THE OMAHA BEE: TUESDAY. JUNE 27. 1922.
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KEEPING AMERICA SOLVENT.
With the tame loose administration of public ac
counts and affairs that exists in Europe, the condi
tion of the United States would not be as favorable
aa it now is. If notable economies and reforms had
not been put into effect under President Harding
this country might have been in the same sort of
mess that afflicts so many other states, great and
small.
Senator Medill McCormick has added up the sav
ings to taxpayera accomplished during the republican
tenure of office and sets the figure at $7,000,000,
000. This is no small burden lifted from the shoul
der of the people. It is not too much to say that it
represents the difference between national bank
ruptcy such as afflicts France, Italy and the other
debtor nations, and our present condition of gradual
improvement
Establishment of the federal budget system under
Charles G. Dawes was one of the first steps toward
economy. Paring appropriations for the army and
navy and the discharge of surplus government em
ployes followed. There are many further moves
under consideration, among them the reorganization
of government departments.
Every American . should be gratified by con
templation of the summing up by Senator McCor
mick. The record, as yet incomplete, of businesslike
administration of national affairs reflects credit on
the republican party and should go far toward its
success in the coming elections.
that; they claimed to rule by divine right and they
got away with it. That time is past. In sport, as in
other things, the gam must be played by the rules
laid down.
FOR THE CHILDREN'S WORLD.
A great gathering worthy of public attention was
that of the International Sunday school convention in
Kansas City. What could be more important to the
progress of the humari race than that each oncoming
generation should be imbued with high principles
and ideals
A nation's ideals and institutions may be changed
in a generation, as was evidenced in Germany
and Japan, and in such movements as prohibition
and woman suffrage in America," said Rev. Jesse
M. Bader of St. Louis at one of the sessions of the
convention. "We have our opportunity with the
young people of today. There is talk of world peace,
but we must first teach a generation to love peace
and to hate war before universal peace is possible."
"You can cripple a child physically for life, be
fore it is 3 years old," Mrs. Maud Junkin Baldwin
added. "You can give a mental thought to that child
before it is 6 years old and it will carry it through
life. I sometimes look at the modern girl and boy
of the flapper and cake-eater age, and pity them.
This generation made them what they are. This
generation created the atmosphere about them."
As is natural, a strong appeal for the physical as.
well as the spiritual welfare of the children was
heard. "The sweat shops, the rice fields in Japan,
our own American factories and other institutions
that employ children to perform hard labor through
out the long hours of the day these are heart
breaking," said Mrs. M. S. Lamoreaus of Chicago,
and Margaret Slattery of Boston, the Rev. Charles
Stelzle of New York and others referred to the place
of humanity and democracy in religious teaching.
And what a trust it is, to rear or instruct even
one of the next generation. In so many ways the
present age has taken to wrong paths. Not a great
deal can be done with us, but hope for our children's
world is never lost. .
A CRIME THAT CAN'T BE BURIED.
Williamson county, Illinois, at last has buried its
dead the sixteen mangled bodies that evidence what
human beings can do when the beast becomes domi
nant, when the veneer of centuries of civilization is
swept aside by a passion of fury that makes men
into frenzied, unthinking, unheeding brutes.
These bodies were dumped into th potter's field,
unnamed, unsung, unpralsed. No mark of identifica
tion was allowed upon the pin headpieces marking
the graves. As so many animals these men were
slaughtered and at such they were burled.
It was not a pretty picture that Williamson: county
gave to the world last Thursday, when it turned it
self into an inferno of hate and death. H is a pic
ture still worse that! it shows in this continued hate
which follows its victims not merely to death but
beyond, which mutilates their bodies, which jeers at
their wounds, which upholds their murder.
Men sometimes kill each other in blind rages,
and repent There is no repentance in Williamson
county. There is glorification of the crime. It will
not happen again, the officers of Williamson county
say, if the mines are kept closed. It will not happen
again, provided the men who rule by murder and
threat of murder have their way.
