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THAT ELEVEN BILLION DOLLARS.
Pessimism Is reported to enfold the economic
conference st The Hague. The chlefett reason for
gloom is thst Uncle Sam is not pulling up a chair to
the green baize table. Having- a greenhorn take
chips in the game is the only thing that could liven,
up that party.
Meanwhile the French mission to arrange for
funding the war debt of $3,716,000,000 owed to the
United States is preparing to journey to Washington.'
"The mission will not make the slightest 'request for
a cancellation of the war debt," a Paris cablegram
announces, "but on the other hand it will inform the
American government that 'there is no prospect of.
France paying a dollar of interest en the principal
for years to come." In addition to turning its
empty pockets inside out, this French mission will
exhibit a hole representing a 4,000,000,000 franc
budget deficit
Americans who are wondering what solution can
be found for this bsnkrupt condition which exists
not only in one of our debtors but in all, might well
consult the little volume by Robert Mountsier, called
"Our Eleven Billion Dollars." A few passage from
this up-to-the-minute book are sufficient to explain
much:
The 111,000,000,000 and more-that many
Americans, congressmen Included, expect Europe
to pay us in the next 25 years, are not coming
back! to the tfnlted States. Those billions, and
other billions, that will accumulate are abroad
to stay, no matter whether Europe and America
' have peace or war.
For Europe of today the cancelling of Inter
governmental debts would mean freedom to con
tinue wasteful methods and to spend larger sums
on preparations for war. ,
"Stabilize exchange" is the cry that has gone
. up throughout the world, as if stabilisation were
the cure-all for the world's post-war ills. But
under the present economic - and political ' con
. ditlons it would be just as impossible to stabilize
exchange as to stabilise Lloyd George.
In particular, cancellation would mean more
for Great Britain than for any other country,
and in this unrevealed fact may He the reason that
London has fostered the cancellation idea and
has kept it before the world.-
A proposal that the United States should can
cel its debts against the allied governments would ."
simply result, in effect. In the cancellation by one
of the principal creditors of its claims in order
- that the claims of the other creditors might re- -
main Intact, and would transfer from the peoples
of the debtor governments to the shoulders of the
people of the United States the taxes necessary1
to liquidate the outstanding obligations of the
United States government representing the loans
made by it to the allied governments. - .
As the chief creditor and the principal banker
the United States has a right and also the duty to
teaoh the lesson that balanced budgets, minus
armaments, minus currency inflation, plus long
time credits; Investments and Increased production
equal economic recovery both in Europe and the
United States. , . ..
In the mam Mr. Mountsier contents himself with
recording and summarizing the facts concerning the
debt' of 18 European states to the United States.
Two suggestions are made, however, one that instead
of cancellation, America, through its investors, lend
a sum, equal to the international debt to the industries
of Europe, thus putting the money to work. The
other proposes a real world economic conference, to
be held in Washington, dealing squarely with facts
and not theories, and ending all illusions and uncer
tainty, i '
rink of Mr. Stilwell risks ridicule and rises up in a
spiritualist meeting to give testimony some Idea of
the prevalence and strength of these notions is
gsined. But still, the popular explanation is that
when Mr. Stilwell went to bed he forgot to turn off
his brain, and that his visions proceeded from his own
active, mind rather than from ghostly activity.
EXONERATING THE RETAILER.
Thst retail business as whole has been rather
unjustly pictured as profiteering is indlcsted by a
forthcoming report of the Joint Commission of AgrU
cultursl Inquiry, according to Representstivo Sydney
Anderson, the chairman.
A chsrt shows the distribution of the consumer's
dollar in the retail dry goods, grocery, shoe, clothing
end hardware trade. For 1913, the gross msrgin
tsken by the retailer out of the dollar received from
the consumer was 29.14 cents, of which 6.8 cents
wsi 'profit, whils for 1921, the gross margin was
26.16 cents, of which 1.13 cents was profit. In 1913
expenie, exclusive of profit, was 22.36 cents, and in
1921 it was 25.03 cents, showing an average increase
In operating cost of 2.67 cents and a reduction of
profit of 6.67 cents, while the proportion of mer
chandise cost included in ths consumer's dollar was
4 cents.
