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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18. 1922. TheOmahABee DAILY (MOBMNO-KVENJ.VG-SU.VDAY TUB lt JIMISIIIM) iJUPAKr , VllxiiN N t flttkt, 1-ut.ik.r HIHt R OP THfc AisOCIAUD PRESI k eael I.WM lMie, TUe Owu f to) a kteluf mi id. lull . et Clsre aMtaae. M ISU4 JH M WWI4 M't, Tke ttrtttUlioa of Tke Omaha B SUNDAY. JAN. 15, 1922 75,101 THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY BftCWER. Cewr.l MeMer tlMCR S. HOOD, ClrcuUtkw Mw(r m4 eubtulbad briar m lata ITik 4. ml (Seel) W.M. QUIVEY, NaUry PuUai ATlanlic 1000 fine TCLCPHONU trivele PrMfh fii-hang. A.k (or Ik r.PrtmM rr rren Wanf4. or Nukl Caila Afar II r, M 1 Kdllnrul 'apartment, ATUnlia 103 1 at ornccs Male Offif ITik an4 erna Ce, Bluff. II Feott t. gauta SMe-l5J 8. !lh 81 New York-IM iM A, T.blnl llil 0 $U Chlr.io IJI4 Wrfgley Bldar. ran., jrence . in. ou nonor The lice's Platform 1. New Union Pattaniar Slalion. 2. Continued ImproTtment of tha Ne bratka Highways. Including lha pa fa in. nl with a Brick Surfaca af Mala Thoroughfares leading Into Omaha. 3. -A short, low.ralo Waterway from lha Cora Bait to tho Atlantic Ocaaa. 4. Home Rulo Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Covernraent. "Ain't It Awful, Mabel?" Nebraska, tike the nation, i novcnifd today According to the principles of Alexander Ham- moil ana oy me party that draws inspiration from him. The result is a citizenship, manacled ana' in leading Mring, citizens over governed and overtaxed, citizens inspected and tagged, and regulated ana' ridden, government k by a self-styled superior class, privileged, ar rogant, and deaf to the popular will, with in dustry everywhere paying the heavy price that must always be raid for tyranny, intolerance ana" oppression. Omaha World-Herald. Now, try to remember that, as far as the nation is concerned, the party of Alexander Hamilton has been in power less than a year, fol lowing "eight golden years" of Woodrow Wilson and his party, and every democratic spouter shouts with glee that the Harding administration has not yet been able to unob what Wilson did. Tf fhl rntlflfrv la cl,f?r'Mv (mm rxr,rxr.r'. law, it is because the democrats made the laws. Jefferson was never more completely discounted and dishonored than when Woodrow Wilson oc cupied the president's chair and directed the destinies of the party. In Nebraska we had democratic Jeffersonian simplicity in government for years; the direct primary, tne initiative ana reierenaum, ana sev eral "golden years" under Shallenberger, More head and Neville. The people rule in Nebraska; they choose their nominees, they elect their of ficers, they enact their laws. If we have boards, if we are tagged, and inspected, and regulated, ana' ridden, it is not because the people are de prived of any of their rights or privileges. It is an insult to the intelligence of Nebras kans to assert that they are governed by "a self styled superior class, privileged, arrogant, and deaf to the popular will." Nothing could be more absurd than to say such conditions exist in a state where the popular will has such op portunity for its free exercise as it has in this state. Only a demagogue, desperately scram bling for votes he knows he does not deserve, would resort to such tactics. If Nebraska has too many boards, it is be cause of the activity of the democrats when Morehead and Neville were 'running things, when they multiplied bureaus and boards and commissions, that places on the payroll might be found for henchmen of the senator who now seeks for support for a third term, something never yet accorded by Nebraskans to any man. All that was done by the code bill was to co ordinate and set in order the inarticulate and inefficient machine built up by the democrats, lopping off duplications and overlaps, and elimi nating unnecessary expense. This is the offense against wWch the World-Herald persistently rails. Jefferson had in mind efficient government, honestly administered by men whose pufpose was to serve the public good; in Nebraska the democrats want to continue the ascendancy in the party councils' of Arthur. Mullen and his coadjutors, and to return Gilbert Monell Hitch cock to the United States senate. And what do you think Thomas Jefferson would say to this? . Poison Gas and Humanity. Poison gas does. not blow off the arms or legs of its victims. That does not mean that it is more humane than shot and shell, even though Brigadier General Fries of the American army has seen