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JULY CIRCULATION
57,229 Daily Sunday, 51,153
A.ersee dtntladon for the month subscribed aad sworo to br Dwlitt
WlUUms. Clrcn-UOB Manager.
Subscribers leavinir tha lt ahould hsva Tha Baa mailt,
to them. Addreea changed at olten aa requested.
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Sugar is also coming down, and more to
follow.
King. Ak is a delightful host, and always saves
a lot of good things for his guests from Lincoln.
Absence of speculative trading does not ap
pear to have seriously affected the natural flow
of the grain to the markets, but it is yet a little
too early to finally decide on this point.
Omaha's police force is again called on for
vigorous action, that atrocious criminals may not
escape. The hunt for bootleggers can stand over
until the murder mysteries are cleared up.
' , Pine Ridge Sioux Indians are preparing to
hold an agricultural exhibit, and, yet some folks
persist in bemoaning the fate of the poor red man.
He can give his white brother many pointers on
thrift and industry.
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Neglect fit a city bond issue does not indi
cate a slacking up of Omaha's credit, but only
that buyers are not attracted by such small sums
as hundreds pf thousands when Uncle Sam is put
ting out issues in tens of billions.
Vienna let it be known the other day that con
ceding a foot of Austrian territory to the enemy
was unthinkable. Perhaps. But, then, an Italian
gyn prodding the ribs and a bayonet tickling the
spine may provoke a fresh line of thinking.
Fear of army insurance upsetting pensions
comes from interested middlemen. No 'danger".
The present system; is secure Tbe chief object
' of the insurance system is to safeguard the com
ing roll of pensioners from undeserving slackers.
Informal frowns greet the suggestion of meat
less days at New York hotels and restaurants.
Food conservation, scos a, pojnt, .however;, in ,
reduction of. portions served.- .v.Mountmg price
promise eveni greaterxecution in .diminishing the
gorge.
Marking down prices of coal on hand to cor
respond with the government cut no doubt would
upset profit calculations. Still it may be recalled
that no hesitancy was shown last fall in mark
ing up the stock on hand when mine, prices as
cended. , .
The coal scream guards do well to get tt out
of their system as quickly as possible. There is
little time to lose. On or about September I the
food surgeons wield the knife and the volume sure
to come from the operation requires the whole
field. for exercise.
Every peace officer in Nebraska is now a duly
accredited secret agent of the Council of De
fense. What would be more to the point would
be to impress on every citizen the desirability of
conducting his affairs so as to make secret agents
entirely unnecessary..
s 'This is the first time," says the Tribune, "that
Minneapolis ever had a mayor through whom the
president of the United States could not com
municate with the people of the city. Has Mm
neapolis seceded to the Junkerbund? So much the
worse for Minneapolis.
Human guessers on the war's finish are clearly
outclassed by two farseeing spider of Maryland.
One wove. into. its web in plain letters: "War
ends in September," the other clinched the proph
ecy with the words: "Victory for Amerieal" That
settles it All bets are off.
"Barney" Baruch's action in selling his seat on
the New York stock exchange ought to silence
critics who have objected to his presence on the
war board, but the carpers will find some other
grounds for objection. No matter who is named
for that important work, somebody will refuse to
be pleased. I
( An Insult to Our New Army.
It it. worthy of comment, even if consid
ered along unpatriotic lines, to mention the
fffct that it looks mighty queer that among
those who have gone to the training camps v
for officers' reserve corps are published the
names of mighty few. if any, young men who
are not the sons of rich or prominent men in
politics as succeeding in being selected as
new officers of our army. Is it possible that
the sons f poor men, or men in the ordinary
walks of life, are not so highly endowed with
executive ability and with the qualifications
which go to make good officers as are those
whose fathers are wealthy or stand high in
political circles? Has America come to that
point in its history where favoritism and
boodle command those who are in authority
and in position to hand out "Who's Who"
even- in the selection of the men who are to
lead our armies in the death struggle now
on? It would look so. Think it over and
compare the list of those selected with those
who apply and don't win out. Crawford .
Courier.
