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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1922)
niK OMAHA BEE: THURSDAY, SKPTKMISKK -I, 1U. The Morning Bee M01NING-lVrNING3UNDAV Tre ate rutn.UHie eoMraajy ftlUOM , VrtJtkL, fa.ii.ker, k hktW.lt, U Maaaeer, Mtutia or thc ajjocuhd pint I "i. w ff.ISt.i r M i TL af Tt bw a) , fravW. at. I .lt.il at ar aaf ft fei.eie Hi,u Ks'k-aaaa. A,k far Ik Parana,. at .. ae ere) ae link, i'n, .i r Mi AT laatt sUlll fclM.M, Atlantis Mil M Itli. 1000 Meia) lff -- 1 7l ana) farse C. if, .... it ...! 0i. a. n w. Cf. f sa4 N Vn !( Kilik Ateaae Wi.hiri'ea - in hurlt , t'kir.g . . . itlt lnr ma. Paris, hmi- III Rue Ml. Hu DEFLATION" IN 1920. No clearer evidrnc of lnincrity and n- more fag-rant osample of "buck passing" could b af forded than th democratic slat jiUiform plank on "deflation," and Hitchcock's comment last Saturday on tho subject in which ha say; Th riulli nn purlv, through its il,iifnrin ami lt candidate. In 1124 attars) Ilia (Uluocietlu administratiun for. in nation, mnl iltimaiided and roiu!d deflation polity if mtrualed witll "Immediately after Ihla wa mad lha retiub llian .. , in, mi ti, deflation policy was begun by iii i'iiri rru,ra hoard Anordir..: iv tr-p economic plan ty which the r'd real Rvarrit dank functions, "(Inflation" can be con trolled by this bonk in two ways. One I by ineroas ii f in.cu.t lutis ( barged by tho rVleral Kusrrve bank to lh banks with which it ilaala over tht country, lha other is by forcible retrenchment of credit ex tended ',y the Federal K.si-rvo bank to connect Iflz haul s in thin country. In common parlance this latter a'n.-.'y mc. in tiioiiii.nK of loana by the Federal He rv bank, thereby forcing Ilia railing or rtrrmh mmS of loans on the purl of connecting banks. Will in unj tha democratic administration were in f..il co.trol cf tho Federal Reserve system until March 4, 1921, tba elite that Tresident Hardlnir took i ifire. Th ropublicnn nationul platform was adopted tn the tveninK tt June 10, 1920, and that is tho date livmot ratio lender amijrn as the beginnlnic of de flation. Here ate the real facts: III December, 1919, tho Federal Reserve bank an nounced that it would increase interest rates, and did sa. The rate at the time this announcement was made was 4 1-2 per cent, aVd there followed In rapid succession a aeries of Increases in thc federal discount rate until it reached 7 1-2 per cent. This sinister and unwarranted im-rcau in ratemmarkad the befc-in-ninjf of "deflation," which was to bring inevitable business depresnion and ruin to hundreds of thou sands of farmers and citirsns. That was December, 1919, year and a half before the end of the Wilson administration. "On January 1C, 1920, member bunks of tho Fed eral Reserve system were notified the loans from ten- tral institutions must be radically reduced. This waa the second step of "deflation," resulting immediately in the further curtailment. of agricultural and other, credits. Indeed, tuo resujof this'ordqr was immediv ate'ind sinister. On February 13,'l920, less than" 30 days following the issuance of this order by tho Federal Reserve biard,anpouncemcnt ,was made that during the our weeks just ended tho Federal Reserve banc had reduced its loans in the aggregate of $111, -000,000, This statement was based on reports from 804 banks in the Federal Reserve system. This re duction of 111.1,000,000 was made more than a yea)- prior to the end of the Wilson administration. ' , Nor were the misgivings in connection with the Wilsonian policy confined to republican leaders. On January 23, 1920, Senator Owen, democrat, Okla homa, member of the senate committee on banking and currency, and one of the authors of the bill cre ating the Federal Reserve bank, attacked the policy of the beard in raising interest rates. He pointed ' out that the policy adopted had caused the decline in the price of Liberty bonds. If Liberty bonds, having as the security back of them the total wealth of the entire nation, were depreciated by the policy cf the Federal Reserve board, it required no vivid imagination to realize how farm and other credits