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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MOBNINQ-BVENINO-SCNPAT FOUNDED BY EDWARD HOSEWATEK VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR TH8 BEE PUBU8HINU COM PAN!. FBOPB1ETOB. Eattrte at Omaha poatotflet a aceood-claaa "attar. IXRM3 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Hj Carrier. Mr Mall. Jail aM trawl .... .....par nwetA. S aw fee. M M 0U wtUKKK tuiitH . . Ma . . aat aadu . " 40a " let - a . - I N tuoda Hat oal " IN Bend notice at ctwiK at a4dm ar Inanlarltf la dettfert li Osaka ftee, QMlttKa Onarlawat draft. pVMt Of (taaU REMITTANCE I orSet. Oa Personal ebeck, status atkta as sa Ossaas aaa ' OFFICES. ' Own Tae Hm BsUttni , CWeaiv Plotitr Uaa Bwfcutv Soma Omaha Oil N 8v New York tM rift in Ooaacrl Blarft-14 N. Mala St - Be Leale Ne B'k. of Caauvrrea Ltaeaat-UtUt BalkOn. Uaaklactaa-llt lta BL N. W. CORRESPONDENCE ' lUn iw entattmne relattot la am ua (dHatlal sMttat M Oawka Baa. Editorial DepsnsMot " MAY CIRCULATION 56,469 Daily Sunday, 51,303 ima arraittttn in iim axnta moKriMd al ever a aj Darlgas Wlllua tVrullttoa Maaatsr . . SobacHbara laaviaf tht city saetild aava Tfca Baa aaaRte la tbam AaUraaa chanted aa eftea aa rttuteted. Nature's anvil chorus on' inflated food prices sounds the keynote of summer music. The retail butchers have also agreed that liv ing cost is too high.. This makes it unanimous. , Now comes the real test of prohibition., with Uncle Sam on the job as lookout in the dry terri tory. - At any rate, Texas has little cause td complain itjs not being taken care of in the matter 'of mobilization camps, ' . , , , It looks as though railroad managers might effect numerous economies by taking Washing ton' off their visiting list 1 The German crown prince is hammering away at Verdun again,' showing him to be persistent, if not especially successful as an army leader. , As King Alcohol views the wreck of his trenches at Washington, he may be excused for murmuring between sobs, "THis one is on me." A 'rate increase of. 15 cents a ton has been granted eastern coal roads. Evidently some of the promised coal cut will lose itself on the way to the consumer." The big push around Lens advances by Inches. The location and the coal mines beneath combine military and economic strategy, and insures one of the fiercest struggles of the war. ,? r Condolences are due the Boston Transcript. Its fighting spirit oft expressed and forcibly, too. fail nl fcich reannna in Maeaarrmtettal The haw - -O" - - - , - . J state wabbles as a patriotic tail ender. ' The government of Brazil throws its navy into the battle ring and joins the multiplying forces of liberty and' humanity. The more the merrier and the quicker the finish of the outlaw. The world's present stock of gold money amounts to $8,500,000,000. It is important to keep these figures in mind during the war. " For obvious reasons the gold will remain-out Of sight.' .- ' Nebraska counties are reporting increases in assessed valuation,' the fotal yet to Jb'e determined, but it will have to be considerable to match the increases in appropriations made' by the demo crajts last winter. ? v,' ; ;v".V .' " While the country is in the business of ham mering decency into foreign outlaws, considerable advance practice may be had by handling all oc casional clout to industrial anarchists performing as I. W. W. bulldozers, I .7- , ' Prospects brighten' for a return of the 5-cent bread, enlarged by government pressure on the dough. Informal conferences at Washington show willingness on the' part of millers; and bakers to Join the coal men on the toboggan. . It 3s the irony of fate that the Christopher Co lumbus should come to grief in a harbor like Mil waukee's? The grand old whaleback might have gone down before a U-boat, and carried with it the regrets of mahy thousands, but to be knocked, out by a watertank in a brewery town seems a genuine indignity. , , - Club men of 'Chicago, are said to have been startled by the statement of Dr. Van Hise, presi dent of the University of Wisconsin, that the ex cess profits of the steel trust last year "amounted 4o $250,0Q0,0QQ" and "those, of the meat packers not less than $25,O0O,O00.', Both statements may be found in the corporation report of treasury experts published May 28 last. , Chicago dub men should read up. ' -x Arnerica Stand Together ) 1 Mlnnaajrella Jotuail i i , Evidence multiplies that the Latin-American republics, under - the leadership of Brazil, are achieving a new solidarity of .sentiment and in terest, characterized by sympathy with the war attitude of the United States and by recognition Of the Monroe Doctrine as