The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, March 18, 1910, Image 4

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    THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE
Entered as second5®!ass matter at
Falls City. Nebraska. post office. Jame
»ry 12, 1R04, under the Act of Congress
on March .5, 1ST1*.
Published every Friday at Falls City,
Nebraska, bv
The Tribune Publishing Company
W. H. WYLER.
Editor and Manager.
One year f 1. 41
Six mouths .75
Three months .40
TELEPHONE 2*26.
THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY
'I'lc U! m cl i lii '.Viii- i m .iii ■ n
has been and still is mal administ ra
lion The \nmrican city is known
tin* world ovei for its utter failure
to make good in this particular The
fault lies in the Incapacity of tie
great mass of city officers, and of
t ours** really in tin* t uiiditions by
'which they are elevat'd to office
This has come to such a pass, that j
docout men regard ti as useless to
make atiy effort fur tin* correction
of existing aliust s, and men of prin j
tuple and real ability absolutely n j
fuse lo lie used as slool pigeons, to
bo set up only to In1 knocked down
by the rlngsteis It amounts lo
the confession on tin* part id' the
better class of citizens, that they
are helpless lo provide relief, and
that conditions, had as they are,must
continue to grow worse.
Tlu> real source of Hie difficulty!
is to be sou gilt for in tile itleu that
politics are essentially Imd and that
clean and decent men dare not mix
in mailers of a political nature for
fear of becoming contaminated and
corrupted. It Is unfortunately true,
though not necessarily so, that the
average politician is one of a had
lot.
And because of tils odlotiV doings
lie lias brought the whole system of
municipal politics Into disrepute, so
that most really desirable and other
wise available men for public office
absolutely refuse to submit to Hie
unavoidable associations Hint run
ning for office would necessitate
This Is a sad commentary upon
our idea of citizenship utul miinlei
pal loyally and duty (fur banks
and all other Institutions of < rinse
((lienee have sense enough to place
their best men in the Important ol'fi
ces. And the men tints honored
consider it a compliment to lie so
elevated and recognized Why should
not a city with its larger and more
diversified interests require Hie
leadership of its very ablest citizens?
The town does need its strongest
-Ui(1 best men at the head of its
affairs. Good horse-sense demands
that only men of character. Intelli
gence and business foresight, ought
to be considered for the city's
offices.
Hut good men will not serve.
How do you know ? Where is (here
a really capable and conscientious
man In Kails City, who, if made to
feel by the better class of citizens
that they wanted him and that his
services and ability wen* actually
needed, would finally refuse? It is
true that good men have refused,
and others will continue to hesitate.
And, why? Chiefly bivau: they
are not impressed bv the sincerity
of their supporters. They realize
the uselessness of accepting a notn
ination if not hacked by fighters and
voters, ami they are unwilling to He
rein a race, the end of which they
already know means oulv humilia
tion and defeat.
Kalis City can have what she
wants, is lie will get what she goes
in for. Cities, like individuals, have
their opportunities, and upon their
choices and decisions hang the great
issues Kalis City lias the privilege
offered her of stepping up into tin*
line, with the more successful ami
progressive cities of the state. Will
she measure up to her possibilities
or will she permit partyism and pre
judice to block her advance?
* • *
THE CITY WATER.
A strictly desirable water supply
is one of the commodities which a
city is not always able to obtain.
Water is a necessity, and when real
ly good water is not to he had the
consumers will find it advisable to
content themselves with the next
best or rather with the water that
is available.
Falls City water as it is at present
being S' rved up to the consumers,
leaves much to be desired Never
theless it must be adtuittd that this
much condemned and so called
“slough water” might be verj much
worse. It occurs to us in our
rather slow way of thinking that
we ought not be ungrateful for the
good that comes to us through tin j
use of our city water, while at the
same time we may well < ast about
for ways and means of improving
both the source of supply and the
water itself.
in 6pite of its many shortcom
ings, Falls City water has a vari
ety and dash about it that chal
lenges our admiration. There
are occasions when it spurts from
tile fam i t with all the sparkle anil
si ;• y. I e of a freshly combined glass
of brnmo seltzer. Then again it
assum s a suifare aspect of having
been to Intimate with the Junk man
And at other times one not accustom
ed to its vagaries might mistake it
for the aerated pnxlurt nf an eastern
dairy. Hut when all lias been said
it remains us a fact to he justly
weighed, that while Falls t'lty water
Is at times hard to stomach, it is
not "it record that Ms use has as
vet seriously injured anyone. There
fore while it does not appear to
I.specially palatable, nevcrl hetess,
it eaunol lie shown that it is harmful
It may not be desirable city water,
but ii is very convenient and im
mensely superior to none at all
* * *
SLUMS DEGRADE BUSINESS.
