THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917.
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to Misaj. AeMrsM ceeniod often M mimes.
The drive of the hotel brigtde ii delayed, not
defeated.
The "liberty lon" furniihes the deiired oppor
tunity for elderi to "do their bit."
Pleading Ignorance of werningi merely aggra
vate! the offense of food speculators
As measure of Immediate safety the gov
ernment should intern the weather bureau.
'
It is evident from the size of the war debts
abroad that considerable trouble has been banked
for future liquidation.'
J In speeding up appropriations congress works
a reliable self-starter, but swings the crank be
fore spotting the taxes. '
Chancellor Kollweg no doubt reasoned as he
tightened the muiile that peace talk would not
lighten the blows falling on the west front
No power has yet succeeded In keeping Colo
nel Roosevelt out of a real fight, Washington
will economize time by speedily issuing the com
mission. War debts of the European belligerents total
$53,000,000,000. Uncle Sam broke Into the major
league too late to score In this calculation. Judg
ing by the start, his batting average in the future
promises to crowd the leaders.
Operations of the new federal labor bureau
now include all-Nebraska, insuring useful serv
ice in i field hitherto neglected. The bureau sim
plifies the task of bringing workmen and employ
ers together, bridging the gaps in supply and
demand and greatly increasing the benefits to
both sides.
Alt authorities agree in giving the subsea cam
paign a full measure of menacing danger. There
is no attempt to blink at the Increasing risks to
ahiDoina. The neonle involved know what Is hao
.jiening and must prepare) to overcome it by mo
ralizing the resources of inventive skill, seaman'
shi-and dauntless endurance.
Canadian commissions confirm the general sua
picion that the dominion is railroaded beyond
present possibility of paying aupport. Similar
conditions are not uncommon south of the line,
but most of them have been overcome. The great
problem for Canada ia booming population up to
the aupply of railroads, but that solution must
.wait the coming years of peace. ,
Patriotic Chicago regard Mayor Thompson's
Teutonic leanings as a specie of disloyalty eall
ing for punishment Various plana are talked of,
but none apparently fit the ease. As a means of
relieving the perplexity and fitting the penalty
to the crime the Hon. James C Dahlman, gener-
' aliasimo of the order, might be induced to stanv
pede Big Bill from the Ancient League of Cow
boy Mayors. : ' 1
In his address ta the Reichstag President
Kaempf declaredi "With our truest heart's blood
we have established the German kaiserdom."
Years before the kaiser exclaimed: "We Ho
- henzollerns take our crown from God alone and
to God alone we are responsible in the fulfill
ment of duty." These opposing statements indi-
rat, ttiaf Tfr V.MMnf ! ,...J
his master's voice. i
Public Interest in Civic Affaire.
Do Americans exhibit the deep interest in
civic affairs that should be taken in so important
a matter as that of the government? Maybe the
answer to this question can be found in the
vote cast at the city election in Lincoln on Tues
day. Questions of utmost importance to the peo
ple of the city were submitted for decision by the
voters; a full city commission, a mayor and mem
bers of the school board were to be chosen, mem
bers of a commission to formulate a charter for
the city and the question of extending the fran
chise of the street railway company also being
on the ballot. Nothing of greater moment could
be submitted to the voters of a community at an
ordinary election. Yet only a few over 4,000 took
the trouble to vote instead of the expected 14,000.
In other words, less than one-third of the eligible
electors of the city cared enough about the form
of government 'under which they are to live or
the character and policies of the men who are to
administer it to express1 a choice at the polls. It
is true, perhaps, that the high character of the
men who were set before the people on a non
partisan ballot was such as left little room for
the exercise of selective discrimination between
them, but, admitting this, these men who offered
themselves to the service of the community at least
deserve the compliment of a vote rather than
the negative endorsement of indifference. If the
great privilege of the franchise, is thus neglected
in a center of intellectual activity like Lincoln,
what may be expected in cities where more time
and thought is given to the sordid pursuits of
life?
Speculation in Supplies Abroad.