A more gratuitous insult to the young men
who have gone into the service of the United
States army, most of them at considerable sacri-
ce to themselves, than is contained in the tore-
going cajinot be put into words.
The Bee will not allow such statements to go
unchallenged. When it was determined that we
must post haste raise an army for national de
fense the question of providing suitable officers
for the forces to be raised was of greatest im
portance. Training camps for officers were de-
ided UDon and young men were asked to present
themselves as candidates for such training. A
oecial grade of men was required and these
were selected with the greatest of care. It is
true that some sons of rich men entered the
service through these camps, but it is equally
true that a far greater number of young men in
moderate circumstances and dependent on their
own efforts have been commissioned as officers
in the new army. As much reason exists for the
assertion that the entire army is made up of mil
lionaires and politician! because a few 6cions of
great wealth have either enlisted of been drafted
for service in the ranks.
The army of the United States is made up of
citizens of the United States, and it is disloyal as
well as insulting to insinuate that its control rests
in the hands of rich men or politicians.
Two members of a New York exemption
board,: pleading guilty to graft charges, won two
years in 'the penitentiary and fines of $10,000
each. To those who do not need a surgical opera
tion to( let in the light the incident affords one
of many glimpses of the perils of 'obstructing
Uncle Sam's chosen path.
"We Get What We Can:':
-'w York WerlU-
. When asked what his idea was of a fair profit
during war, an Illinois coal mine operator before
a Missouri board of inquiry answered:
"There is no limit -We get what we can.
Everybody is doing that including the farmer."
There are 6,000,000 independent farms and
'farmers in the United States. Their natural re
sources are practically without limit Their prices
, to the public are controlled by a competition
which is , impossible of . suppression among .so
many independent units of industry.
The workable coal deposits of "the United
States are of a comparatively limited extent Thev
are operated by an even more limited number of
owners. These interests have become variously
interlocked for all practical purposes of price con
trol by themselves,' and they deal in a product
absolutely essential to the life of the people and
to industry. ""We get what we can'- is amended
. by virtual monopolt;t ad,,3'Ve fet-what we
please.'V ' V -. 4 i . . . ...... ....?...
The American public has refused to stand for
this sort of thing irythe case of railroads and cer
tain other virtual monopolies. It will be founc
in the popular support of such steps as the presi
dent is now taking that the American public will
not stand for this sort of thing in the case of coal.
t Wyoming-Omaha Pipe Line.
While preparations for war and for carrying
on Jhe usual business of the community at the
same time make uncommon demands on public
attention, the flurry should not be allowed to ob
scure the importance of the mooted pipe line
rom the Wyoming oil fields to Omaha. This
project is getting some attention among eastern
investors just now because of the growth of the
Wyoming oil industry and the desirability of pro
viding a better market for its output. The pipe
line is the natural, solution for the problem and
Omaha is the logical location for its eastern ter
minus and for the refining works. This has been
familiar to our people for a long time, and has
been discussed in a desultory fashion on a jium-
ber of occasions, with no tangible result The Bee
submits that it should, be taken up immediately
and made a special order of business for consid
eration by the Commercial club as soon as that
bqdy resumes its activities. , No m6re important
matter has been proposed for local action, none
more feasible in all its aspects and none that will
be of greater material benefit than this. It is a
question of whether we are alive to an oppor
tunity. ' ' --.
Cut in Sugar Prices.
Announcement that" heef ugr rnakers will put
their product on the market at a cost lower than
present quotations is encouraging for the future,
but does not help he present situation greatly.
Whatever the reason may be, the fact is, that
sugar is selling at a high price just now, when it
is most in requisition for the purpose of making,
effective the great food preservation campaign on
which the housewives of the nation are engaged.
A reduction in price will be welcome in October,
but it would be doubly a boon to the canning
clubs at this time. In this connection it may be
stated that Mr.; Hoover's work is only begun.
While some of the staple articles of food are
responding slowly to the changing circumstance's,
others are going in the opposite direction. For
example, last week the raisin growers of Cal
ifornia made announcement of a rise in price that
amounts to but three-fourths of 1 cent per pound,
but the main fact is that the crop for the current
yrar i estimated at 150,000 tons as against 75,000
tons for last year. This means that the three-
quarters of a cent? additional will turn two and
a quarter millions of dollars into the pockets of
the California raisin growers, a tribute to the fact
that they have a close organization and no competition.
