Nebraska Newspapers

    Farming Must Go on Basis* With Industry—Howell
Senator Gives Clear
Analysis of Situation
Facing the Middle West
Nebraska Solon Declares Plea to Adjust Foreign Trade to
Cure Agriculture’s Ills Is Insult to Intelligence;
Gives Clear-Cut Analysis of Issues in
National Campaign.
Urges Coolidge as Man Needed to Bring Prosperity
Editors Note—Senator H. B. Howell In
his campaign addresses la attracting at
tention because he is presenting the most
Interesting, the clearest and the best
thought-out arguments for the re-election
of President t’oolidge and the full re
publican ticket that hate so far been
brought to the attention of Nebraska.
The Omaha Bee presents herewith not
the full text but the chief arguments.
They are filled with the western view
point and they go to t-he heart of the
questions raised. The principal potn.ts
made by Senator Howell In hla address
are as follows;
The republican party last assumed
control of the government more than
two years after the close of the world
war, or In 1921. At that time in
dustry and commerce were marking
time and agriculture was all l»ut pros
trate. The national debt exceeded
$24,000,000,000, of which $7,000,000,000
were In short time securities demand
ing early refunding, and that In the
face of the fact that government
bonds were selling materially helow
par. The national expenditures for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1921, amounted to $5,539,000,000 j
which together with the enormously
increased state, county and miniclpal
requirements throughout the country
resulted in a tax burden unequalled
in' the history of the nation.
The first aid demanded by the sit
uation was economy—and more econ
omy. Acting in consonance with
this fact, congress promptly adopted
what is known as the "budget and
accounting act,” a measure which in|
principle had been recommended by a ]
commission on economy .and effici
ency appointed by President Taft to
ward the close of his administration.
In this connection it might be not
ed that such a measure was adopted I
by a republican congress,—after bit
ter opposition by democratic mem
bers—following the advent of the
democratic administration in 1913—
the measure being subsequently ve
toed by President Wilson.
Prior to the - adoption, of the set,
the heads of governmental depart-;
ments, aided by their assistants and
bureau chiefs, made Independent esti- j
mates and recommendations to con
gress, as to the appropriations re
quired by their respective depart
ments for the ensuing years. Nat
urally these estimates were of liberal
proportions because of the expectation
that congress would do some paring.
Then, too, the official personnel of
each department entertained a par
donable, though in many cases an
exaggerated notion of the relative Im
portance of their particular nctivi
tlves. This developed a competition
for appropriations as between depart
ments and consequent lobbying with
congress by interested officials. Econ
omy demanded a revolution in these
practices, so long In effect. The di
rector of the budget has not only
been nble to accomplish great direct
economies but indirect savings also,
by the co-ordination of certain gov
ernmental activities in connection
with the purchases of supplies.
The act lias resulted also in co-opera
tion. The appropriations committee
both In the house and senate now
handle all appropriations instead of as
formerly, when the different appro
priations were considered by various
committees.
Though this innovation and other
causes, such as the rednctlon of the
interest on public debt; and the ter
mination of the services of some
100,000 civil employes, the national
expenditures decreased during the
three years ending June 30, 1924, an
average of $1,887,000,000 and this de
crease has been progressive and the
progression is still operative, as the
expenditures for the last fiscal year
ending June 30, 1924, were more than
$2,000,000,000 less than for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1921. Moreover,
during this three years the public
debt has been reduced $2,750,000,000.
meaning a reduction in interest
charges thereon of about $125,000,000,
auunally. This period has witnessed
two marked reductions in the income
tax rate, besides the elimination of
a number of special taxes, and yet
for the fiscal year ending JitVie 30,
1924. there was a surplus above ex
penditures In the neighborhood of
$500,000,000.
And when this is considered in
conjunction with the fact that all
government bonds are now above par,
that unemployment is negligible,
that all short-time securities have
been retired or refunded on favor
able terms, and that last year was
the most prosperous in our history,
as measured by our railroad traffic,
why should it be seriously believed
by any one that there is a sentiment
throughout the country for supplant
ing ti e present republican adminis
tration?