essential to the peace and prosperity of the Western Hemisphere. The action of Brazil,' in abandoning her neu trality and expressing active sympathy with the United States, has been largely responsible for the rapid crystalization of South American senti ment Although- Brazil has not as yet found her self to be at war with Germany, she has gone to the very limit short of that discovery. She has even seized the German merchantmen in her har bors, fitted them out and put them in service to release to the European carrying trade tonnage that had' been employed between our own ports ' and hers. . - Before Brazil acted there had been on foot a project for a congress of, neutrals at Buenos Aires, to which Argentina had invited Brazil and Chile, along with the lesser republics, to send delegates. If not actually pro-German, this con gress was to have been at least anti-United States. The ruling class in Argentina is inclined to pro Germanism, though the popular sentiment is strong for the entente allies. Those in power had sought to overcome this by stirring up jealousy oi tne uniteq Mates. At this juncture Brazil changed the whole sit uation by abandoning her neutrality, being moved, as she explained in her note to the United States, by a desire not only' to cast her influence on the v iHfcciuaiiuiiai juuiwai urucr, OUT, IQ snow the world a "continental solidarity" in the West ern Hemisphere. .Chile took her stand by Brazil, and gradually the whole of South and Central America is following this lead. Experts in Latin American affairs say that in due time the repub lics will all be lined up against Germany; One gratifying feature of this situation is the fact that Latin-America is at last beginning to see that the Monroe Doctrine is a principle vital to her no less than to us, and that in championing it we have no selfish or ulterior motives. Russia Again on the Firing Line. , Unless all American correspondents in Russia are deceived appearances and pledges, Russia i again on the firing line for freedom. General Brusiloffs remark that the Russian army was sick, but ' is now convalescent, accurately de scribes a condition set out in detail by special correspondents of the New York World and other papers who have visited the battle front and noted carefully existing conditions. These men report an army reorganized, well officered, de voted to its object, well equipped and supplied better than any Russian- army yet in the field. Minister Kerensky has succeeded in stemming the tide loosened by the German intriguers, who sought to bewilder and delude the Russian soldiers with promises of a peace that in the end meant the destruction of their hopes. . This modern Mirabeau has wrought the miracle that restores the Russian to his healthful appreciation of his great responsibility, to himself and to humanity, and has brought him to see the foolishness and emptiness of the peace he would have accepted had it not been for the ardor and energy of Keren sky. With the moujik prepared to strike for him self as he struck for the czar, the blow will be twice as hard, and it will fall where Germany is not so well prepared to receive. The ring of steel that holds in check the armies of autocracy is once more complete, and it will draw more resistlessly against the foes of an united democracy. An Unwarranted Outrage. ' ' It may seem a trifle late after a lapse of te days, to discuss the dismissal of a young' woman clerk, either for refusing to accept, the invitation of the state auditor to buy a Liberty bond or be cause her father wrote a letter to the public prints criticising the demand, but it is never too late to denounce injustice or to protest against official coercion. - - State Auditor 1 Smith doubtless feels, as we do, that it is the dqty of every person on the publje payroll to help the government float our war loan, but he forgets that the Liberty bonds are being sold by volunteer subscription and that there is nothing in the law compelling anyone to subscribe. When any public1 official undertakes to determine how much, when, or in what manner any subordi nate shall make his, or her, subscription to the war loan, he exerts a despotism absolutely destructive of the basic principle of American liberty. If the manager of a private corporation should discharge employes for refusing to invest their money in Liberty bonds, or in other securities, we would have a terrific outcry and rightly so, and the principle is the same in public service. Remember always that we are fighting to check military autocracy in the old world and we cannot afford to countenance autocracy at home petty though it be. It would be indeed well for