This is not American. It is not civilized. It is
the spirit of anarchy which knows no government.
It is not by this spirit that trades unionism
thrives. If this sort of inhumanity had controlled
men's hearts during the last fifty years there would
today be no trades unions. If this sort of thing had
prevailed during the last 150 years there would today
be no United States of America, .
Williamson county deserves a condemnation not
yet forthcoming. It deserves condemnation by of
ficials of trades unionism which will not only rebuke
but which will prevent a repetition of such an orgy
of death in the name of union labor. It deserves
condemnation by officials of the state of Illinois
which will not stop with words, but which will in
clude a searching investigation into the underlying
causes of this riot and which will provide a reorgan
ization of government' and human contacts suf
ficiently thorough to restore law and order.
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
The heart of friend and foe alike goes out to
Governor Small of Illinois, whose wife lived only to
see him cleared of criminal charges and died in her
moment of rejoicing.
The tension of weeks of court proceedings passed
without breaking down either her faith or her will,
but the relief and excitement of the acquittal over
came her. So strange is the human functioning that
had her husband been found guilty of the charge of
diverting state funds she might have lived to fight
on for his final clearing. An emergency often calls
forth strength winch disappears with the necessity
that brought it up.
"Thank God she lived to see me vindicated," her
husband said in a touching statement "Yesterday
was one of the happiest days of her life." !
When men become figures in public life, they
seem to belong more to the people than to their own
families. The domestic side of their existence seldom
is thought of, and in the heat of political conflict
the human element is generally lost to sight. A
tragedy such as this will bring many closer to the
governor of Illinois, making him appear as a man in
stead of the impersonal representation of a political
machine. .
A NEW SORT OF RUNNING MATE
Wife and husband are campaigning shoulder to
shoulder for the election of Mrs. Peter Olesen as sen
ator from Minnesota. Husband and wife likewise are
on the stump in Pennsylvania for the election of
Gifford Pinchot to the governorship. Office seeking
thus has become a family affair. If there is dignity
in heing the wife of a governor, is there any less in
-ccspying the position of husband to a senator?
If Mrs. Pinchot and Mr. Olesen were the candi
dates they could not be taking more interest in the
contest In fact, both are given credit for drumming
up a good many votes. Mrs. Pinchot recently ad
dressed 1,000 women at a dinner in Scranton. "It's
not going to be an easy job to clean up the mess
at Harrisburg, to put the administration of the state's
finances on a sound businesslike basis, to cut out
the waste, the graft, the inefficiency, to see that the
Workingmen and women of the state, for the first
time in many years, are given a square deal," she
said. -
Unquestionably the women voters of the com
monwealth will have the more confidence in Mr.
Pinchot because of the demonstrated ability of his
wife. Two heads are proverbially better than one.
Perhaps Mr. Olesen himself will not be without influ
ence in the councils of the nation.
A SPOILED BABE.
Mrs. Babe Ruth declares the public is not giving
her husband a square deal. It might be retorted
. that Babe is not giving the public a square deal.
Babe won a fame not frequently equalled in the
extreme adulation it excited among thousands of
Americans, not equalled Very often even in a world
of sport which is given much to worshiping its
heroes. They still watch his batting average with
interest, but it is as one watches a thermometer reg
ister the heat of the day. The glamor is gone; the
"punch" has disappeared. Babe Ruth is still a swat
machine, but he isn't an idol any more.
There is some reason for this. The public, once
it has set up an idol, doesnt' dash it to the ground
without some cause. Sometimes the public's punish
ment exceeds what the offense deserves, but always
omewhere there is a cause.
In Babe's case, the cause is his own enlarged hat
fcand. Babe Ruth became too big for tfce game that
mad him. He thought he was making the game.
Whea the rule didn't suit him, he made his own
rnloa. There was a time when a few men could do
FOR THE SAFETY OF OMAHA.
