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WHAT THE SLEET STORM TEACHES.
A great lesson to the people of Nebraska is con
tained in the reports now coming in from the sleet
storm. Spectacular features got the attention while
the storm was on, and they were enough to hold
thought for the time. Now comes the clean-up.
The Lincoln telephone company reports its loss
to be the heaviest ever experienced from n similar
cause. That means it is huge. From the North
western Bell company came an early estimate of
$75,000 damage. It is likely this will be added to
before all the wreckage is cleared up. Telephone
poles are getting scarcer every day; the demand for
them is constantly increasing, and the price is stead
ily advancing. For this telephone users must pay.
No getting around that.
For the same reason fence posts are getting
scarcer, and railroad cross ties, and lumber for all
purposes, with steadily mounting prices. No good
blaming trusts, and price-tixing combinations and
the like for this. Mother Nature is taking her toil
for waste. American have spent their wonderful
forest wealth with such prodigality as makes the
sailor on a spree look like a monument to thrift.
What is the remedy? Simply this. We must
treat our timber supply as a crop, not as a mine.
Forestry should be a continuing, not a perishing, in
dustry. Cut-over areas should be reforested. Na
ture will take care of the rest. As a nation we are
using trees five times faster than we grow them.
Only one answer can be found to this if the policy is
pursued a few years longer.
A comprehensive national forestry policy is about
to be adopted by congress. In part it includes par
ticipation by the states, not in a dollar-matching
Contest, but in the active eo operation to extend the
protection and secure the new growth that is neces
sary to the perpetuation of our devastated and de
pleted forest areas. Nebraska has a fine chance to
take part in this work.
Pine timber will grow well in the sand hills. It
has grown there, and is growing there. Hundreds
of thousands of acres that are now bare may in time
be turned into pine forests. From these forests the
itate can get not only all the timber needed for its
people, but some to export. An acre of pine trees
in Nebraska will produce 1,600 board feet of lum
ber each year. Stumpage in the great Oregon for
ests is selling at $8 to $15 per thousand feet. That
means from $12.50 to $20 per acre from land that
is now producing nothing. Time to get busy and
take advantage of the resource that is possible of
development in the sand hills.
RADIO WINS ITS SPURS.
Old Boreas is finally beaten. He might as well
go back inio his rave and stay there. So far as
affecting social and business communication between
communities is concerned his day is done. Time was,
and not so very long ago, when the wind god could
come rampaging around, blow down poles and wires,
and interrupt the business of great sections if not
of the entire country. ?>lany a time Omaha has
been cut off. Kan.-.us City, Denver, Minneapolis, and
all points between were isolated one from the other
and all from the world.
“Them days is gone forever.” Sunday night a
fierce February storm started somewhere up in the
northwest, and spread everywhere as fast as a mile
a-minute gale could travel. Snow and sleet came
with the wind, and poles and wires gave way under
the attack. It was the same old process, so familiar
to the trouble men of the telephone and telegraph
companies. But it did not have the customary effect
of stopping business.
Radio operators got on the job. What had been
regarded as «n interesting toy became a great com
mercial agent. Broadcasting operators took up the
load. Amateurs throughout the stricken region got
into the game with real zest. Wires might be down,
but the press reports came through just the same.
Railroad orders were transmitted. Beleaguered
trains were reported. Relief was dispatched. The
discomfort and inconvenience of the terrific storm
was discounted by the radio bug. f
Never again will they tell us the radio is but a
toy. It has won its spurs. It stands today a full
fledged member of the great company of instru
mentalities for the preservation of man's social life.
Honor to those enthusiasts who helped put this over.
It is a feat to be proud of.
WEAK POINTS OF THE ANTIS.
Was the Eighteenth amendment to the Constitu
tion of the United States slipped over when the peo
ple were not on guard?
Every time the subject comes up for debate or
discussion, a charge is made that prohibition was
put over while the soldiers were in France. Had
they been at home and permitted to vote, it is urged
the situation would be different. The latest instance
of this sort took place at a meeting in New York,
where the general topic of the Volstead act and its
effects was under consideration. Fabian Franklin,
lately editor of the New York Post, said prohibition
was not an issue In 1916, while another speaker said
the amendment was slipped through congress and
the state legislatures without anyone being aware
of what was going on.
