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    THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18. 1922.
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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.
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' 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.
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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
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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,.'
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of watering etoek by dm-tarm- stock
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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
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conduct
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kttockeciotit
byHospc'sPdce
Reductions
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die! if dlntia Hnd per pet llV nf.ir"
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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.
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