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The Uec's Platform
1. Now Union Paungr Station.
2. Continual Improvemant of th N
bra.k Highway, including th par.
Riant with a Brick Surfac of Main
Thoroughfare loading into Omaha.
3. A abort, low-rat Waterway from th
Corn Bolt to tb Atlantic Ocaao.
4. Homo Rut Cbarter for Omaha, wilb
I City Manager form of Government.
Between Bonus and Treasury. '
President Harding'! letter to Chairman Ford
r.y doe not particularly clarify the bonus sit
uation.' A strong sentiment in favor of the pas
sage of the adjusted compensation law exists in
congress, and it will be a proof of great restraint
if the measure does not go. through in some
form. Equally strong is the feeling in congress
fcgainst adopting a sales tax in any form for any
purpose.
This brings the isue squarely to a head. It
the bonus is granted, money must be raised to
satisfy the demands for cash payment. Where
will the money come fiom?
Treasury commitments have to deal with
$6,000,000,000 of obligations shortly to be ma
tured. The president is of the opinion that any
further flotation of bonds will interfere with the
poise of a financial situation that has been care
fully developed to where confidence rules. Also
Mr. Harding has a strong objection to the res
toration of any one of several forms of taxation
abandoned by the 1921 revenue law, or to the
increase of certain excise' imposts whereby rev
enue might be derived for meeting the require
ments. This presents an awkward dilemma to
the ways and means committee of the house,
which must bring forth the wherewithal to sat
isfy any bonus provision, that is made. ,
- An argument of great potency in favor of
li4U:nnt (.. m. intti.. leciia ia 4t-i-.
the amount needed to meet the cash payment is
far less than would have, been required had the
war gone on another year. The country would
Lave provided the billions to carry on. the activt
fighting, argue the proponents, and why not a
portion to recompense the men who did the
fighting? The answer to this is that the soldiers
fought for human freedom and not for dollars,
and should find ample compensation in con
templation of the service they rendered. Most
of the ex-service men are of the; opinion that a
few dollars will buy more of the things they
need than many medals or citations for valor.
It is a difficult problem for the administration
to solve. Unfortunately, little or no assistance
is to be expected from the opposition who may
be relied upon to do all they can to embarrass
the republicans. The source of revenue discov
ered, the rest of the problem is easy. ' But it is
plain that the money -will have to come from
somewhere before the treasury can do much for
a cash bonus.
Justifying the New State House.
An editorial from the New York Times, re
produced, on this page, is commended to Ne
braskans for thoughtful perusal. It deals with
the plea made in the senate by Senator Smoot
for the erection of a building in which to store
the precious archives of the national government.
Priceless papers are now in jeopardy for .want
of proper storage facilities. Senator Smoot ar
gued with an obdurate body, trying to get in
cluded in a bill an item to provide for the im
mediate erection of a fireproof structure where
these documents and other records could be kept
secure. What he said applies in no less degree to,
the situation in Nebraska. Our state records, as
important to the state as the federal govern
ment's are to the world, are in danger every mo
aicnt they remain in the ramshackle building
tnat now serves to house such of the various de
partments of the state government as are housed
in it. Fire or other calamity may at any -minute
demolish forever matters of immense value to
Nebraskans. Only when the new building is
completed will the safety of the books and rec
ords be made certain, and that of the men and
women who serve Nebraska be secured. It is not
extravagance or ostentatious display that dic
tates the erection of a new capitol building for
Nebraska, but sternest necessity.
Omaha Pavina Program.