Arguments against the law should rest on better
ground than this. So far as the soldiers are con
cerned, there is good reason to think that as many
of them would have voted for as against prohibition.
Not all who went across to fight were addicted to
drink by any means. As to prohibition being an
issue in 1916, while it was not specifically mentioned
in either national platform, nobody questioned its
paramounlcy. States already had declared for the
i
policy. It had been discussed for year* as a na
tional possibility. Only those who would not admit
the fact pretended to believe that prohibition was
not a serious issue before the people.
That a strong movement exists for the amend
ment in some way of the Volstead act is well known.
Its effect will be greater if its advocates come clean
in their arguments, and do not waste time threshing
over old straw or making assertions that are so
easily disproved because most people know the facts.
JUNKERISM STILL SWAYS.
The world may pass over, but it will long re
member the ungracious act of the Berlin govern
ment, which instructed its embassy at Washington
not to display a flag at half-staff in honor of the
memory of Woodrow Wilson. The other embassies
and headquarters of ministers, following the lead
of Ambassador Jusserand, acknowledged the passing
of the great president in the customary manner.
Naturally this attracts attention to the Germans, who
refused to so note the event that has given the
world such real cause for sorrow.
The reason assigned, that Mr. Wilson was a
private citizen, may satisfy Berlin, but it will not
convince the people, who will see in it a slight to the
nation. Woodrow Wilson was a true friend to the
German people. He did not make war on them,
but on the militaristic dynasty, which finally was
overthrown by force of arms. At Paris he stood
staunchly out against proposals to dismember the
empire, other than those separations that were re
quired to restore submerged groups to their rightful
nationality. He championed the German republic at
nil times, and did what he could to restore good feel
ing, amity and commercial and social intercourse be
tween that nation and the United States. At no
point did he show any animosity or feeling other
than a sincere friendship for the Germans.
The present exhibition is comparable only to that
peculiarly unhappy disposition that brought on the
war, and that has since plunged German affairs into
the lowest depths of national disorder. Only Ger
many will suffer through it. Especially is it to be
regretted at this moment, when a friendly endeavor
is being made by Americans to enable Germany to
recover ground that has been lost since 1918. Berlin
should snap out of its trance.
The flag over the German embassy was floating
at half-staff at the hour of the funeral, a belated
recognition of courtesy due a great American. The
stupidity is not so easily cured.
HIGHBROW WINS A PRIZE.
Charles Herbert Levermore, LL. D., has proved
that it pays to be educated. He has just received
the $50,000 offered by Edward Bok to the writer of
the best plan for determining world peace. So it
isn’t always true that education goes unrewarded.
Those disconsolate prophets, who keep looking at the
big money taken by pugilists, movie actors and base
ball players, repeating the while that patient merit
starves will need to revise their comments. What,
may we ask, is the virtue of patience, if it is not to
enable merit to take the' spurn from the unworthy,
as Hamlet put the proposition?
However, Dr. Levermore dispels the notion that
the highbrow never gets his. To be sure, the way
was long. He was graduated from Yale in 1879,
and won his doctorate in 1886. He has taught in
such schools as the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, has been a college president, a student
and a writer. Now he has won a prize. Not so
much, when compared to what Dempsey, or Firpo, or
Gibbons get. Small also when put alongside what
some oil kings have genejously loaned their friends.
So much for that. Dr. Levermore's greatest re
ward is that he has shown what a great many re
spectable people believe is a way to settle interna
tional difficulties or disputes without going to war.
He has by this added to the hope of humanity. Only
in such plans as his mny be found the true way out
of the labyrinth in which the race so long has wan
dered.
We doubt if he will get the other half of the
$100,000. That is contingent on congress adopting
the plan. The present congress, unless some of its
leaders experience a change of heart, probably will
not adopt this or any other peace plan. But the idea
back of it all is getting bigger with each turning
over the world on its axis.
Harry Emerson Fosdick was freed of the charge
of heresy after the trial in New York, but this will
not appease the wrath of a certain eminent citizen
of Florida, who has his own views on the point.
Rykof of Russia will at least give less trouble to
the poets who want to embalm him in undying verse.