The worst enemy of business la tin
slum \boui 85 per cent of the peo
ple of this country are elasuad by the
sociological experts as poor or very
poor. Whatever tends to inert ase
litis sit in of poverty strikes in two
ways at tIn* heart of business, It
Interferes with consumption and it
Interferes with production Nothing
could he W orse
ii ill" last-twenty five years Kng
land and G *rmaiiy have entered upon
a desperate duel for ttie Common ill 1
kingdom of ttie world At the begin
ning Kngland was everything in in
ternal tonal commerce, and (iennany
was next to nothing. Now, to speak
quite plainly, Germany, fighting with
skill and tenacity, is the assured vic
tor in the buttle, and Kngland is go
ing down to defeat. I low did Ger
many manage to make such a mar
velous showing in this tremendous
conflict ?
The secret of Germany's success
is no secret at all to those who
know the relative condition of her
working population and Kiiglami’ti.
Kngland has allowed the slum lo lake
care of Itself and the slum lias turned
upon her and eaten out the heart of
her strength The real strength of
a nation is not her banks, palaces,
riili men, armaments, guns, hut lie
ships, splendors, park lanes, royal
slate pomp and circumstance; tin
real strriiglh is her men that work
with their hands. That is her only
asset worth talking about; tier physi
cal condition depends upon their phy
sleul condition Kngland has allowed
her working population to deloriorn
[to in slums; Germany has labored lo
abolish thn slum and to rear her
Working populations In the full meas
ure of health and vigor When the
two working populations clash in the
commercial ImtGe, down goes the
Kngllidi iiii" Hiawatha New .; i mo
< ra t.
* * *
The point made by the "Journal"
last week, that the moral standard
id' lahm on the I! & M , Is higher
than on the M. I’, was well taken
It is true that the It. a. M. lays
greater stress upon the efficiency of
its employees and looks more close
ly after their manner of living and
their habits than does the M. I’.,
as a consequence the It. fi M . is
able to and as everyone knows does
give better service than does (lit! M
IV li is only another verification of
the truth that morality and efficien
cy go hand in hand. A clean, sober
man, other things being equal. is
always more dependable and more
capable than the man given to irreg
ularities and an urn lean life. This
however does not do full justice lo
tile characters of tile men employed
by the M 1*. It must not for a
moment be inferred that the M. I*.
Railroad Co,, is indifferent as to
tiie habits of its employees. The
writer recalls a particular case which
happened in Kalis City within the
new year. A mail in the employ of
the M 1 ’ fui some twenty five years
or more was asked to resign be
cause of his "booze fighting" pro
clivities and lie dhl resign in pref
erence to being uiiceremonlusly fir
ed. The M, I’ has no use for
drunks, nor graduates from the
Street Corner school.
» * *
It appears to us that the Kansas
City papers are not telling all they
know about the ugly Cudahy-Ullis
serape. They are quite free with
such details as offer diversion and
excitement for the sensation loving
reader, hut that the incident might
point a moral does not appear to
have occurred to them. Possibly
they do not regard it as within their
province to preach to their readers.
Tin* tendency on the part of news
pipers to sink to the level of mere j
entertainers is constantly growing.
These papers no doubt understand
their business; in a coarse phrase,
"they know on which side their!
bread is buttered." But is the read-;
ing public growing so morbidly cur-j
ious. (hat they will no longer abide]
instruction? Must the newspaper
of the day,in order to make dividends,
degenerate into a mere sensation
monger? Bare it never lift a proph-l
et's voice in beha’f of homo and
purity and justice? Will the Kansas)
City brethren kindly tell us where
there is any differenc between the]
nigger who jostles a school girl, and
I tin bishop’s brother who insinuates
hintsi if into another man's bed. The
gentleman of color accomplishes his
end by physical violence, your gen
tleman of cloth, achieves the same
end by arts too conti tnpllbb" to men
tion What is the difference be
tween (hi two? And* yet the ^ hole
city is up in arms against the one,
and the other will not lie prosecuted.
* * *
The Daily lotinial is authority
for the statement that Prof. Oerano
after making his harvest has left
town Accepting the statement as
representing the facts, it is only
another vindication of tin* old prov
erb, “A fool and ids money are soon
parted " If the professor took any
money from Falls City it was not
because (tie people who patronised
hint hud any intelligent inti rest in
the betterment either of their own
situation or the ct millions that pre
vail in Fall • City. II is only another
ease of I lie blind seeking Tile help
of the blind, of tnoi.il stinks going
to a man whose whole success de
pend. itjifIlls ability to exaggerate
and deceive, for relief from the obli
gations of life The Tribune turned
down (lie professor's "ad." We did
not consider it In keeping with in
telligence ami ilei i ncy to boost it
profession so entirely based upon
deception and misrepresentation as
is tluit of the practicing clairvoyant.
* * *
Change is the price we must pay
to progress for the privilege of go
ing forward Chang's always come
hard, because they hurt. Changes
Involve the necessity of readjust
ments This means Inconvenience,
struggle and loss The man In the
rut htm comparatively easy traveling.