Seventeen contractors already have signified
their interest in the proposed street improvement
program contemplated by Omaha during the
coming season, and it is expected that others will
take a hand. , As the city is asking for tenders
on work that will total $2,000,000, the concern of
the contractors may be understood. When the
bids are opened, the public will get a notion of
what changes have taken place in the paving in
dustry since the war disturbed every other con
dition of municipal life. If thev is genuine cbm
petition, it is possible that Omaha will get some
benefit from the number of bidders. Conces
sions have been made in price by manufacturers
of materials employed in street building, notably
in the charge for cement This is not back to
prewar figures, by any means, nor is it expected
it will go that far. but quotations are much below
the peak price of 1920; or even the schedule of
1921. Thus it is reasonable to anticipate- that the
paving proposed for 1922 will come at a cost con-,
siderably below recent experience. Taxpayers
want good work, and generally are willing to pay
for it. Commissioner putsky's recent tilt with
the cement iiukrrt may beta t reflation in the
paving bid, If il dfa effect tub.Untial Sav
ing to ih public, il Mill have been worth while.
When the bids are opened. then we he! if.
Nebraska. School Laws.
A decision by the supreme court, uphvldiiig
the Siman la it Jus (tern trenghrne by
the Krrd N'orval amendment, nukri definite the
u.e of the English language in Nrbra.ki ihoU
to the r nilti.ion of other languages a for at the
eighth grade. We do not tindrr.uml that this
law dues, or rvrr was Intended to prohibit in
itrurtiou in any foreign tongue given to
children by parent or uthcri in the parent
home. Nor doe. it interfere with religious leach
ing in any way, Nebraska children, however,
are to be thoroughly grounded In the language
of their country In fore they are given intruc
linn in any other at public expense, Experience
has demonstrated the nerd of iuch a law. Men
and women who were born and reared in N'e
braoka, and who still live in the date, are unable
to correctly understand the language of thrir na
tive country, because they wire given training
' exclusively in a foreign tongue. The injustice of
this ought to condemn it in any tair mind. A
child so handicapped is at a disadvantage, and l
was to remove this obstacle and to give to each
a fajr start that the Siman law originally was
pasrd. The amendment by the last legislature
was to make the law more secure. Its applica
tion will not work a hardship on any, but should
effectively increase the opportunity of all chil
dren born in the state to grow up under condi
tions that will tend to niaCe them citizen in
spirit as well as in name. ,
Eggs and Omelettes.
The New V'ork Metal Trades council emits a
considerable denunciation of the action of the
Navy department in stopping work at the navy
yards on "warships. This, however, rests on the
allegation that no notice was given the dismissed
workmen, they being cut 'loose from the pay
roll on Saturday night. Ordinarily this would
mean a hardship. It is customary in business
operations to notify an employe, who. does not
merit summary discharge, of the approaching
termination of his contract of employment. In
this case a notice, tentative, perhaps, but none
the less effective, was served as far back as No
vember that work on battleships was likely to
cease af any time. When the arms conference
adjourned, this notice became imperative, and
therefore the employes of the navy yards could
not have mistaken the intent of the government.
From no source has the call for disarmament
been more persistent or influential than fremi the
organized labor group. Its spokesmen have stead
fastly contended for the establishment of peace
by agreement, and the abandonment of arms.
While the labor unions showed their devotion to
the cause of mankind by aiding to win the war in
every way, they did so without ceasing their
general opposition to war. When the business
of making' ready for war is stopped, those em
ployed in its operations are temporarily thrown
out of employment.
Eggs must be broken if we are to have
omelettes. General Dawes has suggested the use
of navy yard machinery to make articles needed
by the government for peace purposes. A hope
is expressed that his suggestion will be adopted.
and that the men who have lately been busy on
giant forgings for warships will be given the
more profitable employment of making filing
cabinets and typewriter stands for use in de
partmental offices. Some time will doubtless
elapse before they will again be engaged in con
structing super-dreadnaughts. 1 '
The Taint of Townley.
From Minneapolis comes the announcement
that A. C. Townley is about to come to Ne
braska to keep the third party from putting its
own ticket in the field in the approaching elec
tions. What Townley may have in mind can
only be surmised; what Nebraska progressives
should keep in min is that Townfeyism will
not be for the best, interest either of the state
or the new party.
It is the right of all men to organize a politi
cal party when they differ with existing parties.
It is their privilege to declare their principles and
present candidates in accord with them. The
Nebraska progressives have made their platform.
