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HIE BKK: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1913. THE OMAHA DAILY BE13 FOUNDED BY EDWARD nOSBWATKR V1CTOH noSKWATKIt, EDITOR. HEE BUILDING. FA UNA M AND liTH. Entered nt Omaha postofflec as second' class matter. TPiniiu av RiinBrntPTlON: Sunday Uee, ono year...., JJ-W Saturday lice, one year l- n tuiiv.r.111 Run. lav nnf vear. . 4.00 Dally Bee. and Sunday, one year 6.00 DEUVERKD BY CAimiEIt. Evening and Sunday, per month...... w Evening, without Sunday, per month. .360 Dally Bee, Including Sunday, per mo..650 Dally Bee, without Sunday, per mo.... JSC Address all complaints of Irregularities in delivery to Pity Circulation Dept. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only :-cept stamps received in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES: Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha 2318 N street. Council Bluffs-14 North Main street. I.lnecIn-26 Little building. Chlcago-1011 Marquette building. , New York-1100-186 Fifth Ave. St. Util-503 New Bank of Commerce. Washlngton-7S Fourteenth St.. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter, should be addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial department. MARCH CIRCULATION. 52j544 tat of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss: Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average .dally rlrculatlon for tho month of March. 1913, was tt.Mt. DWIOUT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed tn my presence and sworn to before me this 3d day of April. 1913. . ROBERT HUNTER. (Seal.) Ndtary Public. Saliacrlbrra lenvlnir the city temporarily should linvr The Ilc uinllrd to them. Address ttIII lie Chaniced n often n requested. Get out your swatter for tho first spring fly. Don't knock, much) of that. Tho wind did too Epic of tho season: fur 'day's game Is "Do batt'rles Was it'Just a bogoy man, or did tho water power trust get theirs? rr ,, greeted President Wilson as If It had stuck a will In Its foot. v " I ' War Is outworn." ' We have It straight from Alfred Koycs, tho British poet. Tho democrats must havo got tho tip to tax elephant tusks from tho bull mooBers. Romo Is again for tho moment the focal point for tho eyes of tho civilized world. A life preserver's suit Is said to be "as cozy as a flatj," which might bo taken two ways. It Is strango how patriotic a con nection with tho Water board pay roll makes a man. "f?MA.t 1. . ..... .uiuui uuivb irom mtio acorns grow." The salo of carnations puts 51.000 Into tho rollof fund. No good reason whv wn ahnniri not have a few fine spring days bo- for tho homo baso ball season opens. m After being a college prosldent, taking a grilling from tho Gridiron club .ought to be mere boys' play for Presldont Wilson. The best ovidonco that Govornor Sulzor is doing the job. himself. Is t,het both Tammany and Hoarst havo condemned htm. Somehow wo can not help feeling that this will still bo a protty good old world to live in, even after tho democratic, tariff bill Is passed. My, but that anonymous con tributor to our amiablo democratic contemporary Is an assiduous reader of tho editorial columns of Tho Beol Of course, It is pure and un adulterated patriotism that koops those law-makers grinding away down 'at Lincoln after tho "pay has stopped. Bishop Quaylo, who raised $10, COO In half an hour to pay off tho dobt on an Arkansas Mothodist church, would bo a good man to have around after a tornado. Never mind, when our police force is reduced In numbers to twelve, six on duty In the daytime and six at night, there will be no more un comfortable raids like that. Omaha people havo shown that they will buy posies, carnations, red or yellow tags and oven attend amateur theatricals, Just eo tho pro ceeds go to aid the storm victims. This complaint about the uncom pleted second supply main from tho pumping station at Florence must bo ruled out of order. Lobby work at Lincoln takes precedence over con struction work In Omaha. Tho police raid on five so-called chop suey restaurants and cafes dis closes a goodly number of customers with drink being served to tbom as freely as food irrespective of tho lid low, and there are others. The New York Sun resorts to Webster's