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A STRIKE AOAINST THE PUBLIC
Despite the hope of the neutral public which
suffers the damage and pays the bill of public utility
strikes no leu than do the actual participants the
railroad ahopmen have quit work, refusing' to abide
by n order for the reduction of their wages.
The reduction was not made by the employer,
the railroad executivea. It was made by a board
upon which the employer, the employes and the pub
lic have equal representation. Thii board took evi
dence, considered the case and finally ordered cuts I
which still leave wage scales from 40 to 133 per
cent above those of December, 1917. The reduc
tions had the unanimous approval of the three mem
bers of the board who represent the public, the group
which had no interest in the case aave that of de
ciding the issue upon its merits and for the com
mon welfare.
The following tabulation gives the wages in cents
per hour in December, 1917, when the government
took over the operation of the railroads; in May,
1920, under the board's increases, and the proposed
new scales:
employment, but part of their earnings are turned
over to the support of their families. JuiUce, hu
manity and common seme as well as the tense of
thrift rebels at the crude prison method so prevalent
in America.
December May
1817. 1920.
July
1922.
70.S
64.4
32.7
58.5
39.6
64.3
49.6
Shop mechanics 50.5 85.3
Carmen 37.7 Kl.o
Com. laborers (track) 19. S 46.3
Clark 34.6 67 5
Com. laborers (station) 22.3 62.1
Signalmen 32.8 77.3
Sta. nremen, oilers 21.8. 59.6
That is the brief atory of the events which led up
to the strike. The outstanding significant factor,
from the public'a standpoint, is not the particular
wage paid a particular craft Rather it is the fact
that a government board possessed of full powers
of investigation made a finding, its neutral members
concurring unanimouscly, and that the railroad shop
men now not only refuse to accept that finding, but
refuse even to hold further conferences to the end
that a transportation tie-up may be avoided.
The issue that most concerns the public is that of
the solution of labor disputes affecting public utility
service by peaceful methods or solution by force.
An effort has been made to settle these differences
by conciliation and arbitration. A tribunal has been
set up for hat purpose. Its creation and its earlier
decisions were met with acquiescence. To that ex
tent progress was made toward removing the strike
bugbear. The present strike threatens not only to
interrupt transportation and imperil the comfort and
sustenance of milions of people; its success would
mean that this plan of arbitration has failed, that
force alone is to determine the relations of capital
and labor in this most essential industry, that the
public dependent upon the railroads must stand to
one side while rival interests fight out their differ
ences, regardless of the damage and danger to the
innocent third party.
This strike is not 'merely a strike against a wage
reduction. It is a strike against peaceful settlement
of labor disputes, a strike against the public's
Interest.
STARTING AT THE SOURCE.
Will H. Hays makes a definite promise to the
women at their great national convention with re
gard to the moving picture industry. He says he in
tends to purify the movies, and to accomplish this
he proposes to start at the fountain. Naturallythat
is the place to begin. No stream will rise higher
than its source, and this is as true of moving pictures
as it is of everything.
We believe that Mr. Hays is sincere in his
declarations, although it is not to be expected that
only chemically pure films are to be offered in the
future. Folks whose mental stature is developed are
not to be satisfied with "Little Rollo" tales, nor is it
likely they will be asked to put up with them In
this, allowance is to be made for difference in taste,
fop divergent standards, and for the individual views
of the patrons of the moving, picture theaters. One
broad rule is capable of general application, though,
and that is that when a doubt exists it must be re
solved in favor of decency.
A picture that is not beyond cavil ought to be
condemned from the first,' for in such action lies
safety; but the rigid observance of this rule permits
the making and presentation of a wide range of in
tensely interesting pictures, with full consideration
and ample discussion of the problems and perplexi
ties of life and the exemplification of human aspira
tions and experiences. Mr. Hays has set himself to
a great task, and he ought to have the help of all the
people in working it out.
EACH PRISON A FACTORY.
That there is considerable aversion to the pres
ence of convict road camps in Nebraska communities
is readily believable. It is, for all that, regrettable
that these criminals are to be left without health
giving employment.
It is not good for men to be idle, whether inside
prison walls or out. Nor would many of these
prisoners prefer to lounge about in their cells to re
gaining some of their lost self-respect by honest
labor. The shirt and overall factory and the furni
ture making plant in the penitentiary at Lincoln
can not provide work for all these men. Yet some
tasks by which they could at once busy themselves
usefully and earn something toward the expenses of
their keep are sorely needed.
