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FREE SPEECH AND FREE COURTS.
Application has been made to President Coolidge
for pardon for Charles L. Craig, who has been sen
tenced to jail for contempt of court. The incident
grows out of the appointment of a receiver for the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railway company. Judge
Julius M. Mayer, then on the federal district bench,
appointed the receiver, ignoring the request of Craig,
who, as comptroller of the city of New York, asked
that the public interests be considered, as the people
have a direct concern by reason of ownership.
Comptroller Craig wrote to Lewis Nixon, then
public service commissioner of New York, rather
caustically criticizing the action of the court. This
was in October, 1919. In February, 1921, Judge
Mayer sentenced Craig to serve 60 days in jail be
cause of his offense, holding him guilty of contempt.
Craig sought escape by habeas corpus, and the
case has gone on through the several courts until
finally a few days ago the supreme court of the Unit
ed States found him guilty, but rests the decision on
a technicality. Craig is a lawyer, and as such an
officer of the court. His conduct is held to be
worthy of punishment, because as a lawyer he should
have upheld rather than condemned the judgment
of the court. >
Two vital, fundamental elements enter here.
Craig felt that he had the ordinary right of free
speech. As a public official, trying to protect the
interests of the people, he felt justified In his stric
tures on the court, however severe they might have
been. On the other hand, the character of the court
must be. preserved from calumny, and unwarranted1
criticism may at times be slanderous.
Yet beyond even these is the graver question as
to whether a man should be punished when he mere
ly has made a mistake as to his legal rights. In
this case the technical point is that Craig appealed to
a single federal judge for a writ of habeas corpus,
when he should have appealed to the full bench.
Having lost on that point, he is prevented from
getting a hearing on the merits of his case. As in
the case of Frank, who was convicted at Atlanta,
the question of guilt or innocence does not enter,
merely the turn of the court’s rules.
Justice Holmes, discussing the case says:
“I think that the sentence from which the peti
tioner seeks relief was more than an abuse of power.
I think it should be held wholly void. I think, in the
first place, that there was no matter pending before
the court In the sense that It must be to make this
kind of contempt possible. It Is not enough that
somebody may hereafter move to have something
done. There was nothing then awaiting decision
when the petitioner’s letter was published.’’
How will this all appeal to the lay mind? Will it
not seem as if a man’s liberty is worthy of more con
sideration than the preservation of the court's rules?
Both are important, for the dignity of the courts
must be preserved, and citizens are not to be de
prived of liberty on less than due process of law.
Free speech Is just as vital to Americans as is an in
dependent, untrammeled judiciary. How are we to
have both?
JOHNSON HITS A POPULAR NOTE.
‘‘If the constitution prohibits such laws—child
labor and minimum wage for women—then the con
stitution must be amended.”
Thus plank in Senator Johnson’s platform will get
commendation from a large number of people, who
were sorely disappointed by the supreme court de
cision that knocked out the child labor law. No
amount of sophistical reasoning will convince the
average American that the institution of child labor,
which amounts in many instances to literal slavery,
should not be abolished. Campaigns to this end were
waged long and earnestly, and finally a law was en
acted that was thought workable. It was declared
unconstitutional, and another was passed, only to
meet the same obstacle.
This has aroused friends of the measure to a
point where they are ready, if necessary, to set about
the agitation that must precede the amendment of
the constitution. Such a course Is about the only
way open to secure proper regulation of child labor,
because the latest decision of the supreme court
practically closes all other doors. The agitation has
begun, without waiting for any presidential pros
pect to adopt the proposition as a part of his pro
gram. However, none of those who are concerned
in the movement will eeriously object if one or all of
the possible nominees will take up the fight.
Economic conditions in the United States will
permit, and, Indeed did permit, prosperity without
calling on the children to give up their childhood
to become machine tenders or Industrial drudges.
Most Americans want the boys and glrla to have
their Immature years untouched by toil, and Hiram
Johnson will find a generous echo to that part of his
statement of principles which pledges him to the
wiping out of the blot of child labor, even If It be
necessary to amend the constitution.
