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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING C0-, PublUher,. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ✓ The Associated Press, of which The Rm is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all new dispatches credited to it or hot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republicstions of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT Untie or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: 1000 Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs --- 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Averue Washington • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. CALLING A HALT. "All persons born or naturalized In the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or Immuni ties of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny any person ■within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." That is the Fourteenth amendment to the Con stitution of the United States, adopted in 1866 as part of the reconstruction policy of the federal gov ernment. On the rock of this guarantee a number of measures passed by state legislatures has come to grief. Last week the Nebraska and Iowa lan guage laws were declared by the supreme court to be in conflict with this proviso. Before adjourn ment yesterday the same tribunal declared certain sections of the Kansas industrial court law also in violation. There are signs along the way that all may read, and some gladly. What can they mean, except that a halt is being called on the policy of restrictive leg islation? In the last few years a perfect mania for state control of human relationships has swept the legislatures of the forty-eight states. Let it be granted that many of these statutes were designed toward desirable ends, but let it also be confessed that in attempting to do good, some wrongs have been committed. The old freedom of action has been hampered by one restriction after another. In Kansas the industrial court, acting under a atate statute, claimed the power to adjust labor dis putes by stepping in and naming a wage which em ployers were to pay and employes accept. The case carried before the supreme court was one in which a packing strike was settled on this basis. Chief Justice Taft took exception to the claim that this did not interfere with the right of private contract. It is quite evident that if the employer found it im possible to pay the wage he could close down his works, just as the workmen could quit, individually if not collectively, if they could not afford to work for the wage ordered. But this is encroaching on individual rights. The state maintained that the preparation of food was a matter vitally affecting the public interest and as such could be strictly controlled hy legislation designed to secure con tinuous production. The answer of the court is specific in this Instance, although so broad as to he vague in its general application. These are the word*: "It has never been supposed since the adoption of the constitution that the business of the butcher, or the baker, the tailor, the wood chopper, the mining operator or the miner was clothed with such a public Interest that the price of hie product or his wages could be fixed by state regulation. . . . since the adoption of our constitution, one does not devote one's property or business to the public use, or clothe it with a public Interest merely because one makea commodities for and sells to the public In the common callings of which those above mentioned are Instances." This would seem to have its hearings on move ments for price fixing and compulsory wage decis ions by state governments. The Kansas industrial court was shorn of many of its judicial functions at the last legislative session in Topeka, and this new ruling would seem to strip it of most of its re maining powers. How far these same principles apply to the fed eral government is a question as yet not clearly an swered. The only problem here touched is that of state regulation. Certainly those who have sum moned up their hopes or fears, as the case may be, that the federal prohibition laws can be thrown out by the same course of reasoning have nothing on which to base their opinion. Three times during 1920 the supreme court upheld the prohibition amendment and validated the Volstead enforce ment act. PAGEANT OF THE OREGON TRAIL. The Nebraska State Historical society has per formed a distinct service in erecting stone markers along the old Oregon Trail through Nebraska. But that is not enough. The old trail should he made a national highway, constructed by state and federal aid. There is nothing in American history of more interest than the stories and traditions that have come down from the days when the old trail was a teeming thoroughfare, over which traveled the great est pioneers in history. Fiction contains nothing to excel the history of that old trail; no characteres more heroic; no romances more thrilling. Then men and women who blazed that trail opened up a new empire and added undying luster to the flag. From the point where it enters Nebraska, near Superior, to where it passes into Wyoming, near the village of Henry, in Scott* Bluff county, the Oregon Trail should be reopened and made one of the great historic highways of the state and of the nation. Nebraska