Omaha needs the police booth patrol system. It
needs it for the protection not only of property but of
life. It needs it in order to meet the increased and
increasing danger of criminal minds, equipped with
agencies of destruction and escape which have im
proved while the police system of counter activity
has stood still.
The need has existed for months. Heretofore it
has not been met because the city commission pro
fessed inability to provide the necessary funds. That
excuse will suffice no longer. The commission is to
make its 1923 tax levy within the next three weeks.
It can provide for this in its budget, if it will.
The police booth pati'ol system is simplicity itself.
It merely provides for the establishment of booths in
the residential sections, so located that no part of
the city is more than one mile from such a station.
These booths are manned by policemen equipped with
motorcycles and they are at the call of the central
station to respond to emergency at a moment's notice.
The first five minutes after the commission of a
crime are the important minutes. The criminal who,
with a fast automobile, can put ten miles behind him
before police officers take his trail has won more than
ten miles. He has won open country, ample oppor
tunity to hide, double back or throw off pursuit in
any one of many ways.
We protect our property from fire by twenty-three
stations, located at points from which every part of
the city is readily accessible; within the year, money
has been appropriated for additional stations. We
protect our lives by depending upon two stations,
from which parts of the city are six miles distant.
We have 807 men to save us from fire. We have
only 242 men to save us from burglars and highway
men and murderers. The one may cost usvinoney;
the other, as has been proved with startling fre
quency in the last few months in Omaha, may cost
us the Jives of ourselves or our dearest ones.
"The criminal has progressed. He has adopted
modern invention to his foul purpose. The motor
car has increased his possibility of escape a dozen
fold, and by that has added tremendously to his dar
ing and courage. The fear of capture and punish
ment the one deterrent other .than conscience to
the commission of crime is missing.. .......
We must put an end to the "clean getaway."
Those words must be eliminated from the vocabulary
of criminal and police alike.
The police patrol booth system will help do it.
It seems rather foolish to talk of militarism in the
United States when the size of the army has been
set at 125,000 enlisted men. Compare the Greek or
Polish army of 300,000, and France's 880,000.
The Philippines consist of 7,083 islands, with a
land area equal to Pennsylvania, New York, .New
Jersey and Delaware, and a population of 11,000,000.
Rather more people and more land than one would
guess, offhand.
Congressman Fordney has refused to run for con
gress again, which ought to moderate the tone of
those partisans who are attacking him.
If Marconi can conquer static, all his other
achievements might be forgotten and still he would
be hailed as radio's greatest man.
The Bee's
LETTER BOX
There is, so to speak, a good deal that is striking
in the present industrial situation.
Mat the Fllipinit No t'rtrtxt?
Omaha, June t. To ina Editor
of Tha li: llav lha Filipino no
friend? rtfri in ti the independ
ence mion of Filipinos which Vis
ited I'lmMniU Harding A few tiny a
hi; 11 a 11. 1 aaked for tha fulfillment of
our pled to mailt Independence to
tha rhtlippines upon tha establish
ment of a aiitlilf government.
The sun. I fan h or the American
people la pledged to thl art of Jus
IP'; and not only our good faith, hut
our emir history and principles
aim in annul 1011 01 tha oeciur
t ton of Independent ara a guarantee
that thla pledge niuat and ahall be
lept. Jt la a familiar process of Im
perlallani to Promina everything from
"aelf-governmeni" to complete Indt-
pendente and then to do nothing-
that la, nothing except to consolidate
the occupation, extend it by "peace
ful penetration." "benevolent asalml
l.itlun." "temporary . occupation,"
"extending the bottnda of law and
order," "reudjuatlng the finances,"
"carrying out the niandnte," "bear
In the white man' burden" and
a hundred other hateful catchwords
of coiiijuest, tyranny and exploitation.
. Ye. the Filipino have friend in
Amcrlci. They have the vaat ma
jority of our people with them, be
cause our people, when put to the
teat are atlll true to our foundation
doctrine and love freedom for them
selves and othera above all material
gain or possessions.
JEROME ROONET.
The Ballot Bo "Strike."