From the Bohemian Hop-raising districts comes
an account of last season' experience that dem
onstrates how widespread and all-Inclusive is the
Impulse to speculate in the necessity of the world.
A bumper yield of hops was harvested, and of
good quality, the early sales being at a fair price.
But the limitations placed on malting by the gov
ernment out down the quantity of hops needed
for beer and soon the price sagged to a point
considerably below cost of production. But the
hop growers had no alternative save to sell, as
they needed the money represented by their crops,
so the yield soon changed hands. In the mean
time the forehanded German brewers, learning
that Bohemian hops were on the market at as
tonishing low prices", and realizing the advan
tage of having them in storage when the war is
over and beer flows again as once it did, set out to
take advantage of the opportunity. As aoon as buy
ing became general prices began to soar, and finally
reached a point high above any previous experi
ence. The profit, however, went to the middle
man, although as yet no talk is heard of hanging
him. The Bohemian farmers will go on raising
hops, the German brewers will not enjoy the har
vest they looked ahead to and the canny Austrian
speculators 'will smilingly cut a "melon and be
ready for the next time. Even governmental price
fixing doesn't, always head off the persistent
gamblers.
Organizing or Highway Extenaion.
Western Nebraska Is setting a pace for the
older settled parts of the state by organizing
early to get ita good roads campaign under mo
tion. A gathering of representative men assem
bled at Gering and took definite steps for the
constructive work to be pushed under the fed
eral aid and state participation law. Highways to
be improved were endorsed, the amounts to be
raised by the several counties were specified and
everything preliminary to the actual work was
practically settled upon. 'The energy thus dis
played is characteristic of that section, but it Das
also spirit that is commendable. Nothing of
local jealousy appeared In the conference nor any
attempt to secure advantage for one section over
another. It was realized that the program must
be a continuing- one and, to be successful must
have a well defined beginning. If this example is
generally followed in Nebraska it will not be many
years until the state has a highway system that
Will be worthy of the name and the farmers, who
are the chief users of the roads, will be getting
the. benefit of the money they annually expend on
construction and repair. '
Long before President Kaempf of the German
Reichstag fashioned his outburst of eloquence
for the opening Prince Bismarck visioned the ob
ject as well as the uselessnesa of speeches as a
national force. "Set speeches," said the Iron
Chancellor, quoted in the diary of Moritt Busch,
"are merely intended for the public, to show what
the members can do, and more especially for the
newspapers that are expected to praise them. It
will come to this in the end, that eloquence will
be regarded as dangerous to the public welfare,
and that people will be punished for making long
speeches."
Torpedoing Hospital Ships
tin York World
If it Is the German desire to destroy whatever
shreds of sympathy for the cause of autocracy
may still linger in odd corners of civilization the
deliberate sinking of hospital ships should serve.
In a Harue treaty lirneri hv ft.rmanv th.
safety of such chips is guaranteed. To mark a sa
cred character which until now has always been
respected they are conspicuously painted and well
lighted at night and fly the Red Cross flag. These
lawful precautions have not safeguarded British
Hospital ships from submarine attack, but have
made it easier, more certain and more deadly.
In their purposed and avowed torpedoing of
vessels bearing helpless and suffering men the
Germans hare aunk one which bore not only 234
Britisn wounded, tut 16 ot their own men. Ac
customed to the ruthlessnesa of their officers.
these German became panic-stricken, evidently
earing trial tney mignt oe aoanuoned. 1 his made
rescue difficult, but the valor with which British
seamen have ever worked to save life did not fail.
All but fifteen of the Germane were saved: of the
British wounded and the crew nineteen perished.
The murder of hostages, the deportation of
French and Belgian workmen and even girls of
tender years to work as slaves, the nameless of
fenses against humanity and decency in occupied
lands had well defined German Kultur: But it
has won fresh laurels now; hereafter hospital
ships must go unmarked and at night unlighted.
The wounded, Germans and British together, are
safer so than under the flag of mercy the world
has been taught to honor, in the day ot reckon
ing this will not be forgotten.
Railroad Heln far tha All!..
