y 4 :
A WEEKLY
JOURNAL
OF
CHEERFULNESS
Printed primarily for people
who look upon life cheerfully and
hopefully. Also for people who
ought to do so. The promoter of
all good things and good people,
of which first Nebraska is chief
and of which second Kebraskans
are mostly.
DOLLAR A YEAR
VOLUME 8
CURRENT
There is one thing about the Lincoln
State Journal that we have always
admired its eoeksureness. There is
a delightful air of finality about its
utterances that leaves nothing more to
be said. It cheerfully admits that the
voice of the people is the voice of God
then assuming that it is the peoplo
it strikes an attitude and would have
us know that it is the "Vox Deii."
We are moved to these observations
by esteemed Journal's haughty dis
of Labor as farcical and guesses,
and not good guesses at that. Hav
ing so said, the Journal would hav
the statistics dismissed from the mind.
As a matter of fact, if the esteemed
Journal knew a little more about a
few things and not so much about
everything, it would lose a consider
able portion of its eoeksureness. and
would not be so positive that its con
clusions marked the close of all dis
cussion. The truth of the matter is
and it is susceptible of demonstration
the statistics gathered by the Bu
reau of Labor of Nebraska are more
reliable than the figures of the aver
age statistical bureau. We know, for
we know how they; arc gathered. If
the Nebraska statistics are "farcical"
and "guesses, then the statistics of
every state, and those compiled by the
federal government along similar lines
guesses." Nebraska follows the sam
methods in Catherine her statistics
as are useu Dy otner states ana oy
the government. As a general thing
the men acting as crop reporters for J
the Nebraska Bureau of Labor act in
a similar capacity for the national de
partment of agriculture.
No one pretends that these statis
tics are absolutely correct. They are
only approximate. But when the
esteemed Journal asserts that the
average farmer does not know how
many bushels per acre his corn or
his wheat is going to turn out, the
esteemed Journal merely gives us an
other sample of its eoeksureness. Th
average farmer dis know. The crop
estimate of a Nebraska county is not
the estimate of one man, but the
average of the estimates of from eight
to thirty men. Each correspondent
ejimates for his own immediate Io-
p-rfl
?lity. These estimates are averaged
for the county. If too great a gain
is indicate!, or too great a falling
off shown, as compared with other
counties near by, other men ar?
called upon for estimates. The oeun
try weeklies are a splendid source o?
information.
We venture the assertiou that the
crop estiamtes and statistics compiled
by he Bureau of Labor are much
more nearly correct than the returns
made by the assessors of property for
taxation purposes. And we also ven
ture to wager a week's income against
a life subscription to the Daily Staj
Journal that the statistics compile!
by the Nebraska Bureau of Labor are
much more nearly correct than the re
turns made by the State Journal Co.
o the asse-ss-or.
COMMENT
And lastly, in dismissing the sub
ject, .we Ere quite sure that the labor
commissioner of Nebraska, Mr. Guyc,
and the commissioners who have pre
ceded him. used more care in collect
ing and compiling the statistics of the
state than the esteemed Journal uses
in collecting its daily grist of news;
certainly much more care than is evi
denced by the esteemed Journal iu
its preparation of editorial comment.
The labor commissioner usually knows
at least a little bit about what he is
discussing.
Naturally we are vastly pleased at
the World-Herald's complimentary al
lusions to the "good sense" and "level
NEBRASKA'S MAGNIFICENT RECORD OF PRODUCTION IN 1911
Wheat bush.
Corn - bush.
Oats bush
Rye bush
Barley bush.
Millet and Hungarian tons
Hay . ......tons
Butter lbs.
Sugar beets - tons
Potatoes bush.
Flax bush.
Spelts bush.
B room corn lbs.
Sorghum ". .tons
Cheese lbs.
Milk sold other than butter and cheese
Honey and beeswax i .