should give it immediate atten tion, trusting to Kansas and Wyoming and other states to do their duty in like manner. It is his toric Mitchell pass, near Gering, that marks the di viding line, where the pioneers left the rolling plains country and entered the beginning of the foothills of the Rockies. There they looked their last upon the buffalo and the prairie grasses. And r few miles further west, at old Fort Laramie, they prac tically bade goodby to civilization and entered the unknown. The enterprising little city of Gering is plan ning to revive interest in the history of the Oregon trail by holding a three-day festival to be known an “Oregon Trail days,” purposing to make It an an nual affair, with historical pageants and a revival of the scenes that seem so far in the past, yet were only as yesterday in the life of the republic. Cer tainly a plan such as this is far better than the rodeos and roundups that serve no better purpose than temporary excitement. Such n festival as Gering proposes would be of immense historic value and be an incentive to grenter patriotism. New York is not helping the prohibition en forcement officers, hut the Empire State's attitude Is not doing the rum demon much good, either. "^nee deep in June” means neck deep in the Arluuyi&j at Wichita. FLOODS IN THE FIELDS. This is the slack time of year for the rainmaker as a rule, and in the great central west just now his stock in trade is a drug on the market. Every rivulet is a creek, every creek is a river, and every river a rushing torrent of flood waters, devastating bottom lands and carrying terror and destruction to the inhabitants. June, always a month of big rainfall and freshets, has been the weepiest of all recorded so far, a record that exceeds the experience of white settlers in these parts, and enormous dam age to life and property has resulted. Mechanics of rain ate simple. For this part of the world water is vaporized in the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Mexico by the tropic sun. Little particles of vapor are carried high into the air, and there are assembled into clouds, which are borne northward on the warm currents of air, until the heat is lowered. Then the vapor masses become denser, and finally change into rain clouds, and the downpour begins. Billions of tons of water are contained in these clouds, one of the marvelous ex hibitions of nature's wonderful forces. Another lesson is taught, the helplessness of man before the elements. No man can direct the climate; rain or wind, or clearing skies, may be foretold, but they come or go as may be, and man has no control over them. To give an idea of just what rainfall means, it may be stated that an inch of water over the area of the townsite of Omaha is roughly equivalent to a pond one-half mile on all four sides and twenty feet deep. When this is multiplied by the tremend ous expanse of country now flooded, and the inch is increased to fifteen or more, then some notion will be gained of the huge volume of water that has been poured down on the land within the last two weeks. The natural drainage facilities are ample, but the trouble is that too much of the bottom land is tilled and when required fob the runoff of the rushing waters, crops are washed out and fences, barns," bridges and other improvements destroyed. Such visitations as that noted just now are rare, although the June freshet is an annual occurrence. Heavy and almost irreparable loss is forced upon the farmers and other property owners in the flooded region, but the spirit that conquered the wilderness in the beginning still prevails, and will find its outlet in rebuilding when the waters run off and the dry lands again appear. For the land will come out from the floods, and will produce all manner of crops. Nature is ruthless in enforcing her laws, but is lavish in repairing harm she does in carrying out her processes. "THE MILKY WAY.” There was a slump in dairying in Nebraska* Iowa, Kansas and Missouri during the years of war and inflation. Farmers turned to other crops and many pastures were plowed up for grain fields. Now, however, in Nebraska at least, there is a ten dency to get back on the “milky way.” Anything that can be done to encourage the increase of dairy ing is for the good of Nebraska, Omaha, as the greatest butter-making center in the United States, is a particularly likely spot for holding a dairy show to which the farmers up and down the converging lines of railroads would be in vited. Exhibits of dairy cows, dairy equipment and the various products, from cheese to butter and ice cream could there he supplemented by addresses from farm experts and leaders in the industry. Perhaps the traveling show which soon is to make a tour of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Idaho could be brought here for such an occasion. This special train carries a numher of cars of dairy cattle representing four principal breeds from fa mous herds. Frank Lowden, former governor of Illinois, but best known among farmers a,s presi dent of the Holstein-Friesian association is one of the several spokesmen accompanying the exhibits. With him are C. M. Long of the National Holstein association, C. Musser of the National Guernsey Cattle club, C. L. Burnington of the National Ayr shire association, Hugh Van Pelt of Waterloo, la., representing the Jersey Cattle