fit to praise it. The figures he ad vances to prove that a smaller percentage of gassed soldiers died in army hospitals than of those otherwise wounded mean nothing. In jury by poison gas is internal, lingering and de ceptive. Almost any veteran of the world war would choose death or wound by firearms rather than by gas. If the head of the chemical warfare division of the United States army were frank enough to base his advocacy of poison gas on the fact that it is deadly rather than humane, the question might be settled more quickly. If he had said that gas more powerful than any used in the world war is now available; that every human being within a mile could be slain by this means; that thjese chemicals could and would be dropped behind the lines to massacre the population of enemy cities and break the morale of the foe, then he would have been dealing with facts. - ... . . 1 T t .1. - 11- ' Let not tne people De aeccivea. ii tney auuw themselves to be led to consider poison gas as a quick and humane method of finishing war and arriving at peace, they may have written their own doom. Even though statesmen make agreements not to use these chemicals in the event war breaks out between their nations, if public opinion countenances their use these agreements will be only scraps of paper. The ffort of thii American officer to justify the most cruel form e( affair, and ooa that might mean the ntinetioR cf life from tntiif rations, should b condemned by puMie opinion. : - - - i Suggestions for Crop Insurance. I (aw M ule some of the rik out of farming will be farrmoft U (he diictmioni at the na tioiul agricultural conference. Agriculture at now conducted it fr from a lure thing not even Ion being ceruin, contrary to what it coming to ta the general impreiiion, 1'armeri often remark that they arc the greateit gambler in tha world, betting on the sun, the wind, the rain, inject pens, world dmiand and world sup. ply, at wet! at many ether matters beyond their control. The subject of crop insurance. It U an nounced, is to be taken up in this meeting at Washington. This is no new thing, farmers having pondered over its possibilities for many ycrs. The final impetus, however, appears to have been given by a holiness man, Theodore If. Price, in a letter to Secretary of Agrieulture Wallace. This is how Mr. Trice, as the former head of an insurance company, regards the pos sibilities of a crop insurance bureau organized and conducted by the government: When the manufacturer finds that his prod uct is no longer salable at a profit he shuts his factory down, and when the merchant sees trade contracting he stops buying and avoids or minimizes his losses by reducing his inven tory. The farmer's greatent difficulty Is that he can not follow these examples. He is com pelled to take speculative hazards that are in calculable and against which he can not pro tect himself. He mutt allow his land to de teriorate, or plant a crop that he can not gather or dispose of for moSJihs and he has no way of cutting his losses short in the interval. It has occurred to me that the best and probably the only way to meet this condition is to invoke the protection of insurance. Why should it not be made possible for the farmer to buy indemnity against the toss that he may incur as a result of an unpropitious season or a decline in prices, just as he is able to insure himself, against the loss that lie would sus tain if rV home or his barn burned up? Thevfdea is already partially applied in the Issuance of hail and rain insurance, but it has never been very broadly developed. Neither the farmers nor the public have a great deal of faith in conferences such as are being held from time to time. Most of them have not been very fundamental, have started from certain assumptions and have refused to consider anything smack ing of novelty or thor oughgoing change. No suggestion ought to be barred from examination at this agricultural con ference. The very foundations of industry and society sooner or later will have to be examined and repaired, and a good place to start is on the land. Washing Other Folks' Linen. If there is anything the democratic party en- bys it is washing out linen other folks' linen. Compared with the average democratic stump speaker, the "Gold Dust Twins" fade into the background. The party claims to be a party of reform. Jt is when out of power but once m it finds itself unable to translate "reform" into "perform." The present basis of democratic buncombe is the