THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
CJljr Alltattrr Hrralb
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
BURR PRINTING CO., Owners
Entered ot the postolTice at Alliance,
Neb., for transportation through the
nails as second class mutter.
GfiORC.K L. RTRR, Jr Hditor
EDWIN M. HUUR Uusine.s Mgr.
Official newspaper of the City of
Alliance; oiTiciul newspaper of Dox
Butte County.
Owned nnd published by The Burr
Printing Company, George L. Burr,
Jr President; Ldwin M. Burr, Vice
President
AN OBJF.CT LESSON
The past week has Riven the rail
roads of the United Slates one of the
test little object lessons in the history
of their operation, and it may be they
"Hill be wi.-e enough to profit by it.
Those of us who have used the pas
senger service provided by the rail
roads and we have used it only when
there was no automobile available to
make the trip have remarked that
the passengers upon the railroads
have been few nnd far between ever
since the last rate increase went into
effect. The common herd doesn't
travel any more for pleasure, as a
rule. Only necessity drives them to
the railway station. If there is an
automobile available, they use it, for
one may travel by automobile, and pay
hotel bills, and save at least half the
expense of any ordinary journey.
An Alliance traveling man came
into the city on No. 41 the other day
from Sheridan. There were five
Coaches on the train, two of them
Pullmans. He was the only man in
"his coach. Some of the others had
as high as nine. But in all five, count
ing in the Pullman passengers, there
were but twenty -one. And the travel
ing man hazarded a guess that at
least a fourth of the passengers were
"""riding on passes. The proportion was
probably higher than that.
And now for the object lesFon: This
week the railroads of the country put
into effect a one-cent fare to the
American Legion national convention
in Kansas City. Trains were jammed,
packed with passengers. It may be
that the interest in the Legion was
great that these men would have
walked if they couldn't raise the price
of the fare but be that as it may,
they rode on the varnished cars at
the one-cent rate. They brought their
families. They crowded the facilities
provided them, in special trains and
otherwise, until standing room was at
a premium. From all over the coun
try they came. Two conductors were
needed on most trains. Business
there was nothing else but that. And
the one-cent fare did it all.
Present railroad fares amount to 3.8
cents per mile. It's not for us or the
traveling men to tell the railroad offi
cials how to conduct their business.
They get big ?alarie. for knowing how.
But to the man on the sidelines, it
Would seem that it would be better to
haul 2i"0 passengers at 2 cents a mile,
than twenty-one (minus five or six
passes) at 3.8 cents. We haven't
made a fortune at this business yet,
but we think we know enough about
business principles to realize that
sometimes an increased volume of
business will ju;tify price-reductions.
liy IT JJAITENED
The American Legion national con
vention, meeting at Kansas City this
week, showed the world u remarkable
scene. A representative of the W. C. T.
U. appeared on the floor and a.-ked
permission to address ee convention.
There was an instant protest from
some of the delegates. Legionnaires
took the floor, and forced a recess.
National Chaplain Inzer saved the day
when he announced that the speaker
wished simply to greet the legion, and
not to talk on temperance.
Just what was it that made the ex
soldiers, usually the -most courteous
bunch of men on Ihe face of the globe,
fhew their dislike of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union by fight
ing to prevent the organization's rep
resentative from having anything to
say to vhem?
Here's the r.nswer, for those who are
interested in soldier psychology: The
Legion men men are not particularly
opposed to prohibition, but just like
any other bunch of men, a few of
the members are not at all averse to
looking upon the wine when it is red,
and this was especially the case in
France, where the water wasn't fit
to drink and the red w ine wasn't much
better. There was some resentment
on the part of Vhe ex-soldiers when
prohibition was fastened upon the
country they were fighting to save,
without giving them a word to say
about it. But the men who fought
to save democracy hold no grudges.
Bygones are bygones. If they did
remember all the things that were
done against their interests, they
would have refused to listen to a num
ber of politicians, some statesmen and
the representatives of some of the
ted-tape bureaus.
No, the answer must be sought
elsewhere than in the wet and dry
proclivities of the members. If the
truth must be known, it is because
ex-soldiers resent being preached at,
or lectured to. That's the reason that
the men in cantonments liked the
Knights of Columbus huts better than
they did the Y. M. C. A. huts. That's
the reason that they sought civilian
clubs in preference to the organized
cfiV.ts to help them. The writer has
;-crn hundreds of men crowded into
the Army and Navy ch;l at Boston
while the Y. M. C. A. had about a doz
en. The Y. M. C. A. was as well equip
ped to take care of tailors, but nine
out of ten of the men who were in that
movement had an idea that they were
heaven-sent missionaries. They sim
ply couldn't see a gang of men to
gether without wanting to hold a
prayer-meeting. The Knights of Co
lumbus, on the other hand, had spir
itual comfort ami good advice for the
soldiers, but it was dispensed only on
request and in private.
Dozens of times the writer sat in
the Y. M. C. A. hut at Newport, R. I.,
reading or writing letters, when the
chaplain entered and called a halt on
every activity, in order to hold a pray
er meeting, or a song service, or intro
duce a religious speaker. On one oc
casion, when a moving picture per
formance was widely advertised, and
the film failed to arrive, the manager
explained matters, and then said:
"Now, men, we'll pass the song
books and have a peppy little prayer
service." There were five hundred
men in the hall; in four minutes the
number had dwindled to Jess than
twenty.
It is probable that the W. C. T. U.
representative had no desire to do
anything more than give a convention
al welcome address. Probably the
speaker meant it, and wanted to make
the boys feel good. But the ex-soldiers
have been stung too many times.