Right Spirit for Coal Men.
Contrasted against the. sentiment expressed
by the Black Diamond, already quoted by The
Bee, may be the utterance of E. E. Loomis, presi
dent of the Lehigh Valley Coal company. Mr.
Loomis says: "I believe the president's action
will tend to stabilize retail prices. So far as our
companies are concerned, we will go ahead with
our announced policy of mining every ton of coal
possible. We expect to break all our records for
mining this year." If all the coal operators will
meet the government on this basis none will suffer
because of the fact that it has been found neces
sary to take the industry under federal control
and giveits direction into the charge of an ad
ministration clothed with dictatorial power,
Willingness to co-operate manifest by the coa'
men will bring them a reward that will be worth
more in time than any war profit they might be
able to extort through reason of unrestricted
management of their mines and deliveries. Na
tional and not individual existence is involved
and this alone should be considered.
Farm Loan Board in Action
ByFre ericJ.Haskin.
' In normal times the new father high-stepped
with pride and esteemed his own the best ever,
Love and admiration for the newcomer appar
ently crowded the limit. Nowadays the limit is
off. The wartime kid underscores an exemption
claim and the love and devotion bestowed in re
turn knows no fatherly bounds.
Brother Edgar Howard's devotion to the in
terests of Bre'r Ig Dunn is touching, and can
onfy be heightened by contrast with the assiduity
with which Ignatius! looks after the welfare of
Edgars
It may be when the coal matter is adjusted
we will have some to provide Holland with fuel
to take the place of that shut off by the kaiser.
Home folks, come first though, and our allies
next. . ,
Subjects of King George domiciled in Omaha
are coming out of retirement in goodly numbers
and arranging to get into khaki. But a few of
them prefer the other course and will linger here
in safety. .
Washington, D. C, August 2S.The Farm.
Loan Board is at present one of the busiest dis
tributing points in the machinery of the United
States government. Yesterday it sold about $1,
000,000 worth of bonds, and issued twenty-five
charters to farm loan associations. It already
has organized 1.000 of these associations, ap
proved loans of $50,000,000, and actually placed
about $10,000,000 in the hands of the farmers.
The Farm Loan Board knows what every
farmer proposes to do with the money it leads
him. Mr. Herbert Quick now proposes to go a
step further and offer the farmer a little advice.
This advise will take the form of a publication
called the Borrower's Bullentin. It will go free
to every borrower under the farm loan act and
the first issue is just about to come off the press.
One of the first and most significant things
that farmers all over the country are doing is to
make Uncle Sam the creditor for whatever they
owe. The government bids fair to become a sort
of permanent and universal protagonist in the
farm mortgage drama. For example, in the first
two farm loan associations organized in Montana,
the farmers were paying 8 to 12 per cent for the
money they had borrowed. Furthermore, many
of the loans were short term loans. By borrow
ing the money from the government to pay back
their other creditors, these farmers have saved
from 3 to 7 per cent a year in addition to obtain-
g most favorable terms for the repayment ot
the loan.
The government farm loans are putting' a
premium on good farming methods, and this edu
cative feature of the act has great possibilities of
development. For example, the head of the New
Orleans federal farm loan district, says that he
always regards as a good risk man who raises
his own food, and especially a man who raises
hogs, so that he will not have to buy meat That
man is going to have moriey with which to meet
his payments. This same district board cut down
the loan of a man who was placidly raising cot
ton, and nothing but cotton, despite the fact that
tne eastern arive oi me doii wecvu army was umy
twenty miles from his farm. It would seem that
if the board had proper machinery for pointing
out to the man his daneer and how to remedy it
by diversifying his crops, its usefulness would be
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incaicuiaDiy mumpiiea. ims iuncuon wm uuuui
less be performed in part by the Borrower's Bui-
etin.