Thst is to ssy, during the period of rising prices
from 1913 to 1921, the percentage of margin for
operating expenses and profits did not incresse. As
operating expenses s'dvsnced, profits decressed.
"Our report will show," says Chairman Anderson,
"thst clothing retsilers took their largest profit from
the consumer's dollar in 1913. In 1921, the industry
showed a trade profit of 1.8 cents per dollar of sales.
Ths report will show thst the average profit of cloth
ing retailers during ths entire period, 1918 to 1921,
wss 6.10 cents per dollar of sales." The highest profit
made by shoo stores wss in 1919, when it reached
9.36 cents. Retail dry goods profits were found to
average 6.3 cents for the period, and were highest
in 1916, when they averaged 7.3 cents per dollar.
The highest hardware profit was 8.8 cents, in 1916.
The investigation on which these figures are)
bssed hss been exhaustive, and it Is not to bs believed
thst any unfavorable facts would be concealed.
Criticism is made in the report of the accumulation
of surplus stock, as adding to costs of operation. It
recommends that retailers co-operate more closely
with community organisations whose purpose it is
to improve social and industrial conditions. In agri
cultural communities the retailers are advised to keep
in touch with those who are striving to improve mar-,
keting, transportation and social conditions on the
farm. Emphasis is given the belief that the more
consumers concentrate their purchases in their com
munity, the lower will be the operating expense of
local dealers, and that consumers will be benefited
thereby through the lower prices made possible by
lower selling expense.
A GOOD FIGHTER PASSES. -
Few men in Omaha were known in local politics
over as long a period as William J. Broatch, who died
yesterday.
Captain Broatch the title won by active service
in the civil war lived in Omaha forty-eight years.
His first political victory was his election to the state
legislature in 1881. Six years later he was elected
mayor of Omaha for a three-year term. Again in
1895 he was elected mayor, serving two years. In
1892 he was a presidential elector from Nebraska.
At other times he was a member of the fire and
police board and other civic boards and political
committees. In 1912, after a period 'of relative re-
tirement in politics, he came to the front as an ardeht
Roosevelt supporter and sought election as a repub
lican elector, being refused a place on the ballot be
cause of his allegiance to Roosevelt, by that time a
candidate outside the republican party.
During these many years Captain Broatch was a
friend to be valued and an antagonist respected.
ENLISTING FOR LIFE.
A time of momentous decision for innumerable
young men arrives now with the ending of school.
In spite of the lightheartedness with which they enter
the workaday world there are certain grim aspects,
that are more easily seen in retrospect than in an
ticipation. '
Blind alley occupations open on every hand. Very
often their pay to newcomers is higher than that af
forded by jobs giving a chance of'future promotion.
Perhaps they allow one to dress in a white collar and
his best clothes, secure from dirt and grease. Less
physical or mental effort may- be required, and the
hours may be short.
Sooner or later, however, as the boy advances
farther into the blind alley, he comes up against a
solid wall, high and without exit. At that late day
he may retrace his path and guess once more what
his life work is to be. The chances are that he will
drift again into the same sort of impassable course,
and drift and drift and drift. If he. develops the
right stuff he may in time make for himself a scal
ing ladder, Rising as some few before him have dona
over what appear insuperable, obstacles.
Even this can not be done without seeking the
advice of some one who has made the passage. Faith
fulness, and industry are not enough in a blind alley
profession. It is much better for a boy to consult
some successful man before he sets out in business
life. And it is nothing less than a duty that every
man should try to give intelligent help to these recruits.
The Bee's
LETTER BOX
GHOSTS AS RAILROAD BUILDERS.
- "Playing hunches" is a thing often done in a
game of poker, and sometimes done in business.
However, the statement of Arthur E. Stilwell, a vet-'
eran railroad builder, that he was guided by spirits in
laying out the route of his lines beats any story of a
miraculous four-card draw.
