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^ WASHINGTON AND HIS TALLOW CANDLE.
George Washington, the father of his country,
did not live long enough to realize what a big country
it was to become. For that matter, we of today
have no adequate conception of what the republic
will be in a hundred years from now. No. not
even a quarter of a century from now.
Doubtless the father of his country was proud
of his offspring, and thought it unusually lusty. But
the country that Washington knew was merely a
little fringe of land along the Atlantic coast. He
knew, perhaps, that there was some country west
of the Alleghenies. He never dreamed of there
being as much as there is. The 13 little colonies
which Washington helped so much to weld into a
new republic were mere dots on the whole landscape
that was to come under the flag. They are scarcely
more than dots now, comparatively speaking. This
is a fact it would be well for the folks who live
there to recall to mind now and then.
* * *
Washington knew little or nothing about the
Great Lakes. He could not know that the future
held a Great Lakes port that would handle more
tonnage* than any other shipping port in the world.
He never dreamed of a railrond or a steamship. He
could not know that in time the Atlantic and tho
Pacific would be connected by steam cars running
over more than 3,000 miles of parallel steel rails.
He could not know that in time London would be
nearer to Richmond, Va., than Richmond was to
Baltimore in his day.
* » +
As Washington snuffed his tallow candle or
trimmed the wick of his whale oil lamp, he did not
dream of oil from the bowels of the earth or light
from the end of a wire. He did not even dream
of illuminating gas.
In its materia! aspect the republic today is vastly
greater and better than it was in Washington's day.
And despite the gloom spreaders and chronic pessim
ists, it is vastly better in all other respects.
George Washington, leader of the colonial armies,
soldier and statesman, first president of the Ameri
can republic, and always the wise counsellor, is the
great outstanding character of American history.
Only a few names are privileged to be ranked along
side that of Washington.
* • *
Were he to return today he would be astonished
at more than the physical changes that have taken
place since he departed this life. Politics in his day
lid not show any special docility, so he would not
be amazed at the turmoil that rages throughout
the land between the parties. He would not be
particularly astonished at the factional criticism of
men high in office, including the president, himself.
Even in his day such things were not unknown. He
would wonder at the laxity with which some laws
are enforced, and the stringency that marks the ap
plication of some of the other?.
* % ^ *
If Washington's birthday is to be retained as
a public holiday, it ought to be kept with something
of reverence. Not merely a time for the cessation
of ordinary work to turn to some favorite or avail
able form of amusement. Every citizen of the Unit
ed States should spend part of this day in learning
something about Washington.
The decision of the Omaha Board of Education
not to dismiss school today was wise. Supplemented
by the plans of the superintendent and principals,
aided by the teachers, the pupils in all grades will
gat a little instruction concerning Washington. This
is making a far better use of the day than to have
it spent in idleness and play, it may be too late to
daeply interest grownups in the nation’s first chief
magistrate. It is time, however, to begin to instruct
tha children.
The entire country will he quite a hit improved
if a revival of Washington’s spirit should follow an
inquiry into his precepts and example.
* • •
, American citizens honor themselves and their
country when they honor George Washington by
making his birthday a national holiday and paying
a deserved tribute to his memory.
Let us not forget, however, that the great prob
lems of today are really great problems, and that
we are meeting and solving them in the spirit of
greatness. And this is true even though they may
be so close to us that we do not always understand.
A better knowledge of Washington will help us to
understand.
TAMMANY AND THE GHOST DANCERS.
While the democratic ghost dancers are wildly
gyrating around the senate chamber, and those on
the side lines are emitting shrill yips of approval,
one voice is silent. The last heard from William
Jennings Bryan, he was embarking with Governor
Pat Neff of Texas on a houseboat, planning to ply
the Braros river bayous on a hunt. When he
emerges from the wilderness, we hope in safety, it
is altogether probable he will take occasion to say
something.
We expect that Mr. Bryan will soundly drub, in
choicest terms, tho republican rascals whose mis
conduct is so abhorrent to true democrats. His
verbal chastisement of the miscreants will be inclu
sive and explicit, and doubtless will bring added
joy to those who are feasting on the banquet spread
at Washington. It will be tempered, however, by
« the melancholy remembrance of some things Mr.
