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GUNMEN AND THE CONSTITUTION.
We are in receipt of a letter from an Omaha at
torney, who takes exception to the stand of The
Omaha Bee on the subject of gun toting. He ap
peals to the Constitution of the United States.
“The first 10 amendments to the present con
stitution are limitations on the United States gov
ernment according to many decisions of the courts.
Including the supreme court of the United States,”
he writes.
"The second amendment provides 'a well regu
lated militia, being necessary to the security of a
Tree state, the right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed.’ This precludes a na
tional gun-toting law, and is the reason why the
states have legislated in regard to this matter.
"There is a reason for everything even for
lawyers who defend the accused.
“The constitution is a. grand old document that
Governor Bryan and others should see more of and
I am sure they would appear and speak more sanely
and learnedly and likewise disclose the same by
their writings as well as their njouthings.
"Take this letter in the spirit In which it is sent
—in wholesome friendship. I do not criticise you
to your competitors but tell it to you. An investiga
tion may prove that my contention is correct.”
The second amendment to the Constitution of
the United States was declared in force in 1791.
Considerable water has run under the bridge since
that time.
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When the Constitution of the United States was
adopted common people in many lands were for
bidden to own or possess weapons of any kind. That
was a privilege for "superior” classes. Common peo
ple even were denied the right to arm themselves
and fight for their native land. When Napoleon
overran Prussia, the farmers and mechanics, clod
hoppers and tho like, were forbidden by their king
to take up arms against the invader. Only the
aristocracy and those especially set apart as soldiers
could fight Blucher raised an army, despite the
royal ban, and the common people of Prussia twice
turned the tide of war against Napoleon. Twice
were Blucher and his men forbidden to participate
in the triumphal march of the allies through Paris.
They were commoners, and even rebels, for they
bore arms without royal permission. Look up what
Poultney Bigelow has to say on this point in “The
History of the German Struggle for Liberty.”
The American colonists all had arms. They
needed them for many reasons. In order that the
citisen might be fully impressed with his responsi
bility as a defender,of the nation, he was given the
constitutional guaranty that his right to bear arms
should never be infringed.
When the original United States militia law was
passed, it contained a provision that required citizens
liable to military duty to provide their own arms.
Each member of the trained bands was called upon
to report himself at stated periods with a weapon of
his own choice of selection. A wide variety of arms
was displayed by the citizens entitled to bear them.
In time the necessity for uniformity in armament
became imperative, and the government began to
arm and clothe its soldiers. This did not infringe in
any sense on the right to bear arms. Instead of the
militia or soldiers keeping their weapons at home,
or carrying them to their daily tasks, the guns and
other equipment were conveniently stored in arsenals.
At no time has it been contended that citizens
can not have weapons at home, can not use guns or
other devices for hunting game or for any other of
the legitimate purposes of sport. Yet even here the
government has stepped in, and some severe regula
tions of the use of weapons have been enacted into
law. Men are forbidden to discharge firearms in the
city limits, to pursue and kill certain game out of
season.
Nothing in this implies that a man has a right
to convert himself into a walking arsenal, and parade
the streets of a peaceable community, armed, but
with his arms concealed. Ready at any minute to
suddenly assail and murder another.
The police power of the federal government is
ample to safeguard the citizens in many other ways.
Sanitary and quarantine regulations look to the
health of the public. Morals of the community are
protected by Ibws which forbid and punish immoral
acts. Possession of burglars’ tools subjects th*
holder to punishment. Why is it not equally sound
to punish the possessor of murderous tools, when he
conceals them on his person?
Only by great stretching, almost to downright in
version, can the constitutional provision that gives
every man a right to bear arms be construed to
permit the carrying of concealed weapons. If it can
then all our state and municipal laws on the subject
are wrong, and should be wiped out. It may not be
altogether out of place to note another fact. A
great many of those who most persistently tote guns
in time of peace were strongly opposed to toting a
rifle when the war was on.
