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THE BEEt OMAHA, MONT) AY. MARCH 26, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR " TH8 BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. En tared at Omaha postoffica aa aacond-class mattar. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Br Carrier. nii ad mi(iw nr0Bit,6.yi nail without Sunday J fcolnf and Sunday krcntn iraoul 8undw 4utidaj Ba on!f mid OMi IX 0O..W nf addraai or liraiularlw to cttUmr to Oauba circulation Dopartawut. " REMITTANCE noalt bj draft, aiprat cr portal order. Onlj S frot status '; JJ lament of amall aooounta Panooal oheck. swept on Omaba and aicnaais, no swmru. Br Mall, per raar. afl.OO 4.00 H. OO 4.00 I. 00 111 OFFICES. Onuna-TH Boa Bulldlna, ''$i?LS! ""H4" South Omaha-JSlI N St. im Imi-m Pmb ire. rouocll Blutt-lt S. Mala St ft. Uul.-M B k. of CoMjroa. Lincoln l.itlla Building. Wartilngfm-. 33 Uth St. V w. CORRESPONDENCE ddrm rommunloatlona ralstins to oawt aod adltorlrl mattar as nutahe bt. Editorial Department. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION 54,592 Daily Sunday, 50,466 - Areraia olrcuUtloo for tba montni subKrlbsd and mora to b Dwnjbl Williams. Clreulatloo alanaear. Subscribes laartnf w ellr abauM Kavt The Be. mailed to than. Addraea cnangeo aa nwr m Ope week more and the president will again have congress on his hands. Royalty's string of poor relations stretches painfully with the passing days. Xo matter what critics may say, the democratic legislature can point with pride to great reforms spiked on the platform. Get in on The Bee's pule picture contest. It furnishes instructive and entertaining diversion not to mention the prizes. Reduced bread rations announced in Germany strikes a native editor as "a painful surprise." Why worry about one more? "Ill blows the wind that profits nobody." The shifting of the cyclone belt to Indiana provides much-needed local color for the literary colony to work over. Yet because war is staring us in the face is no good reason why free America should be Rus sianized just at the moment that long-oppressed Russia is acquiring freedom. To show the uitcr fearlessness of New Yorkers, it is planned to oust the kaiser from membership in the local yacht club. The trusty sword of Father Knickerbocker surely takes on edge. Cheer up, children I One Nick out makes no difference. St. Nick lives on, serenely indifferent to revolutions, submarines, torpedoes or threats. His annual joyride is as certain aa the rounds of time. ' Sifting committee satraps at Lincoln continue to decree what measures shall become: lawi and what fall by the wayside. Remember all that fine talk about every bill toeing considered on its merits by tha whole body of lawmakers? The Federal Trade commission should adopt the "follow-up" system and avoid the appearance of favoritism. Having advised coal operators against price lifting this spring, a few practical hints to consumers on raising the price next fall are in order, Missouri and New York are going after tax dodgers with legislative sharp sticks. Measures of adequate preparedness provide for additional fat jobs as a starter, insuring increased efficiency of the pay roll. As to the tax dodgers, watch them duck the ferrets. Measures elevating pie counter salaries move through the state house on greased ways, but the bill for a square deal for guardsmen got the axe. The contrast between rewards for party service and national service fairly gauges the spring crop of peanut politics.' A monarch stripped of power quickly becomes "small potatoes and few in a hill." Consider Nicholas Romanoff. Yestermonth a figure to be reckoned with; today a prisoner where he ruled and few to do him honor. Stilt, the world wags on and the government at Fetrograd in on the job. Our old friend of by-gone days, the American Beet Sugar company, appears in normal condi tion and able to absorb and dispense nourishment Last year'a profits yielded a dividend of $8 a share and a special melon of $12 a share. Flunks of sweetness displace the bedside bulletins of yesteryear. How to Be Too Clean -Literary Dlf.lt- Excessive godliness may be a contradiction in terms; but cleanliness, which we are told is the next thing, may apparently be carried too far at any rate, when it is sought with the aid of soap. In an editorial article on "The Abuse of Soap," the Medical Record, while commending the civil ized man's prejudice against dirt as healthful in ihe main, warns us against allowing it "to be come a fetish." i "In' the Liverpool Medical and Chirurgical lournal, Or. Frank Barendt writes on the abuse soap, and demonstrates the fact that even the jest of soaps can be abused. The alkali may chip tnd furrow the epidermis and produce slight scali iess over the prominences of the face and hands, the regions of the body the most washed. Accord ing to this authority, furfuraceous (scurvy) patches on the faces of children are frequent, and it is these patches, due