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SEPTEMREH CIRCTLATIOX.
56,519
Kate of Nebraska. County of Douglas, aa.
Dwlght Wllllama, circulation manager of Tha Pea
Publishing company, belcg duly aworn. aaya that
tha average dally circulation for tha month of Sep
tember. 1914. waa is, 611.
DWKHHT WILLIAM". Circulation Managr.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before
ma. thla 2d Cay of October, 114.
ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Publta.
buberllers tearing the city temnorarll
slionld bar The Bee milled to them. AJ
dre will be changed a often aa requested.
Looks a little like a new Boar war.
Europe can fight as long as it can feed, and
no longer.
flowed deacon for candidates commences,
November 3.
Toe south insists its rotton argument Is all
ool and a yard wide.
The little lamhs of gentle Portugal are still
tafe Irom the dogs of war.
If tbe weather man were running for office
he would not Jand a (tingle t oal dealer's vote. ,
Only those who know "Tim" llealey ran fully
npprerlate the joke of hi in being taken for a Ger
man spy.
"He left the republican party after he waa
denied Its' ownership," remarked Senator Sher-.
man of Illinois. Wonder whom he means?
The old hymn which runs, "Peace, like a
rivnr, attendeth my soul." could have no ref,r
tnce to the rivers of northern France and Mel
glum. '-
Still, none of (he candidates on any ticket
have made any public announcement that they
do not want any votes cast for them lu the Third
ward. '
A third of the security holdings of the late
Darius Miller, president of the Burlington road,
are scheduled as poor. A first-class railroad man
Is not always a shrewd Investor.
Tbe appointment la announced from the city
t ail of a special chauffeur to drive the-contagl-ous
disease ambulance. Now, there's a Job that
ought not to excite undue envy.
lleavy rains and muddy roads are said to
bae greatly Interfered with Europe's war thus
lar. Yes and what will heavy snows and bleak
winds do slong In December, January and February?
Germany's war loau has been greatly over
subscribed. Nevertheless and notwithstanding,
It would hardly be advUable for Omaha to try
o float any large bond Ixsue in tbe present state
of the imuket. r . ,
It is refreshing to know that Senator Hitch
cock Is meeting with such warm receptions end
enthusiastic audiences on his political "cruise
on the glsasy waters." His own personal news
psper organ tells us so.
Tbe way to make sure against the jail feed
ing graft is to'turn out of office tbe sheriff who
tried to put the afeal across, and to re-elect the
county commissioners who kept the grafter's
hands out of tbe treasury.
All the great reforms that have beea written
on tbe Nebraska statute books, with exceptions
that coujd be counted on tbe fingers of one hand,
have been put there by republican lawmakers.
That is why tbe people of the state will elect a
republican legislature this year.
Incidentally, do not overlook the fact that six
Justices of the peace are to be commissioned at
the coming election to administer poor man's
justice, for which the same Integrity and In
dustry Is -required as for administering Justice
in tbe higher courts, and la addition a personal
sympathy for tbe helpless or unfortunate, and s
keen discrimination between tbe Impostor and
the person with good Intentions.
Tha flrat Apollo clue social waa held last evening
In Metropolitan hall. Uoorg J. Bternadorf waa master
f caramoul.a and Messrs. O. E. Booth, a. G Gray
and C B. Thomburg composed the reception com
mittee, a id Meaara. V. T. Cooke. A. C. Hart. T. E
Jones. W. E. Worrier and W. C. Kelly floor commute
Friends are tendering aympathy to Mr. and Mrs.
Jons C. CbriaUanaaa, at Nineteenth and Harney, aver
the death cf their little daughter and only chltu.
Having forma electrolyped. the Raws Printing com
pajiy announces that It ia prepared to fill orders for
election tickets at low prices.
. The Hanscom club la tha latest social organisation
tha committee la chars beta B. Fisher. F. Hoobe!
A. Aremana, J. McMillan anal 8. Belli.
M.' P. Martin, tha Installment store man. la bacK
fiwn Chicago.
Ctoige R. Kibbe has accepted a position as cletk
tn Pi ton hotel office.
Food the Crucial Fscter.
How long do you think (be war win la-t ?
