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Profiteers In Business
m m tbo Pitchfork, Dallas, Tor.)
' ? nii conscience of tho worltt
;JhuoUe on X Judgment that
fo?X wrong for a money len
8 "in charge more than a modest
'r. Lribte per cent o profit on
aDdinn Since wo see that the
hiS Iv Lder Tb nothing more or less
rDn a MERCHANT in credit-values,
tbf Imldn't we place a' qimlt on
why Bliouwn t wti MraRfJHANTS?
llVTunJuat arid Inmoral for a
ttJJ Lrcbant to sell a pair of
! sforTlSOO that cost him $9.00
t Is for a money lender to lend
S Jo out on interest and charge
9.00 for the use of it, collecting
00 in the end. .
if wo permit a clothing merchant
."sell a suit of clothes that cost
r. oc'nn fm. SRO.OO. wo have no
tnilnefls 'passing a law that forbids
a banker (a money merchant) from
selling money at more than 10 per
cent profit. You know this is the
I think the law which forbids the
banker charging more than 10 per
cent profit is a good one; and I
think the same sort of law shpuld
bo passed to protect us against the
greed of the shoe merchant and the
clothing merchant and the food mer
chant and every other merchant who
deals in the necessities of life. The
banker is a merchant as surely as
they are, and they are no better than
the most avaricious banker who ever
lived. In fact, wo are all cuf out of
about the same leather. All of tffe
need to he tied down lest our greed
ror gain runs away with our sensfc
of decency. -
The only reason we continue to
tolerate the Profiteer In life neces
sities is that we .have always done so.
Wo seem to think there is no. other
way. It's like, sleeping with a crippl
ed boy you get so, finally, you can't
sleep without him.
What we need to do is take a club
lo the Profiteer. "
We must stop our monkey business
in dealing with the high cost of liv
ing. About all congress has done so
far is to go on a periodical spree of
Subscribers' Advertising Department
This department is for tho benefit of
commoner subscribers, and a' special
rate of six cents a word per insertion
the lowest rate has been made for
SJlem- Address all communications to
Tlio Commoner, Lincoln Nebraska.
Investigating tho packers, They tiro
very safe in doing that. It is always
perfectly safe for a politician to cuss
out tho packers, or tho Standard- Oil
Co., or the Mormon church, or even
take a fling at the old Manchu dynas
ty of China. So far as I am con
cerned congress can let the packers
alone. It Is an established fact that
they make less than two cents
profit on tho sale of a dollar's wnHh
of meat. What I want conerrp.KR in
do is to get after the retail butcher
shop and tho hundreds of thousands
of small-fry thieves who are bleed,
ing the country to death? Congiess
is going to bo vory slow In attacking
these worst offenders for tho reason
that they nearly all bolong to some
church and generally have a good
deal to do with politics in their re
spective localities. But if congross
wants to quit fiddling and do the
country a real service, it will stop
the ravaares of these little, "respect
able ' robbers.
Congress knows how to do it. Con
gress knows how to pass a Prohibi
tion law between suns over the
president's veto. Congress should bo
convened in extraordinary session
for the special purpose of filing a
rate of profit on all goods sold
through interstate transaction. Tho
state legislatures Bhould be conven
ed in the same way to back up' the
national congress. This is tho way
to subdue the Profiteer and the
oountrv Is going to hell in a gallop
if tho Profiteer is not subdued pretty
pronto. '
COLLEGES FAVOIt TREATY COM.
PROMISE
New York, dispatch, datod Jan. 14,
says: Incomplete returns oarly today
from fifty-three of nearly 400 col
leges and univoritioa whoso students
and faculty mombers voted yeator
lay on four questions concerning
the peace treaty and loaguo of na
tions, showed that out of a total
Of 41,889 VOtOa mat. 2 2. P. 4 3 taxtnrn.1
any compromise which would mako
possible immediate ratification.
The wording of tho proposition
which was gonorally favored follows:
"I favor a compromise between tho
Lodge and tho democratic reserva
tions in order to facilitate ratification
oi iho treaty.
The proposition favoring ratifica
tion of the league and treaty without
reservations got 8,979 votes; that op
posing ratification in any form, 2923,
and that favoring ratification, but
only with tho Lodge reservations
7,341.
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BRYAN A TARGET
Tor twenty ears and longer Wil
liam Jennings Bryan has been
counted a pretty good American. All
to7d he has received more votes for
the presidency than any living; man.
awl on at least one occasion, "received
almost enough to elect him. Even
now he predicts that the prospect
for Democratic success Is poor
enough to select him to run again,
Tf it should come to that we are cer
tain there are still remaining- manv
thousands of Democrats who would
re.iolce to "throw away" another vote
for liim.
Col. Bryan has suffered for laclc of
retention during the last year or so.
Nothing is so galling to tho states
man ns neglect. If he cannot be
nraised he needs to he condemned
To be abandoned is slow torture and
a lingering death.