However, the farmer is not enjoy
ing his proportion of the average
prosperity of the country. The in
come of all the Industries and com
mercial activities of this country is a
certain sum each year, varying of
course from year to year. If for their
effort and products half of the popula
tion—the agricultural portion, are
receiving b ss than their share of this
income, it is evident that the other
half are receiving more than their
share.
To correct this injustice, it is nec
essary of course, to put into effect
a policy that will afford the agricul
turists more than they are now re
ceiving. Necessarily tills Increase can
not be gotten out of the blue; it must
be token from the other half.
Though such a policy might be
popular with the agriculturist*, of
course, it would be far from popular
with the Other half of the people.
As a consequence a candidate run
ning at large through the country is,
respecting this issue, between the
devil and the deep blue sea and nat
urally wants to avoid it. But, as
General Dawes says, this is a time
for plain speaking, to come down to
brass tacks, nnd hence, I am not go
ing to dodge this question, fn fact I
propose to aecord it the attention and
time that its importance dictates.
Inrhidlng owners and tenants there
are about 6,500,000 farm operators
in the United States, with sn average
not encumbered Investment per op
erator of $8,100, Crediting tbe Income
of each farm operated with the faml
ly living and $180 per annum for
house rent, it appears, according to
the United States Department of Agri
culture, that the net reward for each
of these operators for hts labor, man
agement, his family's labor and on
account of capital Invested, averaged
$562 for the years 1921 22 and 1923.
This means that for these, three years
our farmers made on an average
from their farms but $562 as a total
with which to house, feed, colthe nnd
educate their families.
In the west, north central states n
l etter showing was made.
$1,111 Average lit ?! Return
On l ho namo basis ns before, 1,395
firms averaged 339 acres and on tin
im umbered net Investment of $17,600
show a return for operator, family
labor arid on net capital invested
that averaged $1,114 for 1922. In the
ruse of these farms, however, if 5
per rent Intel e»i oil the unencumbered
capital Is deducted there remains for
tiie operator and family labor but
$234.
The average family labor reported
for the year was approximately $294
and therefore if the operators had to
pay tills out as an additional rash
Item of expenses there would liuve
been nothing left for their year's
work and rnanagsment, though st
that time tn this section of the coun
try a hired fnrrn laborer, working
without board, commanded about
$566 per annum.
The trouble Ir not due to the lark
of large farm crops, it Is due wholly
to small farm prices, laist year tho
rust of non agricultural products,
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corn, or corn hit ween the toe*, and
the toeisAend the foot i alluses, with
put »oii**vt>s or Irritation.
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freight ratee and Industrial labor ap
proached war prices, while the quota
tions on cattle, hogs and cereals more
nearly coincided with prewar prices.
For Instance, certain agricultural Im
plements that in 1913 could have
been bought with one car of wheat,
one car of cattle and one car of hogs,
respectively. In 1923 cost one and one
halt cars of wheat, two cars of cattle
and more than two cars of hogs.
There was an averagq margin against
the corn and grain belt farmer last
year of more than 30 per cent, a dif
ferential that no Industry can sustain
unless Its workers and their families
submit to a correspondingly lower
standard of living. It Is well recogniz
ed that society dictates the distribu
tion of wealth through Its customs,
voluntary collective action and legal i
enactments. This fact is clearly
stated by that recognized authority on
economics. John Stuart Mill, in the
following language:
"The laws and conditions of the
production of wealth, partake of
the character of physical truths.
There i« nothing optional or arbl
| irary In them. Whatever mankind
I produces must be produced In the
inodes, and under the conditions,
! imposed by the constitution of ex
ternal things, and by the Inherent
properties of their own bodily and
mental structures. ... It Is not so
with the distribution of wealth. This
is a matter of human Institutions
solely.The distribution of
wealth depends upon the laws and
customs of society. The rules by
which It Is determined, are what
the opinions and feelings of the
ruling portion of the community
make them and are very different
in different ages and countries, and
might be still more different, if
mankind so choose.”
In this country we have greatly
Influenced the distribution of wealth
through labor unions, organizations
among the industries known as
"gentlemen's agreements,” the auth
orization nnd toleration of monopo
lies, and through the enactment of
such measures as tariffs, the Adam
son act, and the Esch-Cummins law.
