Nebraska Newspapers

    0. M. CRONIN. Publlther. . I
O'NEIU. NEBRASKA I
Differing opinions eoncomltig the rightp
of Japanese naturalized In Hawaii to hold
land In California have been expressed bj
Edward White, Immigration eommlsvinn
er. and R. U. Harrison, chh-r assistant
•Rate attorney of Caliornla, Ct/mmisnion
•r White says the Japanese have ail the
rights of American citizens, ns their nat
uralization has been upheld In accord
ance with the congressional act of Mav 8
»18. Mr. Harrison holds that the slate or
California ts not bound by the Joela'nns
of the United 8talea district court of Ha
waii. whereby they were granted citizen
•hip.
Questioned In the house of commons *«
to why the American troops did not co
operate with the Japanese in the fight
ing at Blagovoalchensk, Liberia, Wins
ton Churchill, the minister of war, re
plied that tha American commander had
said that the force which was attacking
the Japaneso might prove lo be one of In
surrectionary Russian peasants who were
mistaken for bolshovlsts. Mr. Churchill
added that there was no doubt that the
force which attacked the Japanese was a
powerful and well armed Aolshevlet band.
Japanese who served In the United
States army here during the war, thus
becoming eligible for naturalizetlon, are
leaving Hawaii for California and other
roast points as soon as they obtain their
citizenship papers, according to Richard
Halsey, United States Immigration in
spector here, says a dispatch from Hon
olulu. Several score already have left
or have engaged passage. To date almost
•00 Japanese havo been naturalized, and
It la estimated that almost 600 were made
eligible by military service.
report of the directors of the Lou
•vtlle & Nashville railroad, made public
Wednesday, says "the most serious prob
lem which has been forced upon the rail
ways during federal administration is the
enormous Increase In wages, which has
also been the prime factor In the Increased
cost of practically all materials. If thesa
advances are to be permanent, railroad
freight and passenger rates must again
be raised to Insure a fair return to the
railroads."
A prominent weekly, In a description of
(he Texas oil fields, says: People In over
alls riding In limousines, women In calico
dresses with diamond rings and neck
laces, horny handed farmers with hickory
shirts and weather beaten faces, upon
whose gnarled hands glow great gams,
are some of the eights All tho evidences
of lmmenae wealth, with utter Ignorance
of how ts use It, can be seen on every
aide.
At the conclusion of his first trip to
Franc*, the president, asked how soon a
P*ac* could be accomplished, declared
that, like all gatherings of this kind,
there must be "»o much talk.” "Finally,”
he added, "everyone becomes ‘talked out*
and then we get to results quickly." Tho
president, According to all reports, feels
that the stage of being "talked out” has
been reached, saya a Washington mes
sage- _
A prisoner paroled from the Nebraska
penitentiary found the cost of living so
high that he returned to the prison last
week to plead with the warden to bo al
lowed to serve the rest of his eentence.
Fragments of two human skeletons dug
up by exoavators In Chicago last week,
•re believed to establish for the first time
definitely, the burial place of the victim*
of the Fort Dearborn massacre in U12,
Four hundred millionaires have been de
veloped from rsg picking, Is the estimate
compiled from government reports on
waste reclamation In the United State*
The waste reclamation service of the
oemmerce department has discovered one
Harvard man who gave up a $10,000-a-year
"rsg picking” job to enter war work, and
now he> going back to his original work
•gain.—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Siberian minister of justice, In a
report dealing with the atrocities commit
ted by the bolshsvtsts, lays special stress
on the tortures lnOJeted on the ciorgy.
Archbishop Andronlnque. It Is asserted,
was burled' alive. Bishop Theophanuu,
after havtn suffered great torture, final
ly was drowned by successive Immersions
through a hole made in the loe. Fifty
priests were butchered at Perm.
