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WHAT ABOUT LOWER FREIGHT RATES?
The class one railroads are now earning almost
6 per cent on their estimated valuation. That should
be reassuring to those who cling to the idea that
before anyone else can be. prosperous the railroads
must get theirs. In other minds it raises the ques
tion: How long before freight rates can be reduced?
Certainly agriculture must have cheaper trans
portation before it can be restored to its proper
level of earnings. The farmers’ profits do not ap
proach the railroads’ 6 per cent. No indeed. The
figures of the Department of Agriculture show
that. 14 per cent of the farmers failed to break
even last year. The profits of the rest averaged
$917. This would not pay interest on the invest
ment in land, buildings, implements and the rest of
the farmers’ working capital.
In the cities industrial activity is at high pitch.
If this fine tone is to be maintained, the basic in
dustry of agriculture must be tuned up also. Noth
ing could do so much immediate good as lowered
rates on the shipment of all farm products. There
is^however no general move in this direction. It
is true that freight rates on grain from the eastern
fourth of Nebraska to terminal markets are soon
to be reduced from 5 to 25 per cent. But on the
same day this announcement is made comes the fur
ther news from Lincoln that the Interstate Com
merce commission is on the verge of increasing
freight rates on live stock from stations in Ne
braska to markets in Omaha, Sioux City, St. JUseph
and Kansas City. “The new rates,” it is said, “will
be the result of complaints filed by the railroads
declaring that rates from the points involved are
tpo low.”
No one else than the railroads have been heard
to complain that any rate is too low. From the
whole middlcwest goes up the cry that rates are
too high. Why is it that the complaint 'of the rail
roads ia heard and the grievance* of the farmers
and stockmen unheard and unrecognized?
SELLING THE YEARS OF HIS YOUTH,
*
“I couldn’t steal a dollar from the bank, any
more than I could rob my own father.” This laud
able sentiment is expressed by a young man under
arrest at San Francisco on charge of burglary. ll:s
honor is supersensitive, when it comes to dealing
with the funds of the bank in which he was em
ployed. Money over which he was set to guard was
a sacred care, a trust he held inviolable. Steal it?
No, he would steal from his father as soon.
When it came to other's property, his con
science was duller, his sense of right not hung on
so delicate a balance. He goes on:
“Banking does not pay very well and I like to
entertain and take out girls. And I did not like to
speculate in stocks. I fell in with two men three
months ago and the adventure and profits in the
burglary business appealed to nie."
What a remarkable inversion of morality! A
blind spot in his mind that prevented his seeing the
crime in burglary, when his mental vision was so
keen as to the money of Ihe hank. What peculiar
process of reasoning did he employ in setting up
the line of demarcation between burglary and em
bezzlement? He may never make it known, and it
probably would be puzzling to metaphysicians, but
he seems to have been able to convince himself there
is a difference.
Again, we may wonder a little as to the sort of
girls he associated with, who had to be so lavishly
entertained that he stole to eke out. his stipend
as a bank clerk. Surely such sirens will fill his
cell at San Quentin or Folsom prison with bright
visions, illuminating the dead stone walls with mem
ories of song and dance and dinner, and ride on
the bay, picnics in Muir wood and rides up the steep
sides of Tamalpais!
This boy, he is only ”0, will find he has old some
years of his youth for Dead Sea apples. Moments
of exciting pleasure have been bought at the price of
months of sodden prison life. He is young enough
to get some benefit from the bitter school he is going
to, and we hope he does.
SETTING SOUTH DAKOTA FREE.
' The Yankton bridge has a greater purpose than
just to get a span across the Missouri river. Its des
tiny is to still closer unite two great neighboring
states. It will also emancipate the producers of one
of the most fertile regions of the west from an
economic handicap they long have endured. I he
Missouri river just about bisects the state of South
Dakota, and that half which lies cast of the stream
is shut off from access to markets to the south, unless
a circuitous route is followed.