There Is no such thing as the free
uninterrupted play of natural laws,
for us, In industry, trade and com
merce. Ours is an artificial system
under which one-half of our people
raised are up on economic stilts while
the agricultural population, or the
other half, are close to the ground.
There must he stilts for the farmer,
so far ns within the power of the
president nnd congress, If the pres
ent artificial system Is to be con
tinued—or stilts for no one. As It
is now, the farmer not merely re
ceives world prices for what he sells
abroad but also for what is con
sumed at home, and the consequences
is ths present condition of agricul
ture.
Igibor Index High.
East year the index number of
union labor rates of wages, using
1913 rates ns 100, was 211, 6 points
higher than any previous year, and
the Index for railway Wages stood at
202. At the same time the index for
wholesale non-agrlcultural products
hail ndvnneed to 171 while that of the
products of the corn and wheat belt
farmer had dropped to 120, resulting
in differential against him of 30 per
rent, compared with non-agricultural
products—the greatest in recent
times.
Suggestion from those who would
relegate this issue to the back
ground, Is that the solution of the
farmer's problem is to re-establish
foreign markets for our agricultural
products through the rehabilitation
of Europe.
This suggestion Is little less than
an insult to agrarian intelligence. An
examination of export statistics
shows that under normal pre-war
conditions Europe was better able to
supply her needs tn agricultural
products than she Is today. As n
matter of fact, for a long time be
fore tile war there was a gradual de
crease In our exports of cereals, ani
mals, animal products, nnd dairy
products. From 1903 to 1913 all agri
cultural products except cotton, on a
quantity basis, had decreased about
22 per rent and had there been no
war It Is probnble that such ex
ports would have been less last
year than they were in 1913. As a
matter of fact they were In quan
tity S3 per cent greater, and in dol
lars and cents 74 per cent greater.
This clearly Indicates that the
farmer's plight Is not due to the lack
of an European demand for his prod
ucts. This Is further Indicated by
the fact that for the four nnd a half
years that have elapsed following
the close of the war, and coincident
with our agricultural depression; 12
per cent more agricultural products,
excepting cotton, have been sold
abroad than were exported during the
last four and a half years of the
war.
World Prices Hlaineil.
The farmer's troubles are charge
able to the world prices he has been
compelled to accept, not merely for
such of the products as have been
sold abroad hut for those consumed
at home. On the other hand. In
stead of being able to purchase his
needs at world prices, he has been
compelled to buy nt E'nlted States
prices—prices dictated by our arti
ficial economic structure. More then
90 per cent of the farmer's produc
tion, excluding cotton, is consumed
at home, about 10 per cent Is sold
abroad. lie could easily stand the
relatively low price levels of the
world's markets for this 10 per cent—
what hurts Is Hint such prices nt
Inch to Ihe 90 per cent sold nt home
There Is no hope for the relief of ag
riculture through such Increased ex
ports to Europe.
Therefore, respecting such farm
products consumed nt home, neces
nary measures should he promptly
adopted sip h ns shall afford the farm
er United States prices for whnt ho
sells, Inasmuch ns he must pay
United Susies prices for what ho
buys.”
Other luiltislrlrs Protected.
This principle haa been operative !
In this country for decades In con
nectlcn with the manufacturing Ir.
dust lies enloylng the benefits of the
tariff. Some months since, our steel
producers laid down In France rei !
tain nt eel products nt 429 per ton,
while consumers tn the l'nllftl Hinges
were pnvliu 442 per ton. liorniise of
the tariff, the United Suites sin I
corporation Is aids to sell si higher j
prices at home than It could secure
abroad. For distinction, the prices
it receives here may be called United
States prices; those abroad, world
prices. As this principle has been
rendered operative for the benefit of
the steel Industry, why not for the
agricultural Industry?
Under the circumstances, agricul
ture Is at least entitled tot equal
treatment with the steel Industry,
and the only question Is as to how to
put Into effect the principle of
"United States prices for the farm
er." For decades congress has Inter
mittently provided for price-fixing
through tariff enactments. It is true
that specific prices of industrial prod
ucts have not been decreed by
statute.