Newberry case. The Bee already has taken its stand against Newberry's retention of his seat in the United States senate, as has Nebraska's repub lican senator. Legally, however, Newberry has een acquitted of violation of the law and there is room for honest difference of opinion as to how far congress should go in judging "the elec tions, returns and qualifications of its mem bers, sent there by a majority of their own con stituents. This is especially true when the con test has the partisan flavor attached to the New berry case, a flavor accentuated by the unani moustoo unanimous vote of the democratic minority against the Michigan claimant. Intelligent ' citizens have not forgotten how democratic congressmen sought to block even an investigation of the conduct of democratic officeholders during the war, nor are they blind to the methods by which democratic senators have been kept in power from states of the "solid south." Let the democrats wash some of their own linen of the sort besmirched, for in stance, by Tammany Hall. In time, if that were done, the party might not find it necessary to hark back as far as Thomas Jefferson to find a creditable idol. Excise on Gasoline Nebraska Editors Esprtt Their Views, on Proposed T. FolUming are the opinions uf a immUr of i Nebraska cuitors on the prupotal to levy an r ' cue tan on gasoline in Nebraska; Old Qua. , If. D. LrggcttMy i-lca about the piupo.cj ' tav on gasoline is that it is ii"t only a wrung j principle but it is an mju.iue o the nu.f ol j I he proplc. About s much nmnry lus to be raised lor ruad iurjoe, and it the law u changed as I'ropo.cd the burden will be sliiiteu from I he ritti few to the many who are in mod crate circumstance or poor. McCook Tribune. F. M. Kininiell I am on record' s favoring the proposed tax on gatliue, I do so belieuiH the la is jut and ran thus be equitably imposed upon those who perhaps nuM benefit by the good roaus I'lua io I'o nuantcu. ucmucs ii is espe cially commendable in that the just burden may in part thus be secured from the large number of automoliiliMt who drive through the stale and use it roads. Kearney Hub. M. A. Brown The proposed gasoline tax i inequitable and discriminatory. It is unneces sary. Automobile owners are already heavily taxed by state and county. An added tax is "inequality before the law" which is not the N'ebraka conception ol justice. It is also a shifting of taxes and a dangerous experiment in class legislation. Nothing except a temporary war emergency could justify it How to Keep Well r ta. w. A. tvA-Hj. QuMliaae awaraiaa SMm. eaan. a4 awnaaiMMa l aiaaaaa. hA. aiiua a t. ttaae r inOmi el 1a a -a, vUl ka ui4 awaaaaUr kal l a.:, luauuilM. I laM4, 4m4 eavalaeaj la ea lMa4. lf, t.aa. M aal aaaa a. mi tw eaiha Im iualvieW A44ieae lall la tar a Ike ttae, Cersriakt. tj, k. Vr. W. A. Kieaa No Limitations for Aircraft , Nemaha County Republican. W. R. Dutton I can sec no KliAL reason for calling the extra session of the legislature. I can not see how the proposed gasoline tax will help this year. The taxes are fixed for Y)2i and I know o! no way they can be changed. To add tax on gasoline will only increase the burden of taxation this year. What the people want now is relief from the heavy burden of taxes, not more taxes. Scottsbluff Daily News. George Grimes This is not the time for de- vising or imposing new forms of special tax such as the gasoline tax which, regardless of its mer its, will inevitably be viewea with suspicion and distrust by the taxpayers of the state. It wilt work a hardship upon the farmers unless they are exempted, and if they are then it becomes a form of class legislation. Central City Republican. Robert Rice That the gasoline tax is in op eration in 12 states reveals merit. It supplants taxes levied to meet federal road aid and shifts burden proportionately in keeping with direct benefits. Roads, however, like schools are in direct benefits and class legislation apparently just may add a link to an endless chain. Columbus Daily New. As a mulct measure the proposed gasoline tax properly has a color of right. As an equity proposition it is viciously wrong. It is a spe cial tribute laid in baron robber style upon a class that good-naturedly stands for it. Spe cial taxes should be avoided except in extra ordinary times such as war. FOR NERVES" FLIRT. in several artaaJon,, Mary Ann -ni, aiien il It artli lra aa 'A UuniitM'a Tngi-ily' have appeared In uur I'tuiun, I have wamd to add i. n, in. ii, wart jour itrrmi. wium, do, aiili