Auditor Smith to realize the mistake into which hia over-zeal has led him. ' Germany's Gold Reserve. ' v The German war machine is suffering now from another crippling blow, the falling off in the empire's stock of gold. How deeply this has struck can not be told, but the latest reports of the Bank of Berlin show that the financial situa tion is such as must make the men at the head of affairs sharply realize how greatly the resources of the empire have been strained. The latest re port of the bank for the first time since the war started shows a decrease in gold reserve. Un remitting efforts, even extending to the sacrifice of jewelry, and personal ornaments, have been made to keep the stock of gold up, but these have slackened In "effect, and now the tide seems to have turned the other way. j Germany has been compelled to send large amounts of gold out of the country, to pay for materials purchased, most of his going to Holland and the Scandinavian countries. Some-of it came to Americi a year ago, when the Deutschland made its visits. Along with the'dhninishlng stock of gold comes the in creasing volume of paper money, which was re ported two months ago to have doubled in its proportionate relation to the metal basis for cir culation, ahd in the consequent effect of depreciat ing money value, rte populace is suffering doubly the effects of war privation. Whether Germany is now verging on collapse may be gravely dis puted, but it is certain that the economic affairs of the country are not getting better as the war goes on. ' - . Foreign Trade Under New Law. , One section of the espionage law just signed by the president confers on the executive extraor dinary powers to deal with exports. , It has com monly been referred to as permitting an embargo, which is true, but only partially explains the pur pose of the measure. - The idea is really to enable the president to make sure that goods from this side do not reach enemy destination. This will be accomplished by the control of shipments to neu tral countries through which reshipments might reach German consumers. With the issuance of exporters' licenses tinder the new law, the em bargo laid on Scandinavian and Dutch ports by our allies Can be removed, and trade with them will again proceed direct, because, the shipments will be under control at point of origin and not enroute. It has also been announced from Wash ington that the neutrals are to be given second place in making up the schedule for exportation, requirements for home and allies' consumption to have first call on our products. These regula tions should operate to tranquilize the home mar kets, which have been much ' disturbed by the presence of foreign. buyers, bidding against one another with little regard for condition! other than the speculative demand they had by their own course engendered. Removal of the element of uncertainty and assurance that all will be treated fairly by our government must have good if any effect Revelations of incompetence and inexcusable negligence in supporting the British column in Mesopotamia are embodied in an official report made public in London. These conditions brought about disaster at Kut a year ago, and the respon sibility is placed, not on the soldiers, but on India officials who failed to measurre up to their duties. Hints of gross incompetence in this campaign were circulated shortly after the surrender of General Townshend, but censorship prevented publicity. Official confirmation even at this late day proves the folly of censoring news of public affslrs. y 1 Despite the great strain of boosting economy among people in general, Congressman Lever manages to center a thought on No. 1. A barge line on the Congaree river in South Carolina, somewhat hampered by snags and things, secured from army engineers a hint that $30,000 would make navigation free and smooth. As the streams purls through Lever's district the engineers' hint swelled to $80,000, Thus does congressional economy mark time "while the Congaree flows unruffled to the sea. Steering the New Clerks By Frederic J. Hatkin Washington, June 29. The government call for women employes brings scores of . young women to Washington every day. From all parts of the country they arrive at the Union station, with a determined grip on their suitcases and a flushed look of awe for the towering white dome of the national capitol. There is no mistaking their mission. They have the air of somewhat insecure confidence that marks the young women bread-winner all over the world, and with it a suggestion of dignified importance appropriate to their position . They have come to work for the government! . So