They need now candidates who subscribe to it
and support it. If their principles are to be
considered t on their merits, Townley ism must
be thrown into the discard in Nebraska as it
has been in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Lord Leverhulme, in a recent speech on Brit
ish finances, declared that across the face of
every national obligation are the words, "I know
that my Redeemer liveth." Now the churchmen
are after him for irreverence. There seems also
to be some inaccuracy, , for in England as in
every other nation, generations yet unborn will
be paying for the folly of their rulers.
Starting from Omaha Wednesday to keep a
date in San Francisco Thursday night may sound
fantastic, but it means. nothing to Eddie Rick
enbacker. A birdmsm is a real wonder yet.
The Y. M. C. A, drive for $41,000 is scheduled
to close, at noon today, and last night the work
ers still lacked $11,000 of their goal. Omaha can
ill afford to disregard the appeal. ' :
Competitors are vying with Henry Ford "for
possession of .Muscle Shoals, which fact may
establish that the, great plant does have actual
value.., , -
A new decalogue for women has just been
promulgated, but it deals with' politics and does
rot supersede the one Moses brought down from
"We are almost back to normalcy," observed
the man at the next desk, as he perused an e'ght-
kcolumn "streamer line" announcing a tong war.
The suave manners of the gentleman bandit
re no less taking than those of the uncouth
roughneck who sticks up his victims in old style.
Precious Archives in Peril
Records Beyond Prkt left
Exposed to F'rt Danger.
Chicago may have a society . of "5-minute
eggs," but Omaha can display a few of the 20
minute sort
The Chamber of Commerce may now sym
pathize with a lot of other folks who have to rent
homes, .
There are plenty of safe places to put idle
money, but few of them promise 13 per cent net
return. "
An Irish soviet might be as interesting to
watch as it is to think about.
(Prom the New Yotk Times.) '
Everv unit ia a while Anirru ani are re. '
tnindrtl by sune striking irreparable ! tf )
(rrrioii hitturiral d'Huiurnls el the iieict.itr of i
homing them in budding absolutely tate from
hre, In PI I the burning pf the New York State
Library made a rimu.trini gsp in the 'materials,
many of them manuscript, of our colonial hit
t-ry. The Dutch rC"rd for eventv-tite year
of the aeveiitrentli century, the Euglih colonial
reennU, a prkelr.s collection of Indian nianu
scripts, di.apprarrd forever. Only a little more
than a year ko a fire in Ue Commerce building
In Washington driroed the een.us record,
reaching park to lw, and containing tn infinity
of nutter nrrriry to the study of the economic,
SiH-iat, financial and iuduttrial bi.tory of the
United States, ljt Wedne.day a fire in the
Trei.ury building came within ticklioh di-tanre
of the old records of the department. thenielve
not continuous or perfect, for the fire of JWJ
gutted some of them.
Only two day before the fire of February 8
Senator Smoot of Utah said that he would "as
sume no further responsibility for the safekeep
ing of the government record. ... If
within the next year or two some of the moit
valuable government records are destroved bv
fre. I want the responsibility to rest where it
belongs.
It wasn't the fault of the senate, at he said.
Three time the senate has put into apprpriation
lilts a provision for the erection of an Archives
building. The house, has refu-ed to accept the
amendments. This year it would not agree to an
apnronriation of SSHOfWO to buv a site for such
a building. In I'WJ President Koosevclt had the
greater part of the tapers of the Continents! con
cress and of the Franklin. Hamilton, Jefferson.
Madison and Monroe collections transferred to
he Library of Conaress, where thev are safe.
Lat year Mr Harding ordered the original
ripie of the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution. the Articles of Confederation, and
so on. removed to the same shelter. But gov
ernment arrHves are spread all about Washing
ton, in buildings unfit to preserve them either
from detriment by hnt and moisture and dry
ness or from lire. The archives of the Deoart
ment of State are kept In diver portions of the
State. War and Navy building, where, according
to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, "the
chances of excessive loss to both building and
contents are very great in case a fire should
break out and not be quickly controlled. The
records of the Treasury are diffused in a num
ber of p1?re most irontcallv unsuitable. 1 here
i a pile of them, the main pile, in the attic of the
Treasury building. If fire snares them, thev will
waste away in their present quarters. Other
treasury records are housed in a theater base
men others In a sort of cellar.
