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TAXES AND THE SPOILS SYSTEM.
Counting employes of states, counties, municipali
ties and townships, there are more than 3,000,000
public employes in the United States, according to
the estimate of Richard H. Dana, president of the
National Civil Service Reform league. Something
more than half of the total payroll of $3,000,000,
000 comes out of the federal treasury.
Taxpayers, most of whom complain of the bur
densome exactions made for the support of govern
ment, may well be astounded to learn that one per
son out of every seven families is on some official
payroll. This condition, if it continue to grow,
would result in making government the principal
object in life of the American people and the chief
industry of the nation.
However, long before that point is reached the
demand for greater efficiency in public office will
have resulted in retrenchment. One quarter of the
total of salaries, Mr. Dana asserts, is wasted in sur
plus employes, unnecessary duplication of work, in
adequate management and antiquated methods.
"Could waste be stopped in the public service,” he
says, “there would be a saving to our overtaxed
Country of $700,000,000 a year.”
Of course he makes some suggestions for the |
accomplishment of this economy, most of which do
not harmonize with the old-time political system.
F’ut efficiency and employment experts into the va
rious departments, he urges, standardize work,
modernize methods and put promotion on a basis of
merit instead of seniority or political pull. Officials !
in the higher grades he would have selected for fit- i
ness rather than as a matter of political expediency. !
There is no doubt that America is wasting im
mense sums through the shifting in and out of pub
lic employes. Nebraska, unless all signs fail, is
soon to go through just such an overturn, as is
every other state, county or city that changed ad
ministrations in the recent elections. As long as
public opinion countenances the spoils system, the
public pocketbook must pay.
ABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The proposal to eliminate the ancient device of
the electoral college and vote directly for president
has been advanced by a Nebraskan, Senator Norris
What is more interesting is the reaction of a former
Nebraskan, W. J. Bryan, to the plan. In criticising
the amendment as proposed, he declares that it does
not go far enough.
Senator Norris would preserve the present sys
tem of voting with each state as a unit, retaining
the present proportionate strength. Bryan would
count the votes by. congressional districts. “That
would be as near we could get to the popular elec
tion without incurring the danger involved in a
system that would allow each vote to be counted
directly,” he said in an interview in Washington.
"The danger of such a system would he ballot box j
stuffing in states where one party is absolutely !
dominant, and the opposition party not strong
enough to watch the count.”
In an absolute, democracy, the vote of all citi- !
y.ens would be added together and the candidate re
ceiving a majority would be given the election. How
ever, this would break down the identity Qif the
states and increase the power of the more populous
parts of the country. A state such as Nevada or
Wyoming would have less inttuerfee than a city stlch
as Omaha. Bryan would not urge this, nor does
Senator Norris. What Bryan has in mind is that at
the present time, and even under the change sug-'
gested by Norris, if New York or Pennsylvania is
carried by a few votes, that bare margin gives one
party the entire state electoral vote. Under Bryan’s
plan, if certain congressional districts in Pennsyl
vania went democratic, as they often do, though
the state as a whole is preponderantly republican,
the democrats would pick up a few presidential
votes. The same principle would work to the ad
vantage of the republicans in parts of the south, for j
instance, Tennessee and Kentucky, which though 1
democratic as a whole, have some districts that go I
republican.
The power of the east and of the south
might be lessened under Bryan’s plan, but there
would be no such disturbance of the present bal
ance under the scheme outlined by Norris. The
more this subject of abolishing the presidential
electors is discussed, the more complicated does it
become.
JUSTICE, OR MERE JUGGLERY ?
An Arizona judge has added the latest item to i
the continually growing puzzle of the law. A man j
(11 years of age confessed his part in a train rob
bery, and the judge sentenced him to banishment
from the state for twenty-five years. He is to re- 1
port at intervals his whereabouts, but may not enter
Arizona during the quarter of a century without
permission of the court.
On the surface, no objection will be made to
the act of the court so far as it includes clemency
only. . Yet the curious man will wonder why, if
this self-confessed criminal can not live at large in
Arizona, he is to be shifted onto some other com
munity. If he is undesirable in one state, he surely
will be as unwelcome in another. If the Arizona
peace is in danger of being disturbed by his pres
ence. then it would seem to be up to Arizona to
put him where he will be harmless.
