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FRANCE BLOCKADES WORLD PEACE.
A great deal of the trouble of the modern world
results from the efforts of politicians to deal with
economic questions. In France as in other nations,
men competent to deal with business problems seldom
rise to positions of power in the government. The
mistaken attitude toward German reparations, the
sentimental hope that the United. States will one day
cancel the French debt and the next stand ready to
make another loan—these are evidences of the in
ability of statesmanship.
What will follow the meeting of allied premiers
in Paris next Tuesday can not be predicted. France,
with its proposal for seizure of German state for
ests, has the support of Italy and Belgium. One
can not be sure of the British position, for that na
tion has before this shown a willingness to trade
one concession for another. Its industrial needs
are such that it has held fast to the idea of restor
ing the market for its manufactures in Germany.
If the seizure of German forests does not injure the
commercial prospects of Britain, the deal may go
through without opposition. In return France
might grant Britain some special privilege in an
other quarter of the globe, perhaps in reference to
oil fields.
Such is the low order of scheming that con
stitutes European diplomacy. Human rights are as
nothing, and in spite of each failure that has marked
these European conferences since the war, the
game continues.
From the time of the first peace conference
France has been the stumbling block to world re
covery. The curse of uncertainty, the desire for
complete revenge and the aim of military power
have cast a shadow over the continent. In delaying
ratification of the naval limitation treaty drawn
up in Washington France has given evidence of a
lack of good faith and the prevalence of a menac
ing spirit. Until this agreement to end the race of
armament is signed, France can not come before
America with clean hands. The eagle of Prussian
militarism, driven from Germany, has taken its
roost in Paris.
No doubt exists anywhere in the world that
President Harding stands ready to call an interna
tional economic conference the moment a favorable
opportunity is found. That moment will not appear
until France makes it possible by demonstrating a
less harsh and selfish spirit. The idea of a cancella
tion of debts at the expense of America must be
discarded. The lust for military supremacy must
be suppressed. The blind desire to force the death
of the new Germany must be put aside. If the mo
tives of France are as high as its statesmen pro
test, they should have no fear of submitting their
iase to American judgment. Certain it is that the
present policy is driving toward a wreck. Politics
has broken down, and it is time for the voice of
common sense to be heard.
PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH.
Instead of dying “from loss of blood or lack of
breath,” is in the good old days, man now succumbs
to some one of a number of classified and defined
causes. Not all of these are understood, except
that death may be the result from any of them.
A report just issued at Washington shows there
were 410,558 fewer deaths in 1921 than in 1920
in the registration area, which contains 87.2 per
cent of the estimated population of the United
States. Deaths resulting from influenza, pneu
monia or heart failure show a decrease. This might
have been anticipated, for the effect of the influ
enza epidemic was diminishing, and as pneumonia
and heart failure went with the flu, a lowered death
rate from such causes is not surprising.
What must make us think is the increase in the
number of deaths from causes that are absolutely
controllable. The report says:
''Automobile accidenth and injuries resulted in
10.168 deaths compared wijtli 9.103, tlie rale increas
ing from 10.4 to 11.5 per trtO.OOO of population.
Suicides numbered 11.136. compared with 8.959 in
IH2o, the rate increasing from 10.2 to 12.6. Honti
cidt s also increased, numbering 7,545, compared
with 8.205 in 1920."
These figures are not complimentary to humanity.
Under each heading is grouped proof that some
thing is wrong in our moral as well as our physical
life. We have societies to combat cancer, to study
and prevent tuberculosis, we battle yellow fever
and malaria, hookworm and pellagra, and similar
scourges, hut we allow reckless driving to go un
hampered, and the causes of crime to multiply. No
effort to improve the physical condition of the race
should be abandoned, but great endeavors should
be made to improve the mental and moral status of
mankind, so that murder and suicide will show a
declining total each year.
MARKING THE OVERLAND TRAIL.
A party is about to set out from Des Moines, to
travel across the route from Omaha to the Pacific
coast, for the purpose of marking the “Overland”
trail. The enterprise is commendable, and, as it will
be guided by one who made the journey in 1S49 and
he will be assisted by a diary then kept, it will prob
ably throw light on some of the disputed minor
points.
