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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1901)
lf * V v . * ' ! - ! ' < Coriscrmtm. VOL IV. NO. 1. NEBRASKA. CITY , NEBRASKA , JULY 11,1901. . " "ffiS , 5 CENTS PUBLISHED WKKKLY. OFFICES : OVERLAND THEATRE BLOCK. J. STERLING MORTON , EDITOR. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL , ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL QUESTIONS. CIRCULATION THIS/WEEK , 13,000 COPIES. TERMSOFSUS8ORIPTION. . One dollar and a half per year in advance * Sostpaid to any part of the United States or anada. Remittances made payable to The Morton Printing Company. Address , THE CONSERVATIVE , Nebraska City , Nebraska. Advertising rates made known npon appli cation. * Entered at the postomee at Nebraska City , Neb. , as Second Class matter , July 29 , 1898. The New Re- PROHIBITION. public and Patriot is the official or gan of the prohibitionists of Nebraska , and it is published at Lincoln. In the issue of June 27th , 1901 , there is an editorial - \ torial , very personal , to the editor of THE CONSERVATIVE , and to so much of that article as demands notice , this re plies. The editor of THE CONSERVATIVE lias long held , and .frequently .proclaimed , that the state of Nebraska , in common with other states of the American re public , has and exercises the right of regulating the sale of intoxicating drinks in the interests of good order within the state and that the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of such drinks within the. state is contrary to the fundamental principles of social and moral conduct , and , if enacted , will be neutralized by the constitution of the United States , which permits the intro duction to every state of foreign liquors , imported from abroad and con trols also every form of inter-state com merce. Answering further : It is true that the editor of THE CONSERVATIVE did say to a committee of ministers who called on him sometime ago , that the Slocnm law , if properly administered , world do more for temperance than prohibition , and that he would attribute to make the.test. 4 Being credibly informed that some zealous advocates of 'hibition' had furnished money to .tain drinking men with which on S nday to buy beer , liquor orSrine wim the- intention of subsequent ! y giving evidence against the person sell .ng the 3ameithe editor of " THE CONSERVATIVE believed that there was danger of blood-shed and riot. This belief was based upon what seemed to be very reasonable and credible state ments as to how the "spotters" as the hired drinkers and violators of the Sun day law whom the fervid temperance men had furnished money were called would be treated by some men equally fervid in favor of non-temperance. To avoid possible riot , possible blood-shed , and much trouble in a peaceful com munity , mediation was attempted. And the mediator is not ashamed of his motives , nor of the results ; nor afraid to "stand up" and face the "burning question , " and declare that he is not a prohibitionist nor a believer in the efficacy of prohibition. Let laws al ready on the statute books of the state be enforced everywhere within the limits of the state , and temperance men will have accomplished much more good than they can ever bring about by the agitation of prohibition or the formation of law and order leagues , which hire and pay men for inducing other men to break the law by selling drinks on Sun day. Parents who are OBLIGATIONS. constantly finding fault with their sons and daughters because of their non-recognition of their filial duties , are generally themselves to blame.0 Every man and woman holding the office of parent ought to realize the fqct that the children are drafted into this world > that they come into the battle of life not as volunteers , but as conscripts. The fathers and mothers of the land are responsible for the existence of the children , and the obligation is largely upon the parents to so develop , physi cally and mentally , those children as to make them good citizens. Under our modern school system , the duties of parenthood are very much lessened ap parently by the attempt of the state to act as parent-general for all families. the common-school together Thus - system , gether with the purchase of the text books for pupils , has in a manner , re leased the fathers and mothers of the country from a natural duty and obli gation. The common-school system of the United States ought to be amended so that only those should be schooled at the public expense whose parents will declare under oath that they are unable to pay for the education xof their off spring. There is too little co-operation between parents and teachers. The lat ter are paid out of the general fundand the former are unconscious of having any responsibility either towards pay ing , or co-operating with the latter. That which costs nothing in this world is hot esteemed. Education has been made so cheap that there is nothing cheaper to be found than the cheap common-school system of the country. It needs revision. The sixty-six- ENSMALLED. feet-iri-width - - roads of Nebraska ought to be ensmalled. Thirty-three feet across is enough for any common road , and enough for any board of county commissioners to look after and levy taxes for. The next legislature of the state should narrow the highways. The selling to adjacent owners on each side of the road of a sixteen and a half feet strip will reduce the highway to thirty-three feet. It will give to each farm of a quarter section , one acre more of tillable laud. It will reduce the weed-growing area of Nebraska by one-half. It will make out of the money received by each county for lands so sold , a permanent road fund of gigantic proportions. Thus , it will reduce taxes in each county. The editor of LOUISIANA 'THE/GONSERVA- PURCHASE f TivVtyas recent- EXPOSITION. /Ky received a very' interesting communication from Mr. Pierre ChQu- tean , of St. Louis , relative to' \ "theposr * A sible exhibit of historical dataV and , S relics which the state of Nebraska may / make at St. Louis in 1903. In THE' CONSERVATIVE at some future time we shall be pleased to give a definite state ment as to what Nebraska is expected to do historically on that occasion. Mean time , every resident of the Lonisana Purchase ought to take pride and satis faction in faithfully endeavoring to make the best possible exhibit at St. Louis when that great exposition opens. The Hon. David R. Francis , president of that association , is a Yuan of infinite resources , and vast energies. There is no other man in the United States who can bring to bear stronger and bettor di rected efforts in behalf of this worthy enterprise.