dictionary for the defini tion of the word "message," to show that President Wilson had no bust nesa delivering his In person. But what aro dictionaries between demo cratlc friends? Uncle Sam as an Educator. Pooplo may not fully realize the educational facilities prpvldod by tho federal government through its De partment of Agriculture, In which Is maintained a division of publica tions. This department last year sent out nearly 100,000,000 circu lars covering GOO dlfforont subjects. Nearly 11,000,000 of these bulletins vent to housewives and fanners In various states and each year tho number nnd diversity Increases. If tho housowifc Is perplexed about bread-making, she can get the de sired Information by writing to the division of publications. If father wants a few pointers as to gardening, he may get them from the same source. It Is prolific of Information as to household and farm economy and never turns aside an inquiry without satisfying it. It was almost a quarter of a cen tury ago that tho federal govern ment Issued 'lis first farmer's bul letin. Fom that humblo beginning, this great propaganda of education has grown to Its present proportions and It Is only fair to remember that for sixteen years of that tlmo James Wilson, tho modest Iowa farmer, was tho directing head of this vast university of practical knowledge. His Influenco lias exceeded any other single one in establishing the system now operating without a parallel anywhero to tho, tromendous profit of tho American people. Intensive agriculture and scientific living owo much to him and more to the system ho holped to foster. Book Reading. A writer In tho current Atlantic Monthly quotes 'a prominent book seller ns saying that while tho num ber of books published novols and moro serious works Is over Increas ing, it Is not so with tho books read, leaving tho inference that many peo ple Invest in books without reading them. In this connection tho ques tion of the cultural effect of litera ture Is raised. It would, no doubt, be granted that such an effect might not be dorlved from a completo de vouring of many of the books now bolng published. It would even bo surprising to know that culture wero tho object In view of some of tho authors. But It Is not surprising to know that tho number of books read now adays Is not keeping paco even pro portionately with tho number pub lished. The strenuous buslnosa paco of tho day. and tho great diversity of demands upon tho average per son's time would scorn to offer a plauslblo reason. Tho average man, for instance, expends most of his powers in his day's work, and yet ho must find tlmo for diversions. ForJ tho well-to-do thoro Is the club, tJbo-; nutomobllo and their attendant pleas ures to occupy him; for the poor man, as well as tho othors, the thea tor, moving pictures, parks, and tho womon havo their now and extra social functions and all give less time than formerly to tho homo and its qulctor omploymonU. Pooplo simply nro not, ns a wholo, as deliberate In their routlno of llfo as they used to bo. They havo geared their schedules to tho rapid transit spirit of the day and until thoy learn to master tho faeter-movlng machinery with Us larger variety! of domands, they will havo to neglect something and It Is likely to bo tho cultural side. Figures to Ponder On. In tho excollont sorios of articles In which Collier's Is oxposlng tho dvtls and abuses of fire Insurance some figures aro given to ,bo pon dorod on. To quoto tho exact language: SUto reports aro obtainable tn the case of 1W ot our 300 or more stock fire in-sui-mco companies. ijuch sworn rirmts bhow that from January 1, 1907, to De cember 13, 1911, these ISO companies have taken In 11,534,347,700 In Insurance pre mlums. Of this, J052.218.900 has been kept by the Insurance companies, brokers and ' agents concerned, and 3872.1K.SOI) has been paid out In loss payments. On this showing, approximately, tho holders of "fire policies through out the country collectively pay Into their Joint Insuranco fund (2 for every dollar thoy draw out. This may bo a necessary Incident of tho fire Insuranco business as It Is now run, but tho question cannot be avoided, Must tire Insurance be run this way? Tho Outlook thinks that direct popular