lha hi that iur cjrniH win pruva valuable. i w, anil, in a riia, ant. lha very amna kin.i ir an maid niny. i am i ana jut nitety equipped for Ilia rather man g-t- Mil. VMitiuy. . "It la never ton lata to hegin, and juur woman m mm mti.m tu privi leged lo romit hrni.'ir among thoaa jui aiariuiB, ir ana wania to. Mia atmiiiit rMd l. yea! pli nnna ir uim.tlll tu re1 ail article ihrouiilt. which la no calamity, tor iiiik uiMieiMui reaiur or one'i ninkui rcail Jr. 1'rank frana'a viiai uuman,' aim then 'Lighted mnunwa. r.acn llttia ator (uaually riwni ii vry emuy read, an4 i'n mem an unriiiR my wort period. I apent lima veara and over In thla nut a of mind, due to overwork and a alight tuberculuue iiueciion; two and a linlf veara In nnnum jr treatment or tuber -men sandwich In Pr. Badhr'a worry ana IWrvouauea' which uliould liear the title, Tna Way uf or 'A New fn of NVrvra I'm "Ueirln now wlih -Jh Meaning or rami, py foaaicK. The latter la dona ii i In short, helpful, concise rending. "Meantime It la not tieeeaanry to neooma overwrought becauaa a ao flu I engagement wrara nut vnor nerve. Think of soma quiet, polaed Individual, whone atrenatli and pow er Ho In one outatandlnsr feature, apparently "a man of few word,' "an appreciative liatener.' Trctend liisr you uro polard, copying the man ner, na well aa the email talk or iolnad nun and women, will noon lead those who meet you to believe you are ono of the 'atill-water-runa-dee' cIuhr. "Can I tell you and hava our neurasthenic friend helleva It? (in. of tha niOKt frequent and alncere compliments I RPt in, o, you meet people ao easily, you muet hava been acciiMiomeii to a great deal of ao clely. No wonder you broke down . . . Jt i nad your polne , , , l on never got embarrassed," etc. "X COUld write 3.000 wnrda Mil. eernintr the Intimate Ina and outs of gettlmr adjusted. I used to be afraid of my temperament. I thought, and was taught, I must be pra:ticnl, sensible and commonnlar methodical, painstaking and eBi- cient and the clan nearlv killed my spini ana (mattered my nerves. "Get yourself into a crowd of somebodies, my neurasthenic friend. Ho somebody If only the tempera mental cook. They all hava that reputation, unyway. And pity the o geta out of life More Speed to the Law. Before the Florence bank robbers committed their crime they are supposed to have given the false alarm which took the emergency police automobile squad out of the path. Wrongdoers fear the law on wheels. Quick pursuit would have been disastrous to their scheme. If the system of motorcycle police had been in force, with a substation at Florence, there is room to doubt if the raid would ever have been attempted.. The plan for neighborhood patrol systems will have to be adopted in Omaha eventually. It is even more necessary to the proper protection of life and property here than in other cities where it is now in use. This is because Omaha covers such a large expanse of territory, sprawling for many miles along the Missouri river and far back to the west. The cashier of the Commercial State bank of Florence declares that there has been no regular day patrolman in Florence for six months. This is not fair to the people of the north side. If nothing else can be provided out of the funds at hand, there should at least be a motorcycle patrol of the outlying districts. A mounted of ficer can cover more territory than one afoot. Even though complete establishment of the "pill box" patrol system can not be hoped for now, some of its features might be tried out without extra expense. Minden News. O. W. Rummell We favor the gasoline tax, Let the tourist help us and let those who have much to spend in pleasure driving relieve us only what any other eatlnp, sleeping oi me Duraen oi some taxes iiw cxu.icu. mc nun exercising ammai can fjet. governor has under-estimated the cost or col lection, but extra sessions and all, we will be much ahead. 1 North Platte Telegraph. A. P. Kelly The people of this community demand retrenchment in public expenditures and relief from tax burdens. The manner of its ac complishment is of no great importance. Dr. Kvans. lha Dnrt within h. flourishes ia not a safe doctrine. It is a shot In the arm to get the men tal and nervously run down out of me rut. All nervousness ia aeera. vated by egotism, but an overdose of It cures some times. ('Like eurea like, if you please.) "Ask her if she swears, or listens io onsnane stories, or can spit! Maybe she needs abandonment! Needs to lot go for a while and get reiaxea: Aiayoe ana should flirt witn tne milkman!" Many Thyroid Troubles. Ij. C. D. writes: "Seeing that you are now writing on the thyroid gland, I wish you would explain a few things relative to this subject: "1. Docs fast pulse, 90, indicate gland trouble? 