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WOMAN’S RISE TO POWER.
Seventy-five years is not a very long stretch of
time when it is laid down alongside the recorded ac*
tivitics of mankind. Yet it is only that long ago
that a movement took head which has resulted in
what is already accepted as a commonplace. July
19, 1848, in a Methodist church at Seneca Falls, N.
Y., was held a convention to consider how best to
secure for woman her rightful place in the world, to
gain for her a voice in public affairs, and to permit
her to take part in the shaping of events, so far as
they can be controlled or directed by human thought
and action.
It is an interesting fact that this meeting grew
out of a world anti-slavery convention, held at Lon
don, to which Lucretia Mott and the husband of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton had been elected delegates
from this country. The feeling against woman’s
taking active part in public affairs was even stronger
in England than in America, and Mrs. Mott and Mrs.
Stanton found plenty of time outside the convention
to discuss plans for breaking down the age-old con*
vention that gave exclusive leadership to man. His
tory is full of the names of women whose influence
directed the destinies of nations and of groups. In
spite of the general customs that handicapped her
activities, woman had always managed to make her
self manifest, and her presence on many an occasion
changed history. She would have been less worthy
had she accepted without demur the subsidiary
status awarded her, however, and she determined
to have her full voice in what is going on in the
world.
The Seneca Falls convention was received with
expressions of scorn, of contempt, of ribaldry and
even scuitility. Yet those who had set their hands
to the plow did not look backward. Susan B. An
thony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eliza
beth and Mary MeClintock, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
the list grows, stood steadfastly against prejudice
and bigotry, and day by day and year by year the
movement increased in its hold on the public mind.
“Whatever ought to be will be done,” said Mrs.
Stowe, speaking of the effort to abolish slavery. That
work required many years of agitation, but finally
it was accomplished.
Equal suffrage for women came by degrees;
Wyoming granted equal voting privileges in 1869;
Utah in 1870, and so on gradually the number of
states and territories conceding to the wife and
mother her rightful place in the political as well as
the social and economic life of the nation was ex
tended. Partial suffrage, such as we had in Ne
braska, was adopted as an expedient in many states,
but finally the full vote was extended to all.
Four years ago the Susan B. Anthony resolution
passed the congress of the United States, after hav
ing been thrice rejected, and was soon ratified by
the necessary three-quarters of the states. Woman
has assumed as far as possible a share of the respon
sibilities and duties of political management; she has
taken part in conventions, has been elected to office,
and is generally a familiar figure in places once
exclusively those of men. Three years, and two
elections, do not give sufficient time for the full
readjustment that must come before the effect of
universal suffrage can be measured, but the celebra
tion at Seneca Falls, planned for tomorrow, will be
a jubilation as the one that began there seventy-five
years ago today was an expression of hope supported
by courage.
LATEST STYLE IN HAIL.
If the news had come from some eastern center
it would not have been so surprising. But from a
Email town in Oregon information arrives that a
recent storm was marked with hail stones "as big
as golf balls.” This is indeed a new standard of
mesurement. For years hail stones have been de
scribed as being as large as hen's eggs, or in case
of extraordinary size, as large as goose eggs.
Everything is being modernized, even nature.
LAW—NOT WAR.
It is significant that while Armistice day is al
ways celebrated, no particular notice is taken of
the anniversary of the outbreak of the world war.
It is as if the people wanted to forget, and yet they
must not forget. It is with that feeling, that demon
strations have been arranged in many cities for
July 28, the date on which the break came that
cast millions of lives into the abyss.
A citizen’s committee for a world court, including
100 prominent men and women, has arranged a
program for Philadelphia. ' A parade, slides in the
picture theaters, radio addresses, posters and every
conceivable means of publicity will be used to em
phasize the slogan, “Law—Not War.’’ In Dayton,
the Council of Churches is backing the demonstra
tion, and in other places such organizations as the
W. C. T. U., the women’s clubs and American Le
gion posts are enlisted in the cause of a peace of
justice.