would suffer. It was, as stated, on January 23, 1920, when Senator Owen, democrat, made his direct charge, over a year before the end of the Wi'son ad ministration. One of the first protests that the Wilsonian pol icy of the Federal Reserve bank was injuring agricul ture was furnished by Senator Gronna, republican, of North Dakota, chairman of the senate committee on agriculture. On February 9, 1920, he introduced a resolution in the senate to instruct the committee on banking and currency to investigate and report to 'the senate the amount of loans made upon grain by the Federal Reserve and other banks, and to inves tigate the alleged cause of. withdrawal of funds .to irovide loans and extensions or renewal of loans upon wheat and other cereals. On May 15, 1920, Senator McCormick, republican, of Illinois, introduced a resolution in the senate similar to that introduced by Senator Gronna in February. The continuous objections and complaints trom all over the nation began to tell on W. V. G. Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve board, and a democrat. He addressed a letter to Senator Mc Cormick in which he said: 'Discount rae aJvsme have cheeked credit trnM'tt(tit aomewhat, hut have nut bfn en tirely effeollv In hrlnln (uut th reduction in luan lair! and whloh mlsht normally have hn xpet4 during lh early months of this )r About thia time. May. 19.0, Governor Hardin f the Federal Reserve board, complained that interest of necessity curtail agricultural loans. II said that member banks had tent notified to rut out all non rwential loan, hut left uarh bank sole judge as to what it regarded iion-eMcntial, What did this mean? Bank dealing almost cluivcly in agricultural oans were commended to curtail loan. There was only one place they could curtail, and that was on agricultural loan. Governor Harding and his fellow democratic member of the federal reserve board knew this, and tney also knew that the discretionary power with which they vtsted agricultural banks wit absolutely meaningless. On Juno 9, 1921, Senator Simmons, democrat, of North Carolina, member of the "southern Hoc." while discussing the bill to increase tho funds of the Federal Farm Loan bank, said: "I have no hi-itatln In saving Out ilia narrow pnllry of llm flrrl rvarrv hoard with r,el l agriculture ami Krl.ulliirl loana In the. mai ler til 'drfltttl' li' urnl In thu matter of rralrli I Inn i.f credit at th m.-nng time, and going tim far In In j Ui direi'iluim, i:ihi.Ii J wllh the fmt of Ihalr Inking th (lit mrticlly ufT the Inlereat rata uhiiiged hy the fmlrral rraerva board, In Urgtly i jniiillil fur tho eumlilion In hh'ti llm farmer tlmW himself tuiliiy," a Thesa are the real facts as to the history of "de f latiorr" during thu last year and more of the Wilson administration. , Hitchcock either knows or should know theie faits. Hitchcock should have used his nfluenre against this policy during the last year of he WiNon administration along with his colleagues, Senators Simmons, Owen, Representative Garner and many others of the "southern bloc." If it Is his desire to srvo the public, and particularly the farm el s, fuco the deflation proposition frankly, past, pres ent and future, and not now be engaged in' "buck pusslng." Nothing more amusing has been offered in this campaign than the effort to credit thc republican na- ionul platform of June 10, 1920, with the "deflation" policy oi the Wilson administration before and after the adoption of that platform. Yet tho matter is far loo serious for jesting. The situation today, as in the past, calls for real statesmanship. Only those who face tho fa its of the past frankly can qualify as proper hands in whieh to place the future solution of questions which so vitally concern thc life and prosperity of thc people of Nebraska and the nation. "From State and Nation" EJiloriah from other nempapcri Juailfjliiii Iho Anierltwn Itn-akfaeh Vtm Ike N.v ftis Wurl4 The Amerlian breakfast came In lor niurh msdleal reproof a genera linn ago as being too hearty for a!l hut manual lhortr. Drain-work in wvr ieeily eanllnnd sgslnt It. As a rreull of Wlda