2. Does the test basic fa test Neligh Leader. I believe the urasoline tax to be equitable, as it would shift the burden of road building from the seneral taxpayer to those who use and bene fit most bv eood roads and would force the tourists who now pay nothing to contribute Jo the roads they benefit by. Superior Journal. A. S. Berrv In our judgment to call soecial session of the legislature to pass a law showing: how much oxveen von con creatine a 1-cent tax on easoline is the height sume) prove positively that there of folly and to change the present guaranty law is Kland trouble? is at this time a dangerous proposition. '3- Before using the test (which Albion News. Z."ir'Sw'i" " "it "'i? Glen Cramer The success of the gasoline trouble aside from ordinary goiter. tax in the states where it has Deen given a "4. What are the best treatments trial entitles it to the careful consideration ot ror same and what of the X-ray MoK.-acWo laur-inalfprs It cannot be said to ireaiment .' be an experiment and its support by democrats, Nonpartisan leaguers and republicans removes it from a partisan realm. REPLY. 1. Yes. However, it may also mean orcanie heart trouble, func tional heart trouble, tobacco pois oning, nervousness, 2. Not positively, but tt is about if mm Ike m larb t!a The renferenra has Unanimously adoi4 a rraolutlo (hat ' h u nut at p rear nt prat lira tt to linpuaa any eflfWtiva limitation upon Ui num. I'r or iliarai-iertaiice f aircraft, either commercial rr military." Air craft Inrludea dlriglblea, although lha uaa of dirieihlea In rniiiivrva la Hut now cimautoeed very arrioualy. It ia trua that lha Germane (alii i.f an A I la mm paMtauger arrvlce by liahler.han-air atwpa, but gale and lt'irlal etorma would make it has ardoua. Aa a war machine, how. aver, the riirigibl la eonaidred to lw Indiapeuaable, Carrying many Ion of liigH aaploalves, It could l ter ribly tlratrui live, I'rotecllon in th dirigible uilaht be afforded by a frinca pf airplanes. It la to ba re gretted that the conference placed airplajiea and iahi-r-tlian-air ablpa on Ilia a.ime piano aa raarda limita tion, liacauaa dlriglb'ee might be put to cotiiinercUl uaea, not becau i hey were actually being employed extensively, thera wua to ba no at tempt to rem r let them aa war in- chlnt. Now alrplanea ara being employed extenalvely tu carry paaarnarra. ea- prraa and rretant. in tho I nlied fctatea, whera aviation doea not hava aa much encouragement na It re reivea In Great Hrimtu and on the continent, rlvill.in f1yln Increased 0 per rent In 1IJI aa compared witii Ilia preceding year. About 1.S00 air-plant-. It la eatlmaied. wera oper ated In 19!1. and, according to Cupt. t., . jtickcnhacker. who made the statement at tha dinner of the Aero club on Monday night, the number of mile flown wsa 1.500.000. He averted that 276.000 paaaengera wera carried. When ona delegate after another aal, I at the meeting of ma commute on tha limitation of armaments that It seemed lmpoaslble io put any restriction upon tha uo of hcavler-tlian-alr craft, been use the demand of commerce must ba antla- rted and tha convention of commrr- lal Into military ulunea could not b prevented, tha ailncerlly of tho apeaker could not ba doubted. Mr. 'nderwood advanced another excel lent reason for dolna; not nine when he said that the alrpl"- was aa much an army aa a r y machlno nd the conference w.. doallmr only with naval limitation. Tha conference, after restrlotlnc capital ship atrenirth, forbidding sub marine warfare upon merchant ves- aela and placlnr poison nascs on the biackllat. admits Its helplessness to curtail tne ainimer energies or too moat dangerous and destructive In strumentality of modern war. the bombing; airplane. Tha nation that commands the air will be the great est military power, first on sea as well aa on land, and when the con ference adjourns competition In building; commercial planes and dirigibles that may be turned, almost overnlaht, into military aircraft, may and will go on without the slightest hindrance. Rear Admiral vV. V. "All ium (retired) did not exaggerate when he said at tha Aero club dinner that if the United Siittea had a prop erly equipped air force no enemy fleet could coma within 200 miles of the coast. Tha admiral