Thursday, September 4th, 1919
THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERAU)
i
THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
IJy "Scott
If I were to describe the League of
Nations in a few words, I would call
it the "international equivalent of
the policeman's club". Just as truly
as we need a policeman's club, and
Just as truly as we need a policeman
at all to enforce the local laws, Just
o much do we need a policeman who
will enforce international laws. And
this policeman needs a club, some
thing with which to enforce these
laws. La; better club could there
be than the tovti.ani of the League
cf Nations?
Did you ever see a treaty cr great
literary work of any kind that was
absolutely flawless? How many
times do we hear criticism of the
Declaration of Independence; and
Ten the Constitution of the United
States is to those who wish It for
months of bloody warfare In which
millions of men lost their lives.
"VhaMfweare""'to" maintain a
small army In Europe, or any other
part of the world, for fifteen years!
The same troops will not be there all !
that time; and If these men enlist of
their own free will for a period of
two or three years for foreign serv
ice and the extra pay, they will be
Just as satisfied as though they were
at home. How about men who have
many times re-enllsted for service in
the rhllipplnes, twice as far from
the United States as France or Ger
many! As a rule, the man who
selects the army as a profession Is
entirely satisfied with It. It is the
man who enlists for a period of
emergency who does not care to fol
low the army for life.
The Rhautung clause In the peace
treaty has ben made to look like a
mountain, whereas it Is nothing
more than a mole hill. This provi
sion Is a matter of Individual opin
ion and Is open for discussion. Nat
urally, Tresldent Wilson's political
enemies have taken the side opposing
political reasons to be so, a weak him and are making political taiK
article, the hobby and Pet tneme oi oui or someming or no more maier-
tbose who drew it up. I lal value at this time than any otner
h .rreote.t of nil treaties, clause in tbe treaty. The nations or
iirti'cr th covenant of the League the world have Japan's verbal prom
f Nations, is being assailed and ise to return mis territory, ana me
attacked from all sides by those sen- League of Nations has power to en
ators and public men who have per- force this promise.
tiistently opposed the President In all Why turn down the whole work of
his efforts to bring about a perman- the greatest minds of the nations of
ent and lasting peace; and this for the world because you do not agree
minimi reasons wholly. I am will- with some minor paragraph or
Ing to admit mat the League oi a- ciause7 Anything mat does more
tions as advocated by President Wil- good than harm should be treated
eon will put his name In history accordingly. A church Is harmful In
along with Lincoln and Washington, that It takes up space that mould
but I would concede him that honor make a good home or a garden, but
rather than oppose such a wonderful think of its benefits. A town wouldn't
document because I was bis political be vorth rauch witbout purchase
enemy. Schools also take un valuable land
If the League of Nations is worm and make taxes hither, but who
the rarer on which it is written, it is wants to live in a citv without
worthy of at least an unDiasea con- Bchools! "How far is it to school?'
federation and study by those who
know little or nothing about it. It is
not claimed that the League would
sake a paradise of this old earth,
but it is claimed that wars to a great
extent would be eliminated. And I
believe this is true.. For in a way,
all nations would be combined to
force each Individual nation to do
the square thing by all those with
which it comes in contact. This is
the real "compelling moral obliga
tion"; and where is there a single
tation that would care to bump up
against the League of Nations? It
would think a good many times be
fore attempting anything rash. And
were this nation to bring up its trou
bles before this Ic-cgue, how could it
teceive anything but Justice before
such an inpart'al Jury?
However, should a nation be
foolish enough to try to "start some
thing", the combined armies of the
is the first question a farmer asks
when buying a farm in a new local
ity
Up until the time I left the Army
of Occupation in June, I had run
across but very few men who were
opposed to the League of Nations,
and they could give no logical reason
for their opposition other than that
they were opposed to Wilson. The
reason that the men in the armies of
the occupied territory In Germany
are so nearly unanimous in their
support and praise of the League of
Nations is that they have had enough
of war and are in favor of something
that will prevent, as far as possible,
their having to go through the same
experiences again. For this one rea
Bon more than any other they are
anxious that the League of Nations
be given a trial. Of course, it will
hurt munitions manufacturers and
war profiteres, but they are a small
STOCKMEN BLAME THE
RETAILERS TOR PRICES
Prominent Nebn.k Mvckmen Tcf
title! on Friday Before the In
vestigating Commit U.
WASHINGTON Interjecting Borne
sharp advice and warning to city
dwellers as to meat prices, western
stock men Friday laid before the
senate agricultural committee furth
er protests against the Kenyon-Ken-drick
bills to regulate the packing
industry.
"1 am going home and tell my
neighbors that we'll have to curtail
production to the point where con
sumers will eat the whole beef car
cass," said George T. Donaldson,
president of the Kansas State Live
Stock association. With J. H. Mer
cer, Seattle commissioners of that
state, and others, he said he had
been Investigating the distribution of
meats in all the larger cities.
"Right nl your city of Washing
ton," he told the committee, "I have
found the fore-quarters of beef sell
lng to the retailers for eight cents a
pound and selling to the consumer at
32 cents. We learn there are 700
places here where meat is sold and
we think that 100 would be ample
and reduce the cost to consumers
too."