Daniel Willard of the National Defense board
suggests that one of the first moves to help our
allies will be to curtail train service here and
send the surplus rolling stock and other mate
rial .to France, where it is so badly needed. Thia
will strike home as a common aenae oronoial.
Americans realize that they must go on a war
basis very soon and in nothing will their material
interests or comforts suffer so little as in the mat.
ter of giving up luxuries of railroad travel. Cut.
ting off duplicate trains and putting the entire
passenger service on a basis of co-operation rather
than of competition will not inconvenience the
business of the country and will provide an im-
mediately available source of supply for the rail
roads of France, whose equipment is wearing out.
The proposal Is seriously made by a man who
stands high as an authority In transportation eitv
cles and as such will be given its due weight in
the final disposition of the problem. A more
practical contribution to the cause scarcely could
dc maae.
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pressure ot war events marks progress in
conservative Massachusetts. The solemn law
makers of the state let down the bars on Sunday
work enough to permit farm work "on the Lord's
day while the United States Is at war or until
the first day of January following the cessation
of such war." Only those who know the Bay state
can appreciate the magnitude of the concession to
tne common weal.
After much beating about the bush federal ex.
perts finally admit that too many nonproducera
stand between the farmer and the consumer, ex
acting their bit at both ends. The discovery is
not new for the experts. The present value of
the admission lies in official publicity and the
promise of diminishing the number of intervening
paims.
May day signalizes more than a local drouth.
The flight of wheat backs up the master bakers
and Danishes the 5-ccnt loaf from public view.
sentence ot banishment will be imposed in Chi
cago and New York next month. Tia well. The
jitney size would shame a vest pocket.
Promises of political reforms in Germany and
Austria-Hungary as a result of war lends mod.
em vitality to the famous line: "When the devil
is sick the devil a monk would be."
The republic of Guatemala breaks with the cen.
tral powers and rallies around the banner of de
mocracy. Bill and Karl are about the loneliest
pair on earth. ......
Our New Wooden Fleet
By Fredric J. Haskin
Washington. May 1. "If half the money
spent on naval monstrosities had been spent in
building a atandardized type of merchant ship,
we should have been in a much better position
than we are today."
So declared Admiralty Lord Bereatord ot tne
British navy a few weeks ago. Fortunately, the
United States is able to profit by England's mis
takes in the early part of the war, and to direct
its preparedness program accordingly. One of
the first things we will have is the standard ship,
and in order that we may have it as quickly as
possible it is to be wooden. Ways for the first
thousand wooden ships are already in process of
building; large supplies of lumber are being as
sembled for work along the Pacific coast and
the American Federation of Labor is co-operating
with the government in supplying 150,000 work
ers for the various shipbuilding concerns awarded
the bids on these small wooden steamers.
Each ship is to be 3,500 tons and is to cost
$300,000. it will be built of fir or pine; will use oil
for fuel; be mounted with wireless and guns.
Thirty-five men will be required to man each
ship. According to present estimates, the first
delivery of these vessels will be made not later
than November 1, from which date they will
be turned out at the rate of three a dav until the
first thousand have been completed. Whether any
more are built or not will, of course, depend upon
the extent of their success in combatting the
enemy's submarines.
The American merchant marine, which, at the
beginning of the war, carried about 8 per cent of
our commerce, now carries about 13 per cent,
after more than two years. We have been warned
again and again that we needed ships, it only tor
foreign trade, but as long as the allies provided
us with ships in which to send their supplies the
warning was little heeded. Now it is too late to
get steel ships by the time we shall need them,
owing to the fact that eighteen months are usu
ally required to build one such vessel and the sit
uation would be discouraging indeed were it not
for this wooden ship project of the United States
shipping ooaro. ,
The United States Shinnine board was cre
ated last November, "for the purpose of encour
aging, developing and cerating a naval auxiliary
and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet
the requirements of the commerce ot the United
States; to regulate carriers' by water engaged in
the foreign and interstate commerce of the United
States, and for other purposes." Five commis
sioners, Including William Denman of San Fran
cisco, chairman: Thomas Brent of New Orleans.
vice chairman; John A. Donald of New York,
John D. White of Kansas City and R. B. Stephens
from New Hampshire, were immediately ap
pointed by the president, and by the first of the
year the supervision of United States shipping
was well under way.
