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THE COMMONER, WNCOLN, NEB.
they talk about what they CAN do and they
often overestimate their strength. When men
are calm, thoy talk about what they OUGHT to
do.
Now is tho time to make a Sabbath Day's
Journoy toward peace and the scrapping of the
Implements of war has commenced. It is re
ported that Ford has offered to buy. all the old
Iron that tho demolished fleet will yield and we
havo n new prophecy "they, shall beat their
battleships into automobiles" a mightier
change even than "beating swords into plow
shares." What difference does it make whether
Japan accepts a 60 per .cent basis or is given
70 per cent? In .this Conference and in tho
days to come the victory goes to those who GIVE
in the interest of peace, not to those who with
hold. Japan has given much and will continue
to give. W. J. BRYAN,
More than fifty forgers are in the Nebraska peni
tentiary and a lot of them outside. In fact
cases of forgeries .are getting more numerous
than burglaries and holdups. The seeming in
ability of the law enforcement officers to prevent
the fracturing of the statute against forgery will
undoubtedly lead to a strong movement to se
cure the repeal of alt laws making it a crime on
the ground that tq, continue It will teach dis
respect for the law to our young. When the
movement progresses far enough, we shall sug--gest
that jt take over the organization of New
Jersey wets "who have been clamoring, for the
repeal of prohibition on the same theory and
grounds., '
A great deal of astonishment appears to sit
on the faces of the bankers and the swivel chair
town fanners over the fact that the- farmers
of the country have not been developing the
dairy -Industry as their critics say they should
have done. A lot of advice iq raining upon the
farmer from a dozen sources ' telling him to
get busy with the cows. Dairying is hard work,
much harder than the ordinary tasks of plant
ing, cultivating and harvesting, and wo suspect
the farmer is no more enamored of breaking his
back than the town Tellows.
COMMONER RENEWALS
The subscriptions of those who became
subscribers with the first issue of Tho
Commoner, and have renewed at the
close of each year, are due with tho Jan
uary (1022) issue. In order to facilitate
the work of changing and re-entering the
addresses upon our subscription books
and mailing lists, and obviate the ex
pense of sending out personal statements
announcing that renewals are due, sub
scribers are asked to assist as muck as
possible by sending in renewals with as
little delay as possible.
Woman's Influence
No one can doubt the tremendous reaction
against war and many causes contribute to pro
duce this reaction, so many that it would be
difficult to enumerate them all. But there is
one influence which, though impossible to cal
culate accurately, cannot be ignored. It is tho
entrance of womon into politics as voters.
Everybody knows that woman is opposed to,
war not all women but the percentage is larger
among the women than among" the men because
war brings them more suffering than it brings
to men.
Not all women will go as far as two prominent
war Mothers went lately. Tho Associated Press
reported a meeting in New York City at which
a sergeant In the British army announced that
the mother who represented the War Mothers
of Great Britain at the burial of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington joined with the mother
who represented the American War Mothers on
that occasion in a promise never to aid their
governments again in a war. The dispatch
stated that the War Mothers of Great Britain
proposed to pair-off with War Mothers of United
States in such a promise. This is an extreme
position but it indicates the intensity of the feel
ing against war, especially among those who
have lost sons. The women of the United States
and the women of Great Britain have votes and
their influence upon officials must be taken into
consideration. The women will coerce the world
into creating machinery which will settle inter
national disputes without war. Possibly the flrst
victory the women will win at the polls will be
the fulfilling of the prophecy that Swords shall
be beaten into plowshares a victory which to
them will mean that their sons will no longer
be offered on the altar of Mars.
W. J. BRYAN,
THE BIBLE TALKS
Below will be found a list (revised to Dec. 1
1921) of the newspapers containing the Week
ly Bible talks by Mr. Bryan. ' The list is given
in order that those who desire to do so may se
cure the papers containing them. While they
will be republished in The Commoner, they will
necessarily appear too late to use in connection '
- with the, International Lessons, on which thoy
are based. The list follows:
Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Oklahoma City
Oklahoman; Lexington Leader; Muskogee
Phoenix; Lincoln State Journal; Ch-iinnati
.Times-Star, Minneapolis Journal; Omaha Daily
News; Roanoke Times-World; Des Moines Register-Tribune;
Sioux City Journal; Wilmington,
N. C, Dispatch; Abilene Daily Reporter; San
, Francisco Journal of Commerce; Baltimore Sun
Cleveland News; Fort Wayne News & Sentinel
Detrodt News; Chicago Daily News; Pittsburg
Press) St. Louis Globe-Democrat; Toledo Blade
Dayton News; Springfield, O. News; Chattanoo
ga News; Harrisburg Patriot; Winston-Salem
Sentinel; Colorado Springs Gazette; Fort Smith
Southwest American Raleigh News and Observ
er; Seattle Times.; Paris, 111., Daily Beacon;
Youngstown Vindicator; Akron Beacon Journal'
Binghamton Sun; Worcester Post; Brooklyn
Eagle; Wheeling News; Newcastle Pa., Herald
Los Angeles Examiner; - Missoula Missoulan;
Waterloo Evening Courier; Greenville Pied-mont-Dallas
Times Herald; Houston Chronicle;
Albany Times-Union; Sioux Falls Argus-Leader1
New Orleans Times- Picayune; Tampa Daily
Times; Walla Walla Union; Council Bluffs Non
pareil; Atlanta City Union; Philadelphia North
American; Birmingham News; Sherman, Tex
Democrat; Memphis Commercial-Appeal; Evans
vllle Courier; New Haven Union; IndiaimpoHs
News; Nashville Banner; Atlanta' Constitution?