This handicap has been endured for a long lime,
not always with patience, but because the people
have relied on promises made that the barrier would
be lifted by one or another of interested railroads.
At last the public could wait no longer, and the-'i nnk
ton bridge was undertaken as a matter of general ne
cessity. Nebraska as well as South Dakota has con
tributed to its construction, and when it is completed
it will be a monument to the enlerpai.se of the peo
ple of both states.
Omaha will directly benefit by the existence, of
the bridge, just as will the citizens of both states to
the north. Communication will be facilitated, an
outlet for commerce will be provided, and while this
great market town will be brought into touch with
new territory, the producers and consumers of east
ern South Dakota will have hcccss to a new market.
Probably the opening of the bridge will have the
effect of hurrying to construction of the direct lino
of railroad so often promised and so long delayed,
between Omaha and Yankton, and reaching into the
great farming region north of Yankton. There is no
good reason why the valley of the "Jim,” the Big
Sioux and other of the rich regions of South Dakota
•hould always be held subject to the markets to the
east of them. They will soon have access to the
greater markets to the south, and the Yankton bridge
is a symbol of their emancipation.
Scotts Bluff county is going in for cantaloupes
this year. If they can make them ns good as then
sugar beets, Rocky Ford will he nowhere.
the president would have hail to look long and hard
to find a better qualified man for this position.
NO APOLOGY WILL DO, GOVERNOR.
Seldom has a public man fallen bo far and fast
in the public estimation as has Governor Bryan.
Even the democratic presei has a difficult time to
defend his actions ir\ office, particularly his latest
move in vetoing the Mathers-Dysart bill and thus
preserving the code. It was this same' code that
Mr. Bryan attacked so viciously during his cam
paign, claiming that it gave the governor too much
power—“made hinfe-u czar,’’ as he expressed it from
the platform.' Yet by a scratch of his executive pen
he now has saved it.
Verily in the code issue Mr Bryan built up a
: Frankenstein which is destined to devour him. No
; political machine that he can construct through his
power of handing out jobs can save him from the dis
illusioned people of Nebraska.
It was on this matter of political appointments
that the governor's veto turned. That is plain in his
message of explanation. The reorganization of
the state government under the Mathers-Dysart plan
was lacking, in his opinion, because it did not con
centrate all power in the hands of the governor.
It assigned certain duties to the state treasurer,
the commissioner of public lands and buildings, the
lieutenant governor, the secretary of state and the
superintendent of public instruction. Voters do not
need a long memory to recall that Mr. Bryan’s cam
paign was run on the theory that the constitutional
officers did not have enough to do, and that the code
departments in many cases duplicated their work.
He promised that if he was elected he would eliminate
the code secretaries and make these elected officers
do the work.
It turned out that only one of these officers j
elected by the people was a democrat. And if i
they were to assume any new duties they expected |
to hire their own assistants. This conflicted with '
Governor Bryan's desire to fill up the statehouse
with democratic jobholders. Accordingly he devised |
a scheme by which ho would have taken full com
mand of every stale department, appointing every
clerk, stenographer and assistant.
Instead of following this line, the legislature
adopted a plan which would have given the governor
direct charge of only one department out of the
six. This was the finance department, which keeps
a check on state expenditures, acts as a purchasing
agent and compiles the budget. In vetoing this
measure the governor makes much of the. point that
under such an arrangement he would only have five ]
or six jobs to hand out to his friends. Here are his
words:
Tlip il |i:irtnipnt of finance, which prior to j
the ccmIp wus in the state auditor's office, where
it should he now on m i mint of being largely a
duplication of his work, has been asslgno/l by tho
Mathers bill to the governor after refusing to make
any salary provision fur the secretary of finance
ami reducing the appropriation for the department
from above ?M),000 to $2ii,h00, which will necessitate
reducing the number of employes front 10 to pos
sibly half that number, or a total of five or six."