Bryan has said in the past.
For example, there will arise the ghost of a con
vention at Chicago. There a young man from Ne
braska aoared into high and enduring prominence
through the denunciation be poured out on the lead
ers of the party with which he had always affiliated.
Another ghoat that will stand alongsids this will
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be of that same man, just a few years later, standing
the Baltimore convention on its head. Tammany
and Tom Taggart will never forget nor forgive
what was spoken there.
Mr. Bryan knows his party’s weaknesses as well
as anybody, and he knows that one of them is that
the democrats have their full quota of men who
are connected with the “special interests” now the
object of such virtuous horror on the part of the
ghost dancers. He will castigate unworthy repub
licans with the scorpion lash of his eloquent tongue.
But he will not spare the unworthy in his own party.
That is the fly in the ointment for the old guard
of the organisation that always puts something in
the platform to hold Tammany in line.
DISARM THE GUN-TOTER.
Governor Bryan expresses himself as being in
favor of a federal law to regulate gun-toting. He
holds correctly that local la\ys are ineffective. Such
affairs as that of the killing of Judge Morning, and
the probably fatal wounding of Senator Greene, are
stirring the public mind on the subject.
An object lesson is afTorded from Philadelphia.
There last week the New York Times discovered a
firm offering for sale 1,000 machine gur.s, 7,160
high-power army rifles and 16,000,000 rounds of
ammunition. Enough to arm a revolution. The
managing partner of the firfn said he would sell to
anybody who had the price. The sale would be
legal in the United States, and after that he was
not concerned.
An army officer says that with 1,000 determined
men and that amount of equipment he could hold
Philadelphia for two weeks against any force the
state of Pennsylvania could bring against him. New
York might be similarly held. A reign of terror
could easily be created in any great center of popu
lation. We have in this country plenty who preach
the “revolution,” and some who are daring enough
to undertake it.
Why talk of disarming, when private concerns,
for private profit, can have at their disposal such
stocks of arms? Can sell to anyone who comes
with the price?
Demand is made, and justly, that the profit be
taken out of war through the government seising
all arms and munition plants, and fully controlling
the output of the same. Until better oversight is
established with regard to the sale and ownership
of weapons of any sort, we will be in danger. What
ever is needed to stop gun toting should be applied
at once. •
SOFT COAL AND A PATIENT WORLD.
Up from the sunny precincts of Jacksonville,
Fla., conies the more or less welcome news that the
soft coal miners and the operators have reached an
agreement that will continue three years. Wages
and conditions remain the same.
This is notice to industry that it may proceed at
least until the end of 1926 without disturbance
incident to the cutting off of a supply of fuel. It
should not, however, mean that there will be no
move on part of the public to further examine into
the bituminous coal situation. Just to be assured
that the operators and the miners are willing to de
clare a truce, or an armistice, or whatever they want
to call it, is not to satisfy all the needs of public
justice.
Two or three things were brought out by the
inquiry of the coal commission that might be taken
up for closer examination. One of these is that too
many coal mines have been opened. Experience
over a considerable number of years has shown that
these mines are operated on half time or less. Steady
employment is not proffered to the men, and this in
turn means that at least twice as many men are seek
ing to gain a livelihood digging coal as are needed.
John L. Lewis, international president of the United
Mine Workers, has said that IT only half as many
were employed, and these given twice as much work,
they all would be better off.
Some 700,000 men are engaged in and around
the soft coal mines of the country. If half of these
could be released for other employment, much of
the labor shortage would be reduced. If the others
could have 280 days work each year, instead of the
140 they get, they would be far better off in every
way. If the mines were operated steadily, instead
of spasmodically, a more reliable flow of energy
into industry would follow.
Better methods for utilizing fuel will some day
be generally in vogue. Advance in industrial method*
along other lines will force the adoption of known
ways for burning coal by which something like its
actual value will be obtained. Many calls are made
for the by-products of soft coal. Henry Ford, for
[ example, finds little trouble in disposing of millions
of dollars worth of material that is extracted from
the coal fed Into his furnaces. After he has sold
creosote, phenol, gasoline, tar and other like prod
ucts, he still has the fuel left, and It gives better
results because the volatile particles have been re
moved and the carbon left to make the fire.
