The Morning Bee! MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ths Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for re publication of si! news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local news published here*a. All rights of republleadens of our special dispatches are also received. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department at l..st or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: A1 |ant,c Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1000 Offices ' _ Main Office— 17tn and Farnara Co. Bluff* - • • 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N Now York—28* Fifth Avenua Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg =■-**—■— th -: KEARNEY’S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. The beautiful and progressive city of Kearney is issuing a call to her children to come back home dur ing the week of September 11 to 14, and help cele- ’ brate her fiftieth anniversary. Kearney’s children who have remained at home give the promise that the entertainment provided for the returning wan derers will be sumptuous, and the promise is as good •a performance with those who know Kearney. Much of Nebraska’s history is intertwined with the history of Kearney. That city was one of the early trading posts on the old Overland trail, and began its real growth about the time Fort Kearney, on the south side of the river, was abandoned. For a time it was the western terminus of the Burlington & Missouri River railroad, although the Union Pa cific had reached there several-years before. It was at Kearney that the first irrigation and power proj ect in Nebraska was established, and Unde David Campbell, its projector, lived to see his dream real ized. Kearney had electric street cars before Lin coln did, and was the third city to be lighted by elec tricity, the power coming from the Kearney canaL Nebraska pioneers will recall the marvelous “boom” inaugurated in Kearney in 1888, promoted by Massachusetts financiers. It brought into ex istence the Kearney Daily Enterprise, which for two years was the marvel of daily journalism in the middlewest. It brought the colossal cotton mill, which was the wildest dream ever wrought. It built the famous Midway hotel, afterwards destroyed by fire, and it exploded during the tremendous drouth and financial panic of 1890. It took more thar a decade for Kearney to recover from the effects of that wildcat era. But it recovered, fully. During all those years the Keame£ Daily Hub, with the veteran Mentor A. Brown at the helm, prophesied the future that Kearney now enjoys. Today there is not a prettier city in the west, nor one with more enterprise and public spirit. Broad streets, well paved, magnificent trees, beautiful homes, great business enterprises, and a spirit of co operation that is an inspiration to see, mark the Kearney of today. When wandering children of Kearney return home to take part in the fiftieth an niversary, they are going to see the Kearney of the dreams of Uncle Davy Campbell, Uncle Mose Syden ham, and Mentor A. Brown. SIMPLE STORY OF A BRAVE LIFE. Sixty-four years of married life, from 1859 to 1923, without “hard words between us,” is the rec ord claimed by an Omaha couple. Also, they say Ihey never have been in debt. Such a record is attained by few. It is the more smarkable in the present instance because of the act that the husband’s earning power was limited hroughout his life by reason of feeble eyesight. Per haps in this fact may be found the secret of their access. Affliction taught him patience, and thrift ■as another lesson that came from the same source, is chance for employment was precarious, and he iok no unnecessary chances with his job when he ad one. Simple enough, and what a lesson it contain? for lose who have full possession of their faculties, are t far better circumstances so far as material things o, and are discontented. This worthy couple got long with what they had; no Idoubt they, too, would have appreciated many of life’s comforts, little and big, but could not have them, so they enjoyed what they could have. “Sweet are the uses of adversity,” one of which is to develop that philosophy which sustains one under the load of care that life lays on some. A sweet, calm courage has sustained this couple through long years of toil, frugal living, restraint of desire, and bearing bravely the burden of honest poverty. Sons and daughters came to them, and were counted blessings. These have been reared to iseful manhood and womanhood, and in turn have reared their own families, and now grandchildren *nd great-grandchildren bless the lives of the sturdy old man and wife who did not let misfortune shut out all the light from life for them. "The short and simple annals of the poor” fre quently contain lessons that the greatest and richest of all may well con closely. This one is eloquent of content and sublime courage sustained by faith. SPANIARDS IN NEBRASKA. Ak-Sar-Ben has made most people familiar with the expedition of Coronado in search of the mythical Seven Cities of Cibola, and the Kingdom of Quivera. Addison E. Sheldon, secretary of the Nebraska His torical society, has added a very interesting and valuable chapter to the record. In the quarterly magazine