Tf ' fntre!ne7 fn nest that tlie cnfireA fiti-
!. U MtU trmitinn full ct,4r if
benefit of the loan., In order to protect their in
terests among otheV things, a provision was in-
seneu in me taw io mc cucti mai uu vu iu
loan association could have exclusive jurisdiction
si.T.r amr eriven hif rti trrifA-v. Thift WfMllfl fire-
vent the white people, or any other one class or
group from terming an association irom wmcn
V,r vlfrlH In mm narta lf thr smith
this has led to the organization of separate farm
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loan associations vy mc ucgiuca. m m uuin
parts the district boards have announced that this
is an opportunity for the white man to show that
he is a real friend of the colored man by helping
him to the benefits of the farm loan, and most
of the white farmers in the south have taken the
tip- .. .. ....
In the old sections ot tne soutn ana or xew
England, where there are farms that have been
...i;tJ (nr - rnnrv or twn. tfMtihfir an ab-
tuilimu v m v.. j - " J , o - - - " ,
stract of title nearly always means an expensive
search in county recoras, ana mat someumes is
. ...K.I.bi All inrti nt r Amnl ii-a t inn . are
found. Back in '72 for example, Jones bought a
projecting corner oi smuns iarmr iney; muvcu
the rail fence back 100 feet, and let it go at jhat,
without making any written record of transac
tion. Several cases have been found in which Doe
bought a life interest in a farm trom Koe, Dut
- -.t anneireil in rlaim it when
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Doe died, so Doe's heirs are now in possession,
and would like to Borrow some money irom uncte
Sam. But they, can't because they have no valid
title to the farm. ; t... . , J ;
Naturally all of this fuss about titles has
caused the brow of the farmer to take pn new
... .f 'narnWitv unit far, vfttlt Vie USllallV
perceives that a clear title is a necessity m any
case, and goes aneaa to gci u ii possiuir. ,
xr ...... in h TTniiin ha anUrn a share
of the farm loan money, and there is much evi
dence against tne contention inai
chicfly benefit the farmers of thejiouth and west,
where interest rates are high. The Springfield,
f.. tl.t.U Aifh Ii' thf rentfr 7 fit the
low interest belt, has . taken $5,000,0 The
rich i farm lands ot lowa, oecause oi ineir mgu
value, have always been the favorite field for in
surance loans. Aitnougn not mucn money u
been loaned ih Iowa as yet, a number of associa-
.:.. !.... tt- (nrmfd- and tnnre eiVnificant. the
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prevailing rate of interest on other loans has been
hamtnerea aown to me government j y
The west is naturally leading because interest
rates are high in that section and titles are clear.
Texas has received more tarm loan money mn
any other state, largely, of course, because of its
size. California, Kansas, Indiana, Nebraska, Mon
tana, Oklahoma. Washington, bolorado, Illinois,
a ramiins in other state, that lead in
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numbers of associations and applications for loans.
The thousand associations average about eighteen
farmers each, ana tne average size oi uaus
$2,300.
The bonds by means of which the government
raises the money to loan the farmers are selling
on their merits as last as tney come oui. tnu
bear four and a half per cent interest and are
free from taxation. Their safety is pretty well
guaranteed by tne tact mat iney arc ppuycu
r. . .n.,mni f.inrU. are secured
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i t--. J ..r,.iMl of turir the value of tne
money loaned on them, and are endorsed by all
twelve of the government. iana -anus.
The Farm Loan Board is asking congress for
two improvements in the law under which it op-
crates. ne oi mcsc w tu'v- .......
reclamation projects, who are paying the govern-
-- (,; UnA nn the installment clan, to
incut vi -' w.. - - T ,
borrow money on the proposition of their lands
tnat tney nave pam lor. -nc umci i civ..o.v..
of the maximum amount which a farmer may bor-
t einrvvi tjfifinfi Thi latfer measure
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will make government farm loans more attrac-
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tive to tne owners oi vaiuame ianas m mc imu-i-west
Centers of Treason.
-Chtatgo Trlhone-
I TODAY
On Tear Ago Today In the Car.
Germany declared ' war on Rou
manla. I'etroirrad reported cohttnued suc
cess of the Russian drive-Into Hun
gary. Roumanla attacked Austria in the
Carpathians, aiming to invade Transylvania.
