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4 A fHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 3, 1916, Wilson's Speech . Accepting His Re-Nomination 0 Following is the full text of the id elress of President Wilson in response to the speech of notification, deliv ered at bhadow Lawn on Saturday fternoon; .J , . . t gtnntor Jamm. Gtnttanca ef tnt Notificav tfon Cofomitt, PUw CitiMiu t I ennnot -ctpt th )Mdcrhip vn4 rMpont.fcilftjr which ttac iuttTMi acmocram eenwfitton tu in, In aeh irnenus fnthioa, aikcd m to accept witnont nnt xprtatnr my proxonnq trau lu4 to th party far tn tnit tt twpoim in it after (oar yoart of firy trtnl in tn avidit of affair of iu.prvet4u.tetl Jiffteultr, and th ktcn time of added rwpooiiMiitjr with aleh this honor filti (I had nlmoit said Wnkns) no oa I think of tha front lituta of notion. Itfe and poltay iuvofvo. in tha poooont and itamodiato fa tar conduct of our Kovirn stent. X shall took, as X havo always owht, to joatiff tha axtraordinary confi de? net thaa ropoto! in mo or striving to part my heart and purpose of every per sonal and of every misteadtatr party aae tive and; dovottnc every ontrarr I have to the service ef the nation aa a whole, praylnar 'hat I may oontfnuo to have the counsel and support of all forward-look lac nan at avery tarn of diftlealt business. For X do not doubt that tha people of the United States will wish the democratic party to continue in control of the coveramcnt. Thejr are not la tha habit of rejecting those who have actually served them for those who are making doubtful and conjectural promisee of service. Least of all arc they likely to sabetituU those who promised to render them particular service and proved false to that promise for those who have actually rendered those very services. Boaatlng to always an empty buifaets, which please nobody hat the boaster, and I have no oltpotitlon to boast of what the democratic party has accomplished. It has merely dona it duty. Xt baa merely ful filled tt explicit promise. Bat there aaa he no violation of goo taste la calling at tention to tha manner in which the prom lie have been carried out or la adverting to the interesting fact that many of tha thing accomplished were what the opposition party had again and ! again promised to do but had left undone, indeed, that it maal fetny part af the buklnesa of this year of reckoning and assessment. There 1 no means of judging the future exeopt by assess Ing tha past. Constructive action must be weighed against destructive comment and reaction. The democrats either have or have not understood tha varied Interest of .he country. The test la contained in tha record. -, Looks to Party Record.' .- i What is that record T What van the demo ersts called Into power to do? What things had long waited to ha done, and how did the democrat do them? It I a record of extraordinary length and variety, rich la ala- wiems m many a mas, not consistent in principle throughout ind aseepUUe of brief trcitaf, ; Th republican party wat pat out af power t-ecaus of fallow, practical failure and . moral failure; because tt had served speeial iiieresu ana not wo country at lares: ne- ftusr, under the leadership of Ita preferred and eatabiiahed guide, of those who atill make it choices, it had lost touch with the movants ana tn needs of tne nation and was liviug ia a past aga and under a fixed III Uo, the illusion of groatnec. It had framed tariff law based upon a fear of for aign trade, a fundamental doubt as to Ameri can akill. enterprise, and capacity, and a very tender retard for profitable privilege af the who had gained control of domes tic markets and domestic credits; and yet had enacted anti-trust law which hampered the very taint they meant to foster, which were stiff and laeuutic, and la pari ttnin i:inbl. Jt had permitted tha aountry throngnant tho long period of its control to stagger from one financial crisis to another aader the aamtloa of a national banking law af ita framing which made stringency and panic certain and tha aontrol of the larger business operation of the country by kV.of aentor in oritabHt had made aa If It meant to re form the law auk had faint-heartedly failed fa tha attempt, beeauce It could not bring itself do the one thing necessary to make .be reform genuine and effectual, namely, break up the control of small group of banker. It had been oblivious, by Indiffer ent, to the fact that the farmers, upon whom tne country depend for ita food and, in In last analysis, for Ita prosperity, wer without standing in tha matter af coram citl credit, without the protection of Und erdo m their market transactions, and