When members of the legislative com
Mission Investigating the high price of
Wilding materials resumes Its Inquiry In
Chicago today, an effort will be made to
ascertain why the price of common build
ing brick has Increased 70 per cent, while
the price of ornamentl brick and other
building material have not advanced more
than 35 to 45 per cent.
The trustees of the Marshall Field es
tate have decided to sell the realty owned
by the estate In Chicago, although It Is
valued at $40,000,000, and Is the largest ag
gregate held by any one owner In Chica
go. The reason for the decisloif Is that
taxation Is so high on large Incomes that
these properties yield less than 1 2-5 per
went on the Investment.
British dsstroyers will cooperate with
the American r.avy In patrolling the
course to be followed by American naval
seaplanes In the projected flight across
the Atlantic ocean next month. From 40
to *0 British warships will bo on duty
from the Azores to the British Isles
where, under present plans, the flight will
and.
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, chief of
training and optratlons In the army air
service, has been awarded the decoration
of Companion of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George by tho British government
Ttits Is the fourth decoration for merito
rious service which General Mitchell hae
received during the war.
Swift * Co. say no change in the price
•sf meat will result from the removal of
the government’s profit restrictions, as the
government s maximum of 9 per cent had
sot been reached. Armour & Co. say
bsavy demands and the high cost of labor
sad live stock lesve no means for reduc
ing prices,
•That th# German republic docs not
knpr*eeU>n either at home or
ato«4 o* beta* the flower of a new dawn
**** tt has retained
figure* who seem Just fts
OourUhln* in the new atmosphere ae they
**• kaiser," admits Theodore
wow.
A Loads* correspondent says It Is pro
«>essd ts wait until April 15 before at
tempting the trans-Atlantic flight, and
longer, if weather conditions are unfavor
able
The public welfare committee of l,os
Angeles IP agitating the sublet* of s free
•camping ground. Cor the accommodation
of automobile parties who are traveling
overland.
Wisconsin labor organisations aru quiet
ly carrying out a new policy which re
eulres members to be citizens of the
United Pistes in order to hold member
ship in s labor union.
Rhode Island has adopted a resolution
dimming the attorney general of tho
stats to ask the United Hr*tee supreme
court for a ruling on the constltutlonelity
pf the prohibition am«klr’te*it la the con'
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Nebraska Legislators Have
Busy Week In Prospect—
Governor Has Signed
187 Bills.
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Lincoln, Neb., April 16.—Every bill
on the house general file has been
cleaned up, and the last 16 ground out
by the sifting committee were recom
mended for passage. Among these are
those increasing the salaries of dis
trict court clerks under 16,000, and
from 16,000 to 20,000 population; re
pealing the soldier voting law, increas
ing the salaries of county attorneys
outside of Douglas and Lancaster from
$100 to $250 a year; redlstrlcting all of
the rural schools of the state; me
morializing congress and urging Ne
braska's representatives therein to give
each discharged soldier six months’
pay; governor’s bill, a companion to
the rural school redlstrlcting bill, re
quiring county boards to lay out roads
to consilldated school houses where 10
or more grades are taught.
The house has about 20 Benate bills
to consider during the week. The
senate has not yet acted on all of the
bills from the house. The members of
both branches are anxious to get
through, and it is forecast that busi
ness will be expedited that it may be
possible to adjourn at the close of the
week. The civil code bill may prove
a stumbing block in the calculations
of the statesmen. The conference
committee that is inserting into its re
port on the code bill all the new laws
passed that change sections it picked
up from the old laws, must wait until
the senate gets through considering
the passing of bills.
Bills Already Signed.
One hundred and eighty-seven meas
ures Introduced during this session of
the legislature have been signed by
the governor. Fifty-six are senate
files and 131 are house rolls. Flfty
eeven of the house rolls carry the
emergency clause and are now effec
tive. Twenty-two of the senate files
have the emergency attached. Thirty
house rolls and senate files passed
during this session and signed by the
governor are pertinent to the code bill
and are being written In that meas
ure.