WOMEN HAVE WISE ONES GUESSING.
British election canvassers complain that the wo
men over there are not divulging how they intend
to vote at the election on December 6. Nothing
especially novel about that, for something of the
tame sort was experienced here when the women
Irst got the vote. It is a good sign, too. Men kept
the ladies guessing for many yeare as to whether
they were going to get the franchise, and it is only
right that now the men should be kept In the dark
as to what the fair ones are going to do on election
day. *
One thing has been pretty well proven In this
country. Women do not vote for the best looking
candidate, as Some suggested they might. In practic
ally every instance where it has been determined
that the women actually did control tha outcome
of an election there was found a very good reason
for thalr voting as they did, and their choice has In
every Instance been a worthy one.
England will find out as did America, that if wo
man can not clean the muddy pool of politics, she
tan at least examine into the merits of candidates
and issues, and then decide for herself how she
will vote. If this Introduces an element of uncer
tainty Into the game, It Is well, for an election ought
not to be settled ,untll the votes are counted.
PRIVATE MARRIAGE PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Dr. Merrill Brawn’s discourse on the Nebraska
marriage law only goes part way to the root of the
matter. In giving his approval to the statute, the
preacher considered merely the single point of the
state’s right to regulate conditions preliminary to
entering upon the marriage relation. That certain
definite statements are required by the state of Ne
braska from persons who plan on being married is
taken by many to be an invasion of their personal
rights. For this reason they sojourn over the border
of the state in region* where such inquiry is aot
made.
In doing this the parties interested are doubtless
within their rights, and consequently are not sub
ject to criticism on that score. But the purpose
of the law i* not to lay hardship on any, but to fur
ther safeguard the institution of marriage, the per
petuation of the home, on which finally all society
rests. Compliance with the law asks only such ques
tions as may be answered without embarrassment by
any, and in candor. It is but part of the great ef
fort that is being made to get together what is
summed up lit the general term of vital statistics. No
phase of our government has been more lax than
this, because Americans have heretofore regarded
any effort to obtain this information as an invasion
of the sacred region of home life, into which the
prying eye of the government has no right to in
trude.
Instead of this being an intrusion, it is for the
benefit of all. Much of this knowledge is needed in the
combat against disease. Science of healing lags in
many respects for lack of exact information on
which to rest conclusions. It Is useless to undertake
to determine whether any progress is being made
against a certain disease unless accurate knowledge
of the number of cases and deaths from that disease
is at hand, and this accurate knowledge is only pos
sible when the facts are on record. Statistics of
births and deaths are quite as Important as are
those of marriage and the antecedents of those who
get married are sought In order to make the records
more complete and trustworthy.
If Iowa’s laws do not compel investigation in the
matter of marriage this is no reason for condemna
tion of the Nebraska law. When people understand
that only good purpose is behind these laws, they
will be less reluctant to comply with them. To say
It is nobody’s business but my own is not an an
swer. for it was long ago established that each is re
sponsible to all for a share In maintaining the gen
eral welfare.
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MR. Hc.Kdnc.1 .jUGH.
M. S. Hershey, the millionaire candymaker, is
welcomed to the honor roll of philanthropists. Not the
ranks of those who dole out charity, mind you, but
to the ranks of those who contribute in a practical
way to the future of America’s citizenship. Himself
a poor boy and compelled to fight his way upward
against discouraging odds, and denied the wonderful
privilege of parenthood, Mr. Hershey has turned over
his immense fortune to the orphans, first of Pennsyl
vania, and next of all the republic. Nor is he estab
lishing a mere orphans’ home. He is establishing a
great school where boys and girls deprived of the
guiding care of fathers and mothers may not only
find a home but will be educated and trained for
useful citizenship. They will not be classed as de
pendent wards that must be cared for in order
to protect society, but will be classed as real assets
of the country to be safeguarded and developed
for the country’s future good.