Ifce question I on every lip. The ner
pr'Jiablv will hinge more on food mpply lhan
o men, munition or een money. Provided
teither ide Is decisively besien. Hie sl'illty of
the warring nation to feed their fori eg In the
field snd t home, will, in sll probability, ul
timately determine matters.
Some 20.finn.000 men r mobilized In the
vsrlous countries si war. These are sll with
drawn from farms and factories snd for the time
being sre tion-produers. In neutral countries
Id Europe, as weir as in Canads, Australia and
Indls, and other colonial posKepnionK affected by
the war, additional numbers of men are taken
out of the producing class to prepare for
emergency.
But, we are told, the I'nlted Slates remains
as (he great bread basket of tue world from
which to draw provisions. But with Itftelf and
Its other customers In pesreful parts of the
world to supply, the I'nlted States rsnnot serve
Indefinitely as the world's bresd basket while a
large part of tbe world wars without working.
In other words, nations that destroy their own
means of feeding themselves cannot remain at
war for sn unlimited time. With available
supplies vanishing and the powers of replenish
ment for the time parelyred In half a doxen
countries, exhaustion and cessation would seem
to wait only the operstlon of these factors. If
the war goes well into next spring to Interfere
with grain seeding In some of these lands It will
have reduced the world's area of planting by
many millions of acres and set up a further
barrier to the progress of the fighting.
Chairman Georpe'i Good Work.
' Regardless of the outcome of (be coming
election, the good work done by Chairman
eorge of the republican slate committee stsnds
forth both by rontrsst snd by comparison. Mr.
George hss directed the rsmpaign with judg
ment snd composure and good humor. He lis
not become embroiled In any factional differ
ences, and be has commsuded the undivided sup
port of his stste committee without any back
fire.' Taking hold of a chaotic orgiDlsatlon, he
has united the component perls so that the re
publican 'party , in Nebraska, whether It elects
every roan on the ticket or not, win be ready to
be mobilized for mass action against the com
mon enemy whenever summoned to enter the
lists. Chairman Cieorge has accomplished this
result chiefly through his own personality and
persistent industry, almost without campaign
funds and In the face of other embarrassing
obstacles. He Is entitled to his credit mark, not
next month, nor next year, but now.
The Canal and Railroads.
President Sprotile of the Southern Pacific
believes that the opening of the Panama canal,
diverting traffic from the railroads, will serve
only to complicate, the problem of railroad earn
ings, already serious. Furthermore, he believes
that' even though business should txpand within
Its present bounds of distribution, as it did In
1004. 1905 and 10, "there would be such a
congestion of railroad facilities as will stop (he
boom by congesting the business or the public
and preventing that kind of material Improve
ment and development which every man of busi
ness, large and small, Is looking forward to as
Ms salvation."
It Is for this reason, according to this au
thority that the railroads are ordering no new
equipment, making no large extensions or Im
provements, but merely resting on their laurels
and awaiting developments. The crying need,
be says. Is ''a soundly Informed snd constructive
public opinion, Instead of destructive criticism,
which destroy confidence and helps to make
hard timee." In which, of course, all sane men
agree. .And what is more, the candid eo-opera-tlon
of such Interests as Mr. Sproule represents
Is essential to the upbuilding of such a senti
ment Mr. Sproule belongs to tae new order
of corporate affairs in California, once abso
lutely ruled by the Southern Pacific. Yet hi the
country bad the very beet aid of these big busi
ness men in any serious effort at correcting ex
isting abuses? it Is a question.
As to the tansi. Its chief effect should be to
develop a larger volume of business. If the same
sagacious effort Is exerted by the railroads In
belping to solve present problems which was
put forth to obstruct the canal project, we shsll
bve nothing to worry about. The problems are
mutual and should be dealt with accordingly.
Admitting the soundness of tbe plea for con
structive criticism. It is useless to blicd our
selves to the fact that we might have had such
a public sentiment a long while ago but for the
hindrance of railroad Influence under the old
regimes. The people hall the change that has
come about, but public skepticism must not be
too severely criticised by these Interests.
Topics of National Scope
t.oternmeal hr Lawyers.
