The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, June 11, 1917, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, . Js ot ATTMOTTTH EVENING JOURNAL. PA PAGE 4. PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEK LY JOURNAL. MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1917. TZbz plattsrnoutb journal PUDLISIIKD SRNI-WEEKLT AT PLATTSMOUTH, KKBHASKA. Katoredat Postofflce at Plattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mall raatter. R. A. BATES, Publisher UBSCRIPTIOIf PRICE l A9 YFJX YEAR IS ABTANCB Don't forget the date it begins. And remember, it stays till July 4. inclusive. :o: The attractions are good and great in every way. :o: Don't forget to join the fly-swatters' league. :o: It isn't too late to buy a Liberty bond. Do it now. :o: If you are a quitter you arc not entitled to success. :o: There will be but few schooners go down in Nebraska this summer. :o: Climb into the Liberty band wagon, in which you are entitled to a seat by the purchase of a bond. :o: If it is the truth you are after, then you have no kick coming, when it is handed direct to you. :o: Old Sol is putting in some pretty good licks right now, if he will only keep it up for a few days. :o: This is the time of year when tho value of hack-yard garden strategy worked out during the winter begins to manifest itself. :o: When you are on the road to happi ness, don't be ashamed of it; smile, and let others know that you know how to enjoy life. :o: Too early yet to talk about the next United States senator. The Journal has its eye on the next nominee, and he will be elected, too. :o: Owing to the war, London is ruf- fering from an epidemic of dirty win dows. Even the militant suffragettes have stopped cleaning up things over there. :o: German chemists have found a substitute for flour. After the war Germany will not need its armies and cattle raisers, as the chemists will have the people trained to live or; syenthenie foods. :o: One man's dream of riches is a itcam yacht, a string of thorough bred horses and a "garage." An other man's vision is ability to finance a breakfast table upon the basis of all the breakfast bacon you want, : o : The registrations throughout the state were much greater than expect ed. And the same can be said, in fact. of other states. It was a poor day for slackers. They must hav; "crawled into their holes and pulled the holes in after them." :o: - There is a nice, quiet, cool retreai down at Fort Leavenworth for thos men living under the American flag who threaten to boycott the bank? that invest in Liberty loan bonds, Also some convenient stone Malls if they persist in the boycott. :o: Your Uncle Samuel is bound to put a stop to the shipping of bad eggs and there arc a number of shipper in Nebraska and other states in ths southwest that have been cited to show cause why they are not guilty of violating the pure food laws. :o: Says the Twentieth Century Far mer: "Training his dog to catch chickens and. wring their necks proved a costly bit of foolishness to a Ne-. braska man recently. The dog wrung the necks of thirty-eight chickens that belonged to his neighbor, am the dog's owner had them to pay for. Ycu can't blame a dog or a child fo wrong doing when they are reared tha way, but that does not lessen the un pleasantness for those who happen to live near them, just because their pa ents or owners are at fault." Chautauqua, June 2S. :o: All aboard for the carnival. :o: When v. man gels all the wants, he has too much. -:o: The onion trust is somewhat of a strong combination. :o: This weather is alright until an other rainstorm to spoil it. :o: If ycu want to save money, invest all you can get hold of in Liberty bonds. :o: Next Thursday, June 11, is flag day, according to the governor's proc lamation. :o: When it comes to a glutton foi? punishment, what's the matter with the dandelion? :o: A man generally controls his con science long enough to take the high est market price. :o: A soldier's first duty is to obey or ders, and may explain why married men make good soldiers. :o: "We are coming, Uncle Samuel, sev en billions strong," responds the lit-; tie American dollar boys. :o: A man calls it diplomacy. And a woman calls it deceitfulncss. The woman is about right don't you thing? :o: Then again, a liberty loan bond will fit in fine behind the clock with other documents indicative of good itizenship. :o: It is to follow a leader if you rec ognise him when you sec him. lie may give you such advice as will lead you into trouble, while he shirks out. :o: And now the Italian commission uis dropped in to look us over and bscrve how a hustling nation pre iarcs for financing some real fighting. tor The