Havelock. Neb., June 26. To the
Editor of The Bee: The communica
tion signed by G. H. Abel for the
Havelock local federation meets my
heartiest approval. We farmer In
the vicinity .of Havelock will srladlv
Join hands with the Havelock shop
men when they strike on July 1. We
may ne ama to find work for the
most of them a good share of the
time, but in any event we can al
wavg find aomethlng for them to eat.
Generally apeaking. I am opposed
to strikes and the deprivations and
suffering which usually attend ttfem,
but Mr. Abel In his concluding para
graph hints at one form of "strike"
which I can certainly approve the
strike at the ballot box. So at this
particular time I can endorse the
strike coming July 1, and the later
one coming July IS and again on
November 7.
Notwithstanding Home very emi
nent editors have scouted the Idea
that the laboring man and the farm
er can Join hands politically, saying
It Is similar to trying to mix oil and
water, yet the fact remains that the
interests of the two classes' are
fundamentally alike, even though
the farmer wants a high price for
his wheat while the laborer wants
cheap bread. For out of every dol
lar the working man pays for bread
the farmer gets 37 cents and the
other 62 cents goes to the fellows
who are so sure oil and water won't
mix that is to say, the "big boys"
and their satellites. I use the term
"bread" to include the ordinary
necessities of life food, shelter,
clothing, etc. and npt bread alone.
For example, the grower of cab
bage in Texas gets $8 a ton for his
product, while the Havelock shop
man pays at the rate of $225 per
ton. The other $21T goes to the
middlemen who are morally certain
that the interests of the farmer and
laboring man are diametrically op
posed. I am quite sure, Mr. Abel, that
your fellow laborers and we farmers
can well afford to "exchange Ideas
after supper when the chores are
done," and I know that we can
reach the conclusion you have hinted
at that "we might decide to go to
the polls and vote together for our
own interests." That is one kind of
strike the "big boys" fear most of all.
It is more than likely that the
higher railroad officials will secretly
welcome the strike of July 1 as a
step toward crushing the unions.
The roads have been reaping a rich
harvest recently the Burlington
took $70,000,000 out of Nebraska
last year and the Union Pacific $35,
000,000 and yet wages of the em
ployes were cut several times, and
farmers and business men were
made bankrupt by the exorbitant
freight rates. The strike will cause
so much suffering and inconvenience
and loss of property that the un
informed public at large will most
likely turn against the strikers and
place the blame upon them.
And yet the cause of the strikers
is eminently just. Twenty-three
cents an hour is the munificent wage
awarded maintenance men by the
railroad labor board, which holds
that this is a "Just and reasonable"
wage one which gives the lucky la
borer $563 a year on which to sup
port himself and family, provided
he has not sickness and loses no
time. Half a million men are af
fected by this award and practical
ly all of them voted to strike. And
why shouldn't they?
More and more I am impressed
by the wisdom of the position taken
by Judse Arthur G. Wray, that we
must finally come to government
ownership of the means of trans
portation and communication. Be
cause of garbled accounts given by a
press hostile to government owner
ship, our experience during the re
cent war is held up as a horrible
example of getting away from pri
vate ownership. But what are the
facts?
In 2 months of federal control
the total deficit was $1,200,200,000,
and this includes the shortage after
paying the roads an annual rental
of $906,000,000. The deficit was less
than $50,000,000 per month, and at
a time when the war had put an un
usual strain upon the business of
transportation. During the first six
months of private operation, with
the Cummins-Esch guarantee back
of the roads, the deficit was nearly
$750,000,000, or nearly $125,000,000
per month. These are figures com
piled and made public by the Inter
state Commerce commission. At that
time many claims had not yet been
paid and it is likely that the first six
months of private operation of the
railroads will cost the people of the
United States over and above the
freight rates they pay nearly as
much as the whole 26 months of
federal control. So much for that.
