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PLATTSMOUTn SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAE. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1913. PAGE 4. Cbc plattsmoiitb journal Published 8 e m l-W kly mt Plittamouth, N b r. Kntered at the Postoffice t Plauamouth. Nebraska, u second -claas mall matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher Bubtorlptlon Prloti SI. SO f mr Yar In Advano 4 v THOUGHT FOR TODAY 4 J- Today is your day and mine, J he only day we have, the day J l- in which we play our part. What our part may signify in J the great whole, we may, not ! understand, hut we are here to J play it ani now "s our time- J BLOCKADE NEUTRAL PORTS. :o: Are we to celebrate the Fourth? :o: Silence is sometimes the best de- fen tie. :o: Getting out on a technicality isn't such a helva vindication. :o: . Only eight weeks till the Fourth of i July, and it comes on Sunday. :o: Possibly the Mormon church would grow faster if more men could afford it. :o: Did you ever notice the fidelity of a food dog? An object lesson to some men. :o: A whistling girl may get on your nerves, but a whiner just completely knocks you out. ; -s. . , :o: In the sing time it always seems that a new set of ten commandments should be adopted. :o: The people who are starting in to teculate on the stock market will get a lot of experience and may not lose all their money. :o: A love for bftiuty, order and neat ness may not persuade a man to clean up his yard, but wait until the neigh bors begin to Criticise. :o: President Wilson urges the boys to pripare for citizenship. They must see the necessity of this if they eer cxj.ect to get a government job. TO: r . Having read that Taft and Roose velt shook hands, the Houston (Texas) Post suspects each of having his right hand treated for frost-bite. -or Automobile accidents are becoming more humerous every day. la it be cause of inexperienced drivers, or is because they want to run too fast? :o: ' There won't be much excitement in running for president on the bull moose ticket next year, which means that it won't be Teddy Roosevelt. :o: The newspapers are full of dis sfitn.''hes telling about the fighting at Pxtzczyszki, and yet your wife ex pects you to read the news aloud to her. :o: " A Kansas paper remarked that not as much red tape is involved in taking out fire insurance as there is in col It cling it. That paper has said some thing. :o: K is not clear how much the college boys are learning of languages and sciences just now, but anyway the professors are learning a lot about base ball. :o: . i Inasmuch as the United States gov ernment ij not favoring either side ii . . in me war, mere is a unanimous agreement in Europe that it is not observing neutrality. , ;o; f What a revolution there will be in the democratic party .of Nebraska if Charley Pryan should be elected mayor of Lincoln, and then secure the nomination for governor! Hut he will never be mayor and his candidacy for governor, therefore, is entirely out of the question. The London Spectator very frankly admits that the United States, as the leading neutral power in the world, is within its rights in standing stanch ly for neutral rights. It is greatly to be wished, however, that it would in form itself as to the blacjade estab lished by the federal government dur ing our civil war to which it so often ap teals as a precedent. To begin with the war was not one between in dependent states, out between a na tion arid a revolted section thereof. And no European state could, without the gravest infraction of the prin ciples of international law, have given any aid to the south. At the beginning of the struggle the situation was most embarrassing to the Washington government. For, again under the principles of interna tional law, a nation cannot blockade its own ports. Therefore, those powers which early, and for good cau?e, recognized the belligerency of the south as a fact, rendered a great service to the federal government. For that action bound them to respect the blockade. Hut the Spectator says that "the confederates did not hap pen to be served by neutral ports," ana it asks whether "anyone can sup pose that Lincoln would have troubled to distinguish trade that came in directly from trade that came direct ly?" As it happens the confederates were "served by neutral ports," those of Mexico, for instance. We did not blockade those ports A monument is proposed to Truth. Why, it isn't dead, is it? :o:- A little cool nights and mornings. Not healthy, by any means. :o; Sorrows are happiness that enables one person to make a fool of another. v. :o: Why not make the man who is just learning to run his automobile carry a red flag? :o: Words can do so much to make others happy. Why not spend them by the pocketful ? :o: There is usually a screw loose in the man who prefers to reform some body else instead of himself. :o: The apple orchards are fulF of doom, and "Ihe present indications are that Cass county will have plenty of apples. :o: A curfew law for the boys that em braces summer nights when the moon s full is nothing less than cruelty. Want to crush out boyish romance? :o: Constitutions were framed to pre vent majorities from tryanizing over majorities; it