Settlement of differences for three years between
miners and operators ought to give users time to
work a little on their side of the fuel problem.
A Washington butcher says he can buy meat
from the Big Five cheaper than he can kill it him
self. So can anybody who Is close enough to a pack
ing house.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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"PLODDERS."
I often think of plodding as a "Plodder” will who knows
The vicissitudes of living, the enjoyments and the worn;
AnJ like moet of us who wonder ts It really worth the
price,
I behold beyond Illusion recompense for sacrifice.
It Is truly worth the effort though It seldom proffers
praise.
And the world would swiftly crumble If we had no
working day*.
And the few who do not offer their assistance do not
give
One lota of true merit to the world In which they live.
It's the common man* who shoulders heavy hurdens
who has led
In the mart, before the altar, on the (laid of battle red
We who day by day ate tolling where the wheels of
commerce go;
We who wield the pick and eltovel and manipulate the
hoe;
We who teach to youth the lesaona we have learned and
practiced, loo;
We who keep the humble cottage for our faithful and
our true—
May he proud of our achievements and the majoi paite
we play
In the forward march of I’rogresa ftum sunrise till
close of day.
We may grace ourselves with gladness and wllh honest
fervor know
That true commonness Is gienlness even though It
doesn't glow;
We may realise that plodding Is the pathway to sue
cess.
And as "Plodders" reap the merit of Incsaannl worthl
neea j
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By EIIWIN G. PINHIIAM.
Bunker Hill Supplies Some Information
for Lord Sandwich.
. Let our object be our country, our whole country,
and nothing but our country.—Daniel Webster at the
laying of the cornerstone of Bunker Hill monument.
Tlte past, at least, is secure.—Daniel Webster,
reply to Haync.
XIII.
HUE shots at Lexington and
Concord, if they were not
heard round the world, at
least were heard through
out New. England and all
(he colonies; and almost without or
ders the provincial militia got under
march for Boston. These forces gath
ered steadily through the next six
weeks, and early in June «n army
In numbers If not In equipment In
vested the city Pnd Gage's occupying
force.
Isrnel Putnam. "Old Put,” as he
camo to be known, brought up the
Connecticut men. Rather, he told the
men to follow and set out himself
alone, covering a hundred miles in
IS hours without changing horses.
From Rhode Island came Nathaniel
Greene with a force that the assem
bly of those plantations authorized to
go and look on—at least, Rhode Is
land was not at first prepared to do
more. The New Hampshire minute
men are reputed to have run from
the Merrlmac to Cambridge. At any
rate they got over 55 miles of road In
something like 19 hours after "re
freshments" at Andover. Wlmt they
might have done on a full meal his
tory can only guess at.
The American besieging force num
bered In June some 17,ftj>0 men and
was commanded by General Ward, or
Warren.
more accurately by a committee of
safety of the Massachusetts congress.
To this committee it seemed essential
that the Charlestown heights should
be occupied, and this suggestion was
made by a council of war, which In
cluded Ward. Warren and Putnam.
Opinion was divided, but the enter
prise was agreed upon. Singularly
enough the British, almost at the same
time, had decided to occupy Dorches
ter Heights. But the Americans were
beforehand, and the night of June 16.
Colonel Prescott, with a force of 1,600
men who carried spades as well as
llrelocks, occupied Bunker Hill, and
before dawn of the 17th had thrown
up a line of entrenchments six feet
high. These works were fully ex
posed to and within easy range of
both the British land butteries and
their ships.
The British had no choice but to
assault the hill, because if the Ameri
cans were allowed to strengthen the
position with artillery they could
command the town. Ships and bat
teries at once opened on the redoubt
with a heavy cannonade, but the lire,
which continued all the forenoon,
failed to drive the Americans out
They had few cannon of their own
and could only lie low and wait for
the Infantry attack they knew must
follow. Prescott'S men. weary with a
night of digging, without water and
with little food, had a main redoubt
of 60 yards' length to defend and a
hundred yards of breastwork extend
ing to one side toward the shore of
the peninsula. To prevent the enemy
from encircling him on that side—
for there was a considerable open
space between the end of the breast
work and the shore—Prescott sent a
force of Connecticut and New Hamp
shire men to occupy the ground. They
took position behind a stone and rail
fence stuffed with hay.