Macon News; Charleston News & Courier; Char
lotte Observer; Zanesville Signal; Syracuse
Journal; Greenboro Daily News; Norfolk VinSn-ian-Pilot;
Buffalo Times; Kansas City Kansan"
? ChtnSndi News-Leader: Miami MetropoHs'
Glens Falls Post-Star; Washington Herald- q
vannah Press; Elizabeth (N. J.) Journal YonJ"
era (N. Y.) Statesman-News; Tarrytown (N Y V
The large gains made by tke Democrats in
the November election have started the SSLl
lican leaders to worrying about the , pSslblot
of control of congress at the next election Thev
will be of value to the Democrats only if the
party's representatives in congress follow JhrSS
progressive lines that are BbuSSveVg
ership m thG PSiti0n 0t th0 publican lead-
EHE NEW PARTY.
The new political party of Nebraska, orem
ized under the name of the Progressive nartv
acted wisely in not attempting to nominate can
didates at this time. There is considerable baia
for dissatisfaction in Nebraska by the farmers
laborers and middle classes on account of ho
abuse of the power to levy taxes and on account
o the gross extravagance and inefficiency of tho
affairs of the state by those in authority in rl
cent years. While the people's incomes havo
been reduced one-half or more their taxes hav
been doubled. e
The platform adopted by the new party fa
vors a number of practical remedies, state and
national, that the progressives of all parties will
take no exceptions to. The people of the entire
country, as well as Nebraska, are demanding re
lief from profiteering, inefficiency and extrava
gance. Legislative and administrative relief is
what the people are demanding. The question of
.the hour is what is the best way to proceed to
secure the needed relief. The progressives of
all parties are giving careful consideration to
the matter. If the progressives of one or both
of the old parties succued in nominating candi
dates who are pledged to needed reforms, the
voters this year will do the balance. If the can
didates nominated by the old parties and the
platform pledges are not entirely satisfactory
the progressives then, by conferring, can no
doubt agree upon plans that will enable them
to counteract and overcome the working agree
ments which seem to be entered into by the re
actionaries of all partias.
Each step taken by the progressives should
be carefully considered lest they defeat the very
ends that they kope to secure.
Representatives of the Chicag6 board of trade
Jiave gone into court to enjoin the enforcement
of the Capper-Tincher law, which places so
heavy a tax upon speculative transactions on
the markets that they wjll be eliminated. The
claim is made that the law deprives members of
the board of trade of their constitutional rights.
There is this to be said, that the board of trade
gamblers have been unmolested for so many
years, that it is no more than natural to expect
that they regard their business as carrying
vested rights. - v .
THE COMMONER'S CONTEST
Since the first announcement of The Common
er's Special Educational Contest, which appeared
in our November issue, inquiries have been pour
ing in from all over the United States and as far
away as the Panama Canal Zone.; Thirty-two
states have been heard from, workers are enlist
ing, and subscriptions are already coming in.
The primary purpose in starting- this contest
was to further extend the circulation and. influ
ence of The Commoner in every section of the
country. To accomplish this work in the short
est possible space of .time, we decided to enlist
the services of workers in every . section of the
country by offering a plan unique in the history
of newspaper contests. Instead of .the usual plan
of offering a few special prizes to.be awarded to
a few People, we decided to throw open the doors,
eliminate every chance feature, ' and give every
one who entered the contest a oohaflde oppor
tunity to win a valuable prize, or 'get the equiv
alent of its cost in cash. In other words, a def
inite number of votes winr a definite prize, but
the contestant has the privilege of applying the,
votes secured on any prize or prizes. Nope will
lose their votes by reason of failure to reach the
amount of votes required for the prize they may
be working for, but may apply them to any other
prizes on the list.
In selecting the prizes to be used, in this con
test, the very best were chosen prizes that
would make it worth while for any man or wom
an, boy or girl, or even entire families, to get
out and work for. Most of the prizes can be
seen any day at your nearest dealer's, and In
most cases will' be supplied to "contest winners
direct through their home dealer .
Jh(L Conmoner trusts that every state will
soon be in line. We desire to hear from addi
ng, Tnrte?s' and would thank vour readers if
tney will bring the announcement' on another
mifJPi! tne attention of workers .in their com
;i There is a splendid afield for work
among the progressive voters. ' The coming cani
ni!?V Wz and 19f24 will be the most im
F VE?1! th.e entire Matory -of the country. If
SJ?, m y d?BJable that progressive policies shall
Fi an(J that Passing problems be solved in
Jt W , 5$ oC th0 masses of the people. A larg-
w,C,UJatIon, for The Commoner will be a
S f?ly r(lQ ,n moldIn6 tho progressive opinion
Iv,? and in making its influence count
for better things.
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