However, the way is pretty well marked out as it
is. Many stones huve been set up in Nebraska by
the State Historical society, the pioneers and patrio
tic societies, interested in preserving historic high
ways. These have been notably assisted by Ezra
Meeker, who has repeated his original trek to Oregon
several times, and who has consulted not only his
own, but the records of those who who live along the
route in the interest of accuracy. As far out as the
site of Jim Bridger’s famous stockade, in Wyoming,
there is little left to argue over, unless it be as to
where some particular outfit crossed the river,
pitched camp, or encountered an Indian party.
Yet every examination that is made of the old
route develops something of interest and frequently
•f real value, and we can not have too much informa
tion on these points. Nebraska has more of history
than is generally known by its people, and far more
than outsidera understand, and it suffers none from
study and repetition
WHEN THE WOLF PACK HUNTS.
All are more or less familiar with the picture
of the sleigh flying over the snow-bound steppes of
Russia, the frightened driver urging on his frantic
horses, while his companion throws furs atid robes
to the wolves who leap about the flying group.
Many tales, substantial or suspicious, fantastic or
commonplace, have been told of the adventures of
men with the huge wolves who hunt 'in packs, and
fearlessly attack whatever may come within their
range.
The ferocity of these animals is proverbial, and
therefore credence is readily given the account that
comes in from an Ontario town, telling of how
three men, each an experienced hunter and trapper,
have been torn to pieces and devoured by the
ravenous wolves. Such an occurrence within a
few miles of a considerable town suggests that civ
ilization yet has its limits, and that nature, however
alluring in prospect, yet has a savage side that must
be considered when any plans are discussed with
regard to excursions abroad.
Yet the wolf pack of the Ontario forest is mild
and harmless when compared to the human wolf
pack that hunts perpetually in the large cities.
Where society is bestlorganized, and where law and
order seem the most firmly established, there lurk
the human beasts of prey, too cowardly to hunt and
kill in the open. Skulking in the shadows, hiding
behind shelter of assumed respectability, even adopt
ing the garb of sanctity as a disguise, these wolves
go about, singly or in pairs, seeking their “kill.”
Seldom do they imitate the beasts of the forest, and
attack the experienced They are too cowardly for
that, and find their victims among the innocent,
who are least prepared to meet and combat them.
We yet have a great deal to do before the world
is entirely safe for its well meaning people. The
wolf pack hangs on, and its hunt is ever a danger.
MARRIAGE AND ITS PERILS.
A deputy county'attorney whose lot it has been
to handle almost a thousand domestic relations cases
confesses himself “pretty well contented without a
mate.” With no intention in the world of attempting
to influence this gentleman’s action, let it be said
that there is a side of marital experience that he has
not seen officially, and that is indeed a bright one.
In countless homes of which the courts never hear
men and women are living happily, facing the world
all the more bravely because closely united, cheer
ing and inspiring each other, sacrificing for each
other and for their children.
There is, in spite of all the divorces, desertions
and cases of nonsupport, no real ground for doubt
ing the fundamental strength of the institution of
marriage. Thus, and thus only, are the interests of
the children to be protected. The instinct of human
kind, the cry of hoart to heart, of soul to soul, finds
its true answer in permanent union.
Among the more cultivated classes there has
arisen an artificial situation which has resulted in
the disintegration of ideals and the distortion of tke
best instincts. The radical tendency to loosen the
bonds of matrimony is also encouraged in many
modern plays and novels. The presence of innumer
able contented families defies their theories.
It is interesting to hear Dr. Felix Adler of Colum
bia university, the founder of the Society for Etlfical
Culture, discuss the question. In a recent lecture
he said:
“Marriage is a great school, not to he Indulged
jn lightly. It must have love as a basis, but love
is not to be contused with infatuation. Many people
who try successive marriages say they act on the
principle that when love dies, so should marriage.
But true love will not die. It will live on and grow.
"Marriage is not the school for people who are
thinking first of their incompatibilities, but how
they can best adjust themselves into the lives of
the others. The life threads of the man and of the
woman are inextricably hound in the soul of a child.
The child is. the keeper and custodian of our mar
riage vows."