with out tyUemati knowledge of the market themsvlvea: that the laborer af the oouiu. try the greet army of men who man tha in iltistrie It waa professing to father and pro mote, carried their labor a a mere com modity to market, were tmbjoot to restraint j by novel and drastic process In the court, were without assurance of compensation for , widu atrial accidents, without federal assist-1 nc in accommodating labor disputes, and without national aid or advice In finding the place and tha Indus trie la which their labor wa most needed, Tha aountry had no Ba. ttona ytm of road construction and de velopment. Little intelligent attention was rafd to the army and not enough to the navy. Tha ather republic af America distrusted us, because they found that wa thought first i of the profits of American investors and only as an after-thought af impartial Jus tice and helpful friendship. It policy wa provincial fa all things; it purposes were out of harmony with tho temper and pur pose of the people and tha timely develop-1 ment of the nation's interest. I So thing stood when the democrat! party cam Into power. How do they stand now Ahke la th domestic field and la the wide field af the aommerca of tha world, Ameri can business and life and Industry have I bn set fret to move aa they never moved wivre. . . - - - 1 Foreign Trade Encouraged. The tariff ha been revised, not an the urincipl of repelling foreign trade, but upon the principle of encouraging it, upon com- ' thing like a footing of equality with our own in respect of tha term of competition, and n tariff board ha been created whose function it will be to keep the relations af America with foreign business and industry vmlcr.eonstant observation, for the guidance alike of our business men and ef our con gress. American anergic are now directed towards tha marbeta of tha world. The law against trust have been olart-! fled by definition, with a view to making It plain that they were not directed against big business but only against unfair busl na and tho pretense af oompetltloa where there wa none; and n trade commission ha been erected with power of guidance and avrommodatloa which hove relieved busi ness men of unfounded fear and set them upon tie road af hopeful and eonf idant an lerpris. By tha federal reserve act tha supply of ourrency aw the disposal of active business has been rendered elastic, taking it volume, not from a fixed volume of investment se curities, bat front the liquid assets of dally trade; and the asset , are assessed and aseoptod. net by distant groups of banker ia aontrol af mnovotlobl reserves, but by banker at the atany centers af local ex change wbe are tn touch with local condi tion everywhere. Effective measure have been taken for who re-creation of an Americaa merchant marine and tha revival af tha American car rying trade Indispensable to our emancipa tion from tha control whiak foreigner have so tons; exercised aver the opportunities, the routes, and the methada at aur eeauaeree wlt other countries. Tho Interstate Commerea tommlssion ts about to be reorganised to enable It to per form ita great and important function more promptly and more efficiently. Wo have created, extended and Improved tho atrvieo af tha pared poet. Bo much wa aav dona for business. What other party has understood the task aa well vf executed tt so intelligently and oner getloaUy f What ather party baa attempted it at nil ? Th republican leaders, appar ently, know of no means of assisting busi ness but "protection. How to stimulate It and put K upon a new footing of energy and enterprise they have not suggested, For tha farmer of tha aountry wa have virtually created commercial credit, - by mean of the federal reserve act and th rural credits act. They now have the stand ing of other be sines men ia tha money market, Wa hare aueecaafnily regulated speculation la "future" and established tanoarrta in taa marketing ox trains. By an IntoJtifORt warahouaa aat wa have miUi. d to make the standard crop available a never bfor both for systematic market ing and aa a aeenrity for loan from tha bank. W have greatly added to the work f ueighborhood demonstration an tha farm itself of Improved method af cultivation. and, through th Intelligent extension of the Junctions or tne Department of Atncuir-r. have made it possible for the farmer tt learn systematically wnere nia past mrt arc and how to get at them. ' Man's Labor Recogrllied. Th working men of America have been given a veritable emancipation, by the legal recognition of a man's labor aa part of his life, and not a mere marketable commodity i. by exempting labor organisations from