Banishment of criminals has been in vogue for
a long time; usually in modem police practice it
has taken the form of driving vagrants and like of
fenders from one town to another, but no proof is
yet forthcoming that justice is served or the com
munity bettered, for when one is sent out another
comes in. Train robbery is a major crime, and de
serves more attention from the law than a sentence
of banishment implies. Allowing for any peculiar
circumstances that may mark this case, it remains
true that it contains elements of danger as a prec
edent. If the example were to be generally fol
lowed, we will come to see a continual shifting of
confessed or convicted criminals, and a possible de
feat of the law because of the condition.
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The shortage in the cotton yield for the year
will permit a lot of the hold-over stock to go on the
market at top prices.
A WINTER’S STORM.
The influence of habitation and settlement upon
climate is hard to estimate. Every tree, fence post
and blade of corn bears its small part in breaking
the force of the wind. Perhaps this is why the
younger generation and later comers can not com
prehend the Nebraska blizzard of thirty years ago.
The morning of January 12, 1888, was warm
and balmy. Gray clouds hung overhead. The new
fallen snow beneath the feet was light as swan’s
down; light feathery flakes were still floating lazily
in the air, and one could not help but admire their
perfect geometrical shapes.
.The sound of an incoming train could be heard
for miles; and, as the morning advanced, the still
ness grew eminous. Darkness seemed to creep down
almost imperceptibly; cattle in the stalk fields grew
rcstl-ss.
At midday a gray line appeared along the hori
zon in the northwest. The line advanced, and be
fore one was aware, the blinding storm in all its
fury broke. Farmers were on the road taking a
grist to mill or returning laden with provisions. The
wind increased in violence and the air was dense
with flying -snow.
As the afternoon advanced, the air grew chill.
In rural districts, teachers took stock of fuel and
provisions, and, if staying was out of the question,
lashed their pupils together and, taking the lead,
struggled through drifts in an effort to reach a
place of safety. The storm lasted three days, and
some had used the last seat or desk to keep up a
b'aze; teaehcr and large pupils had sacrificed their
wraps and gone without food in order to portion out
enough to keep the spark of life in the weaker ones
until reached by relief parties.
Oi. the fourth day, the pitiless sun shone on a
dazzling white world, and the drawn, anxious faces
of the ones’at home as they awaited the return of
the res-ue parties. In the towns no such adventure
with the elements is known, nor are there such ad
ventures in the country now, except in isolated in
stances. .Some claim climate has changed, but it
may be that, with modern conveniences, we nave
learned to offset and checkmate its force.
SAFETY FOR THE COASTER.
Omaha is a paradise for the small boy and his
sled. However much of a problem the city’s many
hillsides may be for city planners, they are a
source of everlasting joy to the youngsters of the
community, and these have rights that have been
honored from time immemorial. Yet a serpent en
tered the original paradise and destroyed its happi
ness, and the use of the hills in Omaha for coasting
purposes is more or less complicated by the fact
that the streets also are used for business traffic,
of various sorts.
Here’s where the Boy Scouts come in. They
have volunteered to do patrol duty at dangerous
places, and to protect, as far as they can, the coasters
from collisions with trucks or other vehicles. The
chief of police has accepted the proffer, and hours
have been designated for the sport of the youths, to
obtain until the coming of spring puts an end to
coasting for the season.
This action on the part of the Boy Scouts and
the police will have the approval of all, for it is a
wise move in the direction of making the hillsides
safe. Boys and girls will coast, and, under the ex
hilarating influence of the combination of swift sled
and smooth track are apt to forget certain precau
tions and so expose themselves. With a vigilant
Boy Scout on patrol duty, much of the danger will
be eliminated, and the joy of living increased to that
extent for youthful citizens of Omaha.
ETHICS OF EVIDENCE GETTING.
A local prohibition “evidence getter," which is |
a euphemism to describe the man who patronizes a !
bootlegger and then snitches on him, has admitted j
in federal court that he solicited a bribe. The I
judge, in passing sentence, takes cognizance of the
fact that the compensation of the culprit was not
adequate, and so let him off with a minimum sen
tence.