Kansas City owes its belt line railroad to Mr. Stil-
- well. It also is a terminal of the Kansas City Southern
and the Kansas City, Mexico7 dt Orient system, two
other Stilwell roads. This latter is only partially com
pleted, a magnificent dream,' but not a yet a finan
cial success. Its western end was designed to tap
DIVORCE COURT BICKERING. ,
As a spectacle of what some men and women will
do for money, the divorce court has few equals.
Almost greater even than the tragedy of a broken
home, the wrecking of the children's ideal, is the
utter abandonment of all finer feelings in the gross
desire for more dollars per month on the part of the
wife, and ttye husband's efforts, no less keen, to keep
her from getting a few more paltry silver pieces.
Devoid of consideration each for the other, for-1
i'etful not only of "love's young dream," but sacred
tows taken at the marriage altar, are they. Ini
tiate details of marital life, narration of which has
to place in a public court room, are bared before
f he most nondescript assemblage.
Surely this is a crucifixion a sensitive woman
would scarcely survive, or any self-respecting man
have a part in except for money.
RADIO POLICE CARS.
Omahans who feel the need of increased police
protection which classification includes every non
criminal resident of the community will hardly en
thuse over the proposed equipment of police autoV
mobiles and motorcycles with radiophones until more
thorough tests have demonstrated the value of the
plan.
Radio telephony undoubtedly' is a great inven
tion and has, great possibilities of future develop
ment. The fact nevertheless remains that it is still
in an extremely experimental stage. No sending
station today can be certain of reaching any specific
receiving station with all its messages and no police
captain could depend upon the response of any par
ticular police car to an emergency call sent by radio.
That may come in time, but the time is not yet.
Meanwhile, there are methods of improved police
protection which have been tried and. proven worth
thai PaiMfie rnsnt at the Mexican nnrt nf TnnnlnVi.mnn
It would seem that the spirit advisors of Mr. StUweli ! wh,le- tt Omaha has the money, there are plenty of
had a bias in favor of north and south routes and did nch it can be spent to certain advantage,
' not car overmuch for immediate returns from traf
fic One questions that if whispers in the night ad
vised a route from Kansas City to Alaska they would
have found hearing.
The story he tells of a premonition against put
ting a terminal at Galveston can be believed without
acquiescing in the credit he gives supernatural ad
vice. The fact that a tidal wave destroyed Galveston
a few days after his yards had been completed in
. Port Arthur gives a-dramatic touch. Many others
have acted on similar hunches and found them justi-
: fied, but no one ever hears of the much greater num-
. ber of premonitions that prove false. ,- -
Common sense is not yet ready to accept spirit
ualism, even though It must admit that there are hap-
'. penings now and then that seem inexplicable by
human reason. When a builder and financier of the
Principal of these is the patrol booth system for the
protection of residential districts. This has been ap
proved by police officials and by civic- organizations;
it has not been put in operation because of lack of
funds. If funds are available, let us use them for
this trustworthy protection, not for experiments.
A plague of locusts is menacing crops in south
ern Europe The Italians are showing their in
genuity by sending soldiers with flame .throwers and
poison gas against them.
If it is correct for the state of Nebraska to own
a gravel pit, it certainly is all right for it to make
use of it. ,
The gasoline reserve supply may be high, but its J
altitude is no greater than that of the price.
Give Pedoairiana a Chance.
Omaha. June II. To the Editor
or Tne Haas every one walks, even
automobile owners. This aloae
should have assured popular ap
proval of a police Judge's recant out-
curat esainat motorists who crowd
anead or pedestrians st street cor
ners.
But no! A representative of the
Chamber of Commerce trafflo bureau
argued that it would not be feasible
for trafflo officers to leave their
posts to force motorists back. And
our chief of police announced he
would iaue no new Instructions to
irarrw ofricers.
"They back 'em up in Los Ah
galea," artued the Irritated police
Judae. "It's all wrong for an auto.
mobile to ba driven beyond the prop
arty line when the street la closed
by the officer, and pedestrians are
supposed to have the rlsht-of-way."