The British moved to the atteck
early In the afternoon with 1.600 men
under command of General Howe,
who. with Burgnyne and Clinton.
Iiad Joined Gage the previous month,
and whose counsels had been produc
tive of nothing In the meanw-hlle ex
cept k proclamation promising to
hang John Hancock and 8am Adams.
The main redoubt, the breastwork
and the rail fence were assaulted
simultaneously. How# himself leading
the attack on the fence The British
advanced slowly, tiring as they came.
The Americans, though bidden to re
serve their fire, would have replied,
but their odlcers struck their muskets
Abe Martin 1
"I've just had t jiive up drir.ktn'
from n saucer, as it wrinkles my
forehead," said Miss Fawn I.ippin
rut t’dny. Most husbands are only
•parrin’ partner*.
(Copyrltht, 1»24.>
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from their hands. Warren himself
carried a musket, for though out
ranking Prescott, he had refused to
take command, having arrived at the
Rcerie of action after Prescott had
made his dispositions.
"Hold your fire until word Is given,
nnd aim at the waist belt,” was the
order that was repeated along the
line, and "Old Put.” at the hay-stufled
fence, emphasized It by promising to
shoot the first man who pulled a
trigger until the word came.
When the word came, therefore, the
Americans delivered a perfect rolling
volley. At every point the British
line was stopped and thrown back.
Many companies that contained 39
men fell hack from this tire with
losses running as high as three
fourths of their number.
Howe withdrew his men. reformed
the line and again gave the order to
advance. A second time the Ameri
cans waited, allowing the British to
die and load as they came, and when
the line was within fO yards of the
muzzles of the colonial guns a second
volley rang out, repeating the execu
tion of the first. No troops could
stand such fire, delivered along the
whole front of their line, at such
range, arid the British regulars again
broke and retreated to the foot of the
hill.
Howe now shortened hla line and
made his third attack on the redoubt
and breastwork alone. He also altered
his tactics, and Instructed his men to
discard their knapsacks, press for
ward rapidly without firing and trust
all to the bayonet. And now, aa the
British came on a third time, the
American fire, which before had
rolled out In ordered volleys, only
sputtered. Prescott’s powder had
given out. Only by breaking cannon
cartridges had he obtained a sufficient
supply to repel the second assault.
The men who had a round left dis
charged It, and then clubbed their
musket*, for the British, who had not
broken in the face of the last Inef
fective fire, were now over the earth
work. The Americana, who were
without bayonets, retired from the
works: the British were content to oc
cupy them, and did not follow.
“A hundred and fifteen Americans
lay dead acrog* the threshhold of
their country.” Among them lay the
gallant Warren. a major general,
fighting with a musket. A thousand
and forty British wf-re dead and
wounded, of whom 92 were officers.
•Major Pitcairn, whose fate It was to
give the order that opened the battle
of Lexington, died here.
Bunker Hill was the American an
swer to the language In the British
parliament where coercion was being
debated. The earl of Sandwich had
said the Americans ran away at the
siege of Loulsburg, and asked what It
signified If they could put 200.000
men in the field since they would melt
at the first British volley. Rigby had
said the Americans did not ' have
among them the military prowess of
a militia drummer. Bunker Hill was
notice to the king’s friends thiat the
be*t equipped and disciplined troops
of tha empire coufd not drive the
continentals while their powder lasted.
Speaking militarily, the result of
the Battle of Bunker Hill may best
he described In the words of General
Greene, who said the colonists always
would be ready to sell the British an
other hill at the same price.
(Cogyriaht. the Kar.sa* c:t* Btsr >
K Pluribus Plus.
Nothing very extraordinary In the
fact that the secretary of war and
the secretary of the navy are both
opposed to the merging of their de
partments. This Is merly a case of
two head that think as one because
they wish to remain t/wo_Chicago
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“The People’s
Voice”
Editorial* from reader* of Th* Morning
Be*. Reader* of Th* Morning Bee are
invited to uee thie column fr««ly for
expression on metier* of public
interest.