In time a stately shaft of bronze and marble
may mark the last resting place of Mr. Hershey. But
no matter how high that shaft, nor how enduring its
materials, it will be neither so high nor so enduring
as the monuments he has erected for himself in the
minds and hearts of untold thousands of America's
future citizens.
A Chicago man hanged s dog because its barking
annoyed him. He has been arrested. A proper
sentence would be to give him a small dose of what
he gave the dog. Not a fatal dose, of course, but
one that would impress a few important facts upon
what little mind he has.
Judge Deneen's Monday morning reception ought
to be carefully noted by any who have an inclina
tion to step on it. Omaha’s streets are not speed
ways.
The precision with which the bandits pick their
victims is likely to cause distaste for display of
precious stones in jewelry hereabouts.
If it be true that Maybelle Oilman Corey retained
15,000,000 of her ex-husband’s fortune, then it may
be safely said that she earned It.
Judge Sears is entitled to credit for ordinary cau
tion at least, in preferring a Pullman to an airplane
for his trip to Washington.
A new novel entitled "Bunk” sounds like an in
fringement on a lot of novels we have tried to read
during the last few months.
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The presidential turkey was purchased by the
president this year, which may also set a precedent
for future holidays.
Aftsr facing another crisis or two perhaps Ger
mans will be able to walk right up to one and smile
in its face.
If you have any thanks left over today, nend a
few to the weather man for his part in the per
formance.
Hi Johnson has sounded his keynote. Pitched, of
course, in the treble cleff.
Tha klan still makes the front page.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’S Own Port—
Robert Worthington Davie
WHEN LITTLE WILLIE DIED.
The checkered coat !■ hanging where hla mother hung
It then,
The t>attere<1 toys are lying In the garret dust arrayed.
The dolls seem sad and lonely, and the little soldier men
Bland ever at atlenton In the room where Wllllo
played.
The tiny mittens, cozy and so daintily designed.
Bear traces of those hands which filled them perfectly
of yore.
And somehow seem to ssk me with the power of a mind
Why Willie doesn't wear them In the winter any more.
The children pause In silence at the corner of the etVeet.
And aolemnly hehold the house wlirs W’lllle did reside:
The voice that used to greet them with eager call* and
sweet—
The smiles that used to cheer them were gone when
Willie died.
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“The People's
Voice"
Editorial* from reader* of Tb* Morn
ing lire. H^adar* of Tha Morning
Be© are invJted to u*$ thl* column
fretly for *kpr©**ion on matter* of
public interest.
Asks Proof of Evolution.
Denison. Ia.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: For the post few years
I have been Interested In the articles
that have appeared time and again
in your "People's Voice," especially
those which refer to the Bible and
kindred subjects. I have heard of
those who did not believe In the Bihle
as the very Word of Clod; and also
those who believed that it was the
foundation of all truth, the Inspired
revelation of God's plan of redemp
tion for mankind. Bnmetlmea 1 have
had a hearty laugh at the utter un
reasonableness of some of the argu
ments, and again my heart has ached
to see the ignorance of others In talk
ing or writing about a subject they
are so unacquainted with. It was H.
P. Tregelles, the only man ever pen
sloned by the British government for
scholarship, who said: "Inaccurate
scholarship has often detracted from1
the usefulness of the labors of those
who have tried, and In a great part
successfully, to defend and uphold the
authority of the Scriptures against
objectors."
In this evening'* column I notice a
letter under the caption: "In Reply
to Mr. Otis," In which the writer ap
pears to discredit the Bible In Its ac
count of the creation of the earth and
man. I wonder whether the writer
has really given the account a word
study? Sometimes I think that If
people would look Into these things
for themselves rather than to take
the word of some critic, (I care not
whether he by layman or clergyman)
they .would find that the real source
of wrong Is not In the Word of God,
but In the human heart. The only
place In the New Testament where the
term critic is found Is in Hebrews
4:12, where we read that the Word of
God is "a dlscerner (critic) of the
thoughts and intents of each heart.”