Governor Burnquist of Minnesota, acting on
the recommendation of the public safety commis
sion, has suspended from office Mayor L. A.
Fritsche, City Attorney Albert Pfaender and
County Auditor Louis Vogel of New Ulm, Minn.
The officials are charged with a deliberate cam
paign of opposition to enlistment and with dis
loyal utterances; but the committee goes beyond
these charges to call attention to the fact that
loyal merchants and bankers are boycotted by
pro-Germans in this region. ,
This charge of a pro-German boycott was
made some weeks ago by Uie Nebraska Council
of Defense. It was hard to credit, but there
seems no doubt that in some communities in the
middle west German frightfulness is being adopt
ed by those who, while pretending to be Amer
icans and thriving under the nag as tney never
throve before, place Germanism above Amer
icanism.
It seems incredible that such a boomerang
should be flung even by war obsessed- aliens. The
boycott is a game that can be played by. Amer
icans, and in fact one of the worst effects of, pro-
German disloyalty is likely to be an internecine
warfare in which not only will disloyalists be se
verely punished, but quite innocent and loval men
will suffer. If these stupid partisans of Frussian
militarist ambition adopt the boycott, what will
happen if loyal Americans, enraged by their in
gratitude and treachery, boycott not only German
trade but German-American trade? '
U any proof were needed of the vicious in
fluence of separatism in this country, it is being
given now by such communities as New Ulm.
I That town evidently does not consider itself a
part of America; It wants the advantages of
America, doubtless, but it would like to fly the
German, flag abovt the Stars and Stripes.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Train Berth, while painting his new",
dwelling; 1610 South Thirteenth, madi
a misstep and fell from the scaffold a
distance of twenty-five feet, sustaining
a fracture of his left shoulder and dis
locating his right
The proprietor of a Farnam street
cigar store is inquiring through the
columns of The Bee whether the "new
fangled machine" in the Are depart-
ment is to be used for "squirting on
people who go t see fires.'" It seems"
this gentleman's eye was in direct line
with one of the streams pf water
hence the query.
Jack Yates, foreman at Hammond's
packing house, is the happy father of
a baby girl.
Chief Seavey issued orders to his
men that immediately after an alarm
of lire is turned in from the business
center the officer in charge f the day
or night force will order the patrol
wagon and tell all police to proceed to
the Are as quickly as possible in order
to keep the crowd back to a safe dis
tance. For the first time In neary two years
Officer Thomas Ormsby took a week's
layoff and went to Dunlap, Ia for a
visit with relatives.
Miss Nettie pritchard, who has been
a popular teacher in the county school
of District No. 53 ever since the dis
trict was established, has left for the
normal school at Peru to spend a
year.
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Burket and Mr.
James M. Haskell and daughter, Miss
Annie, have returned from a six
month's pleasure trip at tha principal
seaside resorts on the Atlantic coast.
This Day in History.
1775 John Hancock and Dorothy
Quincy eloped and were married at
Fairfield, Conn.
1842 Many lives lost when three
British convict ships were wrecked in
Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.
1844 First United States railway
mail car placed in operation.
1897 Jackson-Harmsworth Polar
expedition returned to England after
an absence of three years.
1898 Claude Matthews, ex-gover-"nor
of Indtana, died at Indianapolis.
Born at Bethel, Ky., December 14,
1845.
1814 Great British naval victory off
Heligoland.
1915 Ambassador von Bernstorn:
promised full satisfaction for sinking
of Arabic. '. :. ,
1: 1916 War department ordered 12,
000 National Guardsmen, of Kentucky,
Ohio and Vermont to the Mexican border.
The Day We Celebrate.
Charles S. Elgutter, lawyer, was
born August 28, 1861, at San Jose,
Cal. He was educated in Phillips acad
emy and Ha nurd university and was
a member -of. the Omaha .school board
for one term. ,. ,( ,-. , ...
Frank B. Johnson of the Omaha
Printing company is celebrating hla
fifty-seventh birthday, He was born
at Rock Bluffs, Neb., and started out
as teller in' the Omaha National bank.