Dr. Adler warns that great suffering may result
for the next generation through the present loose
marital ties, but he has no doubt of the ultimate
survival of the institution of marriage. When reli
gion and ethics unite, even the discouraged agents
of the law may take heart. Individual cases in
which the obligations and opportunities of marriage
are lightly set aside are frequent. Mistakes also are
numerous, and modern opinion approves of efforts
to right them. Out of it all, however, may be confi
dently expected a new seriousness in the choice of
a mate. The seeming riskiness of the matrimonial
venture is today leading thoughtful young people to
consider with all care their prospects before the
knot is tied.
At a time when there is widespread complaint of
school taxes, the federal commissioner of education
declares that there is a school building shortage that
is nothing short of disgraceful. “Only 6 per cent of
all the schools are fireproof,” he says. “Every week
in the yea>- a school building is burned or partly
destroyed. Seventy-five per cent of the cities in
| 1920 reported congestion. Hundreds of thousands
of children are on part time. ’
The criminal court announces that it is all set
and r’arin’ to go; so bring on your criminals.
Warmest Christmas ever recorded, hut keep the
I home tires burning.
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New Farm Census Needed
--From the Manufacturers Record
The statistics of farm values compared in 1919 and
1920 by tlie census are wholly valueless at present, or
for any comparisons in the future. It would not bo a
I eery great undertaking, nor would the cost be heavy
in proportion to its importance to have the census bu
I lean compile the present value of the farm lands of
i the country. *
I The shrinkage in value, since the deflation which
began two years ago, has been enormous, and In al!
probability exceeds the total investment in all of the
railroads of tlie country. This decrease has gone on
; every part of the country. The decline throughout
the west and on the Pacific coast has probably been
even more tremendous in amount and more drastic in
the sufferings which it has entailed, than the decline
in the south. Lands, which formerly were easily sal
able at good figures, are today practically without sell
I ing value, at any figure. In one county, alone, we
I are informed, 10.00U pieces of farm property have been
. advertised for sale under mortgage or for taxes.
The condition is far worse than was ever known
j before in this country and unless the magnitude of
this decline can be intelligently grasped by the coun
try. it will scarcely be possible for the nation, at large,
to understand the influence upon our economic and
political life of this situation. Without this knowl
edge we will not be able to realize fully the destructive
power of deflation and what it has meant to the agri
cultural interests of the whole country. We cannot
form any intelligent opinion on all of the questions
involved, viewing the matter frrom the financial and
political standpoint, without a full understanding of
the losses involved.
Since the census machinery is in operation, a reso
lution by congress requiring immediate investigation
and report at the earliest possible moment upon the de
cline in farm values of the entire country would he of
inestimable value. It would form the basis of an .
telligent study of the situation and of how to avoid the
possibility of a recurrence of such a condition in the
years to come.
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“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from other newspapers—
Death Blow to the Klan.
From th« St Loula Glob«-Democr*t.
An unusual number of the elements
that combine to give one crime a celeb
rity over other crimes are present In
the case at Mer Rouge, La., on which
a national attention probably will be
fixed for a long time. The locality is
one from which aggravated instances
of violence were aeveral times report
ed during the summer. Because of its
circumstances, one incident of which
accounts came in August made from
the first a deep impression on the
country. A very large gathering In
that month devoted to as public spir
ited a purpose as a good roads move
ment became the occasion at which
the first steps towards a great offense
against society was taken. Many mo
tor cars leaving this gathering In a
»onK proceswion in the early evening
I were halted by masked men who In
I spected the occupants of each in turn
I and took from their number five men.
One of theso men was relensed after
being taken to the concealment of a
grove. Two others, one an aged man,
were brutally flogged. The remaining
two men, Thomas Fletcher, an ex
service man with a family, and Watt
Daniel, unmarried son of a wealthy
planter, were never seen alive after
\va rds.
To tho disappearance of these two
men the press of the country gave an
unusual publicity. Jt was instantly
attributed to an organization whose
purposes and methods had come under
a close scrutiny and widespread con
demnation, tlie Ku KIux Klan, whose
membership was strong in the local
lty. Kesponsibility was virtually ad
mitted. it was reported, by local lead
ers of the order, who declared that the
missing men would never reappear.