I believe that If we would allow the
Word of Gofl to criticise our thoughts
and actions more, we would have less
time to criticise the Word of Ood.
Now! Will the writer please give the
world the proof that he seems to have
(for I cannot believe that a man would
send a letter to a publio paper as
serting . certain things concerning
creation without being able to back
his argument), and In so doing, will
he please produce the proof, not In
sesquipedalian word* for> Imaginary
creature* that never existed, hut In
facte? In the parlance of the street,
will he please "Put up or shut up?”
There are various sums being of
fered for Just one single proof that
will forever establish the now present
theory of evolution as a fact, but so
far not one single person, scientist or
embryo evolutionist, has stepped for
ward to claim such prizes. Our friend
say*, apparently without any qualms
of conscience: "For that rmtter. all
vertebrates evolved from the sjfme
source." Will he pleas* prove this?
I do not want, any unnecessary argu
ment of words, but facts! In deny
ing the truth of the Bible account, the
burden of proof does not rest upon
those who believe It thoroughly, hut
upon those who reject It. There Is
any amount of money for you, my
friend. If you can prove that your
ancestry goes back any further than
the Mosaic account, or that It origin
ated In any other way than a direct
act of creation on the part of God.
REV. WILLIAM II. ROBINS,
First Baptist Church.
Street Car Topics.
Omaha.—To the Kditor of Tho
Omaha Bee: Having read several
copies of "Street Car Topics" we are
prompted to ask tills question: The
state railway comtnlaalon haa con
ceded that 7 per cent la a fair return
on the investment of the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Railway com
pany. If said comrv.tsuion were as
literal In Its estimate of the value of
said property as the rate of Interest,
the whole report might be subject to
question.
Admitting for the sake of argu
ment that the property is worth 113.
(00,000, let us consider the Income
feature .Millions of people wh* In
vested In government bonds did not
question 4*» per cent being a fair re
turn, and while many could not well
afford to carry them sold st g sharp
discount, others are still holding them
and are seemingly satisfied with the
return. They are now being bought
by large Investors armffid par: they
evidently are satisfied with the return.
We are getting 3 per cent from Great
Britain, and after 10 years we ars to
have 3'4 for 42 year*.
W# wonder why th# street car com
pany Is entitled to twice as much.
Can some one tell us? Again, let tis
see what money Is earning In some
other lines of business. Ten of the
largest, life Insurance companies, hiv
ing Investments aggregating over
*6.000,000,000. have during the past
five years realised a little less than 5
per cent: out of this they have had to
pay during this period, In taxes, over
1111,500.000, and have had mors than
a billion dollars of expenses Why
should the street car company have
fully twice the net return to the
policy holders? What kind of dollars
did they invest? Was any part of It
stock dividends, or was It all from the
sale of bonde? How much money has
ever been Invested outside of the two
foregoing clasees?
The main question Is: Why sr# the)
entitled to 7 per cent return clear of
tsxea and expenses? Having secured
such a verdict from such a high
authority as the state railway com
mission, we sre being Increased with
the evident Intent of a move to In
nut It shall come t» PM*, ' >'*• -V *’
nine tlms It shall ha light. ?.ech 14.7.
We speak to Thse. O l*>rd, our
Father, not as aliens and strangers,
but as children of the household. Thou
hast given unto u* many and price
less tokens of Thy favor. Ue have
felt the touch of Thy hand upon our
head and the Joy of Thy benediction
In our heart. Cause Thy face to
shine upon the dark places through
which we may be called to p*M tni*
day and may th# clouds be lifted; or.