apparently has not been generally conceded that "vox populi is vox Dei." u : Men eat most of the pies; women j RURAL CREDIT PROBLEM. Notwithstanding the tendency of some individuals who have been ac tive in attempts to establish rural credit systems to dogmatize on the subject, it is evidently still a problem filled with difficulties. It is the unan imous conclusion that short-term loans on farm lands are too expensive. ! In addition to high interest charges and commissions for renewals there is the expense of the frequent bringing of the abstract down to date. There is always hanging over the head of the borrower the. fear that financial-conditions will.be such at the maturity of the mortgage that he cannot get a renewal at reasonable rates. There is apparently general agreement that some form of bonded indebtedness must be devised. It is urged, in illustration, that the public borrows money in this wa yand that our great industrial development would have been impossible without the sale of bonds. Put here the agreement ends. Some would have the national government or the state lend money to farmers at low interest rates. Others would use banks with capital supplied by state or nation. Some would exempt the capital of such banks from taxa tion. Others would exempt the bonds from taxation, using the familiar ar gument that the land is already taxed, an argument which would apply to all morgtgaed property as well as to now they are not good for the com- ,and Two s.,cakers considered the plexion. A St. Louis matron says, pie-eating being America's besetting We are getting our share of rain. :o: Nothing seems to ever happen to the dandelion crop. Lincoln's twenty-five saloons are closed all this week. :o : home girls chew gum as if working on a piece-work proposition. :o : Decoration day come ; on Sunday thi.-, year three weeks from next Sunday. :o: Failure to advertise is about like setting a bull dog on a customer at your store door. :o: Tcrrc Haute, Indiana, believes in I ! -sending political grafters to jail. The idea is not half bad. Children Cry for Fletcher's d) n The Kind You Have Always Bought, and irliich has been in i:so for over SO years, lias borne the signature of and lias been made under las per sonal supervision since its infancy. low no one to deceive yon In tit is. frsctM AH AH Counterfeits, Imitations and Jiist-HS-jrood " aro but Kxpcriaients that trHlo with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Hsperieuee against HxpcriiaeiiU :o:- vice, it might be a good thing to dis pense with it altogether." Truly. But it's the old story of Eve and the ap ple. Who invented pie? Certainly noc man. "The woman tempted me, anci I did eat." :o: When the roads are first dragged after a muddy spell, vehicles should drive, if possible, to one side until the road has had at chance to freeze or partially dry out. The exercise of at least our supreme court did not a .very little care on the part of the sustain such blockade. It held that I users of -the road will do quite an cargoes might be seized that were bound for Mexican ports, but only on condition that they were bound for a blockaded port of the confederacy. It expressly decided that it was not enough to show that such goods might later find their way across a land frontier, and was not moved by the argument that this might have em barrassed the north and contributed to the prolongation of the war. That decision striken ns as being very much in point. Our supreme court did not follow the goods, or indulge in any presumption as to their destination as long as they did not go through a blockaded port. Of course, in such cases the import ant question is tne of fact. If goods had poured into the confederacy through Mexico, the decision of our supreme court might conceivably have been different. Dr. T. J. Lawrence, in his recent book on international law, says: "While the south had a vast sea board and numerous ports, its ter ritory touched but one neutral state, and that was poor and undeveloped. Little trade could come across the Mexican border; and when the fleets of the north were able to blockade ef fectively the entire coast of thc. con federacy, few supplies could enter the country and few domestic products could go out to be exchanged for munitions of war. This isolation con tributed powerfully to the triumph of the union arms. On the other hand, when the country whose ports are blockar-ed abuts on the ter ritory of well equipped neutral states, it would lie able to obtain ample sup plies by land, though at an enhanced cost. If every German port in the No- th sea and the Baltic were closed, the sixty-six lines of railway, which cro.ss her frontiers would pour in all she needed." But the point we make is that the confederacy was "served by neutral potts," that our government did not blockade them, and that our supreme court held that the government had no right to confiscate cargoes destined to neutral port3 on the ground that they might find their way, by land, in- much as the drag toward securing a smoother road. The law provides a per alty for anyone who wilfully ruts or cuts up a dragged road. :o: Senator Tanner of the South Omaha Democrat feels that he has been mis used by his party leaders, and