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the ALLIANCE HERALD
Lloyd C. Thomas, Editor John W. Thomas, Associate Editor
George Edick, City Editor
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WRONO ATTITUDE ON THE PROHIBITION QUESTION
We ave never heeir able to understand the attitmle which our
state senator, George Adams of Crawford, took on the prohibition
bill in the past session of the legislature. We found our friend George
to be on the right side of many questions hut we did not feel that he
represented the wishes of his constituents in voting as he did on the
prohibition bill, which he Opposed as it first came from the hones of
representatives but for which he voted on the final roll call alter the
combination of eighteen, "the dirty dozen and a half" as they were
nicknamed, had been broken.
The following paragraphs are taken from a recent issue of The
Chadron Journal:
"We arc pleased to note that our Senator George Adams finally
voted for the prohibition bill. He hung out a long time. Adam-rcp-resents
a very strong dry district ami doubtless heard from the folks
back home.
"Last Saturday Senator Adams" voted to indefinitely postpone
the cigarette bill.
"When Senator Adams, who was classed as a 'wet' voted for the
prohibition measure, he explained his vote as follows:
" 'Mr. President: When the bill came to this body the fanatical
part of Nebraska's population insisted that the bill be passed without
amendment. These people knew nothing about its provisions'! but in
sisted that the document was sacred and should not be touched by
profane hands. However, after several weeks of discussion and ex
amination even the sponsors for the bill discovered there were radical
defects and inaccuracies in the bill. In fact, the bill was abandoned
by those who had fathered it, for the record as it now stands shows
that every senator in this body has voted against the house bill. The
liberal clement in this body voted for the senate amendments, and
now at the close of the drama the radical dry element has voted
against the adoption of the bill passed by the house. So all the rant
and roar of some women and long-haired men can not prevent the
public from seeing and knowing that the house bill was a hodge-podge
unenforcable, unworkable and inoperative. The amendments pro
posed by this body made it possible for the people of Nebraska to
have a prohibition law which is not perfect, but is the best that can be
passed under the circumstances. I, therefore, vote aye.' "
This explanation of his vote, which was handed in to the clerk of
the senate in typewritten form, was reported on good authority to
have been written with about a doen others by one man the man
who has been recently chosen to lead the fight against the bill giving
women limited suffrage by invoking the referendum against it. We
earnestly hope that the required 30,000 signatures to petit iouwill
not be secured before the expiration of the time limit. If tluwe op
posing woman suffrage are able to get tin1 required number of signa
tures it will mean that the law will not go into effect but that it must
be voted upon at the next general election under the referendum law.
A majority of the people of Nebraska are in favor of granting women
the right to vote and this will bo shown in no uncertain terms at the
next election.
The Crawford Courier, published in Senator Adams' home city,
recently published the following item regarding his return home
from his legislative duties:
"Senator George M. Adams came home from Lincoln Sunday
morning, on the conclusion of his legislative duties there, looking as
tho his stay had agreed with hint and was feeling line. Senator Ad
ams, as is usual with public servants, has received his share of the
kicks and abuse generally heaped upon the devoted heads of those
who go down into the deep sea of law maUiug, but insists that as time
rolls around those who now so vigorously denounce the legislative
body of 1916-117 will find that it has accomplished good work ami is
entitled to receive thanks rather than the unjust condemnation so
frequently given."
service or anything so offered to the public, containing any assertion,
representation or statement of fact which is untrue, deceptive or mis
leading." The penalty for conviction of the offense is a fine of not
less than twenty-five or more than one hundred dollars.
The point we wish to emphaaize is that as long an the merchant
himself does not believe that it is compulsory to tell the truth in his
advertising it will indeed he hard to convince the public that such is
not the case. In our opinion some of the worst vislators of this law
are not the merchants but the representatives of the firms which make
a business of putting on "special sales" for merchants. The repre
sentative runs no risk as he uses the name of the merchant above
which he makes extravagant, untruthful and impossible claims in the
advertisements prepared by him.
ROAD DRAOOINO IS NEEDED NOW
The heavy rains of last week have again "torn up" the roads of
Box Butte and adjoining counties. It is now up to our officials to
decide whether we shall have the horrible and almost impassible grad
ed roads of a couple of weeks ago or whether we shall have roads up
on which it is a pleasure to drive an automobile or haul a load in a
farm wagon.