How lonor is the government to invite the de
struction of invaluable documents? The house
and senate conferees agreed that there ought to
lie an Archives building: but the singular argu
ment was made that congress shouldn t ap
nronriate anv money for it until there is a geii'
rral rtib';e buildings bill in which it can be In-
"'iiderT. Substance is nothing, form is evcrvtlung.
The disnute about the site, the disposition at
tributed to the house not to buy land when the
government possesses so much vacant real estate
in the District, show blindness to the instant
need of an Archives huilriinsr. and to what and
where it should be. The building, to answer its
purpose, shonld be a solid, substantial, fireproof
structure, and necessarily it shouldn't be put in
any place where ornamental architecture, in har-
monv with the general plan ot Washington, is
required. Senator Smoot, with his lucid common
sense.-stated the conditions:
If we put this building up on the Mall, where
some are talking about erecting it, we could
not build a plain, substantial building, such as
the commission wants to build, one that will
sand for a hundred or more years and the cost
of which would not be largely in polished
columns and marble floors. What we want is
. a building where we can keep the records in a
fireproof place, and that is all we want. If it
were nut upon the Mall, where some are talk
ing about erecting it, the building would cost
twice as much as we would be ajjle- to com
plete it for on the land where we desire to put
the building, because it will be necessary on
the Mall to erect a much more expensive build
' ine than is really necessary.
The right kind of building for safety, use and
permanence, not for ornament that is what
should be built. The records must continue to
be endangered for nobody knows how long; and
we must watt till the house and senate can "get
together." One would suppose that the treasury
fire the other day would have been warning
enough. The chief clerk of the census bureau
said mournfully after its ancient records had
been burned that "not all the wealth of the
United States" could replace them.
Mow to Keep Well
By PR. W A EVANS
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Princeton's Democratic Step
Princeton has made a democratic move the.
wisdom of which might well be followed by other
universities. It has -not directly forbidden its
students to keep motor cars, but it has ex
pressed its opinion on that practice so plainly
to the parents of the students that the growing
evil doubtless will be ended.
It is obvious that the young man resident in
college does not need an automobile. His hours
of recreation ought to be spent at something
beneficial to either mind or body. When the
student's class hours are over he can find plenty
of amusement on the field, in the gymnasium or
the library, or in walking over the countryside.
It would be a bold undergraduate who would
contend that his motor car brought him any
thing more than joy-riding.
Of course the evil does not lie so much in
the joy-riHing as in the extravagance and the
disDlay. That is why President Hibben of
Princeton in his admirable letter to the parents
of students emphasizes the value to young men
In college of "simplicity in living and the elimin
ation of unnecessary luxuries." Conditions the
world today, a. Dr. Hibbern points out, makes
it undesirable that young men in the formative
period should indulge in high liying. Indeed,
there never will a time, no matter what world
conditions are, when the youth of the colleges
should let their purposes run away with .their
brains. New York Herald.
CENTER SHOTS.
Uncommon Sense Called Common.
. ! The gist of Judge Anderson's decision in the
Ponzi case seems to be that if a man entrusts bis
money to a swindler, he is not a creditor, but a
dupe; and that if by any means-he can get it
back he is entitled to do so regardless of the fact
that other people may have entrusted money to
the same swindler. It is a case of sauve qui
peut; of each man for himself and the devil take
the hindmost; and the fellow who is so for
tunate as to recover his money can not be made
to turn it back to be shared with, others not so
forehanded as he. It is rather hard on the dupes
who did not get out from under, but it seems!
good common sense. iew Bedtora stanaara.
Republican Economy.
' In its economy efforts the Harding adminis
tration is keeepmg taitli witn tne people, i nere At any rate tw?re are bound to be
was no propiise of immediate restoration of pre- j aj) many marriages as divorces.