the matrons of the Young Women's Chris tian association always recognize them "as soon as they come through the gates, and -see that they get on a street car which takes them to 4he office of . the organization. Here they are. advised as to a suitable boarding house, . Washington is full of boarding houses, good, bad and indifferent. Rows of tall, gaunt houses, with front bay-windows; stone steps with iron railings on which the boarders sit on tropically hot evenings, waving palm leaf fans in a futile attempt to keep coll and combat the mosquitoes; basement dining rooms that greet the visitor with the ghosts of long-departed cabbages and tauer krout, may be found on street after street through out the northwest section. Each displays a neat little sign of some sort with the noncommittal words, "Rooms and Board," to attract the weary seeker of lodgings. The Young Women's Christian association of Washington has no lodging accommodations of its own. It has a very fine lot ort which it intends to erect a large building some day, but in the meantime funds are short. Hence, when the' of ficers learned that hundreds of young women would be called to Washington during the year for government tervice, they conducted an investi gation of local boarding houses. A committee of women spent two weeks in going around and interviewing ) landladies, inspecting .nouses and making lists of references, so that the association now has on file perhaps the first complete index of boarding houses ever been made b yany or ganization. , A boarding house must live up to the require ments of the association before the officers will send girls to it. There must be a parlorwhere they may receive guests. The bedrooms, must contain what the officers consider , an adequate number of windows. There must be certain reg ulations concerning the number of people using one bath. And, the landlady herself must be a woman of stern principles and morals, preferably a consistent church goer. . v ' When a girl arrives at the association's 'head quarters she is carried to the office on the second floor by an elevator run by a woman, and led to the matron in charge. The girl usually greets the matron, telegram in hand, which she flourishes before the good lady explaining that she has been appointed to such-and-such a place in one of the departments. ' The matron in charge always tells the girls to report for duty as soon as they can reach the place to which they have, been appointed, for the reason that their names are placed on' the pay roll from the date of reporting. So the girls usually leave their suitcases and parasols in the association's offices and rush to report, returning in the noon hour (in some cases the government permits them to haye the afternoon off) to start on the trail of a board house. A girl reached the offiee of the association the other day from a small town in Alabama. She was a very pretty girl, and somehow the matrons at the Union station had overlooked her. Another woman had approached her graciously, however, and offered to help her find a home. She had accepted, they had taken a street car. and the women kept up a conversation until they had reached their destination. When they got off the car, the girl found that they were in a neighbor hood which even to her untraveled eye appeared unpleasant . -..."What did you do?" the matron asked con cernedly. . -' ' . ' . " "I Just thought very; hard for a few seconds, ' drawled the young lady firmly, "and - then -I stopped right still w.the middle of the pavement, and looked that lady squarely in the eye. 'I have decided not to take advantage of your extreme courtesy, after all, I said; and when I turned and ran for a street car that was stopping on the corner. The car took me about five miles into the country, but I found my way here with the assistance of a policeman." . ' ' . "Now," continued the young lady, "I want to ! go to a place where the people have good morals; where they go to church on Sundays, and where the landlady is someone whom I can look up to." The matron was somewhat disconcerted by the latter portion of this order; but she finally com plied with it The young lady went to live in a private family which is taking a few boarders to help meet the high cost of living. The association is not only taking care tf the government employes who come to Washirgton, but it is placing girls and women, who brought here for various reasons, desire to find employ ment They are determined that the national capital, already one of the fnost efficiently policed cities in the country, shall be made perfectly safe for the feminine branch of the civil service Our Fightng Men r 1 jiawaBrpair, m Robert L. Howie. . ' , . 