John W. Towle la Just 45 today. He
was born at Falls City, Neb., grad
uated at Cornell as a civil engineer
and is now the head of several bridge
companies.
Charles s. whitman. - tne present
governor- of New York, born at Nor
wich, Conn., forty-nine years ago to
day. '
Brigadier General Irving Hale, u.
A., retired, born at North Bloom-
field, N, Y., fifty-sixth years ago to
day. ,
Rt. Rev. Henry Althorr, Catholic
bishop of Belleville, 111., born at Avis
ton, III., forty-four years ago today.
M. A. De Wolfe Howe, newly elected
editor of the Harvard Graduates Mag
azine, born at Bristol, R. I., fifty-three
years ago today.
James Couzens, automomie manu
facturer arid police commissioner of
Detroit, born at Chatham, Ont, forty-
five years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
An ecumenical council of the Russo
Greek Orthodox church, the first held
since the time of Peter the Great, is
to convene today at Moscow.
The International Entente Allied
Socialist Conference is scheduled to
meet in London today for & two-day
session. 1
The National Medical association,
composed of negro physicians and sur
geons, is to begin its annual conven
tion today in Philadelphia,
Plans for the more effective use of
fish as food are to be discussed at the
Joint annual convention of the Ameri
can Fisheries society and the National
Association of Fish and Game Com
missioners, to meet today at St. Paul.
, The formation of a new political
party will be discussed at the annual
convention to be opened at Atlantic
City today by the National Independ
ent Political league, Which claims to
represent 300,000 negro voters
throughout the country.!
Storyette of tbe Day.
Food Controller Hoover said the
other day:
"If food prices are not controlled
they will mount to famine heights.
Flour, for instance, will mount to $20
a barrel next year.
"Yes, food prices must be controlled
against the profiteer, for there was a
lot of truth in the answer of the little
schoolboy.
"'Is the world round? his teacher
asked him.
" 'Nome.' he said.
'"Is it flat, then?'
"'Nome.'
'"Child, are you crazy? If the
world isn't round and isn't flat, what
in heaven's name is it?' .
"'Pop says it's crooked," said the
boy.' " Washl-gton star.
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Attention of correspondents is again
called to the rule that true names and
addresses must be given with all let
ters sent for publication in this col
umn. The Bee is dally in receipt of
letters not so signed, many of whieh
would be published were the name of
the responsible writer known to the
editor. The name is ''not necessarily
for publication, but, as guaranty .of
'good faith." Anonymous communica
tions will not b published. Editor
The Bee.
GENTLENESS AND MIGHT.
Patience Worth.
Oh. Ha la the sentleaeas
That epreadeth tha Springs
And caeteth from out Hla bounty
Fresh blooma that apurt the sod ,
In resurrection, . . .
.'- .--Ha
la tha gentleneas
That readeth .tha . moctv's 'Illumined ell.
H-er.-' t --s a.-.
O'er the allee , "
And cuetaliteth the rnountalij peaks of
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That leaeth the Jroune; winds "
Rolns 'bout tha aweet-eteeped fielder
That waveth tha era as blades to . tram-
bllnf.
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That aetteth up tha hum o tha sea,.; . .
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iThat swept the-web-of mofniax.x j
Glistening ot devrl -;, '.
Ha la tha nentleneaa
Tet Ha In Hi strength
Hath poured tha universe
Across tba ever-epace. . v
Science and Scientists.
Omaha, Aug. 25. To the Editor ot
The Bee: Mr. Olson under date of
August 17 makes the very Common
mistake of confusing Christian Science
with Christian Scientists.
While we have no apology to make
for the outward showing which has
been made by those who have publicly
acknowledged their faith in Christian
Science, yet it will be at once conceded
that no one could stand sponsor for all
the acts of omission or commission of
every one claiming to be a Christian
Scientist. Science never fails, but
scientists are sometimes quite human
and It would be manifestly unfair to
let the failure of one individual upset
our settled convictions.