proeosto of tho court which treated their member like fractional part of mobs and not like neaeesihio wd responsible Individ Hal; by releasing our teamen from lavoi vatof arvMadet by making adequate pro vision for aesmpeoaation for industrial acci dent: by providing eultabhr machinery for wieHiutios) and conciliation us industrial dia puUMS and by patting th federal depart ment of labor at tha disposal of tha work 'a man when in search of work. We have effected the emancipation of the children of the aountry by releasing them from hurtful labor. Wa have ins l ita ted a system ef national aid In th building of highroad such as the country ha been feel big after for a century. Wa have sought to equalise taxation by means of an equitable income tax. we nave taaen tne siep am aught to have been taken at the outset to open up the resources of Alaska. W hav provided for national defense upon a scale never before ertously proposed upon th responsibility of an entire political party. W have driven the tariff lobby from cover and obliged It to substitute solid argument for private Influence. This extraordinary recital must sound Ilk a platform, a list of santuin promise; but it M nob it l a recora 01 promises mam four year ago and now actually redeemed ia constructive legislation. The thing must profoundly disturb the thnuahta and confound the nlans of tho vho have made themselves believe that the democratic party neither understood nor was ready to assist th busln of th country la the great enterprise which H le It evi dent and Inevitable destiny to undertake and jerry through. The breaking op of the lobby must especially disconcert them! for it wa through th lobby- that they sought am war sure they had found, the heart of thing. The gam of privilege aaa be played successful v a no other moan. This record must eouaUr astonisn no who feared that th democratic party naa not aeoned Ita heart to aomorenend the de mands of aocuu Justice, we nave in sour year come very near to carrying out the platform ot tn progressive party a weu as our own; xor wo aiso are progressiva. Business Men Delivered, There la one eireamstanea connected wlffa thl program which ought to be very plainly stated. It wa resisted at every stco bv th interest which the republican party had catered to and fostered at tne expense of tho country, and these same Interest are now earnestly Braving for a reaction which will save their privilege for th restora tion of their sworn friends to power before It la tAa ate to recover what they have lost. They fought with particular desperation and inrmite reaouneiuine wie .reiorm 01 tne banking nnd currency system, knowing that to be tha citadel of their ontrol; and most anxiously are they hoping and planning for tha ameadmant af th federal reserve act by th concentration of control in a ifntl bank which the old familiar grono 01 nana- era can heen.anda their. eve ana direction. But while the "big men" who used to write the tariff and command the assistance af tne treasury nave been nostue u out a few with vision th average business man know that he has been delivered, and that th fear that was one vcry day In bis heart, that the men who controlled 'credit and directed enterprise from the eommlttaa room of contra s would crush him. ts there no more, and will not return antes th artv that aouulted only -the "bit should return to power th party of mas terly inactivity ana vunning reioureetuinci in standing oat to resist chance. Th republican party I Just th party that cannot mm tn nsw condition or a new age. It dee not know the way and it doe not wish new condition, . It- tried to break away from the old leaders and could not They still aalect it candidate and dictate Its policy, still resist change, till hankr after th old conditions, still know no meth od af emeourdalng buem1 but th aid method. When tt shanga it leader and it purpose and bring It idea up to date it will have tha ritht to ask th American people to give It power again; but not until than. A new age, an age of revolutionary change, need new purpose and nsw ideas. In forelon affair w hav been arulded bv principle elderly conceived and consistently lived np to. Perhaps they have not bean ffllly comprehended because they have- hith erto governed international affair only in tneory. not in practice. racy are simple. obvious, easily stated, and fundamental , to ideal. . ,' , : ... American I Neutrality a Duty. - ? W have been neutral not only because It was the fixed and traditional policy of the i United Bute to stand aloof-from tha nolttlc I of Europe and because we had had no part either of action or ef policy tn th mfluane