'Colonel Robert L. Howze, who has been appointed chief of staff of the new Northeastern department of the army, has a wide reputation in the service as' a dashing cavalry leader. In 1891 he was awarded a congressional medal of honor "for gilantry in repulsing attacks of Sioux Indians in South Dakota."vIn.the war with Spain he made a brilliant record in the , Porto Rican campaign and later saw much active service in the Philip pines. More recently, during the Mexican dis turbance, he commanded the expedition which went to the reKef of the Tenth cavalry after the Carrizal massacre. Colonel Howze was born in Texas in 1864 and graduated from West Point in 1888. ; ,: Samuel D. Sturgia. Samuel D. Sturis, one of the new brigadier generals of the United State army, comes of a family that has long been prominent in the mili tary service of the country. His father was Gen eral Sturgis of civil war fame and who after the war commanded the Seventh cavalry. A brother was killed with Custer in the fight with the Sioux in 1876. The new brigadier general was born in Missouri in 1861 and was appointed to the United States Military academy from Dakota, graduating in 1884. His entire military career has been in connection with the artillery arm. He reached the grade of colonel in 1912. i Omar Bundy. Omar Bundy, one of the new brigadier gen erals of the United States army, has a splendid record of military service dating from his grad uation from the West Point academy in 1883. His entire career has been identified with the infantry arm. In the war with Spain he served as captain of the Sixth United States infantry. Later he distinguished himself in the Philippines, particularly in the fight at the Crater. General Bundy. is 56 years old and a native of Indiana. He graduated from the Infantry and Cavalry school in 1887 and from the Arm War college in 1913. -. People arid'' Events ' British insurance companies are doing a morn-Ing-after-the-cyclone business in issuing policies in the Zeppelin and airplane scare belt of Eng land. An "ad" in a London paper offers to insure against death or personal injury from hostile air craft for a minimum premium of 5 shillings ($1.20) on a policy of 500 ($2,370), good for six months. Residents of the scare section, particu larly southeast England, are "coming across" as eagerly as Omaha did in the tater days of March, 1913. Proverb for the Day.. A Dreams go by contraries. . , One Tear Ago Today fn the War. Italians regained Monte Cosmagnon. Austrian continued their retreat In Galicia. ' . - French reported capture, ot 6,000 Germans south of Arras. French drive hurled Germans back on twenty-flve-mila front along the Somme. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. - , Charles E. Burmester, Jr., the bright young son of. the welt knwn gentle man of that name In this city, has just returned from a year's study in Prof. J. Toensfeldts Educational institute, St Louis. - --r Colonel Loran Miller in crossing a slippery plank, corner Fourteenth and Davenport fen and was considerably shaken and bruised. - A lively dispute is now In progress between Jerry Driscoll , and Jerry Murphy, -both of whom claim the right to be block watchman in the territory bounded by Twelfth, Douglas, Farnam and Fourteenth. Each parades his beat nightly and c!alms the other Is usurp ing. Until the dispute is settled there Is no doubt but that the block will be sedulously and doubly guarded. Dr. John A. Brooks of: Omaha, a prohibition orator, addressed the peo ple of Omaha at the Christian church. He was assisted by the Gate City quartet Miss Bertha Pratt cf kewanee. 111., and Miss Jessie Shrlver of VUHsea, la., are guests of. Mrs C. C. Cully, 1012 Saunders. " . The "All Around the World Circle" held Its regular monthly meeting at the residence of Mr. Cheeney on Lake street. A brief visit to Japan was made and singing, recitations and instru mental music served to pass the eve ning v.ery pleasantly. This Day In History. 1776 New Jersey passed a declara tion of independence. 1833 First public trial of a mow ing and reaping machine made before the Hamilton County (9.) Agricultural society. ( 18 63 Czar Nicholas of Russia be gan the Crimean war by sending his army into Moldavia. 1858 The czar of Russia decreed the partial emancipation of the serfs on the Imperial domains. 1862 President -JJincoln called for 500,000 volunteers for three yetrs. 1867 Lord Monck took office as first governor general of the Dominion ct Canada. i 1870 New constitution of Illinois ratified by vote of the people. 