More than three years ago, in an
article touching upon conditions then
existing. I concluded with a para
graph which I now quote for the
benefit of the "big boys and I
ask them to sit up and listen:
'"If we are willing to let the bulk
of the manual workers of this coun
try peaceably retain the prestige and
privileges which the war has given
them if we ate willing to run the
country in the Interest of the pro
ducers of property rather than the
inheritors of property, then we can
head off disaster. If, however, the
financial and business interests of
the United State and allied nations
attempt to return to prewar eco
nomic conditions, then surely there
will follow an explosion."
I. W. JACOBT.
OPINION-
What Editors Elsewhere Are Saying
Built to Order.
"What's the matter with Smith
these days? Got lumbago or spinal
curvature or something?"
"No. he ha to walk that way to
fit . some shirts his wife made for
him." Life.
Kcry Man a Ktairaman.
fhilip iin! Praa la Nona AintiKan
K'virw
In tha field of International rela
linn, t'urioualy noush, i find tht
tha doctor, tha lawar, lha milliner,
the toll president and the "man
In tha atreet" all reveal an i.iml
roinielni'e. All are ready with a
definite aiplanntlon of tha Ilia of In
ternational aiK'iety, and all ate pra.
parr (I t uca( how thia unlirra
should b run. In very few caaea
mav It ba said that these compnti lit
authorities hava an accurate, ctn.
Hfically trained knnwlads of the
exact natur of international lociety,
and of the lama governing tha func
tions and tha relations of nations.
Th. nia..tii m nnrnnrhB tha itroh.
lam from th general principle of
the brotherhood or man; ma lawyer
from th argument of analogy to
ordinary political Inatltutlona. and
tha real from rtou point of view,
inoatly of a ntlmntal or emotional
character. Few of them. If called
upon to admlnlaur th ffalr of
municipality, would nav tn cour-
vn in a v nr at an nnlnton. but
mt iVin In theli vaat Icnoritnce
of the natur and functlone of Inter-
national society, have alight hesi
tancy to enunciate their vlewa. They
ar perfectly safe becua they ar
In no danger of being cauea upon
actually to run the universe.
A Tear of Haynes.
From Clavfland Plaln-Ptaler.
Every on who believes in law en
forcement wnicn, certainly, anoum
mean moat Americans hopes Fed
eral Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes i right when h aay the
prohibition eltuatlon "show a won
derful Improvement all over the
United Statea." Hayne ha been in
office a yer and finds conditions
materially better at the end man at
the beginning of the 12 months.
The Issue with which the commis
sioner deal I not one Involving the
desirability of prohibition. It Is not
a wet or dry question, but a question
of whether a provision of the federal
constitution and a law of congress
and, In thla state, a state constitu
tional provision and an act of legis
lature, shall be flouted or obeyed.
We have no quarrel here with man
or woman who honestly believe pro
hibition I wrong and Is using his In
fluence to have It modified or abol
ished; we Imagine Hayne ha none.
The man or woman with whom we
take constant Issue 1 the one who
violates the law.
It Is a question solely of the In
tegrity of the law. Those who open
ly or secretly violate the prohibition
statute are contributing, knowingly
or Ignorantly, to the destruction of
government.
"A sterner attitude by the courts.
; b4v'krd In public oimiihii " la one f
tha taiitra iiui by lUsne for the
' linprovfiiirnt ahoaiM in hta year tn
'I'ffux. Thuia iinniit be the lighten!
iloiil.t 1I141 if ttty 1 uuen who hi"
llatrt hi the lMiol,ililii of thf Inw
would tnaim th.it tlit aut hoi'iiu n-
1 fore thla particular utatut and thru
help ilicin ilo 11 ilirx would ba such
a tifiiiU'iiiitK of checks thai boot
IrgaeiH and I heir ocoiiaplratoi a
would be fiircH o.it nf InixInfM al
moin oer mailt.
It i up in the law -iipei ting pao.
pin nf rnvh I'onimtinli v to niaka their
position lear 011 till". They may
he renl prohibition If ihry want It.
html Italic.