Lenin was a hard name to rhyme to.
Nearly $37,000,000 paid to Oklahoma Indians for
royalties on oil last year indicates that all the crude
did not como from Teapot.
Omaha honors itself when it joins with the nation
in honoring the name of a great man, who is uni
versally mourned.
Appearance of the schedule of a baseball league's
summer campaign ought to help charm away the ef
fects of the blizzard.
A thorough inspection of the books will do no
harm to anybody, and may quiet a lot of rumors.
What will happen if Dan Butler gets caught on a
jury when the city council is holding a session?
One of the best things the Mexicai. rebels do is to
run ahead of the oncoming Ohregonistas.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha*! Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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UNCLE JOHNNY.
Children have an orful liking for name relative, of
course;
And their mother! and their father* needn't feel a
trifle sad
Just hscause a Cousin Willie Is at home n playing horse
With th«* kids and making face* till tin Ir very hearte
are glad.
I am thinking of a couple of extremely lively tykes.
And an Unde who's a wonder In their little henrta
and eyes.
When you aek my little girlie who of all big folks she
likes.
She declsres It's Uncle Johnny -and It never brings
surprise.
And a tiny, noisy skeey.lx e\er up to something new,
lias Ills Idees of the feller who Is tlrut nnd best by far;
And, of course, It'a Uncle Johnny—hu lias often said II,
too!—
Uncle Johnny rules the region where these little chll
dren are.
Unde Johnny, Cousin Willie, or another- II Is so!—
Are the Idols of our children through the uge of
laughs and teais,
Arid their primal fervid fancies linger with them ns
they grow,
And remain to keep them cheerful In thu mellow,
golden years.
“The People’s
Voice”
Editorials from renders of The Morning
Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are
I invited to use this column freely for
expression on matters of public
interest.
A Fanner’* Proposal.
Anselmo. Neb.—To the Kditor of
The Omaha Bee; Let the county
agent organize the rural population.
President Coolidgo told us in hi* mes
sage thfit the farmers should help
themselves.
I would propose that the county
agents throughout the state organize
the rural population in their re
spective counties into an orgnniza
ion broad enough to Include all farm
rs and business men In the county.
Each city or town, with Its trade
erritory, would be a unit on the same
principle as miners or railroad men
are organized.
The purpose of the organization
should be not to sell anything they
produce for less than cost, plus a
reasonable profit.
To sell only through the regular
channels of trade and not form any
buying or selling agencies.
The bankers and store keepers to
assist through extending credit to
farmers to hold their produce until
they get a fall* price.
The organization, through Its of
ficers, county, state or national, to
suggest the price on all products sold,
using as a basis for cost the figures
furnished by the Department of Agri
culture, Washington, D. C.
You may' claim ‘there would be a
surplus of grain to force the price
down, but If the farmer would get
a fair price for what he sells, he
would be able to hold a few hundred
bushels until needed.
If the people were willing, the
county agents could organize their
counties inside of a month; then the
farmers withhold their products from
the market for a few weeks and not
sell anything until the price would
be where It should be. I believe two
weeks would bo long enough. That
would give the farmer buying power
and money to pay his debts, which
would be a benefit to the whole coun
ty.
The organization should he abso
'utely nonpolitical. You may say
'here are now many farmers' organ
'zations, why start more?
The answer is: They either buy or
sell co-operatively or are political, and
everybody can't support them. We
need an organization that nearly
everybody can support.
I have been a member* of the
'■’armers' Union for about 10 years. It
<h a good organization In its way. but
where would a country editor be If
he urged farmers in his community
to join them? LOUIS SCHMIDT.
Argues \gainst Bonus.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: A good deal has been
said about the soldiers' bonus, both
for and against It. Allow me space to
air my opinion.
I am against granting the bonus
for several reasons. First, because
it is not a debt that the government
owes them, as some would have use
believe. The'soldiers were paid all
they were promised.
If I hire a man for a certain sum
to work for me for a certain length
of time, and I pay that certain sum,
should l be asked to pay him again
after he has done the work he was
hired to do? Say two or three or
more years after he was discharged,
would I owe it to him? I think not.
If I gave It to him, would It not be a
gift?
