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THE NORTHWESTERN Ki.tered ai the Loup City Poatofttce for transmlSHloo through the mails as second class matter. Office Phone. Red 138. Residence, - Black 138 J. W. BURLEIGH.Editor and Pnb. J. R. GARDINER Foreman Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at theexpiration of time paid for, if publishers shall be notified: otherwise the subscription will remain in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between publisher and subscriber. The United States has formerly notified both England and Ger many that the general use of the American flag by British vessels would be viewed with grave con cern here and that the destruction of any American vessel by Ger many in the newly prescribed war zone would lead to serious com plications. In other words, Johnny Bull must discontinue floating the stars and strips over any of its vessels, while Germany h made to understand that it can not take the Lusitania incident I to excuse itself if an American ves sels is lost in the zone of the sub marine mines, etc. Go to it, l' nele. The Ord Journal last week copied the O’Bryan article and our answer almost in their entire ty, but for some reason failed to use common editorial courtesy. Had tne Journal neglected proper credit, as is often the case, noth ing would have been thought of it, but the Journal gave credit to “one of last week's Loup City pa pers,” while the articles and answer in question were published only in the Northwestern.* Davis’ paper is noted for quoting only from its democratic contemporary here, and evidently lost its head when finding something it could not quote from that paper, hence come as near as it could to it. The claim is made by certain authorities that there is untold quantities of wheat stored in ele vators over the country and there is absolutely no reason for present high prices. So evident is that fact, and so clearly has it been made to holders of surplus, that disgorgement is beginning and last week wheat slipped down seven and a half cents in Chicago. It is a shame that foodstuffs should be held so high,if there is nothing but speculation holding them up. As per schedule, this section was visited with another and third spasm of blizzardy weather last Saturday, beginning Friday with rain and sleet and ending with some snow and high winds, which so blockaded the railroads that the morning passenger from Sargent Monday waited for a snow plow to clear the way for it and failed to come through until about five o’clock that afternoon. The U. I*, snow plow came up abouto’clock Sunday night, ami the motor made it usual trips Monday. However, the weather cleared away some time Sunday night and Old Sol came forth in resplendent glory Monday morn ing. Now let the billious old weather granny get decent once more. A British vessel, following the example set by the Lusitania, the other day put up the Dutch flag, when hailed by a German sub marine vessel, but with the for mer incident fresh in the Teuton mind, they tried to torpedo the British craft, which only escaped V Deposits in this bank have the additional security of the De positors Guarantee Fund of tlie State of Nebraska. ffi What Do Your Dollars DO FOR YOU? If you want to know what each indivi dual dollar that you work so hard to earn does for you. just deposit your Warnings with this bank and pay your bills by check. In this way you get a complete, detail record of each transac tion, one you can refer to at any time. This plan also better enables you to save the odd ends of your income and accumulate them into a - lump sum. Loup City State Bank S Loup City, Nebraska. gg We pay 5 percent interest on time deposits •J. G. Pageler AUCTIONEER Loup City, — Nebraska All Auctioneering business attended to promptly. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Give me a trial. { NOTICE to FARMERS 4 I, ha'Le °" hand * quantiry of the Council Bluffs I JL Remedy and would be glad to figure with you on vour JL Q spring supply or Stock Remedy. All of the big feeders Q • are good feeders of the Council Bluffs goods. Phone • L or see m { Alfred N. Cook, Loup City, Nebr. | by adroit maneuvering and fast sailing. So, you see, what comes of the first-named incident, which cannot but be wrong in principle and very dangerous to neutral countries in their shipping inter ests. The finance ministers of Eng land, France and Russia face an acknowledged war cost of ten bil lion dollars for the current year. And England’s chancellor says Great Britain could finance the war for five years at that rate out of the proceeds of its investments abroad, France claims to be able to do the same for two or three years, with something to spare. Great Britain also claimed to be spending more money to keep up tne war than both the others combined. And yet, with all their bluff of immense wealth to use, America is supplicated to and does furnish foodstuffs to the poor and destitute, made so by the war carried on by those and other countries. The Omaha preachers have tackled