AH of which opens up a rather wide vista in
ethics. First, perhaps, comes the unfortunate fact
that those in charge of the enforcement of the law
are compelled to work with tools that might oth
erwise be discarded. Again, the officers knew that
to get the evidence they need, a peculiar type of 1
man, one of a class whose morals are not always
temptation-proof, and the temptation to graft is
ever present in this traffic.
No surprise is felt at the confession of the “evi
dence getter,” that he solicited a bribe. Reason
enough exists for thinking that such an act is in
no sense a novelty in the business. Nor is it clear
that the lack of adequate compensation is a serious
factor, for it is possible that in any event this man
might have sought to share in a lucrative source of
easy money he thought was open to him.
Law-abiding people will feel better when they
can be assured that no part of the business of en
forcing laws is in the hands of men whose probity
is not assured. It is not especially a question of
morals, but of ethics; as long as bribery in any
form figures in law enforcement or evasion, so long
will the fountain of justice be muddied by such cases
as this, though not, perhaps, in this exact form. The
problem is not one to be settled off-hand, but com
mon decency impels the wish that the difficulty
might be removed speedily.
Burning of a toy store just before Christmas is
a tragedy, but old Santa Claus has his workshop
running overtime to make up.
loway—Ioway
_JOHN J. SMERTENKO. in the Nation.
It is the boost of Iowans that one cannot cross the
state’s boundaries at any point without realizing that
here is a land <yf plenty as different from Its neighbors
as the plains of Canaan differed from the fields of
Oomnrrah. Everywhere Within these borders is fecund
ity, wealth, and solidity. The stranger is at first
amazed and eventually bored by the unrelieved regu
larity of bumper crops, trim wire fences, purebred
and well fed live stock, huge barns and silos' smug
and freshly painted homes. And if he is surprised at
the country, he must indeed marvel at cities and
towns which have no slums, no ramshackle outbuild
ings. and no decaying genteel quarters. Virtually .the
only signs of the poverty that one habitually associates
with urban life are the red, superannuated freight cars
which house the Mexican road builders. Farm and
factory, church and dwelling, school and library par
take of the heavy, formidable air of prosperity which
is Iowa.
Statistics—and Iowa “boosters’' revel In statistics
_bear out this impression of general well being.
According to the latest United States census report
Iowa leads the nation In the value of her horses and
hogs, of purebred live stock, of farm machinery and
farm property per farm; she has the greatest num
ber of poultry, of purebred hogs and cattle, of autos
per capita—one to 6.5 persons—and of telephones one
farms; she excels In the production of eggs, com and
oats. Her road system, railroad facilities, her dairy
products and packing industry are among the first in
the country. She has coal, water power and lead
mines, foundries and lumber mills; she produces
enormous quantities of cereals and canned goods, ce
ment and bricks. In short. Iowa is self sufflcient hi
most of the necessaries of life and is creditor of all
other states in many of them.
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from other newspapers—
Taxpayers' Leagues.
From th« Otc«ola (N«b. > Record.
Several counties in th* state have
been organizing taxpayers’ leagues In
order that there might be more infor
mation disseminated in regard to the
tax question and how to get relief
from high taxes, and these counties
have been getting in readiness to
counsel with and, if necessary, to be
able- to instruct their representatives
in the state legislature this winter,
as to what steps they desire taken to
securp relief In such ways as piay he
possible by legislation.
It is conspicuous that while these
things are being done over the state,
hero in Polk county, whei^e so much
noise has been made about high tax’s
in the late campaign, there is nothing
being said or done about such league
by those who were so fearfully con
cerned about the tax question and
in view of the spasms that were so
liberally thrown here in Polk county
to convince the taxpayers that their
tax ills emanated from their state tax
bullions, it is a mighty easy matter
to see why the people who made the
big noise during me campaign are
singing mighty dumb at this time.
The conclusion, of course, is plain
—there was not at the time and there
isn't now’ any concern about tax re
lief for the taxpayers in the minds of
those who were making the noise.
What they wanted then Was a cam
paign issue, which they could use for
a few days, with the hope that they
could get by and win an election and
in this they were partly successful,
which is all they wished or expected
and which answers the whole ques
tion as to their innocently dumb si
lence at this time on such questions
as a taxpayers’ league.