Mr. oDnaldson opposed the regula
tory measures and Senator Kenyon,
Republican of Iowa, asked him if he
had read the federal trade commis
sion report on hte subject.
"I have," replied Donaldson, "and
I regret to say I haven t as high a
regard for the federal trade commis
sion as an American citizen of my
age ought to have.'
Mr. -Vrcer. tho opposing the bills,
said packers ought to relinquish
ownership of stockyards in favor of
producers.
W. B. Tagg. Omaha, Neb., live
stock broker, gave the committee
several suggestions alternative to
nrovisoins of the bill. He said a
commission to regulate the Industry
and administer licenses would be
preferable to a single official. J. H
Bachelor, another Nebraska Btock-
man, attacked the entire proposal, as
did most of the witnesses heard, and
said that the high price agitation
was due largely to "people who want
six hours' work and sixteen hours'
pay."
"Most of the testimony taken dur
ing the last week from producers has
been highly favorable to pacaers,
world very quickly teach them a les-1 ercnU(te of'the popu'latlon of the
each Bimilar up-rising the lesson
tacght would be more deeply im
pressed upon such other nations as
miay have had like tendencies. They
would soon learn that it is better to
settle your differences in "court"
than to use force outside.
It is said that the League of Na
tions will prevent another war such
as the one we have Just witnessed.
This is undoubtedly true, for had
there been such a League, this war
would never have begun. Had Ger
many known that England and the
United States were to enter the war,
there would have been no war. How
ever, had therj b.'ir a League of Na
tions, wild shorli Germany have at
tempted to fight the whole world, the
United States and other nations who
tered the war after it had progres
sed upwards of two years, would
have been in it from the start and
there could have been no fifty-two
world. Honestly, now, are you op
posed to the League of Nations, or
HAROLD S. THOMAS
But, Alas, He Doesn't.
The golden rule In something wMct,
we all believe the other fellow shoals'
tbserve- Boston Transcript.
HEALTHFUL ADVICE
Dunne the aftermath of in
fluenza or any other prostrating
illness, the logical tonic is
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
which enriches the blood and
strengthens the whole body, via
nourishment. If you would re
new your strength try Scoffs.
baM & Bowse, Bloom field, M. J. 19-1
Feimtor Gronna, Republican, North
Dakota, pointed out to E. P. Meyers!
of HyHiinis. Neb., "and we are hear-1
ing a good deal about the possibility '
that the puckers might have induced
you all to come. Did anybody pay
your expenses or do anything else to
get you to come down here for
them?"
"1 am not In favor of the pack
ers," Mr. Meyers retorted. "I'm
speaking In my own Interest. Cripple
the packers business, license it and
add to Its cost of operation and you
hit me, oerause the ciofn cost will
have to come out of the producer."
A. E. Stryker, secretary of the
Omaha Livestock change, said that
he met "hundreds of shippers every
week and never heard one word in
favor of any scheme of broadening
governmental control over Industry.
He estimated that Independent pack
era bought 750,000 hogs out of S,
060,000 shipped to the yard last
yur.
Real Leisure.
Leisure Is time for doing something
useful. This leisure the diligent man
will obtain, but the lazy never; for "a
life of hlture and a life of laziness
ar two things." Benjamin Franklin.
OS
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The Greatest Name
In Goody-Land
SAYS HOT WATER
WASHES POISONS
FROM THE LIVER
Everyone should drink hot water
with phosphate In It,
before breakfast
Tn feel flu fine as the proverbial
fiddle, we roust keep the liver washed
clean, almost every morning, to pre
vent its Bponge-like pores from clog
ging with Indigestible material, 6our
bile and poisonous toxins, says a noted
physician.
If vou ect headaches, it's vour liver.
If you catch cold easily, it's your liver.
If you wake up with a bad taste, furred
tongue, nasty breath or Btomach be-
rnmPR rancid. It'a vour liver. Sallow
skin, muddy complexion, watery eyes
nil denote liver uncleanliness. Your
live 1a tha moist lmnortant. ako the
must abused and neglected organ of
the body. Few know its function or
how to release the dammed-up body
cicta V,ll ftnd toxins. Most folks
re60rt to violent calomel, which is a
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oangerous, salivating cnemic&i wiucu
can only be used occasionally because
It accumulates In the tissues, aUo
attnrUs thA hnnpn
Every man and woman, sick or
well, should drink each morning be
fore breakfast, a glass of hot water
with a teaspoonful of limestone phos
phate in It, to wash from the liver and
bowels the prevlous'day's indigestible
material, the poisons, sour bile and
toxins: thus cleansing, sweetening
md freshening the entira alimentary
canal before putting more food into
the stomach.
Limestone phosphate does not " re
atrirt the diet like calomel, because it
can sot salivate, for it is harmless and
you can eat anything afterwards. It
is inexpensive and almost tasteless, and
any pharmacist will sell you a quarter
pound, which Is sufficient for a dem
onstration of how hot water and llme
t,na nhmmhAte deans, stimulates and
freshens the liver, keeping you feellag
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