The offer of $100,000 by Edward W. Bok for a
practical plan to eliminate war from civilized na
tions has stimulated thoughts of peace. That a man
is willing to back his ideals thus substantially in
spires hope and confidence as well as interest.
Americans today are thinking about peace as never
before. If they have lost sympathy with Europe it
is because they can discern there nothing but mili
tarism, triumphant and defiant. But even the situa
tion overseas makes the thought of peace seem more
attractive, rfnd leads to the search for an arrange
ment by which the law of international justice can
be substituted for the reign of force and terror.
Former Vice President Marshall has submitted
a proposal to Mr. Bok, the main feature of which
is that the constitution of every civilized state be
so amended as to require a popular vote on the
question of declaring war. There is nothing new
about such a proposal, and while its practicability
may be questioned, at least nothing is to he lost
by its discussion. It is the same way with all the
other proposals. However visionary they may be,
at least the fart of their being brought up indi
cates that hope of world peace is not lost. Civiliza
tion could scarcely survive another such conflict
as the last, and the need is pressing for the organ
ization of world sentfment which will require gov
ernment! to observe rules of International law and
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THIS MOMENT OF PERIL.
It is apparent that Great Britain does not know
which way to turn in the European crisis. Some of
the members of the cabinet are said to favor ad
vising Germany to submit unconditionally to France,
while Premier Baldwin inclines to a course designed
to relieve Germany, isolate France from its allies
and defeat the present Gallic policy.
How desperate the situation of England is
scarcely is appreciated in America. Unlike France,
and unlike America, it is not economically self-con
tained. That is to say, it does not provide its own
food or the other necessaries of life. Essentially a
transporting and transforming nation, it depends on
importing raw materials and exporting the finished
products manufactured from them. Foreign trade is
its very life.
Before the war, British commerce with Germany
and the continent was very profitable. Now France,
by its occupation of the Ruhr and its relentless atti
tude toward the German republic, has prevented the
restoration of one of the big English markets. The
disorganized condition that prevails throughout Eu
rope has produced great unemployment in British
factories. The immense quantities of German coal
paid over to France out of the Saar valley mines
put a crimp in the demand for British coal both in
France and Italy. The rise of the American mer
cantile marine, furthermore, cut into the profitable
carrying trade of the British.
Peace in Europe and the recovery of the foreign
market is necessary for the salvation of Britain. It
has nothing to gain from the dissolution of Germany.
And yet, it can scarcely dare to provoke the open
enmity of France. British possessions in the far east
are none too safe if France should see fit to encour
age the Turks with arms or funds. At Lausanne
France and Britain worked hand in hand in dealing
with the Turks, but this was only for mutual con
venience and could easily be altered. .
The stakes of this international game are im
mense. If France is able to hold to its plan in the
face of the failing of the franc and the danger of
Belgium or Italy siding with the British view, it
counts on becoming the dictator of the continent.
If it fails, it is in peril, what with its decreasing
population and heavy indebtedness, of becoming only
a minor power, scarcely more important than Spain.
And if Britain loses, its trade is gone, its population
without employment, its prestige flown. All there
would remain for millions of its people would he
emigration. The alternatives of this contest are so
terrifying that human reason is appalled. What is
left to pray for is a compromise, with Germany,
France and England each conceding something for
the salvation of civilization.
ANYTHING TO HELP THE FARMER.
When the southern planters faced bankruptcy
because of the low price of cotton, the business men
of the whole nation# responded to the slogan “Buy a
bale of cotton.” The south was saved and today
there is no more prosperous section of the country.
Now the wheat growers of the west are in a simi
lar position. It is natural that the business men of
Omaha should take the lead to lift them from the
depression. The “Buy a thousand bushels of wheat”
movement launched yesterday should find a ready
response from business men all over the nation who
are interested in the buying power of the agricul
tural sections.
The ninety days following the harvest is always
a period of stress. A good many farmers, especially
tenants, have to ship their grain soon after thresh
ing, no matter what the price. This is the time,
when if demand is not strong, prices fall. “Any idea
to raise the piye of wheat will benefit the whole
country,” said F. J. Farrington, manager of one of
the great implement houses of Omaha. “I would
like to see the town people buy wheat, let an eleva
tor store it, and put the market up where it belongs.”