Secondly. I am opposed to the bonus
because some of the states have
granted a bonus, and still they are
sot satisfied, but want another from
the federal government.
Thirdly. If the government should
grant their request and pay them any
amount as a gift, as that la what It
would be, the bonue advocates to the
contrary notwithstanding, would
they be satisfied? Would they not
want the government ip a year to
oant them a service pension, and be
Just as persistent in it as they are in
•iemandlng a bonus?
Fouthly, the government should
take good care of any hurt or dls
ibied in any way while In the army,
iut any ahiebodied soldiers should go
»Ut and wurk as well as the rest of
is that stayed home and sacrificed to
make It possible to feed them at the
'ront with the liest we had.
.1. <>. TUEBILCOCK.
■‘Finding Faults.**
Gothenburg, -Neb.—To the Editor
of The Omaha Be*-: Your editorial,
“Blessed Are the Peacemakers.” In a
recent lasue of your paper. Is nothing
less than sacrilege. Quoting scrip
ture In connection with the Bok peace
plan, or any other similar plans, with
out change of heart in the peace
makers, Is only blasphemy, that cries
high into heaven for taking the name
of Christ In vain.
The wanton starving of thousands
of Innocent beings and then Hsklng
God s blessing, or connecting the name
of Christ with the work of doing so.
Is so obnoxious that even common de
cency resents It, let alone true Chris
tianity.
Hut it U more condemnable still for
11 high class paper like yours to chain*
pinn such an unworthy cause. A |»aper
whose aim and purpose should be to
stand for truth and help lead human
Ity alr»ng the right path to new'
heights on the ladder of progress and
enlightenment.
It should occur to you that any
peace plan In any way built on the
Treaty of Versa Hies or the League of
Nations is a blotch on civilization an I
should forever bar the name of Christ
from anything connected therewith.
The Master h name, whose one great
principle was: "Love your enemies
and do good to those who bate you."
The majority of the pygmies who
drew up that treaty were supposed to
ha Christian rnen. A barbarian, how
ever so wild and cruel, could not have
conceived of nor made that treaty
more unchrlstUke In spirit as well as
In practice.
I he first condition of a true peace
with God an well as man is a confes
"l°n wrongs done and the creation
of a desire within, to do good, through
regeneration of the heart. The very
principles from which the leaders of
Europe have gone astray. There
must also be a conversion of the so
called statesman and commercial In
ferosts, who were responsible f,,r all
the tears and bloodshed ns a result of
the great war, and a desire to go hack
sunny side up '
Jake Comfort, nor forget
Jhat Sunrise never failed us yet"
^ ' CeliaThaxter _j
AT HOME.
A boiler shop In fullest blast \
Is but deserted mart
Compared with noise that's round me
east
When all my kiddies start.
Bang goes a door! Slam goes a chair!
Squawk goes a saxophone!
But spite of all I do declare
I love ’em—they're rtiy own.
"HI, where's my hat?" "Say. where
my coat?"
"Who's got my mittens on?"
Each morn they shout pith lusty
throats,
Then off to school are gone.
And when at night they romp and
play
In all their childish g!ee.
Although I frown, yet gtill I say
They're all the world to me.
A brilliant thought pops Into brain,
But ere to paper brought.
Bang! goes the old piano's strain,
And that thought is forgot.
A piccolo, a violin,
Piano, drums and horn;
The house resounds with childish din
Each evening, night and morn.
But what care T for all their noise?
1 love their chlldlBh play.
And watching o'er my girls and boys
I kneel at close of day
To pray: "Dear God, watch o'er them
keep;
Strength give me for the task
To care for them awake, asleep—
Nought for myself 1 ask."
One of the funniest incidents that
ever happened in the senate of Ne
braska occurred during the session of
1917. It happened the day the so
called dry bill came oVer from the
senate. Lieut. Gov. Howard was pre
siding. There was considerable Jockey
ing for position, and among others
making speeches was Senator Mc
Allister, who grew very oratorical and
very Impassioned. At one point In his
speech the senator's voice broke and
went off Into a falsetto crescendo.
Happing on the desk Lieut. Gov.
Howard said:
"The senator need not grow hysteri
cal. All his rights and privileges as a
member of this body will be pro
tected."