Nevertheless, such definite action (
has been left to the discretion of the
protected Industries, and has been
and is now being exercised by them.
Again, by the adoption of the Adam
son law, congress made another ex
cursion into the realm of price-fixing
ami recently it was equally generous
with the railroads through the enact
ment of the Ksch-Cummlns law. Un
der the Ksch-Cummlns law, the Inter
state Commerce commission is author
ized definitely to fix the charges for
railroad transportation, and any vari
ation from such prices subjects the
offending corporation to pains and
penalties. Thus, it Is evident that
there is ample precedent for the ap
plication of indirect, or direct, price-;
fixing hy congress to the solution of
the farmers’ problem.
Wheat As Example.
As an Illustration of how this prln
ciple would operate, let us consider
wheat only, though, of course, the
plan Is likewise applicable to other
agricultural products. Approximately
son,000,000 bushela of wheat were
produced In this country last year.
Of this amount, 600,000,000 bushels,
or 76 per cent, went into domestic
consumption. leaving 200,000,000
bushels for export. Using these sta
tistics as a basis, let us assume the
world price of wheat to be $1 per
bushel, and that J1.50 per hushel
should he the United States price In
order that the return for wheat should
be on a parity with the return enjoy
ed hy other Industries for their com
modities.
The farmer would sell his wheat
ns usual at the world price, fl per
bushel, and hence In order to afford
him fl 6<i for that portion of his prod
uct required for domestic consump
tlon It would be necessary to levy
such a tax on wheat products a* would
produce 60 cents per bushel on the
home consumption of 6<'0.000,000 bush
els, or f300,1100,000. Tills tax would
bt distributed among the wheat grow
ers—not however upon the basis of
the total crop—but upon 76 per cent
of the crop, which Is the home con
sumption, assumed in tills case.
However, if the farmers of the
country should Insist on unduly In
creasing their production of this
cereal, so that, fo|- instance, the sur
plus should equal the home consump
tlon, then they would get the United
States pries for only half of the
wheat produced, the other half going
at world prices. Thus tills plan In
volves a very essential feature, name
ly, an automatic check upon India
criminate production
Therefore, ns outside of additional
borrowing facilities and cooperative
farm marketing there seems to he no
other jsisltlve remedy proposed for
the farmer’s plight than price fixing,
I am willing to try the experiment
—sa\ In connection with one product,
such ns wheat. If the experiment
should succeed It would mean the
dawning of a new day for agriculture
If the opposition succeed* In pre
venting such an experiment, or If
surh an experiment ahould full, there
seems to he but one alternative, If
the farmer Is to he accorded parnia ;
nent relief. Our artificial economic
system must h* terminated, through
tha grndunl abandonment of our
tariff policy.
Objections to Plan.
However, there are serious ob
cctlona to tills plan. It means a
ievolution In oilr economic system,
hi,I every revolution of this character
.pells III, Mental deflation, not a pleas
flit prospect to conlcniplats from the
standpoint of the agriculturist in
view of his recent experience.
Furthermore, if the resultant
change In our .tariff policy should
mean the Importation of hut one-third
of the manufactured articles that are
now made here, because of our tariff,
there Is one certain consequence—
marked unemployment and bread
lines throughout the country.
All this would not be due to the
fact of the lowering In the tariff wall;
but to the readjustment that must
take place after ever}' such economic
change. However. If we should gird
up our loins, eet our teeth and go
through the period of readjustment
without flinching, the ultimate result
undoubtedly would be greatly to the
farmer's advantage. But such a sit
uation would be fraught with danger.
It Is easily conceivable that at the
next presidential election, before the
period of readjustment had ended,
there might be a revulsion, and after1
all our pains we would find the tariff
more secure than ever. However, I
am constrained to believe that If
economla equality Is not afforded the
farmer by giving him stilts also, we
will have to try the plan of at least
shortening the stilts under the other
fellow.
Candidates Contrasted.
Presidential candidates have been
nominated from time to time for va
rious and dissimilar reasons, but sel
dom has personality been so Influ
ential in determining nominees as In
the case of President Coolldge and
Mr. Davis. Moreover, In the coming
election the same factor Is destined
probably, to determine largely the re
sult. In view of this fact, it is im
portant to analyze the characters of
tile two men.