ON STATE BOARD
—
Mrs. A. G. Peterson, of Aurora,
Neb., Is Appointed By Gov
ernor McKelvie—Take
Office July 1.
Lincoln, Neb., April 18.—Mrs. A, G.
Peterson, of Aurora, formerly supreme
president of the P. E. O. Sisterhood
and once president of the state fed
eration of woman’s clubs, has been ap
pointed by Governor McKelvie to suc
ceed E. O, Mayfield whose resignation
takes cfefct July 1. She will be the
first woman In Nebraska to hold such
a place.
Mrs. Peterson has for many years
been a director In the Aurora Na
tional bank and is active In the man- j
ugement of the mercantile business of
Peterson Brothers Company. She was
a member of the woman's commitee of
the state council of defense, and has
acted as chairman of the finance com
mittee and treasurer since Mrs. Keith
Neville resigned.
It Is rumored that with the retire
ment on July 1 of Leo Matthews, who
acted as purchasing agent of the board,
Mrs. Peterson will handle this work.
It Is claimed that because of her busi
ness experience she will be well fitted
for the job. The governor recently ex
pressed a willingness to name a woman
for the board if one willing and com
petent could be found. Mrs. Peterson
has lived In Nebraska since 1882
Britain' Doctors
Seek Entente With
American Medicos
I-ondon Times ,-able service [Copyright 1919, by
Public I-edser Co.] to The Slum City Tribune.
LONDON, April 14.—The newly
formed lnter-AUled Fellowship of Med
icine is already accomplishing good
work. It will be recalled that the hody
was constituted with Sir William Osier
as Its first chairman. What is not so
well known Is that a great deal of the
organization of ways and means was
accomplished, thanks to the enthusiasm
and energy of J. Y'. W. McAlister, the
secretary of the Hoyal Society of Medi
cine. ..
The Royal Society of Medicine has
taken another step toward helping for
ward the medical entente with America.
Dr. MacLean and about 100 American
medical officers from Franco, who
mean to avail themselves of the new
emergency post graduate scheme of
teaching, were received as the guests
of the society by the president. Sir
Humphrey Rolleston.
It would be difficult to exaggerate
the Importance of this new spirit of
comradeship which Is being fostered
between American and British medical
men. The points of view of the two
professions are being readjusted—for
considerable differences do exist In
methods of thought and work—with
great mutual benefit
The British voters has strongly ex
pressed his objection to paying one-third
of Ills Income for the next 60 years In or
der not to hurt the feelings or pockets of
the people who acclaimed the sinking of
the Lusitania and great hospital ships
with songs of Joy. says the London Times.
M h&melll, personal representative of
Premier l-enino. Is said to have arrived In
Budapest and to have promised the Hun
garians an army of 164.000 to aid them In
strengthening their control of the country
Lenlne also I* reliably reported to be mak
ing preparation* to install bolshevism In
Rumania and Jlu.garta. thus directly Unk
ing Ruse’a up with Hungurj and Bn
ta-ia
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TO END SESSION
Farmers Win In House For Co
operative Banks—Cede Meas
ure Continues to Take
Muck Time.
Lincoln, Neb., April 12.—A gentle
man's agreement was necessary be
tween the supporters and the oppon
ents of H. K. 601, the co-operative iMmk
iaw. in order to prevent starvation
descending upon the house at the Fri
day session. Only 60 votes could be
rustled In support of the bill among the
87 members present, where 51 was
necessary. The friends of the measure
held the house under a call, and thus
halted all further business, for two
hours during yesterday morning's ses
sion. They were not strong enough to
put the hill across, but they were nu
merous enough to prevent the call
from being raised. Shortly after noon
an agreement was entered into that the
house would be at ease for an hour
and a half and members would be
free to rustle luncheon. Presumptive
ly It took no recees, but actually It
did.