As a matter of fact, the state auditor's office ,
never performed the work of the department of ;
finance, which arose as a result of the adoption of
the budget system. There is no duplication. The
governor always claimed that the secretary of finance
was a useless jobholder, and that the work could be
done with half the help and for a fraction of the cost, j
Under his own plan he wanted control pf all six
departments, and now he complains because he has
been given the job of looking after one, and that i
one the most important, in a business way, of all.
A more inconsistent action than the governor's
veto of this reform measure has never been seen
i in Nebraska political life. Pledged to repeal the
I rode, instead he saves it. No longer does he want
| what he wanted when he wanted to be elected gov- i
ernor. What he wants now is a free hand to fill
| all state jobs with his political friends. This op
, portunity to build up a machine has been given by
| bis veto. And knowing Governor Bryan as they now
' do, the people of Nebraska do not doubt that he
will now strive to make the most of his opportunity.
DEFENDING HER GOOD NAME.
"Good name in man or woman, dear my lord, is
the immediate jewel of their soul,” said lago to
Othello, at the very moment when he was most de- j
! termined on cheating his chief. His remark is true
today. On the good name of each hangs the fate,
of the world, because it is that which sustains the
j confidence on which the world stands.
The affairs of the Farrar-Tellegati family jar
have been paraded for many weeks, but now they
j come in for another airing. In her suit for divorce,
the fair Geraldine named certain young Women as
' having shared in the philandering of her Lou. One
of these, Stella 'Larimore, has come into court and
i succeeded in getting an order for a hearing, that
; she may vindicate her own name.
I The young woman’s courage deserves commenda
tion. She is willing to strike a blow for herself, afid
will not sit quietly under an imputation of miscon
duct. Too frequently in divorce suits and other ac
tions persons are loosely and even wrongfully ac
cused. and all to frequently are left under the cloud
that has been cast on them. Even if fully cleared
in court, they never are entirely set right before the
world, for some of the odium will always cling to
them.
‘‘Be thou as chaste as ice. as pure as snow," said
Hamlet to Ophelia, ‘‘thou shalt not escape calumny.”
But if more people were to turn on the calumniator,
the practice of making loose charges without suf
ficient proof might be discouraged, At any rate, it
is a hopeful sign when a woman goes into court to
defend her good name against asperMons cast by an
other.
Omaha shows an increase in building of onr
third over last year so far, which means that houses
are being built to meet the needs of a growing
community.
The consumption of meat products is increasing.
That's another evidence of prosperity. When times
art- hard, meat is an infrequent guest at" many tables.
Homespun Verse
liy Robert Worthington Davie
WHEN WE GROW OLD.
All, nil i» well whi*n we arc young.
Ami life a garden fair,
And strife beyond our paths 1* flung
To wither In tho air—
Hut let us view the distance dim.
And wisely mark the day
When life shall meet tho gray and grim.
, And youth has slipped away.
W'e -;iy life mines hut oner*, and so
HiiJoy It while we may;
We close our eyes, wo do not know
That age is on Ith way -
The reckoning we can not miss,
Vet we arc unaware
Ilf (hut which is the hen it of this
< 'ontentment or despair.
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“From, State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Neivspapers—
Your Boy.
Fronj Foresight.
The imagination of boys exceeds "the
dreams of men. Boys are imitators
and their youthful minds develop
many interesting and fantastic situa
tions in which they have a part.
Many a lad, with a rooster feather
Stuck iu his cap, has ridden a broom
stick around Hie back yard—a mighty
general, leading a numberless and
victorious army.
Ask a boy )iis judgment on a mat
ter of import $ instantly ho displays a
spirit of responsibility. Show him i
kindness; you have made a friend.
Take an interest in his welfare; you
are making a man.
Where is the grown-up without
treasured recollections of the kindly
interest of some other grown-up,
back in childhood days? Where is the
mun or woman, who In youth did1
not, through misconception, worry
over trifling or imaginary situations
that would have been quickly dis
pelled had some one of mature years
sensed the matter and offered a word
of explanation.
When boys understand that there
is us much call for sportsmanship in
the game of life as In athletics, and
that the possibilities for honors ure in
finitely greater, they are in a fair way
of development.