to abuse of soap, which are apt to become inoculated with micro organisms. With regard to the abuse of soap in hospitals, it is pointed out that nurses often use lo much soap on their patients, especially when these are confined in bed. The secretion of the skin is sluggish and the excessive removal of the natural grease leaves the skin rough and iranny. Again, before surgeons adopted gloves or operations, they were washing their hands with soap almost constantly, and these suffered lccordingly. Also, some surgeons, it is stated, ire given to be to vigorous in the use of soap and water to the site of operation." Turning from destructive to constructive criticism, the writer proceeds: "In order to de rive the greatest benefit from soap, in the first instance, discrimination in choosing the article must be employed. Barendt says that the best type of toilet soap undoubtedly is represented by a combination of oleate and stearate of sodium. When a harmless soap has been selected, it should be used with discretion, that is, not too frequently nor too energetically, and especially should care be exercised when using it on other people, on patients in hospitals, sick persons and children. There are soaps of which we should beware on account of their composition, and, as said before, v,c should beware of using any soap excessively and with to great vigor." Time to Solidify Our Own People. In time of peace free speech is one of the in valuable rights guaranteed by the constitution to every American citizen. In time of war this guaranty is properly subject to restrictions as are c'lier constitutional rights that must be subordin ated to the necessities of the nation's safety. But there are limits to censorship of speech and press and particularly to the manner of exercising the censorship that marks the difference between a despotism and an enlightened government. Aid ing and abetting the common enemy by furnish ing information that might be used against us is akin to treason, if not treason itself, but criticism of government policies, or criticism of particular officials of the government, even of the president has always been a recognized right of American citizenship. The intimation that government authorities are "keeping tab" on people known to have expressed sentiments heretofore adverse to policies of the administration, as if they were to be held under suspicion, is certainly uncalled for, though per haps more properly classed under the heading "important if true." There have been and still are great divisions of opinion in this country on war policy. This is the time above all when it is most desirable to solidify every element of our population behind whatever course of action may be decided upon by the president and congress rather, than to draw deeper lines of antagonism between them. It will not do to assume that dif ference of sympathy as between the warring European nations means lack of loyal devotion to our own country as against any other nation on earth. Only free discussion in good faith and with patriotic purpose, wilt make sure the unan imity essential to meet such a crisis as we are passing through. Land Bank Money Rates. The federal land bank managers signalize their entrance into the farm loan business with a slash of rates calculated to thrill prospective borrowers and generate worry among competi tors. A flat rate of. 5 per cent interest through out the country cuts under existing charges on farm security, east and west, and is bound to exert a steadying power in the farm loan market. This is a condition of great value to farmers, who are too often subjected to high charges regardless of the safe margin of security. Competition is assured in every locality where land owners avail themselves of the required formalities and offer security in double the amount of the loan. It does not mean, however, that Uncle Sam will eventually monopolize the farm loan market. Far from it. With his vast resources and bound less credit the task is impossible so long as the land banks hold strictly to the announced ratio of loans to security that is, SO per cent of the appraised value of the land and 20 per cent of the value of insured improvements. Comparatively few farmers, especially in the developing west, can adjust their loan requirements to a fifty-fifty basis. Experience with home borrowers in cities show a vast majority of loans approach the two thirds limit, Farmers in the newer sections face conditions requiring more borrowed capital than the home builder. Both face alike land purchase and the home. But in addition the farmer re quires equipment sufficient to produce results. Thus the margin of loan to security leaves a large opening for private and corporate money lenders who readily accept the greater risk for an in creased charge. The real significance of the low interest rate is that it will turn the cream of the business to the land banks and at the same time checkmate