The bill had been pruned down so
that It was not particularly obnoxious,
but every banker and every holder of
bank stock opposed It like a rock, be
cause they said It would be an enter
ing wedge for co-operative banking,
which would put them out of business.
The republican party platform pro
mised help to co-operative enterprises,
and this was brought out as an argu
ment for support. Most of its suppor
ters, however, were members who had
opposed the governor’s code bill,
{mother platform measure, and the ar
gument failed to gain any votes.
When the house reconvened at 1:30
o’clock Frost and Williams, who had
been absent from the morning session,
appeared, and the bill was passed
without the emergency clause by a
vote of 52 to 29.
Cods Bill Takes Time.
The legislature will not be able to
finish until next Tuesday or Wednes
day. The cojle bill Is to blame. When
It was drawn It was necessary to "pick
up” from the existing statutes all of
the laws governing the various de
partments which are rearranged and
Incorporate these. The legislature,
however. has been busy amending laws
tor the last three months, and Its out
put includes a number of amendments
to the old laws Included in the code.
The conference committee, therefore,
has the Job on hand of taking each of
thene new laws and Inserting it In the
rode bill, and then send the latter hack
to both houses for agreement. Thus,
when the code bill finally becomes law
)t will Include all of these new laws
Mid they will have to be reenacted
when the conference committee report
Is adopted.
The house adopted the report of a
committee which had been Instructed
to find out about fire protection given
the workers at the packing house of
the Swift company at South Omaha.
This showed that a number of fire
escapes were of wood and ran from
the first floor to the roof. Defective
wiring was also found. The company
has been ordered by the fire commis
sioner to make the necessary changes.
The report said that the Swift plant
is better equipped from a fire hazard
standpoint than any other South
Omaha packing plant.
wants Woman on Board.
Governor McKelvie has added Dr. R
K. Williams, formerly superintendent
of the state hospital for the insane at
Lincoln, to the board of control to
take the place of former Governor Hol
comb, whose resignation takes effect
May 1. The Interim appointment be
tween May 1 and July 1, when Williams
takes charge, has been filled by naming
A. C. Allyn, of Hastings. Allyn had
already been nominated and confirmed
by the senate for the six-year term be
ginning July 1. This vacancy appoint
ment will enable him to begin May 1
and continue through for six years after
July 1. Dr. Williams’ term is for two
years. The governor has yet to fill
the place to be vacated July 1 by E. O.
Mayfield, whose removal was recom
mended by a legislative committee. He
Is hunting for a woman who can fill
the bill. Dr. Williams is now a cap
tain in the medical service at Camp
Gordon, Ga.
The senate approved a bill appropri
ating $50,000 for a custodial farm for
women. The house had given the farm
$100,000, but the senate was more eco
nomical, and thought the smaller sum
sufficient to start the farm on a cottage
basis. It also approved a bill appro
priating $25,000 for the issuance of cer
tificates of service to Nebraska soldiers
In the world war. The senate passed
the fence building bill, which requires
the land owners who refuse to build to
pay part of the cost by the one who
does. It also passed a bill defining the
qualifications of applicants for license
to practice pharmacy, the bill, which
was once passed, being brought back
for amendment so as to provide that
anyene who has had three years' expe
rience under a graduate pharmacist
may apply for license.
All mills in this region spinning Ameri
can cotton will close down for 14 workir^c
days from April 10 to April 28, because of
bad trade, says a cable from Manchester,
England.
Resolutions were passed at u mass meet
ing in Tokio Saturday urging that Japan
oppose the League of Nattons if it does
not stipulate absolution of race discrim
ination.
Two and a half years after peace has
been signed the French government will
declare legally dead all the 184,000 French
soldiers, and thousands of civilians, who
have disappeared, leaving no trace be
hind them.
When the 26th (Yankee) division pa
rades In Boston this week politicians will
have no say as to how gland stand tick
ets shall be distributed. The officers and
men of the division themselves will de
ckle who shall see them march. Grand
stand tickets, of which there will be 75.