club and W. I. Baird of Waukesha, W'is. This is a dairy show in miniature, and it would furnish a splendid nucleus for a show in Omaha, if It could be brought back through here from its west ern trip. The list of speakers is a notable one, and undoubtedly they would attract great interest among the farmers of Nebraska, who are ready for the message’ they bear. The Austrian loan of $25,000,00 7 per cent honds was oversubscribed in fifteen minutes in New ^ ork, while the Iowa bonus bonds are being retailed at one-fourth of 1 per cent premium, if you want to know what chance a good tax-free security has nowa days. Travelers will miss the old Broad street train shed at Philadelphia, but mighty few outside the Pennsylvania general offices will regret it. "I just hit him on the jaw,” says the police commissioner, telling how he ended a debate. What could be more becoming? What has become of tho old-fashioned cellar that was half full of water at this time of year? China’s president has a puzzle. He can’t rule and can’t resign. The policeman who shoots in a crowd ought to be examined. It will be hot enough before October. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie WHEN TWILIGHT COMES. When twilight comes I feel the swing Of woodlands on my ear*. I hear the soothing zephyrs sing. I see tho dewy tears Upon the grasses glistening, I sen tho flowers listening Beside ancestral biers — When twilight conies. When twilight comes I fool the Houl Of Nature lifting me, I rise In thought to reach the goal of twilight's purity; In dreams within the grove 1 stroll While subtle songs of night time roll Willi sweet tramiutllty— When twilight comes. When twilight shapes the final ray Of life, of love, of light — I shall contentedly survey The peaceful scenes and bright, Amt listen to the zephyrs play The melody of patting day Upon the string* of night— Whoa twilight come*. “The People's Editorials from raadm of Tbo Merging Boo. Reader* of Th# Morning Bao art Invited to uee this column free I* for gxpreuioQ on matter! of public Intereit. The Fate of Medical Pioneer. Bcemer, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The Arthur Bris bane column in one of your repent issues quotes Dr. Vincent of the Rockefeller Institute as saying, that modern medicine is "open to new truth," provided “It can be rationally related to the body of knowledge about which all scientific men agree." Mr. Brisbane s comment Is that such limitation is too strict, and cites Instances such as Pasteur being called an Ignorant charlatan by the then greatest men In medical science. And Harvey, who was ridiculed for announcing the circulation of the blood—Harvey, be it remembered, built his discovery on the teachings of his Italian preceptor, Fabrlcius, at Aqfiapendente, CPadua); his epoch making disseration "exercltatio ana fomlca de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus" was first printed and published 'in Frankfort on the Main. When tiemmelweis in Vienna, 1847. first demonstrated, that unolean hands and instruments were respon sible for the terrific death rate from puerperal fever, he was persecuted and ostracised by the medical frater nity, and died in an Insane asylum— none the happier for the monument, a grateful posterity erected in his honor fifty years after his death. In our own days Bohlelch evolved the principle of "local anaethesia.” When, at the Surgical Congress at Berlin he reported his discovery, he was literally shown the door by his enraged colleagues. Today his method Saves the lives of many "poor surgical risks," who could not over come the Immediate or post operative dangers of general anaesthesia, and alleviates the discomforts of surgical procedure for many, many others. Mr. Brisbane is right. Even In this era of modern progress scientific minds rebel at new truths occasional lv. However, new- truth is truth Just the same, even though it transcends existing general knnw]»dge DR JULIUS LINOEN'FELDER. "Small Town Pests.” Madison, N’eb—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I am not writing about the pest you most likely think I am, but I am writing about that well known, ill bred pest called the • gos sip." The pest I mean comes with her In sinuating smiles and "I thought you ought to know and. of course, I don't want to cause any trouble, but such and such a person told me this and told me that." The gossip pest Is one of the most terrible Insects In this gossip loving nation of ours. Does not a tiny germ often spread afar its disease, and la not gossip the same thing? Just some idle person's little bit of nothing told and retold until It finally reaches enormous size and often causes great distress and calamity in the finest of heart, onrf homes. Beware of gossip! If your neighbor or your friend tells you a little hit of what you think is nice, spicv gossip, just tuck that little bit of gossip in the darkest comer of your heart and forget it. b>h. of course you'll say: "That Is Simply ton good to keep; I will Just have to tell It. but. of course, you won't let It go any farther." Well, you'll tell it, and it will he re told many times until It amount* to something really scandalous. When the peRt Anally reaches the ears of the person most elosely sssn e la ted with the party who was sup posed to have done all these awful things, then what’ The little pest buzzes and buzzes Its buzzes grow louder ail the time until someone, somewhere Is waiting, wor rying and maybe weeping Just because someone had to s>art a little hit of something out of a little bit of noth ing Haven't you got about all you ran do attending to your own affairs’ ■lust let our neighbor and our neigh bor's neighbor alone There nre plenty of women gossips and plenty of men gossips Maybe I have been a little too fond of spicy morsels of gossip mvself. but say. why don't some of the rest follow In mv tracks and swear off from aiding thT gossip pest In Its deadlv work’ Don't be a trouble maker, for there are too many of those flitting around now. T remember one time reading the following: "A wise old owl s.af on an oak: The more he heard. the less he spoke The less he spoke, the more he heard.’