From the beginning the members of the board
were worried over the ,scr-.city of shipping and
when the German submarine note arrived they
were more than worried. They were distressed.
Shortly afterwards, however, a New York en
gineer by the name of Eustis paid a visit to the
headquarters of the board in Washington and
there laid before it a brand new idea. At which,
the members went home and had their first good
night'a rest in months, and the next morning they
invited Mr. Eustis to occupy one of the board's
offices. Mr. Eustis' idea was what the board is
now nutting through a thousand wooden ahios.
"What we need ia a standard model of ship that
can be turned out swiftly to run the German
blockade," he told Cha rman Denman. "The Ger
mans cannot possibly sink them as fast as we
can launch them."
r
As it haooens. wooden shio building is almost
a lost art in America, where steel is taking the
Elace of wood in all lines of building, so that Mr.
lenman spent five or six days in going over the
plan before he announced himself convinced.
About this time Mr. Eustis learned that Mr.
Huntinston Clark, another New .York engineer.
had conceived practically the same idea, so he
sent tor Mr. Clark to come to Washington. To
gether they managed to show a naval architect
what they wanted, and reauested bids on labor
and materials. It was decided, because most of
our lumber is on the Pacific coast, that that was
the place the ships should be built, and 70 per
cent of the contracts have since been placed there,
The trip from coast to coast when the vessel is
finished will he an expense to the government, of
course, but this will be more than discounted by
loading it with cargo.
Mr. Eustis and Mr. Clark are now contribut
ing their services to the government ourelv for
patriotic reasons, the amount of their compensa
tion being $1 a year The dollar is paid because
the United States government can never accept
uc 3trviico oiour person grauo,
The organization of a nroiect for huildincr
thousand ahips is a tremendous undertaking, re-
quirinrr an cxDcriencea aaministrativ hf.nrL on
Mr. fcustu suggested that the board appeal to
ucncrai iroetnais to take charge, in accordance
with the suggestion, the president asked the'gen
eral once more to enter the service of his country,
and a few days later he4 arrived in Washington,
where with characteristic promptitude he started
his campaign of action. Although the morning
after his arrival was Sunday, he was at his desk
at an eany nour making appointments with vari
ous ship building men who were in town await
ing a conference with the Shipping board, and
clearing up half hia next day's work.
Victory for Free Speech
-Pkll.Jtlphlo Lodior.-
The decision of the supreme court that the
house of recresentativea did not have the rirlit
to punish United States Attorney Marshall of
New York for alleged contempt is sound sense,
And that it is sound law as well is something to
be thankful for. Indeed, the decision is a great
victory for free speech that goes far beyond the
issue in question. The house, as most people
felt, not only committed an act of folly in sending
a prejudiced smelling committee to investigate
Mr. Marshall, but it went further in its follv in
trying to intimidate the hard-working prosecutor
when, outraged by the clumsy attack on his com
petency and by the violation of all proprieties of
vruvcuurc, ne iuiu me committee exactly wnai
uc inougni ot it.
As a matter of fact, the country rose to Mr,
Aiarsnaii a auport, ana the house was really in
contempt of public opinion. The committee
which looked into the Marshall, case did not
hesitate to collate even the malicious grievances
of the usual riffraff that are apt to be involved in
the nets of federal justice, and in doing so made
a spectacle of itself that will not long be forgot
ten. The supreme court, however, went further
than the mere issue of Mr. Marshall's alleged in
subordination, for in upholding the right of citi
zens, whether in office of out, to criticize freely
tnose representing them in congress or in Icgis.
latures, as it might be. the court is true to Ameri.
can ideas and ideals. It would "strike at the
whole system of representative government," as
the court pointed out if congress could hale any
body before it for criticism of its acts or debatea
or the individual action of its members, who are
answerable not only to their constituents, but to
that greater constituency, too, the public at large,
me country as a whole.