That was the unanimous opinion of all the Omaha
business men at this meeting. Not one of them but
wants to see the farmer prosper. Agriculture must
be made profitable if any industry is permanently to
succeed.
MAN POWER IN THE HARVEST
Complaint of labor shortage in the harvest
field is not a novelty, but that does not solace the
farmer whose grain requires to be harvested and
who has not the help he needs. The federal em
ployment agent at Lincoln complains he has difficulty
in getting men to leave immediate employment and
pay the fare required to get them to a harvest field
some distance away.
Both these attitudes are the natural manifesta
tion of what some unidentified economist has called
“enlightened selfishness.” The fanner and the la
borer alike view the situation from the standpoint
of his own needs. Closely connected with the sit
uation is the whole problem of the migratory worker
solution.
Just now the-farmer is at a double disadvantage.
Prices for what he has to sell are down, some to pre
war levels or below, while he must compete with
what are denominated “speculative" industrial en
terprises in the city for his help. He can not afford
to pay city wages, nor to operate on city schedules.
What is the answer to this situation? It is not
a theory, but a condition, and until something of an
adjustment is reached, the farmer is doomed to take
the short end of it. Schemes for the regulation of
employment, so that the seasonal occupations will be
able to rotate the labor supply have been suggested,
but none can be made of service in the present crisis.
Harvests will he brought home, just as they always
have been, but the price of the work is likely to be
unreasonably high, because our industrial system is
badly disjointed. x
Another investigator has found that the "modern
girl is all right.” Bless their hearts, that has been
true every year that man has numbered on the clock
of time. Where have the mothers of the world come
from, save'from their daughters?
I
I Homespun Verse
—By Omaha'* Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
DRY WEATHER.
Dry weather, dry weather to tarniah the dreams
Of them who so faithfully toll with the clay,
And live on the hope of their onion* i\nd beans
To frighten persistent starvation away.
The barley Is rusted, and worthless the nut*
The corn ha* been blistered by sephyr and sun,
The swine are half nourished, and (taunt ace the gdlfs
Which over Ihs pastures despairingly run.
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Dry weather, dry weather! The year has been vain,
And hope Is descending to prevalent doom;
The tojler has prayed and Implored It to ruin
And save him the sentence of fathomless gloom
But lo! As Hie end of existence seems nigh.
The long wanted gusher la suddenly sent,
And effort* thought wasted In moments gone by
Are proven both wisely and gainfully g gj
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“From State and
-Nation”
Editorials from other
newspapers.
Fight Stories Win Reputation.
From the Dougla* County Begtonnslre.
Fred S. Hunter, m#mber o£ Doug
las county post, made himself a real
"rep” as a sport writer by his arti
cles on the Dempsey-Gibbous fight, ap
pearing In The Omaha Bee. .
Hunter's interesting articles were
the subject of much comment and
brought him considerable praise, not
only from Omaha sport fans, but from
other cities as well.
Hunter is acting managing editor
of The Omaha Bee. and i« a former
sporting editor of that paper.
His observations in regard to the
big fight have no douht been fully
digested by this time, but there i»
one suggestion he has »to make for
future championship fights:
"They should never pay a/cham
pion boxer such immense sums as
$200,000 or $300,000. Bet the big pro
moters cut the size of these purses
and then cut the admission price
down to the public, in order that more
people may be able to see Uje cham
pionship bouts.”
Nearly everybody who attended the
big light was rooting for Tommy Gib
bons to "knock Dempsey's block oft,”
said Hunter.
lad's Keep 1'p With Ourselves.
From I he Kansas City Star.
Is civilization too much for us? Look
at the things some products of civili
zation did to us on the Fourth of
July. A long list of dead and injured
in motor car accidents and from the
use of fireworks, the latest products,
of course. And there Is going on all
the time the destruction of human
life through use, or misuse, of the
airplane, the railroad train and vari
ous modern devices.
