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    HIE BKK: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1913.
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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