of the society, of which he is editor, he publishes for the first time the tale of a Spanish sxpedition that set out from Santa Fe in 1720, to locate and pc?:;?ss mines on the Missouri, and to '.hallenge I" r.ch occupation of tho r '/'on. A body sf 60 S/1: iz penetrated as far as the junction of the I' • ■ id Loup rivers, where they were massacred 1 "d of Otoe Indians, masquerading as Pawn/ r has. Mr. Sh .) i"ai‘hfully translated the narra tive from . . n i nd Spanish documents, and ac companies his cc. ,.nt of the exn Uition wilh copious /nd serviceable notes, which will greatly assist the itudent, or any interested in the story of this battle, it rV.her, slaughter that took place in Nebraska 202 /ears ago. The Spanish soldiers who fell victims to the treacherous and murderous onslaught of the savages deserved a better fate. They had painfully made their way, encumbered by tools and implements for opening and working mines, across" the desert from Santa Fe to where Columbus now stands. They cnew the French were holding the territory along .he Mississippi and the lower reaches of the Missouri, »nd hoped to pioneer the region they were penetrat ing, to hold it for the king of Spain. French influence was so strong with the Indians, though, that the Otoptata tribe cheerfully slew the adventurers, and carried loot to show their French frienda in Illinois proof of their prowess. This wns in time scattered an far away as Michigan. Two Spanish soldiers made their way back to Santa Fe, and one priest, who was made prisoner, afterward escaped in Missouri, but his fate is not known. Re ports to Madrid and to Paris, and portions of the journal of one of the Spanish engineer officers, preserved by some happy fate, afford the source of this fine bit of historical work by Mr. Sheldon. WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE? All summer long boys and girls of Omaha have tended garden patches. They have spaded, hoed, raked, weeded, watered, and generally nurtured the crops which were about to be presented for the in spection and judgment of men who can tell a turnip from a carrot, and who know a ripe onion from a potato. For the end of the season is at hand, the fruits of a summer’s toil are to be reaped, and in the comparison of results will be attained the settle ment of which of the competitors is better qualified to plant seed and get the benefit in richest form. Not all who entered the contest will win, for that is impossible, so far as prizes are concerned. All have gained something, though, for the experi ence is worth more than any other reward. It is not alone in the useful effort expended, and the gain to the family larder that comes from it. These youthful gardeners have become acquainted by actual contact with nature’s greatest process, that of life and growth. The preparation of the seed bed, the planting of the seed, the care and cultivation of the plant, those are man’s part in the mysterious operation. Nature provides the germ, the very foun tain of life, the warmth, the moisture, the alterna tion of day and night, the times of strenuous and rapid growth, and the periods of rest to consolidate gains and set out on even greater. Finally, the great mother earth tosses into the laps of her chil dren her bounteous gifts, lavishing on all who faith fully serve her good things beyond measure. This is what the little gardeners have learned. When they set out their triumphs on Saturday, it will be with honest pride in their effort and its prod ucts. For on Saturday The Omaha Bee-Moose gar den contest is to culminate in the judging of flowers, fruits and vegetables, and the awarding of prizes and praises to those who took part in the competition. Omaha will then be given a splendid illustration of what the girls and boys can do with a plot of ground in the home yard, and that is, to say the least, worth while. UNCLE SAM’S STEAMSHIPS. Government ownership and operation of a mer chant marine fleet is opposed by managers bf privately owned steamship lines. Gale H. Carter,"' vice president of the Steamship Owners’ association and president of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, declared before the shipping board in a conference Tuesday that “all business men agree that the gov ernment can not conduct a commercial enterprise as efficiently as private citizens skilled in the busi ness.” Mr. Carter goes on to explain that in his opinion the shipping board and private owners can work to gether to the end that finally the government may withdraw from the shipping industry. That will he an end worth working for, but it is well to keep in mind some of the things that have led to the present situation. It was under private ownership and oper ation that the American flag almost entirely dis appeared from foreign trade. When we found our selves engaged in war, we also found we had no ocean commerce carriers. To meet this emergency, the federal government expended enormous sums of money in equiping ship yards and building ships. This has been charged off as war expenditure, but certain salvage remains in the shape of a huge fleet of steamships. Efforts were made to dispose of these vessels to private owners, that the government might get out of the shipping game entirely, but Americans