i which brought an th present war, but also I because It wa manifestly, aur duty ta prs vent is n wer possiai. tn inacnnito ex tension of the fires of hate and desolation kindled br that tenribla conflict and aeek to serve mankind bf reserving our strength and our resources feit tha anxious and dif ficult days of restoration and heaKng which must follow, whan peace will hava to build ito bona anew. Th rlohts of our awn eitlaana M kaiim. became Involved: that waa Inevitable. Where they did thl wa our anldina nrin. dpi i that property right can be vindicated by claim for dam sacs, and no modern nation an deelln to arbitrate such claims t but tha fundamental right af humanity cannot be. The loss of life la irreparable. Neither can direct violations of a nation's sover eignty await vindication In suits for dam age. Th nation that violate the ssn tlal right must expect to ba checked and called to account by direct challenge and resistant. It at on make the quarrel ta part our own. The are plain principle no wa hav never tost sight of thera or de parted from them, whatever the stress or th perplexity of eireamstanea or th orovo. cation to hasty resentmsnt Th record I clear and consistent throughout and stand distinct and definite for anyone to judg who wish to know th truth about It The seas were not broad enough to keep the infection of the conflict out of our own politics. Th passion and Intrigue of cer tain group and combination of men amongst u who were born under foreign flags Injected the poison of dtsloralty into our own most critical affair, laid violent wa Plata and ft was Imperative that we should live up to H if we were to deserve the trust of any real partisan of th right a free men see tt W have professed to believe, and w do believe, that the people of small and weak state hav the right to expect to be dealt with exactly a th people of big and powerful states would be. We have acted upon that principle 'in dealing with the people of- Mexico. Our recent pursuit of bandit Into Mexi can territory was no violation of that prin ciple. W ventured to enter Mexican ter ritory only because thera were no military force In Mexico that could protect our border from hostil attack and our own pec pin from violence, and we hava commit ted there no single act of hostility or interfer ence even with the sovereign authority af th Republic of Mexico herself. It was a plain ease of th violation of our own sov erehmty which could not wait to be vindi cated by damages and for xhlch ther was no other remedy. The authoriti of Mexico wr powerless ta prevent tt Manr serious wrone-o aarainat th turonartv. many irreparable wrongs against the persons, of Americana hava been committed within the territory of Mexico herself during this confused revolution, wrong which could not i DO effectually Checked so lone- aa thmrm u i no constituted power tn Mexico which was la a position ta check them, Wa could not act directly In that matter ourselves with out denying Mexican th right to any revo lution at all which disturbed us and making the emancipation of her own people await our lntcreet ana convenience. Fighting For Liberty. For It I their emancipation that they are seeking blindly. It mav he. and as t in. effectually, but with profound and passionate purpose ana witnin meir unquestionable ngn, nppiy wnat true American principles yott Will any nrinciole that ad American wcild publicly avow. The peopl of Mexico nv nvt nnn suiiereo, to own tneir own country or direct their own institution. Out, aiders, men ant af other nations and with interest too or ten alien to their own, have dictated what their privilege and oppor aanltk should be and who should nntrnl their land, their lives, and their resources some or tnem American, pressing for thing they could never have got in their own coun try. Th Mexican people are entitled to at tempt thctr liberty from auch influences upon many of our industries, and ltd u to th shame of division of sentiment and purpos wa contemned and forgotten. hand subject in which America rotten. It ! nart of the business of this year of veeVonlnsr and settlement to speak plainly and act with un mis taa Die purpose 'in rebuke of these things, In order that they may ba forever hereafter impossible. I am tha candidate of a party, but I aa above all things else an American citl ten. X neither sack th favor nor th tear of displeasure of that small alien element amongst us which put loyalty to any foreign power before loyalty to tha United States. . , Defends Mexican Policy. While lurooe wa at war our own enntU nnt. on af our . nlghbors, wa shaken by revolution. In that matter, too, principle