Mr. Dnvls was born In a town In
West Virginia. President Coolldge
came from a Vermont farm. Mr.
Davis Is from Virginia stock. He Is
able, brilliant, high social, expansive,
of the cavalier type. President t'ool
ldge Is s Yankee—silent, the typl
fication of reliability, hard sense, and
frugality. His heritage Is that of the
pilgrim. While Mr. Davis Is a man
of Influence with these about him, he
is, naturally, a good fellow, and hence
from temperament peculiarly subject
to the Influence of his associates.
President Coolldge, true to his
hei-itage, is a man , f positive Ideas—
of the puritan type that Influences,
as It has Influenced and shaped the
destinies of this nation. To under
stand the role that these two candi
dates would play as president, let us
consider our political phenomena.
Our political parties may each he
compared to a ship. If a party la
chosen to conduct the administration
of the nation It becomes. In a way
for the time being, the "ship of state 1
However, the comparison does not
end here. A vessel has Its captain,
senior offl -eis. Junior officers, petty
officer* and crew. Also the ship hag
Us passengers. So does a political
party have Its senior officer* na
tional political leaders and its pas
sengers. Where do President Cool
idge and Mr. Davis fit In to their re
epeettve ships?
In answering this question, let us
consider what took place, prior to
and In the recent meeting, 0f the
hoard of directors. In each case, that
Is, the republican national conven
• Inn at Cleveland and the democratic
national convention In New York,
Coolldge I lianilnoii, Choice.
In the republican party there was
a fair. Open contest for delegate*
throughout the nation, In which all
Stockholders took part. As to tin
result. no one will question that
President Coolldge was the choice by
large majorities, and furthermore,
that the lkoarij of directors frdely rati
fled that choice. On the other hand,
no one will urge that Mr. Davis was
tho choice of Hie stockholders of the
democratic party. Unquestionably,
Mr. Mi Adoo was, as compared with
any other candidate
As the democratic convention pro
needed It became evident to no loss a
personage than William ,T. Bryan
that Mr. Davts was the real choice
of the big stockholders of ihe demo
cratlc party, and that It was their in
tention, by at rat csv or otherwise, to
put him over. If possible. Mr Brvnn
■lid not think Ml. Hulls was the,
proper man to be elected president
and therefore he made the following
statements respecting him:
"He is a man of charming person
ality and admitted intellectual cape
I city, but there are two arguments
against him, either one of which
would prove fatal in this campaign.
“One of these arguments is his
professional relationship with the firm
of J. Pierpont Morgan.
"Nothing but an invulnerable re
form record could rave such a can
didate from defeat and Mr. Davis’
record l« not such as to protect him
from the suspicion aroused by his
business connections."
President Coolidge is not like Mr.
Davis merely one of the passengers
on the ship. He is also one of the
ship's officers who has come up
through the ranks from his precinct,
and if I am a judge of men. there is
no big stockholder that controls him. 1
He was not promoted because he
would serve in accord with the be
hests of others, hut has risen be
cause of Calvin C'oolidge's reliability,
his unflinching performance of duty,
as he saw it.
He Is w here he is for the same rea
son that you often find a silent, big
browed man. lacking personality, nt
the head of some big Institution, and
when you Investigate as to why he is
there, vou find it is because he
earned it.
Such a man may not make autjn
clous Strokes, hut he is the kind ofj
officer on a ship that, when left in
charge, will keep the old craft off the
ro< ks If there is anything we want
now In this country, it Is to be as-'
sured that the ship of state Is to he
kept out of danger and in as smooth
water as possible until we have time
to readjust the cargo and thoroughly
get our l>earings.
It has t>ecn my experience with pub
lic officials that a common sense,
open-minded conservative w ho Is his
own master, such as President Cool
idge, is preferable to an upright, pro
fessedly progressive of the purely
passenger type. You can go to the
conservative and you may convince
hint. If you do. he will act. But the
official who Is the political beneficiary
of associates, you may convince him.
but to no avail—nnd sometimes he will
be frank enough to say to you, "I
know you ore right, but I cannot do
it. The hoys wouldn't stand for It."