believes and he has plenty of company in the navy that the bombing airplane has rendered the capital ship practi cally obsolete. Therefore a 10 years' construction holiday ia no great sac- rtnee ror any sea power. The aim of every one will be to make prep arations for war in the air and not he caught napping. There is a cer tain consolation, and room for hope that war may be made unattractive, in the proposal of another confer ence to regulate the use of aircraft in warfare. w Tliai Wo An W arned. V'.T ? '" 'To tha J-Mltor nun our American de aranuituv iirirn t..J..t - limited monarchy. tli ,e.,u of hu l ulled tfiau-a re.lu, thai n.J T - eminent i ..iitrulled i.u ftf ln.inftn.,littl. . " banker, oil. steel ami lumber Lli,.' - - it" tfr inr r vii'imitt of watering etoek by dm-tarm- stock UlTluenOB 'l niton or ilnll.ira In order to cut don the i,?. ,,,,, ..a ..u ......... ,.. , ,,.mhw ma Tanuiia liiuu.lllea Mle mv Tins inn nieuioeia vt t oiiKreui noma worry a to where to place the mi puniena in oruer to avcure the UMMUiry H.UOO.UOtl.OOU tu meet Hie current government Pxprnuea i,,r and atill Irava euounh nwu v with tha people to keep them it..iu atarvlna. Kconomlata liavo warned the statesmen that under Ilia corpora. Hon at heme of declaring; elock ilivi d'nd. ItiaiiaurMted under Ilia Tuft administration, that tho country will becoma bankrupt and la it kyatcm " hlcli la foatcriua the worst form of radicalism, which ia dangeroua to any form of government. Uy of ex planatlon, stork dividend permit corporations to escape their tax bur dena by Increnaing their exemption. Thla deprive labor of a living wiigo anil permit exploitation or tha pur ehaatnir publio by making It appear that the corporation realise only a email pront on their tapltaiDtation. Whila Inflating the price to tha gen eral public, they deflate tho price paid by the producer by declaring dividend on billions of dollar which In reality were never in vested. Organized labor Is the only fon-e today which atanda between this country and Industrl 1 revolution In vlw of lha largo earning of railroad corporations during tha paat year It la hardly probnbla that tha railroad lubor oreunlzntinna wil! accept a wuge reduction. The nd- niiulatration of th I'ath-Ca railroad law ha been a lota ura and la diir.iiv ik. America' army vt C.uuu.vuo v ployed. Mild tut iau-. a coma tleiii or both, the production I ) rtlatrlbuttoii frt.iltile of ilia natU. ,, It has alao fainted tha imitoiial aox eminent to apprnpnala M.Juu ooe,. 000 la meet dertcienclr m ralltoatf k" ; operatlona for tha raaami that ralea wera placed iiUr than tha tisdlo could bear, l lil ia one of I lot alrungeat argument evrr ofTered for Kovertiliieut tiwtierahiM of railtnadn, Itallroad ahould b uperated for lha benefit of the public and not for lha enrichment of a few private In. vealora at Die ekpeiiiw of the whol'iT nation. If th government muatW pay ilia liilla, ihry ImiiM own and operate th road for tin bene fit t the people. Itallroad monopoly Kit novv become a menace to the nut ion. Tha point ina bcn rem bed when rate tiiiiat coma down n wtdrr Hi, it our indUMtrie imiy aurvue. Th'-i I only one solution tu tins problem which confront the W.nM earm r and general public, and thyt I gov. Tomeni owirMiip tu rainioiui. f.ir it ha become an accepted keonomii; priiniine that any ImtuntAv which cannot piy a living wnite, un American u.nd.ird, lin light to exihl. and such Upon Iho pint f tt tieceaai try 1 ittdcfcualblo and ini KOV M, MAI Kind of Kind. Old 8cftlltina itaed on iO Mill ill conduct v IniliiH I era b la, HUM'. HIM Ft las kttockeciotit byHospc'sPdce Reductions cry, ma tee U.l. die! if dlntia Hnd per pet llV nf.ir" I dark, here a match,- hvavsid.' Talc. I ' i n.iiill.a la jmur kjllif lt 1 1 , ai.m.adi hi tiln at lutl aa la tur.,.. j For Servlr or Damonatration A J rhona HA. 32SI 1 i H03PtS-1 J-n I ASA STIMULANT to our business, we have gone A through the establishment and trimmed prices " to the bone, giving to our customers the benefit of wholesalers price cuts made in the last few months and, in some cases, actually anticipating future cuts. In other words, our prices are now on Rock Bottom, and we invite you to see for yourself. From our Piano Department we cull this list of prices, to show you, actual dollars and cents reduc . tions : For Fifteen Years Madison Star-Mail. We are opposed to the proposed tax on Ras- the best test we have, oline. Put the harness on those tax plungers 3. There are many thyroid lefen V,f.oe An-am nn