At the good-roads meeting held in Crawford on May 16 and at
tended by representatives of counties in the panhandle, the following
resolution was adopted:
"Whereas, the roads of the panhandle of Nebraska, on which
the counties have expended money to properly grade are this spring
in bad condition, largely because sufficient attention has not been
aid to their drainage and upkeep; be it
Resolved, that this meeting, representing the counties in said
liatrict, earnestly recommend to the commissioners and road repre
sentatives that they plan to properly drain such roads so that mud-
holes will not be found; and be it
"Resolved, that we recommend to said county boards that grad
d roads which are now in such condition be dragged at the earliest
mssible opportunity, and that a conference plan of road dragging be
volvert in each county for future guidance.
Road experts tell us that it is useless to drag a hard road with
the ordinary drag but that the time to drag graded roads is after a
rain, when they are soft and can be moulded into proper condition.
The farmer and ranchman who will take an hour in the morning and
another one in the afternoon to drag the roads adjoining his property
line mcy are now in me proper condition to do so will be "doing his
bit" and will deserve the thanks of his neighbors and the entire com
munity as well as helping himself.
A representative of The Herald, in company with a number of
our local men who are interested in good roads, will take a trip over
the graded roads in this part of the state (providing they are passi-
ie on low gear betore the next issue ot this nnner and will then ml.
ise our readers in detail of the condition of the graded roads.
TELL THE TRUTH IN ADVERTISING
An Alliance merchant, in a circular issued by him the first ot this
weak, made the following statement: "In advertising no one is com
pelled to tell the truth, but investigation will prove the real tacts. K -Ty
Statement in our advertisement can be relied upon; we cannot af
ford to misrepresent our merchandise, neither do we wish to. Bluff
won't work in a real game, as one is liable to In called with a busted
flush. Not for us."
It is just the attitude which this mereinini adopts in looking at
advertising that causes the buying public to look askance at all ad
vertisements of the nature of the one put out by him. In looking at
the statements made in the beginning of the advertisement in which
the above quoted statement was made, we find that this store claims
to have purchased the "entire remains" of the stock ot another Alli
ance store. We find , upon investigation, that another Alliance mer
chant is claiming to have purchased some of the "remains" of tin
same stock. In other words, it appears that there is misreprcscnta
tion on the part of someone in bis advertising.
And tan t it rather odd that a merchant will ex-pect people to
read the statement quoted at the beginning of this article, lead th
lollowiug extravagant claims, and then buy merchandise on the
strength of t he advertisement. The following claims are also taken
from the circular: "Like a great cornel -appearing in a clear s!.
I monster ball ot five leaving a glowing trad, startling the entire
world, comes this tremendous one-half price sale. A mammoth stock
of trustworthy merchandise glowing with bargains. Biasing a new
train in mercantile history and crushing prices tower than ever be
fore, causing a fast and furious selling, unknown in the comiiiercia
annuals Ol this country. Never before such amazing, unbelievabb
price reductions
ror the information of anv merchant or others who might be of
the opinion that "in advertising no one is compelled to tell the truth'
we quote from the revised statutes of Nebraska, as follows.
"S896. Sec. 881. Advertising untrue- misleading -deeeptivt
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proniDiieci.--iiereaner in this slate it snail ie unlawful tor anv
person, firm, corporation or association, with intent to sill or in anv
wise dispose of merchandise, securities, service, or anything offered
by such person, firm, corporation or association, directly or indirect
ly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase tin
consumption thereof, or to induce the public in any manner to cnt
into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title thereto, or' an
interest therein, to make, publish, disseminate, circulate or place be
fore the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published
disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in this state, in
a newspaper or other publication, or In the form of a book, notic
handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet or letter, or in anv othc
way. an advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities
NEBRASKA WILL DO HER BIT"
The writer found it a pleasure to attend the monster congress in
Omaha last week, called by the governor under the auspices of the
Arhraskn Conservation and Welfare Commission for the purpose of
making recommendations for the guidance of the State Council of
Jctensc. It was a pleasure to find the lending men of Nohrnskn rrnth-
red there at their own expense and giving frely of their time and
talents in an effort to help Nebraska keep from lagging in doing her
MUM to help win the gnat war tor democracy m which the United
States is now engaged.