elections will prevent re currence of such a result as the out como In Illinois with tho choice of two senators of different parties by combination of their strength. That does not follow at all. Under slml lar conditions with two places to till, and three political parties In tho field, thoro will bo nothing to pre vent fusion ou senators, Just as dem ocrats and populists here in Ne braska used to fuse on their state tlckots. Whether tho main factor in the downfall ot girls or not, tho ques tionable hotel lias been shown by tho Chicago Investigation to be a most serious factor. That being true. should be dealt with on the merits or rather demerits. Sennr De la Barra, the Mexican minister of, foreign affairs, springs forth sb a humorist, declaring that Mexico will not recognize the China republic because conditions there are too unsettled , Looking BackWatd This Day in OmattaJ COMPILED FROM PER FILES I 000 Q Al'llIIi I I. ? QPQ 1 Thirty Years Ago Tho county commissioners by resolu tion agreed to put Mercer avenue from corporate limits to Lowe avenue to grade on condition that the city council first et a contract for Cuming street from the corporate limits east to the military bridge. The new sidebar hand spring top buggy made by Snyder, which took first prize at the state fair, and never used. s offered for sale cheap by the West ern Newspaper union at corner Twelfth and Douglas streets. Tho closing night nt tho roller skating rink was made tho occasion of a con test for a gold watch and chain offered by Max Meyer, to the best woman skater. Tho contestants were Ida Sharp, Ldlth Van Amen, Georgia Shookman, Ella Dunham and Anna Dunham. The Judges, Messors. Wilson. Carpenter, Max Meyer and Smith, awarded tho prise to Miss Dunham. AV. S. Helphrey on be half of tho friends of Manager Llghtfoot, presented that gentleman with a gold scarfpln. a crane's head with ruby eye, and a diamond In the beak. At Turner hall, a benefit was given Jack Hanlcy, the manager, with a varied program. The set-to with "Baby" Barnes and "Billy" McCune, was particularly Interesting. Miss Nettle Collins gave a delightful ten party at her home on Capitol avc nuo last evening, complimentary to Miss Yates. Those present were: Misses Col lins, Doanc, Harbaugh, Wakclcy, Yates, Berlin, Lake, Boyd, Dennlson, Shears, Dunlap. Mrs. Pusey, nnd Messrs. Pusey, urocK, Clyde Davis, Beach, Hendricks, Touzalln, Parker, Rogers, Pease, Wako- ley, Berlin and Rlngwalt Twenty Years Ago ' A meeting of south side citizens was held at Mctz hall to protest against the action of the city council In diverting 320,000 from the south side park fund to the fund for the Improvement of parks. Theso citizens wero appointed to urge the south side claims upon the council: Messrs. Rchroedor, Kasper, Hanchctt, Btuht, Bcrtrand, Butler, O'Kcefe and Brcnnan. Nat Brown, formerly an Omaha hotel man, decided to engage again In the buslncaB and took charge of the Drexcl, formerly tho Esmondo hotel. Charles Rogers, popular for many years bH sheet muslo clerk nt Max Meyer & Bro. company's store, died at his home, 634 South Twenty-seventh street. Though he had been laid up for three wceka with Inflammatory rheumatism, the end came suddenly and unexpectedly. Judge M. C. Hopewell of district court wan called to Tekamali by a message an nouncing tho grave Illness ot his father. Tho Brcssler Building company secured a permit to erect a 140,000 brick structure on tho corner of Seventeenth and Doug' las streets. Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Tripp of Bcran ton. Pa., making a wedding" tour, arrived to visit the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs L B. Williams. Ten Years Age Tlio oopullsta In making their city nom inations: cnaorscti Krastus a. uenson, who-boltcd the regular republican ticket They also endorsed other republican and democratic candidates, Carl C. Wright for city attorney, William Fleming for tax commissioner ahd others. Adjutant General J. It. Culver cama up from Lincoln, Inspected tho Millard Rifles nnd thereupon ordered them Into tho Ne braska Htato Guards as worthy militia men. Chairman Robert Cowell of the. republl can city committee named this executive committee, taking men from tho wards tn the order named: Chairman, Gcorgo F. Munro: E. J. Cornish, John Lynch, Henry W. Bernstein. Jack Norton, C. E. Wat son, J, J. Smith. It. B. Allen, Charles W. Fear, A. II, Hcnnlngs. F. 13. Coulter, H. II. Baldrlgo and H. J, Cowglll wero newly elected members of the Commercial club. The cxecutlvo committee of the Com merclal club voted to go after the Ne braska division of the Grand Army of the Republic. Local labor leaders commended Gover nor Mickey for vetoing the Norrls ox emptlon bill, which, according to Gcorgo W. Smith, a machinist at tho Union Pa clflo shops, would have deprived tho wage earners of their Just rights and Privileges had it become a law. People Talked About The fact that tho women of Morocco do not see their husbands until after they are married to them, doubtless accounts for many weddings.. A Minneapolis woman Is advertising for a husband with a dimple In his chin, Fortunately, the majority 0f the women are riot so particular. Women's rlotB are growing apace. One started In Zlnn City, III., the holy city of howio, lanuea a bunch of rioters In Jail but a hunger strike unlocked thoi doors nnd foiled the tyrant man William Dean Ilowells thinks 4,000 short stories a month are too many for the people to digest. Perhaps, Yet there are members of congress and of state legls latures who manage to take nourishment regularly. Mlddleton, O., people pulled off their flood clean-up stunt by running a switch engine with flat cars on street car tracks, Rubbish win loadml on the cars and the whole wiiter-logged area cleaned up in twelve hours. John D. Rockefeller's contribution to the practical efficiencies of tho times la an Ice plant on the Pocantlco Hills, which cuts down the Ice man's bill 111 a day. Tho poor man made only 103 per cent on his oil stock last year, necessitating rigid economy on other cinch bills. Erastus A. Plummer of Raymond. Me. is believed to be tho oldest postmaster In tho state In point of service. He waa appointed postmaster by Uncoln in 181, and has served continuously for the last forty-nine years. The postotflca at Ray mnnd was cqtablWhed lit years ago, and vlnce then has had only five postmasters. One ot the new congressmen sought out by the curious In Washington Is Mr. O'Halr of the Eighteenth Illinois district. who has been conelsely described as "th man who tied the can to Cannon." Mr O'Halr Is said to have the further dls tlnctlon ot having practiced equal suf frage for some years. According to re. port, Mrs, O'Halr has been allowed to name half of each ticket to bo voted on and Mr O'Halr has gone faithfully to tho Twice Told Tales A Venretnbl Joke. "My wife1 raises all her fresh vegeta bles," remarked the professional funny man as he helped his guest to string beans and tiny young beets. Am tho apartment waa on tho top floor of a high building, the guest had visions of hotbeds and greenhouses on the roof. No window boxes producing fresh vege tables were In evidence, and the matter- of-fact guest was speculating as to the agricultural methods of the funny man's wife, when the buzz of tho dumbwaiter called her from the table. More fresh vegetables?" queried the funny man as she resumed her seat at tho table. "Yes." she responded wearily. "You see," she explained, "were up so high that the market boy never sends the dumbwaiter high enough. It stops about two-thirds of the way. If I don't raise all we cat tho people on the fifth floor'd get It, I'm afraid. That's John's 'raising- my-own-vegcla.blcs' Joke, but It really Isn't much of a Joke after atll" New Tork, Times. 'It of I.ove. 1 Darling," crled the young man, as ho sank at the maiden's feet, "I would do anything to prove my love for you!" "That's what ever' man says when ho wants to win a girl," answered the young lady harshly. Can't I move you?" panted the des perate Romeo. "Provo me! Put me to, the test! Test me. I pray you!" I wonder!" whispered tho lady softly to herself, while a blush mantled her pain cheeks. Then suddenly bending1 over the almost swooning youth Who crouched at her feet, sho exclaimed: "I will put you to tho test!" Ah!" The youth sprang to his foet, exultant, triumphant, and cried aloud to tho maiden at his side: "Your test? Your test?" 