the ernnomic. hral-es. Let troubles. The conditions present in us not heap taxes, upon the already overbur- oPp dened taxpayers. Noting" that Mr. Wilson blames the senate for having deprived the United States of world leadership, one is tempted to inquire in what direction it would have led the world by joining his precious league. Energy Dollars One of the superstitions with more lives than a back yard full of cats is the superstition of fiat good kygiene money, or iaith money, or trust money, or money that is unredeemable in the money of ulti mate redemption, it is not correct in tneory, ana what is not correct in theory is not correct in practice. On the other hand, that which cor rect in theory is correct in practice, the trou ioms or one Kino are: liapld, ner- vous pulse, intermittent pounding of tne heart, shallow breathing, trem bling or the hands. 4. Some cases are cured bv opera- tion, some by X-rays, some by ra dium, some by iodine, some by otner medical treatment, some by bed wetting, "Would you advise me if It would be better to put him somewhere for treatment like a farm boarding?" REPLY. Take the child to the child study He Chicago policemen Pre forbidden to swear at prisoners in the future. This does not bar the sign language, in which the club may be employed. The right to work is as sacred as the right to loaf, says Governor Allen of Kansas. Quite true, but folks do not insist upon it. Pretty soon the real "dirt" farmer will be easily located; he will be found at the steering end of a breaking plow. It is a little early to hail the spring, but folks are looking for robins hereabouts. Revised version: Lafayette, where are you? Child May Be Feeble-Minded Mrs. S. writes: "I have a boy 11 years 7 months old. He is very stu pid In school, does not seem to pick his two times tables, and is in 8-A nlaOa Al.n lu a ha ...a..... n n A ble being that many things appear to be correct restless in his sleep. Goes to toilet in theory which are not and the defect can only from two to four times a night, but be proved in practice. Fiat money can be I don't let him have anything after proved incorrect iri theory. It is contrary to supper like fruit juice and water, as I,n,o n-h, on hiimm evnorience Wherevpr . icaiucu uui iu 6iva vu oiiu io avum and whenever it has been tried it has failed. The crime of interest has been inveighed against during more centuries than a man can count, yet a man will not let another man use his monev without oavimr or oromisine to pay him for the use of it any more than a man will let department for a mental test. another man use his house and land without may be feeble-minded. r,avin.r rent. k Have the school physician exam Yet here comes Henrv Korri. a man with mi - i'"u"' '"' uuck- t.v t ,tit,, ,.,t,;i, t,. ktmoif wara, cue. to Borne pnysicai aisoraer, v. ..v, .......a ....mc The condftion of hl8 ducteS3 nas maue, wun a prouosai io issue energy glands should be Investigated. His lars, or non-interest bearing promises to pay trouble mav be alone that line. Such ana non-reocemaoie except alter the lapse ot a troubles frequently are long term of years. If Mr. Ford thinks it can be done, let Henry do it. It is a job only for a Three Peace Congresses philanthropist. Mr. Ford has made an imores- In three cities, Washington, Dub sive success in his particular line of work, but M'n and Cannes, statesmen will be at in "getting them out of the trenches by Christ- ""i"uiL"' mas and in knowledge of history he has not each of the three congresses t0 serve Dccn a 5mning success, or any ouier Kina oi a the cause of peace. Syracuse Post- success. Ana ms energy aouar pian may De a standard. bright idea, but it is only an idea. Washington star. Why Not? Why not solve the submarine problem bv pro viding that before a submarine attacks an armed merchant ship it must come to the surface and stay up 10 minutes before going down again to tire its torpedof Worcester Telegram. Wooden Era Is In Vogue. Wooden cars were responsible for many holiday deaths in New York. Wood alcohol for more. Wooden heads for still more. Syracuse Post-Standard. BEGUILED I.ured out ty th tottest (lance Of a man. I took my chances At escaping curloua eyra; ... . .. .. - ... iMuie wnniu me .ureal a cukfi What the nations really want of China is that wi-.wre the cnt of nine tree hedaes She buv fortv bl lions' worth nf the crnorU that Made the worm paradise. What Is Really Wanted of China. they have to sell. Never mind the open door- take tne wnoie side out ot the