The fact is as truo today as it was
a month ago that -the immensely
larger share of the tax burden arises
in things right at home. There was
no answer to this fact during the cam
paign and no attempt to disprove it,
and, in view of the fact that a num
ber of counties have gone into the
business of organizing taxpayers'
leagues to disseminate information
about the tax question, the Record
desires to say at this time that now,
that the campaign Is over and there
Is no partisan excitement about the
tax proposition, we will take pleasure
In Joining the movement, and to this
end we will start a series of discus
sions on tax matters, and Interested
parties who wish to take part in dis
cussing any phase of the movement
for tax relief are invited to make such
contribution or comment as they may
desire. If we cannot have a taxpay
ers’ league In Polk county, we can
at any rate join the movement in
short discussions, which may be pro
ductive of information.
America's Contribution.
From the Chicago Journal of Commerce.
Just what form this country’s con
tribution to humanity in Europe may
take in the future is on the knees of
the gods, but the emotional and hys
terical complaints that at present we
are "doing nothing" nfciy he dismissed
as absolutely false and viciously mis
leading.
The United States now. and every
month since the armistice, has been
contributing to the security, the sta
bility. and the future prosperity of
all Europe.
How? By going to work, by pro
ducing wealth, by maintaining in this
country law and order, by quieting
one after another ever? social and
economic disorder, by sound finance,
by attention to business, and by
frowning upon all ill-advised and vis
ionary schemes for meddling in mat
ters abroad.
It is not (hat America is heartless,
or careless, of conditions in Europe;
not that it is selfish; not that it is
wholly devoted to enriching itself,
that it lias not rushed into Europe
in quick response to every plea. It
is that America wants first to be
right before it goes ahead. It is Amer
ican prudence, its purpose not to bite
off more than it can chew, that holds
it within safe limitations. And—
America is not going to do for Europe
tilings Europe should do for itself. It
is waiting to lie shown.
Community Chest*.
From the York News-Times.
Numerous cities are trying the
community chest plan in handling the
various .charitable enterprises that
every city must cope with. The nu
merous drives and tag days are be
coming quite bothersome. The people
who give to these meritorious char
itable enterprises are inclined to pay
in lump sum and then let the mu
nicipality distribute the money to the
organizations that are deserving.
There have been charges of more or
less graft in connection tvlth many
of these drives and it is contended
the graft charges can be avoided if
the distribution of the funds is In
the hands of responsible boards or
city officials.
The American people are generous,
hut they hate to be "worked.” The
money will be forthcoming for char
itable work that is worthy of sup
port. Skin games and thievery in the
name of charity should be throttled
in their incipiency.
Radicalism and Conservatism in the
West.
From the Springfield Republican.
Western radicalism in politics, which
is now again receiving national ad
i vertisement, finds a contrast in the
I conservatism of the west in matters
I of religion. Although Mr. Bryan has
| transferred his residence to Florida
he has not severed his connections
with the west and Is still largely rep
resentative of it. Where he would
cast liis fortunes if the agricultural
block should develop Into a third
party and the democratic party become
the party of conservatism, is perhaps
uncertain. But there has been no un
certainty in the religious position
which Mr. Bryan has taken during
the year in sternly opposing evolu
tionists and liberals and in reassert
ing the older theology and the literal
truth of the Bible.
Kchoes of the struggle in the west
between the older and the newer re
ligious thought have recently been
heard In the east, which if more con
servative in politics is now perhaps
more progressive in theology. The
special case which has attracted at
tention is that of Rev. J. D. M. Buck
ner of Aurora. Neb., a Methodist
preacher for forty years, who against
his will was placed upon the retired
fist by the Nebraska Methodist con
ference on the initiative of the pre
siding bishop in September. The
cause of hi* retirement was the open
expression of belief in a kind and lov
ing God coupled with such explana
tions of the historical development of
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! the Bible, where the text might seem
to conflict with that belief, as have
long been familiar In the east
through the teaching of liberal pas
tors and professors of theology.