dlsletie ml sinnary work It was simpllrtrd hy the elimination or meal and ht brvads. Now, with the reform feeted and in general ohei'rvanr we are aekd to undo It and return 10 the old eiibataiillitl meal. The aledlml Itevlaw of Jtevlew I. a obtained urofi-aaional oiiliiln I rom 4 elates on III suhjent and discovered that TJ per rent of th lihysii'lsn uurailonr d fnvnr a heart lil'rwkfnst fur pereon lit sedentat ocriiiiatlun. A an exnmnl of th inaloniy view. Dr. K. J. t'nderwood of th Mlttipl sist board of health recommend "a fairly atlh ( at filial brrskfnat of fruit, eerral. bui'tin and asa. etc.." followed I a light luncheon and a heavy meal at In the evening, a eoniiw Iv to bi-lter niailtnl Work." It I not long slm thi rrglnien for bralnworker might hove been deemed heretical. Hut medical judgment no lea thin judicial aro auhjei't to reveraul, and It la only nomninn sens mat tne intaiieriuai worker nerd as much food a th manual worker. Writing a lw brie atliniiliitr the, nppetlte null aa keenly a a round of golf. Th plnn of a hearty break fait and a light luncheon I exactly contrary to the continental practice. Hut the point for special remark la tha return of he traditional American brrakfaat to lla old atatua. Expert medical opinion tool It awny and expert Incrilcnl opinion now restore It, to "Moat people' Biitlxfui'tlon. HOOF-BEATS OF FASHION. The saddle horse is coming back, they say in the cast. Instead of following prairie trails the mount of today trots along the bridle paths that lace the well kept parks of the larger cities. It would be cs strange as it would bo pleasant if the wet;t were to be won again to horsemanship, oven through the influence of eastern fashion. , ' Athletic young visitors from the cast seem sur prised to find that horseback riding is not more prev alent here. Sometimes they hire a saddle horse and Indulge in solitary jaunts, wondering why this sport is so neglected. There are several fine stables of saddlers in Omaha. Back of them also is the tradition of the old four-footed west. We shall see what we shnll see, and if once Omaha adopts the style, it can hold its own in this once familiar sport. fX WAR CLOTJQS LESS DENSE. Probability of a serious clash between the Kemal iats and the Allies is lessend by the word from Paris that England and France are reaching accord as to how they will 'proceed. Mustapha Kemal is a shrewd negotiator as well as a cruel butcher, and he may be credited with sufficient discretion to evade Incurring rt direct blow from England, even in hope that such a blow might arouse Mohammedans in India to action. Uefore the latter could provide assistance, Kernel's campaign would be crushed, and any hope Islam has of him would be in the dust. These are the obvious aspects of the situation, nnd it is not a difficult conclusion to think that Kemal will welcome any sort of "conference that promises to leave him in possession of Smyrna, from which he has eliminated the Christian by the effect ive method of extermination. 'Responsibility for Kemal rests mainly with England and France, and the world expects them to agree on and apply the means of quieting him. PAGEANTRY AND THE PEOPLE. Ak-Sar-Ben has just had its first experience with pageantry on a large scale. This, of course, does not mean to minimize in any sense a remarkable series of displays, parades, procession and the like that have been offered for public amusement or diver tisement during the years of Ak-Sar-Ben's active existence. Each of these has some of the elements of pageantry, yot each, has been but a fragment, in that it did not purport to detail a connected and properly rounded out talc. But the pageant of "Quivera," presented in two parts at Ak-Sar-Ben field, is the perfect conception of the show, an elaborate presentation of a theme in all its elements, with the parades, dances, chor uses and the mass as well as the individual move ments, groupings and changes, in fact a drama com plete and-perfectly, developed. Its success was not especially to be wondered at, for the people are ever receptive in mood for whatever has an appeal to the artistic, and here