The Constitution of the United States is a splen
did document. The guarantee of our liberties. It
is the duty of every man to defend it. Its defense,
however, does not lie in searching out ways to twist
or distort its provisions in order to justify a practice
that public morals and public policy condemn.
MILK, CHEESE AND OTHER THINGS.
Complete organization of the Nebraska Dairy
Development society discloses a list of officers and
directors that invites public confidence. Carl Gray
of the Union Pacific is president. II. P. Davis of
the University of Nebraska is secretary. Other well
known men of affnirs throughout the state are on
the list. This gives assurance that the work of the
society will be prosecuted with vigor and intelligent
direction.
Again it is well to emphasize the fact that
this organization is not for the purpose of putting
up cheese factories, creamery stations or milk depots
of any sort. Its purpose is to assist the farmer who
owns cows or who desires to own some in the prac
tical business of milk producing. Precept and ex
ample will be the main commodities dealt in, to the
end that the development of the dairying industry
in the state will be symmetrical in all its branches
and not haphazard in any.
Too much has been said about the possibilities of
Nebraska as a dairying state, without taking into
consideration what is involved in making the change
j necessary 'in agricultural practices to bring about
the result hoped for. Considerable of a start has
been made. As the expected extension takes place,
the growth of milk production should see a corre
sponding growth in the use of milk. More butter,
cheese and other similar products will be looked
for and doubtless will be forthcoming.
The world needs the additional butter and cheese.
Demand for dried milk and condensed milk is stead
ily expanding. There is no good reason to dread
the future for fear there will be no market for milk
or milk products. First it is needed to spread knowl
edge of proper methods of dairying. This will be
the biggest job for the newly launched association.
It is on the right track and it will do good.
TAX RATES GO DOWN.
The house has reversed itself on the revenue bill.
All of which supports the conviction that the so
called Garner bill was purely political in its nature.
By an almost unanimous vote the members adopted
the measure containing the Longworth compromise.
Republican insurgents returned to the fold, making
the democratic effort hopeless.
Garner’s substitute was noteworthy chiefly be
cause it would not have provided revenue sufficient
to carry on the ordinary activities of the government.
In his zeal to embarrass the administration, the demo
cratic leader cut his garment without regard to the
cloth. Savagely assailing the rich men of the
country, he set a maximum surtax that looked for
midable, but would not have increased revenue.
Then he cut the rates on small incomes so low that
the government's loss would have put the revenue
below the safety mark l»y hundreds of millions.
This fact had the effect of sending republicans
who were opposed to the Mellon plan back into line
for any reasonable compromise. The Longworth
plan provides this. It maintains a higher rate of sur
tax on the big incomes than the Mellon plan. It
puts such a levy on the smaller as will bring in
money enough £o carry on government business.
At the same time, the small taxpayers get a reason
able reduction. The normal rate on $4,000 or less
of net income is fixed at 2 per cent, one-half the
rate under the existing law.
In 1921, the last year fully reported on, 6,602,196
returns on personal income of $1,000 or over were
made. Of these 5,767,415 were for $4,000 or less.
So the Longworth bill makes a reduction of 50 per
cent in the taxes on five out of every six who pay
income tax at all. This will not sustain any charge
that the republicans are neglecting their pledge to
reduce the burden of taxes. Above the $4,000 line
the ratio of reduction is less. There is a cut of 37>/6
per cent up to $8,000, and 25 per cent above that
figure. At $10,000 a surtax of 1% per cent at
taches, and this increase continues until the maxi
mum of 37*4 per cent is reached at $200,000. All
of that amount or above pay the maximum.
Only 536 taxpayers will be affected by the maxi
mum surtax rates. There are 5,767,415 who will
benefit by the reduction of one-half in the normal
rate of tax on incomes of $4,000 or under.