A possible theory wa-s that the two
were being held in restraint at some
remote locality and that their where
nbauts was made a mystery as part
of the order’s terrorizing policies. As
the weeks drew on and no trace of
the abducted men could be discovered.
Governor Parker of Louisiana jour
neyed to Washington to obtain the
aid of Department of Justice investi
gators who would at least have the
advantage over Louisiana investiga
tors of not being known in the local
ity The governor was viciously at
tacked by opponents as casting re
proach on the "fair name" of his
state.
th the baffling mystery at the
point of deepest interest, the com
munity divided in bitterness on pro
''h*1 otiklan lines, the state
troops called out to afford protection
and officers of the law in strong force
exploring the depths of nearby wa
ters. tho stage was set for one of tho
most dramatic climaxes in crime rec- I
urd. The striking quality of the cli
max was not diminished by one of
those fortuitous circumstances that
sometimes aid justice and give success
to efforts that otherwise might prove
unavailing . Two mutilated bodies,
later identified as those of I ho kid
naped young men, came to the surface
"f a lake some miles from the one
Where the searchers were carrying on
their melancholy and painstaking
work. The hint of medical experts
who examined the corpses that the
two came to their death after hldatus
tortures, is a final detail that accen
tuates the horror of the reading pub
lic.
That these men should be murder
ed by their own neighbors who had
been Inspired with wrong-headed ideas
and motives and given a fatal courage
by disguises and a consciousness of
a license in crime through oath
liound secrecy, is a logical presump
tion from klan organization and meth
ods as made known through exhaust
ive exposures. There may he other
great crimes which will lay at its
door, but that the publicity attending
these barbarous murders has been
complete and pitiless at every stage
Is most fortunute, for these is no
doubt that there are thousands of
members of the klan who have been
led into it under the belief that Its
purposes are wholly righteous, and
who will not rest under an implica
tion or suspicion that they are in any
way party to crime. The strength of
this society is largely in Its pretense
of virtue, and crime breeds its own
destruction.
Our Army of Civil Servants.
Flaacoe C. E. Brown. In Tho North Amor
lean Review.
The United States government i3
today probably the largest employer
of labor in the world. With- a civil
personnel of more than 5G0.000 per
sons and an annual pAyroll of nearly I
$750,000,000, it presents a problem of
employment administration far more
complicated and far more imperative- )
ly demanding solution than that of i
any private industry, to which expert
attention is given as a matter of or
dinary business prudence. The cm
ployes of the states, cities, counties,
towns and villages, it is estimated,
bring the number of public servants
in the United States nearly to 3,000,
000. About one out of 35 persons is
on a public payioll of which the total
annual charge is over $3,000,000,000,
or more than $100 a family on the
Daily Prayer
For the love of Christ cpnstraineth us.—
Ft Cor. 6:14. •
Our Father in lleavep, we are Thy
children, redeemed by Christ our
Saviour and Elder Brother, and we
come to Thee in His name. Forgive
our sins. Deliver us from all the guilt
and power of sin. and from its conse
quences. Take the love of it out of
our hearts. Make <1 r love of Thee
to glow. Bet it burn out all the dross
] of evil, and impel us constantly to
i gracious acts of kindly ministry done
| ' o others in the Master's name and
, for His sake. Give us a clear vision
I of our evpi- present Saviour as an
abiding Friend. Grant that we may
i be transformed by thus beholding
I Him, growing daily more and more
! like Him in the desires of our hearts,
the words of our lips, and the things
we do not refrain from doing.
Bless us with all others, supplying
I their every need and giving them grace
and guidance. Make the Gospel light
' shine out brightly In all lands, bring i
I ing peace and spiritual prosperity !
! and drawing all men to Christ, and to
I gather in the bonds of Christian
■ unity and brotherliness. We ask all
this, as we pray for grateful hearts,
in the name of Him Who died on Cal
vary, Amen.
F H. BOMBERGEFt. F>.D,
Cleveland. O.
pockets of American taxpayers. This
enormous force, its proper recruiting,
efficient operation and just treatment,
constitute the problem of the civil
service reform movement, which this
year counts the 40th anniversary of
its great initial success.