private usury on like security. Gold Mines and Gold Output. The world's production of gold in 1916, as. esti mated by the London Statist, amounted to $478, 625,000. South Africa produced the largest por tion of the pile, $197,000,000; the United States second, with $95,435,000, and Australasia, Canada and India with lesser contributions. Omitting from the total the production of the United States, the British empire stands forth as the champion gold hunter of the world, having pro duced $J83,19O,0O0, or about four-fifths of the ag gregate. Viewed as a single item of the world's re sources, the treasure appears imposing, not so much for its size, but for the fascination, romance and universal utility of the metal. The world dignifies gold with a majesty all its, own. Meas ured by the simply human necessities, the yellow pile shrinks to a minor place. Any two states in the corn belt gathered from the soil last year products of far greater money value than the gold mined the world around. Nebraska alone drew from its soil mines products valued at $350, 000,000, December prices. At present enhanced prices the total crop value would easily reach $400,000,000, No .industrious farm state or ener getic farmer need envy the gold hunter, or yield to the lure of the mining camp. Roundabout are old reliable mines whose output amply rewards labor and bids gold or its equivalent come to its market place. Preparing on Intelligent Lines. Presence of a grave international situation has had the effect of somewhat sobering the American people, and, while hope for the avoid ance of war has not been abandoned, all are looking to preparation for defense with more of earnest attention than ever. It is now becoming apparent that out of all the agitation and discus sion of the last two years has come at least a little of good that will be serviceable to the coun try in its crisis. The industrial survey of the country, undertaken nearly two years ago, and carired through by volounteer committees in the great centers of population, shows now its real value. Better than ever in all our history the government knows what its own resources are, and what the private factories of the country can produce. The weak spots of the system are located in advance, and may be corrected without the danger of costly experiment Co-operation of captains of industry with captains of defense is bringing its benefits, and, while the country's defense is far from being complete, the factors of the problem are better understood, and all the people are better acquainted with what will be expected of them. The carrying out' of the de tails that must be attended to if we are called to more definite action will be all the easier because of the intelligent arrangement of the preliminaries. Truly these are parlous days for royal hangers-on. A number of German princelings wedded to the house of Hanover have been separated from the British pay roll A score of Russian dukes and grand dukes are similarly canned. The possibility of royalty being forced to honest toil somewhat lightens the horrors of war. Uncle Sam in Ihe Caribbean. 7--" Life in the Islands" By Frtdetit J. Huekin. Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, D. W. I.. March 14. Whatever the commercial and strategic im portance of our new islands may be, there L no denying their charm. They may or may not win wars for us, but they will certainly provide trav eling Americans with a new and interesting place to go. Some of the islanders believe that their home has a really great future as a resort, and arrangements are already under way for the construction of large and sumptuous hotels to provide that perfect comfort, without which the rich American will abide nowhere. It must be admitted that a great deal of the charm of the islands now is due to the fact that they are as yet by the tourist undiscovered. St. Thomas especially is an exotic among islands and one that has not been advertised and exploited. One American visitor recently suggested that it ought to be converted into a national park, and the suggestion does not seem altogether imprac ticable; for St. Thomas is almost uncultivated and can never produce much because of its moun tainous character. It could, however, be pre served as a striking bit of tropical scenery and a refuge for wild birds, while the numerous histor ical buildings of the town could be saved from destruction. Everything about St. Thomas is strange and amusing and naive. You are brought ashore in a little brightly painted boat which bears either an American or an English, but never a Danish name. Thus it will probably be the Tennessee or the Duke of Cumberland. You will be met at the stone dock by a neat Mack man who will carry your trunk to the hotel on his head, unless it is a very large trunk. At the hotel you may have some difficulty in locating the proprietor, who never seems to expect anyone, but when you finally meet, he will welcome you with