Recently a recognized genius In the
electrical world drew a picture of the
wonders science is going to perform
for humanity. He had a basis on
which to build. Science already has
produced marvelous changes. It may
be expected to produce more.
But it is important to consider
whether man is able or ready to ac
commodate himself to these changes
as they come. Science has made over
Industry in the laBt century or a little
longer. It has brought power produc
ing machines and labor saving devices
one after the other. But It brought
also for many years a steadily mount
ing toll of human life as the penalty
for use of these devices. Safety ef
forts In Industry now are bringing
results; but the process of adapting
humanity to modern Industry has
been slow, painful and costly.
It Is the same elsewhere. Science,
advanced civilization, has given the
world the motor ear. a wonderful and
a useful Invention. But science
couldn't make humanity equal to a
proper handling of the machine; It
couldn't prevent the annual sacrifice
of about fourteen thousand lives in
America hecause of the motor car.
and it has not been able to prevent a
combined toll In all forms of accidents
each year considerably In ex-esa of
the country's killed In the recent war.
Maybe too much Is expected of science.
For some of the minds which direct
the movement of motor vehicles be
long to the stone age or still farther
back.
It Is a serious problem In more re
spects than In the sacrifice of life and
limb, this failure of mental develop
ment to keep pace with material
achievement. It Is a question worthy
the best effort of the schools and all
other agencies having to do with
training the mind or directing the
course of human behavior.
A Great Highway. x
From th# Yankton Ft-## and Pakotaa.
From the frozen lands of the Kskl
mo and polar bear to the tropic jun
gles of rvntral America via the Sun
shine highway and Yankton, may be
a vision rather far fetched, but it's
pictured already In the mind of i-ui
man who seen perhaps more clearly
‘hen most men. and has seen for years
the possibilities that will come from
development of great trunk high
ways extending from north to south
and from east to west. J W Barm
ley of Ipswich has long been known
hc. "the father of good roads" in
South Dakota, and it Is few road
meetings that he misses He wasn't
in Yankton for the meeting of th#
Sunshine association last week, but It
was only hecause he couldn’t get here
on account of extremely bad roads.
He sent his congratulations and re
grets. however, and a bit of advice.
"I cannot resist the desire to con
gratulate all connected with the high,
way over the success of past year*
and prospects for the coming," he
Daily Prayer
l,«t the word of rhrlet dwell irt yon
rlrhlv In ell wisdom. tiarhlnv eml ad
monishing nne nnnther tn psalms , <1
hying* end spiritual eoriye etnetne w ilH
K rm e ~ln your to nrts to the t.ord And
whatsoever y»- do in word or deed, to
ell in the Nettie of the l.nrd Jesus, living
thank* tn t}od and the Father by Him —
Coloss 3 le i*.
Our gracious I*ord, we (hank Thee
fur those who have helped us to knew
Thee We bless Thee for the revela
tion of Thy love In eye* of affection
and arm* of tendernea* to which our
lathy heart* willingly responded, and
for the knowledge of Thy law- In per
suasive suggestion and stern com
mand, to which we give obedience
We praise Thee for lip* that taught
our* to speak Thy name In rsversnee;
for love that believed In u*. and Would
not let u* go; for arm* that sheltered
anti sustain'd ns In time of testing,
for eyes of vision that enabled us to
see things Invisible, but eternal.
We magnify Thee for lives shining
with the glory of rectitude and win
aomenees; for shoulder* divinely
strengthened to hear another's bur
dens; for hand* beckoning to the
hle*eednr*s of ancrlfh lal eerviee
Grant unto all these, whether on earth
or In the Glory I.and to know the Joy
of our gratitude *nd love, and vouch
safe unto u* that it may he ours to
l«le»* others ns we hav* been »o grent
ly higased Amen.
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Subscribed end pwnrn to before me
tbic 7th day of July, 192.1.
W. H. QUtVFY.
(*mI) Nntosy Public.