Industrialization of all prisons and employment
of their inmates at adequtae wages was recently pro
posed by Hugh Frayne, general organizer of the
American Federation of Labor. He would have them
produce commodities required for the uses of the
government, thus obviating any objection arising out
. f competition with free labor. There are 200,000
men shut up in 'the penitentiaries of the United
States, he declared. This is a tremendous burden on
taxpayers. . .
; Li. tame states afhe convicts are not only given
ARBOR LODGE A STATE PARK.
In tendering Arbor Lodge to the state of Ne
braika to be used as a public park, Joy Morton makes
the following stipulations:
1. That tha name of J. Sterling .Mnrtnn.
founder of Arbor Lodge, be preserved through the
acceptance by the aula of tha homestead.
5. That Arbor day as a holiday ba perpetuated.
1. To further the art of arborculture.
4. To properly maintain tha houie and
ground.
t. That In consideration of' tha sift iff Arbor
I .odea lo tha state, the people of Nebraska City
tranafer their title in Morton park to the common
wealth. 6. That the aiate build a permanent road
through, the park and Arbor Indue and Intersect
tha Htesm Wagon road, northwest of the north
entrants of tha lodge.
Eac hof theso provisions may easily be com
plied with. As to the first, the name of Julius Ster
ling Morton is inseparably linked with the history
of Nebraska. One of its earliest residents, he was
alone one of its most active citizens, and it is not
possible to tell the story of Nebraska up to the
time of his death without naming Mr. Morton.
If the people of Nebraska are true to their des
tiny, Arbor day will remain perpetually one of the
state's institutions. Its benefit is as undeniable as
its origin, which unites the names of two of Nebras
ka's most distinguished citizens, Furnas and Morton,
in intimate commemoration of great services. Un
less Nebraska foregoes a magnificent opportunity,
it will in no sense omit to foster tree culture. The
other stipulations are simple and present no diffi
culty or condition that may not be easily met
The offer is a most generous one, and it is not
at all likely that any legislature will cavil at the
proposal. Possession of the park may in time in
duce some extension of the thought, to the end that
eventually the state park board created by the legis
lature last year will have a real object in existing.
Nebraska Catches the Radio Wave
What State Editors Say at to the Present and Future
of IVireleu Telephony a$ an Aid to Society
THE DEE'S LETTER BOX
CONTRADICTION FROM SOUTH DAKOTA.
The democrats in Nebraska, or to put it more
precisely, the democratic politicians, grow raucous
in their condemnation of the code bill. They would
like to spread the notion that there 1s something
fundamentally un-American or at least, undemocratic
in the partisan sense of that word, in the code or cab
inet system of state administration.
In the neighboring state of South Dakota, the
governorship campaign is turning on the advisability
of adopting the plan which is in use in Nebraska and
Illinois. What is the amazement to discover that
the man proposing this change is the democratic can
didate, L. N. Crill.
Mr. Crill regards the 105 bureaus and commis
sions which fill the state house at Pierre as extrava
gance and suggests their consolidation under five de
partment heads. As in Nebraska, he would have the
head of the department of finance conduct a real
budget system.
Politicians and officeholders are reported to be
bitter against the proposed change in South Dakota.
Can it be that democratic opposition to the code ad
ministration in Nebraska proceeds likewise from men
who hope to find soft snaps for their followers?
WHAT PUBLIC CONSCIENCE 1 COULD DO.
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes predicts the day "when
child labor employers will be denied membership in
Christian society." This calls attention to the
public opinion more exacting, to the degree of
largely unused powers of social boycott. Were
ostracising those who violate moral or man-mAde
laws instead of condoning or overlooking such of
fenses, there is scarcely an evil, from reckless driving
to marital misconduct and child- labor that could
continue to exist.
The fact that isolated stockholders have neither
knowledge of nor power to control the management
of corporations in which they have investments im
poses a buffer to the effective action of social con
science. The efforts, continued through several
years, of stockholders in the steel industry to force
the abandonment of the twelve-hour day furnish a
case in point. Nevertheless those backward states
permitting the exploitation of boys and girls in mills
could be brought to time by being made to feel the
scorn of the rest of America.
An aristocracy of decency could accomplish much
for America. Wealth, blood and intellect, unsup
ported by moral convictions, can not be safely relied
upon for proper guidance. A society that exacts
consideration for the weak and frowns upon conduct
prejudicial to humanity, individually or in the mass,
holds out great attraction.