.New To ik World,
r'toni ix it I'll, inclusive. American legllt j-e.
national and state i acted t.i"14 new lams. Oitlns
the aame period the decisions of national and state
court filled SKi pondi iotis volumes. To support this Ss
ttlon le fore the Natlenal Par aswiatlon lliat we
have ton many laws, many of them vasue. uncertain
ami well ctl'ulated to treed lltlKatlon. fenetor Root
cited these Impressive fla-urcs He might have addel
that lawyera themselves sre largely to blame for
luting conditions.
Considerably more tbati o:e Iislf of the members
of congress are lawyers and member of that urofeJ
aloti hold the same tieponderam e In mot of to
atale I'tlslature. For trm g.-ret bulk of the lawa
posted, lawyers are responsible. They write them,
they enact them. In many cases they kIv them
executive approval and In the courts th y store In
terpret them. If laws are bad, ledur.dant and Incon
sistent and the administration of Justice tardy and
unequal, lawyera are chiefly to blame, for the matte'
Is In their own hands. I
Senator Root's suggestion waa that the people mut ,
have expert assistance In their leglslstlon. meanlns:. tit J
entree, more lawyera. On the faoe of tbe record, we i
should say tht the remedy Indicated Is to take yo-- j
eminent out or tbe hands of lawyera exclusively anl
confide It to tha people. Those who rule by assump
tion, as those who rule by divine right. ii-ihHv botcii
the lob.
Iefraa4laa Coverament.
'tndl.narmll. V - - I
No matter what the occasion, there always seems to
be some person, firm or corporation willing to cheat
tha government. It Is a poor memory that does not
recall tha Spanish war b"f scandal. A few weeks
before the Panama canal waa opened for traffic. It
, waa reported that the steel used In ome of the great
lock was of an Inferior quality, dua to the fraudu
lent efforta of certain person Interested In supplying
the government with construction material. There
was a feeling of deep relief, however, when Washing
ton officials explained that tha alleged conspiracy had
been discovered before harm had been done. Now
cornea the latest example bad butter supplied to th
American troopa at Vera Cms. According to Deputy
Attorney General Kennedy, It waa "the most dsmnable
piece of work ever perpetrated on the govf rnment."
It appears that a large produce firm In New YorU,
a member of the New York Mercantile exchange, was
the successful bidder for tha contract. The butfr
supplied bore tha official guarantee of the xchang.
The poor quality of the butter waa discovered, not
through complaint from Vara Oruis. but through s
proteat made by a compet'ng produce house. Infor
mation brought cut at the government's Inquiry lnt'i
tha butter and egg exchange "monopoly" In New Tork
ahowed that the contracting firm had been suspended
for one year, and that the exchange'a Inspector, br
whoea connivance the fraud was carried out, was
discharged. Thla employe started In business for
himself and shortly afterward was admitted to tho
exchange as a "buttr broker." Alt this does not
speak well for the Mercantile exchange. The dlacov
ery comes at a time peculiarly unfortunate for the
butter and egg exrhar.grg throughout the country, for
4hey are under suspicion. These exchanges, like those
dealing la gralas or cotton, are generally supposed to
promote better trade conditions.
Wane f the Recall.
Pittsburgh 'Dispatch.
The theory of the recall of Judges, which reacha-l
enactment In some states and was wlde'y advocated
by the more radical element In olhfrs. aeems to bn
losing ground snd gradually falling Into the list of ex
ploded eraie. One of the prominent examples of the
chang" la Governor Osborn cf Michigan, who was two
eara ago advocating the nonaenae as well as th.
sound points of tha progressiva program. He no
perceives the weakness of the proposal for submitting
judicial recall to popular election and Is advocating
the election of Judges for Ufa la order to free hem
from political domination. Rut he mixes up the mat
ter by talking about tha removal of unfit Judges by
petition at popular elections, which would be putting
their office tenure under political influence.
In the advocacy of leaving the judicial power unin
fluenced by nolltlra there I no cultivation of the
belief that the Judges are perfect! They are humnn
Ilk every other Instrumentality. But the undoubted
need of. Improving their tardiness and their tendency
to observe prescribed forme rather than to deal out
justice la not to be met by making them subject to
tha favor of politics or making their decisions liable
to be overturned by the popular opinion at a given
flection. It la eaaentlal to the administration of Jus
tice that It shall be as free aa peaslblo from sub
servience to tha popular whim of tha moment. This
la only to be done by making tha Judicial tenure
either for life or tor long terms except In caaea where
the misconduct Is so flagrant aa to require removal
by impeachment.