about the toughest job in their existence. They have made up a prayer list of 10,000 whom they will select for conversion, when Sunday comes, and headed the list with dim Dahlman. We once heard an evangelist figura tive hold sinners over hellfire by the hairs of their head, as he pro claimed. Had Omaha’s mayor been there he could have called his bluff. Germany’s reply to the United States regarding the planting of the sea with mines, is friendly, but gives it out that it will go ahead and ships will navigate the waters around England at their own peril. Wonder what “Prince of Peace,” will say to that? The great Chautauqua secretary of state is getting this country into a bigger muddle all the time. As a theorist he was great, but as a practical doer of things he is proving a monument al failure. About the meanest and most de spicable man is the one who open ly gives you his word to do one thing and then does the exact op posite—makes himself a dishonor able man and a veritable liar, and all for a few dollars to be gained thereby. And when such a fellow hides behind church and society robes to do his dishonorable acts he can only be classed with the Judases and Benedict Arnolds. Shame on such a two legged char acter. Iowa has come out for equal suffrage and prohibition. Last Friday the senate went on record by a vote of 38 to 11 in favor of granting votes to women, and by a vote of 27 to 32 favored the re peal of the mulct law. The senate also by a vote of 39 to 10 agreed to submit to the people a constitu tional amendment providing for statewide prohibition. St. Paul voters last week snow ed under the municipal lighting bonds by a vote of 212 to 93. Broken Bow defeated sewer bonds last Tuesday by a vote of 284 against to 142 for. To prove that black is white would be difficult, but not more difficult than for George Barr Mc Cutcheon to write an uninterest ing story. From the opening chapter to the very end. “Black Is White,” the next serial that will run in this paper possesses the best qualities of a story. The scenes are laid for the most part in New York City, and the plot centers around the strange career of James Brood, an American millionaire. Readers of this paper will be sure to find this an unusu ally interesting story. The open ing chapter will appear soon. Don’t naira & WANTS NO “DEADHEADS” ON LIST OF EMPLOYES. A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS TO PREVENT USELESS TAX UPON AGRICULTURE. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers’ Union The farmer is the paymaster of industry and a3 such he must meet the nation’s payroll. When Industry pays its oill it must make a sight draft upon agriculture for the amount, ■which the farmer is compelled to honor without protest This check drawn upon agriculture may travel to and fro over the highways of com merce; may build cities; girdle the globe with bands of steel; may search bidden treasures in the earth or traverse the skies, but in the end :it will rest upon the soil. No dollar will remain suspended in midair; it is as certain to seek the earth's surface as an apple that falls from a tree. When a farmer buys a plow he pays the man who mined the metal, the woodman who felled the tree, the manufacturer who assembled the raw material and shaped it into an ar ticle of usefulness, the railroad that transported it and the dealer who sold him the goods. He pays the wages of labor and capital employed in the transaction as well as pays for the tools, machinery, buildings, etc., used in the construction of the commodity and the same applies to all articles of use and diet of him self and those engaged in the sub sidiary lines of industry. There is no payroll in civilization that does not rest upon the back of the farmer. He must pay the bills —all of them. The total value of the nation's annual agricultural products is around $12,000,000,000, and it is safe to esti mate that 95 cents on every dollar goes to meeting the expenses of sub sidiary industries The farmer does not work more than thirty minutes per day for himself: the remaining thirteen hours of the day’s toil he devotes to meeting the payroll of the hired hands of agriculture, such as the manufacturer, railroad, commer cial and other servants. The Farmer’s Payroll and How He Meets It. * The annua) payroll of agriculture approximates $12,00(1,000,000 A por tion of the amount is shifted to for eign countries in exports, but the total payroll of industries working for the farmer divides substantially as follows: Railroads, $1,252,000,000; manufacturers, $4,365,000,000; mining, $655,000,000; banks, $200,000,000; mercantile $3,500,000,000, and a heavy miscellaneous payroll constitutes the remainder. It takes the corn crop, the most valuable in agriculture, which sold last year for $1,692,000,000, to pay off the employes of the railroads: the money derived from our annua, sales of livestock of approximately $2,000, 000,000, the yearly cotton crop, valued at $920,000,000; the wheat crop, which is worth $610,000,000. and the oat crop, that is