DISHES FOR GRANDMA.
What in (he teal food fur th
aa-tir
Tha Biiawr to till queatlon I by
no menu eav.
Hlm-a lit peopla In DtU itroup do
but lit tli manual labor, and get hut
liltlo phyaieat exert-in in any diree
tli'ii. iliey nwi v-ry lttttu protvln
furt'l.
Tha proteiu fmiila. ot which tueut
mill eK ut tha let known ex
wiiipli-M. an. In the imnii. towurda tha
milting uii of liSMtio 10 repuir the
r recta r Ue.
It ia true that then fooiU can be
Hard ia make onerav and hent, and
ran even t enlivened Into fut and
mured, hut earing I hem fur thoae
nurpoaca I rrrly Jiihtlfled.
Tlieiefnr. the flrwl law In feeding
old peoplu la that they Kiiotlld he
iriven very little meat and e-s and
rood a tn thitt tvpe.
Since they do not eveivlne nturh
they do not mnk muelt heut. A
a rule. !, they have nt muih fit
underneath the akin, mid th area no
eland of the skin do not aeerete
muelt. Keiillliy In the creaHeles an
For theae ruhnna the old need to
eat plenty of hent-timkinir fnodn. The
eheapeat and the bent of these are
the Murehen and aweetn.
Htnndliift- t the head of the lint
are the bread and tha i-areal. Kut
there la on great drawback to the
imilsvriinlnut nee of the, starchy
and aweet food. They are nulte
prnna to nrinK about intCHtinal rer
tnentntioiiM. aa. and cm mm. The
cramp may be in tha loirs.
Thererore, in selecting atarchy and
aweet food for old people, care
should be taken to avoid those
which produce much jcii.
The tun of day at which thy ar
eaten is important.
For instance, raw apples and
cereal In the inornlnir are much lena
Iinhle to eause trouble than are the
same fooda prepared, or aerved In
the same way, after 5 In the after
noon.
In the giving of aweets th taste
miiHt be taken Into consideration
Old people, a a rule, do not eare for
sweets, and It is not advisable to go
very far In opposition to this dls
taste, though there la not the same
advisability for sharp limitations of
weeta that there la in the xounger
people.
fireaae and fata are very efficient
heat-making foods. But care must
be taken not to prepare fatty foods
in a way that will not appeal to the
palate or the digestion of old peo
pie.
Nascher saya old people are very
apt to develop acidosis. To over
come this tendency they need to eat
a good deal of watery vegetables and
fruits. A times it Is best to let them
have some mild alkaline water.
As a rule, milk and milk prepar
ations suit old people -well, but if
used much, bulk must be supplied
by watery vegetables, fruit, bran,
whole grain and cereals.
'Ware Pneumonia Bur!
C. C. B. writes: "The pneumonia
season in now on and I believe the
readers of your column would be In
tesested In an article on the malady
and views on treatment."
, , HE PLY.
You are right. The pneumonia
season Is npw on. The disease will
cause many deaths in December,
followed by Increasing numbers In
January, February and March.
Its ravages will mount exactly as
will those from smallpox. Further
more, unlike other communicable
diseases, it is more prevalent now
than it was in 1871, 50 years ago.
One reason for this loss of ground
is the fact that there is no popular
intei'Kf. in rtnenmonla nnd the r.orv-
zas and coughs which precede it, al
there Is in the foundations of con
sumption. Therefore your Interest Is wel
come. I have written articls on the
subject and I will continue to fire
away along that line from time to
time until April next.
Yearns for Potatoes.
N. M. writes: "I am 32 years old
and have diabetes. I was in the
hospital three weeks. When I went
In I had 4 per cent suger. When I
left I was sugar free, and that Is
three months ago. Now, every two
weeks my urine is examined and 1
have no sugar.
"I would like to know If I can
eat uptatoes and things containing
sugar or flour, as I am getting tired
of my diet and long for some pota
toes." REPLY.