Horticultural and Garden Products
Poultry and Eggs
Animals for slaughter
Total Value of Farm Products
Horses
Mules
Cattle (including dairy)
Sheep
Swine
Total Value of Live Stock
Total Value of Farm Products
Grand Total Live Stock and Farm Products. . .
headedness" displayed by Will Mau
pin's Weekly in its discussion of mat
ters, political and otherwise. But, of
course, the World-Herald labors un
der an error when it says that the
editor of Will Maupin's Weekly is
also associate editor of The Commoner.
Mr. -Maupin's connection with The
Commoner is scarcely more than nomi
nal He contributes no editorials or
comment on political or economic mat
ters. At one time he did, but that
was before he got the office itch and
left a good job to get on the state
payroll. His present connection with
The Commoner is merely that of a
department contributor and the de
partment has nothing whatsoever to
do with polities. It is supposed to
contain some humor, a little rhyme
and now and then a bit of homespun
philosophy.
But Will Maupin's Weekly as a
newspaper, and its editor as a citi
zen, purpose speaking plainly; on any
topic that happens to be of interest,
permanent or passing, to the people.
This newspaper is not "batty" ovr
politics. Just now it is vastly more
interested in the matter of good seed
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 5, 1912
corn and publicity for Nebraska than
it . is in the personal fortunes of any
man who yearns to be president of
these United States. Nebraska could
stand the" re-eleetion of Taft, or even
the election of Roosevelt; or the elec
tion of Harmon, or Folk, or Wilson,
or Clark, or Underwood it could
stand the election of any one of these
gentlemen a whole lot better than it
could stand a failure of the corn
crop because of poor seed or climatic
conditions.
Frankly speaking. Will Maupin's
Weekly would rather support LaFol
lette for president than some demo
crats who have been mentioned; and
it will support Taft if it has too
choose between Taft and at' least one
democrat who has been mentioned.
Naturallv the Lincoln Journal seeks
Quantities.
'5,609,885
133,400,303
32,035.858
930.180
918,180
154,291
5,154,518 -47,983,128
142,268
4,747,719
41,431
426,770
981,850
227,793
133,145
-1
Number
918,240
91,137
2229,976
383,602
1.979,784
to belittle the platform enunciated by
Ashton C. Shallenberger in his cam
paign for senatorial honors. But un
prejudiced and non-partisan citizens
freely admit that Governor Shallen
berger gave Nebraska a businesslike
and clean administration. There was
not during his administration a breath
of scandal from any one of the state
institutions. A democratic legislature,
acting in response to the will of the
people, gave to the state some of the
best reform laws it could hope to se
cure, and Governc Shallenberger gave
them the weight of his influence and
the sanction of his executive pen.
During his administration we secured
more progressive liquor legislation
than the state secured in twenty-five
years previous. If the Lincoln Jour
nal, in its efforts to defeat Shallen
berger because he is a democrat, ex
acts to win. it will have to discuss
what he stands for, not his record
as governor of Nebraska. That reeor-l
is as clean as a hound's tooth, and
the people know it and admit it.
- Of course the Chinese republic is
welcome, but " we are not going to
(Continued on Page 4)
MEN AND
Henry C. Richmond of South Omaha
has filed for the democratic nomina
tion for auditor of public accounts..
This little newspaper is strong for
Richmond, not because he is a demo
crat, but because he is a man unusual
ly well fitted by training and by
habit to fill the position. He is af
fable, courteous and able. As chief
clerk of the house of representatives
during the last session he demon
strated that he knows how to handle
and expedite public business, and
that he is painstaking and careful.
It is a real pleasure to do business
with a man like Richmond. The edi
tor of Will Maupin's Weekly has
known Henry C. Richmond intimately
Values
$40,084,503.10
67,038,172.71
12,173,026.04
792,158.13
477,453.06
I, 080,037.00
48,968,918.00
12,615,528.92
711,340.00
4,700,000.00
128,718.90
196,31420
4&480.00
5,467,032.00
15,987.40
1,670,000.00
26,971.00
6,515,091.00
42,884,274.00
89,194.63.00
$334,788,668.46
$102,842,880.00
II, 938.947.00
66,899,280.00
1,534,408.00
19,797,840.00
$203,013,355.00
334,788,668.46
$537,802,023.46
for more than twenty years. For a
decade we worked together on the
Omaha World-Herald. He is a well
trained newspaperman, enjoys a wide
acquaintance over the state, and hav
ing served his party well deserves at
its hands the recognition he seeks.