and SO Ion aa 1 have anvthln tsi An with th nation of aur great government I shall do everything In my power to prevent ony tne atanding in thctr way. I know that uiw is nara xor some persons to under stand: but tt Is not hard for th plain peo- Ele of the United fitat to understand. It i hard doctrtn only for thos who wish to get omtning xor themselves out of Mexico. Ther are men, and noble women, too, not a few, of our own people, thank God I whose fortune are invested tn great properties in Mexico who yet see th cat with true vision and assess It issues with tru Ameri can feeling. The rest can be left for the present out of tha reckoning until this en slaved people fa had It day of struggle toward th light X hava Beard no one who wa fro from auch influence propose Interference by the United State with the Internal affair of Mexico. Certainty no menu tn to Mexican people has pro posed it . - "Unspeakable Huerta. ' The neonl of tha 11 nit A ...M. of groat sympathies and a nobis pity In deal- ma wun prooiems oi tnis Kind. A thctr spokesman and representative, I have tried to act In th spirit they would wish me how. The people of Mexico are striving for the riehte that ara fnHtm.nt.1 . li. and happiness l&.OvO.OOO oppressed men, overburdened women, and pitiful children in virtual boadat in their own home of fertile land and inexhaustible treasure I Bom of th leaders of th revolution may often have been mistaken and violent and selfish, but tn revolution itseti was inevitable and is right ' The unspeakable Huerta betrayed the very, aomrada he served, traitorously bver threw th novernment of whiah h trusted part. Impudently spoke for th very force that had drivon his peopl to rebel lion with which h had oratended ta ivmnit thlx. ' Th men who overcame him and drove him out represent at leas the fierce nam Inn of reconstruction which lies at th very heart m jiBcrcjrj ana so long aa tney represent, however imperfectly, such a strue-irl for rf. Jlyeranee, X am ready to serve their ends when X can. so oni as tha nowar of run. nltlon rest with me, the government, of the United Stat will refuse to extend the hand oi welcome to any one who obtains power in a sister republic by traehry and violence. No permanency can b given the affair of any ropublio by i title baied-uoon tntrlariia and asaisaeton. I deoiarsd that 'to .br thre weeks after I assumed th presidency; I her again vow It I ra mora interested In the fortunes of oppressed men and pltifu 1 right whatever. Mistake I hav no doubt mad In this perplexing business, but not tn purpose or objt . - . - . Day of Test Has Come, More I Involved than th Immediate desti nies af Mexico and, the relations of tho United States with a distressed and dis tracted peopje. All America look on. Tat 1 now being made of us whether we ba lin ear lover of popular liberty or not and are Indeed ta be trusted to respect national sovereignty among our weaker netthbocs. Wa have undertaken the many years to Jtay big brother to th republics of, this eml sphere. This ia th day of our test whether W mean, or hav ever meant, to play that part for our own benefit wholly or also for their. Upon th outcome of that test (its outcome in their minds, not in our) depends vry relationship of 'the United State with Latin-America, whether in politic or in eommerc and enterprise. Th are great tsu and II at the heart of tha gravest task of th future, tasks both aoonomt and political and vsry inti mately inwrought with many af the most vital of tha new Issue of th politic of th world. Th republic of America hav In tha last three years been drawing to gether In a new spirit of accommodation, mutual understanding, and cordial co-operation. Much of th politics of th world in th year to come will depend upon their relationship with one another. It t a bar ren and provincial statesmanship that loses sight of such thing I The future, th immediate future, Will bring squarely fao to face with many great and exacting problem which will March us throuth and through whether w be able and ready to play the part tn tha world that we mean to play. It will not bring uc Into their presence slowly, gently, with ceremonious in troduction, but auddonly and at once, the WE SELL DRUGS AT SHARPLY REDUCED PRICES Always the genuine kinds, of course, and in almost all cases obtained as direct shipments from manufacturers or Importers. That's the reason why you tan save both TIME and MONEY by trading at any one of the four (4) Sherman & McConnell Drug Stores. READ THIS PRICE LIST The Prices for Monday and Tuesday, September 4 and 5 $1 Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, for. . $1.00 Win Csrdul, - for... EOe Dotn'i Kidney Fills. for .., 60c Liaterint, genuine, for 60c Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, for $1.00 Bexall Kidney Rem- QQ ' dv. for... 