1892 National convention of the people's party convened at Omaha, 1916 The Russian Duma adopted a bill according to .peasants full civil rights. - , . , The Day We Celebrate. , R. W. Besley was born July 2, 1880. He Is general manager of the Hydrau Hg Press Brick company, and an offi cer In various other commercial or ganlzatlons. -'C. . W; y,; Loucks was born Just thirty-one years ago in Council Bluffs. He is secretary of the McKeen Motor company of this city. -., Elmer E. Thomas, lawyer and up lifter, was born In Ironton, 0 Jily 2, 1864. He is an active member and elder in the Dundee Presbyterian church. Charles Brome was born July 3, 1886, at Norfolk, Neb. -- He Is the son of H. C. Brome and was educated in the Omaha publlo schools. Emll Franta was born in New York City July 12, 1874. He makes a spe cialty of handling farm lands and ranches. Crown Prince Olav, heir to the throne of Norway,, born In England fourteen years ago today. Frederick P. Keppel, dean of Co lumbia university, now serving as as sistant to Secretary of War Baker, born on Staten Island, N- Y.,, forty-two years ago today. Most Rev. 'George W. Mundelein, Catholic archbishop of Chicago, born in Nek York City forty-five years ago today. ': j Grover C. Hartley, catcher of the St Louis American league base ball team, born at Osgood, Ind., twenty nine year ago today. ' Timely Jottings and Reminders. The week beginning today has been designated as "Allies' Recruiting Week," to inspire eligible subjects in this country of Great Britain, France, Italy and other allied nations to en llBt with their wpectlve colors. The Federal Trade commission's in vestigation, of tho cattle and meat problem is to begin today in Chicago. Representatives of the"8tock raising industry in the west are to be the first witnesses. An ."oratorical Plattsburg," to train the speakers who will take part in the nation-wide campaign of education in patriotism arrargd by the National Securliy league, Is to be opened at Chautauqua, N. Y., today and will con tinue one week. Marine engineering. schools to train engineer Officers for the fleet of mer chant ships building for the govern ment are to be opened today at Tulane university, Case School of Applied Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Washington university and Armour School of Technology. Storiette of the Day. Governor Livingston Beeckman of Rhode Island said in Providence, apropos of the gigantic strides that the temperance movement, la takln; ' "The whole country now seems to look at excess as tne young wife did. " 'Jim, dear,' said a young wife, T do wish you'd stop drinking. Every time you go to one of those baaquets of yours you set up the next morning pale and silent, you eat nothing, you just rulp down ten or fifteen glasses ot water. 'Do stop drinking, won't you? I known it can't be good for yci, dear.' " 'All great men have been drtvking men,' said, Jim. 'Look at Poe, at Charles Lamb, look at -Burns, look at' -- - . .' i . ;"WeIl, Jim. said the young wife. Vou Just swear off until you become a great man, too, and I'll be satis fied.' "Washington Star. . HERE AND THERE. Tht color of the French flat wu chant d in J1H, when Louis the Fat eirrle4 the red oriflamnM of St Dtnit In hia eonteiU with Henry V., the German omparor. Viet Consul O. H. Kroth at Rotterdam, tht Netherlands report that a market for outhern plteh plna can be dereloped In that country, at tht ihlpmcnta from Ratal and Germany havt stopped. j Tht family of A. K. Spencer, station matter of Oakland, Cal., hai been in tht transporta tion bullneta for 1ST yeart, Evidence of thll la in Speneer'i potactaion, and i in tht form of a ticket tieaed by 8pencer't treat I randfather in 1780 to ont Ann Smith for a ttagt trip from Portsmouth to Ixndoil.'- ... Proud He Isn't Like Mlckle. Omaha, June SO. To the Editor of the Bee: I notice in your letter box column that A. B. Mlckle is still in the land of the living. He ought to Be in a trench on the western front but don't fear about his going to the front A man with his point of view isn't going to make any sacrifice for his country. He might send his wife to . the front The daughter who left home to- make her way is to be congrattu lated for. her spunk. The wonder is how his wife and the remaining four children can endure his pusillanimity. I have gone through the latest dic tionary for a word adequate to apply to A. B. Mickle, but my search was In vain. He is in a class all by h'mself. He may think he is thrifty, but he leans .over backward in his thrift When it man can puff his pipe content edly and give orders to his wife and four children at work In the grdon, there is something wrong with his sys tem, I don't see how he can sleep with out having disturbing dreams. If