Raslaess the Mead.
Baltimore American.
With the promleed reopmlng of tha cotton trade
with England It Is estimated that the export trade Of
the country fcr the next a1x months will be many
ir.llllona beyond anything heretofore recorded In th
'history of American commerce. One of the Interesting
aad In a way freak tnstanrea of increase of exports
Is that of horeeehoes. The New York cuatom home
shows tha export from that point In IMS of MW pounds
for the month of September, while the month of
September of thla year ahowed an export of !,T7,40I
pounds. - -
At the same time that exports are flowing to
Europe In phenomenal bulks, the range of: domestic
manufactures la rapidly extending to take account of
fbe articles that have been ahut off from Import.
Hence It Is that the country la deriving prosperity In
both directions. During the process of adjustment
'there may he some discomfort felt by the consumer
aa prlcea are apt to' Increase somewhat. But this will
be temporary. It la a law of trade that prosperity it
sifted through all clasaea of society, and that, with
mills running and fields productive and with every
body employed, the distribution of prosperity will be
general.
ollna by Mall.
0('KOLA. Neb. Ot t. J To the KJ- j
nor of Tlie He; For the Information of
a large number of traveling men who
read your paper, will you publish what
step las t be taken to enable us to
vo'e st the coming election" When out
in the stste snd living In Omaha or Lin
coln. en vote tor city and county
candidates well aa'tor state officers?
A TRAVELING MAN.
Lduor Note: Nebraska voUng-b-niail
law provides that any person ab
sent from hie home may preeest himself
In any voting precinct In the state and
by subscribing to a form of oath be en
titled to a special ballot, which the elec.
tlon officers must cept snd mull to tbe
clerk of the county ot the voter's resi
dence. On thl special offldsl bsilot
shai be printed, ao the law says, 'The
njme of all national and state candi
dates an l constitutional amendments, but
blank us to district and county candidates,
and he snail rue In the names of s.ich
candidates not printed thereon, and shall
mark the same as any resilient voter
may."
An Eaallah War lew.
BROKK.N BOW. Neb.. Oct. : -To th
Editor of The Bee: I read with great
Interest the speech of F. L. Haller,
relative to Germany's polity In tht
dreadful war. It has been pointed out
sever! times In the news from various
ones writing to the Bee's Letter Box
that every German In this country know
in his own heart that the kaiser and th
militarism and Krupplsm is the sole
caue of this war.
Tbe famous "white papers" of England
referred to by Mr. Haller ate true facts
of tha leading up to tha war. and when
the kaiser or his military advisers had
It In their own power r say war or
peace, they wanted "war," thinking that
they could conquer the world. They went
so far a to dictate the ttlttmatum to
Hervia, and what bad Russia to A but
defend Its smaller nation, Servla, and
not aee It conquered and wiped off the
face of tha map by the militarism of tha
Oerman nation.
I am Kngllsh myself, but I do not back
up Kngland or any other nation except
when I see these various Oerman people
of thla country blowing their own trum
pet about tha cause of the war, and also
the lies which come ftom the lie factory
of German military head.
JAME8 CROOKS.
Makes a Cnrreet to). -
OMAHA, Oct. .-To the Editor of The
Ree: Kindly print the following corree
Uen to a mistake made in the last sen
tence of my letter to your rPr ptib
lshed yesterday. It should read: "To
and war the whole human race muet
learq that private ownership of all
socially used machinery or. means of
production snd distribution must be re
placed with social ownership and this
competitive system . with national and
Inlernationnl co-opera lion before we ran
enjoy universal peace and brotherhood."
' 1 . R..B- BENDA.
Nebraska Editors
Wilism M. Best and H. N. Wgnr navt
purchased the Winnebago Chieftain.
I L. t're:lin h.is sn'd the West Point
I'emcxrat t.i J A Stshl, lis former
owner.
ft. W. WcCov Is the editor of the Stam
ford star, a newspaper wbl. h made iis
spoeatame October 1.