hence forth will be independent in the selec tion of men for office. John Tanner has espoused the cause of democracy for forty years, and when it came to asking favors from those whom he had supported for years, he is coldly turned down. Hence he renounces the democratic party, at least until its political leaders learn to serve demo crats instead of week-kneed fellows who never support the democratic ticket until an office is in sight for them. There are other democrats just like you, John, who will be right along with .you next year. :o: As our tax laws stand now we soak a man who is industrious enough to accumulate a little money. Wc tax the hay in his barn and the cows in his field and the piano in his house. Whenever he builds a fence he adds to his taxes. Why any worker should have objection to the single tax we car. not see. The only serious objec tors are the people who withhold from use land that has a large community value for purpose of speculation. Na turally they object to being taxed on this value, which is not bringing them in cnything. They are perfectly wil ling to realize on this value, however, when they sell property or are asked its price. One can't blame the speculators for objecting to the single tax. It will hurt them. But there are more workers in the land than there are sneculators, notwithstanding the fact that nearly every worker is speculating a little on the side. And as soon as the workers "see the cat," they will bring about single tax for the mere reason that they aTe more numerous than the 'speculators. The earth should thinner tn thnvo whn to enemy territory. Indianapolis . , , .A , "" i make use of it. anyhow. tws. :o:- P.ome's rumors of peace may have j been based on the theory that Italy &traw hats are a little backward in : isn't going to war. There will be coming to th front this season. I that much peace, at least. problem before the Southern Com meicial Congress at Muskogee, Myron T. Herrick, who has specialized on rura 1 credits more than any other prominent American, and George Woodruff of Joliet, Illinois, who has an intimate acquaintance with the workings of the Farm Mortgage bank of that city. Both protested against state or national "subsidies . of the farmer." Mr. Herrick criticised ex emption from taxation, on the grouni of inequality. Taxes must be paid and he argues that farmers who are not borrowing money would join olher classes of taxpayers in resisting what would be a gross discrimination. Mr Woodruff would exempt the debent ure bonds from taxation, using the general objection to "double taxation.' The Joliet plan of amortization, by which twenty-year loans are paid out in forty equal semi-annual payments, appears to have been a success. It reduces to the minimum one of the greatest dangers, that of over-valua- tioii of the secuirty, for with each semi-annual payment the security be comes stronger. Congress and the various legislatures have few more urgent problems before them. While immediate action is desirable, the devising of an equitable and workable plan is more important still. :o: Those daughter societies aren t much for peace. No wars, no daugh ters. :o: We don't believe that Nietzsche is the cause of the war. Everybody i. still arguing over what he means. :o: Mr. Seidel, who was mayor of Mil waukee, says "socialism is a cure for poverty." We'd like to see a little tried at some experiment station. :o: There arc different opinions as to what constitutes real accomplishment As an illustration, some towns don't seem to appreciate the man who knows the lodge ritual by heart from cover to cover. :o: Citizens in general are heartily approving the provisions of the bill which permits the city to levy a tax for the maintenance of public amuse ments the more important one of which in this city will be the band concerts which have heretofore been supported by individual citizens. These concerts have proven very at tractive during the summer months and thousands of people enjoy them. Not only does every normal person love music, but those concerts, have a restful and refreshing effect upon the tired toiler after the hard day, and they also afford a common get to gether" place where people can meet, visit and forget the hum-drum of business for an hour. While Jim Dahlman was not high man in the election in Omaha, he wil! continue as mayor just the same for another term. :o: Japan, of course, will understand that there is nothing sinster in the fact that those two giant gurrs have been placed at the Pacific side of the Panama canal. :o: The government has already :).",000 applications for jobs on the Alaska railroad. The number of ordinary workmen who have applied is prob ably net enough to fill the jobs of bosses, and the number of bosses seeking woik more than enough to fili the jobs of workmen". :o: at is CASTOR I A Ca?lorla is a. harmless jsnbstitut for Captor Oil, Pare porie. Drcps and Soothinjf Syrups. It is pleasant. 