the truth were known I presume he makes his wife and four children go to bed in the 'dark to further his Ideas of eronomy. Isn't this the same Mlckle who wrote last year that he bought old oatmeal at the store oatmeal full of weevils and declared thtt the conk ing process killed the weevils an r1 thus removed the objectionable feature cf weevil-infected food? He actually seems proud of his achievements; else why Would he exploit them in ublic as he does? ' ' I feel sorry for Mrs. Mlckle. A housewife who has reared five children and has to contend with the present high cost of living should have i little comfort now and then., Imagine giv ing his children a mqvle theater ticket a month as a prfcte for their efforts in the garden r. The next thing he will be doing will be to allow them butter on their bread once a week for spending aii or meir spare time m the garden. My wife says she Is glad she didn't marry a man like A. B. Mlcklei hope some of the women will express themselves on Mickle's Ideas of life. B. E., CAREFUL OBSERVER. I , Im ...Ik 51VO . LftUVWlcU&lucu, IV mv... worker for the hours or days of serv- " ice. This acknowledgment or "due bill" would be traded or "cleared" through the organisation, aa. that in the end it would amount to an ex-. change of labor among the grain grow ers. In some cases where the grain grower had fewer hours or days labor due him than he had given, the short age would be made up in cash at a price determined by the association. -nthpr fe&tiirM nf Mb-oneration sug gest .themselves. Working with state and federal agents, seed grain selec tion .handled by experts. Official in spection and grading of grain at pri mary shipping points would eliminate mMtnn oni a mn rv marKr nr nis- tributlon. And it is certain that this year's crop must be moved to milling ana export points wun a minimum oi riflnrlllnir - . . - As a national necessity measure, the most economical handling of this year's grain yield "is a matter of vital . importance, not only to the producers, but to the world. Regardless of what ; may be dene to nationalize food distri bution by a federal agency, the matter of eliminating waste in harvesting throush lack of labor where and when -most needed Is an urgent one; and the grain growers of the west are com- petent to handle it i , ... . ; JAMES. L. HICKOK. , Tat on fVmntv Fnlra Vlolnna Deshler, Neb., , June 80. To the Editor of The Bee: The proposed fed eral tax on state and cpunty fairs seems to me most unjust as tney are not operated for gain. Our association is developing a park on the gr.-unds wnich is used through the summer for picnics, mission festivals and pleasure parties free of charge. We have a demonstrator . out now putting in all of his time directing the boys and gins' club work; cooking, sewing, gar dening, canning, corn and pig clubs. This work is being done under the di rection of the federal department of Washington, . D. C.s and the state uni verslty. There will be canning demon stratlons at the fair by pupils from these classes. There will be a booth devoted to the Red Cross, and another to the navy. We are now using lan tern slides supplied by the advertising department of the United States navy and putting up their posters with, our advertising. Will use motion pictures of army and navy at our evening shows during the fair. Our judges come from the state university. Our secretary makes annual visits to Thayer -ounty towns, accompanied by the county superintendent. The schools are vis ited, free tickets to the fair are Issued to the pupils and teachers for. chil dren's day and motione pictures of Ne braska and Thayer county are thown in the opera house in the evening free, or lor enough to pay for. the hall rent if that is not donated by school or commercial club. Our agricultural building is used for lectures.: picture shows, basket ball games, roller skat ing and dances. ;lf an .admission 1b cnargea it goes to meet necessary ex penses We are now paying an Annual revenue tax. of $9.17. E. J. MITCHELL. - Secretary Thayer County Agricultural society. ' ' Ideas on Business. ' Omaha, June 29. To the Editor of The.Bee: I fully appreciate that sace In your paper is valuable and those tf Uh that you permit the publication of our ideas is only done because ot your love for fair play. May I be per- : mitted to answer our friend Anew's 1 . , t: T ..i.h A ...... hM I consider Mr. Agncw one of the finest . gentlemen that it has been my honor to discuss public questions With. I want him to remember that under the eacred institution of private property the owner has the f.nal say and no one ought to attack him for usin his power as he sees fit He is only the ; victim of an insane system that makes . . 