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THE BEE: OMAHA,' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR' THE BEE PUBUSHINO COMf ANT. PROPBIITOB Entered at Omaha pottofflc a oond-elas matter. . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION B Cirrtar. Bv 111!! pall end ot4i . rr aoaUw J Per rear. K M WU WIUOUS Ewat " M IN Enttla and Susdv " 40o " M jhwim without guild? " . Ita " IN 8uada foe ajlr..... "Sue " tW Bwt aoties er ohm I of adareu et trrafulamr delnry lo OdU Mt. ClroilaUoa Daperuatot MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The aaaselated press, f atlrh Tht Bee ta a nembrr. It eielutll eautled tae me tor wirabllcstloo of all newt credited la II or aat owarwlM arediMd la tklt paper and alia tht local am piib liiaed aereia all rifhu at nvublleeuoa at ur tpeoUl ditpttebo ai ana ituiny REMITTANCE BaaUt by drift axpreto ar aacil order. permw of aauu aeoewiu. n titern eioltenge. not aeoeptfd. Oah l-eanl Manna Ulna hi Personal aback, exotpt oa onaha and OFFICES Omaha The Baa ! ftuildlfia. Sow Omh. 427 8. Mtb St moll Bluff M N. Mala St i utue traiiou. Chteate People's Oat ltulldlns. Kn Tort-SW FlfU Ata It UiuiN B't of Commema, Waahlactoa U 14lh St. M. W. CORRESPONDENCE IMnm enaumntastltai nlitlnf to am act alltorlal Buttaf to onaha Boa, tdituriti Sepertaent. AUGUST CIRCULATION 59,011 Daily-Sunday, 51,912 IrealaOaa far the aaal CUealatloa Keaatw. Snrai atrealaoa far the oata ra bawl bed aa tvora to by Dwlfhl nuuwa Subacrlbera leavinf the city ahauld have The Bae mailed to them. Addreaa chanrsd aa often aa roquet ted. Uncle Sam's loan counter is making little noise, but its shots reach the target just the same. Germany and Sweden are agreed on one vital point .The leaks of Stockholm are a menace to crooked diplomacy. At best, Obsession" with the notion that one is guilty of a crime which someone else committed is a decidedly dangerous delusion. "Can tomatoes and save two-thirds" is the ad vice of our local food supervisor, who ought to know, for he! was once in the grocery business. v Tax bill conferees manifest irritation because the public is advised of conference doings. Who are the conferees working for themselves or the public?: .. It will go hard with French Deputy Turmel If the charges, against him are proved. War time treason in France heads for the guillitone or a firing squad In the last analysis a strike holdup affords no better proof of patriotism than a coal holdup, a food holdup, or a cotton holdup. All are tarred bjr the same stick. ' f After defying , patriotic ; lightning fof six months, Herr Thompson of Chicago ducks for shelter and safety. Political patriots of Big Bill's' stripe, rarely miss glimpsing the band wagon. The hyphenated World-Herald plainly does not like the popular recognition accorded to The Bee for our straight-forward policy of "America first and all the time." The contrast with that sheet is altogether too obvious. The late King Constantino perches his chalet on an elbow of the Swiss Alps, far removed from tumult and shouting of disturbing mobs. Unlike the jobless Nick Romanoff, the government does not guarantee the sent ind board 'bills. .When Omaha's conscripted aquad lined, up for the first time at Camp Funston, so we are told by an imaginative correspondent, "their Jaws pro traded belligerently." Can it be this knight of the quill expects the boys to fight with their jaws? ' An elght-noor day and every Sunday off turn,' marizea thi declaration of independence of the Housemaid' union of Seattle, Should this decla. ration become fashionable from coast to coast, mere man's hope of domestic bliss lies in mar rying into the union, V . President Bedford of the Standard Oil com pany gives public assurance! of an abundance of oil for military, naval ind civic needs during the war.l,WitH tanks sod oil cans loaded for business, patriotism and pleasure go forward on the high for victory. ' ' After the cheers, the tears and the goodbyi come to the people at home the duty'ef making good their pledget of seeing the boys through to the finish. Faith and confidence should go hand in hand with works designed to lighten the trials and hardships of war. ; V y S- . While the canning rush is on and. cooks" line up for a profitable season, public good might be further served by pushing into the hopper jury tamperers, deficit makers and tax eaters generally With these tastefully canned conservation woultj, top' the scoreboard of speed. 1 y ' Colonel Roosevelt is scheduled 'to tell us at Kansas City "next Tuesday some more plain, un tarnished truths about the. war as a follow-up on the speech he delivered at Lincoln last June. Ger man sympathizers and hyphenates will take due notice and hike for the woods. ... Elimination of grocery accounts of uncertain reputation strikes at a fruitful source of economic waste. -The tep involves some risk and should be made gradually. Banishing all the worries of the trade at one sweep" might radiate an excess of joy and provoke fall picnic. , . Argentina Breaks With Germany.. Only the most unexpected of events will pre vent the early chronicling of the. legitimate out come of Count von Luxburg's diplomatic brutal ity, and the severance of relations between Ar gentina and! Germany announced Germany is not likely, to make any concessions to the out raged South American republic, especially in the presence of threat to cut of! diplomatic communi cation. While final action is-yet to be taken, the issue is easy to foresee, having been distinctly shadowed by the action of the senate in adopt ing a resolution little short of a declaration of war. The United States and its allies will gain considerable advantage through the accession of Argentina. Materially, this will take the form of better and more inclusive control of the food situation. Argentina is the only great food produc ing country not already aligned against the Ger man combination, and may soon be looked to join in measures to prevent food going to Germany through neutral countries. Morally the course of Argentina will have a decided effect, for it will do much to unify sentiment in South America, and so influence the future of the republics. "Spurlos versenkt" may yet apply to the carefully built up structure of Germanic influence throughout the whole new world. ' ' , Forward, the Canning Brigade. 