WELCOME, STRANGERS.
Strange, how men can. come in from other cities,
entirely unacquainted with Omaha, and turn up il
licit dispensers of liquor in places that local of
ficials never thought of looking.
Two prohibition enforcement officers suddenly
appear from Washington and find a beer party run
ning full blast in a hotel only three blocks from the
city jail. A few miles from the county courthouse
they find a roadhouse completely stocked with every
thing from beer to gin and whisky.
The United States district attorney, J. C. Kinsler,
accompanied these strangers who have such a keen
scent for violations of the prohibitory laws. Mr.
Kinsler announces that they have collected evidenca
of the illegal sale of liquor in at least 15 other places
in Omaha.
A statement this broad requires proof. If there
are 15 roadhouses and blind pigs operating here,
some more raids are due.
And if these inquisitive intruders from half way
across the continent make good on the assertion, the
next step would seem to be an investigation of the
reasons why our local officials are not enforcing the
law more strictly.
While The Omaha Bee has and does favor the em
ployment of convicts in road building work, this
paper recognizes the justification for apprehension
felt by residents of rural communities over the pros
pect of having a convict camp established near by.
Authorities need feel no chagrin if peaceful residents
decline to accept penitentiary inmates as desirable
neighbors. Another element of the problem remains
to be worked out
A sign of recovery at which Americans will re
joice is that Woodrow Wilson now takes his daily
spin about Washington sitting in the front seat with
the chauffeur, instead of reclining on the rear
cushions.
The grand jury at Boston presented a report re
gretting its inability to indict food profiteers, but as
signed plenty of reason for kicking. A grand jury is
no better off than a patron in a Boston beanery.
Primary election returns afford all kinds of thrills
for all sorts of people, but the winner seldom exults
till the last precinct is heard from. -
Hasting Tribune.
Adam HieeJe: Radio 1 no longer
looked upon as a novelty In and
around Adsm. county. It haa come
to stay and the people of thla com
munity have been anything but alow
about recognising that fact. There
are many receiving atatlona here,
and regular programs sent out from
Omaha and other places are enjoyed
every week. Many of the radio un
done here have bean put up by
school boy a. who conduct them suc
cessfully. The time is not far dis
tant when every successful farmer
in thla vicinity will use the radio to
advantage.
Ravenna News.
C. it. Caaa: The public mind la
being diverted from spiritism, evolu
tion, Induatrlal problems. Joyriding
and Jan. the point of diversion dif
fering with the individual, to marvel
at the my merles of the world's latest
senaution radio.
Bo fur aa the general publio is
concerned tha new discovery is yet
reason to hope that time will
method of dlaaemlnatlng vocal
vaudeville, or the strain of the lat
est fox-trot.
but for all that It appeals strongly
to the Imagination and there la
reason to hope that the time will
greatly enlarge He use ana adapta
bility, but the scientists have yet a
good ways to go to remedy its Im
perfections and make it positive and
reliable, all of which Is essential to
its real utility.
Nrlson Gasette.
Inula llu Inn nf receiving radio
plants in our town banks marks an
other step In Nelson's progress.
Thvnuvh thla asrvlra VI era siven
inrli mnA a-raln rennrta three times
daily and 24 hours earlier than was
customary before, Tne weatner re
nnri, ir a nrotection that fre
quently mean a saving. Aaaea 10
these, we have the pleasure oi tne
best amusements given in our
largest cities.
Falls City News.
L. C. Edwards: Falls City people
are enthusiastic over radio. They
gather nightly to hear broadcast
programs at local drug stores. Mar
ket reports, musical programs,
speeches and baseball news is
eagerly sought. Many young boys
save theater money and buy receiv
ing sets. Concert programs are
easily heard here and highly appre
ciated. Scottsblnff News.
George Grimes: Scottsblult ama
teurs have gone Into radio enthu
siastically and there are seven re
ceiving stations, one of them hav
ing lha higheat aerial In all western
Nebraska and eaatern Wyoming.
Husbands are spending the mshts at
home in front of the radiophone.
Amateur attempts at broadcasting
have been sm-iesaful fur short dis
tances. This cnmmuuity Is keenly
Intereated In everything that look
ahead, and the radio haa proved
popular not only for Ita amusement
feature but aa a valuable meana of
securing quirk and accurate infor
mation. Long Pine Journal.
