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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
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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
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