Let the reader try the experiment
of a half hour's chat with a boy, hi*
boy or anybody’s boy, and note the
effect on the boy—and on himself.
He will he encouraged to repeat the
experience.
A Mark Twain Memorial.
From Tli* I.ouisville Courier-Jouimtl.
Mark Twain used to say, at his own
expense, that two cities claimed Ids
birth; that Florida, Mo., claimed it
was Hannibal and that Hannibal, Mo.,
claimed it was Florida.
At no time since the appearance
of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Saw
yer was Missouri or either of these
towns lacking in pride of their illus
ti'fulls son. He had lampooned many
of their citizens. He had pictured
many Missouri country towns as
Vather unprepossessing places. But
they could take a Joke, and the great
American humorist was not only of
American soil, but of the soil of their
state.
And now little Florida, Mo., the
birthplace of Mark Twain, wishes to
"tell the world" of her eminence. The
owner of the Clemens homestead has
offered to give the house to the state
and will sell the land at a fair valua
tion. and tlie- editors of northeast
Missouri have organized a campaign
for a Mark Twain park.
America, with her various halls of
fame, has no Westminster Abbey,
and yet here Is a more fitting metnor
. ial than even Westminster could of
fer. It is not a Parthenon where Hie
many may be immortalized. It is a
simple home thats peaks of the
childhood of the famous American, an
other Mount vfcrnon or Montloello.
But America, unlike England, has
been slow in recognition of her illus
trious dead. England knighted Wil
liam S. Gilbert, wit and dramatist, and
in Embankment park jn London stands
a monument to him that bears this
epitaph: "Folly was bis foe; wit his
weapon." The same may ls> written
on the tomb of Mark Twain, but the
finest epitaph to him are the atmo
sphere, the environs of his boyhood
stories.
This is to l>e found nt the Florida
homestead, and the country will
watch with Interest the campaign of
the Mark Twain Park association.
IJqnor on 111* Hich Soa«.
From th^ Fremoot Tribune.
The supreme court of the United
States is not a proboo*#? body as
many people have been led to believe
as a result of the rerent ruling per
mitting American vessels to carry
liquor cargoes when beyond the
three mile limit. The Justic es of the
highest court of the land have mere
ly found a loophole In the Eighteenth
amendment, have pointed out the
remedy and have left the rest to the
American congress.
The extension <*f the prohibition
law to include fhe blgh seas Ires
brought about many serious compli
cations, not only with our own ship
owners but with the shipping in
terests of foreign governments as
well. While ruling ngaljist the ef
forts of Iho department of justice to
enforce a liquor ban on American
vessels, the supreme court at the
same time held that no vessel, regard
less of the flag under which it sails,
can enter an American port with
liquor stocks aboard.
This decision has quite naturally
aroused a storm <»f protest from
across the water. The foreign gov
ernments haven’t got the same slant
on the matter c»f prohibition that wre
have in America. The laws of
France and Italy require that the
owners of ocean going vessels must
provide wine rations for their crews.
These laws apply to ships making
American ports of call and the situa
Daily Prayer |
Faith which worketh by lor*—(3*1. If
O thou great and eternal (Jod,
Creator, Redeemer and bountiful
Benefactor—the one from whom every
good and perfect gift descends, we me
assembled a* a family to engage in
worship of Tine. Breathe into our
hearts the spirit of true devotion. Oive
to us repentance for otir sins Thou
hast taught its that there is but one
thing that can come between our
soul* and Thee—one thityr that can
exclude us from the Kingdom of
(•rare and from the Kingdom of
(Jlory; the one and only thing- that
Thou dost lmte—sin. We rejoice that
tve may lie delivered from sin: that
we may have our fruit unto holiness,
and in the end everlasting life We
are taught in Thy Holy Word that if
we confess our sins, Thou art faithful
and Just to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteous
nest*. (Jive to us faith- faith In
I Jesus as our present personal, all
sufficient Savior. (live to us hope—
the hope that is an anchor to the soul,
sure and steadfast, that entereth into
that within the veil, and that will so
rurely hold us In the midst of life's
storms and trials. (Jive to us lcv«* -
that perfect love that easleth out fear.