Tha rnlnirthri Teeaism lust week DLlb-
llsind an eight-page supplement devoted j
to the interests and a tliitles of the lo 'al i
lodge of Elks j
M. C. Warrington, proprietor of the
Mason Citv Tianscrlpt. is a candidate f.ir .
registrar of the I'nlted 8tates land office,
at Broken Bow. I
The Pherldan County Democrat is the!
name of a rtv: pnprr that made Its ap- !
pearar.ee at Gordon last week. Arthur K 1
Clnrk is editor and publisher i
The Oakland Independent, which was
recently sold by Eric Mnrrell to C B. j
Cari'.on of Stanton, la . has been shorn I
of tta Bui Moose tender.! les and Is now I
a republican paper.-
The Pender Republic, C. A. Redding ed
itor, has been sued for llu.otO damages In
an action for libel, filed by Howard Psx
ton. county nttotney for Thuretm coun'y.
The su.t Is the outgroath of certain crit
icisms of the county Judge and county
attorney printed in the paper. Editor
Redding says he has been thre'atened with
other stills, but does not fesr the outcome
J0LLIS FROM JUDGE
riaHiaw P.dn't T teii you n-t to let
me catch you d.iirg that again'.'
fon n: . ee. dd.
' rsbshaw Then why did von do K?
Tnmmv-i'iiiw I dldn t think you i
Catch me.
Mrs. Rntlev-The dentist's wife I in a
l.crr.ble hurrv I i wean her bahv
Mrs tiling Yes: I csn't understand the
woman, trie's even hsvlns her husbsnd
make a set of teeth for the poor little
thing!
"This Is little Waldo. "
"An. I I ow old ia he
"Neat!;' six "
"Can the lltt'e fe'i.i write?"
"Oh. yes." said tbe pr-uid mother: "but
he has not as yet publ shed anythint "
IT CAN'T BE D0!TE.
The Nebraska Orang-e Belt
It seems to be an annual bablt or certain
southern California newspapers to publish fake
reports of the "terrible weather" prevailing in
tho middle west and east st this season of the
year. 8uch Idiotic provincialism has recently
been Indulged lu as usual by at least one prom
inent Los Angeles psper, which ran a front page
story under big black headlines. Informing Its.
benighted readers thst ; bsck east" everything
east of the Rockies is '-back east" the devil
Is playing mischief in the weather line. Such
drivel is not good even for a country so Isrgely
dependent upon tourists for Its sustenance. The
facts are. of course, as our own people and
ethers who are Informed know, that hsrdly in
recent years baa the middle west experienced
such a mild, beautiful autumn as we have bad
thus far. It is almost unprecedented of late.
No need to speak of tbe summer-like appearance
ot lawns, parks, trees, the wlldwoods la the coun
try round. It is enough to ssy that our first frost
came on October 3.
Perhaps Jf our friends out west knew toat.
tbey might consider the adrUablflty of desert-,
ing their oi perennial summer laud for a
borne la the salubrious orsnge belt of Nebraska.
At any rate, we commend It to theru. Here In
this glorious scUon, nolle not making sn eco
nomic staple -of our climate, we rather think
H Is equal to any and superior to mest when it
comes to" Its effect on business, happiness and
health.
People and Events
Must tbe ultimate consumer bear to war
taxes, tbe one levied by congress and another In
the form of Increased freight rates?
Dandelion roota. tited as meulclne. have advanced
209 per cent on account of the war. Gee whls! Heie'e a
Una on how a lawn pest can be turned to profit.
The gooseboue sWu of a hard winter has a warm
partner in tha declaration of an Ohio woman to her
sisters: "The nrfd of the hour I mure petticoats."
What do you know about thatT
On of the alder skyscrapers of New Tork wlil.'ti
ahrlnka several stories beneath Its towering iirigh
bors, regale the eyes of surrounding tenants with a
decorated billboard aign flat on the roof, aettliig forth
tb superior charms of tenancy In a building nearri
the earth.
P.ed CrosN work In the war sone of Ku:ope lurej
opportunity to the door as readily as professional
pursing In the domain of peace. An American R?d
Cross woiker In Pails who befriended a Cingalese In
fantryman waa urged to return with him to 8eneg.il
and become chleftalnesa of an African tribe. The offu
hold good to the end of the war.