Rev. Mr. Buckner was justly en
titled In the opinion of Methodist
periodicals In the east, to the trial on
his beliefs for which he sought. His
retirement was accomplished, in the
I opinion of these Methodist periodicals,
by taking Improper advantage of a
provision of the church law never In
tended for use In such cases. The
purpose of this provision was the re
tirement of incapacitated or superan
nuated pastors. This Invocation in
the case of Rev. Mr. Buckner, who
was in vigorous health and powers,
has apparently led to the chief critic
ism among the Methodists them
sedves.
In so far as the rettirement of Rev.
Mr. Buckner in this way was intended
to prevent the public airing of op
posing religious views that might
have resulted from a heresy trial, it
is evident that the course adopted has
been a failure. Apparently there has
been more publicity rather than less
and much rallying, In press and else
where, to Rev. Mr. Buckner's sup
port. His church in Aurora stood
loyally by him and protested against
the action of the conference, but he
counseled it to stand by the newly ap
pointed pastor and to work for liberal
views within the church organization.
The latest development is that Rev.
Mr. Buckner is to write his views
for a newspaper syndicate. With an
apparently wide feeling that he has
merely been expressing what others
in many pulpits have thought, he
seems assured of a larger audience
than if he had been permitted to
continue his pastorate.
For Our Commercial Marine.
V»1 J. Peter, in the Omaha Dally Tribune.
The president has appealed to con
gress for the second time with the re
quest that the ship subsidy bill be
passed. The message of the president
is clear, convincing and definite in its
power, and if congress fails to give
the appeal of the chosen chief execu
tive proper consideration this time,
that body will be guilty of gross
neglect of an important national
duty, for which the people will surely
hold that legislative body responsible.
What Is the remedy proposed by
the president? Nothing else but the
granting of $25,000,000 per year, to
lie paid to the steamship companies
as a subsidy, in order that the opera
tion of these ships may be made prof
itable. Now, please note with care.
The loss of $50,000,000 now sustained
by the government with this com
mercial fleet will be reduced one-half,
and at the same time the government
is enabled to maintain the commercial
fleet and to provide for replacement
in proper manner.
The adoption of this proposal would
enable America to ship its own mer
chandise under its own flag. We
would be come independent of other
nations, even England, for transporta
tion of our goods and passengers. This
consideration alone should suffice to
prompt Congress to adopt the pro
posed bill. There are other considera
tions, equally as important.
Vnequal Price Levels.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
The inclination is to believe that the
conditions which Secretary Wallace
says the farmers of the United States
are now compelled to face are being
likewise faced by the great majority
of producers and wage earners. The
year would have been a prosperous
one, declares the head of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in his annual re
port to the president, had it not been
for "the distorted relationship between
prices received for farm products and
the prices paid for things the farmers
must buy." This same distorted re
lationship exists generally. The
things which the farmers and wage
earners must buy are still sold, de
spite efforts to bring about economic
readjustments, at prices greatly out
of proportion to the earning power of
producers and consumers generally.
The farmer finds this condition re
flected not alone in the machines and
implements which are necessary in
his business, but in the prices charged
for all staple commodities which ho is
compelled to purchase at the stores.
The wage earner in the cities finds
himself face to face with the same
conditions, with the added handicap
of being compelled to pay excessive
prices for the very commodities which
the fanner complains of having to sell
too cheaply.
Secretary Wallace, as would bo ex
pected, views the entire problem
from the standpoint of the farmer. It
is encouraging that he finds the eco
nomic status of agriculturists better
than it was a year ago, yet he be
lieves there should be constructive
legislation to insure against possibje
future losses. Perhaps it would not
be so easy for the secretary or any
cither supposed expert to discover a
similar improvement in the economic
status of the average American wage
earner. The latter is still being ex
ploited by the gentlemen who find
pleasure and profit In arranging price
combinations and schedules and in
manipulating and controlling the flow
of natural products.
In New England, as well as in other
sections of the east, both the farmer
and the ultimate consumer are suffer
ing financial losses because of the
combinations that have been made
against them. The farmer is receiv
ing far less than he should for the
things he has to sell, and the con
sumer Is paying for more than he
should for the ptoducts of the farm
which he has to buy. It may be that
laws can he devised to correct this
condition, hut it would seem that an
easier and suret way to bring relief
Would he the establishment of co
operative marketing, with immediate
release for both parties chiefly con
cerned from the results now com
plained of.