Some persons who have sugar in
the urine and have become suj-ar free
can go back to a bread and potato
diet with safety. Others cannot. The
proper plan is to have your physi
cian decide what IS best for you.
If he thinks it safe lie will permit
you to have a more liberal diet, but
he will direct you to increase your
starch allowance gradually, cheek
ing up on you by urine and blood
examinations.
Rickets! Scurvy!
R. M. M. writes: "Will you please
tell me what causes my 3-month-old
baby to have sweating of the head
while the other part of his body is
cool, and what can I do to stop it?
He is breast fed and in the best of
health otherwis."
s REPLY.
This symptom always causes sus
pieioir of rickets. Scurvy is another
possibility.
Tuberculosis of Eyes.
M. E. S. writes: "1. Is there such
a thing as tubrculosis of the eyes?
2. If so, what is the cause?"
' REPLY. , .
1. Yes. Tuberculosis may affect
any one of several parts of the eye.
2. Infection with tubercle bacilli
just ns in consumption and glandu
lar tuberculosis. - ,
A prediction. Coal prices will be
lowered, strike or no strike. i orbes.
A little earning Is a dangerous
thing also. Asheville Times.
One way to get on your feet Is to
sell your motor car. Arkansas Ga-
j.ette.
war conditions, nor, in fact, was there a promise
that we would ever get back to a prewar scale of
einenditures. The United States is a growing
nation, and its expenditures must grow accord
ingly. But the administration is cutting out
much needless expenses and will continue to do
so. The democrats will find it difficult to point
out a practicable .economy that the republicans
rr aAnntrA Win stnn -a lem I!nion-Re-
publican.
. ' Alias Bloc
Language grows more refined. In the old
clays wrhat is now termed a "bloc" would have
been called a "gang." Washington Star.
I
K.noxville Journal and Tribune.
Synthetic gold is still romping
about beyond the horizon with
Henry Ford's synthetic sow. Hous
ton Chronicle.
Men are strange animals. One
has left $100,000 to the girl who re
fused to marry him. Not only heap
ing eoals of fire on her head, hut
providing her with money to-burn.
Toledo Blade.
Gas warfare Is defended most
warmly by thope who never tied on
a mask. Boston Herald.
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aWa at prrirail nidnrw ar aerapt
tawa mr opinion. aarr ar wr
Htuanraia la lha trt ...,
Soldier' IIoiium.
Kearney, Neti , J,. M.To the
h'dltor of Th lie: In a recant la.
u uf the The Wee tlieia appeared
letter by an American LtkIoii imat,
which alve the Inipreclon that,
amen ine war ex-aiiiiler hav been
unable to regain their former em-
ployment or buaineaa and, that they
ar "up against It" for lack uf
bonus.
When the aibller were discharged
front th army they got a bonus uf
so rlKht there, work of all kinda at
It ik It wugea waa abundant mid ron-
tinned no for tt coupla of year. K-
soldier were iixunlly favored for
Jot' and those who were tint of em
plnynient drulng that tlni were an
rttnlnly troni choice, a any amount
of employer will dclnre.
If a bonus la granted. Its coxt to
the taxpayer will be out of all
proportion to the benefit It may give
to the ex-ervlf men. Thime of
them who gave tip good luiMlnes or
iionltlons when the war called them
have generally regnlnd their place
and do not need any bonus and. I
bel'eve, generally do not call for
one. , To another clnsa the bonus
n present thnt much time that could
be apent in IdleneKH and. lifter thut,
they would be a ready for a bonus
a a before.
More than a dnr.en atnte hnve
given 'their ex-aoldler qtilto liberal
homines, but that doe not aeern to
have satlxfied flume who are still
clamoVlng fur "compensation," and
that for able-bodied men. It la per
fectly reasonable to auppnue thnt If
the government grants a bonus now
It will not be long till there will be
another demand for "adequhte com
pensation."
On tha other hand, those men
who were wholly or partially dis
abled In the service belong to a class
that rvally deserves help and, while
most of them are receiving help or
compensation of some kind, there
may atlll he some rases thrt are
shamefully neglected by the govern
ment. Those are the men who need
compensation.