_
Boys who <a'ne out from the east
in 1874. planning to f ght Indians in
the vcllnity of iinifthu, might have
reallead their ambition At any rat*-.
Indian fights were not uncommon tn
Nebraska in those diiya. and the one
that gtvea to "Massacre canyon" Its
forbidding name,' Is thua described tn
The Omaha liee of August 8, 1874:
"Through the kindness of the At
lantic & Pacific telegraph officials in
this city, we are enabled to give the
following interesting particulars of a
fierce battle fought recently between
a party of Pawnee Indians and a
body of Sioux,
"The dispatch from Elm Creek
states that ott Tuesday morning, while
a party of 240 Pawnee warriors were
hunting between the Republican river
and Blackwood creek, in Nebraska,
about 120 miles southwest of Elm
Creek, they were suddenly surprised
and attacked by it body of 1,500 Sioux.
"The Pawnees stood their ground
well, notwithstanding the sudden at
tack. and the superiority.of the enemy
in number and position, and fought
them bravely for 10 long hours. They
were then compelled to retreat or
suffer total annihilation. They were
hotly pursued by the Sioux for a dis
tance of 25 miles, when, aided by the
darkness of the night, they managed
by great cunning "fo effect their es
cape. They traveled as secretly as
possible, after giving their pursuers
the slip, and arrived at Elm Creek
this meriting, a badly used up party.
They were terribly punished by the
Hloux, having lost about 100. among
whom were some of their best young
warriors and hunters and a large
number of squaws and pappooscs. A
large number o{ their ponies, also,
were either killed or captured. They
also lost the most of their guns, am
munition, clothing, and all of their
provisions, and were In a starving
condition upon arrival at Elm Creek.
They had killed 600 buffalo, but had
to abandon them when attacked.
"Tito defeated Pawnees report that
the battle was one of the severest
and most sanguinary engagements
that has l»cn fought on the plains
between red men for many years
past.”
wrote to the roadmen gathered here.
"I want to go on record as saying that
(he Hurshlne highway has the one
ttrateglc location for a great highway
across the state from north to south
and with extensions running north to
Peace river and south to that unde
veloped but wonderfully rPh republic
of Mexico, which, with the civilizing
unit t'hristlanltlng influences of bet
ter roads and the infusion of northern
energy, will become one of the richest
sections of the western hemisphere
"The great bulk of travel will lie on
the cast and west highways, but there
Is a place for cross-roads connecting
thes" great highways and affording a
practically continuous road from the
Arctic to the tropics, and when 1 look
at the map I can figure out no route
for such a highway other than that
helected by the Sunshine Highway as
sociation in this central part of the
United States '•
Bolivia's Beepo*.
Krcm the Si Leal* Fosl-PIspstch
President Saavedra of Bolivia, re
sented the charge recently made that
he was a despot, and when several
Bolivian publishers declared the
charge true Saavedra promptly closed
(heir plants, sent the publishers out
of the country and established a
stringent censorship that is guaran
teed to prevent further unfriendly
criticism
Had proof lieen wanting that Saave
dra Is a despot he has himself fur
nished It In abundance And from
reports his position is well f. rttfled
He has practically dtsl»anded the army
and substituted for it n sort of Prae
torian guurd sufficiently strong to
crush any revolt. Officialdom gen
erally is said to be loyal or subservi
ent. Its has no opposition except the
people. 80 per cent of whom are ac
counted against him
Public sentiment In Latin America
is not the force it Is elsewhere. Yet
sufficient hammering can weld it Into
i force It may bo observed, too,
tHat. notwithstanding Lenlne. Trotxky
and Mussolini, dcspotlng is a hazard
ous sport these days. A week ago,
for example, Stamboullsky had Bul
garia under Ills thumb, and. according
to disclosures, was finding the pre
miership a lucrative job. Stsmbou
lisky Is now one with Romanoff and
Hapsburg
There should be a lesion for the
Bolivian president in the fate of the
Bulgarian premier. But despots can't
read. Like llenrv Kurd, they think
"history Is hunk ” Because of that
Illusion history hae to keep howling
them over. It Is a long, tiresome
struggle and history at times seems
to weary of It; hut. driven to the
breaking point, history strikes and
strikes hard Tho finish of Saavedra
* one of the predestined certainties.
