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The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
A. BATKH,
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
Til TH PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ;
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? THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
The stream of content
J- must flow front ourselves,
4- taking its course from a de-
liberate disposition to learn 4
4. what is good, and with a de- 4"
f. tenuiued resolution to seek J
for and enjoy it, however,
small the portion may be.
Zinimernian. i
T i A
How do you like the change in
the weather?
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The death of Mayor Gaynor re
moves a noted citizen of sterling
qualities.
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You may slash, you may butch
er the skirt as you will, but the
glance of the passer returns to it
still.
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It is a happy thought of road
improvers to add barbaeues to
their programs. Look out for the
enthusiasm that sticks to the ribs.
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If they would only adopt lh.;
commission form of government
in the state of New York wouldn't
they have a happy time the year
round? Well, I guess yes!
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Governor Morehead is a prac
tical farmer, and his advice in re
gard to the selection of seed corn
should have considerable weight
with the farmers in general.
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An Ohio man's beard was set on
lire by the rays of the sun the
other-day; When the elements
begin to conspire against them it
is time whiskers were abolished.
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A company manufacturing
cheap automobiles declared a
dividend last year of $10,000,000.
The deduction is that the limit of
cheapness has not yet been reach
ed. -:o:-
A watchman on the lower of
Mr. Carnegie's new palace of
peace predicts trouble between
China and Janan. This kind of
forecasting is safer than guessing
on the weather.
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Tammany will be its own plat
form in the coining mayoralty
light. It was never anything else,
but the tiger this time will come
out in the open to try concessions
And in t he Empire stale!
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The crops may have been great
ly injured by drought, but nation
al prosperity is secure all the
same, ami bids fair to remain that
way, no mailer what the croakers
may say. The croakers are always
with us.
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Caminetti's counsel at Sacra
meiifo said the question for the
jury to decide was what Caminet
li and Lola went, to Reno for. Th
verdict seems to indicate that
the jury was convinced it was not
to see the scenery enroute.
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Colonel Goethais announces
that the Panama canal will be
completed and ready for use by
Olcober 5lh. The colonel evident
ly grabbed a spade and began
pushing a wheelbarrow himself
to -have the ditcli completed so
far ahead of time.
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Missouri is a much larger slate
than Nebraska and has a popula
tion of 3,300,000, while Nebraska
has a few more than one-third of
that number. Still, Nebraska is
far in the lead in the number of
automobiles owned in the state
We don't know that this is any
great credit to the state or not.
at Piatt jmouth, Neb.:
FutHihe,r-
Of course, the birdman holds
tho record but for dealh-defying
feals it is believed the racing mo
torcyclist is entitled to some con
sideration.
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The billion dollars the Ameri
cans have invested in Mexico
can't get away, and the Mexicans
are not at all inclined to furnish
it with passports.
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Every day we meet farmers
from various sections of Cass
county, and the universal senti
ment seems to be that we arc
about as well oil" as we have been
in recent years.
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icv honors are being bestowed
upon former President Taft by
his professional associates. He
is still pointed out as great law
yer who fell into the hands of
the politicians.
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Senator LaFollette, of Wiscon
sin, ana Senator M. a. ioinue
ter of Washington, one a repub
lican and the other a progressive,
voted with the democrats on the
tarilf bill. Both sound, sensible
men, and know the demands of
the people.
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An exchange truthfully re
marks that the men who are
walking from ocean lo ocean and
doing other stunts are wasting
their time. They cannot make
walking popular again. The mod
ern man will not walk. He wants
to ride in an oulomobile, or fly
if he is going to make a change
at all it will be to flying.
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One very good way to keep the
boys on the farm is lo keep the
girls there also. We tire of read
ing about "How to keep the boys
on the farm." Treat the boys
right and they will not leave the
farm. Some boys will be bene
fited by leaving the farm; others
will be better to stay. It depends
on the boy and the advantage he
has.