Congressmen and legislators would like to for
get all this, and when held up for some folly
would like to choke off criticism, just as those
who are before the public as propagandists be
lieve that they, too, are above the indictment of
those who do not agree with them. Fortunately,
the supreme court thinks otherwise and has not
set up the congress as a privileged and sacrosanct
body. The Marshall decision should prove to be
a very effectual warning at a time when freedom
of snprrh from tribune and rostrum ami In print
was never more Important to the welfare of the
country and the citizen. ,
Proverb for the Day.
Aa the twlr Is bent the tree ta In
clined. 1
One l'ear Ago Today In the War.
French reoorted further galna In
the Dead Man's Hill region at Verdun.
In run v to American notea Ger
many declared submarine command
era had been ordered not to sink mer
chant vessels without warning.
Brazil not fled Germany or ner in
tention to Investigate sinking of the
Rio Branco, In order to defend her
rights at sea.'
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
W. J. Broatch was elected mayor of
Omaha by a majority of ei. I
There waa a ring around tne moon
with one atar Inside it, the ring being
the most perfect, according to the
oldest Inhabitant, ever observable
from Omaha, and lasting one hour.
The Nebraska State Medical society
met in Masonic hall, Dr. J. B. Moore
presiding, with Dr. J. V. 8. Mansfield
acting as secretary. The following
Omaha physicians were present: Drs.
W. O. Bridges, W. P. Wilcox, R. C.
Moore, E. W. Lee, L. B. Graddy, C. M.
Blart, D. C. Bryant, A. A. Parker, 8.
K. Spauldlng, John E. Simmons, Jr.,
Kwlng Brown, P. S. Lelsenring. E. A.
Kelley, C. P. Harrigan and J. F. Lari
mer. Frank Levine has added to his col
lection ot coins a piece of Swedish
money made of copper 10 Inches
long by 7 "4 inches wide, weighing six
pounds and ten ounces and bearing
the date of 1727, when Frederick was
king of Sweden. Thia piece of money
represented $4 at that time, but could
not be had now for several times that
amount.
Postmaster Gallagher has appointed
Matthew Fltzpatrlck to succeed Mr.
McMahon aa clerk of the newspaper
postage.
The Omaha Rifle club Indulged In
its first shoot at Bellevue.
' The Mendelssohn quartet serenaded
Dean Gardner and his bride with their
favorite, "The Parting Kiss."
This Day in History.
1471 Battle of Tewkesbury put an
end to the romantic "War ot the
Roses."
1776 Rhode Island passed a dec
laration of independence.
1796 William Pennington, gov
ernor of New Jersey In the "broad
seal" war, born at Newark, N. J. Died
there February 16, 1862. .
1801 Samuel V. Merrick, con
structor of the first armor-clad war
vessel ever built, born at Kallowell,
Me. pied in Philadelphia August 18,
1870.
1829 First Roman Catholic mem
ber elected to the British House of
Commons.
1866 Count Mensdorff declared the
negotiations between Austria and
Prussia respecting disarmament to be
at an end.
1871 The new constitution of the
German empire became effective.
1889 Centennial celebration of the
opening of the states-general at Versailles.
1918 Triple alliance treaty with
Germany and Austria denounced by
Italy.
1916 United States senate adopted
the rural oredita bill.
The Day We Celebrate.
W. Farnam Smith, the real estate
man, is celebrating his fifty-fourth
birthday today. He came to Omaha
from Boston in 1877 and has been ac
tively engaged In the real estate, loan
and insurance business ever since.
W. R. Wood, general manager of
tne peoples lea and cold storage
company, Is Just 43 today and claims
Detroit as nia Dirtnpiace.
Clarence E. Walrath, who orlglnat
ed In Momence, III., has today reached
the rlre age or si. He is vice presi
dent and treasurer of the Walrath A
Sherwood Lumber company.
Walt Mason, noted Kansas humor.
1st and poet, born at Columbus, On
tario. fifty-five years ago today.
Judge George Gray, former senator
from Delaware and a famous veteran
In the high art of mediation between
governments, born at New Castle, Del.,
seventy-seven years ago today.