real hospitality, and give you a large room which has no glass in the window, but heavy hurricane shut ters. You will then dine on a long balcony above the street, decorated with palms and flowers and a tame monkey. You will fare very well, too. St. Thomas has a great variety of the most delici ous fish which seems to be cooked as soon as they are caught. You will also have very fine fried bananas and plantains and a sort of ome lette made out of asaragus, which causes our crude way of boiling that vegetable to seem posi tively barbaric. There will be native beef, which is fairly good, and butter imported from Denmark at about 60 cents a pound. In spite of the very high cost of some things, your entire entertain ment will cost you but $2 a day, including tea in the afternoon with unstinted Danish butter and English marmalade. The first thing that will strike you about St. Thomas is the stillness of the place. About once a century a hurricane strikes it, but between times there are none but, the gentlest breezes. The people do not shout and most of them pad along in bare feet; everything seems to move easily and silently, so that you can hear a church bell miles away. You will not get much service at your hotel, as Americans know it, but if you want anything done you can hail a passing negro and get him to do it for' a dime. Your bath will be a large cement basin under a spigot of very cold rain water, and your ablutions will be stolidly wit nessed by a large assortment of tropical spiders, some of them four inches in diameter, which do not seem to resent your presence in the least. Your first tour of exploration will be down the main street, which runs for about a mile along the shore of the bay and is lined with little one story buildings all the way. You never before saw a town of the size with so many stores; they are survivals of a more prosperous day and most of them have very limited , stocks at present. Nevertheless Charlotte Amalie is a fascinating place to go shopping, for everything is imported at a uniform duty of but 6 per cent. The mer chants at the end of every month, make up a list of what they have imported and send it to the governor together with the duty. The whole thing is left to the conscience of the importer. It is whispered that under this loose and lenient system, the ancient profession of smuggling goes merrily on. At any rate, you can buy a very good Panama hat for $5, and good habana cigars for 4 cents apiece and fine English three-B pipes for 70 cents each. It is a bargain-hunter's paradise; upon the dusty shelves of St. Thomas shops you can find almost anything imaginable at a very low price. You come back from your first stroll loaded with all sorts of things that you had not even known you wanted. If you are of a more adventurous turn you will get a small but agile horse and go for a ride out the King's highway, which is a narrow rock trail that will lead you over mountain tops and down narrow tropical canyons tangled with short jun gle, showing faraway vistas of a blue ocean set with little green keys. Or perhaps you will char ter a row boat and go out beyond the mouth of the harbor to a crescent beach of white sand where you can go in bathing with no more need for a bathing suit than Robinson Crusoe had. Before the rise of Bermuda, St. Croix was an American tourist resort, and is now expected to become one again. It is a larger island than St. Thomas, with excellent roads and a number of automobiles. Being only nineteen miles long, it is soon explored in an automobile, but no prettier bit of dark green tropical mountains and emerald cane fields and snow white beaches can be found. Neither of its towns has the charm of Charlotte Amalie, and accommodations for strangers are at present limited to a couple of boarding houses. In addition to these principal islands, unde veloped St. John must not be forgotten, and all of the forty-seven little islands, many of which would make ideal estates. One can envision these hills in the ocean crowned by comfortable winter homes and connected by fast motor boats and yachts. Vacationing America has a new field in the virgin islands. Nebraska Press Comment Friend Telegraph: Last Sunday, Rev. Savidge of Omaha spoke from a pool table and attacked gum chewing. We always counted that gum chewing was a sort of a Methodist accomplish ment, are we wrong again? Franklin News: A reform wave has struck the village of Omaha, and it is said that the Sahara desert had nothing on Omaha last Sun day in the mater of dryness. Well, it's good practice for Omaha at that. Hastings Tribune: An Alaska "musher" who lost a fortune in prospecting went back to the farm and made a mint of money raising potatoes. The moral is, don't chase the rainbow do your mining right here in Nebraska. Kearney Hub: The Fremont Tribune re marks that Senator Norris will hardly expect to get a vote on the recall in the midst of all these other more important things. And