"I am not hysterical," shouted Mc
Allister. "But I feel deeply upon this
subject. I never played poker, there
fore l am unable to disguise my
hand."
Bong went the presiding officer's
gavel, end then in his silkiest drawl
the liei mint governor sold:
"The presiding officer lias played
poker a great many times, and it will
be his great pleasure to see that the
senator's hand is duly protected."
Numerous filings for the legislature
naturally recall to mind anecdotes
of former members. When Marsh
Eider was speaker during the days of
the memorable 1*91 session, a hot de
Lite was In progress on some mea
sure, and Church Howe of Nemaha
was speaklpg.
"I have often traveled inn miles or
more to see a man rather than put my
business on paper." said Howe.
"Nothin' surprisin' shout that,"
drawled Speaker Elder. "You travel
for nothin' and It would cost you 3
cents to buy a stamp."
The meanest Joke ever perpetrated
on unsuspecting legislators was per
to the principles of the Master you
were quoting. £ueh change of heart
has aa yet not been made manifest.
There must also he a true confession
of the cause of that great conflict, by
men guilty of the same. The cause
that haa been so unevenly placed and
for which the conquered is receiving
such cruel punishment at the hands
of the so-called Christian nations.
The name of Christ and patriotism
serve as » smoke screen, behind w hich
many attempt to hide an unholy
cause.
This guilt of sacrilege can also tie
placed at the doors of many of our
religious lenders and supposed to-be
ministers of the go»pel. They who
during the war prostituted them
selves Into worshiping Baal, and car
ried their thanksgiving and offering
to Mnlerh. They. too. are guilty and
responsible for dragging the sacred
name of Christ Into the welter of
blood In Furope. The Master whom
ihrv were supposed to worship in
xpii lt and in truth, but whose life and
teachings were so little adhered to by
them, for they were weighed in the
scale or war and found too light.
They betrayed their trust.
Let us give credit where the credit
belongs and us.- the name of satan
In connection with any attempts at
peace, based on the League of Na
tions. for they are based on lie* and
hypoc rUy.
Hut Jot lift forever be cautious so
an not to take the name of Christ In
vain, Ijo whose first principle's arc
Jovo, morry and truo p#»aro.
_.JOEL AN DEHSOV.
2.000.000 HE
HEART TROUBLE
150.000 Dio Yearly From
Heart Disease in
l niteil States.
Today more people .die fnwn
heart disease than from cancer, tu
berculosis, or pneumonia. And many
of them die needlessly. Nature usu
ally makes the heart strong enough
to serve a long life. Treat your
heart fairly—protect it from the
things that may injure it and you
have .nothing to fear. But, if at the
slightest cold or headache you re
sort to remedies containing the
heart-degenerating drug. Acetani
lide, you should not blame nature,
but yourself, when your heart be
comes weak and unable to perform
its work. Read carefully the label
of every cold and headache remedy
nnd, if you value your health, re
fuse any and all that contain the
harmful drug, Acetanilide.
To obtain prompt and at the same
time safe relief for h cold, head
ache, neuralgia, rheumatism or
pain in general get from your drug
gist a few Nebrin tablets, take one
or two every 2 or .'1 hours nnd you
will always get safe nnd satisfac
tory results. Nebrin tablets do not
depress the heart or form a habit,
are free fmm Acetanilide or other
harmful drugs and are considered
the safest cold and headache rem
edy and pain reliever obtainable.
Aspirin users should also give
Nebrin ft trial. They will find Ne
brin entirely free of the depressing
action that is so objectionable in
Aspirin. Nebrin is not expensive
and cun he obtained at all good
druggists.— Advertisement.
petruted during Unit same session. It
win be remembered that the session
of 18*1 was nwde up In larger part
of men who knew nothing about legis
lative procedure and still less about
the railroads of Nebraska. It was de
cided by the house on one Thursday
morning that adjournment would be
taken over from that afternoon until
the following Monday to give mem
t>ers an opportunity to visit Omaha.
Before adjournment that evening a
majority of the members were given
trip passes to and from Omaha by
way of the Missouri Pacific, and
bright and early Friday morning the
holders boarded a train for the trip.
If you have ever tried getting to
Omaha from Lincoln over the Mis
souri Pacific you will realize how
mean was the Joke.