worth $140,000,000. are required to .meat the annual pay roll cf the manufacturers. The money derived from the remaining staple crops is used in meeting the payroll of the bankers, merchants, etc. After these obligations are paid, the farmer has only a few bunches of vegetables, some fruit and poultry which he can sell and call the pro ceeds his own. When the farmer pays ofT his help he has very little left and to meet these tremendous payrolls he has been forced to mortgage homes, work women in the field and increase the hours of his labor We are, there fore, compelled to call upon all in dustries dependent upon the farmers for subsistence to retrench in their expenditures and to cut off all un necessary expenses This course is absolutely necessary in order to avoid a reduction in wages, and we wart. If possible, to retain the present wage scale paid railroad and all other in dustrlal employes we win devote tnis article to a discussion of unnecessary expenses and whether required by law or per mitted by the managements of tile concerns, is wholly immaterial VVe want all waste labor and extrava gance. of whatever character, cut out We will mention the full crew bill as illustrating the character of unneces sary expenses to which we refer Union Opposes “Full Crew” Bill. The Texas Farmers' Union regis tered Us opposition to this character of legislation at the last annual meet ing held in Fort Worth, Tex., August 4, 1914, Jby resolution, which we quote, as follows: "The matter of prime importance to the farmers of this state is tin ade quate and efficient marketing system: and we recognize that such a system is impossible without adequate rail road facilities, embracing the greatest amount Qt the .least .apjfc £•. ale J . ... .Oj,.... ^ i..i(lt the farmers ana producers in the end pay approximately 95 per ceut of the expenses of operating the railroads, and it is therefore to the interest of the producers that the expenses of the common carriers be as small as is possible, consistent with good ser vice and safety We, therefore, call upon our lav.- makers, courts and juries to bear the foregoing :ncts in mind v. lien dealing with the common carriers of this state, and we do espe cially reaiiirm the declarations of the last annual convention of our State I'nion, opposing the passage of the so-called ‘full-crew’ bill before the thirty-third legislature of Texas.” The farmers of Missouri in the last election, by an overwhelming ma jority, swept this law off the statute book of that s'ate, and it should come off of all statute books where it appears and no legislature of this nation should pass such a law or similar legislation which requires un necessary expenditures. The same rule applies to all regu latory measures which increase the expenses of industry without giving corresponding benefits to the public. There is ofttimes a body of men as sembled at legislatures—and they have a right to be there—who, in their zeal for rendering their fellow associates a service, sometimes favor an increase in the expenses of in dustry without due regard for the men who bow their backs to the summer’s sun to meet the payroll, but these committees, while making a record tor themselves, rub the skin ot the shoulders of the farmer by urgiug the legislature to lay another burden upon his heavy load and under the lash of “be it enacted” goad him on to pull and surge at the traces of civil ization, no matter how he may sweat, foam and gall at the task. When legislatures "cut a melon" for labor they hand the farmer a lemon. The larmers of the United States are not financially able to carry “dead heads” on their payrolls. Our own hired hands are not paid unless we have something for them to do and we are not willing to carry the hired help of dependent industries unless there is work for them. We must therefore insist upon the most rigid economy. Legislative House-Cleaning Needed. I While the war is on and there is a lull in business, we want all legisla tive bodies to take an inventory of the statute books and wipe off all extravagant and useless laws. A good house-cleaning is needed and econo mies can be instituted here and there that will patch the clothes of indigent children, rest tired mothers and lift mortgages from despondent homes. Unnecessary workmen taken off and useless expenses chopped down all along the line will add to the pros perity of the farmer and encourage him in his mighty effort to feed and clothe the world. If any of these industries have sur plus employes we can use them on the farm. We have no regular schedule of wages, but we pay good farm hands on an average of $1.50 per day of thirteen hours when they board themselves; work usually runs about nine months of the year and the three months dead time, they can do the chores for their board. Ii they prefer to farm on their own account, there are more than 14,000,000,000 acres of idle land on the earth’s sur face awaiting the magic touch of the plow- The compensation is easily ob tainable from Federal Agricultural Department