Ted L. Hummel: Radio means to
Long 1'ine a cloaer touch with tha
outside world in both a business
and a social way. The market re
ports esch day give the town man
an eiual chance with his city
brother. We enjoy the concerts of
music and addresses of prominent
men.
Dcahlcr KuHtlcr.
E. J. Mitchell: Through the radio
receiving atatlon Installed by the
Deshler Commercial club, dally mar
ket reports are received and news
of Importnnt world events. The re
cent heavy loss by wind and hall In
Nebraska wss reported through the
Deshler station 18 hours before
dally papers arrived, aa the atorm
caused delayed malls and telegraph
ana teiepnone line were down.
Harrison Sun.
We have a receiving aet th.it
picks up news and music from the
Atlantic to the Paclflc coaat. Think
it great. We are unable to get
Omaha very good; static bad now.
Herman Record.
H. L. Swan: The first radio aet
waa installed here 10 days ago. Live
stock and grain buyers are enthu
siastic and many farmers are at
tracted to town by the market re
ports. The American Legion will
open Its new hall July 4 with dance
muslo to come from Omaha by ra
dio. Kimball Observer.
V. B. Cargill: There is no excite
ment here over radio. Three places
have outfits.
Wayne Herald.
E. W. Huse: The radio, wh,lch Is
growing in use here and on neigh
boring farms, serves to advantage
in speeding up market reports. It
brings to rural communities the
best in entertainment and Instruc
tion. It keeps boys profitably occu
pied and ia a deterrent to harmful
Idleness. The Wayne teachers' col
lege broadcasting station has been
an impetua to radio development
here.
Nebraska Politics
Falrbury News: After character
ising Senator Hitchcock as every
thing that Is bad. Charley Bryan is
willing to make an alliance with him
if it will advance his chances for
getting the democratio nomination
for governor. Charley seems to be
following in the footsteps of his Il
lustrious brother, William, who was
always willing to tie up with the
brewers when he needed their sup
port. Verily "politics makes strange
bedfellows."
StOckvllle Faber: In a poater
compiled from the tax reports of the
93 counties in Nebraska by the state,
finance board, of which Phil Bross
is head, we find that of every dollar
taxes paid the atate gets 19 cents
and 20 cents is spent In the county,
i cents in the precinct. 16 cents in
the city and village and 42 cents in
rural and city schools. In 66 com
missioner counties 43 cents went to
schools, 21 to county, 18 to state
and 18 to city and village. From
these figures we can see that after
the tax reduction enacted by the
special session last winter, that the
rest, for lower taxes, must be done
right there at home. Much credit
Is due Mr. McKelvie and the state
department for redeeming their
promise of a year ago, that they
would do all In their power to re-Hnr-
taxation. They have surely
done their part.
ottoMnff star-Herald: Now
that the smoke caused by the activ
ity of the eleventn-nour nungs u
cleared away, an accurate list can be
i i - tl.n.n man -arhn fit" A H SK 1T1K
the various parties to nominate them
at the primaries ana meu ereti
.i iortlnn to reDresent
v.kmiiia tn the senate ana
house of the Nebraska legislature.
Scottsblutr being tne meirupun
the western part of the state natur
ally feels a considerable amount or
interest in the nominations in ad
dition to the men seieciea m
...i.i ni mnresentative dls-
trict, for unless there is the same
cohesion and unity of purpose mani
fest among tha westerners as is al
ways vitally and manifestly apparent
in what nas come 10 uo
"Douglas county bunch' or the
"Lancaster county bunch,' there is
1M..1H a nt Tniinli needful leKisla-
tion in this part of the state being
shifted constantly ana muo
stantly to the bottom of the heap,
,i.v v,o final result that it finally
falls into the hands of the sifting
committee toward tne ciose oi ii
i .n, im rlumned into tne
wastebasket or given merely a lick
and a promise on the floor of one or
the other or tne Drantnes ui m
law-making body.
mu.u , nn redeeming feature
that will be manifest in the legisla
ture of 1923, tnis oeing mai repre
sentation of the entire state is more
nuriv anualized and the central and
western portions now have a suf
ficient numoer oi nprtmuwu, y
come somewhere near holding their
own.
nrm T r u.nnlii In thn fterinflr
V ill iu. ' - -
Midwest: If I am elected governor.