There was a man In Syracuse
Who lapped up lots of wicked booze.
His money spent
He gaily went
And pawned hie hat and coat and
shoes.
One of the guests at the hotel where
we hang out Is a young man who Is
sentenced to spend the rest of his life
oetween a wheel chair and hla bed. He
was one of the millions of young
Americans who offered their lives for
their country. Wounded in France
he spent weary months In hospitals
abroad and at home, and la now
paralyzed from his waist down. His
younger brother waits upon him with
tender solicitude. Ttespite his afflic
tion this brave young soldier never
complains, hut he greets bis friends
with a cheery smile Hnd always has
a pleasant word. We never hear
some strong healthy man complaining
and grouching hut what we think of
that cheerful young man In the wheel
chair. He is a living example of
patience, and an inspiration to all of
us who enjoy bea"v' end strength.
Incidentally we ;ue to make a short
address in Fremont in a few days, and
the introduction will be made by the
man who sentenced us to a happy life
imprisonment some 30 years ago. To
date we have not applied for either
pardpn or parole.
Among other enterprises we would
not advise a friend to undertake right
now is trying to sell oil promotion
stork.
Tilings we would like to see stay
put:
The weather.
Politicians.
Our office chair.
Our favorite pipe.
The daily exchange*.
And the corking goes! story we
wunt to save up for our next appear
ance in public. WILL M. MAL'PJN.
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Center Shots
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France simply won't tie happy until
Its war debts are canceled, so that it
ran continue its loans to its friends.—
Lies Moines Register.
Under a law enacted during the
Obregon government the shooting of
deer, antelope or mountain lion in
Mexico Is absolutely forbidden for 10
years. Why not a closed season on
revolutions?—Louisville Courier- Jour
nal.
If Mussolini can keep men from
swearing and women from using
cosmetics he's the wonder of the
century. Rut any chump can issue
an "edict' without half trying—
Brooklyn Ragle.
The fact that statesmen have been
displaying their farm accomplish
ments in Washington may cause a
quart of milk to lake on additional
value as a souvenir.—Washington
Star.
The American Museum of Natural
History has offered for sale to the
highest bidder one of the fossil
dinosaur eggs found in the (pohl
desert The gold brick artist would
have little difficulty in promoting a
fossil dinosaur farm with the single
relic.—Rouisville Courier-Journal.
Anton Ring of Oberammergau finds
America too busy "We have time
for contemplation In Oberammergau,"
he says. If the average American had
such leisure lie wouldn't know what to
do with It.—Chicago Evening Post.
“From State and
Nation’
The Targets Have Ducked.
from the Detroit St»i:
Once upon a time there was a pop
ular song named "If a Wish Could
Make It Bo." The philosophy of peo
ple who think a wish can make It so
is Identical with the onp which ani
mates much of the opposition to Mr.
Mellon's tax reduction proposal. Be
cause the theory of the high surtax,
which looked so plausible and attrac
tive several years ago, is still an ex
cellent theory if one Ignores our ex
perience with it. opponents of the
measure are Inclined to overlook the
fatal weaknesses It has developed, and
continue to Infatuate themselves with
its potential but unrealized charms.
Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan has writ
ten a letter to Mr. Garner of Texas, a
political opponent of the Mellon meas
ure, confessing that he too once was
enthralled by the high surtax, but
that being a practical person he has
been lately forced to admit it is a dis
appointment and ought to be chang
ed. He Is inclined now to examine
it for what it is, not for what it
ought to be. Xn extract from the
general's letter seems to sum up pret
ty accurately the respective merits of
a fact in hand and a theory in the
bush:
"Statistics show that while the
schedule of high taxes on high In
comes has remained the same, the
amount of taxes collected on such In
comes has dropped each year until
now they are but a fraction of what
they were some years ago. The ax
rf high taxes for high Incomes is
largely cutting the air. The targets
have ducked.
"When the present schedules were
adopted It seemed to me that they
were eminently correct. Why should
not the men with great incomes pay
great taxes, pursuant to a rate of tax
which Increased as the income rose?