W0, will be given only to the soldiers, and
>y them whl be distributed.
One Paris correspondent regrets that:
"Since he came to Europe. President W.i
oon has had practically no contact with
leading French publicists, mar. yof who n
are cultivated, open nnnd-d men, frm
whom the president might have a'cui • •«
much us e/d knowledge, and who wo.
loyally has explained his conception# >
Ills prinuike s to the Freu -h i copier '
Secured Large Tract cf Nebras
ka Land By Making Use of
Veterans of the
Civil War.
Lincoln, Neb., April 14,—District At
torney Allen has received word from
the circuit court of appeals that that
body has decided In favor of the gov
ernment In a suit to wrest from Ever
ett M. Eldred. one of the wealthiest
! ranchmen In Nebraska, 4,000 acres of
j land he had secured by means which
i the government claimed were unlaw
ful.
The land la located in Deuel county
where a great development has re
cently taken place In winter wheat
culture. The government submitted
evidence showing that Eldred had In
duced a number of old soldiers to file
on Kinkald homesteads of a section
each by promising to pay all their ex
penses and $500 when they could make
a deed to the land. Many of these had
served three and a half years In the
civil war and under the law this was
deducted from the five years’ resi
dence required to get the land free.
Eldred alleged that the agreements
were within the law, and that he was
entitled, to the land. The case has
been a hard fought one, some of the
biggest lawyers in the state having
been retained by Eldred. The cans
will go to the supreme court.
WALTH1LL WOmVn TO
HAVE RELIEF CORTS
Walthlll, Neb., April 14.—One hun
dred and fifteen women of Walthlll
have organized a relief corps. It was
properly instituted last Monday eve
ning by officers from Omaha. The
first officers of the organization aTe:
President, Ida Sears; treasurer, Ida
Wroth, and secretary, Ida Johnson.
Delegates elected to attend the state
convention In May are Ida Wroth and
Rose Griffith. The alternates are
Drusa Caldwell and Julia Krlppendorf.
The corps was named J. W. Taylor
Relief Corps In honor of a civil war
veteran who died some years ago.
FREMONT PROFESSOR TO
GO TO WISNER 8CHOOLS
Fremont, Neb., April 14.—Prof. J. I.
Ray, of Fremont Normal school has
been elected superintendent of the
schools at Wlsner. He Is to receive
$1,650 and Mrs. Ray, who Is a former
Fremont teacher and a musician, Is
to have a position In schools. Profes
sor Ray is a graduate of the Fremont
Normal and for some years has been
a member of the faculty.
JAPS DON’T WELCOME
CHEAP LABOR, EITHER
Special Permit Required of Em
ployers—Deport S00 Coolies
Brought In Illegally.
Toklo, (by mail.)—The prohibition of
cheap immigrant labor, except under
special permission of the authorities,
is by no means a dead letter In Japan.
Eight hundred Chinese coolies recently
were sent back to Antung under police
escort by the home minister.
Commenting on this incident M.
Zumoto, editor of the Herald of Asia,
tells his countryment that the policy
that excludes Japanese labor from
America and Australia, makes it pos
sible for Japanese laborers to earn a
living at home.
The coolies in question had been
imported from Antung by an iron man
ufacturer at Hiroshima, who lost $25,
000 by the operation.
ENGLAND DISCHARGES
7,000 GIRL MESSENGERS
By Reciprocal News Service.
London, April 12.—The discharge of
7,000 girl messengers from postoffices
In London and the provinces has al
ready begun. Day by day the efficient
little ruffians are disappearing from
their familiar beats. It is a real loss
to most of us who have become gen
uinely fond of these substitutes for the
old familiar cheeky little boys with
their pill box caps poised over one
ear and their engaging worldliness.
Not that the little girls are not just
as wordly; indeed when we fisat came
over we were continually "finding
agape at the unexpected sight of them
sauntering always in pairs along the
extreme edge of the sidewalk, spitting
into the gutter with the correct tradi
tional cock of their eye and exchanging
aide splitting jokes only possible-ol
appreciation by their chum.