We do not doubt that the insurgent group in the
house will show in other ways its power to enforce
the course of legislation. It holds the balance "be
tween the two greater groups. By concerted action
it can shape any measure on which there is a party
division. In this instance it has defeated the plan
of the secretary of the treasury. It has also de
feated the narrow partisanship of the democrats,
Bound by ca'ucus to support a measure that was de
fective on its face, the democrats sought only to be
troublesome to the republicans. They adopted this
plan, no matter what the effect might be on the
country. The insurgents moved to secure something
different from what the administration sought. In
this they succeeded.
We believe the great support the Mellon plan
has received throughout the country is born of a
desire for reduced taxes. Opposition to it rests
largely on the mistaken idea that it would largely
benefit the rich. Tlic Longworth compromise pro
vides for a substantial lowering of all rates, and
ought to satisfy the people. What the senate may
do is yet to be determined, but the sentiment there
is also in favor of lower axes. The next revenue
law will leave a lot of money in the pockets of the
people that is now taken for government use. One
of the most important features of the new bill is
the reduction in the taxes due this year.
Our wonder is not that New York theater-goers
submit to being bilked by ticket speculators, but
that they should be willing to pay a premium to aee
the shows billed to us as “great New York successes.”^
Gold to the amount of $46,000,000 was imported
into this country during January. Unlike some other
things imported it hugged the Atlantic seaboard very
closely.
The winner of the Bok peace prize of $50,000
probably spent as much time on his essay ns some
of those oil attorneys did in earning their $250,000
fees.
Mr. McAdoo is going to build his own broad
casting station. Perhaps he can find some abandoned
oil derrick to use for his aerials.
Some of the professional child savers might con
sider for a while that beet field children seldom find
their way into the reform schools.
A lot of time may bn saved in this work of sav
ing the boys by first saving the homes.
Mr. Graff seems to have decided to open up a
rift in the democratic lute.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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HER FATHER.
J think of her father—such pictures T know
That Mem’ry retains of the dear Hong Abo'
llow well l remerrfber his sneezes that told
'Twas time to tic hastening home In the cold.
How clearly I hcar«hlm suggest his deslrs
While I was contont by the side of tho fire.
And dreandly whispered tho things that today
From thought and expression are hidden nwny.
1,'nwlsely T tarried—the silence was greet!
Eleven was early and twelve waan't late.
I wasn't too sure Of tho welcome I had
I'nttl 1 was running away from her dad.
I think of her father and evenings of yoir
Ills sneezing and coughing disturb me no more.
He's over congenial and truly benign
For ho 1» the dud of the helpmate of mine
Hy EDWIN G. PINK HAM.
Clinton Gets Away and the War
Shifts to the South
You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situa
tion. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of
difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from
them.—Washington to his brother, written during the
Jersey campaign.
n XXIII.
ASHINGTON’8 army, aug
mented to about 15,000 men
by the spring of 1778, was
still too weak to attempt an
attack on Philadelphia and
us commander wisely waited until the
news of the coming the French fleet
under d'Estaing warned the British
that it was time to be gone. Clinton,
who had succeeded Howe, abandoned
the capital in June, withdrawing to
ward New York, and Washington,
who had disposed his forces for that
contingency, took up a parallel march
prepared to strike the retreating
enemy on his flank.
The attack was planned to be made
at Monmouth courthouse, and Charles
Lee was assigned to command the
van and engage the enemy at that
point. Ts>e was opposed to the enter
prise and had spoken against it in
council. When overruled he had at
first declined to command the ad
vance, and then when it had been
given to Lafayette had begged it
hack. Lee, soldier of fortune, had
no neart in the American cause ann
no convictions of any kind. If his
sympathies were anywhere they were
with the British. The reasons for his
conduct at Monmouth never have been
made entirely dear, but what Is clear
Is that he displayed no zeal, disobeyed
his orders and so far from maintain
ing an offensive put his men upon
the retreat the moment the enemy
showed resistance. Only the arrival
of Washington with the main force
saved the day from being a disaster.
As it was the chance of delivering a
decisive blow had been lost, and after
desperate fighting Clinton managed
to draw oft his army and reach New
York.