B"t he isn't going to be noglected
much longer. The papers are print
ing a story of an informal dinner the
colonel gave a few evenings aero to
some Democratic senators in Wash
ington, at which time he expressed
an interest In the ratification of the
treaty of peace and the league of na
tions, and. seeing-the hopelessness of
the present situation, with his us
ual good sense, suggested that the
antireservatlonists should make a
compromise with the reservationists
and get the matter behind them. For
the campaign approaches, and Col.
Brvan has a supernatural faculty for
looking ahead.
Lloyd George and a few British
Americans are the only ones that
havo not conceded that it will he im
possible to ratify the league of na
tions covenant without reservations.
They, of course, we take it, will at
once begin a campaign of vniification
against Mr. Bryan. We shall short
ly except to see mm caniuio
"Wllhelm Judas Bryan," and such
other epithets as are common to
those who dabble in mud. On tho
other hand, his attitude , on bis sub;
iect may cause some of his Jrwii
S?end?to compliment, mm by calU
rarT j& A
7eldy to stand, for parliament.
Nw Scimitar, Memphis, Tenn.
BRYAN PRAISES HOT SPRINGS
(From Hot Springs Sentinel-Record.)
)t tho many statements made to
officials of the Business Men's Loaguo
by visitors desirous of expressing
their gratification at relief and cure
obtained from the famous radio-ac-aivo
hot -baths, none has over been
more sincerely given, or is regarded
as more valuable, than tho testimon
ial written by Col. William Jennings
Bryan, who was requested by Walter
M. Ebel, the League's director of
publloity, to sura up tho benefit ob
tained by Mrs. Bryan, who had been
brought to Hot Springs helpless with
rheumatism.
Before Col. and Mrs. Bryan left for
their residence in Miami Fla., Colonel
Bryan gave Mr. Ebel the following
statement:
"My dear Mr. Ebel:
"I speak for Mrs. Bryan as well
as for myself when I praise the
waters ot Hot Springs. Wo are more
than satisfied with the results se
cured here. Mrs. Bryan was carried
to and from the train hen she
arrived on tho Foiirth of last July.
She was lifted into and out of bed
for weeks after she came, and could
not feed herself.
"Now, she walks with the aid of
one cane, and can walk alone with
out r.ny aid whatever. Her hands
arc so much improved that she Is
able to sew and knit and writes with
pen and typewriter. She is almost
without pain and improves daily.
"We are, leaving for Miami, Fla.,
believing that the mild climate down
there will insure continued improve
ment. If there is any relapse or
threatened returri of the rheumatism
-we shall come back to Hot Springs
at once. With us, tho healing streams
that flow from these smitten rocks
have no rivals, and, I may add, we are
grateful to all the people, residents
and guests for their kindness.
"William Jennings Bryan."
Aside from tho joy Colonel Bryan
experienced in the Improvement of
his wife, he also had a most pleasant
sojourn. Colonel Bryan became a
prominent factor in tho life of the
resort wnue ne wub ubi. "-
made nine different addresses in Hot
Springs, filling not only sovera of the
local pulpits but has also addressed
the children of the public schools
and assisted materially by his pres
ence and wonderful oratory other
worthy projects. ot cprms. ".
rejoicing with him over Mrs. Bryan's
restoration to health and strength,
regretted to see them leave.
BRYAN IN LINCOLN
From Nebr. State Journal, Jan. 11.3
William Jennings Bryan will ar
rive in Lincoln Sunday. He will ro
Saln in the city he still calls his
home town until 4:30 p. m. Monday.
During his brief visit he will make
ru" "jnccos The exact time of
Ms" arrivarYrom the east was not!
announced by his brother, G. 1v.
Bryan.
Sunday evening Mr. Bryan "will ad
dross the prohibition jublloo colobra
tton of tho Lancaster county W. Cv
T. U. at tho First Christian church
Tho rost of tho day, before and aftdr
tho address, will be spent with Ufa
brother and friends.
At 2 p. m. Monday he will addrftig
mo constitutional convention on
"Tho Fundamental Principles of a
Stato Constitution." At 11 a. m. he
will speak at university convocation
In Grant Memorial hall. It is prob
able that his topic will bo the poaqo
treaty and tho league of nations. At
noon he will bo the guest of tho Com
mercial club at luncheon and will
make an addross. All of his spoachoa
will deal with non-partisan HUbJcU
or deal with non-partisan views of
partisan subjects.
He will leave for Omaha at 1:B0
p. in. Monday. It is expected that a
delegation of over a hundred Lincoln
citizens will accompany him. Ho
will speak in the evening at tho audi
torium. The Omaha meotinc will bo
a partisan affair. Mr. Bcyan will
outline the platform which he thiuka
the democratic party should adopt
Tuesday Mr. Bryan will give an
address in Des MoineB. From there
ho will go to Washington to be on
hand for the celobration January 16,
the day national prohibition becomes
effective.
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