'Tls to marry some other girl," mur mured the sweet young thing, as she glided backward through the velvet cur tains Into the ballroom. Buffalo Ex press. A' Reminder. Proud and pompous, the doctor was strolling down the street, when ho was spoken to by a poor woman. Good morning, sir," remarked the latter. Good morning, madam," replied the medico. 'I expect you arc making n good thing out of attending to that rich Smith boy?" suggested the woman. "Oh, yes, fairly good fee," replied the doctor, somowhnt angrily. Well." whispered the woman, "I hope you won't forget that It was my Willie who threw the brick that hit him." London Answers. Editorial Snapshots Washington Post: Montenegro Isn't very big, but It can undoubtedly make a lot of European trouble If It refuses to be bluffed. Washington Post: Unless the proposal to make farms out of vacant lots Is promptly squelched, the crop ot future bull players will perish In ten years. Boston Transcript; A London electrician has Invented a musical steel safe that can be opened only by means ot a cer tain musical tone. Burglars will now have to whistle for their money. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Little Mon tenegro bristles up in a highly Independ ent manner. Ot course, there may be an encouraging shadow tn the back ground. Perhaps it's a bear! New York Post: Nothing Jn the way of revolutionary Innovation will como as a surprise from 'the presldont who began his administration by recognizing tno cx Istcnco ot a vice president of the Un'.tcd States. Chicago Tribune: Free wool may get through tho senate, but there will bo a lot ot wild nnd woolly oratory unloaded on the country before tho presiding offi cer wearily announces that the ayes havo It. Now 'York World: An entire train with Its locomotive plunging Into an arm of the Congo from a railroad bridge ISO feet high 1b convincing evidence that civiliza tion has at last reached darkest Africa- Baltimore American: Tha young daugh ters of tho czar ot Bulgaria have Is sued an appeal to American children for contributions toward relieving the distress caused by the Balkan war, They have soon learned the general European lea- son: "wnen in need turn to America, where tho big money comes from." Pittsburgh Dispatch: The, decision of tho New York court of appeals that brokers cannot sell a customers' securi ties he,ld as collateral except on giving sufficient' notice to .the customer, will be a protection no' tho c0stonrer In tho im mediate 'effect; tUt It Will operate more strongly Against operations on narrow margin. If a broker cannot sell col laterals on tho drop ot the hammer a 10 per cent margin In a quickly fluctuat ing market would be as dangerous to th broker as the customer. And If the brok ers atop operating on 10 per cent margins stock speculations will be less. In value and nearly everybody better off. Over the Seas Great Britain's booze bill for 191! foots up t$07.7tK,M3, a reduction of S6.S19.O00, compared with the bill for 1911. Tho consumption per head averaged S7.3S py lons of beer and 6-44 pints of spirits, a quantity satisfactory for an ordinary British thirst. Nearly all of the barbers In Tripoli ara Italians and the shops compare favor ably with those of Italian cities of the same size. Although Harbin Is In China tha popu lation Is almost entirely European, prin cipally Russian, and therefore thera s a constant demand for shirts and collars Bombay, the capital of the Bombay presidency and the principal seapoit of western India, is an Island which Simw a low-lying plain about eleven and one- halt by three to four miles broad. In Sweden barber shops are as nut.ier oua as In the United States, and the'.r owners take prde In keeping them neat and clean, but they are not as lavishly furnished as arc moat American shops Beside tho 1240,000 salary he receives very year from the French republl-. President Polncare will get vegetables for his table from the gardens at Ver I sallies, game from tho state forest anjjare anxious to get aa much as we can. fruit from the orchards of Fontalnbleau. More so. If we are Industrious and do IWistterllox Afraid to Thlnkf OMAHA, April 12.