they found a most welcome oppor tunity Jur gratifying their tastes in this regard. And, now that Omaha has been introduced to the pageant in its true form, hope may be expressed that the first will be but the forerunner of long list of similar displays, just as the torch-lit exhibition of tweny-eight years ago begot the magnificent electric ! parades that are the admiration and marvel of hun j dre.ls of thousands of spectators each year. Pag i eantry and th people are pa!. 1'tttf Wit I In Traio.lt. Cram the SI. Loul, alobe pemorrat. A Colorado paper grow Indignant because easterner, particularly east ern writers, occupy the Inaistent at lltuile that the wext ahull continue 'ha picturesque wilderness thut their fancy puinta It. "They dcalre tn weat tn remain aa it waa nair i centurv iiro for the benefit of th easterners' vacation," any the weal-i-rn editor, adding that "the weat hn been trylnir, not very siieceHafully, to allow something of tim old west to remain for tha benefit or tile enat erner. but not to leave It a wilder ncaa In ordur to supply a mada-to order mint en scene for novelist and playwright." It la true, even we weterncra re gret somewhat tha pusslng of our early pioneer scenes and ecenery, dui we trust the romantic-minded east will not resent our skyscraper. We can't all llv and carry on buslnee In log cabins, sodhouse and tepee. We have to rtow un. And beside encouraging Lncie Ram to lay out vat demesnes In na tional porks for our beloved and wel come cousins to tho eatwnrd to sunt through In their outinga, don't we immune roaeoa ana wnu weei festivals all over the mountain and t.ralrle states for their apeclnl edl- ficntlon In our untamed life? Cun thev exnect our entirely clvll- fr.ed Indian to obligingly offer their famous tribal dunces In turkey feath ers and buckskin and converse In How hows" with the white strang ers, though they may have diploma nt home? Weft Is west nnd east Is east, and the two nro Inevitably becoming very much alike. Water for the Crop. Prom tho Shulton (Neb.) Clipper. All the Plrttto valley needs is an uinple supply of water to Irrigate the land when thero is a shortage of rainfall. Until that times comes ?onie crops are likely to be cut short by dry weather at least that has always been the history or tnis sec tlon of Nebraska, and we hav no reason to beliicvo that nature will provide anything different. Once this large acreage Is under Irrigation ditches the great Flatte valley win at once becomo the garden spot of the country. Wonderful crops are being pro duced along the valley this season where water from the river or pri vately owned pumping systems are in use. There was sufficient rainfall in most localities to insure a bumper crop of everything but corn this summer.. However, irrigation would no doubt have doubled the yield of nil crops on dry land, and irrigation will and must come to the Platte valley. If the proposed government ditch between here and North Platte Is not forthcoming, then every valley farm should have a pumping system. Sufficient water is one great need of the farming industry in central and western Nebraska, and the sooner the farmers realize this fact the bet ter it will be for them and everybody else. prretrvation Is the fnt law of nature' might have tii mad to day with perfect t i.ntiatrm y. And 4v, wht-n y.ui tome i think of it, drn't II arem if i'atry I roi krit waa dreaming .f the d.iy i f "Jlt-nry" and iuutr tar when he told the world to "H ure )ou are rig n brrare 'u go al'iMd ' t'.ood nid !ve! How ardently many i t ua wiah you could ha here today to proclaim that warning to all he'dlea driver of automobile "The People's Voice titeil fiaaa tdnt el TVe Meta 0. Maaaafe at Tte Mwaiag are koiwat la Iki, laluaaa Ireaie tar eteeaaM e aller el awtilu !. I. WHCN YOU FEEL YOUR BELIEF IS SIGNS SUPPING QuKailiiM on Tatatloit. Weveriy, N.b-T iha K.I It or ine uniana He: Taxation, la aa aure neain, nut, while In lerrme .. death, hava not been materially en nam -en in me p,i r,w ),ar. th nuruen or taxation ha caused peiennlal murmur 10 art, m vi- nm uay mr or i" i-nimra i"r iiri rr nrnteal. varying acta of