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
editorial from roador* of The Mornloo Boo. Raadari of The Koveloi Boo
ore Invited to uoa title oelumn fre*l» for eioreetlen
no matter* of ooklle Intoroat.
Prairie Schooner Hay*.
Osceola, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The following is a
short slimps* of Polk county in the
summer of 1868: On May 1 a prairie
schooner, drawn by two yoke of
oxen, might be seen wending its way
along llie Blue river and across the
sixth principal meridian into Hoik
county. A family of eight were th«
occupants of that old covered wagon|
two members of that family are llv
lug today, the others having gone
the way of all flesh. The little coun
ty of Polk has never appeared more
beautiful than it did at that time. A
veritable hunters' paradise, it certain
ly appealed to the four robust boys.
There was no one living there as pio
neer settlers, unless some belated
rancher on the old freight trail con
cluded to tarry yet a little longer, for
the great bull trains had ceased oper
ations after the Union Pacific road
was through and had put a finish to
that mode of transit.
Down at Nebraska City there were
acres of ground covered with aban
doned freight wagons and trailers.
Most of these wagons were on the
wide track order and had hubs as>
large as a beer keg.
Our old prairie schooner, as it rested
in a bend of the Blue river, was a
great curiosity to the antelope, elk
and deer, yes, and buffalo, of which
there were not so many; but there
were buffalo In plenty a few miles
west of us. All these animals were
curious to know what the white ob
ject In the valley meant and would
congregate on the hillside In num
bers, gazing long and earnestly at
what seemed to be a premonition for
boding evil to them. A mountain lion
would come occasionally that first
summer and take In the situation, ac
cording to his ability to understand.
He must have come to the conclusion
that his days were numbered, for he
departed westward and was seen no
more.
Along down the Blue river in But
ler county there were a few settlers,
and If we got any news whatever
from the cast we had to go Into that
county to get It. The few settlers
from Ulysses west were all neigh
bors, although there was a distance of
20 miles between them. Each settler
would try to take a turn at making
one trip to Nebraska City or Platts
mouth during the year and. as
a usual thing, he would have more
mall to deliver than the modem mall
route. I.IBERTi’ CLARK.
For All Middle Western Poets.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
lia Bee: Jonathan Johnson's plea for
Iowa poets appearing In the Omaha
Bee has been duly received and no
ticed. Coming originally from Iowa
It would do my heart good to have
every Iowa poet a member of the
Poets club I am now' proposing. I
hereby declare that no muddy Mis
souri divides Nebraska and Iowa ;n
the poetic realm, that the two states,
in fa> t every state In the middle west,
are as one.
By Mr. Jobneon a long letter I take
it that he is vitally Interested in the
organisation rg such a club. I here
by appoint him to Invite every poet
friend he may hate to become a mem
ber.
Plans are now under way for a
very fine meeting in the near future
at which time organization plans will
be definitely made. All who write
verse are Invited.
Rest assured that there wilt be no
flowing bowl or wassailing in our
Poeta rlub. If he belonged to a poet s
club where the member* Insisted on
drees suits and heavy banquets. I'm
afraid they were not of the same
caliber as those I have met. A ban
quot in the lif* of most of my poet
friend* would indeed be an event
from which to reckon time.
I hope lie will spread the gospel of
western poetry to all his friends and
that he will Interest them in this,
the first step toward the realization
of a midwest guild of writers. I am.
JACK LEE.
More Insuranre Figures.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: When we cast that fire
insurance net. weighted with a chal
lenge to the fire warden, we hoped
to haul in a Kiss, pickerel or some
other prize, but all we landed was a
The main roada leading
"•toward Iowa an.! Mlnnca.ita
Lake* are tkr flak tralla during
tha aeaaon whan the "big una
ara biting. Driving through Iowa
you will find tha atralght roada
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T.l. Well, Genet el Agent
Peaaenpet Hep. ita.nl
l«0 South Clerk Street (neat Adeae)
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CANADIAN PAPiffC
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minnow Mr. Lovell, an Insurance
agent,• rushes to the aid of the big
fish.