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MCW News that Pep Daker has died in a poor house will no doubt shatter administration is now in rr.:i.v voi:ihfnl (ir-.:iti :o: The city full force and effect, with Mayor iwcrey at l.he helm. .Mr. Kichey is Ihe nrinciral danger on the water one of Plattsmoulh's progressive this year is not the German sub business men, and no doubt will have maiines, but the fellow who thinks he in mind during his term of oilke the knows how to tail a boat, best interests of the people of Platts- :o: mourn. Ae trust that h?. as well as The voters of Omr.h:i will h;iv his appointees, will step down and out Sunday base ball. In Tuesday elec- wkh as clean a record as Mayor Sat- tion the vote stood 11, 179 for to 1, tler and his appointees. No one has 814 against. Very decisive, indeed. ever served the city in any capacity - ;t: that did r.ot quit with a few enemies. Sam Patterson, a former Platts And he who tries to do so will be mouth boy, sueeeds W. E. Andrews as sadly disappointed when he steps auditor of the treasury department down and out. at Washington, after a service of :o: seventeen years. WPICN SUNDAY LKAVKS TOWN. :r: Some new information about hilly Not merely do the women seem to Sunday in the Sabetha (Kan.) Herald: relish house cleaning, but they claim A letter has been received at Sabetha they can see a difference in the ap from a Philadelphia correspondent pciuance of the rooms after the fur- win is in the inner circle, and who niturc has been put back writes knowingly of Billy Sunday's l recent campaign in that city of civic The fact that been thoroughly It is getting more doubtful each succeeding day as to the annexation of South Omaha to the metropolis. Some substantial citizens are of the opinion that Omaha isclf will vote against the proposition on the first of June. :o:- The veterans of the civil war are rapidly passing away, and many have been called hence since last Decora tion day. It will not be but a few years until the last ones will have answered the last roll call. There are but few in this community left to pay tribute to their dead comrades who sleep in Oak Hill cemetery, and it behooves all patriotic citizens to turn out on Decoration clay and as sist the old soldiers in decorating the graves of those who have passed for ever from the scenes of this life. :o: Ihe compact made by the Iiryan element and the Aldrieh clement in 1010, by which Aldrieh was elected governor by the'aid of the Bryan fac tion, which bolted Jim Dahlman, the democratic nominee, certainly brought forth enough of the voters of the compact to elect Charley Bryan . a n-ember of the Lincoln commission. This demonstrates that loyalty to the party makes but little difference with some fellows, when -.they desire to gore the other fellow's ox. Next year Aldrieh will be the republican can didate for governor, and the Bryan faction will be in duty bound to sup port him, if Brother Charley fails in getting the democratic nomination, which he is sure to do if he becomes a candidate. unrighteousness. The Reverend Wil- demonstrated that no man has ever liam carried away from Philadelphia guided the destinies piore ably than in one check $51,000. Since his de- James C. Dahlman, who has been paiture several thofisand more have mayor of Omaha for the past eight been collected and forwarded to him. years. lie was showered with gifts that :o: would make the nrenuntial entertain- While we do hot like to side with mcnts of a Vandergould look like a an Englishman as against an Ameri shower for a bride from a orphan can citizen, we can't help thinking asylum. A wealthy mill owner of that King (Jeorgc's barley water is a Germantowa attended the last few belter substitute than Mr. Bryan's Billy Sunday meetings and came un- grope juiee. der the spell of the evangelist and :o spent the last three days in his com- We are weary of a picture showing pany, every moment he could secure, how a French general kisses a lieuten- Ile then took the Reverend Bill, and aiu. That sort of thing would never Sirs. Sunday and other members of do with us, and our sympathies go out the Sunday family to Wanamakers to the lieutenant who is not allowed and loaded them with jewels. Mrs. to strike his superior ollicer. Sunday took a (W0 diamond ring and J :o: a diamond bracelet. The Reverend he i.arnes-noosevcii noei suit is William selected a magnificent watch still on, and is becoming warmer each with a chain made of fifty live-dollar chy- lcJe s always something in gold pieces melted down. The chain New York to attract the attention of is worn AROUND the neck. He also the rcaders-of newspapers. For many took a scarf pin which cost the mill years it was the Thaw trial. It has owner another hundred dollars, and been such an everlasting force that For George Sunday took a $200 dia- the people .ion t even tarn aooui u mond i ing to the tune of several more any more. The Barnes-Roosevelt case hundred dollars. John Wanamakcr rnay prove a good advertisement for himself gave the Reverend Sunday an letidy, but may&e he doesn t tninK it overcoat lined with scal-kin valued at wcrtn the oo.uuu sueu ior. $1,500. Sirs. Wanamakcr presented - ( - - him with a silk handkerchief on whkh M a. FISTULA Pay After You Are Cured II A mild system of treatment, that cures Piles, Fistula and other Kertal Diseases in a short time, without a surgical operation. No Chloroform Danger to Children. Serious illness often results from lingering coughs and colds. 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