O, give to us these and all other
graces that the Holy Spirit impart*
We ask all In the Name of Jesus
Christ. Amen.
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W II QUIVEY.
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tion is thus created whereby the laws
of nations clash.
There is even talk in Paris and
London of taking steps of retaliation,
but it is idle talk. The United States
is the greatest trailing country iy.
the world, but a great majority of its
oe< an commerce is conducted in for
eign-owned bottoms and any reprisals
attempted by Kuropeaii governments
would only reflect upon their own
maritime industries. It has been re
cently estimated that less than 50
privately owned American vessels are
plying the Atlantic ocean at the
present time.
There is no justification whatever
for the desire of foreign governments
to gain immunity from American
laws, whether those laws apply^ to
the prohibition of liquor or any oth
er practice that is obnoxious to our
government. Uitizens of other coun
tries who desire to come within our
boundaries are hound to obey and re
aspect our laws just as American citi
zens are expected to obey the laws
of any foreign countries in which
they may travel.
Prohibition is the greatest question
before the American people today.
Despite the concentration of city,
state and federal officials, violations
of the liquor law. the latter being em
bodied in an amendment to the con
stitution of the United States, have
increased alarmingly and it has been
discovered that these violations are
very largely due to the operations of
runt runners and smugglers along
our Atlantic seaboard.
Any foreign government that per
sists in encouraging its ship owners
to violate our prohibition laws is very
near to committing an overt act
against the United States, and the
quicker all nations are made to real
ize our attitude in the matter the bet
ter it will l»e for all concerned. The
American people do not propose to
allow the governments of Kngland, of
France, of Italy, or of any other
country to dictate our law enforce
ment policies. If they wish to imld
commercial intercourse through our
ports, they must adhere to the legis
lative restrictions under which our
own citizens do business.
Til© Way to Do It.
From The Kansas City Kansan.
Since the government's efforts to
curb the sugar speculators led only
to an advance In sugar prices, and
now It is declared that the only thins
that can stop the holdup of the peo
ple Is to quit using sugar, some other
remedies are suggested.
If you aTt^ compelled to help your
selves by starving yourselves, then
rho proper method of putting a stop
to the frequent slick ups switch stir
tlie country must la> for everybody to
become poor, because it follows that—
"Ho that is down need fear no fall.”
And of course the only logical man
ner of saving ourselves from the high
coal prices forced on us during the
winter period is to quit using coal
and freeze instead.
And the only way to keep from he
ing heltl up by outrageous freight
rates Is to quit shipping anything.
And the only possible protection
the people have against graft In public
affairs is to disband the government
and cease having public Interests.
If the nation and state, organized
to protect the people, either ran t or
will not protect them, we might ar
well save expense by doing without
thent,
To avoid law breaking, do away
With law. To keep from being rob tied
atiolish property. To keep from
being starved by sugar scoundrels,
starve yourselves by cutting out
sugar. To escape the profiteer, die.
Thr I.rttm p Miildlrnian.
From the St Louie Globe-l»emocrat.
Imperial valley, fn the southern
most county of California, and with a
long southern border whi» lv there con
stitutes the international line between
the Unite*! States and Mexico* has
shipp' d th*- last, for the present sea
son, of its lest money crop Lettuce
shipment* from Imperial volley, since
December, t ^.d ?.7'J*» carloads, of
which the fin.*d carloAd has now been
sent e<i."f The number of carloads
shipped ibis y»*ar was H 00A greater
than last year. This has notvbeen
a result of greater production of let
tuce, but a recognition of the fact
that, during two <>r three years past,
raisers could sell lettuce at more
profitable figures than their other
crops, although in recent weeks the
middlemen in the lettuce markets,
where they have lately appeared in
large numbers, have given rise to
complaint* among producers. The
cost of transportation in carload lots
to eastern markets has not been
changed, hut prices at such points
haw* fallen, while Investigation has
f illed to si;ow any reduction to ulti
mate consumers.