Much has been written about what
Washington said to I.ee when they
met on the battlefield. Not many
heard the encounter, but many saw
It. and Washington's appcrance prob
ably has been accurately described as
that of "an avenging diety.” What
ever else Lee had done or failed to do,
he had given orders he could not now
explain to the white, hot Washington:
and whatever else he heard himself
called by that usually cool and re
served commander and one time copy
ist of the "Rules of Civility,” he un
questionably heard himself called a
"damned poltroon,” which probably
was sufficient to apprise him of the
degree of esteem In which his super
ior held him.
All that it seems necessary to say
further about Charles I.ee is that he
was not of that Virginia family that
produced Bight Horse Harry, Richard
Henry and Robert K. I.ee Charles
I.ee was of an Kngllsh family, and
before he came to America had
fought in the Polish wars and In
Portugal. He fought only for gain
and distinction, and his career up to
Its final ruin at Monmouth had been
distinguished only by vanity. Jealousy
and Insubordination. A court mar
tial retired him to privnte life, where
he soon died obscurely.
While Washington watched Clinton
In New York, the war shifted to the
south. Where the British, by success
ful actions at savannah and Augusta,
laid Georgia low and restored a royal
government In that state. Heartened
hy these successes and strengthened
hy reinforcements from the north, the
enemy pushed northward into South
Carolina, and laying siege to Charles
ton forced Its capitulation. In this
crisis congress Insisted on sending
Gates to take command In the south,
disregarding the protest, of Washing
ton, who urged Greene for the task;
and Gates, with about 2,000 con
tinentals detached from Washington's
army and such militia as h« could
gather, gave hurried battle to Corn
wallis at ("amden, S. C. Gates was
defeated and his defeat became a rout.
His retreat did not stop until he
reached Hillsboro, N. C., 200 miles to
the nortth.
The Carolina* were now defenseless.
Abe Martin
Th* ole delightful peaches an’
cream complexions have given way
t' th’ newer magnesia an’ Ben Davis
make-ups. Some folks have peace,
hut we don’t believe that anybuddy
ever had any pence thnt had plenty.
_(Copyright. 102«.)_
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PAID CIRCULATION
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and there seemed no obstacle to Corn
wallis’ march into Virginia. Greene
hastened south, took over the disor
ganized American forces, and avoid
lug pitched battles, suceessfully ha
rassed and retarded the British prog
ress, while General Morgan, with a
separate command, operated against
Tarleton. These latter forces, com
ing together at the Cowpens, fought
an action in which the Americans
i were completely successful. Cornwal
lis now' hastened his march north
ward, burning his baggage to make
more Speed to unite with the British
forces from the north and end the
war in Virginia, as he was confident
he could do. Greene abandoned the
pursuit, turned south, and In a cam
paign of great brilliance and unfail
ing pitched' battles, successfully ha
di.sasters the American cause had suf
fered in the southern department.
This man had been a Quaker black
smith before the war, hut by applica
tion and virtually with no guidance
hut his own studies snatched from
daily toll, had made himself accom
plished in mathematics and engineer
ing. He gathered the Khode Island
militia and Joined Washington at Bos
ton as soon as he heard the news
from Massachusetts, being cast out
by the Quakers for his zeal. His ca
pacity in the opening campaigns of
the war attracted Washington's at
tention and his rise was rapid. As
quartermaster general he performed
marvels of organizatMn in bringing
order Into that department after its
breakdown under the management of
congress, and his subsequent military
career justifies the conclusion of the
best opinion that in capacity for com
mand. In strategy and In 'execution
he ranks only second to Washington
himself.
In a campaign of in months Greene
had delivered three states from the
enemy. When asked for the secret
of his success he said: “We fight, get
beaten .and fight again."
(Copyright. Kansas City Star.)
“The People's
Voice"
Editorials from readers of The Morning
Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are
invited to use this column freely for
expression on matters of public
interest. ~
Too .Many Bloc*.