Apparently, however, what is done
In' Los Anseles, or for thst matter In
Ksnaas City yea, even in Council
Bluffs Is of no consequence in
Omaha, for many motorists continue
to pay llttla or no attention to trafflo
officers. The Chamber of Commerce
trafflo representative probably Is
right. If a traffic officer were to
start "leaving his post" to drive mo
torists back where they belong in
Omaha he never would be at his
post.
Uut why should a trafflo officer
leave his post to make a motorist
back up and allow pedestrians to
passr The officer is In charge of his
corner, even as a captain Is In charge
of his ship. A wave of his hand
should be enough to drive back the
most Impatient of motorists. He Is
paid hla salary for making the In
tersections safe. It ha doesn't do
this, why pay him? FAIR PLAY.
Short and to the Point
North Platte. Neb.. June '14. To
the Editor of The Bee: We notice
In the newspapers of recent date that
our government le about to take
action in Cuba to atop graft.
u our legislators in the United
States have a remedy for graft, al
low me to suggest It be put to the
test in our own oountry.
J. H. MARKS.
Tariff and History.
Tork, Neb.. June 14.--Totha Editor
of The Bee: Why should the people
get so worked up over the pending
tariff billt It Is periodic and waa
ever thus. About 40 years ago' the
owners of the steel and wire mills
asked congress for a tariff of 6 centa
per pound on wire nails that were
being Imported from Germany and
sold at S 1-S cents per pound whole
sale,, and then the democrats set- up
a howl In the "interests of the great
common people." as that would
make them 12 1-S cents per pound
wholesale, and then a poor man
could not fix up his hen coop or pig
pen, or even drive up a nail to hang
his hat on without belna- robbed hv
the tariff: and then one of them
broke down and cried In sympathy
for the poor people.
But a republican "interest-con
trolled congress" went ahead and
passed the bill; they began to manu
facture nails here, srlviha- work to
that many more American laborers.
wno in turn bought that much more
bread arid meat, and at the same
time nails started down until they
sold at Vt cents per pound, and the
tariff was 5 cents. Now the demo
crats say It can not be done. But it
was done! And the nails are used
as a sample of the principle in ac
tion. -
But under the Wilson bill .of 1894
our factories closed and the soup
houses opened. And under their
free trade the government did not
receive income enough to pay the
household expenses, let alone pay
ments on the national debt (which)
they caused) which we were paying
off at a nice rate. But they used
up our reserve fund and floated
1262,000,000 in bonds, and at nearly
twice the interest rate that we were
paying. . .
Then came 18 to 1 to raise prices
which the McKinley bill or any other
couia not do except is to 1. Well,
we got them both, in flat contradic
tion to what those "wise and good
friends of the great common people'
told us. Then, 10 years ago, we had
the same bunk over again, and got
the same results. When aome one
asked Mr. Wilson where they would
get funds for governmental expenses
under free trade, he said:
"Who said anything about free
trade? We cannot live under free
trade here: we must have revenue
for the cost of government; but that
doesn't mean protection, but just
tariff enough for revenue only."
Well, what did we get from his
administration but free trade ond the
most 'Of the northern products and
the highest rates on some things of
southern production they ever had?
Oh, but one fellow told me they
put cotton on the free list along with
wool. I told him we imported no
cotton, but exported tons of it, and
iv e Imported wool from places like
Australia and Argentine, where the
sheep needed no winter feed or shel
ter, but in their tropical climate, and
with $5 to $7 a month herders, they
could lay the wool down on our
shores for half what our people
could raise it for. Then he said:
"Well, then, we could get our clothes
cheaper, could we not? And that is
what we are after." Then I told him
to go there and herd the sheep in'
stead of charging $8 for eight hours
work here.