In that great bowl called the Im
perial valley, out of which the « st
takes so many of the good things of
life, there was, last year, something
as nearly resembling a strike as the
producer ever calls. After the ship
ment of a few thousand carloads of
cantaloupes, tin- growers, beginning
to realize that they were getting ton
small a part of the high price* being
paid in lho east, left thousands of
the melon* to rot in the fields. The
like c;tUS* will pro*luce the like ef
fect this year and on a more extended
wale, with the probable result that,
owing to an artificial scarcity so pro
due**]. the consumer* who uie able to
continue consuming will pay still
higher figures.
The cantaloupe crop of Southern
California, Florida and South Texas
will begin’Hnoving in carload lot* dur
ing the early part of May The prob
lem of middlemen's cost having l*een
more Intensively studied since last
year, it may be possible to hold prices
down to last year’s level. Little
more than that may l*c expected.
We Nominate—
For Nebraska's Hall of
Fame.
BOOK of Mrs. Jack Burton's
poems, entitled "Mother Poems
for Mothers' Day," has Just
been published on the press of the
Beatrice Kxpress. Mrs. Burton has
been engaged in newspaper work for
over six years and for some time has
been a member of the new.- ,-tafT of the
Daily Kxpress
She began writing at the age of 10
and, encouraged by lo-r tea'-ln l's and
friend-, ha- engaged extensively in
the work, writing more as a recreation
rather than as an occupation. She
has a wide range and writes light
comic verse as well as epics and heart
appeal poems. Kor fiver a year Mrs.
Burton has contributed a poem each
week to the society page of the Kx
press. Mrs. Burton is nf>t only a
w riter, hut an entertainer as well, and
she often reads her own poems at
civic gatherings.
JVMF.S WHITCOMB KII.KV'S
POFM ON "M1F MUtTIN."
!
Jninm Whitcomb Rlky. the genial
Homier poet, who passed sway recently,
dedicated t«* Km Hubbard’* humdrou*
» liaracter. Abe Martin ' which appear*
da II '• m ths newspaper, the following
rharactcrletii v*r*e*:
TO KIN Hl'BBARD—THK FATHER
OF HIS rOI'NTRYMAN.
ABE MARTIN:
AUK MABTIX:—da'I-bum his oiif pic
lure!
P'tends hc> a Brown county fixture—
A kind «*f comical mixture
Of h'»ss sen-.- and n<* sen**e at nil!
HU mouth, like his pipe, ’s alius
goin'.
And his thoughts, like his whiskers,
is flowin’—
And what h* don’t kno\\ ain't worth
k nowin’—
From Genesis clean to baseball!
The author. Kin Hubbard, ’s so keer
less
He draws Abe most eyeless and ear*
less’;
But h< > nover >n pictured him
cheerless
Kr with fun at he tried to conceal—
Whuther onto the fencle er clean
over
A rootin’ up ragweed er riov#fl\
Skeert Ft iff at some “Rambler' er
“Rover"
Kr new fanglcd automobeel.
It's a purty steep climate old Brown’s
in;
And the tains there his ducks nearly
dn»wns in.
The old man hi*''■*<• f v. .id*-** h s rounds
in
A* ca’m and serene. n:ighty ni^h.
As the old bandsaw hawg, er thv mot
tled
Milch-* ow. er the okl pwv^t- * wattled
Kike the mump- had him 'most so
wolf throttled
That It wuz a pleasure to die.
But hc«t of >m all s the f d breaks
'at —
Abe don't sec at all, and yit makes.
Both me and you lays hack and
shakes at
His comic, miraculous cracks.
Which makes him—clean back of the
power
Of genius itse’f In it** flower—
This Notable Man «»f *he Hour.
Abe Martin, the Joker on Facts.