Charles 8. Deneen. former governor
or Illinois, born at Hidwardavtne, ill.
fltty-four years ago today.
Harold Bell Wright, who abandoned
a career as a painter to enter the pul
pit and later retired rrom tne mm
istry to become a successful novelist.
born at Rome, N. Y., forty-five years
ago today.
Victor S. Saler, first baseman of the
Chicago National league baseball
team, born at Lansing, Mich., twenty
aix years ago today. ,
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Twenty yeara ago today the world
was appalled by the Parla Charity
c-azar nre, in wnicn nearly zoo per.
ons psrlshed, the most of them
women or the French aristocracy.
In pursuance of a movement started
by the Audubori societies today is to
be observed aa Bird day In many of
the public schools throughout the
country.
Today Is the date for the annual
state conventiona of the Travelers'
Protective association in Alabama,
Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Texas
and numerous other states.
The golden jubilee convention of
tne Young Mens Christian associa
tions of New York, which was to have
met today at Utlea. has been In
definitely postponed because of the
war situation.
Storyette of the Day.
The burglar had Just begun his
term and was assigned to work In the
Droom ractory. Near him was an old
ish man who studied him intently and
seemed to be awaiting an opportunity
to say something. Jt came while the
overseer was at the Ice-water tank.
"How long are you In for?" he whis
pered, i
"Twelve years," replied the new
comer, The veteran looked around nerv
ously and thrust a letter In the bur--lar's
hand.
"I'm In for life." he said. "Mall this
when you got out." Johnson's Smoke.
Rings.
"I've called, Mrs. Barton, to learn
why Tommy has not attended his class
lately," began the sweet, young Sundsy
school teacher, a frown on her pretty
face.
"Well, Mlsa Kelly," answered Mra
Barton, "the reason why I've kept
Tommy away from Sunday school is
because the knowledge he received
there waa making him a wicked boy."
"A wicked boy!" gasped the amnaed
teacher. "Really, Mrs. Barton, I cannot
Imagine to what you refer."
"You see, it's this way, Mlsa Kelly,"
explained Mrs. Barton, determinedly.
"The last time Tommy went to Sun
day school you taught him that peo
ple are made ot dust. Well, when he
came home he nearly frightened me
to death by trying to draw his little
baby sister into the vacuum cleaner!"
New York Times. ,
Price ot Milk In Omaha.,
Omaha. May 2. To the Editor of
The Bee: This morning my dairy
man informed me that In the near
future he would be compelled to raise
the price of milk to 15 cents per quart,
the same as the dairymen oi Kansas
City are charging.
While I along with others think
that he Is not making any money or
in fact coming out even at the present
price, with corn selling at 160 per
ton and hay at 130 and help higher
priced than ever before. Still I don't
believe it necessary to charge 16 cents
per quart, but believe that a price of
12 54 cents or 13 cents would be fair
to the dairymen and general public.
Would like to hear from others on
this. R. L. MATHEWS.
. 1014 South Twenty-seventh street.
Merchant and Creditor.
Omaha, May 2. To the Editor of
The Bee: I note that the merchants
are now pushing a "pay-your-bllls"
campaign and cannot resist giving
"the other side" of the question. I
have no particular sympathy for the
merchant who does an extensive credit
business when he finds himself in a
hole, for the following reason, which
is also the experience of others:
Some years ago the home account
book system was used; by grocers, for
instance. When the order clerk visited
the customer's home he wrote into
this book the articles and price ot the
goods purchased, so that the customer
had a correct record of what was
bought. At that time we resided on
the outskirts of Omaha and two or
three miles from the grocery at which
we traded. Only on rare occasions did
any member of the family visit the
store, the bills being paid to the order
clerk and credit entered in the homo
account book.
This system was unsatisfactory, so
after several years we decided to go
on a cash basis. We therefore paid
up all we owed, according to the ac
count book. What was our surprise
several weeks later to receive a bill
for around $10 made up of Items of
from 2 to 6 cents. It was claimed that
when the housewife ordered a cer
tain amount of some commodity
and waa so entered on the home
account book' the filling order
clerk would make It 2 or 8 cents more
and enter the higher price on the
store book, claiming difference In
price from that charged by the order
clerk, so that in the course of time
the store had an extra bill a couple
of feet long made up of these small
discrepancies.