But back to that much-lamented
administration. They gave all kinds
of cotton goods protection (they
have the child labor cotton mills
down there), some of it in women's
and children's garments as high as
85 and 40 per cent. And whisky
(good old Kentucky bourbon) $2.50
por gallon, champagne $9.60 per
dozen quart bottles, and wrapper to
bacco $2. SO per pound. They did
not want the competition from
"cheap labor" tobacco from the Nile
valley to touch the south'. Now, get
this: Under the Underwood bill,
under its free trade previsions, our
experts fell flat, while our imports
raised to such a volume that. Instead
of a heavy balance of trade in our
favor, it soon' came as much the
other way, and as the gold was being
drawn from thia country and banka
began to tumble investors were hedg
ing and business at a standstill.
Mr. Wilson said "it was only a con
dition of the mind." Say,. .brother,
how would his face have looked In
one of those long bread lines waiting
in the cold for a cold handout? But
It is not out of place or respect to
say there would be a good place to
cure some of those fellows with good
Incomes that want to live cheap at
some on else's expense or sacrifice.
Take one more example of free
trade cheapness: Paper was put on
the free list and went up nearly 400
per cent, while the money to pay for
It and the labor went largely to Can
ada, and then came In free, and
some big papers that are in thla fight
for free trade have their own mills
"across the line" and bring It in free
and sell much more to others than
they use.
Is that "past all understanding
why some big republican papers
have turned free traders?" I think
not. , .
Now, back to 16 to 1. Then they
were quoting the "greatest statesman
of the old republican party" as say
ing the "crime of '73 was a con
spiracy of the money power to rob
i the people." And when asked why
OPINION-
What Editors Elsewhere Are Saying
Barnasa Wrong A boot Clrcaac.
rreot Ike ratefleaer.
Remember the time when, aa a
youngster, you Spent a certain sleep
less ntsht anxiously awaiting the
coming of dawn and, after hours
that aaamed to stretch Into eternity
your long vigil waa finally rewarded
by hearing a small voice pipe under
your window: "O-o-o-o-hool Come
on out. Clrcue Just got In"? If you
were a "reglar feller," In other
words, "one of the bunch," you
surely recollect the thrill produced
by this announcement. It only comes
a few times In a lifetime.
But enoush reminiscing- we are
all asreed that "thoae were the good
old days." The modern circus la dif
ferent because It no longer tries to
grab your money and run without
giving a fair return. It Is not only
blgser, but It Is better In all re
aoacta. The old eaylng "Barnum
was right" (referring to the claim
of the showman that people like to
be humbugged) Is not put to test by
the modern circus. "Treat ma puo
llo fairly, souarely. courtaoualy and
honestly," Is the new slocan. Than
too. certain objectionable feat urea
of the old-time clrcue such ss the
three-csrd-monte" players, shell
games, "con" man, wheels of chance
and other swindles have been elim
inated. Traveling Clinics.
Prom the Clevaland riala-Dealsr.
The Cleveland Babies dispensary
will carry Its services to sll the Im
portant towne of the county during
the summer months. A schedule haa
been prepared that will enable every
family In the county In need iOf its
services to secure the advantage of
expert knowledge of child care with
out cost. The dispensary's decision
they were not on the job to prevent
It the grand old man of the west
wss made to say It was never before
congress for open action; It waa done
in the committee rooms, and then it
"stole through congress like the si
lent tread of a cat, or the vicious
clause was surreptitiously Inserted
after it left the floor." Who does
not remember hearing that stuff?
Tet one democratic editor who was
overworking that line was shown in
the Congressional Record that It had
more time given It and occupied
more space In the proceedings than
any other question since the days of
the slavery debates. After a few
days he' republished the same old
dope, and wnen taken to tasg tor it
he gave his head a jerk sldewise and
said: "Oh, hell! Tou fellows don't
seem to know that we cannot remedy
these things without we get the of
fices, and we cannot get them with
out the votes, and not one In 500
of my readers will ever eee the Con
gressional Record, so I know what
am about.
Now. patient reader, you have a
true picture of a very large class
that would like to graduate this year.