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There are 8,000 stallions and
jacks in Nebraska to be inspected
this year. The inspection fee un
der the new law is S3 per head,
while inspectors arc to receive
$7.50 a day for their labor instead
of the 910 as allowed before. The
inspectors get the money and the
owners of such animals pay the
bills, for something that nine in
spectors out of ten know nothing
about.
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Now a split in the bull moose
party is threatened, in fact has
already happened. One faction
includes iifford Pinchot, George
L. Record, F. L. Heney and others,
and the other faction contains
within its ranks Theodore Roose
velt, George W. Perkins, Hill
Flynn and Dan llanna. The split
is over a principle. Pinchot and
his followers have adopted a
single lax philosophy and hope to
make a fundamental principle of
the parly. Roosevelt and his fol
lowers are antagonizing this pro
position.
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Congressman Brilton, of 11 1 i
uois, has introduced a bill that
would, if enacted, prevent any in
terstate commerce in beef, cattle
killed under two years of age.
Eight million calves were slaugh
tered in 1911, he declares, which
regardless of any increase after
maturity, would mean eleven bil
lions of pounds of meat more than
were produced under the .system
of killing these calves. Because
of the great waste some of the
largest beef growing countries in
the world prohibit the killing" of
calves and a closed season in the
I United States would not hurt.
The New Y'ork gubernatorial
muddle is still on, and two gov
ernors arc still trying to do the
business of one.
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Senator Norris has displayed
the cloven foot by voting with the
standpatters on the tariff bill. A
fine progressive is that man Nor
ris. A progressive in name only
to catch voles.
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It is said that the corn crop in
the United Stales will be only
2,700,000,000 bushels. Tins is
more than the rest of the world
can raise and will serve to main
tain the reputation of American
farmers.
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The tariff bill has passed the
senate, and Senator Hitchcock
supported it. and defines it as
"the most scientifically construct
ed tariff measure that has ever
been passed." Good for Mr. Hitch
cock.
In publishing news all classes
of people should be treated alike.
We have not yet reached the
oinl of class distinction where
one man's offense may be con
doned and the other man's con
demned. That smacks too much
of English toadyism and disgusts
the average citizen.
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There is a certain newspaper
printed in Nebraska, the editor of
which thinks its mission on earth
is to punish it's enemies, but the
fellow who take advantage of
hose- whom he dislikes in ridicule
jecause he possesses a newspap
er, displays, cowardice ol me
worst kind. The people who read
such newspapers soon tire of such
balderdash, and the paper soon
finds a peace in the newspaper
finds a place in the newspaper
have gone before it.
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THE CURSE OF THE AUTO.
lay alter day, the press chron
icles the fatal or serious injuries
received in automobile accidents;
and the world goes on. It pauses
o read with symapthetic mind
and then goes on almost confident
in that hope that they will never
lave such "luck." These accid
ents have become so numerous
that the "heads" could be kept
standing in the. composing roomf
blanks being provided for the in
sertion of the numerals telling
how many dead and how many in
jured. Every day, somewhere,
someone is a victim lo this era
of foolish recklessness. When it
happens close to home, it carries
added weight and force. The
automobile fought its way to rec
ognition over a storm of protests
that at times threatened lo engulf
it. In tin; hands of careful per
sons driven at a cautious " speed,
it serves Ms purpose usually
well. But careening from one side
of the treacherous highway lo
the other, under the guidance'of
an irresponsible, either through
failure to realize his position or
through too liberal libations, bur
ning the road al break-neck speed,
it is an instrument of destruction
that unhappily condemns not
only the driver thereof, but the
entire industry as well. Loo'ked
upon now as a necessity today, it
faces a far more serious light in
the conquest of the many over I he
few. Pedestrians judge the auto
mobile by the actions of the reck
less. It is up to the moderate dri
vers, acting with ollicials and
those not blessed with machines,
to revolutionize the present, con
dition, making driving on our
highways safe and sane and re
moving for ever the stigma that
today covers the automobile. II
should not be made lo bear the
shame of those whose sense of
right and safely are so pigmy.
Ami in this new contest, those
owning cars can and should do
the most effective lighting. Then
and not until then will tragedies
of this sort be the- exception
Then and not until then, will this
popular disapproval of the auto
mobile end.