• Why can’t w« all act more Ilka that bird? The writer of that little piece of poetry wrote a very good piece of advice for all of us. REFORMED, Would Curb Supreme Court. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Ree: In regard to the su preme court's decision* on the mini mum wage law and the language law, there scents to be quite a little differ enee of opinion, and some quite harsh things have been said. To solve these problems nnd to solve them correctly wo should have our constitution amended so as to become more flexi ble by opening up the way for the Initiative nnd referendum, both state and nation,-iL I tUiyinily belief* : her# Is too much newel* g- sted In fh* supreme court on *ucn momentous questions In a repub lican form of government and that the people slibuld have the right nf Initia tive arid referendum when decisions do not meet their approval In con nection with this we should have the compulsory ballot law and a voter's Daily Prayer l.et Us draw nssr with s pure hssrt In full nseursnrs of faith -Hrh. in ;; Our Ood nntl Father, we come to Thee with grateful hearts for all Thy mercy and goodness toward us. We know we nr« unworthy of the least of Thy favors. We have nothing In ourselves to commend us to Thee, ex cept our weakness and heed: but we rejoice that, notwithstanding our un Worthiness, Thou dost bill us come to Thee and tell Thee all that Is In our hearts. We confess before Thee . ur sins, nnd beseech Thy forgiveness Wo plead for Thy grace, and the rlrength Thou nlone canst give, for every experience of life. We pray that Thou wilt draw us nearer to Th> self. May we ever be conscious of Thy presence, and be unllfted by the assurance of Thv guidance and fellow ship. Make the better and nobler life of the Spirit more real to us day by tiny. Take Thou possession of nil our thought*, and till u* with Thv Holy Spirit. Enable u* to overcome every temptation, and to know anti to do Thv holy will, l.t-atl us by Thy mighty and loving hand nhvn s, and make our lives n blessing to other scut*. When Thou art done with us here, receive us, we pray, to Thyself, in the upper nnd better world We ask all this In the name of nnd for the sak* of .Iran* Christ, our Lord land Ha v lor. Amen ’ a dd' UON8IDERABLE credit, It would seem, Is due the school system of Nebraska for developing such a notable social worker as Grace Abbott. Nor is It to be overlooked that after graduating from high school In Grand Island she taught there for three years, from 1899 to 1902. Grand Island college, the Uni versity of Nebraska and the Univer sity of Chicago gave her the finishing touches for a career that has made her one of America's most famous women. Miss Abbott Is now chief of the chil dren s bureau at Washington, .where she began as director of the child labor division. Her first social work was done as a director of the Immi grants' Protective league and as a resident of Hull House. Lately she has been appointed director of the newly formed American Child Health association, of which Herbert Hoover is president. She is author of a book, "The Immigrant and the Com munity.” qualification act. so that each one who is able to cast a vote would have to deposit same, and in thar way we would always have the true sentiment of the electors. If we can conscript in time of war for soldiers, we can conscript in time of peace for voters. Tast elections call to my mind will bear me out on the compulsory ballot law. and I think ft is the first stepping stone for reform measures if we are to have any in this country of ours C. L. NETHAWAT Sixty-Three Year* of Political Progress. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Sixty-three year* ago the 18th of last May a convention a* aembled in Chicago that was consid ered by many at that time as very radical if not revolutionary. During the first week in July an other convention will assemble in Chi cago that may also leave ita mark in historical annals. The birth of the republican party centered around one of the very great eat products of our entire history, Abraham Lincoln. The meeting next July will have no central figure, hut the Issues will be somewhat similar. The enslave ment of the colored race called forth the first Chicago meeting, and the enslavement of the white race calls the second one together. The w armer labor party of the Cnited States has Invited represents the* of all ‘‘labor, farm and political groups ' Owing to the senatorial conflict now raging in Minnesota he tween the farm labor forces and the stand pat wing of the republican party In the