Churches Federate.
From the Kansas City Ksnun.
The 11 Protestant churches of New
ton have federated, to "facilitate co
operation of the churches in promot
ing mutual interests as factors in the
comm unity.”
Each church has two lay mcmbefs
and the pastor to represent it in the
federation. J. IT. Langenwalter of
Bethany collego is president of the
federation.
For many years there has been a
gradual getting together of denominn
tions which at one time were bitterly
antagonistic of each other. In a linos*
every city and village there have beep
ministerial alliances for a number of
years, and these have doubtless con
tributed to the general spirit of co
operation.
And while mutuality has been grow
ing between tl» different churches,
there has also come new functioning
Only a few years ago the average
church would have spurned the sug
gestlou that it owed a duty to ile
community. Now social service has
become a recognized feature every
where and is regarded as a great op
portunity toy modern religious wort
era.
Again Kansas leads. The Newton
experiment of church federation Is
somc-tliing that will have tr lie tried
before its merits or disadvantages
can be fully known. It would not be
surprising, however, if this lend would
quickly be followed by the federation
of churches in many communities, in
not a few state*
Assimilation.
From tha Dea Moines Register.
The use of the Knglish language In
a facetious remark by a member of
the Philippine legislature, which rep
resented the (list use of the language
in the chamber, prompted this hit of
information in the Register-Public
Ledger news service from Manila:
“After the elections, when it was
announced by several of the members
that they would Insist upon the use
of Knglish in the legislature, the mat
ter was regarded by the older repre
sentatives and senators as more or
less of a joke.
“That most of the members and a
majority of those In the gallery were
able to understand Senor Confesor’s
remark was immediately e'videnced by
the laugh which followed.
"Governor Wood is particularly de
sirous of seeing the use of Knglish in
the government extended, and about
ten representatives and three senators
already have expressed their Intention
of introducing their bills in that lan
guage as well as using it in the course
of debate." •
If the desire to debate in Knglish,
and thus to begin a policy of equallz
ing the tongues of the Spaniards Rnd
their conquerors in the islands, comes
from the islanders themselves and is
not unwisely pressed by American of
ficial representatives, it will do no
harm and may do considerable good.
Trade relations, among other things,
are probably enough to justify the
change.
But let Governor Wood’s “particu
lar desire" translate itself into actual
harassment, and wo shall add to the
sentimental conservatism of the
Filipino old-timers the passionate re
sentment of all the rest. We need
go no farther than the German ex
perience in Alsace-Lorraine—though
any number of other cases could be
cited—to be rentinded how mischie
vous it Is to try to force a new lan
guage and new patriotic "culture” on
alien people enmasse. Yet it is the
first step in "assimilation" that most
conquering nations think of.
There is nothing to prevent every
body in America hoping for popular
ization of the English language in the
Philippines. But hoping for it Is one
thing, and trying to force it another.
No Di shirt cay Intended.
From the Brooklyn Stamterd Union.
The organization of 200,000 Ameri
can women who have declared their
Intention to continue to wear short
skirts despite the notice from a
French designer that skirts will be
long, are at least entitled to credit
for having a reasonable degree of in
telleetual independence.
If a French ladles’ tailor can come
Over her and tell us what our women
folks must wear we are a sad lot of
I'ncompetents. indeed.
Common Sense |
By 4. 4. MINDY.
Tlie Value of 0 Word.
An oft repeated word is bound to
make an impression on the mind.
Tt is well to have some inspiring
motto always before you.
When that word is also written
many times daily and Is seen in bold
print in a certain spot every day. a
greater impression is made.
Whether the person be conscious of
It or not, the Imprint of the thought
which a word ever present leaves is
hound to hear fruit in time.
As an example, two unpretentious
business blocks tn a small city were
located on the corners of Main street
and a little side street, an alley, Is
what strangers called it. But the al
ley was named “Progress street.”
The men who were engaged in
business In these corner stores and
offices had that word prgoress ever
before them.
The town was 100 years old and an
up-to date hotel and industries were
needed; who thought of them and
finally succeeded in making a regu
lar hoom town of that city?
Men who daily turned the corner
and did business in the location of
Main and Progress streets.