PLATTSMOUTH 3EMI-WEEKLV JOURNAL..
Preparations are being made
for a big good roads meeting in
Lincoln, September 23.
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The jeweleTs' convention de
clares that the prejudice against
opals has disappeared. The
girls have probably forgotten the
poor opal in the quest for dia
monds.
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An order has been issued by
the postollice department that in
future all employers must give an
itemized account of their expen
dilutes and then swear lo it
Somehow we were of the opinion
that such a rule always prevailed
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Lind's mission to Mexico seems
to have borne fruit and Huerla
will be eliminated in the October
elections for president. President
Wilson is lo be congratulated up
on the stand taken, that no man
who secures an office by murder
shall be recognized by this gov
ernment.
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II is a pretty soft snap to a
state official, when he can place
three or four of his family in posi
tions at good salaries, but this
take off" for several years en
joyed by Secretary of Male wane
must cease now. This was prac
ticing genuine nepotism.
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A night school is to be inaug
urated at Nebraska City for the
eiiefit of those youths who claim
they are compelled to work in the
day time to help support their
fathers and mothers. Not a bad
idea, by any means, and if such
an arrangement is made by the
school board in Nebraska City,
why not in Plattsmouth?
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Pope Pius, wlnt is bitterly op
posed to the suffragette move
ment, will organize women to
light it. The Pope believes wo
men should confine tueir activ
ities to the home and church, and
extremes in women's dress will
also be combated. Women's so
cieties in the church will be en
couraged, and these will vigor
ously oppose modern feminism.
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The republican papers ar pre
dicting disaster to the democratic
parly as a result of the adoption
of the tariff bill. Of inirsu that
is only a selfish opinion, and one
that, they would like to see come
true. But such predictions ere
not likely to come true. The in
dividual judgment of today pass
ed largely upon past experiences,
is liable lo be modified before an
other presidential election occurs,
especially when the industries of
the country adjust themselves
more easily than formerly to new
customs laws. A longer test is
assured the Wilson-Underwood
tariff than was given - the bill
adopted under the Cleveland ad
ministration. :o :
Ex-President Taft delivered an
address before the American Bar
association in Montreal in which
he dwelt upon the selection of ten
ure of judges, lie argued that
judges should be appointed in
stead or elected and that they
should hold office for life. To the
greater independence of courts,
says Mr. Taft, the stronger arc
their influence ami the more sat
isfactory their jurisdiction and
administration of justice. Facts,
however, do not bear out Mr.
Taft's theory. The judges in our
state courts administer justice
and are far less arbitrary than
are the federal judges. Experi
ence has shown that these latter
are as amenable to influence and
much more irresponsible than
are the state judges. The abuses
that have grown out of the ap
pointment of judges for life are
so manifold that it is one of the
strong points for the recall of
judges. Ex-President Tafl, hav
ing been on the bench most of
his life looks al this thing from
a standpoint of a judge and is
thus talking for his own profes
sion. But his argument will not
meet with popular favor.
Kansas proposes that a great
central marketing bureau be es
tablished to bring farmers and
ultimate consumers closer to
gether. A good Idea.
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Attorney General Martin has
handed down an opinion to the
effect that the superintendent of
a state institution cannot employ
more than one relative.. II is a
good opinion, and il is to be hop
ed that the law, of which it is an
interpretation, will stick for
good.
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The person who thinks that all
is sunshine and pleasure around
a print shop should have been
hovering around the Journal ollice
for the oast two days, lie would
have seen enough grief. lo set any
ordinary man crazy. Our large,
new press-refused to do the busi
ness, and after working with it
for three or four hours, we were
compelled to resort lo I he old
mess and old form. This will be
remedied, however, in a few days,
when the larger form will be re
newed.
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II is a distressing circumstance
that the metropolitan daily news
papers give so much spare to fea
turing tragedies resulting from
the lax morals of husbands or
wives, liiese tilings nappen un
der our own observation too often
to be paraded to the whole world.