After deciding to go on a cash ba
sis we got along fairly well for a
short time, then the order clerk would
forget to have any change and "let
it go till next time." Next thing we
knew the weekly amount set aside for
groceries was spent some other way
and the grocery bill grew rapidly.
Then the grocer began to substitute
any sort of goods he wished, neglected
to give credit for gooda sent back and,
finding he could not unload his In
ferior goods on the customer, he be
gan to get fussy about closing up the
account. After a customer has ac
cumulated a bill with a merchant he
feels obligated to keep on trading
there and some merchants then con
clude It Is legitimate to dump onto
him any inferior goods he may have
on hand.
Recently I have been receiving let
ters from merchants calling atten
tion to the fact that "you have not
used your credit at our store recently;
we would be pleased to have xpu do
so." What I am trying to get at In
the foregoing is that the merchant
who schemes to get customers to run
bills Is not entitled to much sym
pathy, when he strikes the toboggan.
As a rule he has little sympathy for
the debtor. I J. C.
Canned Vegetables and Digestion.
McCook, Neb., April 80. To the
Editor of The Bee: The Bee will be
surprised, and also Justified In believ
ing the writer has entered her second
childhood, or perhaps is In her dotage
she will be 93 June 15. Place the
blame where it belongs that will be
to the poor non-nourishing foods on
the market.
A few days ago I read a letter writ
ten by Dr. Wiley to the heads of fami
lies, begging that they allow no waste.
I had just prepared a bunch of
asparagus for dinner. The dried ends
and tough skins measured more than
a third of the birneh, and what was
left had but little taste. Today had
string beans, and after boiling tender
I put in butter, pepper and salt all a
dead waste, as there was no chance
to renew the slightest taste to the eold
storage beans. All this Is worse than
waste it is Injurious to the stomach
which digest! it, but gets not a mite
ot strength. A few days ago your
paper declared that too many people
who had reached the age of experi
enced usefulness were dying. So plain
was the case it called for Inquiry.
We ate the watered wheat flour
which the farmers found was not fit
food for pigs. Then followed Infant
paralysis. Beside the unhealthful
ness, the food Is disgusting. Not a
freshly pulled vegetable or a quart of
fresh fruit have I seen on the market
for eeveral yeara The moats are
hard, dry and tasteless. A car comes
In with fresh vegetables or fruit and
the eommisslon houses open the cold
storage, bring out the old rotten stuff
and nil the place with the fresh.
This Is a difficult affair to deal with,
simply for the reason that the stum
bling blocks represent great plies of
money, I WONDER,
have been obliterated from the fact
of the earth,
Now, a word to the mothers who
urge their boys not to be soldiers. I
wonder if they do not realize It waa
th mothers' sons who made It pos
sible to live and prosper in a lann like
ours. If It had not been so, we today
would be In the clutches of autocracy
and bigotry Just like Old Mexico and
some of the European countries.
Those soldiers who were Just aa good
and loyal sons of our foreparents as
they are today, made It possible) for
us to live under Old Glory and Its our
duty now and ever to always protect
that flag which recresents the greatest
and most peaceful nation in the world,
as well as greatness 1 In all other
respects. We are In war today not for
conquest, but 'for that which wa
always stood four square for and that
is principle and the man who does not
like our "Unole Sammy" and our flag,
I say, deport him.
Ti, . m,h. uhn miliM ner son be
lieve he is too good to be a soldier to
protect our rights and principles on
1 , nH .,... T mav ha la not SOOd
enough to live under and enjoy tha
privileges tne etars ana oirip one,.
We must protect our country regard-
l F (mental fAftllnO-l. TrUStlnff
we may have peace soon and good
will lowaro au men. '
v. A. rmAuonA".
GRINS AND GROANS.