"One of the most effective things a
man can do In his own Interest is to
learn to face fact*. The facts relating
to this matter show conclusively that
what people like myself had in mind
didn't work out as anticipated. The
schedule of high taxes on high in
comes makes good reading to the
small taxpayer, but It dogsn't mean
anything—not now.
"If you succeed in maintaining the
present policy of driving the money
of the very rich out of business, then
It is only a matter of a short time
when the modest income* will become
so modest that their owners will have
very little taxes to pay.”
Why Sothern Wm Silent.
From th« Argonaut.
In hi* recently published Memoirs
John Drew sav«: "I had been playing
in Louisville for the first three days
of the week and E. H. Sothern was to
follow me for the last three. Before
I left town Sothern arrived and we
met In the corridor of the hotel. We
were joined by a dignlfleld old gentle
man who was evidently a citizen of
the town. He came up and bowed
and „ald to Sothern: 'Mr. Mansfield,
I am very glad to see you here, and
I'm going to be delighted to attend
every performance of yours during
your all-too-brief sojourn. I have
watched your career. Mr. Mansfield.'
The citizen of Louisville shook hands
with Scthern again and walked away.
Why in heaven's name didn't you
say something?' I asked. 'What was
there to say"' said Sothern. 'He
doesn't know Dick Mansfield is dead.’
I went on. That doesn't hurt me
so much,' said Sothern. 'He doesn't
know I'm alive.'"
A Senator in Action.
From tho St. Paul Dispatch.
Our correspondent at Washington.
Edgar Markham, it seems, has deeply
offended Senator Magnue Johnaon.
His offense was that on January St
he reporteij an Incident which took
place during a session of the senate
committee on agriculture Senator
Johnson, arriving late, requested Ben
Marsh to repeat charges he had made
against the secretary of agriculture,
the president and members of the
committee. Senator Johnson never
tires of hearirg about the shortcom
ings and misdeeds of the hated reac
tionaries. They are to Senator John
son what bedtime stories are to the
children. Would Mr. Marsh, there
fore. please relate the pleasantly
gruesome details once more?
Mr. Marsh doubtless would have
been glad to do so. and perhaps he
did. Our correspondent did not sav
whether Senator Johnson was indulg
ed in his weakness or not. He <]id
say, however, what Senator Norris
said Senator Norris complained that
r Abe Martin
Some folks vote intelligently
some stick t’ ther parties, an’ oth
ers don’t care who they vote fer if
they kin git on th’ winnin’ side
Who remember? th’ ole brimstone
sermons that used t' b<* all th' rage.'
Copyright, I92i.
Senator Johnson does not attend hear
lngs regularly and pointed out that h*
should not waste the committee a time
by asking a witness to repeat test:
mony already given. Since Senator
Norris is not in on the conspiracy
against the common people wbict
Senator Johnson went to Washington ^
for the express purpose of frustrating
and is Indeed more hotly fired by the
injustice in the world than even the
Junior senator from Minnesota, this
criticism should have been taken kind
ly as from an alb'. Mr. Markham re
ported, however, that Senator John
son rather heatedly told Senator Nor
ris he had been in legislative bodies
tong enough to know how to conduct
himself. The man who had carried
Meeker county around in his vest
pocket for a decade or more was net
to be lectured by Senator Norris.
Senator Johnson s real resentment
was reserved for Mr. Markham, who.
thinking the incident of interest, had
the audacity to report it. This judg
ment proved to be correct. It was of
interest. When Senator Johnson
heard about It he bolted In several
directions. Eventually, the press gal
lery was treated to the spectacle of a
Vnited States senator shaking his fin
ger in the face of a correspondent,
and using strong adjectives adequate
ly to express himself. There have
been some turbulent scenes on the
floor of the senate chamber, bouts
among the senators themselves, but
this must be unique. Midst cries of
“throw him out" from fifty or more
correspondents present, he was es
corted from the gallery by the super
intendent. It was a somewhat in
glorious conclusion to Senator John
s-n's first piece of creative statesman
ship.
The Touch Test.
' Johnny, your face needs washing.
Did you look at It in the glass this
morning?"
No. mother, but it seemed all right
when I felt it."—Boston Transcript.
Treating 'Em Rough.
This seems to be the life for the
“Devil Dog" In Philadelphia, but it's a
dog's life for the bootleggers.—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
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