Eagle. Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee I want to gay a hearty
amen to Congressman Jefferis’ tele
gram to President Coolldge as report
ed In The Bee. This sentiment meets
with the approval every man I have
talked to here, and I presume this
community la not materially different
from other communities. However,
there is grave danger In the present
situation at Washington—danger to
the perpetuity of the nation, and
Congressman .lefTenla has set an ex
ample that every thinking man and
woman should follow—encourage the
president In his efforts to withstand
onslaughts of the holshcvikl. Every
reputable newspaper should emblazon
this sentiment across the front page
in an effort to arouse the loyal citizen
to the gravity of the situation.
\\ e have entirely too many blocs In
congress—and too many bloc-heads.
When men. elected as republicans, go
down there and organize a democratic
aid society to aid In throwing
wrenches Into the administration mu
chinery It Is time to take serious
notire. I have no objection to any
man expressing his honest sentiments
or being a candidate In support of
those sentiments, but hs should not
|)”se as a republican to be elected
and then vote with the democrats to
wreck republican policies.
In pioneer days occasionally a white
man has been found who deserted his
comrades and fought with the Indians
—and he always proved to be more
vicious than the savages with whom
he consorted. They were termed
renegades. This bunch of bloc-heada
are very similar to the renegade—
they have deserted their comrades and
•iro more savage in their unholy
, practices than the enemy himself. The
only way to rid congress of such
renegades is to deny them a place on
the ticket of a reputable political
party—force them to appeal to their
own clique, and make their cam
paign openly ns one of defiance of
orderly government.
.1 A. GARDNER.
Would Have AH \rmed.
Burkett, Neb.—To the Kdttor of The
Omaha Bee: About carrying ion
cealed weapons, the law as it is
seems to be made expressly for the
benefit of the robbers and holdup
men. They care nothing for the law
and will go well armed. But honest
people are prohibited by law to have
a chance to protect themselves and
the robbers know it.
It Is provoking to read of one or
two men entering a car filled with
people and robbing them with ease.
The law .prohibits them from carry
ing anything to protect themselves
with. If all went armed they would
not he molested. The law ought to
he that all might go armed; then. If
held up, to shoot to kill, or disable
them. That is the surest and only
way to stop such lawlessness. Hon
est men would hurt no one but those
that ought to be killed or disabled.
ANSON M. OTIS.
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The Trail of Oil.
Greeley, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Your editorial, "The
Trail of the Serpent,” Is brilliant and
timely. But, however unwelcome or
unpleasant, are you Justified in re
jecting Goldsmith's conclusions? In
deed, the couplet quoted by you:
"I’ll fared the land to hastening ills
a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men
decay.”
Is as applicable to our country today
as it was to Ireland when the genial
doctor wrote it.
While wofcmay not have quite as
many deserted villages as were in
evidence in Goldsmith’s time, we cer
tainly have more than our share of
deserted farms.
The corn belt and the northwest
can point to hundreds, perhaps thou
sands of dcserled farms. If this is
not the sign of the decay of man slid
man’s greatest industry, I would like
to know what it is. And when we
are forced to believe that this condi
tion was brought about by the manip
ulation of enormous wealth in the
hands of unscrupulous men, we hesi
tate to vote Goldsmith wrong.
If, as history tells us, great wealth
and the evils flowing from it were the
cause of the fall of all the great na
tion* of the past, why should not
the same cause bring about a like ef
fect In America?
We have the wealth beyond ques
tion, and we have the dissipation and
the corruption that follows- it as day
follows night.
Human nature has not undergone
any great change during the cen
turies. Cassius was not the only one
to bear an itching palm in the days
of Romes greatness, and there is
some doubt as to Kali being the only
one in our day. indeed, it would
seem that the modest and truthful
Vanderlip could easily have made a
sensational speech without "lifting
the edge of a shroud,” there was so
much material lying around loose.