They read like a sensational tale
and their effect on the youthful
mind is like unto that of a dime
novel. If a country newspaper
should go into detail on the vari
ous phases of human life, like
the larger city papers do, that
publication would be scorned by
many persons who read the same
kind of matter from other sources.
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While the republicans, pro
gressives and independents in
New York City have combined on
one ticket in order to defeat Tam
many, it is not cerlaiu, in fact,
hardly probable, that they will
succeed There is a great deal
of dissatisfaction in the ranks of
the fusionisls over the nominees,
and according to the, opinions of
those best qualified to give opin
ions, the Tammany organization
was never more perfect, and con
fident of victory than now. The
light will be nut! of the most ex
citing ever pulled off in Greater
New York and all the country is
interested in it.
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BEEF PRICES.
Possibly you are old enough to
remember that remote period
when a man could lake home
steak enough for two bits to feed
a large and hungry family. But
that was quite awhile ago. Of
recent years the tendency has
been for beef prices to go high
and still higher. Therefore, it
isn't so much of a shock to learn
that, they are still soaring. And
the patient packers are still ex
plaining how it happened. One
must hand it to the packers, along
with the price of their product, for
being great little explainers.
For instance, when the celebrated
horn of plenty was blowing bum
per crops of everything about the
country, the meat magnates ex
plained that the people were so
prosperous that -there was such
a demand for choice cuts, that it
was necessary to soak all cus
tomers in order to come out even
or six per cent to the good as
seemed essential jf the packers
were to continue to live in that
style to which they are accustom
ed. Careful investigators who
tried to find those so-called
cheaper cuts, met with very slight
success, but there was no difficul
ty in locating the explanation.
Now that tin? sultry summer sun
has singed the A corn and other
cereals, it is heralded about that
meat prices are to go still high
er, and porterhouse shall be the
food of only the pampered pluto
crat. There is also an explana
tion. Cattle are to be rushed to
market, and there will be a live-
stock shortage. Of course this
rush to market will force down
livestock prices, as it has al
ready. But that will not be re
flected in the price of meat, for
the packers must Look into the
Future. Looking they see- the
the livestock shortage aforemen
tioned, and hold it better to raise
prices a little more later on
rather than put the whole hike on
one play. So thoughtful..
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GOING BACK TO THE FARM.
One of the most serious prob
lems that confronts the econom
ic world today is to keep the
young men on the farms. For
many years there has been a ten
dency to congregate in the cilies,
and to such an extent has Ibis
been carried that all the voca
tions of city life have been so
overcrowded that today il is well
nigh impossible for a stranger to
get a foothold. For every situa
tion there are a score of appli
cants, and the young man who
has no influential friends to ren
der him aid is indeed unfortunate.
We have long believed that this
condition of affairs would correct
itself. One of the reasons that
our young men have ben so will
ing lo leave the old country home
has been the lack of country at
tractions. This can hardly be
said to hold good today. The
trolley car, telephone and free
rural delivery have well-nigh
wiped out the distinctions be
tween city and suburban life. An-
ther powerful factor now work-
. . Pit..
mg lor the upouiKiing oi me
'ountry life is the agricultural
ollege. Our young men are fast
earning thai farming is no long
er the haphazard business of a
ormer day, but. is one of the
nost exacting scientific pursuits.
With this knowledge comes a
higher respect for the vocation
and a stronger desire So enter
the industry. The tide is thus
gradually but surely turning, and
I he time is near at hand whenj
farming will be held in the same
regard here that il has long been
in England. In that country
when a man achieves linaiu-ial
success he at once seeks a country
estate for a home. Here the re
verse has long- held true, and the
city honi" has been held up as the
ideal. This false system of eth
ics is rapidly going to the wall,
and a more exalted idea of coun
try life is taking its place. Rich
and poor alike are beginning to
take to the farm. It is the ideal
spot for a home.
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A WISE MESSAGE.
Whether President Wilson's
!vrvii:iii lwiliev was framed lo
please the people or it, it prob
ablv could not have succeeded bet
ter had that been the only aim
in view.- A few there are who
want red war at once, and fewer
still sigh for annexation with
might further sellish interests.