it is a two-to-one shot that the senator had no idea that his sacrificial offer would be acted upon when he made it. Still it was good advertising. York News Times: Omaha is no worse than other cities, but siu.v the segregated district was knocked out by the Albert law, clandestine prostitution and liquor selling has flourished in the nooks and crooks of the business section. Some of these dens of infamy are furnished in style and patronized by the respectable class. But when the morals squad is geitin busy business is dull and Mr, Rounder stays close to home. Grand Island Independent: The very violent opposition expressed in Omaha against health laws in this case the more commonly accepted necessity to prevent smallpox contagion evi dences again the disposition of the public to ob ject to aas interference with its rights with refer ence to one's own physical and spiritual welfare. But will not some of the very same people vote for further radical measures just as soon aj op portunty presents? Progress must be made no doubt But force is objectionable. ITODAY1 Health Hint for the Day. A deficient supply of water, or fluid of any kind, tends to Induce affections of. the kidneys and also manifests it self in diminished nervous activity. One Year Ago Today In the War. Heavy cannonades, but no infantry fighting at Verdun. Russia announced fresh successes in assaults on German positions. Premiers of Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and Serbia and Kus sian foreign minister gathered In Paris for conference. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. R. R. Grotte, the agent of the Schlits Brewing company, has removed his wholesale plant from Des Moines to Omaha and now conducts a large establishment on Ninth street. Ed Maurer presented Fire Chief Galllgan, and the members of the fire department a check for 950 as a token of his appreciation of the clever way In which the boys handled the Are at his place. A large crack has been discovered at the northwestern corner of the court house extending from the ground to a level with the second story which is evidence that the building is settling. Bernard Doran, who was injured in the elevator at Oberfelder & Co.'s store, died leaving a widpw and two small children. J. C. Farrlsh of the fire department familiarly known as "Spud," and Dick Hill, while hunting on the Elkhorn, became mired and jumped out of the wagon to help their equine friends whereupon the horses pulled out and ran away, leaving the hunters knee deep In the mud. The team was re covered after a two days' search. Charles E. Coleman and Miss Sadie Siy were married at the home of the bride's parents, 2520 Decatur, by Rev. Charles W. Savidge. Tills Day In History. 1676 John Wlnthrop, serving his tenth term aa governor of Massa chusetts colony, died in Boston. Born in England, January 22, 1588. 1794 In retaliation against Eng land, congreaa laid an embargo on all shipping, to continue sixty days. 1804 Louisiana purchase divided Into the territory of Orleans and the district of Louisiana. 1817 General Herman Haupt. who had charge of the federal railroadB in the civil war, born in Philadelphia. Died in New Jersey, December 14, 1905. 1820 First lodge of Odd Fellows In Boston organized. 1864 Paducah, Ky captured by confederates. 1890 Most Rev. .Michael Heiss, Catholic archbishop of Milwaukee, died at La Crosse, Wis. Born In Bavaria, April 12, 1818. 1894 Alfred II. Colquitt, former governor of Georgia and United States senator, died in Washington. D. C. Born in Walton county, Georgia, April 20, 1824. 1895 Emperor William presented to Prince Bismarck a sword of honor for his eightieth birthday. 1902 Cecil Rhodes, the founder of Rhodesia, died in Cape Town. Born in England, July 5, 1853. The Day Wo Celebrate. A. L. Meyer, manager for Her & Co., was born just nfty-nine years ago in Hanover, Germany. Mr. Meyer came to this country when only 17 and haa been with the ller establish ment since 1884. J. S. Wood was born March 26, 1879, in Lost Nation, la. He is now super intendent of the Bradstreet company. Dr. James K. Patterson, president emeritus of the State university of Kentucky, born in Glasgow, Scotland, eighty-four years ago today. Eleanor Axson Sayre, youngest grandchild of President Wilson, born in Philadelphia, one year ago today. Rev. Hush Black, celebrated preacher, and member of the faculty of Union Theological seminary, born at Rothesay, Scotland, forty-nine years ago today. Dr. Flavel 8. Luther, president of Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., born at Brooklyn. Conn., sixty-seven years ago today. Gerald du Maurler, noted English actor and manger, son of the late George du Maurler, born forty-four years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Hearing of the demurrers on indict ments charging numerous cement companies of Oregon, Washington and California with violations of the anti trust law Is set for today in the fed eral court