“The People’s
Voice*
Editorial* from rradrrn of The Moraine
Bo*. Readers ef The Morning Bee
are invited to uao this column froely
for oxproaoion on matter* of nubile
inte.eet.
Crit irises lhe Progressives.
Oxford, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: General Pershing is
quoted as saying recently at Lincoln
“We ought to have our eyes open to
a lot of things we were quick to for
get as soon as the war was ended—
bolshevism and I. W. \Y\, for
instance.” A few days later in Chi
cago he scored Debs for traitorous
utterances since he was pardoned
from prison and asked his audience,
“Must we stand such insolence?”
Again he electrified his hearers by
asking, “Has the Herrin massacre or
tne communist party in tho Michigan
woods no meaning for us?" He gave
this warning to the American people,
“Do not be misled by cranks who
ate niw-'.vs tangeiing with the con
stitution.” Let the constitution alone
and live up to It and we will have
no further trouble,” was his closing
admonition.
It is truly encouraging to know that
we still have men who, like Roosevelt,
have tho courage to call a spade a
spade and who stand for true repre
sentative government. Our news
papers axe clouded with glaring head
lines. and columns of dope are writ
ten about what self-styled progres
sives want, wh^t they demand and
what they are going to accomplish.
In Nebraska one bunch of faddists
are working for a new political party
which will contain all tho good citi
zens and the cornerstone will lie the
"Closed Shop,” with death to any man
who attempts to support his family
by labor unless he is possessed of a
union card and obeys to a dot the
commands of union dictators. Then
a more crazy bunch, led by a United
States senator, have determined to
smash ail political parties, abolish our
stato government and substitute for
our legislature a body of hand picked
judges who must have the O. K. of
the university law school and who
shall receive salaries compatible with
their high calling and constant ser
vice. The people who now have a lit
tle rest between sessions will then
have a continual feast of legislative
enactments.
At Washington things are even
worse. The farm bloc which was
organized to catch farmer votes
is to be scrapped and a progressive
bloc organized whose platform is in
the main to make life miserable for
the president and to captliro that of
fice for one of their members in 1024.
They will impeach tho attorney gen
eral for trying to protect the lives and
property of American workmen and
they will turn all who were imprison
ed for disloyalty during the war free
that they and their friends may help
in the new progressive move. They
demand that the thing called govern
ment in Russia he recognized by the
United States. They will revise our
constitution just to make people be
lieve they are doing something.
Congress should give its whole at
tention to our present day problems
and not waste their high-salaried time
monkeying with constitutional amend
inents which are immaterial or worth
less. The bunch of lawyers who are
so anxious that the constitution should
be revised had better use their talents
in improving our rotten and expensive
court procedure. In the La Follette
convention no thought was given the
daily increasing murders, not a word
of disapproval of the brutal Herrin
massacre that shocked the civilized
world, and no attempt was promised
to stop the lynchings and lnhurpan
burnings at the stake that have be
come common occurrence. They cal!
themselves progressives hut prove
prove themselves adepts at dodging
any issue that might lose them votes.
It pays better to damn the railroads
and to threaten to crush Wall street,
or demand that foreign nations shall
pay the last penny they owe us, as
Start a Savings
Account This
Christmas
It will work for you every day
and next year will pey you a
Christmas Dividend of
H
INTEREST
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Association
315 S. 17th St. Keeline Bids.
C. C. WELLS, Secy
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The whole town is
waiting for it—
Omaha is to have
the classiest shop
for men and women
in the “World ”
See this paper
tomorrow night.
You All Know Leon’s
We Worry Along Year After Year.
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that Is good vote getting dope. If one
desires a true to-life definition of our
self-styled progressives in congress,
turn to the 31th verse of the 3Sth
chapter of St. Luke. A. C. RANKIN.
Crowing for Adams County.
Hastings, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: I see on the editorial
page of The Bee a paragraph saying ,
Grand Island shipped 2,700,000 eggs,
"something to cackle about."
Come over to Hastings, we will give
you something to crow about. We will
show you 20,064,000, This is 1S1 cars,
400 cases to the car, 30 dozen to the
case.
CHARLES BLACK.
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