As between President Coolidge and
Mr. Davis, there is no question In my
mind as to who should he the next
president of the t’nlted States, if the
Interests of the people are to govern.
I.iks to Stage Jamboree.
Beatrice, Neh., Oct. 4.—The local
lodge of E'ka has arranged to hold a
jamboree in its club rooms on North
Fifth stieet, October 23, 30 nnd 31.
Committees have been appointed to
stage the nffair.
Mother of Two and Youthful Sweetheart Face Death
as Trial Opens for Slaying Husband and Employer
Real Victims of Tragedy Are
Son, 11, and Daugh
ter, 7.
By VIN D. SWEENEY.
International News Sendee Stafl Corre
spondent.
Middleburg, Pa., Ot. 4.—With the
supreme penalty demanded for both,
Mrs. Harvey Willow, 38, mother of
two children, and Ralph Shadle, 17,
her lover, will face trial here on Oc
tober 8 for the murder of Harvey
Willow, the woman's husband, whose
body was found In the forest with the
head blown off. The murder indict
ment will be asked on Monday.
Willow’s body was found last De
oember 9 by liis dog and young
Shadle, the farmhand. Shadle told a
coherent story of having gone hunt
ing with Willow, and police at first
believed Willow had accidentally kill
ed himself with his own shotgun.
Betrayed Selves.
Willow's relatives, suspecting foul
play, asked state police to Investigate
further. Through the bitter cold of a
mountain winter and for three months
during the spring, officers worked on
the eaee. Finally they learned that
Shadle and the dead man’s wife were
living together.
Rate in July Shadle was arrested
on the order of Trooper Arthur Fox,
who had been assigned to Investigate
the affair. For 10 days Shadle stuck
to his original story, but finally con
fessed when urged by a fellow' prison
er to "maJte a clean breast of it.”
“She made me do it,” the young
farmhand sobbed. “We loved each
other, and she said she didn’t care
for Harvey any more, so I killed
him!’’
Shadle sr»!d that after he shot Wil
low deliberately, the latter warned
him to be careful of his shooting, be
lieving he was shot accidentally. The
farmhand said he then walked to J
the. wounded man. placed the gun |
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After Shadle's confession, Mrs. Wil
low was arrested. For three days she
remained obstinate, accusing Shadle
of lying deliberately. Then she con
fessed, police said, but later repudi
ated her confession.
District Attorney William K. Miller
expects the defendants to plead not
guilty and demand separate trials.
Should Mrs. Willow be convicted and
sentenced to death she will be the
second woman in Pennsylvania to die
in the electric chair. lajulse Thomas
of Philadelphia, slayer of a police
man, is now awaiting execution.
This quiet little hamlet is greatly
aroused by the brutal slaying and is
particularly antagonistic to the wom
an. She is held responsible for it all
in the belief that she egged the lad
on until he finally committed the
deed._^
And in the meantime, the real vic
tims of the tragedy—Glenn, 11, and
Ivy, 7—are crying for their mother
and ‘'Ralfy," whom they learned to
love perhaps more than they did their
father.
Donn Byrne Adds Another
Fine Tale to His Lisl
“BLIND RAFTERY." by Donn Byrn*
Th« Century company. New York, pub
liahere. ,
Don Byrne won hi* place long ago
As a teller of Irish tales, he ha* nr
equal. In ‘’Blind Raftery” he hat
just endeared himself the more tr
those who love pure romance. At
attractive as “Messer Marco Polo,’
not bo discursive a* "The Wine
Bloweth,” It has elements of both
and a quality that is wholly its own
A blind poet, wandering up ant
down and back and forth through the
land of poets, welcome for hirnsell
and his song as well, meets the great
adventure. It Involves Hilaria. thr
Spanish woman, and Dafydd Evans
the Welshman. Donn Byrne does
not waste words in unraveling his
yarn. It starts definitely and runs
as swiftly and directly to Its end. The
reader who already has learned tc
love Byrne's stories will hasten tc
get this. Those who do not know
him well can find no better medium
for introduction than ’’Blind Raf
tery.” Its charm is potent, and It
may open the door to further de
lights.