-To tho Editor of The Bee: While wo aro bending our energies to relieve tho material distress of our fellow-cltlzcns these days after tho tor nado havoc, are we to be afraid to think an Inch boyond the horizon of visible things? One might imagine so, reading that furious article of the 9th Inst.. "Was the Tornado God-sent?" To Christians to whom man Is not simply "the puny In dividual who crawls In tho dust of the earth." as A. M. E. phrased It. In the languago of present-day materialism, to a Christian to think ot life Inclusively la tho Indlspcnsablo part of his Inner life. One will not successfully dismiss tho tragical dispensations by a sneer at "the frazzled philosophy of tho pulpit." or that other still more unrighteous phrase, "tho cracked voice of religion." I say as a gentleman In toda'a Bco put It: "At tacks on dtvlnce providence will do no harm to educated persons, or to those who are usually called uneducated." And yet, perchance some harm, for thoy tes tify to tho sad fact, that even our beau tiful city has persons of such restless Interior, as to dare defiance to tho eter nal Go. the God of love, but also of righteousness, such voices havo only a negative mission. In tho world of manly Christian thought to think, to dare to think with serious ness, reverence, and submission to God and his word is an after-tornado occupa tion which even our busy labor of relief Work will not push Into the background. If materialism finds itself totally non plussed by the plty-awakcnlng scenes. If It must hurl defiance to the heavens and degrade humans by calling them merely uiuiviuuais who crayl In the dust of the earth." the Christian church, at least, is not placed In such straits, guided as It Is In its Judgments by tho authori tative word of the eternal God. And It seems to me, fellow citizens, as If our city had, If ever, a reason to bend her heart and mind upward to the eternal God, that wc may not loso the chief Jes son from our recent affliction. To us who ovo our beautiful city It always comes home painfully when we listen to the nation-wide chargese that our Omaha in clines strongly to the ranks of tho ma terialistic and unsplrltual communities of the land. If our city's sufferings re cently shall urge on a deeper and moro reverential spirit In 'matters eternal, the tornado wll prove to have been an un told b esslng. But then we must dismiss materialism's elimination of God's hand in It all, and face facts, even if they must be Interpreted to us by the misnomer. the frazzled philosophy of tho pulpit." Yes. Indeed. "Wake up! O, woke up! Tho sun is hlgh"-thc sun of truth eter nal proclaimed by the Christian church. ADOLPH HULT. The Correct French of It. BLAIR, Neb.. April ll.-To tha Editor of Tho Bee: In these days of serious consideration of life and death and tho . 4 Jllttu lo nl8 creator, it may do well fo, consider tho 6-year-old's criticism Of tho world's erent nrnv- !., "prattlern' column" of Tho Bee lntelv. It may bo Interesting to your remlur.i who are studying or reading the beautiful rencn language to, know that tho French Blblo reads: Matthew vl:13 and Luke xl:4: "Et no nous abandonne Doint o la tcntatlon," I. e., "Abandon us not to temptation." G. W. TAYLOR. A Sympathetic Word from Ireland. BRUFF, Ireland.', March 30. To the Editor ot The 'Bee: Allow me ttuough your Journal to offer my deepest sym pathy to tho Inhabitants of the premier town of Nebraska, owing to the terrible destruction ot llfo and property caused by tho recent cyclone. Tho victims of tho awful catastrophe have my most slncero commiseration. The interests of Omaha and Its people havo always my most abiding concern. It la almost thlrty-olx years since I was an Inhabi tant of your city, and although Omaha was then In Its Infancy, I spent there Rome of tho most prosperous and Imp plest days of my life, tho remembrancer of which shall be never obliterated rrom my mind. The friendships and other ties I formed In tho early 'SOs aro as strong today an when I was reluctantly obliged to leave It for Ireland In W. owing to having met with an acc'.dem when unloading one of tho Union Pacific railroad cam The kindness and attention that I received at tho hands of my fellow-workers and from the Ancient Order of Hibernians, ot whose distinguished body I had the honor to be a member, shall bo always greatly remembered by me JOHN u. UUUUKB, Fair Play for the Puckers. SOUTH