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The? will require for their solution new thinking, fresh courage and resourcefulness, and in some matters radical reconsiderations of poUey, We must be ready to mobilize our resources alike of bums and ox nsatnais. MucH in Store in Future. It ta not a future to be afraid of. It is. rather, a future to atimuiat and excite us to the display of the best powers that are in no. w may enter, it witn eomioenc when we are sure that we understand it and wa hava provided ourselves already with tne means of understanding It. . Look first at what it will be necessary that th nation of the world should do to make th days to some tolerable and fit to live and work Ini and then look at our part in what is to follow and our own duty of L reparation. For wa must be prepared both l resources and in policy. There must be a iust and settVd tteace. and we here in America must contribute th full force of our enthusiasm and of our au thority aa a nation to the organisation of that peace upon world-wide foundations that sannot easily be ahaken. No nation should be forced to take sides in any quarrel in which It own honor and integrity and th fortune of it own peopl are not involved; out no nation can any longer remain neutral a against any wilful disturbance of the peace of th world. The effects of war can no longer ba confined to the area of battle. Mo nation stand wholly apart in interest when the life and Interest of all nations are thrown into confusion and peril. - If hopeful and generous enterprls is to be renewed, if the healing and helpful arte of life- are indeed to be revived when peace come again, a new atmosphere of justice and friendship must be generated by means the world ha never tried before The na tion of the world must unit in joint guar antee that whatever is don to disturb th whole world' lif must first b tested in th court of the whole world' opinion be fore ft 1 attempted. These ar the new foundation the world must build foe italr. and rart In the reconstruction, generously and without too much thought of our separate mivrvBv. we must max ' ourselves ready to Dlay it intalllaentlv. vieoraiialv nA One of the 'contributions we must make w in woria peace i tnisi w must see to it that th people in our insular posses sionaare treated in their own land a w would treat them here, and make the rule of the United States mean thai am thin. everywhere the same justice, th same con idczation for the csssntiai right of men. - Owe Duty to Induitry. Besides eontrlbutlne our nntrHirf trine- mmhI and practical support to th establishment of peace throughout th world we must actively and Intelligently prepare to do oar full serf Ice in the trade and industry which an to sustain and develop the Ufa ot tha nation in the, day to com. . We have already been provident in this groat 'matter' and supplied ourselves with tha iastr omental i ties of prompt adjustment We hav created, 4n the federal trade com mission, a mean of inquiry and of Accom modation In tho field of com merea whixh ought both to co-ordinate the enterprise of our -trader' and manufacturer and to re move th barrjer of misunderstanding and of a too technical interpretation of the law. In the new tariff commission we have added nthe instrumentality .of observation and adjustment which. promises to be immedi ate!! ervfeable. ' The trade commission substitute eounsel had accommodation for the harsher proeoeaes of legal res traint, and th tariff commUsion nuirrifc a mkiiUiit. facts -for prejudices and theories. Our ex porter have for some tiin had th advan tage of working In the new- light thrown upon foreign market and ninrtunttlk nt by th intelligent inquiries and activities of uic oureau oi foreign ana domestic commerce which tho democratic congress so wisely created in: 19X2. The tariff nMmi.,lAn completes th machinery by which wa shall h enabled to open up our legislative policy to th facts as they develop. - We can no lonsrer indula mip provincialism. We are to play a leading part in tne world drama whether we wish it or not. We shall lend, not borrow: act far av. eelves, not imitata or , follow: organise and initiate, not peep abpirt meily to see, where we may get in. We have already formulated anrf rA upon a policy of law which will explicitly re- mOV th ban BOW OUDOOSed to Mat ll ruin . 