seemingly did not care to get into the business. At any rate, the govern ment found itself with ships on hand, rusting in docks, and costing something over $50,000,000 a year to maintain in idleness. A huge subsidy scheme was proposed, the effect of which would in the end have amounted to present ing private owners with ships built at government expense. Sentiment against this plan was so strong it has finally been abandoned. Now, if the ship owners really want to get the government safely and entirely out of the transportation industry, they might come forward with an arrangement to take over the vessels at something like their actual ton nage value, and operate them in the trade the gov ernment is taking care of. No good reason appears why the people of the United States should make a huge donation, either as a subsidy or an outright gift to private enterprise in this or in any other country. Uncle Sam has been forced into the business of operating ocean com merce carriers, and wifi continue in that business until a decenlj outlet appears. So far the ship own ers have offered none. They will find the people ready to co-operate with them, but not to the tune of a lavish subsidy, no matter what form that may take. After divers and sundry attempts to remove Col. Tom Majors’ scalp, the statesman from Peru still wears a rather heavy head of hair. * " ^ The fact that President Coolidge is rather spar ing of speech is incomprehensible to some state ex ecutives with presidential aspirations. Presumably all this space filled with stories of Secretary Mellon’s retirement is food for the Wash ington correspondents. Now if the “Pittsburgh plus” plan would only operate in favor of the farmer’s product, he would be better satisfied. The Swiss are complaining now of the occupation of the Ruhr. The pockethook nerve has been touched again. Oklahoma is sending klan floggers to the peniten tiary. These are learning that the law will triumph. Cool weather in August is nlways relished, but we could get along without the hail storms. While we are on that subject, it wouldn’t hurt anything to give the sewers some attention. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthinpton Davie POLICE. Police, Police! I sometimes sit amt think about your lot, I envy none the Joy of It, I seek your glory not; 1 picture you as human men with hearts ant hopes ami tears, And hardened to the legal ken from strife of many years. If now and then I did not feel that you had acted right. Relieving that a straight appenl would prove your erring might— I would forget, I would forgive, and ask myself to say: True virtues In the shadows live and will their strength display. Rotwlxt the walls of right and wrong you ns preceptors are, You lift the weak, you guide the strong, you are the Traffic Star; Your faith In men may often fall because of what you see, i But you are human after all as everyone should be, “The People's Voice" Editorials from roadera of TM Morning Baa. Readers of Th« Morning Baa ara Invited to um thin oolumn treaty for expression on matter* of public Interest. What One Fanner Wants. Walthlll, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Many a one has offered suggestions as what ought to be done to overcome the condi tions in the middle-west, and par ticularly to gain the confidence of the farmer In making for a brighter future. All seem to be so willing to help the poor farmer, and many dif ferent cures have been proposed. Speakers of reputation tell us that it is only our imagination that we are hard up, so that' if we just forget about it everything is all right. The white houses and the yed barns speak prosperity everywhere. We have such pure air to breathe. The moral atmosphere is perfect for the raising of children. The trouble with us, according to Mr. Bailey, bead of the Kansas City Federal Reserve bank, is that we only work three hours a day and the balance of the day we run our automobiles. John L. Stream, presi dent of the Chicago Board of Trade, says that if the farmers hold 200, 000,000 bushels of wheat from the market it makes uh incompetent speculators. Others claim a willing ness to buy 1,000 bushels of wheat to help us in our trouble. And the bakers are willing to pay 50 cents a bushel more for wheat for the sake of help.ng us out. The old type political rlngsters are very fearful of Capper, Johnson, Brookhart, and we will be warned against such men from now on.until after election in 1924, and, of course, for our benefit. In the opinion of the farmer the above is to be expected from those that are not rural-minded. They are one of two things—either very igno rant or not sincere—and I fear more of the latter, coupled with selfish ness. We have been told that we farm ers don't know what we want. It is true that on some things we might differ, but In the main we are to gether. 