Frimi ih l'i.;illirv t'ui'ilc l.trtMr.
Th Mrt of the op-n-mr danrea
to 1 lie iiiMiji'itiiiK tnunc of the mu
nicipal I1.1111I proves mkh in what the
sucrepHful street tl'tm-e of hut ear
denionatratrd; th:it a thoruuxhfare
properly pnved Is by no meana tha
vorat of (Linking floor, and on a
hot night, when Indoors la stulTy.
tha al f rei o entn tulnmenl is moat
welcome.
It la good to know that thia tArt
veiling begin' a long aerlr. thin
will txke 111 nrv part of the illy.
Healdea the dancing, in the liuermia
alona there will ln mat rumentnl and
vocal tuuslc, recognizing the insati
able popular appetite which Is In
creasingly ready not merely to ac
cept but to enjoy even the "classi
cal" immherH which ued to be
saved for the select few.
A pleasant manifestation of the
good will of J.OnO participants to
ward the bandsmen was the pres
entation of (lowers to th" leaders.
The competent musician chosen by
the city and often nmong them are
some of our best orchestral perform
ers feel a satisfaction In the popu
lar recognition of their effort that
count! for at least us much as the
compensation they receive. The only
rival of the bandsman for prestige
and Influence Is the policeman at a
park playground where children
play. Kach has a chance to be a
friend to the people especially the
younger portion that any politician
might envy.
Hjd th adaption of th cod In
I 11a present form when ha a
member of the Ivgiatatura that en
acted It, and who has inra found
' iiuintien things, in his notion,
against it.
I Candidal V II Itandall of Kan
dulph aland pat oil th cod. II
aaa he litliiit paa it and approv
I of It practically wnhoiil alteration,
I and la not dititii lined to ga before
. th peopla on I'.a nu ilii
I I'lindldal Adaiil M. Mullen c
knoMleitaia Hint Hie mile la now
llu and wIiiIh It ni.iy ba a llb!
tn chins II hi some minor leapect
lt ahuulit nut be tampered with to
any particular extent without hav
ing men It a vet further trial.
Mr MiMiillin la appreciative of
tha f id that Ihu governor cannot
ai tin 1 111 (ly t'haii the cod Uw: ha
la merely a aervSnt ut tha people, a
co-worker with tha legislature In
creating liivva that ar believed to
be for the betterment of the peopl
and repealing those enactments that
are of no benefit. Therefor. In hi
capacity as governor, he leada ua to
believe that If the next legislature
wlahea to amend th code, and he
la governor, h would b willing to
co-operui with th legiaiailv
bodies In framing amendment that
would cover whatever defect th
taw mav aaemingly hnv. In short
h would not have us believe that
h would b butlhrnded on any sub
Ject that might com up In the leg
iHliiture, hut would be open to con
vlctlon and trust to hi experience
in adminlMratlve ulTalr to point
the wa.
The Code as an Issue.
From the Xtbraika Republican.
Voter generally are being be-
seeched to accept the civil adminis
trative code of the McKelvie admin
istration as an issue in the coming
gubernatorial campaign, now that It
Is distinctly understood that taxa
tion depends upon the legislature
and not wholly upon the chief ex
ecutive of the state. He who lays
particular stress upon this portion
of our state laws is Candidate A. H.
Bryum of Bloomington, who op-
I'oil-Wnr Change.
Fmm 111 RMK of nv!tt.
A great war stimulates private
and public effort in such abnormal
was that it has heen historically
true of all modern countries that
the period following war effort of
fers pecullnr difficulties and results
In marked change. War activities
Involve the expenditure In a few
dajs or weeks of as much public
money as had been ordinarily raised
and spent In an entire year. Be
sides the millions of young men em
ployed as soldiers and sailors, the
war period multiplies the civil ac
tivities of government, and the new
bureaus provide places for myriads
of 1 eople who find public employ
ment more agreeable than private
effort. Demobilizing armies and
navies usually proves to be an eoalef
matter than dismantling obsolete
bureaus, and discharging civilian
supernumeraries. War taxes con
tinue to be Imposed, long after peace
haa been made. The habit of com
mandeering and controlling on the
public side, and the habit of prof
iteering and evading on the private
side, which are so characteristic of
war periods, have a decided tend
ency to linger on when war la over.