house. M. Louis Globe-Democrat Long T eat with bouI enraptured, For the man my heart had captured, Though he Fpoke no word of love. And the wood throughout waa teemtnr With his preaence, whila, I, dreaming, Saw him gazing from above. (From the Philadelphia Ledger.) To the four-power treaty of the Paciflo the Washington conference is about to add another and a moment ous agreement. The flve-p o w e r naval treaty gathera into a single document the pledged limitations that will shackle the great naval powers for tha next 15 years. When finally approved, it will fill In and complete the picture of naval limitations sketched first by Secre tary Hughes some 90 days ago. We now know with what navies the seaa will be encumbered next year and the next; with what fleets the world must reckon until 1937. The giant ships already on the ways, the 45,000-ton sea-juggernauts, will never be completed. There will be so many and no more capital ships. They may displace 35,000 tones and no more. Their guns may be 10-inch, but no greater. Except for minor modifications In the cases of Great Britain, Italy and France, the naval holiday is about to dawn. The 10-10-6-8.5-3.5 ratio stands. Navies may have unlimited num bers of auxiliary ships, but they may be no larger than 10,000 tons and carry no guns greater than 8 Inch. Airplane carriers are limited by a fixed ratio in proportion to capital ships; they must not be greater than 27,000-ton boats, and they may carry no guns above the 8-inch caliber. The conversion of merchant ships to auxiliaries has been hedged with re strictions. In every phase except on the sub marine the treaty seems to be ready. Doubtless, word that may come from Cannes, where Great Britain and France may wip out their quar rel over submarines, is waited, in the hope that it may make easy the drafting of the submarine clauses. This sea-charter that has been given the navies may be -the last as well aa the first of its kind. The fleets that were the backbone of sea strength yesterday are becoming ob solete. The next conferenc, and there will be another, must deal with the submarine and the plane, with war under and over the sea as well as upon Its surface. The future lim itations will be different limitations. The battleship will not be the great est factor. The five power treaty will limit naval strength: it will restrict sub marine warfare; it does enforce a naval holiday and it does not involve the United States In Joint interna tional military actions, either . by commitments or implications. It does meet the reasonable hopes raised by the conference, and is the second of two great foundation stones that have been laid for the peace of the world. THE SPICE OF LIFE. ! Ex-Doughboy Did you ever tret even with that secend loot alnce the war? Ex-Buddy (now a plumber) I'll ay ao. I fixed tome pipe In hla cellar. The American Legion Weekly. G uaranteed Prices Make Peak Price ' Today's Price Mason & Hamlin .$1,800.00 1,725.00 Kranich & Bach. . . .. . . 850,00 - 675.00 Sohmer & Co 675.00 5 50.00 Vose & Sons 650.00 5 00.00 Bush & Lane 650.00 465.00 Cable-Nelson 465.00 3 35.00 Kimball 450.00 335.00 Hinze 365.00 295.00 Gulbransen 595.00 4 95.00 Standard, famous makes of Pianos only. We challenge any comparison you care to make. JUjfospe do. The Art and Music Store 1513-15 Douglas Street Freddie's been hurt at What Jack Mat football! Fond Mamma Oh, dear, dear!" doea the telegram eayT Jack Nose broken. How shall I have It aet Greek or Roman? London Mall. The office stenographer, waa mentally upset over her Inability to spell "graphic." How do you apell graphic, with one "f or two?" she asked. "If you are going to use any," the genial boss replied, "you might aa well use two." The Veteran Magazine. Enough Fords Loose Already, Henry Ford's press agent is missing a good To th" ni"hl l,ld' "on" 1 bet He should announce that Henry will buy 'UV' "a".? t'. hearkened darkened. tne World S Submarines, eauin them With tires Now my love I seek to smother. and horns and turn them loose on our boule- FoJk nr ch;m wa," m?neotn'r ,j. ci , , , n . v ' uuu" Than thn Man t p In the Moon! vards. Shoe ant Leather Reporter. liu m. Thomas ia tha New lora Timea When in Omaha Hotel Henshaw One Hundred Thousand Dollars Now Available for Small Home Loans on Omaha Properties WITH EASY MONTHLY REPAYMENTS Applications of $1,000 to $4,000 Sought ' I Conservative Savings & Loan association PAUL W. KOHNS. Pres. E. A. BAIRD. Vic Pre. OFFICERS i J. A. LYONS, Sec. J. H. McMILLAN. Treat. I 1