1 think I am safe in saying that 95 per cent are in favor of either repealing or amending the Esch-Cummins law to make for rheaper freight rates and nn honest to goodness competition among rail roads; also that we favor the St. Lawrence river project to make for cheaper transportat.cn. We have had enough talk about It, and it should be built. We favor also In doing away with the federal reserve system, the greatest menace in our country, that can upset prosperity whenever they want to. We certain ly also favor the electing of presi dents by popular vote of the people; of the many more things that I could enumerate that would be healthy and beneficial legislation, not only for the farmers, but for the people at large. I am just wondering If the Cham ber of Commerce and others pro fessing such profound sympathy for the farmers, if they will assist with might and resources at hand in the accomplishment of the above. Another thing that would have a healthy and wholesome influence, and would place more confidence in the administration by the farmers, would be for President Coolidge to have a desire to meet with 300 or 400 farmers from the agricultural sec tion of our county for a conference, for first hand Information. It would show a nearness, a directness, and a plain desire by our president to meet with those that are hurt, and I am sure, while wo may not be trained diplomats, we would extend our president the proper courtesies and that Washington would not need to put on an extra police force. WALTER SANDQFIST. Overplayed His Hand. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Makeshift imitation statesmen wild in Wilsonian fashion so over advertise their wares and goods that their constituents cannot recognizo the package they receive, when comppred with the advertising. The governo*'s constituents have the "code” that killed them, and, accord ing to the wails of woes in the ad vertising, is the reason why the Wil sonian deflating they got, the butt ing their own gnat gave them, made the "code” a thing that the gov ernor could not live in the same state with. The ten million taxes the governor didn't talk off, not even 10 cents. This Information exasperated tho deflated constituents, to such an extent, tho governor submerged, came to surface in Magnus John son's cactus pasture. The governor tried all the Wilsonian tricks, elo quonco and gestures, but the un talked off ten millions of (axes haunts the governor. In the thorny wilds of Minnesota the governor's thoughts of Brother Bill; who waded the shal low i'latte, shouting: "No man, no matter how great his personal popu larity. can stay the wrath of un in dignant people.” The wee small voices In the air keep up the roaring. What nlsjut the ten million taxes? Then another stanza of Brother Bill's: “The humblest citizen in the land, clad in the armor of a righteous cause. Is greater than all the hosts of error.” i The governor, in midst of vines, bugs, rust, cheap wheat, and the Voles of Brother Bill, added to the wee small voices In the air, "What about the ten million taxes?” Brother Charley sees that over advertising brought him a Job he does not know what to do with, now that he has it. T. S. FHN'LON. When to Iluy Coal. Omaha.—To tho Editor of The Omaha Bee: I often wonder why people do not as a rule put their coal in (Airing the summer months, when It can he obtained In ample quantities and at a saving In price. I never remember of hearing of a coal strike or coal shortage until wlntW approaches. The man who has his bin filled or partly filled need not fear either. There is no ether commodity that stores better than coal there is no depreciation, and most coal dealers will tarry reliable patrons for 3n or 60 days, or accept partial payments. By placing your order for coal now (even a ton or two) you w.ll relieve congestion later mi and tie prepared for the first cold snap that may corns any day now. You will be tbe gainer, as you will secure cleaner, better fuel that has had little handling, in some cases right out of the cars FRANK .1. CAREY. Malice llenry Clear. Omaha —To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Henry Ford's enemies are discussing him from every angle, from every standpoint, every Ford utterance, every turn, except one, tlie all Important one. Henry Is ■ x posing our financial system, that ac counts for SO per cent of our people being sheltered in rented quarters, and 65 per cent of the we iltli being owned by 2 per cent of the people. That is why Henry is the idol of the Intelligent commoners. That is why Henry scares others into fits niui causes them to point out Henry's Insignificant shortcomings. T. 8. F. “There 1* nothin* n»w under the nun." nald Solomon, and certainly the fuel problem is not a novelty. Omaha and Nebraska felt it in 1880. and on Wednesday. December 16, of that year Mr Rosewater dlneussed the situation editorially. ‘•THE FUEL PROBLEM." "Nebraska Is not alone in the In convenience and distress which she is enduring from a lack of adequate supply of fuel. Minnesota, Kansas, Dakota and Iowa are equally per plexed for a solution of the furl ques tion, which at the present time is particularly pressing. The problem of fuel supply for the prairie regions of the west is vitally Important to the settlement and development of our country. As we are now situated, our people are dependent entirely for their fuel upon the supplies of coal hauled over the transportation lines from great distances and laid down at our doors at high prices. The lack of cars on our railroads has lately prevented them fronj furnishing the prairies regions of the state with a sufficient amount for their most urgent demands and much