*—James Whitcomb Riley.
The Spice of Life
A i**yt h:-itri«; board w .-«• te**mg the
nc ntalitv of a negro soldier
"Do you nrr hear \olrm without be
ing able to tell "bo iw «p'«king cr whet*
th* sound * onv * from?
••Yew, *ub." *n.-<* ■ rr.l the nrgro
• vnd wlfn due* thin ofuir ^
"Wh**n 1m i»lkin ov*»r «!•■ telephone. —
Th* Christian Evangelist fSt. Kouie).
"VVImt are the grounds for lira di
vorce T"
*»h. vouip French girl named b-mett*
M«rd her name on all hi* shirt*"—
Chaparral
A negro w»-nt felling lie hooked a b*g
r.ttfi*h win h lulled him overboard. A*
he crawled ba*k m*o th* boat, he >aid.
rhllowopho all) "What I a anna know ta
• u* I.h iliw teggah tiehln’ or t* dia fish
niggcrtn' Atlanta Const liutktA}.
Aeal.-iant — ‘'Here a a woman writ*) that
i*li«* riuesn i know which w aV ! •* turn.**
Editor— "betid tier .» • opy of t h» traffic
regulations.**—Hutton Transcript.
y SAME PRICE
/y for more than 30 years
l r BAKING
7 W POWDER
7 OK Ounces for OKI
I C+>t9 —•°s::rstr4,fc*u wv
( Use K CIor
Finer Texture and
\ Larger Volume in
th^ baked goods.
\
Use less than of higher
, priced brands.
Million* of Pound*
Bought by our Government
“The People’s
Voice"
Ittltnrtalt from reodrri of Tht Mortint Bo*.
P.ltttn ol Tht Morolo* Boo ort Inrltod ft ,
II to Mill columo froolo lor xprcillo* 00 1
motleri ol piJhllo Infortlf.
Nonstop Fishing Record.
I Urn Creek. Neb.—To tbe Editor of
The .Omaha lire: Every morning as
we sip our coffee over the morning
paper we see where some fair damuel
broke the nonstop Jazzing record or
some galoot ate pumpkin pie for 72
hours. But here Is one for the fa r
reader:
Mr. (Fall Tucker of our village
I,olds the nonstop, no-bile fishing rec
ord of all the universe as far as we
are concerned. For five days and fiv,
nights tig sal on the bank of the fa
mous Buffalo creek, angling, with
out a stop or a bite. Ilis record came
suddenly to a close at -Via this morn
ing. when in 17 minutes he caught a
six-pound catfish and two carp, weigh
ing five and a half pounds each.
How about It? Has It ever been
equaled? A HERO WORSHIPER.
Woman’s Opinion of Men.
Norfolk, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Iiee: In The Omaha fie,
of May 2 I read with much interest
Charles Htoltenberg'a article on “Wo
man and Politics." He says, by the
laws of nature the women will never
master politics: that they could
never burn a negro at the stake: that
they could not take a man from jail
and hang him. No. thank God, women
will use the “sword of spirit" instead
of the steel sword in politics, 'file
spirit of the Lord Is more powerful
than brute force. God created man
and woman on utt equality
“In the image of God created Ho
them." But man has neglected de
veloping the spiritual nature—that is
why the world has gotten into such
an abnormal condition. Women have
been more willing to a bide by God's
laws than men: hence at this critical
age we need spiritual jteople in puli
tics. So I hope in 1923 and 1924, also
in the future, God, instead of gold
will be tbe important plank In politics.
Yours for a peace on earth and good
will to man.
MRS. NELLIE FRANK.
That Wonderful Smile.
Genoa, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: There are a few people
that hate themselves and do not smile.
How often have I s^on, even business
men, that faib-d to realize the value
of smiling.
This day and age commands us to
be cheerful. We have heard it ♦‘Hid:
T love that person's actions” and
“Oh. that wonderful smile.” No one :
can doubt it. smiles w ill win love, I
friendship, cause trouble with flap- ,
pet s—keep down anger.