We are quite well aware that our
challenge to the fire warden is de
fenseless, but that was simply a feint
of journalistic shadow boxing to break
into the first page with an issue that
has been smothered more than once
and this Insurance agent nips at the
bait and swallows the hook, sinker,
line and all.
The Insurance department reports
that the fire Insurance (stock compan
les) collected $7,708,956 In premium*
and paid out In losses $5,113,813 dur
ing the year. Even admitting those
figures were not Juggled before they
reached the department, it cost th«*
policy holders 51 per cent of the
losses to maintain the battalion of
swivel chair Insurance official*.
Mr. Lovell cites the Armour $750.
000 loss and the low rate grahted for
such a liability. The Armour Inter
eats aie outside of the Jurisdiction we
complain for. If Armour cannot get
the Insurance premium as low in Ne
braska as he can get It elsewhere he
tells the local insurance men to go to.
Not so with the property holder in
the interior of the state, especially if
he Is unfortunate enough to have a
loan on his prlperty. The loan and
the Insurance companies use the same
quill and you have to buy the Insur
ance the loan companies demand.
Mr. Lovell states that 35.000 in
surance agents are operating in Ne
br&ska. The property owner need
expect little help or sympathy from
this group The higher the premium
the larger the commission and there
is no competition. A handful of men
with a so-called rating bureau in
Omaha fixes that. None of the Insur
ance companies will accept a policy
with a rate les* than that "nominated
In the bond" or on the blue sheet.
Mr. Lovell then passes the buck to
Governor Bryan, the genesis of the
whole discussion. Before Governor
Bryan became afflicted with acute in
flammation of the "code" we fre
quently discussed these insurance ex
tortions and we arrived at the mu
tual conviction that state fire insur
ance was the only solution.
The fire insurance stock companies
have charged the Insured $2,500,000
for collecting less than $8,000,000 of
Insurance, while the state treasurer
has collected $15,000,000 of taxes,
supervised over 90 counties, and the
McKelvIe budget request was for less
than $40,000.
The state practically underwrites,
supervises, and now Mr. Lovell would
have Governor Bryan correct the
abuses, so why not do it all.
Of course the Institution of an hon
est to goodness state fire Insurance
would be like cutting a dram to a
pollywog pond. It would leave a lot
of pus*y figures that ne'-er created
a dollars worth of wealth during
their existence blistering in the sun.
But. something must be done. Five
cent hogs and 70 cent wheat is breed
ing an atmpsphere that bodes 111 f' r !
the.,? w ho neither card or spin
W. H. GREEN. 1
Abe Martin
/* far*mn Barone
M &itAXLove•
When a toastmaster introduce:
somebuddy “that needs no intro
duction’’ why th’ devil don’t he
stop there? Next t’ horses, we
don’t know o’ nothin’ that’s gittm’
scarcer than home-grown children.
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A Book oj Today
The World Herald editor—the politi
cal editor, not the bird and flower
bug—has discovered that our laws re
gardlng prohibition clash with those
of foreign countries, and to escape
this disagreeable situation suggests
that it is up to us to alter our legisla
tion. They would also favor letting
the League of Nations make other
laws for us aside from those we have
considered best on the liquor ques
tion. Such courage and patriotism
puts us in mind of the Loup City pio
neers proceeding to an Indian attack
under the leadership of their great -»
scout, Happy Jack. When they got
there the stock they were pursuing
was being guarded by the Indians, he
was asked whether he Intended to
direct a charge. "Oh, no." he said,
“we will keep still and maybe they
will let u* alone.'—Aurora Register.
"Let's have more farmers—111,000
acres thrown open to homesteaders,"
shrieks the Omaha World-Herald
It's easier to shriek that sort of guf*
than it is to make a decent living on
a farm under present conditions.—
Gering Midwest.
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