at Portland, Ore. Students of the University of Vir ginia, -at the term beginning today, will be privileged to take a special course in iradio-telegraphy, In order that they may be of especial service to the gov ernment in case of war. The case of Charles F. Stielow, con victed of a double murder at Medina, N. Y., and who was twice reprieved on hla way to the death chair, is to be reopened by the grand jury which meets today at Albion, N. Y. Storyctte of the Day. "Well, George," said the president of the company to old George, "how goes it?" "Fair to mlddlln', sir," George answered. And he continued to cur rycomb a bay horse. "Me an' this here hoss," George said, suddenly, "has worked for your firm sixteen year." "Well, well," said the president, thinking a little guiltily of George's salary. "And I suppose you are both pretty highly valued, George, eh?" "H'm," said George, "the both of us was took sick last week, and they got a doctor for the hoss, but they just docked my pay." Home Companion. WRITTEN IN THE DARKNESS. Horace Greeley In 1881. O God! our way thro' darknM toads But Thin la living light; Teach us to feel that day succeed! To each alow wearing night, Mttk ua to know, tho' pain and wot Benet our mortal Uvea, That til at last In death list low And only good survives. Too long the oppressor's Iron heel The saintly brow haa pressed: Too oft thaUyrant's murderous steel Has pierced the guiltless breast, Tet In our souls the seed shall lie Till Thou shalt bid It thrive Of steadfast faith that wrong ihmll die And only right survive. We walk in shadow; thickest walls Do man from man divide. Our brothers spurn our tenderest calls Our holiest alms deride. Tet tho' fell craft with fiendish thought Its subtle web contrives. Still falsehood's textures shrink to naught And only truth survives. Wrath clouds our sky, war lift on high His flag of crimson stain. Each monstrous birth o'erspreada ths earth In battle's gory train. Tst still we trust in Ood the Just, Still keep our faith alive That 'neatb Thine eye all bate shall die And only love survive. Fitness Test for Postal Service. Omaha, March 24. To the Editor of The Bee: The post man today is one employe in the Bervice of the govern ment who Is deserving of benevolent consideration. He is the daily mes senger of ull classes and creeda From morn till eve he tramps his accus tomed route and knows no rest until his ever-Increasing daily task is ac complished. Today we hear from all sides the nation-wide rumor of the demoraliza tion of the mail service. It is high time that congress would pass a law that would necessitate the heads of this department passing an examina tion so as to prove their fitness. The unfortunate underdogs are required to show their fitness. Why fish for one and flesh for the other? After all our president stands for humanity first, except so far as the .post office employes are concerned. C. A. Reason for a Masts Meeting. Omaha, March 24. To the Editor of The Bee: Since the character of your news item with reference to my letter to Mayor Dahlman leaves a false im pression upon the reader, kindly per mit me to state my position. If that entire letter were printed, I would fear no false impression, but to take a single sentence from It, such as the suggestion quoted, leaves the impres sion that I am opposed to President Wilson s attitude. I have repeatedly stated, both in public and in letters to the press, thatj 1 am nearmy in sympainy wim me attitude of' President Wilson. I was with him in his attempts to keep us out of war, and I am as heartily in sympathy with him now, Bince I am satisfied that such a sound advocate of peace as he is would not propose such measures for protection and de fense of our rights upon the fteas ex cept as a very last measure. I am so satisfied that he is right that T am also convinced that an overwhelming ma jority of the people are also with him. It was for that reason that I proposed that this city hold a mass meeting, the expressed sentiment of which would show him that Omaha at least stands solidly with him. The first discouragement to that hone of mine is In your reported state ment by Mayor Dahlman that he is opposed to a mass meeting lor sucn purpose. Can the mayor fear that the people would send a protest to wasn Jngton? If so, I think his fear is groundless. But a series of mass meetings throughout the land, saying to President Wilson, The American people are with you to a man," would he a great comfort to him at this, his hour of trial. Furthermore, it is the right of those who are expected to do the fighting, if there Is to be any, to have a voice In the affair. I believe our people are with the president, and I desire that they have a chance to say so. L. J. QUINBY. Excepts to the "Sinister Influence." Omaha, March 24. To the Editor of The Bee: The Bee recently contained a statement by President Calvin of the Union Pacific on the close of the strike, wherein he says: The nation