One thing we like about Governor
Aldrieh is his habit of speaking his
words without mincing them. While
depreciating the habit of promiscuous
profanity, we rather like, no'w and
then, to hear a man say something a
bit more emphatic than "fndge" or
"pshaw" when provoked to right
eons anger. This being so we re
joiced when we learned that Gover
nor Aldrieh had resort to some pret
ty warm expletives when he heard
that Judge Hook's name was being
considered in connection with appoint
ment to the supreme beneh
of the United States. We have never
believed that the Good Book
quoted in full the language used by
the Master when He scourged the
money changers from the Temple.
And if so perfect a man as Jesus cf
Nazareth gave way to anger, as Ho
certainly did on the occasion in ques-
A MERRY HEART
DOETH GOOD
LIKE
MEDICINE
Bat a broken spirit drieth the
bones. That's what the Good
Book says, and we'll bank on it,
sore. Will Maupin's Weekly
works to make cheerful the hearts
of its readers, and thus do medi
cal duty. Fifty-two eonaecuUe
weekly doses for a dollar.
GUARANTEED
NUMBER 41
MATTERS
tion, surely we may expect a man of
average mold to use some pretty hot
words when discussing such a thin 5
as an intimation that Judge Hook
might be elevated to the supreme
bench.
The proposition to make February,
'12, Lincoln's birthday, 'Postal Card
Day" in Lincoln, is a good one, evea
if not original. It is proposed that
every citizen of Lincoln on that day
send out postal eards bearing views
of Lincoln, together with municipal
facts and figures. Of course only a
few people will do it. Much as we
may resent the statement when we are
reminded of it by outsiders, the fact
remains that Prof. Lueile Eaves wu
eminently correct when she- asserted
that Lincoln has no eivie spirit- Ther
is a whole lot more energy wasted
over a fool proposition like the ''four
foot line" than there- is over a propo
sition to bring big industries to Lin
coln, or to boost the industrial insti
tutions we already have. We are fv
"Lincoln Postal Card Day" strong,
but we venture to say that the post
office force will not be awamped by
the influx of eards on that day.
We hear so m rich about wool and
the wool tariff that we are apt to be
seized with the idea that the wool
crop of this republic is something tre
mendous. The biggest thing; about
American wool is the tax wool con
sumers are compelled to pay by rea
son of the tariff. The wool erop '
a mighty small item among the
products of this republic. . The wheat
crop grown in Nebraska in 1911 would
buy every pound of wool clipped from
the backs of . American sheep during
the same year. And the grain and
hay products of Nebraska would boy
every blooming ram. ewe and Iamb hi
the United State today. Speaking
for ourselves alone we are growing;
almighty tired of being tariff-taxed
to the extent of 40 or $-50 a year for
the protection of the American wool
j industry, when there is less than one-
third of a sheep per capita in the
country, and we can buy the average
sheep for less than $4 a head.
The American Medical Association
is very anxious to have established a
national department of health, with
a portfolio and a member of the cabi
net. We object, and strenuously. The
"doctor's trust" is already about as
iron-clad, brass-bound and eopper
riveted as it well could be. To create
a cabinet department would merely
mean that this trust would farther
tighten its alreadv tight cinch.
We have heard a great deal of late
about "labor trusts," but for th
genuine thing in trusts commend ns
to the "lawers' trust" and the "doe
tors trust." They got 'em all
baeked off the boards when it eomea
down to brass tacks. Both are legal
ized by law, protected by law and
boosted by law.
When the Sherman anti-trust law
was first broaehed. and it was suggest
ed that it might be used against labor
unions, the maker of the" sugirestlon
(Continued on Page 2)