folly, but wht-n the We are lated be.auae w can iinii i-Miiaipia t'i a uaiviirin i mil eervicea inrittian mie mm. thotightlceaiiee at th rrnaeing thut merit that rouM nut obtain tmli brinna ua lit contact with a faal vidutlly. flue fatal 101 ailfllal M Pet aatab. moving train th lag required of u I intent wttneaae to tha fart that taxea la not only burdenaume but Utterly have Inereaaed: are wo aura that tha deatructlve. Old Man 1'ialh la the tax collector then, and h won't ae ccpt anything le than your life, and lb live of your pnuger. aervlre of government have liu rroi en proportionately? IVrhap our larwt hem of tx tu n I to aupport tha school. Hav III echnul Improved; hav the Im proveinrnia ,tf any, tern accured at it re.ieonabla exprnae: ate they rea. It will be Inlereailiig to observe V" ""'r""I" i'rovenieni. .....,.p Hmi rai'eiiav lie n llluo l4iw 'nforoenHfit, Ir'ruii tfca lOuo Suit Juurnal. Ih piogreas of the blue law enforce ment In I'iqo, If th experiment of taat Rtinduy I eontlnued. Iiat Hun- duy in thut Ohio city tti old luw pro hibiting labor regarded a not eaaen Uul on th flrit day of thu week wa enforced and th panpl aem to have aneeptrd th aituatlon good iitiluredly; perhnps, however, ehitf Iv becaua of the novelty. No ar- real were mud for violation of th law, but anin cuae are pending fiom the prevloua Hunday, when th mayor proclamation had not yrt been leaned, and, If thime held for tiffenac ngniiiat the old law are uniformly aniuiitud by juile. It will b a pretty good Indication thut ubllo ai-ntiiiient t overwhelmingly agulnat Puritan Munduy ciiNlom now and therefor that the law I a dead etter. The result of th rigid enforce ment of the old Hunday law aevm to have been different In Home re r pet is from what the advocutes of his return to the old regime nnd anticipated. An minimally large rrowd wa preienl at a baseball unit In a place a little wuy outilde th city's jurisdiction, and great ac tivity waa reported from the golf nurse, also beyonu tne city umiia. The church attendance wa un wnntedly small and thi fact I s rribed to the absence of street car service, which, along with the moxt other activities Involving Inhor, wu under the ban. A group of moving ilcture cameramen wa permitted o work, photogruphing the mayor price, is it in the field of govern t veen exeeeuve? Kven a superflrUl exanilimllnit will dlcloa that th achnnl kiive indeed ininroveil. Tha lilt a r.d aehool hutiae I no olnatr little nni no longer red. Not only ar housing facilities better, but tearhera are ratter trained, th curriculum ha been enriched hy the addition of vo cational and other atudie, and social and recreational fanllltlr hav been improved. Th nueatlnn whether tneae tning hav been secured at reasonable expenae I not o raaily answered. Hullding expenae hav been high and teacher' aalarlea ar reported to hav been lnrraard, hut. granting thea things, hava. th bnnrdi of education been good bar gainer? It I for th community to dai'lde. and th answer will no detibt vary widely in different u ace. wnemer or not tlie improvement mentioned r renaonab e and de irable depend on how prngrceelve ann prosperous a community I. A prosperous community muat hive progremiv fciioola to train leader to iraa it to greater ucrea. A poor community will likely have poor acliools, and the leaderahlp will be Hampered to I tint extent. The same line of renaming a nolle to oilier rieiiia in which the govrn. ment Inlerest llaelf. Do we hnv better i on i Is, police protection, fir protection and food inspection than befor? Is the better ervlce secured at a reasonable price? Kven If eerv ice has been secured nt a reasonable I Bankruptcy of a firm of New York broken re J veal th fact that they preyed on eolUg boys whom i . l ! I J .!,. i .,.,1. UilW all tha ra'.s h.4 not sufficiently checkej credit transaction, j ""X "' ' . ra.. n.anoi.ui , ,,.,.,,. ,,,, bu.in.s course, that ar now g.ven In th univer- ana naa no m..-..v.. rapidity. Vt "defUHon wa getting in il deadly wotk not only on agriculture but on buin generally. Th pin.h wa beint? fv!l In all section of the nation. Manj 4niovrot member ef tongre who could ht th ruinous retu't of th drUc "Jef ation' and vurUdmenl tf credit by h J.mor!ic Ft icral Rerf hti to t . eifn eptn'.y to m com !aiht. O Juno 3. 