Incon venience and distress has been the result. •‘‘But even If the supply of wood and coal were equal to the demand, there are thousands of our poor peo ple who can not afford to pay the prices asked for them. Some cheaper substitute for these kinds of fuel would be a boon to this class of our people, and. recognizing this fact, in ventors are directing their attention to this question with strong hopes of its speedy solution. The Pioneer Press, In a leading editorial upon the subject, mentions the use of hay among the Mennonites. Hay has, however, been found Inadequate as fuel because the ordinary stoves in use require such frequent replenish ing. Another recent suggestion is the pressing into solid blocks cornstalks and coal tar and using in an ordinary wood stove. A western farmer who says that he has made the experiment with great success, proposes that every farmer should raise his own fuel by planting half an acre or so of sunflowers. The sunflower grows with great luxuriance on our rich prairie soil. The stalk in a summer’s growth from seed attains a height of six or seven feet, and is about as big around as a man’s wrist. It is oily and burns well, and Is said to be a far better fuel than hay, and to be little inferior to wood nr coal, while Its cost would be next to noth ing. It would be an Interesting and cheerful feature of our farm eco nomics if the sunflower could be made to do such practical service In the winter ns supplying the household with fuel. The Pioneer Press thinks that the most practical suggestion on the fuel question is one that proposes to do away with fuel entirely in heating houses. "Professor Webster Wells, late of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology. has discovered and had in practical operation for several months a machine applying the principle of friction for generating heat for houses, cars. etc. It consists only of an Iron cylinder, two feet long and one foot In diameter, having a fixed plate of hardened Iron In one end. and a second plate attached to a re volving shaft, which presses lightly or closely upon the fixed plate, as circumstances require. The cylinder is filled with water, the Fhaft revolves, and from the friction of the plate* 'he water is heated in an ineredihly short time, and by means of steam nlpe* If is carried groat distances for ' eating purposes. It Is claimed that the power required Is, In pronort'on to the results attained. Inconsiderable. \ compnnv has been formed In Poston for introducing the system. Farmers oould use their horses, that are idle In the winter, to create the power, 'he only expendl'ure being oats, which are ahtindsntlv produced from the land. Or, ntill better, utlllre the wind, that Is so constantly and vlo 'ontly blowing across the prairies Who knows, snvs the Pioneer Press blit this mav yet be tbe solution of •he vexed fuel question?” Daily Prayer T love them that love me—Pro*. I-1T '•Father we thank Thee fnr the night. Ana for the pleasant morning light; For r*«t and food and loving eare. And for nil that makes the day so fair." Wo at-o gln/t for the privilege of calling upon Thee. We love Thee be cause of what Thou art and because of what Thou hast done. Thou art the Creator and Preserver of our Uvea In Thtst we live, and move, and have our being. We thank Thee for Thy Son, in Whom we have re demption, the forgiveness of sins, and (lie hot*' of eternal life. We thank Thee for our country, and for our homes and schools and churches. Help us to love the right and despise th» wrong. Prepare us for the du tles of the tiny. We know not whnt is Is-fore us, but it is written, "Sttf Melon! unto the day Is the evil there of Clive us grace whereby we may Overcome evil with good Uloss all ,,,,!- friends and neighbors. HU *s Thy followers everyw here, l.et Thy Kingdom come, and Thy will he done on earth ns it Is In Heaven. In •lestis" nomo. Amen. HKV J W STlVFltfOiN. Hr pitta. In. NO CURE NO PAY Chiropractic Examination Frea DR.FRF.DB. PIIF.I PS 2I2KARBACH BIX. at #«»•« lflth, N*ar Doiifla HAVE rh« Omaha Morning Bee or I lie Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. Phone AT lantic 1000. j Circulation Department. “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— For Rational Rare Improvement. From the Chicago pally News. Ever since the publication of Sir Francis Galton's studies In heredity, the inheritance of intellectual ab.lity and the possibilities of conscious im provement of the human race the subject of eugenics has claimed at tention from moralists, sociologists and biologists. Many wild, foolish and fantastic th.ngs have been proposed in the name of eugenics, but the scientific students of the subect have never encouraged visionary hopes or fa vored brutal anti inhuman treatment of the weak and defective. There is a sane and conservative eugenics program, and such a program has been adopted by the newly formed Eugenics Society of the United States, of which men of science and practical reformers are active mem bers. Education and research are stress ed in that program, certain cautious legislation is to he sought where public opinion is ripe. For example, the society favors the fixing of a minimum age for marriage, tenta tively suggesting IS years as that age, and the