is to be congratulated that the sinister influence which sought to tie the hands of our coun try through the means of a tie-up of the railroads has been defeated. You will admit that It would be ex ceedingly interesting to have Mr. Cal vin explain just what "sinister influ ence" he has reference to. Does he mean to Insinuate that the great rail road brotherhoods are in league with some alien element which has sinister designs against this country? If so, or if he has any evidence pointing in that direction, I think he should be called upon to take the publie into his confidence. If he Is not willing to do that, the brotherhoods should demand an explanation from him. Incidentally, It might also be of great interest to have Mr. Calvin ex plain' just why It was that a few months ago an embargo was placed by the railroads on eastbound traffic of nearly all commodities, including bread stuffs, while at the same time all war material, or all products entering Into war material for export to the allied countries, was freely accepted and sent through on record time. A. L. MEYER. Remember the State Historical Society. Lincoln, March 24. To the Editor of The Bee: We note with interest a letter from Harvard university alumni, soliciting contributions of original documents upon Nebraska history for Harvard university library. This letter for preservation of the sources of Ne braska history breathes a laudable purpose. We have no word of criti cism upon It. We simply have to add by way of supplement that the people of Nebraska themselves are not only engaged in making Nebraska history, but also in preserving its sources for the use of scholars, and that our own scholars are from time to time or ganizing t;he material into written narratives, not only of history, but of fiction, poetry and the drama, i There is also in Nebraska a fit de pository for these original sources of Nebraska history. The Nebraska State Historical society, organized in 1878, is a state institution, located on the state university campus, and has been for nearly forty years gathering orig inal sources of Nebraska history Into its library and museum, as follows: I. Newspapers. Files of Nebraska newspapers from every county In the state beginning with 1864. These in clude such noteworthy early news paper files as the Nebraska Palladium, first newspaper in Nebraska Territory: Nebraska Advertiser, edited by Robert W. Furnas from 1856 on; Nebraska City News, edited by J. Sterling Mor ton from 1857 on; the Omaha Nebrao kian from 1860 on; the DesotA En gineer from 1839 on. 2. Manuscripts. Including recent additions, about BOO separate Items of important manuscripts, of Nebraska history. These include the corre spondence of Robert W. Furnas for many years, the correspondence of Judge Samuel Maxwell and Samuel Chapman through practically the en tire period or their lives; me manu script of Samuel Alits. early missionary to the Pawnee Indians; the original papers of the constitutional convention of 1871; the complete papers of old Fort Atkinson, on the site of Fort Calhoun, from 1817 to 1827; the corre spondence of James Dougherty, early Indian trader in Nebraska about 1820. At the present time Albert Watkinn, historian of the society, is in St. Lculs. securing copies of early Nebraska documents which go back nearly 100 years. 3. Museum articles. About 100,10') museum specimens illustrating differ ent phases of Nebraska life from pre historic time to the present, among them the famous Furnas collection of native Nebraska woods, the Charles H. Morrill collection of aboriginal flint work, the Charles Bristol collec tion of early Indian buckskin and bead work, the Hempel and llaile collec tions of early Nebraska firearms, the Gilmore collection of Nebraska plants used by the Indians, the swords of General Thayer, General Vlfquain, Colonel Livingston, Colonel Furnas and others. 4. Photographs and photographic negatives. About 20,000 photographs and photographic negatives which reach from the early sixties to the present time, Including negatives of members of the Nebraska legislature and state officers for forty years; the Butcher collection of western Ne braska sod houses, the finest collec tion of sod house negatives in the world; the Sheldon collection of Ne braska historic places and Indian life: the Clements collection of early Ne braska places and scenes, and many others. Catalogues of the museum, the pho tographic material, manuscripts and newspaper files available for study on western history are being prepared for publication at the present time. This should be sufficient to show that the real sources for writing Nebraska his- -tory Rre being accumulated In Ne braska and need not be sent as far away as the Atlantic coast to be made available. NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. S. C. Bassett, President; A. K Sheldon, Superintendent ano" Secretary. SUNNY GEMS. 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