1 1 1 A. M J 1 . 1L I J you Deueve mm ioou, cioiniiiaV au shelter should be produced for Bale and not for use, or, in other words, it , 1 would not function properly unless '. someone made a. profit off It without adding any material value thereto. . T will arlva Mr HiiE-hM credit tnr av lot of good things, exposing the insur ance crooks and busting the New York ' City ice trust Trusts are a develop-' ment and their scientific methods of organization and production are neces sary in. this day. It all depends on who owns the trustsa few lndivldu .' a!s or the people. Trusts owned by In dividuals for private profit are good for the man on the inside, so let us all 7 get on the inside. It makes no differ ence to the profit monger who is elect- : fed. - Shut your eyes and take your choice, Mr. Agnew. You cannot un scramble CKS. - JESSE T. BRILLHART. i MIRTHFUL REMARKS. : . Mrs. Banker Does your husband have much trouble tettlng a Jingle into hia verse? Mrs. Post None whatever tht troublt Is rettlnf jlntlt into hia purse. Judge.. Bank President t have just heard that our cashier haa taken a halt interest in a yacht . , - Vict President Indeed! Then we'd better watch out -that he doesn't become a full fledged skipper. Boston Transcript. . . , , Why Beatty Weils. Omaha, June 29. To the Editor of The Bee: Winston Churchill's sug gestion that the allies should attempt to dig out the German high seas fleet is suicidal. The British grand fleet is silently but effectively keeping a strangle hold on Germany's dread naughts. The allies of the Britleh can rest assured that whenever there is a fifty-fifty chance , to engage tho Ger-) man high seaa fleet in battle Admiral sir David Beatty Is the type of man that will not let the Opportunity slip through his grasp. We must net lose sight of the fact that if the British grand fleet met with disaster the Statue of Liberty would be a myth. Economic stringency will eventually compel the German fleet to leave its naval base, THOMAS HENRY WATKINS. Nicholas Oils are the Motorist's v ' Joy. ' : The tV.J&hofosVil Company' . ai asswwfc GRAIN EXCHANGE BLDC Co-operative Labor In Grain Growing. Cedar Rapids, la., June 27. to tne Editor of The Bee: Is it not reason ably certain that labor shortage will be acutely felt in this season's har vesting and threshing, by the time operations . reach the center of. the. grain belt? What has been done, what; is being done and what more can be done to meet and relieve the situation? The grain-growing states have given men for national service whose going will aggravate the eituatlon. The casual or floating laborers who in for mer seasons have served for extra labor, have been drained to the indus trial centers, attracted by abnormally high wages. . Grain growing has become a spe cialised agricultural enterprise; and although the producing operators have een greatly aided by the use of me chanical equipment the fundamentals weather conditions, and getting trained labor when most needed, must be anticipated and planned for wlth more care than ever before.' In these days, with greater acreages, heavier investments and various other factors operating, the producing .operators must manage tneir costs, particularly for labor, to provide a safe margin of profit to see them through the uncer tainties of varying seasons and manip ulated markets When harvesting and threshing is general In southern Kansas the labor ef a few hundred miles north Is wait ing, practically marking time, until their fields are ready. It would seem quite feasible and practicable to ar range an exchange of harvest labor between those waiting ana those neea- ing extra labor. For instance, the har vest and threshing labor ot central Kansas could be quickly mobilized, if needed, and as needed, and sent south; and then when they have "done their bit" work back north to their own fields. A constant flow of labor could be kept in motion from the north and meeting the harvest and working back as tar aa. needed. Under such a plan of exchange it would seem as though experienced grain-growing labor could, in the sones of harvesting and tnresnmg, eneci a tremendous saving in costs. - By an easily-worked-out plan of "clearing" the service, each grain grower would We Rent i hem REMINGTON TYPEWRITERS Any Visible Model ' $3.00 , FOR ONE MONTH . $7.50 FOR THREE MONTHS Guaranteed First Class s Condition Sent Anywhere y ' ' REMINGTON Typewriter Co. ' (Incorporated) 203 South 19th St., Omaha Phone Douglas I?4. THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU , ' l Washington, D. 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