If the darkness be better for us no
cording to Thy wisdom and Thy will,
ihen tie Thy promises a glorious beacon
and Thy fidelity a star, and may »«
be made to feel that It Is better to
hold on to Thy hand In the dark than
to walk (lone In the light If we are
not nil Aiat Thou dost Intend u* to
tie; If we arn not In harmony with
Thee; If we want for ourselves, and
not for others; If our service he the
hollow service of habit nr th* shallow
service of display, show ns how we
are disappointing Thee, and starving
ourselves, and robbing nur fellows
anil putting far off the one divine
event toward which the whole cren
tlon moves. Ihe kingdom of God In
human hearts and the union of man
In th* bonds of righteousness and
peace. Kspedally regard Ilia unsav
ed. Those who touch us on every
side. Whose hearts are kept back from
Thee. Msy our lives be so clean and
so true that God's cause may ever
have s witness and an evangel In the
Influence we dally exert Allien,
JOHN H Wtl.KY PH » , g.T.D,
Piltstiursh. 1's.
1 Twin Shares
(A 'Thanksgiving Thought.)
You may fit in a round hole, my
neighbor,
I may tit In a square one, but say:
Just for what—except life—shall we
peglets
Joint Thanksgiving acknowledge
ment pay?
Countless gold may be yours, if
you've earned it,
Or received It as legacy free,
But we Joy In our halves, don't wt>,
neighbor.
Of the sun and the stars and the
sea?
All the land may be yours that you've
purchased
Or inherited, being an heir;
But we both—In equal proportion—
Claim the wonderful weather and
air.
We can give what we have and that
only.
Do you use to the beat of your might
All your land and your gold? Do our
talents,
DoeR Nature, through us, fight for
right?
We were born for a definite purpose.
In our freed from care moments of
bliss
Oft we ask: "Have I come to the
kingdom
For such time, for such service as
this?"
'Tts declared In His book called the
Bible
That "my God shall supply all your
need."
And, "according," It says, “to His
riches
In glory by Jesus." Indeed.
Then, If He wants a thing done by
yourself.
Or If he wanta a thing done by me,
He will fully equip us, provided
We. His workmen, In willingness be.
If He wants not that thing done by
yourself,
If He wants not that thing done by
me.
He will see that It's done hy some
other
Meek disciple of His ministry.
Moth and rust may corrupt our pos
sessions,
Thieves may break In and steal
what Vve buy.
But, according to His wealth In glory.
God, by Christ, all our needs shall
supply.
Oh, the land and the gold may be
your share,
But how sweet It Is, neighbor, to
know
That our twin shares Include glad
Thanksgiving
For all things that we need here
below.
—Alta Wrenwick Brown.
crease fares or something equivalent
In order to keep the company out of
the hands of a receiver, while virtual
ly admitting that the company is
earning nearly 5 per cent. The item
termed deficit merely represents the
extra 2 per cent.
It looks like the company was now
making more money than the average
business, and as a going institution
has a prospect of continuing for a
thousand years, aa the city and the
people will probably be here for many
generations.
It Is & wonder where this eorr/mls
slon got Its wonderful prerogative,
whence comes this mandatory power,
that they can decree one corporation's
dollars of double value, and. What is
more wonderful, why will the people
stand for such a ruling and offer no
pretest. In mere self defense It would
be better for the people to buy the ]
property on a bond Issue at 4 4 or 5
per cent, for the extra 2 per cent,
compounded, would pay out in 36
years. J. T. DA I I.K Y.
Mr. Endra and the I^aw.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: It seems that the law aa
found In the statute reads that It ia
unlawful for any person, partnership ,
or corporation 1° sell, keep for aale or
give away any cigars, tobacco, cigar- *
eta or clgaret material. 1 atil! contend
that I do not violate any law. for the
reaeon that I am taking orders for the
men bark in the tiers once or twice a
week, then go out and buy this mer- ‘
chanrtise and give them the goods at 1
cost price. However, there are cer
tain cases at times where men have
no funds to buy tobacco, which I have
in the past supplied free of cost. If
this Is a violation of law. which 1 un
derstand Is true, I am guilty of the
charge, as I cannot under any circum
stances allow tobacco In tny form to
be brought Into the Jail, on account
of narcotics being passed In In that
way. These men without funds, have
no other way of obtaining tobacco ex
cept as I give It to them. 1 have
been told that the above law would
not apply In my case, but it cannot be
amended at This time, so rather than
have these poor unfortunates In tny
charge go*wlthout tobacco, I atn wtll
ing to pay the city of Omaha or the
school district, J25 for the privilege
of giving away my goods This per
haps sounds too charitable to some
people, but If they had to look nfter
these men I believe they would do the
same thlhg
I ant realty surprised that the Ho
of Omaha and the school district have
been deprived of this. 125 tax Tor so
many years or In fact ever since this
jail has been in existence. If, how
ever. the city clerk sees fit to make
me the goat. I am a good sport and
willing to take mV medicine.