With the good natured fatality of
extreme yoi^i the youngsters are
making no complaint at being kicked
out of their jobs by the return of the
. boys. They were told when taken on
that their employment was only tem
porary and carried no prospects.
An order of the inter-allied armlstici
commission prohibiting the sale of rea
estates belonging to the German govern
ment or local governments In the area;
•f occupation, has been received by thi
American army. The order is believed t<
have been prompted by reports that sucl
transfers might be made to diminish th<
value of the security held by the alllei
for the payment of indemnities.
The bureau of foreign and domes tli
commerce report shows that trade be
tweer. the United States and Itussla fel
from $438,000,000 In 1917 to $28,000,000 It
1918.
New York representatives of larg<
steamship lir.es engaged In trade wit!
Buenoe Aires say they stop;>ed bookini
freight for that port some time ago, be
cause of the continued labor disturbance:
there.
"A goat's reward for being fat am
healthy Is to become mutton, and a ki<
that goes to a packing house might is
consoled with the knowledge that his epi
taph on the menu will read 'lamb,’ " st y
a packer. In exjsUtinhi* that packers a:
required by th* government to diefingU’h'
I between sheep and goats in trunsa.aio:
wiRt dressed meat retailers, but that tin
retailers are not reQU.li i 3 to so ir.fui r
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| Training Little Children
■ucsrestlons by mothers who have been klndersartners. Issued by
The United States Barean of Educstln, Washington, D. C„ and
Tho National Kindergarten Association, New York, N. Y.
PARENTS must not look down up- J
on the child and consider his ef
forts, trials and sorrows petty;
we must try to understand how sin
cerely they put all their hearts Into
their play and that the losses that
seem so trivial to us are of great mo
ment to them. We must learn to
share all their experiences with them
if we would develop the line feelings
we wish them to have at maturity.
Children must not be shut off in one
part of the house to remain aloof until
a certain age, but ought to be a part
of the family circle, sharing Its joys,
work and minor sorrows. I do not
mean that children should be pushed
before visitors, have all their meals
at tho family table or remain up till
their elders retire, but there are times
and places when It Is the children's
right and privilege really to be mem
bers of the family.
Even when they are very young,
children can assume responsibility for
certain light tasks about the house
and as their age and strength increase,
more and more duties should be ad
ded. The great American idea has
been to remove all responsibility from
the child and to give him a care-free
childhood. I would not take one sec
ond of Joy away from any child, but
I would make It a Joy'for him to feel
that the home is his and that he, too,
helps In the making of It by perform
ing certain duties that need to be done
for the comfort of all. The child of
2 can pick up toys, put away dishes
and sliver, help set the table, dust low
furniture and run many errands up-,
stairs and down, and he loves to feel
that he is "mother’s helper.”
He brings his daddy's slippers.
He picks up baby's toys.
He shuts the door for grandma.
Without a bit of nolee.
On erranda for his mother
He ac&mpers up and down,
She vows she would not change him
For all the boys in town.
(Sonuafor A Little Child's Day. by Emilia
WPoulsson and Eleanor Smith.)
Then the child can help prepare for
the great festival days, birthdays.
Thanksgiving and Christmas, those
Joyous days which bring tho family
very close together, and we can let
him share not only in the preparation
but in tho Joy of the day itself and
here very early he gains a presenti
ment of the love and spirit of service
that make home, and an ideal of the
home that he will some day found.
As we would let the child share the
labor and the festivals, so we must
permit him to share the great family
secrets and home Joys. Let him know
that he must never divulge anything
that concerns only the family and i
know that a child properly trained
will never tell his playmates what he
is told Is a family secret.
So we begin very early to train him
to keep his word and the sanctity of
the home. When he has been thus
prepared he is ready to share with
the mother and father that greatest
family secret, the coming of the new
baby, and this confidence will bind the
little one closer than anything else
to the very heart of the homo.