A Pie* for the Tram Line.
Omaha.—To the Editor of Jho
Omaha Bee: In ita cocksure disregard
of facta, the communication of "Ex
perience," which appeared in this col
umn recently, is typical of many
which offer only adverse criticism and
no constructive suggestions regarding
the street car situatioh.
"Bless you. a crosstown line on
Fortieth street was needed 26 years
ago," "Experience' declares. This
statement Is so ridiculous as to need
no answer.
"Just now when many industries are
struggling to keep even, when the
railroads, the farmers and others are
taking small or no profits at all," he
continues, "It strikes me that the
street railway company might share
Just a little in the common experience,
and not harp so r-otislstently on the
fair return string."
No one disputes the fact that agri
culture and many other Industries are
Struggling along to avoid a deficit.
But agriculture and these other in
dustries are Just in the valley follow
ing the peak of profit-taking during
postwar days, when prices of their
products skyrocketed and enormous
profits were reaped. The position of
the street railway or other utility In
this case Is not analogous to that of
other industries.
While Industries In general, operat
ing under the laissez falre rule, were
allowed to make their "killing" dur
Ing the period of Inflation. gfce street
railways and other public utilities
were restricted by public regulation
to a fare which did not even allow
them a fair return above Increased
operating expenses.
Th# gist of ''Experience's" conten
tion, then. Is that the*street railway,
although prohibited from sharing In
the big profits made by other Indus
tries during postwar days, should
nevertheless share with these indus
tries the depression of the slump pe
riod. This argument makes a strong
appeal to prejudice, but none to rea
son.
"Just now," "Experience" continues
In hit recital of errors, "it (the com
pany) Is paying a dividend, but not as
large as Its management would like."
The fact Is the company Is paying
only the required 5 per cent dividend
on Its preferred stock, which repre
sents the Investment of persons other
than the management. The common
stock, which represents the Invest
ment of the management, has re
ceived no dividends since 1917. I
agree with "Experience" (hat receiv
ing no return in seven years Is “not
as large as Its management would
like."
This la the time for s»rlous consid
eration of facts, not fiction, as they
relate to the fraction problem. State
ments like those of "Experience" are
made either out of profound Ignorance
or with the deliberate Intent to mis
represent. In either case they serve
only to befog the Issue and offer noth
ing toward th* solution of the prob
i«m. f J. G. TOWNE.
Faith In Coolidge.
Avoca, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Notwithstanding the
noise of Hiram Johnson and the acts
of the half-baked and smart-aleck
senators who obtained their election
upon the republican ticket and then
claimed to be insurgents, but are
really assistants to the democrats, the
confidence of the people of the United
States in the ability and Integrity
of President Coolidge cannot be
shaken. T.
Grafter* often break In where burg
lar* fesr to tread.—Illlnoia State
Journal.
SUNNY SIDE UP 1 i
y*ke Comfort, nor firm'd
jhat Sunrise never failed us yet “
U Ctliuihtnc&tT ^
SINCE GEORGE WAS W ITH l S.
Some wondrous changes hsve been
wrought
Since George fought
And freedom brought
To all mankind in speech and
thought—
Alas and lack-a-day!
We re now reformed on ev'ry side.
And we're denied
Right to decide.
What we shall eat, drink or abide.
Since George was laid away.
Since George was president, alas.
'Tia come to pass
That too much gas
Has all choked up the common mas!
By laws on statute book.
We've been reformed until now we
See Liberty
Shriek loud and flee
Twelve miles or more way out to sea
Beyond old Sandy Hook.
O George, would you'd wander back
Along the track
And bring a stack
Of liberty we've lost, alack.
Since you were with us hers.
We're weary of reformers' rule—
Of going to school
By rote and rule—
Through the command of some
blamed fellow
Who rules by legal fear.
O -George, If you were with us now,
We know somehow
You'd not allow
Without a mighty bitter row
So much of laws' restraint.
Since you have left much that you
wrought.