I received a letter from the attor
ney general this morning In which
he snva: "I understand that this is
a custom which ha* grown up. but
we know of no legal obligation upon
the sheriff to perform such an act.
The statute la very plain that every
peraon selling or giving away to
tiacco muats have a license and teeh
nlcally speaking. 1 presume that It
would be necessary for you to have a
license. M. U ENURES.
Center Shots
There seems to tie a growing hellef
that the constitution guarantees every
man the Inalienable right to hold a
public Job.— Sprlngtleld News.
When two fat women pass on the
street, each bsiks at the other and
wonders If she ever will took like
that—Ihitnth Herald.
They think outdoor life Is making
girls taller. We think It la standing
up In street curs —Watertown Stand
ji rd.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for October, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.72,205
Sunday.76,995
Doss not Inehids return*, left
ovrm, nsmplss nr papers spoiled tr
printing and include* or epeciai j
sslea.
B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subscribed and sworn to halar# ms
this Bth <Uy of Novcmbn. 1P2:§.
W. M. QUIVEY,
(tool) Notary Public |
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
Know Your Slate.
From the Nebraska City Fresa.
‘ Nebraska—Broad, deep, fertile."
That is the slogan which Dr. George
E. Condra, head of the department of
survey and conservation of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, offers to Ne
braska City and every other commun
ity in Nebraska,
It is a slogan which should be
deeply considered, for It expresses
tersely and concisely the underlying
facts on which tlie prosperity of this
state Is founded. It deserves es
pedal consideration in this commun
ity, for this community has been
favored by nature with the most fer
tile, the deepest and the broadest soil
on the face of the earth.
When men are despondent and blue
at some upset In their economic cal
culations let them remember George
Condra’s slogan. When they prepare
to chase that will-o’-the-wisp which
so frequently causes men to become
nomads, ict them remember that sio
gan. When they are "firmly con
vinced” that Nebraska has hern over
developed and exploited to death, let
them remember that slogan which
gives them the lie and should ener
gize them with new hope and cour
age.
For Nebraska is broad, deep and
fertile. It is the center of the best
agricultural district in the known
world. Its changing climate, which is
so frequently cursed and reviled by
those who bask like parasites in the
near-tropical zones of this country, is
the great cause that has bu.lt a hardy,
healthful, energetic conformable race.
Nebraska is the source of real
wealth, wealth that will Increase as
the years go by. it should tie the re
pository of the hopes and the bulwark
of the faith of Its people.
Hatties of the Strongest.
From (he Kansas City Post.
Contests for supremacy upon the
gridirons lack the deliberation Of
baseball, and the football enthusiast
has only a little while in which toj
let off the surplus steam of fervor
for the sun ess of the team to which
he pins his faith.
Fpotball Is the game of youth. The
seasoned players must get their ex
perience in a few short seasons and
In few years. Only amateur football
counts for anything In the world of
sport, and that the contests are rela
tively free from commercialism doubt
less is responsible for the conglom
erate fandom that yc-lls itself hearse
for a little while each year, then for
gets until the next season.
Adapted from the British, football
of today In the Fnlted States is some
thing distinctively American dud af
fords spectators thrills to be found in
no other athletic contests
With the close of the 1!(3S season
so near at hand, the interest of sec
tions center in their respective con
tests and In Missouri and Kans is the
feeling runs high as the annual var
sity clash nears
The dope" of past performance
means nothing to the cheering crowds.