establishment of farm colonies for the segregation of cr.m inal defectives. It also favors mothers’ pension laws, selective im migration, the testing of children at the ages of 10 and 16, the encourage ment of parenthood on the part of those who are physically and mental ly fit to rear families. Obviously, there is nothing radical in any feature of the program. It is desirable that state and local com mittees be organized to obtain and digest data bearing on the multipli cation of mental and moral defectives and to consider wise and humane means of improving the human race. Eugenics properly understood has no quarrel with religion or with ethics. It is no foe of natural af fections and has no sympathy with the doctrinaires who contemplate state-dictated marriages. It trusts in stinct and regards love as the only right basis for wedlock. It would merely guide instinct, help normal and sound men and wpmen to avoid misery and woe, and protect society against the menace and burden of uncontrolled breeding of potential criminals and idiots. The Farm In Art. From the Norfolk News. It has been objected that artists and illustrated magazines In general present always a discouraging and dreary view of farm life in America. However much poets may sing of the charms of rural scenes and activities, the other view has persisted in pictor ial art. A member of the United States Department of Agriculture re cently spoke his views on this same subject. "Artists the world over continue to make the farmer the man with the hoe,” he said. "The hoe age in agri culture is closed. The hoe farmer may still be found here and there, but! his day is done. For the past 50 years there has been a titanic struggle In America to take the hoe out of farming, to take away the hoe man ner of living, the hoe school, the hoe church. Machine farming has re placed hoe farming. Agricultural science has transformed farming from a traditional craft to a creative process.” He urged artists of America to ex press this modern conception of farm ing in their symbolical works and in architecture. The prosperous farmer riding his mod»rn power machinery does not at first glance seem to be so suitable r subject for the artist s pencil as his predecessor with the hoe But artists have already done beautiful things with more trying subjects such as factories, shipyards, steel mills and ore docks. - When they s>e the vision of the “creative process" farmer they may do equally beautiful things with the modern farm for subject. Shirt Sleeve vs. White Collar. Frcm the New Tork Tribune. The shirt sleeve has become the symbol of prosperity and the white collar of Indigence. If they consulted their material welfare alone a great many thousands of brain workers would surely be enlisting in the ranks of manual labor. What rhiefly pre vents them is prohablv the disdain of work that they have been taught to consider of inferior dignity It is very uncomfortable, envertheless, to be proud and poor. The happy estate of bricklayers, plasterers, paper hangers and nabobs of a dozen other craft* 1* most alluring to the starve lings of inkpots and ledgers, manu scripts, briefs, specifications and ser mons. A great migration from the ill-paid, pol.te and Intellectual callings to the fat fields of the artisan Is In pros pect If It Is not already taking place. "When Adam delved and Eve span, who then was the gentleman?" The prejudice against soiling labor Is not very deep-rooted in America; it goes back only a few decades. Almost everybody In the United States has a great-grandfather who worked with his hands and wasn’t ashamed of doing so. How many generations from shirt sleeve to shirt sleeve? The old saying will be coming true with a different significance, mean ing, instead of return to poverty, an escape from penury to affuence. That 20 Per *'e«t Tax Cut. From the Tekamah Herald. Why was Governor Bryan absent from the state board, when the levy for 1023 was made; was It because he promised to reduce the state tax 20 per cent If he was elected governor? 'i ne levy last year was 2.20 mills, this year it is 2 mills. If the $1,000,000 that was provided for soldiers relief fund last year had to be provided for this year the levy would have been more than last year. The people are often fooled by a candidate making reckless promises in a campaign to catch votes. Governor Bryan should not have dodged that state board meeting when the 1923 tax levy had to be made; he should have faced the music and ex plain that he was mistaken about re ducing the tax 20 per cent. He should also explain why the valuation of farm lands and other real estate was raised, eleven million over last year’s valuation. It Is a repetition of the old saying, that political promises are ohly made to fool the voter and get into office. How About Sugar Now? A New York paper which has edi torially been blaming the tariff for high sugar prices reports in Its news column that "under the Influence of the sharp decline In British refined" the sugar market is In a depressed state. Why, what has Chairman Hull to say to this? He declares the republi can tariff boosted the price of sugar which went 20 times higher than the tariff Increase. Now we have the same tariff, but sugar prices are falling everywhere. —Dubuque