Not that there weren't times when
all of them wanted attention paid to
their spiritual needs there were plen
ty of such times. The only point was
that they wanted to be the ones to
say when such ministrations should
be given.
There's another aspect to the atti
tude of the legion men. These boys
realize, as no others can do, just how
little sweet words amount to. When
they left home to fight the nation's
battles, they heard hundreds of fine
speeches, promising them the earth
along with the undying gratitude of
a great land and since their return,
many of them, especially the jobless,
know without being told that fine
words do not necessarily indicate
friendly sentiments. In Lincoln, last
Armistice day, Mayor Miller started
to make a speech, and he soon found
THE SPINAL COLUMN
SHE Way
The
What is Chiropractic?
It is not medicine; not surg
ery; not osteopathy. It is a sci
entific method of adjusting the
CAUSE of disease without drugs
instruments, based on a cor
rect knowledge of anatomy, and
especially of the nervous sys
tem. The Chiropractic idea is
that the Cause of dis-ease is in
the person afflicted, and that the
adjustment corrects the wrong
that is producing it.
The function of every organ
in the body is controlled by men
tal impulses (Vital Energy)
from the brain, carried to the
organs over the nerve system.
Any impingement of the nerve
(pressure on the nerve trunk)
results in an interference with
the transmission of vital energy
to some organ or part of the
body, consequently resulting in a
lack of function or an abnormal
function called Dis-ease.
This interference is caused by
subluxated vertebrae pressing on
the nerve where they emanate
from the spine.
The Chiropractor is especially
trained to locate these sublux
ated vertebrae and adjust them
back to normal position thus re
moving the pressure from the
the Cause
DRS. JEFFREY & SMITH
CHIROPRACTORS
himself almost alone in the banquet
hall. The ex-soldiers are tired of
being soft-soaped. They are sick of
empty sentiments. Individually, they
get the worst of it now and then, but
collectively from now on it going to
be pretty hard to hand them some
thing they don't want.
The W. C. T. U. need not feel of
fended. They nre suffering for the
sins r,f a lot of others.
OI F ON THE WRONG FOOT
The editor of the Hay Springs News
is, we arc confidnt, ns sincere a gen
tlem , be found in a day's
journey, and yet even sincere gentle
men may occasionally get off on the
wrong foot. This editor finds fault
with the Antioch News, which, in men
tioning the gang of promoters and
stock salesmen who stalked over the
rtate, selling stock in various enter
prises, refers to the promoters of the
Alliance Packing company as a lot of
swindlers. The Hay Springs man
does not object to the term; he ob
jects only because the Antioch editor's
tongue was not loosened until long
after the wily stock salesmen had de
parted for more fruitful fields.
Satu
"It was the Hay Springs News at
that time that had the courage to use
its editorial columns to warn the peo
ple," sings the editor in his own
praise. "To be sure, we sold these
promoters advertising space, but we
dil not sell them our editorial col
umns.',' This is a plain case of keep
ing the left hand, which operates the
ca.-'n register, in ignorance of the ac
tivities of the ritfht, or pencil-pushing
digits. Some editors ma be able to
justify this sort of thing, but so far
as this one is concerned, there'll be
no advertising in these columns of
any enterprise that we believe to be
in the lea.-t degree shady.
It's altogether probable that the two
promoters of the Alliance Packing
company were not exactly two of na
ture's noblemen. But they were good
organizers and had it not b?en for an
an unbroken line of hard luck the
financial stringency and the lack of
adequate home support, it would have
been put over. It was a b'g oppor
tunity wasted, for with these ruinous
freight rates that killed the profits in
cattle raising, it would have been the
salvation of the industry in western
Nebraska,
i
Incidentally, it was just this atti-
Little Dimes Make Big Dollars
ray; Nov
Mark the date on your
calendar, it will be
Savings Account
On that day we will
inducement for you to
AT THIS
Each year there are a fresh number of young people
who reach the age when they should open a bank account
and begin to save money. We set aside one day each
year for this purpose and we make it a special occasion
at this bank. We want to help you get started.
New $1 Accounts Pay Big
OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH US FOR $1 ON THIS
DAY AND WE WILL DOUDLE IT FOR YOU.
AND YOU ALSO GET A DIME SAVINGS CARD.
Ask Us For Particulars.
The First State Bank
FASTEST GROWING MOST ACCOMODATING
Jtude that made the Alliance Tacking j
company a failure. The men who sub-1
J scribed for stock, for the most part, !
were willing to gamble a little and
under the rules of the state bureau of
securities, which gave the company a
permit, they couldn't lose so very
much. But they lacked faith in the
enterprise and in themselves. They
wouldn't work for it. The big men,
financiers and stock raisers, were all
so dubious of the outcome that they
refused even to serve on the board of
directors. Outside capital could have
been interested in the project, but in
the home town of the enterprise there
was only doubt.
"Why was the Antioch paper and
many other papers as meek as Moses
while the swindle was going on?"
agonizes the . Hay Springs editor.
Simply because it wasn't a swindle,
brother. It was just a case of kill
ing the goose before it had even
They are sufferng for the sins of
started laying golden eggs.
Coffee drinking has increased 100
cups a year for each person, thus giv
ing reformers their next cue.
A giant astral body, twenty times
greater than the sun, has been discov
ered. Unimportant for the time being,
make it a special
open a bank account
DANK
perhaps, but better that than a
cootie.
XxQAncTTjr
Coasted
, Notice tills delicious
flavor when you
smoke Lucky Strike
it's sealed in by
the toasting process
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