Millions of men wearing uniforms
In war time are not merely told
that they must obey and must not
think, but are so organized and
drilled under the traditional dis
cipline of armies that they lose toi
soma extant th pawr of alf-dlre-Hon
and initially that I dvop4
III ill wholeaom aetivlti f ordi
nary IK. Far from bona ot
thing for million of voung men t
have military ditvplin or '
ft'ltflftllimiM mm twLA tnf. Ih
th 1 ruili l. rather In in ipion
lilitrtmn Military Ufa haa a tend
my to puralsta snm f llw fcul
lira of th averag oldir Whan
war 1 ovar and ha I broyaht back
tn ephri of life shirt ne muet
think for himaelf, make decision,
and fac tha advania or dtaad
vantasee of freedom, b finds that
I' 1 army life has md It hardec for
linn tn aucraeit under exlailnat con
dit'on. Thr ar Individual oxoep
tloiia. but th truth of thla general
ohai'ivatton la too olivloua to be
denied. Th beat, soldier h4 to
become automata, and good bat
tallon was produced at the eacrlfiee
of much that belonged properly to
th Individuality of the human unit.
Moat of tha reatleaaueaa that It at
trlbuted tn other cauaea, audi aa
prohibition. Is in simple fact du to
lha return of million of aoldter
lron camp and field.
F.nfuroe IU or Kill It.
Eiir Howard is th Calumhu T irna.
Kvery law on the hooka of att
or nation ought to b enforced or
repealed.
Any law which la laughed at by
th people of a atata or of a na
tion should ba enforced o rigidly
that the enforcement would stopth
laughing, or els that law should be
removed from th books.
The 18th amendment tn th n
tional constitution should be en
foued not In letter. bcu that
would ba Imposalble but In spirit.
American citizen should b given
to understand that when they mk
an oath tn support th constitution
of th United Sates th oath ta with
out reservation It mean allegiance
to the whole of the constitution, and
not to a part of it. Ijix obedience
to one sertlon of th constitution
today will lead tn lax obedience to
some oiner aecuon inmnrrow, inn
soon the people nf the nation will
be arrogating to themeelve the ab
solute right to obey such sections of
the federal constitution as may
please them, and the right to spit
upon such sections of that document
as may not please them. This will
soon lesd to conditions akin to an
archy, because it must be remem
bered that contempt for on law of
the land quickly breeds contempt for
other laws.
Just a Nickel.
From th t.o Anitlaa Tlmai.
The surface cars In Chicago hava
reduced the fare from 8 cents to 7.
The passenger can get three ride
for 20 cents. Through all the
wrangling about rates the yellow
lines In Los Angeles furnish about
the only large system in th coun
try where the nickel fare ha, been
steadily maintained. Life in Lo
Angeles is not so frightful, after all.
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few Cans left!
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You can still take advantage of the
Big
Be
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Sale
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raruifi rr7rinn rprs
SOME grocers still have a small supply of the large
12 oz. cans of Dr. Price's at the special price of two
cans for 30 cents.
If you have not taken advantage of this big money-saving
opportunity do so at once.
The cans bear this special sales sticker on the label:
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SALE
One 12 oz. can at regular price ... 25 cento
One 12 oz. can at special price . . . 05 cents
Two 12 oz. cans for ..... 30 cents
Perfect Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded
Remember this baking powder is new stock just from
the Price Baking Powder Factory, and every ounce is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
See your grocer at once!
Go to your own grocer first and if he is unable to supply
you try some other grocer at once.
Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to get your two
cans of this famous baking powder while the limited supply
lasts. Positively no more cans of Dr. Price's will be shipped
into this state for sale at this special advertising price.