carnival which comes to Platts mouth next week is one of the best ever put on the road. Now don't keep that under your hat, but tell it to your neighbors. :o: It is reported that many young men are refused by the military authorities on account of their irreg ularly shaped legs. What is this to be anyway, a war, or comic opera. ,:o: The great masses of the American people, who will pay their taxes un complainingly, would applaud con gress if it took summary steps to protect itself and its members from the importunities of the special inter, ests referred to by Secretary McAdoo Lincoln Star. :o:- "I5i!l" Maupin, of the York Demo crat, hits ex-Governor Aldrich right square between the eyes in the follow ing: "Former Governor Aldrich has broken out in a new spot. He is ob jecting to conscription, to sending American troops to foreign soil, anc to a lot of other things. His objec tions will not count as much as the objection of Nebraska voters to a second term of Aldrich." :o: Farmers have made a heroic effort to get extra acreage of ground in condition this :;pring and plant it t' corn, and notwithstanding the late ness of the season and the difficulty of securing help, they have succeeded to a wondrous degree. Never were farmers busier and never, perhaps has the corn gone into the ground in better shape than this year. Tho heavy rains of the past week caused the creeks to overflow the bottom lands and many fields have been damaged. EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW. The Lincoln Star remarks that one form of "incipient disloyalty" is to be found in those appeals to clas? prejudice that declare that "the poor men" have to do the fighting and that "the rich" alone, therefore, should pay the cost of the war. It is not only the socialist propagandists that indulge in such talk. Both in Omaha and Lincoln arc daily newspapers o wide circulation that are almost daily endeavoring to arouse class discontent and class feeling by denouncing the government for not taxing the ficb man more heavily and the poor mat) not at all. This is the country of all its citi zens, regardless of whether they are rich, poor, or well-to-do. It is not the country of any one class, but of all classes. It is not for the poor alone to do the fighting, or for the rich alone to pay the taxes. There is no place for slackers in either department or at either end of the line. The government makes no discrim- nation between rich and poor when it comes to military service. The ich man's son is required to register for the draft the same as the poor man's son. If there is any discrim- nation it is in favor of the poor man. as the Star points out. For the poor man is more likely to be engaged in necessary labor, from which he cannot be spared, than is the rich man's son. The government does not ask if a man is ricn or poor, prominent or lurnble. It asks only if he is a citizen fit for military service and not indis pensably needed at home. s to the paying of taxes to defray the cost of war, that is a problenj that is now being worked out. It is not possible that a perfect law will c passed, but it will be as nearly just as the combined wisdom of the presi dent and congress can make it. Taxes should be paid by all citizens equitably in proportion to their means and ability to pay. The fairest form, perhaps, is the income tax. The pending bill proposes that, of the argest possible incomes, as much as V2 per cent shall be taken by the gov ernment in taxation. It proposes that he million-dollar income shall be taxed 47 per cent, the $100,000 in come 15 per cent, the $10,000 income Vs per cent, the S3,000 income 1.6 icr cent, and that the married man with an income of less than $2,000 shall pay no income tax whatever. Most of the remaining taxes arc ti be raised by taxes on liquor and to- acco, luxuries, pleasures and amuse- ments of various sorts, and on th profits of corporations with more than $5,000 earnings. About all the tax that will be directly levied on the poor man, and which he cannot easily avoid paying, would be those on sugar, coffee and tea. While there may be, and doubtless is, abundant room for improvement, surely there is here no discrimination against the poor and in favor of th? rich, or against the only moderately rich in favor of the very rich! It is right to tax wealth heavily by comparison with the tax levied or; poverty, and this newspaper has al ways so contended. But it is not right, in this war for our democratic liberties and rights, that any citizen protected by our country's laws, en joying its benefits, and capable o$ earning a living under them, should be permitted to go scot free of taxa tion. No self-respecting