"Tu novo iwin to tell nothing but the
lrull"
'Nothing but tho truth, your bonort"
"Precisely."
"Thee. Judso, with tho limitation ueon
mo I mlsht well worn you thot I'm not
iroins to hovo much to of." Detroit groe
Preei.
P At lent I've found ft way to make
thot young scamp of ours slop winking his
oyeet
la Really,
Pa- Yes; I'll show him tho artlrles In this
science masaslno where It says that every
tlm- we wink we stve the eye a batb..
Buffalo Express.
KM MR-weisw,
I AMOlv AS h HUSBAND?
REVN. H0BMI
lyvvvri
WE MANVIHOIETS A
WAN $m IN A CAP
, AVft'MENm&TO.FURY
Vim HER!
"Our swt girl graduate! ar nUing
practical.''
'KM" ft
"I understand most ot the MMyi thia
year will be on such eubjaets drest re
form and tha coat ot living.' Baltlraora
American.
Railway Attendant (to man amoklng)
Too can't amoka.
The SmokerSo my frlenda eay.
Railway Attendant But you tnuitn't
mokev
The Smoker So my doetor eay.
Railway Attendant Wall, you iha'n't
amoke.
Tha Smoker So my wife aayi. Fuck.
DON'T YOU WORRY.
St, Leula Olobe-Democrat.
There'! a town calk Don't. You Worry.
On the banks of the River Smile,
Where tho Cheer-up and Be-Happy
Blossom swaetly all tha while.
Where the Naver-Orumbla flower '
Blooma baalda tha fragrant Try.
And tha Ne'er-Olve-Up and Patience
Point their faces to tho iky.
In the Valley of Contentment. f
In the provlnoa of 1-W111,
You wilt And thia lively city.
At the foot of No-Fret Hill.
There are thoroughfares delightful
In this charming town,
And on every hand are ahade trees
Named tha Very-SeldomFvown.
Rustle benches1, quite enticing.
You'll find aeattered here and there;
And to each a vino la clinging
Called the KrequentRarne!tRrayerie
Everybody there ts happy.
And li singing all tba while,
In the town ot Don't-You -Worry, t
On the banks of River Smile. t
Pleads for Patriotism.
Geneva, Neb., May 8. To the Edi
tor ot Th Be: "I Didn't Raise My
Soy to Be a Soldier" eounda good, but
put into practical use, it's all bunk
(In plain words). I am Just as much
opposed to war aa any one, and I
nrmly believe after we ffive the
kaiser and other bull-headed greedy
monarchs a pood thrashing, we can
settle down to reaaon and arrange for
universal and lasting peace.
But not until the last old monarch L
cat ruler has been wiped out of ex
istence and bigotry and autocracy
A FEW TABLETS OF
NuToN
will redden your blood, in
crease your energy and
tone up your whole sys
tem. If your druggist
hasn't it, address
THE NUTON COMPANY,
Omaha, Neb.
Hospe
Bargains
$75.00
Buys throe Upright Piano
a Kimball, a Hardman,
or a Pease Piano.
$125.00
Buys a Haselton or a Kim
ball Piano. At a little more
money we show Emerson,
Steger, Hinie, Cable-Nel.
son, Wagner and many
others.
Kimball,
Ebony $ 75
Kimball,
Ebony $125
Kimball,
Ebony ... $150
Hardman,
Rosewood 75
Emerson,
Walnut $225
Steger & Son,
Mahogany $225
Pease & Co.,
Ebony $ 75
Hazelton,
Rosewood $125
Wagner,
Mahogany $115
Schmoller-Mueller,
Oak ..' $185
Schmoller-Mueller,
Mahogany $175
Hinze,
Oak $100
Cable-Nelson,
Mahogany $225
TERMS TO SUIT
A. HOSPE CO.
THE VICTOR STORE,
, 1513-1515 Douglas Street.
THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU
Washlniton, D. C.
Enclond find a two-cent stamp, for which you will phase lend mo,
entirely free, the pemphlet "Csre of Food In the Home."
Name
Street Address t;x
City. 6Utey-,sne;.sisnnj