Children are so open-hearted and
ready and respond so sweetly and
quickly to faith and trust that wo
often miss great happiness by not
sharing our hopes and joys more free
ly with them.
If we keep the bond very close our
homo will become the great meeting
place of all children and this love and
companionship between parents and
children will be like a powerful mag
net whose attraction tho chldren can
not resist.
So from these beginnings the home
tie will be so strengthened that we need
never fear that tho allurements of the
world can draw our children from u*
but can rest assured that they will al
ways return to the “center of deep
repose.”
Please pass this article on to a friend
and thus help Uncle Sam reach all tJb#
mothers of the courvlry.
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How to Know Fake Stocks.
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From the Dearborn Independent.
Hang on to your Liberty bond. Put the acid test to the promises of every
promoter who tries to persuade you to part with your government securities.
Don’t sell your bonds if you can possibly avoid it, and in. no case dispose ot
them for other securities until you are assured that you are not buying worth
less paper. Don't take the promoter’s word for the safety of the investment
which he offers. Ask your government, through your bank—any bank—whether
the stock offered to you is good stock.
The stock salesman who tells you he can’t wait usually means that he.
doesn't dare to wait. He may be in a hurry because he is only a jump and a
half ahead of the law.
The stock swindler, It should be noted, Is not necessarily a J. Rufus Wal
lingford, resplendent In a white vest, a silk hat, spats, a cane and a few dia
monds. The probabilities are that he In no way resembles the mental picture
you may have of a promoter of worthless securities.
He has many ways of approach and most of them are copied from the
methods employed by legitimate business. He may approach you personally, or V
he may do It through the mails. It is not even Impossible that he may be a \
resident of your community, knowingly or unknowingly acting as the agent of V
sinister Interests. And the chances are also that the stock shark who Is after
your Liberty bond Is proceeding Just within the law, not far within, but far
enough so that after you have relinquished your bond or your money you can
not reach him.
There are, however, two marks of the swindler which are common and
easy to see. Once you find them beware of the bait that is offered.
These signs are, first: the very great willingness of the promoter to take- ,
your Liberty bond in place of cash; and, second: bis glowing promise that the 'w*
Investment which he offers will pay big returns immediately. The former is
new but the latter is old.
If the Btock broker who approaches you contrasts the return on which
the Investment he offers with that which you are getting on your Liberty bond,
and depreciates the value of clinging to your government paper, shun him.
But there Is a duty devolving upon you which will not permit you to drop
the matter here. There is a better way of handling the grafter than by merely
ignoring his advances. It comes in a suggestion from the federal trade com
mission and is tha idea around which the campaign for eliminating these swin
dlers is built.
Go to your bank. Hand over to Its officials the printed prospectus which
you may have received, or lacking that, whatever data you have on the indi
vidual who has tried to get your bonds, together with the name of the stock be
Is offering for sale.
If the investment Is a safe one your banker will tell you so. But If it t».
doubtful or if the banker has no information concerning it, he will report the
case to the federal reserve board. When that report reaches Washington the -.ift
government will Interest Itself. It will determine whether the stock offered Jr ^
to vou is of value and whether the promises made for it are false or true. It ^
will in this manner, be informed of new stock schemes and it can, through tha
federal trade commission, take up the case much sooner than will be possible
if it Is compelled to wait several months for complaints from Investors who are
Anally convinced that they have been defrauded. •
Do not under any circumstances be fooled by the stock swindler’s statement
that the banks and "big business” are against him and depreciate his stock be
cause they want to seize control of his company. That Is another old dodge.
The legitimate stock broker will not object to government Investigation. Such
men and concerns do not fear Investigation. They welcome it because they
are anxious to protect their standing and their line of business by weeding out
the crooks who lfve on borrowed reputations.
Enlarge Markets By Motor*.