OMAHA, April 12,-To the Edi tor of The Beet The trend of opinion on the part of the general public is to give fair play. This same public view may be mater ially Influenced by spirited reports, whether theso reporta are true of false. Nor do tho people feel very kindly toward those who Ibnorantly or Inten tionally deceive them. In line with these Ideas, wo noticed lately a great flurry about conditions In the packing plants. Very strange to say, that peoplo wero led astray by flowery reports on Inter views with men who could not have been treated better by any employer, yet gouged and pried at the very foundation ot honesty. One man. after being em ploed by a packing house, claimed to have been hurt. The company continued to give him employment that he could perform: no matter how often he laid off, still took him back. When tho true nature of his ailment was discovered, after examination, he quit. Instead of having been hurt In the employ of tho company, ho had contracted an unmen tlonable dlesase. ThlB mans evidence waa used to defame his benefactors, not to say his employers. Instances of destitution were graphl cally narrated, resulting from packing house conditions. No one will deny that some such cases exist, but are they the result of the packing house Influence? They exist everywhere, even where there are no packing houses. Other desultory reflections were por trayed that tend to show packing plants as a menace to the people, and a scourge to tho city, despite the fact that these packing Industries formed the nucleus ot the varied commercial and Industrial In stitutions ot the vicinity and to this day add great prestige to tho commercial and financial standing of Omaha and South Omaha, I am satisfied If a vote of the 7.000 employed bo taken, the maligned Indus tries would be generously exonerated. Regarding wages and salaries, all nf u many who kill as much time ns possible and expect liberal wages. This Is the class seeking sympathetic help by ap pealing to sentiment. If rigid, honest nnd Just Investiga tion wero made by competent Investi gators, how public-spirited citizens would cry out with Indignation against the easy-go-lucky accusations made against Individuals and corporations, without to much as verifying facts or disproving their falsity. Everyone knows certain conditions must exist in a packing house as a natural result of the kind of work, but these arc not tho outgrowth of In difference, carelessencss or willful In tent. Because a butcher has blood And grease on his apron and a grocery clerk has not, it does not follow that the butcher Is filthy, but a different kind of necessary evil, over which men have lit tle or no control. Because a man has an aoo. Inn. f .. -I . . r - u.. . .."j . .w ui nuiua is iiu Liiufie tur believing him always on the side of" trmn. A clergyman, to aid his people, adver tised tor places In private families, lit received over fifty calls from people tor ncip. lie could place but three girls, though many worked In packing houses, preferring their horrid Jobs to nice clean housework. Good jobs on farms and elsewhere go begging. Still theso men stay with pack Ing houses, then would flay the packers alive for not doing better by them. Again, see the many cozy cottnren ro many of the packing house employes of rorelgn birth aro putting up. Find out for yourself, don't take anybody's word, but satisfy yourself as to tho truth ot my statement. I am In favor of the worklngman get ting what Is his due, but am eternally opposed to using foul methods, ot lying and false accusations to bring about the remedy. "Honesty is the best policy" tho world over. C. F. LEPPERT. 1308 North Twenty-eighth street. V. S. Should Copy Canada. POCOHONTAS, Alta., April O.