1. Kpfitiv Cfner. d,,i-tt. of Ts, taokiK ef the way aa 1 saeaaa eaite, wret letter t th )Jrl K'r rX'J rtettng int it fiK f "JefUtitf" and cuiU&mM f frt!utal r4 l. II 4 ! dti gvS.y sal tiMl y 4 tfwwty t IN "' hw - aitiea, it do scent a if th bo) should have been more cautious. Th u!tan of Turkey is u!tnt over th rout of th Creeks, but h should rert m of hi. thaksgivin until th aifalr U brought to a dnnit ncliiHm. The Tax on Folly. From the Harvard (Neb ) Courlr. Foor Richard said: "The taxes are Indeed very heavy. If those laid on by the government were the only ones we might easily discharge them." Then he went on to say that we are taxed four times as much by our follv. and. from this tax, the com missioner!! cannot ease or deliver tis by lowering or abating it.. Maybe some one will say that these words written by Tvichard in 1 1 57. in th time of our great-grandfather, can not he true today. lo think so would be a mistake, for most of the old sayings that have come down to us were spoken for all time. Wa havo a good illuetration of tne hlch tnx of folly every time we read of thouhtli' action leading to In jury and death at th railroad croas- n. Whenever we near aooui me driver of an auto meeting with dis aster, cromilng the track, w cannot recap th thought that that person w. aurely aware of th peril to be met In such a place and that he should have taken better cur of himself. In the dsy of T-nJarotit Franklin, h' wrote nnder the name of "foor ftirhard." thr were n.i trains of cms and nu automobiles, but thai rn other danger to think about (.!iity t.f them, Th ancient aing tht "se'.f. FeoJur t'kaiufia. famous R .in baritun Us. 1m U that th Metfop-hUh Upere tnpatiy i to ry km J fer c " bi it d Caru, Tbat l! b in tN ghSjihwJ of ll.0 " kKI. IM then, he fc a f a I Ki! re. t tapooft. N4tr! i 'g lar !;! wa tt, bat kepef the !- aMitl t H-' "'K- Hfr oi dot t tnmtt iHt kv b, k b) NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION fee AUGUST. 1121. at THE OMAHA BEE Daily 73.37fl Sunday ,7VM9 MtWf R. r.a Mie. IIMIR S HlHiO.Clr. Mt kaa is e ,katk4 k-t m Hotil J..wk. l' W H L !, IWI Mr rkei 1ae at , 4 , l Ika I A.,' lj(. U ', a tea .1 II il' al I M In.!,... a i-af in1- fka ! a4 t - lil a '(, (V M't ..a, et -I lit i l a -a ikat a, - ,s',4i aa a-a'evHi nd the chief of police in the act of looking grimly determined to en force the law nt all hazards, but w unnoae this wn considered by those appearing in tne picture ns a worst of necessity, wnen we neciae just exactly what other people must do to be good we often find soma ex ception to the general nil easily Justifiable In our own ess. "Slacker Voters." From tha Sioux City Tribune. It remained for a woman, Mr. Florence V. Pierce, president of the Iowa League of Women Votors, to give the mont forceful and descrln tlve name to thnt citizen who. fails to vote. She call him a "slacker oter." and goea on to say "we have leas to fear from th radical, who are comparatively few, than we have from the lacker voters, wno ar any." That Is an observation that ought to impress even the Indifferent citi zen whose neglect of duty at the oil has won for him an apt nick name derived from a most objectlon- ble war-time type.- The original lacker he was first called that tn England was one who refused for ne reason or another to hear nrms in defense of his country. Frequent. ly It was sheer cowardice thnt kept him at home, but with some there was a fee. in of Indifference as to what fate befell their country. Of course, the slacker who would not go to war could lay no claim to patriotism. In fact, he was consid ered by many patriots as Just one step removed from the traitor. These def nitions of tna war siaeiter wnen applied to the "slacker voter" put tha indifferent, unpatriotic peace time citizen in a most unfavorable light, indeed. He deserves, how ever, all the criticism the definitions can convey. Mrs. Pierce declares the "slacker voters" are people who "fall to use a "hospital" or