6perationvamongat our exporters in eeeking ind securing their proper place in the mar kets of th world. Th field will be free, the Instrumentalities at hand. It will only remain for tha masters of enterprise amongst a to at fn nergtte concert, and for th government of the United States to insist apon the maintenance throughout the world of those conditions of fairness and of even handed justice in the commercial dealings of the nation with on another upon which, after all, in the last analysis, the peace and ordered lif of th world must ultimately depend. Settled Policy Needfui. ' 1 1 At horn also w must see to it that the men who plan and develop and direct our business enterprise shall enjoy definite and settled condition of law, a policy accommo dated to th freest progress. We have set the just and necessary limits. We have put all kinds of unfair competition under the ban and penalty of the law.' We hava barred monopoly. Thes fatal and ugly thing being excluded, w must now quicken action and facilitate enterprise by every just mean within our choice. Ther 'will ba peace in the business world, and, with peace, revived confidence and lif. I We ought both to husband and develop our , national resources, our mines, our forsst, : our water power. I wish w eould have made more progress than w hav made in 'his vital matter; and 1 call Once moriy with the deepest earnestness and solicitude, upon tne advocate or a carcrui and provident con servation, on the one hand, and the advo cates of a free and inviting field for private capital, on the other, to get together in a spirit of genuine accommodation and agree ment ana set tni great policy jorward at once. We must hearten and quicken tha spirit and efficiency of labor throughout our whole industrial system by everywhere and in all occupation doing justle to th laborer, not only by paying a living wage but also by making all the condition that surround labor what they ought to be. And we must do more than justice. We must safeguard life ana promote health and safety in very oc cupation in which they are threatened or imperiled. That is more than justice, and better, because it is humanity and economy. We must co-ordinate the railway systems of th country for national use, and must facilitate and promote their development with a view to mat co-ordination and to their better adaptation as a whol to th lif and trad and defense of the nation. The life ana industry oi tne country can be free and unhampered only if these artaries ara nnn efficient, and complete. Thus shall w stand ready to meet the future a circumstances and international policy effect their unfoldine?. whether tha. change com slowly or coma fast and with out preiace. Platform Definite Pledge. t have not anoken vnllMtt nlM.M of th platform adopted at St. Louie; but it n nun implicit in an mat t nave aio 7. hav sought to interpret its spirit and meaning. The people of tha United States do not need to be assnrd nn that h.t platform is a definite nledire. a nraetii urn- gram. We have proved to them'lhat our promise are to dc kept. We bold very definite ideal. We believe that the energy and initiative of our people have been too narrowly coached and super intended; that they should be set ire, a W have Set them frW. tA nlanaat tVi. selves throughout the nation; that they should not be concentrated in the hand of a few powerful guide and guardian, a our opponents have again and again, In effect if not in purpose, sought to concentrate them. We believe, moreover who that look about him now with comprehending ey can fail to believTr-that the day of little Amerean- ism, witn us narrow horixons, when meth ods of "protection" and industrial nursing were the chief study of our provincial states men, are past and gone and that a day of nterpris ha at last dawned for th United States whose field is th wide world. W hop to ea the stimulus of that now dy drw all America, th republics of both continents, on to a new life and energy and Initiative In the great affairs of peace. Wo are American for big America, and rejoice to to look forward to the days In which America shall strive to stir th world without irri tating it or drawing it on to new antago nisms, when th nation with which w deal shall at last com to see upon what deep foundation of humanity and justice our pas aion for peace rests, and when all mankind shall look upon our great people with a new " earairauon, iriendly rivalry and real affection, as upon a people who, though keen to succeed, seeks always to be at once generou and just and to whom humanity is yivut ur acjuin power. Upon this record and in the faith of this ywiyuts waj jo M H COUntfy. Th Moat Profitable 'Ad.' Do you know what wa th largest har- vest ever reaped from an advertlsment