The assertion that some persons are
in their garves because they relied
upon Christian Science and refused to
seek "other aid" assumes the "other
aid" to be an exact science, and there
is no such thing.. The medical fra
ternity do the best, they can, but they
do not guarantee Jesuits, and the more
learned in the profession, the less dog
matic the assertion. Christian Science
is in existence today because "other
aid" has not met the needs of human
ity. . Spirit is used by Mrs. Eddy as a
synonym for God. Spirit, God Is
omnipotent and omnipresent. Man is
the reflection bf infinite Spirit. This
postulate does not seem to demand
that God Is divisible or that we must
recognize evil as a component part of
man. .
While, as suggested, we will "re
frain from controversy," yet it would
seem probable that cur critic finds the
Bible as foolish as Science and Health.
Is it not so? Paul says, "Where is the
wise? Where s the disputer of this
world? Hath not God made foolish
the wisdom of thia world?"
Now, to one who repudiates the
Bible, understands so little of Christian
Science as not to know that absent
treatments are legitimate and proper,
if one employs a practitioner, seeks to
discredit Christian Science from every
shortcoming or failure of the practi
tioner, regards the evidence of the
senses as Superior to spiritual under
standing, there Is but one alternative,
and that is to forego any effort to be
healed in Christian Science, and, as
Mrs. Eddy says, "Wait patiently for
divine Love to move upon the waters
of mortal mind and form the perfect
concept." (Science and Health, p.
454.) 1 CARLE. HERRING.
Appeals for Patriotic Boys.
Omaha, Aug. 27. To the Editor of
The Bee: Recognizing that difficul
ties are inevitable in perfecting a vast
military organization among a people
devoted exclusively to the pursuits of
peace, this letter is meant, not as a
criticism, of any ; existing military
boards, but as an. effort to secure for
and from the appeal boards the proper
attention to a class of . cases which
must in the total be rather numerous,
but for which the authorities at Wash
ington seem to have made no pro
vision. I refer to those who, before
the draft, made an honest endeavor
to enlist in some, department of the
service, but weret for- one reason or
another, rejected.; by the. various ex
amining boards. Many Of these boyp,
when drafted and called for examina
tion, were passed by the new examin
ing boards; This, I understand, was
due td orders from Washington to
lower the standard of efficiency.
These boys, being willing to serve,
have not asked for exemption on the
ground of previous rejection, or for
any other cause. And what Is the
result? They are Immediately treated
as drafted men' who did not volunteer,
and lose the privilege, of choice en
joyed by those volunteers who were
acepted. Is that Just and fair?
Furthermore, in order to establish
& just and equitable basis for the or
der in which the draft should apply
to those who are subject to call, num
bers were drawn by lot In Washing
ton. Slackers and deserters who
failed to appear when summoned are
certified by the boards for immediate
draft tnto the service and thus, as a
well deserved penalty, they forfeit any
and all right to exemption, as well as
the right to maintain the order in
which they should be called, as deter
mined by the drawing. Niw, some of
the boys who volunteered before the i
draft and were rejected by the first
board, only to be accepted by the sec
ond, board, and who are virtually vol
unteers, are being penalized with the
slackers and deserters by being moved
forward into the first draft, whon
their lot numbers entitle them to ap
pear only in the second draft. And
that simply because they did not file
claim for exemption. Is that just and
fair?
Again, the number of exemptions
claimed is very large. Many of them
are just and will doubtless be granted;
yet some of them are made wun me
evident purpose, of thereby escapinp
the patriotic service that their country
has a right to ask and obtain of them.
By the delay Incident to the hearing
of these unworthy cases these patriotic
boys are again being done the injus
tice of being crowded forward into
positions that will result in their being
taken before their time.
It was, therefore. . olely because of
the lowering of the standard, on the
one hand, and the patriotic refusal
on the other, that those on whose be
half this appeal is made have alread
been certified for service. In order
to do them plain justice it is conse
quently suggested that all such boys, x
who are virtually volunteers, be al
lowed to take again the examination
for the department of service for
which they volunteered, or for some
other of their choice, and to this end
that they be exempted from- the first
draft.
To the district board of appeals
should be given full authority to con
sider and decide all such cases.
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