Hut In Is limited to his rut. His
court e is fixed for him. To get
out of tin' rut requires a special
effort It is also likely to severely
wr< m h his machinery. And travel
over tiie unbeaten road beyond the
rut may be hazardous. Therefore it
challenges men of heroic souls to
pioneer to insurgei ?i
• * *
Nothing worth while was ever
achieved without it struggle, livery
advance has been made at the point
of the sword. Kails City is no ex
cept ion If we would have better
government, and enjoy relief front
misting abuses, we must fight for
the changes. And not in any halting,
1 time serving way; hut keep eternal
ly ;tl it and nil along the line. It is
no disgrace to he beaten, but it may
he a crime to submit. It is not right
that we supinely yield the field to
I lie enemy this spring. We cannot
afford M» indifferently surrender the
ground already won by hardest cam
paigning We must maintain our
organization intact and keep our
people interest! d and active. The
bri'ihri n who advise against con
•ontestirtg th<< field this sitring will
j Jo wi ll to revise their manual of tac
tics, We must meet the issue. We
must fight to the finish. The right
will win in the end. Line up, breth
ren, line up! Our cause is right and
for tin1 right a man can suffer.
* * *
If. as now seems probable, Lin
coln will assist in retiring Mr. Bur
kett from the public service, wliat is
the matter with drafting Chief Jus
tice M. It. Reese to represent the
state in the gnat office of senator?
| lie could illy be spared from (lie
j Supreme bench where In* lias so ably
land justly served his people and
state in other years and is still do
ing so Inn we know of no good reas
I on why his great, abilities may not
11c utilized, to the manifest advan
I tage of i he country, in a wider field
of u efuiness, Nebraska, like other
j siat'-s. is entitled to he represented
in the highest deliberative body of
I lie nation by her very best talent.
| and Judge Reese stands among the
| very first. He is an old fashioned
j republican, strong in the faith of its
founders himself b< ing one of them
—and too great to consent to injtts-i
lice in any shape, either In the frant-j
| ing of tlie laws or their enforcement. j
We nominate Judge Reese for semi-,
tor,
* * *
It lias been openly declared in
Falls City that the cause for the gen
• tul lack of interest this spring on
tlie part of the Christian people, is
because Several denominations arc
interested in building. We sincerely
trust that the insinuation is utterly
mifomidt d. Nevertheless, we recall
the prophets warning—"The heart
is deceitful above all things and
'desperately wicked.” How easy for
self interest to squelch one's zeal
for common good, Wliat if if should
appear Unit the present lukewarm
condition was only a mild form of
building graft?
* % *
—Something new, Favorite Pruning
Saw. Trim your trees from the
ground. Six reasons why it is the
oest in the market. Write J. A.
Schroer & Co., Fruit Packers and
dealers for circulars and prices, St.
Joseph, Mo. 10 -5t.
rThe great Baking Powder
of the country— |u
used in millions of 11
homes-—never | p
# ore:am
f Baking Powder
Received the highest award
at Chicago World’s Fair J
THIS AND THAT
\fkl HERE one man gets rich
■■ through hazardous
speculation, a hundred get
poor.
WHERE one man stays
poor through the slow
methods of saving, a hund
red get rich.
The wise man saves a part of his earnings and places his mon
ey in the bank to use when needed. Start an account now no
matter how small or how large; it will get bigger after while.
Fads City State Bank
ex?
GOOD NEWS TO ALL
NOW READY FOR BUS\NESS
We take pleasure in announcing to the people of Falls Citv and vicinitv the
formal opening date of the new Shoe Store—
Saturday, March 19th
at 8:oo o'clock a. m. ( hi that day and at that hour we will swing open the doors
for vour inspection of the finest, most complete and l ’P-TO-T! IE-HOFR SHOE
ESTABLISHMENT IX THIS SECTION.
\o such shoe stock; no such shoe values; no such assortment ever before found lodgment in this town at the
low prices at which we are going to sell them. Our intention is to get the confidence of the people. We
would rather gain the confidence of ten persons a day than to make liftv sales by employing methods that
would destroy the customers' confidence in us.
' >ne customer satisfied is of greatest value to us, and we want the good-w ill of the people.
W e will study your requirements and try in every way to meet them. No doubt there is
room for one more shoe store in Falls City, and we have decided to take advantage of this
opportunity. Being a tanner by trade, we went through the shoe factories and selected the
leather ami had shot s made in accordance with own specifications. A showing in our window
of distinctive patterns and lasts forms a display that will more than meet vour expectations.
Slices for everybody in any step of life. If you fail
CT r\g>r i ^ ^ ?■ f £!> S'" to see our snappy styles before doing your shoe pur
I ■ vi chasing, you will do yourself an injustice. Our
9 As a special offer for our Opening Week. stock embraces almost every conceivable stvle and
| to start the bail rolling, we will make a yo„ may be sure of being up to the last minute in
25c Reduction style if you buy shoes at the Home Shoe Stoie.
j ON EVERY PAIR OF SHOES FROM Remember, that we guarantee all our SHOES. AND
I Si.50 UP for opening week only. MAKE ONE PRICE TO ALL A CHILD CAN BUY
S,IIH mill |Br-- HERE WITH PERFECT SAFETY
3 Doors S. Richardson Co. Bank FALLS CITY. NEBRASKA