It may seem all right for that
hunch of cabinet members retained by
Doheney at astonishing figures, in
one instance at a quarter of a mil
lion. But did they not know then as
now that it was paid not so much for
theii- legal ability aa for the "pull”
they ,w ere supposed to have with the
powers that be. And, if honorable
and according to the ethics of his
profession, why did McAdoo resign
when the storm broke? Why did he
abandon hlR-employer at a most criti
cal time''
Doesn’t it show treachery where
loyaltv and f riendship was needed I
and, I suppose, expected? Doheney’s
money Was no more tainted then than
before. It will be hard to convince
the public that h1s actions In this
matter wtere above reproach.
Perhaps it was patriotism, pure and
undcflled. that impelled those four
Wall street capitalists to subscribe
a million dollars to bring about the
nomination of General Wood. But,
for some reason or other, the puhllo
took another view of the matter.
>1ICHA EL O'CONNOR.
Questions Hiram Johnson.
| Nebraska <'ity, Neb.—To the Editor
of The Omaha Hee: ]n the report of
Senator Hiram W. Johnson's address
at Lincoln the other day is this sen
tence, "He (Hen by I resigned today be
cause he Is no longer useful In public
service.”
A mere voting layman cannot
quarrel with the senator onthescore
of his Judgment. But what about the
usefulness of a public servant. In this
case, a senator under the oath of his
office. Instead of attending to his
duties while congress Is In session
goes about the country delivering
speeches that are entirely extraneous
to his official obligations? It looks
very much like the old question of the
mote and the beam.
FRANCIS KRAMER.
What Is In Your Safe
Deposit Box?
One of our customers gave us the following
inventory: ,
Old photograph of his mother.
6 insurance policies (2 expired).
* Gold watch that won't run; 2 rings.
Marriage certificate; 16 "old" letters.
Four $1,000 bonds; S stock certificates.
Last Will and Testament.
“I threw away the old insurance policies," he
said, "but I wouldn’t give up the safety and sat
isfaction of that box for a hundred times
its cost.” 3
The cost is less than a cent and a half a day.
%OMAHAKS
SUNNY SIDE UP
%ko Comfort, nor fireet
JkotSunri" nwrfantdwnft ~
THE GROUND HOG.
(With apologies to Whitcomb Rllev)
' Funny like." said the Ground Hog.
"I saw my shadder that day;
* An’ J ducked right In
My hole ag'ln
K'r another long six weeks' stay.
,An' some folks laffed an’ couldn't see
Knnything like prophet about'n me.
•■I'm still a dozin', you'll notice
An' feelin' fit an’ fine.
But th' folks 'at sneered,
I am much nfeered.
Ain't got snug things like mine.
I told 'em six more weeks o’ cold.
But they wouldn't believe in what I
told.
"They can't fool me a little bit,
F'r I hev grown weather wise;
An' when I jest say
Six weeks I’ll stay.
I’m tollin’ you folks no lies.
An’ now I'm hearing th' skeptic
groan
'When Ground Hog told us we might
o' known.’ ’’ i
The Atchison girl who visited Oma
ha several months ago and located
lost articles, incidentally helping the
police solve some mysteries, so it is
said, is going to New York to assist
the police there. Before she goes, wo
hope she will visit Omaha again. We
werd not here on her initial visit.
We fain would consult her as to the
whereabouts of divers and sundry
collar buttons, cuff buttons, etc. Also
we would have her locate several
buttons that have been missing from
garments for a long time.
An Englishman is touring out
great country with a view to persuad
ing us to substitute tea for coffee.
We not only refuse, but we protest.
We have been imbibing substitutes
quite long enough. What few orig
inal liquid refreshments are left to
us, we are going to fight for, and
to the death if necessary.
The latest and one of the most
welcome additions to the 1 Knew Him
When club is George W. Loomis.
George has just retired after more
than 40 years of service with the
Burlington. We knew him in the
old days when the slightest hint to
him would result in our being able to
journey down to Big Lake. Mo^, for
a week-end fishing trip without the
necessity of first taking into con
sideration the cost of railroad fare.