election of a Hnited States pen ator to suereed the late Knots Nelson, all eyes will be on the home of the grain trust. Tjist fall f irmer labor force* sent I’nlted State* Senator Frank Kellogg, special pleader for Ihe railroad, grain. ltimlxT. and a hundred other trusts, to the political garbage heap and elected Henrik Shipstead. one of the most capable leaders of the toilers, ss his successor. Minnesota was populated largely by deseendent* of the Scandinavian na tionalities "Jim" Hll! nnd hi* under studies, taking advantage of the pov erty of manv of thoae pioneers and playing on their credulity and prej udice*. sowed dragons- teeth that are returning a thousand fold tn plague those who profited by the deception. The farmer labor forces are better organized In Minnesota than else where. They have a powerful dally paper, the Star, whloh la doing yen man service In light of the foregoing farts, the program or platform of the farm labor force* of that state expect to elect another senator. Is as follows: "Public ownership and operation with democratic control of all public utilities and resources. Including stock vards, large jHwttolrs fslaugh tar houses), grain s&pvatrvs water ■power add cold storage and terminal warehouse*: government ownership nod democratic operation of the rail road*, mines and of such natural re sources as are In whole or in par) hi is ,.f control hr special Interests of basic Industries and mono poll**, euch as lands containing coni. Iron. oil. large water power and commercial timber tracts pipe lines snd oil tanks telegraph and telephone lines " This platform nr program Is enough lo make a Nebraska populist of the early in* gasp with astonishment. hut truth t« sometimes stranger than fle Mop, and Minnesota elected a Fnlted states senator on that ntatfnrm lost f ill, nnd the republican "whip" In the house of representatives admits that Ihe farm lehor nnrtv wilt sweep Mlnne sota hv 1ltn pan mnlorhv at the spe rial election tn Toly. Yehmst. a will have a substantial -’etegatlon from the different farm and labor groups at. this mert-n w tr nrninv N ET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MAY, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.fS.181 Sunday. 80,206 Does not Include returns, left : overt, sample* or papers spoiled in Sting and Include* n«» special •ales. n BREWER. Gen. M*r. V. A BRIDGE, Cir. Mfr. Subscribed and sworn to balers me this ?d day of Juno, 1023 W. H QUIVKY, (Seal) Notary Public “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Meaning of Milk Grade*. From ths Scientific American. Milk is graded according to bac teriological content; not, as many people think, according to the amount of cream it contains. In other words, Grade A milk is not necessarily richer than the B or C grades, contrary to general opinion. It is the numher of bacteria found in milk which determines bow it Is graded. Grade A milk contains the fewest bacteria; there being no more the 30,000 per cubic centimeter in this grade after pasteurization. In Grade B milk there are no more than 100, 000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. In Grade. C milk there are no more than 300,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. The bacteria in milk are considered generally, nonpathogenic; that is, noncreative of disease. All milk con tains bacteria under ordinary circum stances, and their presence in this food is expected. If milk were tested and found not to contain bacteria it would Immed lately be suspected of containing pre servatives, which are more harmful to the health than the bacteria com mon In milk. On the other hand, the presence of too many bacteria in milk indicates carelessness In the handling, and this, in turn, might some time invite bacteria not entirely harmless. Therefore, the Importance of testing milk for the bacteriological content. The t»st for counting the number of bacteria In milk is simple. This does not mean that you or I, without a laboratory where sterile precautions are possible, and without the knowl edge of laboratory technique, could perform that test. But taking the miracle of sterile precaution* for granted, th'ere is very little work to counting the bacteria in milk. About two drops of the milk are placed upon a small glass dish This is mixed with agar, a rich stiffened bouillon In which all bacteria thrive The dish is then sealed and placed away in an incubator, in a tempera ture conducive to germ life After 24 hours the bacteria will show all ovsr the surface of the glass dish in clusters of white rlainly enough to be counted hv the naked eye. A "Stagnant" Democracy. From th# Sew York Ttm»* In Harper's Magazine, Mr Frank I. Cobb, with his usual force, answers in the affirmative the question, I* Our Democracy Stagnant?" He re gard* it as extraordinary" that none of the new state* »-rest*d by the war imitated the American constitution. They preferred parliamentary gov ernment. With that alone they were familiar. Does this show that par liamentary government is for us. su perior to ours'* If our democracy Is stagnant, the world doesn't lack ob **r\er* who Insist that parliamentary government has broken down. It seems that th* United States sys tem i* "rigid, unyielding, unreepon eive ' Jt would he easy to make it too yielding and responsive Mr. Unpb objects to the senate as nullifying “every principle of democracy