The following Is quoted from a very In
teresting article, "Enlarging Markets b>
Motors." by Alson Secor, appearing In a
recent Issue of Successful Farming.
"The government had gross earnings or
1292 024.95 from 19 motor truck routes be
tween July 1 and October 1. last year
One route between Philadelphia A"*!
Washington operates at a cost of a
month and the gross earnings are 216.000
a month, it pays like a gold brick
scheme. Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Blakslee Is bo enthusiastic over
the prospects of marketing by parcel post
over motor truck roads that he wants
congress to appropriate enormous sums
and Mart road building everywhere at
once letting the roads be paid for out of
the profits of the postal service over
them." ,, _.
But why wait for congress to act. ine
matter of farm transportation at this time
is vital, and requires Immediate attention.
Ar.d besides, when one stops to consider
that there are 2,198,000 miles of highways
In the Unired States Is it likely that a
sufficient appropriation will be fortheom
i Jn* for motor truck parcel ■ post to make
It a really worth while national propost -
, tlon? A motor truck hauling rural cx
I press or parcel post could not be expected
to cover mere than 100 miles a day at the
I most. Therefore, In order to effectively
cover the United States and benefit the
farmers of every community alike, some
thing like 22,000 motor trucks would ha i-e
| qulred, allowing only one truck for every
100 miles—and some sections of the couri
1 try would require several dozen trucks
for that distance, in order to make rural
motor transportation effective,
i This appears to be a matter where the
different communities can help them
selves. If Uncle Sam can make *I6.W>
' gross profits per month at an operating
cost of 1900, why shouldn’t It he possible
for the farmers to operate trucks on slml
i lar mates at 2900 per month and save
themselves and the consumer the trifling
mite of 215.200 per month nil a route haul
ing an equivalent amount of tonnage?
W hy not give Uncle Sam a lift on the
big Job ahead of him and help our
| selves at the tame time? The motor
truck will greatly reduce the present high
coat of living—with the farm., ra' ro-ope: r.
lion It makes possible the lnimedt; !*
Aad shorter' Uak transportation of farm
f 1
produce from the place It Is produced to
the place where It 1b needed most, thus
saving great quantities of perishable pro
duce that at present never reach the mar
ket. It enables the farmer to spend more
time on the farm and less on the road,
thereby Increasing production capacity.
Lacking ample transportation facilities,
the farmer hesitates to produce to capac
ity for fear he will be unable to market,
his crops.
9 1
Gasp At Yank Gallantry.
From the Kansas City Star.
The following passage is quoSfd from,
an article about the soldiers of the Ameri
can array of occupation In a Coblen* pa
per:
"These gentlemen from abroad • • •
stand up In the crowded electric cars and
offer their seats to any woman, even
though they be peasant girls! This Is a
custom that surprises us, habituated aa
wo are to the rough ways of war time,
like a memory from the ancient past.
They make way for ladles on the side
walks and step aside to let them enter
the shops first. Indeed, the ladles In
Coblenz have been much astonished at
the excessive gallantry of the Yankees."
X TOP AND BOTTOM. X
4 - 4
4 From the Detroit N©wb. 4
4 “There are, very few who ever 4
4 rise to the top anywhere.” Rabbt 4
4 Leo M. Franklin said that to the 4
4 member* of the Open Forum i t - 4
4 cently. whereupon someone At- 4
4 manded: “What la the top and 4
4 what la the bottom?*' 4
4 “The top is the place where the 4
4 man doea an honeat day’a work 4
4 for an honest day’s pay,” Bald 4
4 Kahbl Franklin, “and through 4
4 which honest day*u work he rc* 4
4 alires the best In rhlmsdif and at 4
4 the same time adds something to 4
4 the run Jn the meaning: of life. 4
4 The bottom la the place where the 4
4 doea the kart he can with 4 ^
♦ the most thought of himself and 4
4 t* *vst thought of somebody olac.” 4
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