ana tne peopie are iu uo 8i
-i ixr rhethr or not theV
iriitiiivf i " " "
want me In that capacity, there is
one tmng migniy sure mem
not be any "state sheriff" gallivant
ing over the state in airships, brass
w.iHin a vis wov Brnnnii like a coun-
try circus. Never was there a Tom
show ' on tne roaa inai put n
.in.i- o n-irAa oa w Nebraskans
are paying for every day under the
guise oi a state iaw emureciucui
ji-.i-i T hm tt huffA Inlce
division. . o-
were it not so infernally expensive
ana useless.
nri.K th. atAf BPtHnir sucn an ex
ample of wanton extravagance, is It
any wonaer tne suite s lummnim.
i-.nt nf waste
etre buuci ii3 ,-" - - .
and consequent high taxes? Tne
rail roaa iaro ana nuiumuunc
maM rtrttriala anfl under-
UtJIIDCal V. MV v...-.
lings Is today costing Nebraska
about as much as the entire ex
penses of the state government were
wltnin xno memorj ui . j -of
middle ages.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward: Erie
B. 8miley. republican candidate tor
representative, made ft tour of nine
of the 11 towns in the county Sat
urday evening: nying iow over me
towns he scattered cards at each
town. . ....
Leaving the landing neia ai .
p. m.. Goehner Being tne nrai aiop,
flying at 100 feet the motor stopped
and waa forced to landJn a pasture
west of town. It took only a few
minutes to fix the trouble and he
was on his way.
Central City Republican: One of
the outstanding candidates for state
office on the republican ticket Is
W. M. stebblns of Gothenburg. He
never came to the front through
grandstand play, but by conscientious
hard work and the rare faculty of
being practical. As m. young man 21
years of age he homesteaded in Daw
son county, and his early training
In the school of experience was a
valuable asset in fitting him for a
euccessful business career extending
over a period of 82 years. Not only
is ne a successful farmer and busi
ness man, but he represented Ne
braska well in the legislature, where
he served three terms, and aa a
member of the recent constitutional
convention. He is recognized as one
of the really big men of western Ne
braska and no mistake could be made
in his selection as the republican
nominee for state treasurer.
Mixing the Unmlxable.
Down south they are endorsing
Woodrow Wilson and former Gov
ernor Cox as the leaders of tha
democratic party. But just how they
manage to mix this oil and water
the news does not explain. Los An
geles Times.
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Wsshts, !., June St. To the
Mlior of Tha Flee; Your laau of
June ST contains a letter from Mr.
I W. Jacoby, referring to a com
munication from U. II. Abel nf
llavelotk In whlrh Mr. Jaoohy aas
the farmers In the vicinity of Have.
lock will gladly join handa with the
iiavelock shopmen when they strike
July 1, He eas: "We may b able
to And work for moat of them a
good share of lha time, but la any
event wa ran always find something
for them to eat." Of course, the
striking shopmen should be paid
their present wage when working
for the farmer and observe the
same working hours, In order that
they msy not surfer by the change
Mr, Jacoby evidently believe in
practicing the injunction to "Hear
ye on another's burdens." I think
I have heard more complaint, and
that largely from farmers, of bur
densome rail ratea, and yet 44 or
65 cents of every dollar the railroads
receive for transportation Is paid for
labor, and labor costs enter so
Inrgely Into tha cost of every
thing the roads buy that
I am unnble to see how
the ronds can fell transportation
much cheaper unless Ihey can lower
their labor costs. From 100 to
1920 railway wages were Increased
240 per cent, while freight rate In
creased only T4 per cent. The Inter
state Commerce commlaxlon Axes the
price at which the roads may sell
transportation and the railroad lahor
board fixes the price at. which they
may buy their labor and labor costs
are nearly two-thirds of their oper
ating costs.
Mr. Jacoby refera to the "Esch
Cummlns guarantee," by which I
presume he refers to section 16-A.
I am certain a great many people
have a mistaken idea about this so
called "guarantee." I have a letter
from Senator Cummins dated June
26 in which he says: "During the
year 1921 the roads were permitted
to earn 6 per cent upon the value
of their property, but as a matter
of fact they earned only a little more
than S per cent (S.S1 per cent). No
money has been paid out or tne
treasury, nor will any ever be paid
to make up the difference. You may
verify this by making inquiry of the
secretary of the treasury."
Only 14 roads made over 6 per
cent in 1921 and they have been no
tified by the Interstate Commerce
commission to turn over ena-half of
the eacesa to tha government.
