di
vision of 19.32 per cent and declared
a stock dividend on March 31, 1921,
of 64.132 per cent, making a total
dividend yearly average of 33.19
per cent, against a 6 per cent divi
dend of 1916, and showed a profit
and loss surplus of $214,000,000.
The Burlington received as rentals
and equipment funds $97,333,445
from the United States treasury.
The Union Pacific railroad gross
earnings for 1916 were $63,715,631,
and declared a dividend of $10,382,
644. or 6 per cent. During the
years 1917-20 the Union Pacific de
clared a yearly dividend of 14 per
cent, or $26,210,614; in addition to
this purchased $281,742,348 of
stocks and bonds and other railroad
securities, and showed a profit and
loss surplus of $137,699,494. and
during the period of government
control the Union Pacific received
$94,884,975 from the United States
treasury.
Reports from the Interstate Com
merce commission showed that the
average wages of all employes on
class 1 railroads has been as fol
lows: For the year 1917, $1,004;
1918, $1,419; 1919. $1,486; 1920,
$1,597; making an Increase in
wages of 69 per cent. The bureau
of labor statistics show -that the
cost of living has increased 82 per
cent above 1915, while railroad
rates have been increased over 100
per cent. In addition, the. govern
ment has subsidized the railroads in
various ways to the extent of over
$4,000,000,000 during the past four
years. From the above figures it Is
clear that the railroads never re
ceived more money than during the
past four years, and high dividends
and Increased capitalization and
not labor is the real cause of the
present exorbitant rates and espe
cially in view of the fact that more
than 600.000 men have been dis
missed from the railroads' pay
rolls., ROY M. HARROP.
Good Outlook for
Sugar Industry in
Ilawkcye State
Director of Crop Service In
Iowa Say Prospecti (or
Development Appear
Good.
Dei Moines, Nov. 27. Although a
new plant disease is hindering the
progress of the bcrt sugar industry
in Iowa and two of the three plants
in the state are closed because of un
favorable economic conditions,
Charles D. Reed, director of the
Iowa weather and crop service, pre
dicts that the industry will grow
until it is a big factor in the pro
duction of the state.
Mr. Reed has just returned from
a trio through the beet producing
sections of Iowa. He says the
disease which is troubling the beet
ornwrri is known as circospora. It
first attacks the leaves of the plant
and gradually spreads to the root,
affecting the quality of the beets to
such an extent that whole fields are
sometimes left unharvested.
Two suoar factories in the state,
alreadv handicapped by the general
economic depression and the mana
gers finding themselves unable to
cone with the disease, did not con
tract for any beet acreage this year
and are closed indefinitely. One of
the plants at Waverly has been oper
ating for a number of years, and
the other plant at Belmond was
built with all modern equipment last
year and operated just one season.
Experts Visit Fields.
Two expert vegetable pathologists
from the United States Department
of Agriculture at Washington, an
swering an urgent call From the
planters in Iowa, have visited the
beet fields this fall to study the
disease. They were baffled, and thus
far have found no means to eradi
cate the disease.
The only plant operating this
year, the Northern Sugar corpora
tion at Mason City, has employed
W. H. Baird, considered the leading
scientific authority on sugar beets in
the country, to study the problem.
He also will attempt to devise a
means of eradicating the disease.
Mr. Reed is to furnish Mr. Baird
with 16 rain gauges, one for each of
the company's 16 beet plantations,
and the effect of the various amounts
of rainfall on the disease will be
studied. Records will be kept also of
the amount of sunshine on the fields,
which is believed to have a great in
fluence on the ability of the plant to
overcome the disease by its inherent
strength.
Large Acreage Grown.
Mr. Reed is informed that the
plant at Mason City contracted for
the growing of 14,300 acres of beets
this year, of which 13,800 acres will'
be harvested. The remainder of the
crop Sid not do well because of poor
stands, inexperienced hands and
abandoned crops.
Last year 15,250 acres of beets
were grown for the three factories,
with an average yield of 9.2 tons
an acre. The average price paid the
growers was $11.34 a ton, and a
bonus was paid because of the favor
able . condition of the wholesale
prices.
The average yield this year Is
eight tons an acre, and a ton of
beets brings $6 to the grower. There
may be a bonus if wholesale prices
are favorable during the marketing
period.
Mr. Reed explains that the low
price this year for beets is due to a
reduction of the amount of sugar ob
tained from each ton of beets.
Usually 275 to 300 pounds of sugar
are obtained irom. a ton ot beets.
This year an average of only 200
pounds a ton hs been possible. The
average sugar content of the beet
this year is U.Ol per cent, the lowest
in 12 years. ,
Mr. Reed atirrts that many per.
ions have raien beet sugar without
knowing it, as there is no difference
in the taste compared with other
ugari.
Rumored Holdup of
Train Causes Furore
Rumors of a mail train holdup be
Iwccn Council Bluffs and O-uaha,
about 11 Saturday night, gave Conn,
cil Bluffs police and Federal Postal
Inspector C. II. Glenn busy half,
hour. An investigation revealed that
the rumor had been started by some
one seeking excitement and every
effort is being made to find the per
petrator.
The rumor even was heard at Mis
souri Valley prior to the arrival of
Chicago and Northwestern passen
3er train No. 20J. As a result, ad
itional armed guards were placed on
the train nt that place and accom
panied it to Omaha. The rumor of
the holdup of the train became ram
pant even brfore the arrival of tha
tram at Council Bluffs.
St. Louis Pugilist Killed
By Father of Young Woman
St. Louis, Nov. 27. S. A. English,
21, loral pugilist,- was fatally wound,
ed by A. C. Morrison, a
mechanic, whose daughter he had
courted until a few days ago. Mor
rison, according to the police, de.
dared the pug-list had struck his
daughter last night and that the
young man attacked him when ha
demanded an apology for his con
duct upon meeting him today.
Suspect Held at Dubuque
For Murder of Lead Priest
Dubuque, la., Nov. 27. Authori.
ties at Lead, S. D., were notified by
Clayton county officials that they
are holding a suspect at Elkader be
licved to answer the description of
Andrew Rolando, sought in connec
tion with the slaying of' Rev. Father
A. B. Belknap at Lead on October
26. Photographs and a description
of Rolando sent from Dubuque are
said to tally with the man held.
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