Who admires an old grouch? Not
me. No one. with a 20th century din* .
position should.
persons not fortunately born with
a lovely disposition, need not remain
'x grouch. Smiles may be produced
by proper cultivation. Overhaul your- 1
!f occasionally. Persuade yourself j
to lie more agreeable and the smile
germ will mature despite the fact you
afe a grouch.
Many smiling and agreeable clerks
And themselves always 1 usy—cus
turners will wait to ouv from them.
Being willing to show the g«*ods and,
whether you buy or not, their face
remains the same Thanking their
customer, asking them to call again.
Thev usually do.
When you once assume the responsi
bilities of a foreman, forelady or in
structor, nothing les* than a miracle
will reveal itself, when you learn the
Abe Martin
J*inky Kerr who wuzn' worth h’s
keep before th’ war now pull6 down
$5 per day. These girls that are
dancin’ two or three days without
stoppin’ had better gave thor steps
till they settle down an’ try t' make
a mince pie without a kitchen
cabinet.
(Copyright. 1922 )
difference between a grouch and a
smile.
Of course "a grouch ' cares litile
whether they are Liked or disliked, or
if they are in business, whether bu*.
ness is good or bad. But when so
many of their customer- ask. "Why
tills grouch tide morning'.''' it seems
t" me they should wake up to th- fact
that the grouch les s with themselves,
not thei* few customers.
Their competitor just across- the
street, has a good paving huidnes"
Why? Because they feel it just as
r.ecesgaiV to wear a smile as it is to
wear certain clothing.
As I have said, smiling at flappers
may cause trouble; but, listen. Pre is
useful if uited in tbe right w*r and
harmful if not taken care of
If. A. HANBBEBKY.
l-ess .testing Over Voting love.
M. Paul. Neb.—To th" Editor of The
Omaha Bee; Our hoys and guts of 20
step into marriage today with as little
serious thought a* they steppe*! into
the puddles by the side of the road
12 or It years ago, and are about as
soon tired of the venture.
They Emerge with hearts as *ore
and smarting a« their legs were in
those days. The |aty of It is th..'
the hearts carry the scars to the end
of their days.
How much sorrow could be avoided
if love affairs w ere !>!*♦• • seriously <•••'
s dered. I'arenfs and elders begin to
te.fsc tiny tots aliout love and sweet
hearts before they are considered old
enough to be taught to pray.
First in every matt*h life is his re
ligion; n*-xt slmuld be his love. For
tunate indeed are the children whose
parents know this and act according
ly. eliminating all talk of love from
their conversation with children until
they are of proper age. Instead of
making their sons' or daughters' love
affairs the butt of rude Jokes and
jesting, treat it as It really Is. one of
the most urious things of life,
> H. M.
Phonographs for
One Dollar Down
We have 75 splendid,
slightly used and demon
strafing phonographs
which MI ST BE MOVED
THIS WEEK lo niak<
room for new stocks now
in transit.
Every One Is
Guaranteed to Be in
First Class Condition
They come in all finishes
and sizes and are the ones
we have 'taken in ex
change on pianos ami
player pianos.
Eor one dollar down and
a few records you select
and pay for your ehoie<
w ill he sent to your home.
Come in before they are
sorted over and moke
sure of a bargain you w ill
always delight in.
q
This Large Cablet Packard
r ancg-aph Oniy $59.00
The First to Come Gat First Choice
Notice These Bargains
W.'* New
\ ietov, oak .* 4(1.00 $ 9.00
Mag-Ni-Phoue, mahogany... > 25.00 812.50
Premier, mahogam .>.25.00 875.00
Yietor. oak .* 50.00 822.50
Portophone, leatherette.•>' 25.0(1 823.00
Outing, oak. > 27.50 825.00
Columbia, mahogany. * 50.00 828.00
Saxola. oak.*150.00 805.00
Columbia, mahogany. *140.00 808.00
Yietrola. mahogany.>150.00 878.00
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