Our fishing trips have been conf.ned
to extremely local distances of late
years.
It would seem that not one of our
little pet habits Is to be left alone.
It la now proposed to increase the
tax on cigarets another dollar per
100 which means that the increased
lax of a dollar will be sufficient ex
.use for the manufacturer to add a
couple Of dollars a hundred to the
wholesale price, and the retailer an
other couple of dollars to his price
We have lesurreeted the old pipe
for use in case of contingency.
More power to the prohibition en
forcement officer* of Sioux City in
their efforts to prohibit vaudeville
artists from Joking about prohibition.
Not that we are so much inclined
to support prohibition officers, but
because of the usuaJ quality of the
average vaudeville quip about pro
hibition. All we have heard to date
have been even rottener than the
wares of the bootleggers.
In the nightly contest for the
watch at Dick O'Kane's eatery we
have managed to win it only once,
our Inability to contest with the night
side forte being apparent to even tie
most casual listener. We might g
somewhere in a contest with lawy.
or even politicians, but we are fat; J
handicapped in a contest w.th nig/
reporters and desk men.
For the first time since the un>a
ory story first broke, we feel Just ,,
faint tinge of sympathy for Bosei*
The charge that he la short in h
coal accounts mouses In us a fell)
feeling. We've been chronically short
in that account for something like iso
years.
Interesting item from an exchang
"Mr. Bingley, the song leader. san_
T Will Not Puss This Way Again
much to ihe delight of the congrega
tion.
About the most solemn visage]
gentleman we have s»en for many
months is the member of the staff
charged with the duty of editing the
'Xaffs" that are pouring into The
Bee office.
It Is rumored that stockings, ev<
of the sheerest chiffon, are to lie die
carded, and the nether limbs pov.de
ed and painted.
For some time we have been con
vinced that we are In need of a new
liair of spectacles, the olj pair having
failed to keep pare with our decree^
ing power of vision.
Easter is called a "movable fear*
There is an agreement between the
Colonel on our left and ourself that
in the good old “hand set" days u*
abserved Easter several times a yeai.
And often twice a month, or more.
"Sweat Potatoes” was a Saturday
sign on a side street provisions store.
That's the kind father used to make
us cultivate
One half of the world does not know
how the other half lives, and very
evidently doesn't care a whoop.
If we receive any encouragement
a tall for the proposition, we will
more than likely undertake to pro
mote an. old fashioned dance at the
municipal Auditorium in the near
future. The orchestra will not be al
lowed to play anything nearer Jazz
than "Turkey in the Straw" or "Irish
Washerwoman," and aside from an
occasion waltzt polka and schottlsche
there will be nothing but quadrille*.
O, yes, we ll have a Virginia reel or
two and possibly a fireman'* dance
It all depends upon the encourage
ment we receive.
WILT, M. MAUPIX.
» • • Safety for Saving • • ;
When in Omaha
Hotel Conant’
Railroads Support
One-Seventh of Population
TIE railroads of the United States use in one form
or another 30% of the Iron and Steel produced
in this country. Of the more than 1,600,000
workers in that industry, the product of something
like 500,000 is bought by the railroads.
Of Bituminous Coal the same railroads consume
28%. Engaged in the mining of this coal are 600,000
workers, of whom 168,000 are employed only because
their product is needed for the making of trans
portation.
They also use 25% of the Lumber output, which
takes more than 566,000 workers to supply, and the
railroads are therefore indirectly employing 125,000
persons in this occupation.
The railroads have nearly two million employes
of their own.
With their families, the employes of these few
industries represent 12,000,000 people whose support
is derived from the railroads. Including smaller re
lated industries, not less than one-seventh of the
entire population is dependent upon railroad work.
The railroads could not prosper without the
other groups, nor they without the railroads.
Co-operation is the keystone of our highly special
ized civilization; and in the last analysis each man
works for the other.
The Chicago, Burlington &.
Quincy R. R. Co.
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