t It Was the-attlamant In i. v w,uvv weriiwo voionwi. w Know that at German town, this city, was made tha first German mtiimani i America. We also' know that in nn vM double that many thousand German came id nmiara ronn i colony, Futhermore, history tell us that war and rallgtou persecution in Germany caused this then unparalleled exodu of mn ana ,women. But what brought them to Pennsylvania and so made thl the Gorman common wealth T An advertisement wrltten by Wil liam Penn himself, and distributed among th German along the Rhine, who had been stricken by th 30-yeara' war. Philadel phia Ledger. Burgess-Nash Company. "vcawooT eraauC In Keeping With Our .Usual Custom Our Store Will Close E ANNOUNCE, beginning Tuesday, our great annual Fall events ; ; . . W HOMEFITTERS' WEEK September 5 to 9, Inclusive A sale of everything needed for the home to make it attractive and comfortable during the Fall and Winter months. . . . Every section' contributes extra attractions in the way of new goods and special values that will appeal to you. See Windows and Monday Evening Paper. of JITNEY MAXWELL CARS Webster 202 "Vbucan GefDuffy and i ThertS NewHeaffl NewSirerthj New vitality and New Life in Duffy's PureftaltWhisfcry Weslgato Hole AtThtJunotlon Or Mil's ind Delaware it Ninth Kansaa City, Mo. 175 HZ 25 Boons iRnETk Rooms at A?iA si $5f'f jllj L 2H Ennr jfl Ewnf Rooi A iH Rooa Has if gl - His PihahpLiW . Oatslda Abtoluttly Flnproof PtntmaBi ItaiuoU tt JAMES KETNER WEIR-HEATER ':i ' Both : Cuta r '.' I ful V 80,4 TM want HEATER maraiBM tha foot, dirt, odora and furaac aaa aad radiate only moist, clean, mum air tha moat healthful neat for the home. Cannot warp or crack, haa aw Jolnta to leak, requlrea the leaat care and (lree the beat service. Buma any fuel. Send for free descriptive Uteratara, r mo the WBIB demyiietratad ta ear aalearoomA Standard Furnao aV Supply C. 411-U a 10ta St., Omaha, Net. 1013 South 41st St Bargain, Must Sell. New fWe-room cottage. Full lot. $100 down, ISO per month. Inauire Independent Lumber Co. Heavy Hoisting E. J.DAVIS IJIiFHuntl. UD.JSJ i 1 1 When away from horn ' ak for THE BEE at hotels and news stand. frEj3amC!3MCi3e ft rtKeefa l''r& 1 it "..!:' i THE PUBLIC IS BENEFITED knowing- about, my Chlropractio Sanitarium. Thousnnd of peo rad mv ndvrtiina letter and hundred of them bav bn i to mv office for consultation, axaminatlon or treatment. If i you are ilea or ailing in any way. com to m nnd your easa will M dlaenosod nnd treated aeeordina-ly. No sums work in ChiraDru. ti. No two en treated alik. Consultation fro. Examination j it l-.tto, which amount will b applied on your treatment. ! Prlo for Sulphur Stam Baths, $1.00 each. Whr a aours la j mm i man a rata oi six lor h&.uq.- Lady Attendant for Ladies. I Combined treatment. Chirooractic and Bath. J2.00. lor 13' for $20.00. Chiropractic Spinal Adjustment. $1. U M W H KHAIIPVRFfiC '""tVT Chirooractie SDaci.li.t. Office Hour! B a;an. to 7:30 p. m. Aftar 7:30 by spacial appointment. Suite 3-ft-78-9 Ottawa Bldf., South wait Corner 24th and Farnara St. (Entrance en 24th St met.) Phone Douglae 7295. IE13rl18B8SCSISBi:!a 8 Annual Unclaimed Storage Sale of the GORDON FIREPROOF, WARE HOUSE & VAN CO.; selling to cover stor- I age charges due. FURNITURE OF ALL DESCRIPTION, R U G S, LINEN, PIANOS,. PERSONAL EFFECTS AND A LARGE STOCK OF .VACUUM WASHERS, ETC. ; Saturday. September 9 th Monday, September 11th beginning at 10 A. M. SHARP, each day. In order to have sufficient room to" dis play these goods, we have rented the old BEEBE & RUNYAN BLDG., 11TH AND if DOUGLAS STS. if Remember the Dates Come v REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES FOR STOVES, HEATERS. FURNACES AND BOILERS PROMPT SERVICE-i-MODERATE PRICES WATER FRONTS AND 'WATER HEATING ATTACHMENTS OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, 1206-8 Oou. St. Phone Tyler 20 For the Fireplace Visit bur exceptional display of up-to-the-minute articles for the hearth. Upstairs? Yes, where the light is good; where the surroundings are appropriate; where no street dust can reach. . ENTIRE THIRD FLOOR KEELINE BUILDING SUNDERLAND Are You Going to Move? - . L J September is the big month in the year in our business. Thousands are moving and moat of them have learned from ex perience that it is far easier and safer to move the "Omaha Van & Storage way." 1 Store Your House- Hold Goods in Our Fireproof Warehouse Where yon are assured of their absolute safekeeping while you are away. Eliminate all worry about moths, rats and other vermin by storing your belongings in our warehouse. . Omaha Van & Storage Co. 806-818 South 16th St Phone Douglas 4163. MKBU