Also, a few would prefer immedi
ate recognition of lluerta to re
store business relations, probab
ly for about the same reason.
These will not be satisfied with
the president's message, but they
constitute an insignificant mi
nority. The hearty support accor
ded the administration's position
by statesmen of both parlies on
the foreign relations and foreign
affairs committees of. congress,
and the moral support of several
foreign powers probably reflects
public sentiment in the matter
with considerable accuracy. And,
aside from the popularity, which
is not always right, the presi
dent's message will bear a close
analysis based on the qualifica
tion of right and wisdom. The
recognition of a butcher would
be no more right than it would
be popular, which Henry Lane
Wilson may have learned by this
time. Treason and murder are
generally deplored that there is
no chance for Huerla outside the
zone where he can enforce his
popularity with machine guns
and firing squads. Eventually the
peaceful pressure of this country
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1013.
and the others which stand with
us will force him out, one way or
another, even if the constitution
alists fail to get to him. And yet,
il isn't our light, hence the plan
of strict neutrality and no inter
ference except as peaceful media
tors between !he warring factions,
must meet with general approval,
and is certainly along the path of
honor and wisdom. There is as
yet, no real reason why we should
light Mexico, nor nothing to be
gained by such a conflict-which
could compensate for the loss of
lives such warfare would entail.
It is frequently said that America
Lcould easily conquer the quarrel
some country south or the Jlio
Grande. Which is true, compar
ing such a clash with other hos
tilities of history. Yet, as we have
frequently slated, those killed in
litlle wars are just as dead as
those who fell at Waterloo or
jVusterlilz or Gettysburg. Thoc
left behind have hearts as surely
broken as the families of those
who fall in more sanguinary
struggles. Big or little, war is
cruel and savage, and, however
insignificant it may seem, should
not be undertaken lightly. The
peaceful part of the presidential
plan is perhaps its strongest, fi li
st feature. Then there is the.
lenient willingness lo re-open ne
gotiations for Mexican peace at
any time; a willingness to help
which should please Mexicans as
well as Americans. If Mr. Wilson
wins no Nobel prize, he has at
least established a reputation for
sane, common sense, which may
be more important.
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WHY SOME TOWNS PROSPER.
In every county and in every
stale can Le found towns that are
continually forging ahead, while
others in the same vicuiily re
main . practically at a standstill
niul .-leeoinnlish iiofhir.tr in the
way of improvements or advance
ment. In every case the fault
can be found to rest, not. with
the town, but with the people
themselves. The reason why
some towns grow is because they
have men in them with push and
energy who are not afraid to
spend their time, energy and
money in anything thai will boom
and benefit the town, says an ex
change. They have confidence
enough in their town to erect
substantial and modern buildings
and residences and work for pub
lic improvement in the same or
der. They organize slock com
panies and establish factories, in
duce industrial enterprises to lo
cale and use every means lo
further the best interests of the
town. Their work is never con
sidered finished and the accomp
lishment of one thing is only an
incentive of another. On the
other hand the town that does not
get ahead will be found to be
dominated by either a set of men
who are perfectly satisfied with
their surrounding or who are
afraid somebody else will be ben
efited in the event something is
started, consequently no effort of
any kind is made by this class for
these two reasons. If some men,
or set of men endeavor to start
something, they are met by oppo
sition and discouragement and it
is uphill work all the way and
very often failure. Jwry town,
however, has a certain progress
ive element which hopes for a
turn of the tide when il will go
forward by leaps and bounds and
occupy a position of importance
along with other numerous ad
vantages which goes to make a
good town in every sense tho
word implies. But lb is stage can
not be accomplished by mere
wishes or suggesl ions. It can
only come from harmony in pur
pose and action and the eternal
vigilance of its citizens. Tho
town wit It these things will con
tinue lo grow and improve, but
the town without them can be ex-
peeled to remain in a slate of
legarthv indefinitely without af
fording its residents anything
but a mere existence.