Sees the Great Commoner
Vindicated in Paramounts
“WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN: A
STUDY IN POLITICAL VINDICA
TION." by Wayne C. Williams; FHsm
!ng H. Kevel company. New York, pub
lishers.
Wayne C. Williams of Denver ad
mires William Jennings Bryan as the
greatest political leader and states
man of his time. One of the great
est of all times. With this conclu
sion firmly fixed in his mind, he
easily adjusts himself to the task of
proving his postulate. This is ac
complished by the equally facile
process of crediting Mr. Bryan with
j having brought about every really
worth while thing accomplished In
the T’nlted States within the last
three decades. These include the in
come tax, the control of railroads by
the Interstate Commerce commission,
the Federal Reserve hank, election of
senators bv dirert vote of the people,
the discomfiture of monopoly, and a
few other progressive movements.
Theodore Roosevelt comes In for a
little notice, but only as he was sec
ond fiddle to the great commoner.
Other republicans, such ns McKinley,
Hanna, Hughes, Taft and Harding
are made to look cheap for their
futile oppes tion to the majestic
march of Bryan ideas. Mr. Williams
admits he is a democrat, trained by
his father to be one. His work will j
add but slightly to the luster of the j
halo prepared for Mr. Bryan by other
and earlier admirers, hut It deserves
perusal as Indicating to what extent
one may he led through Innocent but
controlling admiration for a great
man.
Service Spins ^ arn of
Regular Fighting He-Man
■THK KOl’GH-NECK ’ by Hebert W
S*-*■ \ Irp. Bane A Hopkina, New York,
publish era.
T.et me die fighting!” Thus ex
i laims the man who has made his
last supreme effort to defy fate. A
s'rringe and colorful career Is this of
the hero of Robert W. Service's latest
book. It Is a tale of action, adven
ture. and romance, with the world (
as its stage, and the soul of a man
cast into the crucible of adversity as
its theme.
Thrown Into prison while still a
mere boy. on a trumped up charge,
he is set free a few years later, an |
embittered man. He turns prize
fighter and fight* cleanly* but fate
again throws him without the pale of
the law, and like- many another bit
of human wreckage, be becomes a
wanderer on the face of the earth,
finally taking up his abode In the
South Sea Islands. He is a beach
comber—one of r semi-savage band,
who would Just ns soon fight as eat.
How this out- st from civilization
finds himself through his acquaint
ance with a woman who sees the pos
sible man beneath the rough exterior
—and how through one thrilling ad
venture after another he proves hia
| claim to manhood. Is the dominant
theme of a gripping story that Is In
tense in Its realism.
Sam Heilman Offers
Laughs of His Sort
"LOW BRIDGE AND BUNK FUNGS. '
by Sam Heilman: Little, Jirown & Co,,
Jioaton publisher*.
People who like the kind of humor
that Sam Heilman writes, and there
appear to be many such, will g<t
laughs a plenty out of this book. It
deals with bridge and mah Jong and
all the troubles, financial and mari
tal,, Incident thereto, and in Hell,
man's breeziest style. As an Intel
lectual treat It Is nil; as a laugh pro
ducer It Is all right if you are in
clined to laugh at such things.
Doctor Gives Some
Advice on the Soul
"EVERLASTING LIFE." by William W.
Kern. M D.: 3. B Lippincott Co,
Philadelphia and London, publisher*
man's breeziest style. As an Inteili
Dr. King discusses the arguments
for and against the virgin birth and
the natural birth. Without reserva
tion he accepts the divinity of Christ
and the Atonement. He argues that
everlasting life Is a logical necessity
for man. The last part of this little
book is a speculation—"How shall we
spend our time In heaven?" Those
who doubt and ar» troubled will find
therein comfort and consolation for
the soul.
Omaha Kiddies to Appear
in Comedy at Columhus
Columbus, Xeb., Oct. 4.—The state
Woman's Benefit association of the
Maccabees will present for a two
night stand here next winter a junior
musicaj comedy under the direction
of Mrs. Della M. HaU-Mlllard of
Omaha, president of the state organi
zation. and Miss Dorothy DeVere of
Omaha. Omaha and Coiumbus kid
die* are included In the cast of the
play-comedy which was staged last
summer at the stats camp at Shady
lake.
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