statistics. The total average annual sales of a farm in the continental United States amounts to $516.00; the cost of operation is $:!40.00; leaving the farmer $176 per annum to live on and educate his family. There is no occasion for the legis latures making a position for surplus employes of industry. I^t them come 'back to the soil'' and share with us the prosperity of the farm. When honesty is merely a good policy it is a poor virtue. Lazy farmers are just as useless as dead ones and take up more room. When the soul communes with the spirit of nature the back to the farm movement prevails There are two kinds of farmers. One tries to take all the advice he hears and the other won’t take any at all FAHMER RADFORD ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE The home is the greatest contribu tion of women to the world, and the hearthstone is her throne. Our so cial structure is built around her. and social righteousness is in her charga Her beautiful life lights the skies ol 1 hope and her refinement Is the charm of twentieth century civilization. Her graces and her power are the cumu lative products of generations of queenly conquest, and her crown ol exalted womanhood is jeweled with the wisdom of saintly mothers. She has been a great factor in the glory of our country, and her noble achieve ments should not be marred or her hallowed influence blighted by the coarser duties of citizenship. Ameri can chivalry should never permit her to bear the burdens of defending and maintaining government, but should preserve her unsullied from the allied influences of politics, and protect her from the weighty responsibilities ol the sordid affairs of life that will crush her ideals and lower her stand ards. The motherhood of the farm is our inspiration, she is the guardian of our domestic welfare and a guide to a higher life, but directing the af fairs of government is not within wo man’s sphere, and political gossip would cause her to neglect the home forget to mend our clothes and burr the biscuits. When you arewearied from. over work, feel listless or languid, can’t slsep or eat>, as you should, take Hol lister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. Makes you feel better t-han ever. J ust try t It tonight. Swanson & Lofholm, | 6 per cent MONEY 6 per cent Loans may be obtained for any pur pose on acceptable real estate security, liberal privileges, correspondence soli cited.—AC. Agency Company, 758 Gas, Electric Bldg., Denver, Colorado. FARMERS TAKE NOTICE. l’leaso do not lx1 impatient about your phones, as we will fix them up as soon as possible for us to get at them. .1. A. Chandler, Mgr. FOR SALE FiTe or six acres of ground in al falfa, fenced chicken tight. For terms and particulars, see Alfred Anderson. GOAL! COAL! COAL! We handle all kinds of coal both j Lump and Nut. Try us for Roek Springs, Canon City, Aztec, Han na, Sheridan and Pinnacle coal. We have a car of hard coal on hand. E. G. Taylor's Elevator. Used Typewriters, all makes, at a i prices. O. E. James, V. M. C. A., Grand island, Nebr. nov 10 i This is the time of year most try - ing on those inclined to be const ipat ed. Many dread winter because of i Don’t worry, just take Hollister - Rocky Mountain Tea. nature's surest. safest and best tonic regulator. Tat ■ it once a week. Start tonight. Swanson & Lofholni DAILY FURNITURE CO. | Sells for Less, and 1 Pays the Freight j j Furniture and ! Undertaking j I I J. E. SCOTT j Licensed Embalmer and \ Funeral Director. . . . Phone Red 65 E. P. DAILY 01888 ft ftl ft ft 0 ft 1915$ Keystone Lumber Co. | Snrin^ is snnn horn Wa a»a __x ^ Spring is soon here. We are prepared to supply your wants in the fencing line with the celebrated KOKOMO PIONEER FENCE, Barb wire and Farm Gates. Next week begins the story of Kokomo fence. Yards at Loup City, Ashton, Rockville, Schaupps and Arcadia Travel Money Matters LOUP CITY STATE BANK LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA ft ft ft ft throughout the United States are simplified by “A.E.A." Cheques. They are much safer to carry than com and currency. They' »;• accepted by strangers, who might ra-ural!'' r h-e to h-mor a pers-sal Check or draft. Self-identifying. Issued in 5.1 , $20, $50 and $100. _ for ' that V I .1 Tooth Brushjf / ti , v. / • --~-7T 2 - Preserve Your Teeth If you wish to preserve your teeth—keep them solid and free from discoloration—you should be attentive to your teeth—keep the shreds of food from out of the crevices—use a GOOD brush (the only kind we sell) regularly with an up and down motion—and use that most efficient tooth cleanser and preservative— Nydenta Cream Here’s what Nydenta Cream does: Hardens the gums, protects, whitens and polishes the teeth—sweetens and perumes the breath. It is ndt o mere tooth paste—it is a real TOOTH PRESERVATIVE It is put up in collapsible tubes—clean an economical—25c the tube. We can honestly recommend Nydenta Cream because it is best. Swanson & Lofholm, Druggists. Opposite Court House Drugs at the lowest prices consistent with highest quality.