a sort of convalescing theJr right or Dallot on election nay and the next day begin criticizing the administration." It is true enough, Just as war-time slackers criticized the strategy adopted by others in trying to win the war. A way was found to impress slackers into the service as soldiers, and in some countries a method of com pulsion is employed to get voters to the polls. The Imposition of penal ties for failure to exercise tlie rlgnt of franchise seems to be fair and Just nnd constitutional. That may develop soma time in this country where there are "slacker voters" by the millions. Coal. From th, Blair (Neb.) Tllnt. Coal Is the most Inefficient of the great industries. It Is a business of seasonal buying there are not 6nough miners part of the time and too many miners the rest of the time. There are twice aa many mines as are needed. There is enough coal under ground to supply the world for 4.000 yenrs, yet shortage follows shortage. Profits rarely are normal there is either n feast or a famine. Out of each 200 pounds of coal rr.lncd only shout " pounds are actually converted Into heat energy. The rest is waste The oil industry was in much the same condition until John 1. Ilo kt fellep en ma alon. The coal Indus tty need an organising genius. He ill come. mental activity; Is It reasonable nnd desirable that we should pny taxes for these things? O. A. WIDKU Challenges Stroct Fair KxhIIHt. Omaha. To the Kdltor of Th Omaha lice: In your issue of Hen- tember It, under a prominent head line, you boost an "Kuropean War Kxhibit" at the Ak-Hur-Men street fair, Including one Albert Reeves, harpshooter (presumably Ameri can), who was captured by the (Jcr mans and unoti refusal to give In formafion had his eardrum pierced, hi tongue cut out and the sluht of one eye destroyed by them. He waa kept in prison, according, to your paper, for three years by the Ger mans, I. e., one year before and two years after the above mutilations. hut is now released to become a valuable exhibit of American street fairs. You say the admission Is free, except for donations received by a "Major" Milt Itunkle, who is there with "supporting about 60 wounded men of the American and allied armies." I tried to interview Mr. Reeves, but of course was informed by "Major" Runkle that he could not hear or speak. I wa also Im portuned to purchase for B0 centa a tin reproduction of the German "iron cross" decoration. Now, I shall be very glad to con tribute ISO to such "donations" if tho Messrs. Reeves and Runkle will place before a committee of reputa ble Omaha business and professional men satisfactory evidence that the statements made regarding Reeves, as published in the article referred to, are correct and true. A. U MEYER. Not a Soldiers' Hospital. Bellevue, Neb. To the Editor of The Omaha See: There seems to be mistaken idea in some quarters that "llellevue vocational school" is "soldiers home." Won't you help to correct this wrong impression In i rM . ww k ' (,nt aow cyo Sj 0HCeVP-wy i a,-'"' sEK .a I U -t order to glv our school a square deal and help nlong our progrca by Informing th public of the truth? We have four bed In th Infirm ary here, but thev have nut been iisimI ut all during the tin en monthi. thel have been licie, and 1 have not known of any student being sick during that lime. We liiveu t tlmo In ih sick, for v. ure ton busy working at our ailnus objective, and studying, playnnt tennis, base ball, vullry bull, boxing and swim tning to think of nvihtiK thnt would tend to make any one want lo go lit u, li.iipllal. HOY ("AH". rat JIMMIL: TACKLES RADIO j '..I radio bug hat bitten Jim And tagged him (or it$ own; A timple station he't rigged up In the tcoodihed of hit home. And while the kids are paying Their one tent entry fee, There's a bank book in Jim's pocket And it reads One Twenty Three. The thrift hjbit not only is good thing for the person acquir ing it. but it often enables one to rng.ige in enterprises that not only make them monry, but are of real service to their community. Thrift it the basis of all successful business. 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