They are shouting courage to the.r
res|»ective tear s and (he victors w-ill
sustain high hopes while the loser*
will he allhled throughout the winter
months.
Interest In baseball inay be more
genera), but it cannot be more In
tense than that created by the clash
ing of two elevens,
"It's the battle of the strongest
anil the weak must kiss the wall.”
Tim Wheal Tariff.
From the Osceola Record.
There Is nothing of a partisan na
ture In the endorsement of the
wheat tariff which comes from George
0. Jewett, head of the American
Wheat Growers’ association and the
fact that this association, Interested
as It is in wheat prices and In the
future of the wheat industry in this
country has declared In favor of a
still higher duty on wheat, can be
construed to mean nothing but a
keen Interest In the effect of the tariff
on ^vheat prices anil has no political
sgnlflcunce of any sort, however in
opportune it may be to have that sort
"t an endorsement given to the tariff
idea at this time.
Wheat prices havo ranged right
along at about an average of 20 cents
a bushel higher In Minneapolis than
in Winnipeg, with the tariff differ
ential which ex.sts between this
country and Canada and the wheal
growers have evidently concluded af
ter careful investigation that a still
higher tariff will still further send up
the price here at home as compared
to the price of Canada wheat.
Thoee people who have so long
argued that Liverpool makes the
price of wheat on this side of the
water, have been continuously cha
grined to observe that Liverpool
doesn’t come within only about 20
cents of making the price as high as
Winnipeg as on this side the line
which appears to pretty well demolisn
the idea that Liverpool fixes the price
of American wheat. Liverpool is a
great wheat market and so 1* tbe
United Sta^s and the pries of wheat
can he sent st.11 higher in this coun
try, Inside of the price that consumers
are now paying for bread.
Plainly the wheat tariff is one of
the reasonable means for stimulating
the price of wheat In this country
and as such will undoubtedly receive
the most careful consideration of tbe
. ganized wheat growers.
Why Don't They Write Home?
From the Aberdeen New#.
Without doubt the most pitiful mes
sages which come to the News are
the letters from fathers Or mothers
asking the newspaper to help them
find their boys, go many of them are
written in the cramped penmanship
of old age and the words form a
touching appeal for help In finding
a boy from whom they long to hear.
What a pathetic thing It is that so
many mothers, and fathers, too, wait
through the days and long all tbs
nights for the letters that never some.
How tragic their last appeal to ft
strange newspaper for aid in renew
ing the sacred ties of family affection.
The newspaper always wants to help
and Is glad and willing to do so, but
how little hope It really can offer that
Abe Martin
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Cashier Leslie Pine arose at th’
usual hour this mornin’, an’ after
partakin' of a hearty breakfast o'
toast an’ egg* an’ coffee, he kissed
his wife an ’children goodby an’
walked t’ the bank with a firm step.
“If you hain't been hit with one o'
th’ new glass rollin’ pins you hain ?
seen nothin’ yit,” remarked Lafe
Bud, t'day.
(Copyright, 1*23 )
among its thousands of readers th#
cry of the aching hearts will be he;ird
In the only chambers where recollec
tlon will re-echo the love that prompt#
the appeal. Now and then it has t<
Its credit a reunion, but so often no
trace is found, that we take these let
ters now with a distinct feeling of
regret at the disappointment that 1#
almost sure to follow.
If bovs and girls only knew. If they 4%
could only realize the rising and fall
lng tide of hope that comes with every
parsing day, until the time goes by
with nothing but a dull, dead ache
where hope once sprung.
What a simple gift 1* a letter and
vet what one Is more appreciated than
this? ______
Her Broad Platform.
A thoughtful woman Is running for
mayor of West Hoboken on a platform
calling for Milk for babies.molt for
mammae, beer for papas.”—Minneapo
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