Mr. Jacoby sxys the roads have
tn reaping a run harvest recently,
lha Hurlington having taken
IT0.OOO.ouo and tha I'nlon J'atlne
Ul.ooo.uou out of Nebraaka last
j ear. prt auin he meana net. but
Ihey muat hava paid nut some for
amir in in atate during that lima,
The net operating Income for all the
roada In 1H21 was Islt.lflO.OOO and,
if. a Mr. Jacoby aay. tha Hurling
ton and I'nlon I'aclnY alone not
I10t.000.000 from Nebratka, all the
remaining ntlleag fared rather
poorly.
If Mr. Jacoby wanla "one bin
union" of the farmers and labor, ho
ouiilit to have It. I.abor would be
In tha same position to dictate
terms to tne balance or us, inclml
lug the farmers, that It now run
and there Is no reason to think It
would not, if w can Judge from the
recent past.
Mr. Jacoby ihen proceeds to rat-
tie the overworked ST-S3 skeleton,
the farmer only netting 27 rent of
the consumers dollar, lie tins lost
1 rent some plnce. In your Issue
of May 1 I gave some data from
the various government departments
and suite agricultural school bear
ing on this. 1 have aaked a number
of persons. Including Senator Cap
per, for data and authority for this
division of the consumer' dollar
and I now ask Mr. Jacoby for his.
He refers lo cabbage selling at 18
per ton In Texas and says the Have
lock shopman Is paying $225 per
Ion at retail, the other $217 going
to the middleman. Were It not for
one of the "middlemen," the rail
road in thi case, the cabbage
would not be worth even IS per ton
In Texas. In fart cabbage would
not be produced on a commercial
scale in Texna or anywhere else and
the Havelork shopman, or any other
would-be cabbage eater, would have
to depend on local production.
In the June 17 issue of "Weather,
Crops and Markets," published by
the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C, the averaare price
received by growers for the first five
months in 1922 for cabbage was
263.80 per ton, while the average for
May IS was $73.60. Prices by states
or localities are not given. Last
week Kloux City Jobbers were sell
ing cabbage to the retail trade in
crate at 4 cents per pound, or $80
per ton, and the retailer was selling
at 6 rents per pound, or $120 per
ton. Look like a pretty good mar
gin for the retailer, yet I notice
quite a lot being sold for "buyer's
orrer" or given away when It be
comes stale. Mr. Jacoby should re
member that "middlemen" are not
necessarily "men" but a series of
Nebraska Notions
Plus Valley Made. Reward: Wsny
times the boy In the family la rele
gated lo the most undesirable room
In lha house tha coldest In winter,
and the moat heated In summer. He
la scheduled to do all the errand
lor the chorea. If on a farm) and I
fortunate If hi loving alsters Include
him In their festivities. W ar for
a square deal for Ih boy. Ood
bless hlml
Ttlu Valley Blade. Reward: And
now Renetof Hitchcock nu
"suddsy" wet, waxes very dry. fan
you ben I It?
t'olumbua Telegram: Cheer up.
A hot summer goeth before a fall.
(Jerlng Midwest: "Hadlo" la not
an absorbing loplo with the farmer
who sees his products selling right
along at a price far below the cost
of production. He ran broadcaat In
remark on that matter far and
wide, and do It without the aid of
a radio set.
Rhelton Clipper: Moon now Mi
weather will be hot enough so the
women can wear their furr. Maybe
style has decreed It thst way, but It
looks funny to see a woman wllh
th north part of her body wrapped
up In fura while the south part la
covered with only a thin silk or cot
ton hose and low shoes to match.
costs Incurred In getting commodi
ties from producer or manufacturer
to the conaumer or user and miv
be transportation, labor. Insurance
or many other things necessary In
the process.
I have seen many attempt to
eliminate these "parasites" and In
nearly every instance all they
amounted to was to add another or
replace one with another. We hava
an Instance in our town, where two
businesses are now serving the com
munity formerly served by one.
without a particle of benefit to tha
people. Money is now invested in
two sets of equipment and two
stocks of goods with no benefit
When Columbus discovered us we
were living In Utopia or Altrurla.
We were not pestered with this clas
of parasites or only to a neglible
extent. Each producer was hi own
conaumer and vice versa. Now that
we have ceased to wear skin and
live on meat and root of our own
getting, we are prone to berate those
who do those things for us,
I think a complete tleup of trans
portation In this country would be
a good thing for us. It would dem
onstrate the good or evil of class rule.
whether rule In favor of on class
would be better than rule favorable
to one only.
J. K. M'GONAGLB.
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