FRED KITSCH AKU.
Canals and Population.
Sutton. Neb.. Feb. M. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: NInety-alx year
ago when New York had a popula
tion no larger than Nebraska has
now. the state built a canal which
with laterals, would reach from
Omaha to Chicago. The freight
rates from Buffalo to Albany were
reduced from $100 per ton to $10
per ton. while plows, scythes and
other farm Implement were greatly
reduced In price to farmers of the
frontier states or Ohio, Indiana ana
Illinois. Land values along the line
of the canal rose by leaps and
hounds. Other Inland water-ways
were discussed, while the lakes-to-ocean
route was seriously consid
ered. Then came the railroads with
wooden rails built by the states
whereon anyone with a car and a
span of horses could haul his prod
uce to. market. Steam locomotives
succeeded horses. Then our states
men went to sleep and slept the
sleep of the seven sleepers of Ephe
sus; that is. for 100 years. Now the
dream of the lakes-to-oeean water
way is on the eve of realization.
Eight states with 40 per cent of
our population and most or the man
ufacturing industries border on the
lake, while all the northern states
to the Rocky mountains will be di
rectly, benefited by lower freight
rates.
Get out your map and trace the
dozen or more lake ports Duluth
Detroit, Chicago and tho rest. In
a shipment of wheat from Omaha to
European ports direct via the great
lakes and the St. Lawrence river.
1,000 miles of rail rates-will be sub
stituted by water rates. These are
from one-fifth to one-seventh those
of rail rates, to say nothing In the
saving in time. This will save from
10 to 15 cents a bushel on grain, ana
on other products in proportion. .
The distance from Crlcago to Liv
erpool by way of this all-water route
is 4,500 statute miles. By ran rrom
Chicago via New York is almost ex
actly the same.
The only setjious objection comes
from New York, or rather, irom a
very small proportion of its popula
tion. The state has Just completed
the enlargement of the Erie canal
at a cost of $150,000,000 to the
commonwealth. Steam barges of
2,000-ton capacity now can ply from
Lakes Erie and Ontario to New
York harbor. This city has been for
a century a sort of a toll gate of the
rest of the country. The 4 per cent
of its inhabitants who own the 318
square miles of land will of course
object, while a somewhat larger per
centage of Its business people may
also line up in opposition.
While vessels drawing 3 0 to 12
feet of water can negotiate the eeries
of rapids from O'gdensburg, N. Y.,
to Montreal, the canals and locks
are too small-for larger craft. To
remedy this is simplicity itself. Dams
will be built across the river to flood
the rapids and locks made to lift or
lower the ships. The cost will be
about $300,000,000 divided between
Canada and the United States. When
New Zealand, with a population no
larger than Nebraska, spent that
amount on railroads and other do
minion projects, this sum is insig-
Ireland Faces Prose
Period
Is That CoM and
Cough Hanging On?
YOU will be convinced that Dr.
King's New Discovery doe just
what it is meant to do soothes cough
raw throats, congestion-tormented
chests, loosens the phlegm pack and
breaks the obstinate cold and grippe
attack, relieves the congestion in the
head. No harmful drugs, therefore
good for children as well as grownups.
Right away you will notice the
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vincing, healing taste that you will
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ADVERTISEMENT.
. 666
will break a Cold, Fever and
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irnuM Ik Maarkaalae l.aatdlaa ,
Ireland ia now a freaatt. On
Saturday the Ul formality uedd
to bring tha auta into being was
gone ihimiglt, Tha member t.f th
parliament elected f'r utharn Ire.
land under tha hum. rula act ap
proved lha treaty wit hum a division,
In i-oniraat Willi the immUM erfu
ion of word In th recent d.ill d.