For my part, I cannot give them
their certificates from the marks
they have made, as their grade is 28
instead of 93, and the sheepskin Is
not for sale. FRANKLIN POPE.
to go to ths people Is an Indication
of a desire on Its part to perform a
genuine community service of the
nil nasi type.-
Only in recant years haa the em.
phasis been placed upon child care
mat ina euejecc deaerves. Ana in
many cases avan now noverty and
ignorance still stand In the way of
coua wsirsre.
Hut there will be no legitimate ex-
cuaae In thla county front now on. If
bsby is not well the dispensary
wante to see him and tell yon why
and what to do for him. Visiting
the cltnlo carries no obligation of
any kind, except the obligation of
paranta to tneir chlldran, and the
dispensary goea more than half way.
. t'hlkl Labor and the Law.
Frmn the rretmae.
There Is Just one effect of such an
amendment which we would prophesy
wun conviction; mat la, it would
spawn a whole new bureaucracy, to
persecute private cltisana at nubile
expense. The question of child labor
it would leave, for all practical pur
poses, in statu quo, because that
question la one of economics and not
of politics. While for thousands of
families the choice continues to lie
between letting their children starve
and putting them to work, child la
bor la likely to continue; and con
stitutional amendments designed to
prevent it will be sbout as effective
as the 18th amendment la effective
to prevent drunkenness. We are all
for freeing the children, and we
think the best way to go abput It
would be to secure freedom for their
parents by making it possible for
tnem to get, keep and enjoy the un
diminished fruits of their own labor.
If, when this Is accomplished, there
still remain some greedy parents who
desire to lay up treasure through the
exploitation of their children's labor,
we ehall be glad to contribute our
best effort to any attempt which the
Federation of Labor may make to
restrain them.
Concerning the Senatorahlp.
From the Nebraska Republican.
Providing C. H. Gustafaon enters
the race for the United States senate,
there -will then be four important
contenders for the honor In the re-
publcan primaries A. W. Jefferls
and R. B. Howell of Omaha, Clar
ence A. Davis of Holdrege and Mr.
Gustafaon. It cannot be said that
the entry of either Mr. Davis or Mr.
Gustafson hss helped Mr. Howell's
chances any. Nor Is It certain that
Mr. Jefferls will benefit because both
men have good records and consider
able ability and are able to collect
quite a following.
While the senatorial contest is
four-cornered, the odde at this time
point in favor of Mr. Jefferls. He
has a certain following that will
stand by him steadfastly. His rec
ord of republicanism has always
been of the rock-ribbed type that
adheres to party regularity. For a
man of his forceful nature he could
not be otherwise. He has many
friends, because he haa placed them
before himself even on a parity
with his party. He is not self-im-
presaed, but rather too modoat to be
a successful pollt leu a. Represent
ing, therefore, a standard of repub
licanism that has mads hla party re
liable, he runs but small chance to
loaa his adherent
On the other hand. Mesara How
ell. Pavla and Ouatafaon are closely
allied In principles and motive
The flrat-namad la depending con
siderably on his record aa manager
of a municipal utility, Mr. Davis as
an enrorcer or tne mw and Mr. uus
tafaon aa a friend of the farmer.
Mr, Jefferls has not been noted for
his advocacy of public utilities, but
he has a good record for law en
forcement and of queatlona affecting
agricultural Interest Considering
the probability, then, that the vote
of Howell, Davis and Ouatafaon will
be divided. Mr. Jefferls haa, to many
minds, tha best chanre, because hla
eupport will be united. This analy
sis may, of course, be out of har
mony with future events, but It
seems In perfect eongrulty with pres
ent condition
Electrify the Farm.
Front the Portland Oresonlen.
Many minds are turned to the dis
covery of means to make Ufa on the
rarm attractive in order mat ma
drift of population may turn back
from the city. Trobably no means
would be more effective than supply
electricity to the farmer, that with
It he may run hla machinery, llxht
hla houae and barn, cool hla house
with an electric fun. lighten hla
wife's labors with all manner of
electrlo domestic appliances, and
generally relieve tha dullness, drudg
ery and darkneaa of farm life. That
Is the mind picture susseated by the
declaration of the Rout h west Farmer
of Wichita, Kan., that "electrical de
velopment la as essential to the fu
ture success of tha farmer as Is
the develpment of the tractor" and
that "this Is the psychological mo
ment for tha farmer to come Into
his own electricity."