Several million dollars' worth of
plans have come to he real things for
untold benefit to that place, because
the leaders in the movements for
growth and improvement had “prog
less” before them every day.
(Copyright, 192!.)
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*'The People's :
Voice"
Editorials from readers of The Morning
Boe. Readers of The Morning Boo
are invited to use this column freely
for expression on matters of public
interest.
Object* to Scale Inspection Fees.
Maywood, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Today this town was
visit' d by a holdup man. X would re
spect a man just us much if he work
ed with a gun. But this man works
from state authority—scale inspector.
Here is a list of charges for this ele
vator: ,
Platform scales, 600 pounds.$ .75
Automatic scales, 240 pounds... 3.50
Truck scales. 22,000 pounds . 5.IU'
Transportation .75
$10.0i»
Two elevators, one mill, two lumber
yards and seven other places where
they use scales will average at least
$5 for each place. He will work the
town in a day. He does his
own transportation, so he gets th»
whole cheese. Five times 12 is $60.
in one day, with the law behind hlru
puts him 'way ahead of the man with
the gun. I,. W. ROBERT*
Elevator Manager
To Settle lather Disputes.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee: I would appreciate yopr giv
ing publicity to the following: l have
been a member of a labor organiza
tion for the past 25 years and ha\e
seen various laws, including the anti
picketing law, enacted, the purpose
of which is to suppress the activities
of organized labor.
While the activities of labor have
been responsible for the free public
school, workingmen’s compensation,
sanitary and safety laws,, 1 believe
that it is now time to enact a law
fo- the protection of working people,
a law that will provide for them
’ means of settling industrial disputes
without resorting to the strike.
Realizing that organizations of
workingmen are necessary to success
fully hargaln collectively, would sug
gest that some law be enacted pro
viding an industrial commission fair
to all parties concerned. I would
suggest a commission of three from
the employers and three vom organ
ized labor, appointed by the gover
nor, these six to meet, selecting a
seventh man. Tilts board to Hear all
disputes and render all decisions,
both parties being bound to abide by
the decision. Jurisdictional disputes
of the crufts must be settled by the
crafts and there shall be no cessation
of work allowed because of Jurisdic
tional differences.
The pay of the board to he $10 a day
while in session, $3 for hotel expenses,
other expenses as clerk hire, mileage,
etc., to he paid for half by th<* state
and half by the county being affected.
Parties to be affected will be noti
fied by the secretary of labor five
days before the hoard meet.* to hear
dispute. The board will not take
over 20 days to hear evidence and
give a decision in five days thereaflcr.
No lawyers will be allowed on the
board or to present case for either
side. All labor coming under dispute
to have a certain per cent of their
wages held out and deposited in a
state guaranteed bank and same to
be handled by the organization, the
employer to deposit a per cent as do
each employe and handled by his or
A Book oj Today
The latest volume of the Nebraska
Historical society publications (No,
20) is a history <>f the Nebraska coun
try by Albert Watkins, historian of
the society. This work gives a
chronological account of the valleys
and plains of the Missouri and Arkan
sas rivers. It covers the first six dec
ad s of the 19th century and is com
piled largely from contemporary
newspapers. There is hardly a phase
of the early life or social and eco
nomic history which is not presented.
Here are related the stories of the
traffic of the St. Louis fur traders
with the Indiana along the Missouri,
the Platte and the Arkansas; the ad
vance of steamboats up the Big
Muddy after 1S19, bringing traders
and settlers in greater numbers; the
emigration to the far west through
the Nebraska country; the struggles
with the Indians; the political ques
tions which vexed the pioneers; the
slavery issue: the Mormon visit; the
early railroad building, and other Im
portant events.
Mr. Watkins has edited the great
mass of material skillfully, adding in
terpretive notes. The index is un
usually full and the subheadings nu
merous. There is a good map of the
Nebraska country, designed especially
for the volume. This is another val
uable contribution of Mr. Watkins to
the history of the state.
What About
The New Year?
What are YOU going to do
with this bright New year 7
Will your clean page be check
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lost opportunities? Or will
you surmount its discourage
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70 0N
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Assets - - . $10,132,919.75
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John F. Flack, President
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Robert Dempster, Director
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