and every principle of representative gov ernment ” Tet the main question is of practice. Many would hate to trust th* property and rights and liberties —these last slowly diminishing even under th* processes of constitutional amendment—to a single chamber. The house, representing ' the princi pie of democracy," Is swept off its feet by temporary agitations, bulldozed by minorities, usually cowardly before that mysterious ' democracy" which is. in effect, an oligarchy or a collec tion of oligarchies It is almost a trui«m the* all governments are rua by tnlncrities It I* a considerable r» proach against our congresses and leg tslaturea ehat they are. to »ich a re grettahle extent, puppets iff the in numerable societies and lea sues which wheedle or hully them We have a superfluity of bloc and cla-s govern ment. Our system has been flexible enough to acquire that. Presumably it Is flexible enough to get rid of it Both as a "counter balance to pop ular passion" and as the representa tive of the states, the senate is more necessary now than when ft waa1 created. The men who made th*j constitution were no democrats, as j Mr. Cobh says. As far as the electoral ; college is concerned "the American people democratized the presidency' without changing the conatitution: but does the nominating convention,! "one of the most remarkable inatru ments of free institutions that was ever evolved from the political genius of any people," put "the election of the president directly into the hands of the people themselves?" They get the chance to vote for somebody who may liave been nominated by some such majestic triumph of ‘ democracy" as was achieved by the nomination of Mr. Harding. Ik It so serious a loss, in the long run. if the house and senate happen to be controlled by different parties, or the president and majority of con gress happen to belong to different parties? The necessary work of gov ernment goes on and the country escapes a lot of dubious legislation. As for the ’fetish" of the constitu tion, which Mr. Cobb and so many others deplore, the recent frequency of amendments, the proposal of so many more, the restless identification of "change” with ' progress," seem to show that the "fetish" has lost some of Its power. It if to be hoped that the majority of the people will continue to be stagnant" to "ven erate" a constitution mat has worked so well Fet.sh or no fe.ish, the con stitution it preferable to the vagaries and mysteries of "pure democracy. The Old MrGuffey Readers. From the Louisville Courier-JournsL A few days ago an anniversary cam* and went. It was not heralded It was not celebrated. It was like any other of the 3S5 days of the year and no special notice was taken of it Yet its mention would have brought hack a flood of memories to hundreds of thousands of persons living in the United States. * It would have re called snatches of long forgotten songs, simple stories of homely vlr tues and many a scene or flowering youth in many a ramble through the fields. It was on that day 50 years ago that William M McGuffey died To say that he was the author of the old McGuffey readers would seem unnecessary hut for the fact that a nsw generation of schools and school books has taken their place Thirty vears ago the name of McGuffey was known in every school and in every home From his primer to his sixth reader there was not a poem, not a story that was not remembered Begt of teachers and a thcueandfold blessed, William H McGuffey left an indelible stamp on the niinds and hearts of an entire nation, the teach er. the preacher, the philosopher who finished his life's task 5<i years ago. Cost of Building Construction. FrCm the Clevelsnd P!»>« Ceeier Beth sides of the building trades have done what they have known from the beginning they should not do They have gone ahead without regard to consequences They have exercised no relf restraint; they have done nothing to avoid the price boom ing which sooner or later undermines every period of great activity whether tt be in the building field or any other. The result Is that building costs are out of line entirely with costs of other kinds. The remuneration of the prospective huilder has not kept pace with th» Increased cost of con struction. He accordingly has no choice In many cas»s but to withdraw from the market He could not build If he would. Employers blam* em What th’ country neeas is a hi?, lively hack t’ th’ soil movemen* startin’ at Washin’ton. O’ course Stillman is purty well fixed, but they’re liable t* keep tryin’ him til] he’s found wantin’. (Coprrttb'. 1123 ) ployes employes declare the suspen sion of building activities is another 'onepirarv of rapjtal agains* labor. As a matter of fact, it is a Jolts' re sponsibility. TV hen each side is wilt ing to accept its share and exercise the same caution in its operations as is displayed in the great majority of industries St 'he present ttm* con St ruction work wit! be resumed c" a Urge scale and will go on without further interruption. A Good (nance. Another glacial ag» is nearly die. according to an astronomer At*er he sell* his sugar futures, the gpecuU*or might try a filer In sleds —Detroit N>*vg ---. EARL H. BLRJCET h k.BURKET&son Established !«7« FUNERAL DIRECTORS Farnam Street at 34th a “Home Owners” We want the loan on your home. 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