batea. an rxiinpluty economy uf
speech was piailleed by veroii,
and Ilia fw thing that were aald
wera very much to tha imrptian,
notably th frank ileelurntlon uf
lnal )t)eiloit the fre alula on
behalf uf Trinity tollege, imblln,
tha greatest center of iiiiliinlxm out-
Ide l later, throughout th long con
troversy now cloaed. Ileneeforrli
the running of Ireland I nit IrUli
concern, and KnglUhmen ar In th
poaulon of apeitulora and, wnlt
few exception, friendly and hopeful
upectatnra. A heavy and mueh-d
tested duty I taken at onee off Hi
shoulder of our regular army, for
whom any kind of collision with
civilian or seml-clvlllan guerilla
ha alwav been unwholenom a
well aa odious. Th special bodlea
of auxiliary police, which were em
bodied to carry out a demoralizing
kind of duty under a very imperfect
discipline, return to civil life, and
everybody here will wish the rank
and rilo of them better fortun In
Ihelr renewed endeavor to escape
from th hardahtp and danger of
post-war unemployment. A dark
and mlaernble chapter i cloned.
Probably Irishmen and Englishmen
both will for ninny year feel a kind
of diwrcllsh for it a a aubjeet Just
n people her now shrink front
book Hbout tho wreat war. Later
on It may bo a rival theme to the
Jaeohlt rising" In Hcotland for
Imaginative writers. For Irishmen
now there begin a period of oner
ous, routine prosrf labor In politic
for the leader tho problem or ant
Isfying follower who nitit Inevi
tably have hoped too much, lnce
no struggle for national freedom
would ever be won if more were
not hoped from nueoes than any
success lias to give: for the bulk of
the people the loval experience of
having to make the best ot ruler of
their own choice, lnatead of having
It aa a kind of patriotic duty and
hahit to find the doing of alien rul
er even worse than they were. II
Is going to be a tremendous test
of Irish political capacity. But we
believe that both the leaders and the
led will pull through It. not easily
nor without misadventures, but still
without disaster.
They Arc, Tliey Arc.
They arc straining every resource
to compose the ruilway strike in
Ireland. For heaven's ake, can't
they let a people who have been re
pressed for 700 years enjoy a little
of their new freedom. Houston
Post. v
i ' 1
Oh, Tliut It Would Come.
Anxiously scanning tho weather
horizon, the householder remem
bering Napoleon at Waterloo, prays
fervently for "Spring or another
load 'o coall" Chicago News.
NEBRASKA HIGHWAYS,
j Valley Fnterpiuet Tha la whlett
pii.liil.l'J tit iiaa ut ut fund t-r
I pavad rad on I'aaod railroad
tigru.tT-r na ju P"n ii'wat'i.
Now th lima t ni' to turn tb
Lincoln tilgnway t-aek along l
I'nion r-ine rHrod whri h
property helnnga. Il la tha natural
roadbed, tt la much shorter and
muelt aafer, with ra-tirlly no Im
portant croaaieada.
Itowcll Journal: Tli good roi
movement I i on rrnarrtle uf
lha inlaiake timda by fademl, l4(e
and l'M-l auihorltlea. A o'd be
ginning ha len mad and broad
minded peep! will look Upon lha
error that hav crept Into lite
Inn of mmicitinl with a goi-d
deal of tolerance,
Kearney Hub: It I very frlu
iihIm for lb atat that th prM-iit
reai'tlonarie hue not auneajid In
breaking down th road building
program In Nebraska for tha coin
ing year and that tber will not h
a tiruntlon of the panneralilp with
the federal government 1 1 hiUitwav
const ruction. Kxpenal a though
thi highway Improvement may b.
we cannot afford to rail a halt until
Nebraska highway ar good
ar to be found In any tt of the
union.
r
Movent'
Valuc-Civing Store
1
Our February
Clean-Sweep Sale
on Used and
Sample
BEDS
nlficant for 115,000,000 people. Be
sides, water power will be developed
for electrical purposes for all tha
New England and middle states at
an extremely email cost for manu
facturing and lighting purposes. It
will also give a needed- impetus to
somewhat similar projects like the
Chicago canal, with which to con
nect th lakes with the Gulf of Mex
ico. A. G. GROH,
uiLlX-t i
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