No states offer a better oppor
tunity for farming by electricity
than Oregon and Washington. These
states are interaected by mountain
ranses from which flow streams
capable of generating enoush hydro
electrlo power to electrify every
farm ae well as every city In the
two states. Both states call for
more people to occupy their empty
spaces, and they could not find a
better drawing card than the power
wire can be tapped at every farm
er's front gste.
' Life on the Planets.
Fran the Indianapolis Mews.
As science Is knowledge, and as It
is the principle of science that no
aasertlon shall be made that can
not be proved, it must be assumtd
that the discussion in the annual
report of the Smithsonian institu
tion entitled "The Habitabillty of
Venus, Mars and Other Worlds" Is
mere speculation. The moon, it de
clare is a waterless, airless, moun
tainous desert, and there Is no
probability- of intelligent beings
there, the sun is too hot for life to
exist on It Mercury is also an air
lens, waterless waste of Intense heat;
the temperature of Mars is 60 de
grees below zero and it Is drier than
the Sahara: so only Venus remains
as a possible planetary habitation
for animal and vegetable life.
Let us conceive for the purpose
ef Illustration, aa otherwise Intelli
gent human beiag wno naa rw
knowledge whatever of aquatte life,
ves-etebla or animal, but waa fa-
and aalt. Standing on the aoabore
for tha flrat time ana ponaering ina
possibilities ef the vast volume of
salt water before Mm, he redity
reaches tha ronelualon that no life
ran estst In It. Men and tha ani
mals that he is familiar with cannot
breathe under water and tha upland
plants that ha knows cannot live un
der water. The eom-lualen, based
en Its limitations of his human un
derstanding and experience, la aa
obvious as ons of Rherlock Holmes
detective deduction Consider
the shock he would receive If he
took a steamer to croon the ocean,
and observed the graceful frolics of
the porpolsoa!
The mistake of the scientists Has
In assuming that all life is as our
life. This lathe llf. of course, ss Is
frequently and loudly shouted, even
In these Volatoad days, but It may
not be the only one. It Is too long
a jump from earthly limitations to
conclusions shout the planets for
anybody to take with safety.
Lemon Profiteers In Germany.
Pram the Leaden Times.
Cologne. Since the heat wave sot
In lemone have bean eo scares In
Cologne that even the hospitals were
unable to secure sufficient for their
own peed Taking advantage of
this shortage, a super-profiteer sent
a whole truckload of lemons to
Cologne, which had a ready aula at
1.900 marke (nominally (75) per
case of 130. The police, however,
stepped In and confiscated the whole
stock of 40.000, because the dealer
who bought them demanded 10
marks (nominally 10 shillings) each.
The proprietor of a big firm In
Cologne hae been sentenced to three
months' Imprisonment end a fine of
1.260.000 marks (nominally (63.100).
His method of profiteering waa to
fill Dutch bage with German sugar
and then sell it at very high prlcee
as foreign sugar. He was liberated
for a time after having paid the fine
and an additional ball of 200.000
marks.
HULBRANSEN
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Totnowow
TO give every housekeeper an opportunity to try the
famous Dr. Price's Phosphate Baking Powder, large
12-bz. cans will be put on sale tomorrow morning bearing
this special sale sticker on the label:
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SALE
. One 12 ox. can at regular price a a a 25 cents
One 12 ox. can at special price , ' OS cents
Two 12 ox. cans for . a SO cents
Perfect Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded
Did you ever hear of such remarkable value as this? The baking
powder is new stock, just from the Price Baking Powder Factory,
and every ounce is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. t
Every grocer has had an opportunity to get a supply for all his custom
ers; so go to your own grocer first and if he is unable to supply you, try
some other grocer at once.
Don't miss this opportunity
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you only 5 cents just think of itl
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