-To tho Editor of The Bee: I am enclosing a clipping (Inviting Immigration) that has appeared In moro or less similar form in three Canadian dallies. Canadian ad vertising Is often at variance with tne facts. I am an American who was led up hero by tho extensive and persistent adver tising that tho Canadian government and provinces are carrying on In the United States I am working for a railroad. My wages aro no better than I would be paid In the United States, and I will go back as soon as I can sell my farm which I did not homestead becauso thero wero no homesteads to be had unless one went fifty miles back, from tho railroad. There are lots of men In Canada jvho would go to tho United States If the at tractions of farming further south, where climate Is moro equitable, crops more varied, transportation better and land Just as cheap could be laid before these people. Only an extensive and persistent campaign, such as Canadians carry on In tho United States, will reap results. Be cause I am tied up here I do Hot car; to TO THE HOUSEWIFE Soft Gosti means Soot Dust Drudgery Solvay Coke "Th Fuml without FmiH" means GomfmrtCimanlfnmmmEGonomy Housecleaning is easy when Solvay Coke is burned no sootor smoke to blacken no ashes to sift. It is easily lighted requires little attention and makes a lasting fire. The fcesfand cheapest fuel for heating or cooking. 2,500 dealers in the Northwest sell Solvay Coke. Write far booklet and name of nearest dealer. PiOKANDS, BROWN A COMPANY 72 West Adam St. C Mango, iff. FOR SALE BY i Central Coal 40S So. ISth St. A Single Code The Chicago Great Western has one set of maimers for its employes. They are just as polite to the man in the coach as they are to the Pullman traveler. Genuine cour tesy to passengers and shippers is established rule. Use the Great Western to St. Paul and Minneapolis. Night train leaves Omaha 8:10 p. m. and lands you In the Twin Cities when the new day begins St Paul, 7-: 30 a. in.; Minne apolis, 8:06 a. m. Day train leaves Omaha 7:45 a. m., arrives St. Paul 7:20 p. ra.; Minne apolis 7:50 p. m. FaBtest day service. Ask ' P. P. nOXOIWEN, C. P. & T. A., Fiiniam St., Omaha. Phone Doug. '260. in: That Spotless Spot Try to Say It One Hundred Times Very Fast havo my name published. The Canadians do not want us hero unless we beocno Canadians. H, O. THESE GIRLS OF OURS. She You think you are very handy about these household Jobs, don't you? He I am doing the best I can, my dear. She Well, with your tinkering, you've got both me and tho door unhinged. Louisville Courier-Journal. "I don't like that disagreeable Mrs. Parker." "I thought she was very pleasant. What a happened?" "We lunched together downtown today. She said sho'd pay and of courso I mum bled, 'Let me' nd she said 'Very well. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Mr TlnaM - ....j ,Wnn .cij. rince one divorced her husband." i .. k d.Iln 1 .know What a good husband she had till she saw how gen erously he behaved about the alimony." London Opinion. "I admlro everything that Is beautiful," no said. "You mustn't say such things to me." she replied. "Wo have only known each other a little whlle."-Chlcago Record Herald. Mrsi L"ntum-What! Invito tho Got roxes? Why, they arn't In tho "Blue Book." . Mr. Lumtum-Yes. but Gotrox Is there News Wa'8 Rradatreet's. Chicago "We have 500 girls at our school, and tlest gfrf" 6 l decIde who ls the Prt- clect?' ,nan VOteS docs ft ,ake to "The decision usually goes to any girl Journal"11 gCt tW votM-"-KnnBas City THE FAMILY'S DISGRACE. Dotrolt Free Press. Whenever I come where the old folks Is. Jes look at your hands!" says Ma; An Sis says: "My!" though it's none of her biz "An" look at his neck!" says Pa. An look at the mud on his stockings, too. An' look at his dirty face. Jsn!t.a weok B,nce hls shoes were now!" Oh, It s awful tough when you know that you Are the family's one disgrace. "Jes" look how tho seat ot his pants ls worn! Did over you see such hair? An' that Is his very best blouse that's torn, An' his coat's got another tear. Ho might be a ragpicker's boy," says Ma, "Tho alley's about his place." "Hq ought to be spanked that's what!" says Pa. Oh, It's awful tough when you know you are Your family's one disgrace. "Now, what has he got tn "his pockets, pray? An' where does he get such things? An' why docs ho bulge out his clothes that way With marbles -an tops an strings? Don't you dare to sit down till you've been upstairs An' scrubbed both your hands an' face, My goodness! Don't handlo thoso portleresl" Oh, nobody loves an' nobody cares For the family's one disgrace. Gosti means Ashes Clinkers Waste & Coke Co. Tel. Douglas 1221 in polls and voted her half and his half all free ot charge. jour duty to tho limit. Then there ar