Tha usual fat) war on game in Massachusetts will
not come off this year, tha govern, r having sus
pended hostilities because a prolongei drouth niaUas
the woods too susceptible to fh'J. I.K'sl hunleis
lament the loss of their customary sport, bt,t are con
sated by the reflection that (here will be fewer
funerals of sportsmen shot by mistake
It waa a aad day for f Augustus Iteluie whea
he packed up his "ptle" and shook hi bfloel
Butte for New York. On top of Ms many troubles
down In Gotham a Jury ha dumped a Jidgnvnt Ui'
tl.ao.Oje In favor cf one Kdwtn Gouid. To one whu
lias enjoyed the distinguished consideration of Mr ti
tans courts that New York Jury must appiar to ".
Augustus as impertinent, la ompe'ent and shamefully
disrespectful
Aa educational Innovatloa cf i radical va.ue will
re tried out In Chicago high ho-ls tb coming
winter. A seres of lecture on vatiaus business ac
tivities are to be ddlveied by men who are leaders la
their respective lines The subjects ambia salesman
eship, merchandising, public aicociit'ng, railroading,
manufacturing. Journalism, coal ln ng, civil service
Insuraace, advertising, banking, telephoning and, teleg
raphy, eot.rt reporting and alencgrapny.
Nehsol Law Re.vlaloa.
C LARKS, -Neb., Oct. . To the Editor I
of The Bee; At: up and;' down the land I
Is coming a. vail for a better adjustment
of the'fii:-! schools' to the needs of the
people. ! Nebraska ' Farmers' Con
gress of 1S1- in December passed a reso
lution ssklng the legislature to provide
for the appointment by the' gov?rnor of
a'aehoel Jawr revision commission.
The Farmers' Congress of .1913 gave sn
open forum discussion of the school ques
tion and' were unanimoua in passing a
resolution asking for n, committee com
posed partly of farmers to study th- rnral
school question and report at the ISU(
annual convention.
I had the honor of being made chair
man of that committee. 11. A. Collins
of Papllllon Is secretary. We have no
funds tor expense of investigation. We
ask ell the people interested In the rural
schools to write us their view.
Wr make this a basis for action: ihe
country people must control (heir own
choolt. w hether' as a smgln district or
a consolidation of. two or more districts.
For this reason the Farmera" Congreaa
opposes the "county unit" s presented
by the governor ommlHsion. This pism
proposes to iiislo the office, both count'
and state superintendent, appointive.
They term It "taking the office out of,
politics," when In reality It will be plac
ing politicians In control of tha schools,
and, more than that, it will remove thee
offices from the reach of the people who
support (hein.
We do not question tha motive of the
comrolaston. but we believe that back of '
thla "county unit plan" I the combined
power ef the special Interests that profit
by their manipulation of tha school sys
tem. They can direct a few. but they
cannot control the many. Wa may Lewrn
from Burope'a --ire calamity that auto
cratic rule ia dangerous In the end.
Study this question now before election
and say to your candidates for the legis
lature and for superintendent: "Do you
favor the county unit plan with central
ised power, or do you stand for the dis
trict plan (one or a consolidation of more
than one, with the reopie.m control?
This Is to be tha vitul question: "Who
shall control tht common school?"
There is only one way that a people
may hav a volee In government, and
thai Is by the right of. the ballot. Yield
that light and you give, up all all hut
the right to labor, and beer the burden
of fixation Imposed by others.
' W. II. CAMPBELL.
Editorial Shrapnel
Philander Johnson, in Washington Har.
Quoth Hiram Hawkins, "I have heard
men ssy
That care and trouble mark each
mortal's way.
l;ut ss for me. with hardship I am
done.
I shall not let Fate get me on the run.
Out here, beneath a hospitable tiee,
1 find a fence that seems Jnwt mad
for me . '.'',.
Across the dustv road there Is revesled
My stalwart neighbor toiling In the field.
1 II gane at him and at the rattling
crti
That ij-.ir the workers 1" and from the
mails.
I shaii not Join the bustle and the strife:
Here will I lead the calm, superior Ufa
Ml sit aloft with Imlolcnt dlsdsln
Immune from all the folly and the pain.
He climbed serenely to his chosen perch.
He gav a sudden tnd a fearful lurch
And s'.rove in vain to steak as he
turned pale.
For, lol There was a splinter in the
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