and patri otic citizen, poor or rich, would ask it. In the army and behind the army each worthy citizen is eager for tht privilege of doing something for hi country. The newspapers that are habitually and carpingly preaching discontent and striving to stir up class feelinrj against the conduct of the war ar mighty feeble in their patriotism They deserve th2 rebuke rather than the thanks . of those for whom they profess to speak. World-Herald. :o: "Billy" Sunday is busily engaged in advising everybody to "hit the trai for a Liberty loan." :o: . A man buys a suit of clothes when he can afford it. He buys an automo bile any old time. ARMIES FOR FOREIGN SERVICE. In a letter to the World-Herald P. L. Robertson of South Omaha says: "The constitution of the United States provides that a man cannot be forced by any conscription to do serv ice in a foreign country. How can the government put this across with out an amendment to the constitu tion? I have heard a number of peo ple question this and would like to get right on it." Mr. Robertson would do well to ead the constitution. In this way he would learn there is no such provision as he alleges. The constitution gives congress power to "declare war," to 'raise and support .armies," and to make rules for their government and regulation." Only in the case of the state militia does the constitution. by implication, limit the power of congress. It can use these troops "to execute the laws of the union, ip- prcss insurrections and repel inva sions." In order to respect this con stitutional limitation congress has provided a means for the federalizing of the state militia for foreign serv ice, the members voluntarily taking upon themselves the duties and obli gations of federal soldiers so that they can constitutionally be incor porated into the national army. As to the right of congress to pro vide for the conscription of armies to serve, at home or abroad, in any war n which this country is engaged, it s nowhere prohibited by the constitu- ion and has uniformly been upheld by the courts. Objectors to conscription have sought to have the Thirteenth amend ment construed to apply against it. The provision they cite is that "neith er slavery nor involuntary servitude. except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." But. the at tempt to define the obligation to fight for one's country as "involuntary servitude" is palpably ridiculous. By the same process of reasoning one could evade service and the payment of taxes. The power to carry on war and raise armies for that purpose is a necessary attribute of sovereignty, and the constitution has, in express terms, conferred that power on con gress, it maKcs no uistmction nc tween using those armies for foreign service or home service. It is true that very seldom, before this war, have free governments re sorted to conscription to raise troops for foreign service. The United States has never done so, because it has never been obliged to do it. But in this world war all governments, free as well as despotic, have been faced by the necessity and have acted upon it. This is not such a war as can be fought with volunteers. It is a war not merely of armies and na vies but of entire populations. For the United States to refuse to use its armies for foreign service would be to leave its allies to be crushed with out its help, and thereupon to invite the transfer of the war to American soil. It would be deliberately to tic our own hands, so that we could in flict no punishment upon the enemy, while the enemy was free to inflict all possible punishment upon us. The frontiers of American right and liberties are today the battle line in France and it is there we must hasten to defend them. World-IIer aid. "BUSINESS AS USUAL." The American idea of a Europe topsy-turvy because of the war gets a rough jolt, now and then, when some item of news appears to show that even in the midst of war orderly business goes right along. An in stance is the news of the close of the fair at Lyons, France. ' Of course, one knew a fair was go ing on. American exhibitors knew it and were on the ground with the best wares thev had to show. But some how one thought it was a mere war time diversion, a little side issue be cause there was not much else for anybody to do. Yet French business men went there and placed orders for some $80,000,000 worth of stuff, of which more than half went into Am erican firms. Third city in the country second in its financial and manufacturing interests Lyons has gone on turning out silks and hats and books and glassware and perfumes and soaps and lace and potteries and chemicals, its principal products. And although the battle lines are not much farther away than Kansas City is from St. .ouis, its people have been making so muchv money that they can spend some $10,000,000 buying American tools and machinery. There should be a message of cheer in this for those drooping and de spondent ones who are worrying over what is to become of our own coun try, now that we, too, arc at war. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. :c: INCREASE TAXES IN NEBRASKA. When it comes to digging down in one's pockets for money with whic to pay taxes a taxpayer immediately begins to sit up and take special no tice. The Omaha Bee asks this pertinent question: "Somebody is going to be hit by an increase in taxes in Nebraska; who will it be?" That ought to make all taxpayer? tighten up their belts ami look abou for further information. Then the Bee hands out this bit of information: "The state board oj equalization has just decided it will not bo the railroads nor the sleeping car companies. These corporations will be taxed on substantially the same valuation assessed against them for the last ten years. The largest appropi iations in the history of th-i state were made by the late legisla ture, and money to meet these ex pemiitures must be raised somewhere; It can only be had by an increase in valuation vv by an increase in the amount of tar: levied. It is hard to elieve that the property of the state has not increased in value while ev erything else has been soaring, and if this is true, how does it come tho railroads have not shared in the gen- oral advance in values? As a matte of fact, the railroads are actually pay ing proportionately less than they were ten years ago. , The plea that costs of operation have increased may be made by others, for the rail roads do not suffer alone in this re spect. Somebody will have to pay for the higher cost of state govern ment and the railroads ought to bear their just proportion." There is no question about the Bee being right. Somebody will have to pay for the higher cost of state gov ernment, and the railroads should be made to pay their just share of the increased taxes. Hastings Tribune. :o: "ALIEN ENEMY" BUYS A LIB ERTY BOND. An "alien enemy" walked into a bank in Rome, N. Y., the other day and enquired if anyone could buy a Liberty bond and if the name would be made public. It developed that he was German born, still a subject of the kaiser and a reservist. He came to this country before the war started and his wife and all his relatives live in southern Germany. He said: "My woman and my mother are starving in Germany be cause, the kaiser wants the world. I can't send them any more money. So I will t;avc my money and buy bonds to help the United States, which is going to end the war and make Ger many a republic. "I was scared. They told me if the United States went to war Amer icans would take all my money and things and send me away to Me:;?co to starve or put me in pii.son. But I am working here and get my pay. Nobody bothers me. I am a German, but I like the way America does and I buy a bond. When I get more money I buy another." :o: J. W. A. ROBERTSON. J. Lawyer. v ! ' r 4 East of Riley Hotel. Coates' Block, Second Floor -i-- ri-i'W' Children Cry The Kind You Have Always in use for ever over 30 years, nas Dome tne signature ui. and -u sonal Allow All Counterfeits, Imitations Experiments that trine witn Infants and Children Experience against xpenraent. What is'frASTO'RIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its r.jre is its guarantee. 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Ogdjn Armour, Member Advisory Committee, Council for National De fense. The Finest Summer Touir In America i,Trhe Uln'S Kky-Mountai-East-Slope-of-the-Continental Di-vide-National-Parks tour; three National Parks on one ticket T?n.t Mountain National-Estes, Yellowstone and Glacier Tourist r East and Central Nebraska are honored via Denver. Our new Denv CodT Billings-Central Wyoming main line makes possible this maimer I litenus tell you more about this wonderful trip and send you descriptice You R. for Fletcher's Bought, and which has been nas Deen maae unaer ais nei- supervision since its lniancy. no one to deceive vou in this. and " Just-as-good " are but ana endanger tne neaitn oi Signature of -- 7 L.VJ aken's Sons Eli Eaton, one of the old residents of Liberty precinct was in tho city Saturday for a few hours looking nfter a few busing .; matters, having driven up from his home near Union in company with his grandson, Ruby Eaton. While here Mr. Eaton made the Journal editor a short call. Now Tour Yellowstone in Automobiles. W. CLEMFMT -ri-i.. - ... "'""'i tivci Afetit t. W. WAKELEV, Q..ral Pas,.,?;:,., w 5 Y r v