For which you fought,
Alad, is naught!
It reaJly seems now that you ought
To be back here. Too bad you
ain’t!
Our regret that county Judge Par
menter of W'ahoo decided that Levi
Keiser must have a guardian is very
great, but not nearly so great as our
regret that the attorney for the plain
tiff declined Levi's invitation to a
few rounds with him.
Levi Keiser made his money him
self, and to our wav of thinking he
has a perfect right to spend it as he
jolly well pleases. It's his money.
Isn't It? And if he seeks the pleasure
of the society of the ladles In his old
age, Isn't that his business? The
more we think about It the deeper
is our regret that Levi and the plain
tiff's attorney couldn't mix, with the
result that the aged but youthfully
Inclined Lotharic knocked the block
off'n the aforesaid attorney.
Not that we have anything against
the plaintiff’s attorney, for we haven't.
But just because we'd rejoice to see
Levi demonstrate that he was all
there, physically fit and feeling fine.
Until a higher court can get a whack
at the rase we bow in submission to
the decision of Judge Parmenter.
But In this connection we make
bold to assert cur agreement with'
John Z. White of Chicago. Asked if
he had respect for the courts, he re !
plied:
"Not a blankety-blank bit, unless I1
agree with their decisions."
A charming young lady boarded a
cross town car at Jackson street.
"Please call Grace.” she said as she
deposited her fare In the coffee mill.
"I always say Grace, ma'am," re
plied the conductor with a smile.
It Isn't s Cirrus Pennant.
Note by a handsomely printed pro
gram that at a recent meeting the
audience sang "Star Spangle Ban
ner.” It may have been a typcgrsph
leal error. Probably warn t. If peo
ple do not look how to sped It any
better than they know how to sing it,
•'typographical error” will not ex
plain it. _
The young fellow sentenced t-.
i serve from one to 10 years in the
; state reformatory for breaking into ?
I bad *t shop, may not have hat!
! burglarious Intent. He may have
' planned on being first in the chan
i when the shop opened next morning
The suggestion that President Grav
I cause walnut trees to be planted along
i the t'nion Pacific right of way will
not make a hit with him. Ho will
probably reply that too much nut
interference is one thing the matte:
with the railroad situation right now.
Speaking of milking contest*, there
is the one now under exposure down
Washington way. . |
The automatic telephone has one
great fault. No provision is made for
some one to say cutting things to
when our unruly Index finger get* us
the wrong number. We Insist that
Something be Done About It. i
Our old-time friend and once fel
low newspaper worker, Thomas I
J. Fitzmorri*. asserts that we
' touched the sunlit peaks of pub
lico service" when we suggested Syl
vester Rush as one of the prosecutor*
of crocked oil deal* We greatly
feared at the time we suggested Mr.
Rush that his qualifications were so
outstanding that there wasn't a poe
xibility that he would be conslderq^^
May it not bo true that some me;,
become so awfully progressive the'
ihey forget where they started froir. 1
Dr. R. G. R.. David City: The clip
ping enclosed ia a fine creed indeed
Thank* for the compliment, but I
am not the author.
My idea of a wasted life 1* to spend
it laying plans to ‘get even” with
tomebody.
Nebraska Limerick.
There was a young fellow in Lincoln
Who swallowed some hootch without
wincoln.
It couldn't taste worse J
And he uttered a corse. j
And then and there swore off his
drineoln.
The bootlegger, the coke peddle:.
and the gun toter must go. We ;ug
gest to some of our habitually re
forming friend* that they aolve the
whole problem hv prohibiting hip
pockets. WILLM. MAUPIN.
l^jHMQsnk'
t Omaha d
rlkey compare all sfcy^,
Scrapers with tlieWoolworth
, dSl,
'mey compare dll auto
mobiles A>?ith Buick,
When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them
Nebraska Buick Auto Co.
19th and Howard Streets
LINCOLN
H. E. Sidle*. Pre*.
OMAHA
Lm Huff, Vice Pro
Retail Dealers
SIOUX CITY
H R H«rl«y, Mgr
NEBRASKA BUtCK AUTO CO.
19th and Howard Sta
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M PELTON
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