While we gave our attention and devoted our efforts to the re
port of the committee of which we were chairman -the committee on
potatoes and beans" we did not lose interest in the other phases
01 the work done and attended the sessions in which we did not take
part. It was a pleasure and instructive to listen to the words of
wisdom fall from the lips of such noted men as Hon. W. G. McAdoo,
secretary ot the treasury; Hon. Carl S. Vroomau. assistant seeretnrv
of the Department of Agriculture; Chancellor Avery of the Nebraska
Diversity; Hon. .lames C. Dahlman, mayor of Omaha: Hon. Keith
Neville, governor of Nebraska: Hon. George Couoland. of the State
ouneil of Defense; lion. W. .1. Taylor of Mcrna, the "fighting rep
resentative ; Edmund Simmons of Seottsbluff, chairman of the com
mittee on beet sugar; Pro'. W. W. Burr, head of the department of
agronomy, university ot .Nebraska; Hank (i. Udell, secretary of the
ederal land bank of Omaha: K. A. Burnett, dean of the agricultural
ollege of Nebraska ; Charles Graff of Bancroft, president of the state
ive Stock Breeders' Association; Hon. John H. Morehead of Falls
'ity. John L McCague of Omaha, K. L. Pierce of Hcmingford, mem
bers oi our committee; U. It. Smith ol Kearney, president ot the Nc
iraska farmers Congrcas; Prof. c. W. Pugaley of Lincoln, director
ot agricultural extension, university of Nebraska; J. W. Shorthill,
secretary of the Nebraska Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Shin-
ping Association: Dan Morris of Kearney, president of the Nebraska
tankers' Association; and other leading citizens.
Much of the credit for the success of the congress goes to that
noted citizen, G. K. Condi a of Lincoln, sicretary of the Conservation
and Welfare I omnussion. Dr. ( on Ira was biisv every minute, the
general who directed a winning battle. Sleep did not seem a neces
sity to him tor he was busy every night until the "wee, sma' hours"
ami up at it again early the next morning. And when things would
seem to lag just the hast mite he was there, stenned on the throttle
ind ahead we went. Nebraska owes much to Dr. Condra for his de
voted, untiring efforts in her behalf.
We say it with modesty and yet with pride, that the report of
our committee Potatoes and Beans was pronounced by those in
lharge to have been the most comprehensive and complete rendered
iv any committee at the congress. The cerdit for this accomplish
ment we give to the loyal and willing Nehraska nu n who gave of
their time and means in helping gather the necessary statistics and
other information from which the report was compiled. Kverv man
of this committee was a worker and not one lagged, although the
time was short and much information had to be gathered by telephone
not teicirraph.
The men who so ably assisted in this work throughout the state.
most of whom left their labors to be with us at Omaha, were: A rah L.
Hungerfora of Crawford; Herman Peters of Hav Springs; Keith L.
Pierce of Hemingford ; H. T. Bowen of Seottsbluff; Hon. George Jack
son ot .Nelson: .1. A. Bent ev ot Sidney, assisted bv V A km& of A -
iance; Charles K. Basset) of Hvannis; C. H. Cornell of Valentine;
Hon. John K. Jacobson of Lexington; Hon. D. H. Cronin of O'Neill;
Horace If. Davis of Ord ; Hon. Grant Mears of Wavne ; John L. Mc
Cague, assisted by T. K. Stevens of Omaha; Hon. John H. Morehead
of Kalis City; Hon. D. S. Dalbey of Beatrice; Hon. H. A. Swansou of
Clay Center; Hon. D. F. Schwab of Lebanon, and Secretary H. M.
Bushucll, Jr., of Alliance.
The Declaration of Principles ami Policies adopted by ths con
gress is too long for publication this week in The Herald but copies
can be secured from Dr. Condra by addressing him at Lincoln, or this
office as soon as printed, and may be published in a later issue of this
paper. Kverv citizen of the state should read them.
The report of our committee, being of particular interest to this
section of the state, the potato and bean growing section, is published
in The Herald this week. This report is also being published in pam
phlet form for general distribution anil can be secured by addressing
this office or any member of the committee at the address given here
in.
Nebraska has never lagged in time of crisis to our nation. This
time she stands in the front rank, ready to advance under the guid
ance of our already famous governor and the members of the Statt
Council of Defense and their advisory committee, following the poli
cies laid out for t hem at the congress held in our metropolis last
week.
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