'Out of the gardens planted last spring and watched and tended all through the summer now is coming such bounteous return as guarantees a plenitude of provender against the lean days of winter. However, this must bemade certain by preservative ministration, wherefore those who gave time and effort to the growing of vegetables now are putting in their best licks to avert de cay while consumption impends. The canning brigade is under way, full charge, and will not be denied. The campaign for" the concocting of fruit into jams and jellies, preserves and the like, was only a curtain-raiser for the drive now on. All over the land the early fall atmosphere is redolent of spicy'odors, while an all but for gotten household art is renewed with vigor. Pun gent steam or wholesome vapors till of the trans formation of garden produce into pickles and cat sup, picalili and relishes, and, while the cold pack ers and earners are going at top speed, the driers are never idle, and more food than has ben laid away in many years is being stored against need. The amazing energy of the American people was never better shown than in this splendid and prac tical outlet for surplus force that might other wise have cheated some havoc. A Million Volunteers Sew Vara World On September 6 there were 1,074,146 men in the military and naval forces of the United States. That was ju6t five months after the declaration of war. All of these men were volunteers and prob ably twice as many had offered themselves as had been accepted.. Up to that time not a drafted sol dier had been aent to a training camp. , Without noise or flurry the work of enlistment proceeded, n Every section of the country wit nessed the rapid, steady outpouring of men who of their own impulse flocked to the colors. It was a spontaneous manifestation of patriotism. Little had been done to stimulate recruiting. Presi dent Wilson issued only one appeal. There were so such scenes as stirred Great Britain from end to end when Kitchener's army was raised. The Americas method has been quieter and less picturesque, but it has been extraordinarily effective '.With minimum of effort or excite, ment the army and navy have been raised to their greatest strength in the history of the nation. The United States navy is overflowing with men and a halt has been called upon enlistments. The regular army is in excess' of its full war quota. The National Guard has-been quickly recruited. The lesser branches of the service have been filled. The officers' training camps have turned away thousands.' v,-- -.; T ..',,- ' .-. i Under the volunteer system we have created an army and a navy worthy of this nation and dedicated to the cause of democracy, and the men now selected for mobilization in the national army will almost double the land forces. - Russia to Enlighten the World. Declaration of 'a republic for Russia by the Kercnsky cabinet if followed by a proclamation from, the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, calling for an assembly to frame1 the new government. ' This rings up the curtain oa another act of the strangest drama the world has ever witnessed. Iht character of the call for the convention gives some basis for forecasting its issue. It Specifically excludes from participation any who, have shown capacity for. managing or directing affairs other than mouthy agitation. Un- der the broadly Inclusive epithet of "bourgeoise" are listed all who have declined to subscribe to the doctrine that something can be made out of nothing, and those who yet believe that continu- ng disorder will not bring substantial progress.' These will not be permitted to have any part in arranging for the new government. Only the proletariat will be heard. Radicals of every (hade will gather, but who can hope for any agreement from such an assembly? Tragedy teems to be the fate of dreamy Russia, and in this the race is but working out its destiny. It will enlighten the world, however, through its experiment in applied socialism, and may answer some of the enthusi asts at home by demonstrating still further the futility of their schemes for reforming things. Testing Out Nstional Modesty. Americans have been too busy doing it to re alise just what they really have accomplished since they determined to go to war, but 'from) soihe for elgn observers we are learning a little. .Giving these friends of ours, who have looked over the ground with critical eyes, credit with sincerity, and we have again astonished the world. Such swift celerity of preparation as we have shown was not ex. pected; our national tendency to muddle aid moil over details has been discounted by our friends, consequently the business-like methods adopted and results achieved have astounded them." In five months we hiave gotten an army of a million and a. half of men intd preparation, or ganized and undergoing intensive training; have made provisions on a scale so elaborate that even Europe, accustomed to war on a gigantic scale, says we have done wonders, and have brought public and private enterprise into close and effec tive co-operation for the further prosecution of enterprise of war. All this has impressed our friends from abroad, even if it does not seem so very much to us, now that we finally have started. However, they , will find, our national modesty equal to the test, just at our valor and devotion 'has beeiTproved. ' '-'-s I-'.y Fixing Retail Coal and Bread Prices. Dr. Garfield, coal controller under the presi dent, announces that by October 1 he will be able to give prices to govern retail coa) dealers. ' This action will relieve a situation that is slowly be coming tense. Buyers still hold aloof, in expec tation of lower rates thn are now offered by dealert, who urge immediate purchases., The probability that prices will be. brought down en courages consumers to wait and the retatl coal trade consequently stagnates and extensive pur chases by householders scarcely will be made un til final announcement conies from Washington. Mr. Hoover also fays he may be able to render .the bread problem less acute by bringing about such a standardization of ythe loaf as will mateJ rially increase the amount sold for a nickel These retail prices naturally rest on the basic figures for wheat and coal, established last month, and afford the only certain relief in sight for the high cost of living.- It may be that in some 'degree the lowered price of these staples will have an influence on other items, but that is to be hoped for rtther than promised yet. Many details remain to be more perfectly ad justed before the food administration will work with entire smoothness, but the law must be given a fair and extensive test before its useful net is finally determined. The farmer who wants to hold his wheat may do to, but the great ma jority of them vrill not be found putting obstacles in the way of the law when once they understand it gives AO undue advantage to any. " A vision of golden splendors depicted on a background of hot air entranced the convention of the Nonpartisan league at St- Paul' No polit ical savior of these later days ever sketched a more glowing prospect or fashioned a more fetching moonshine, platform to get in on. 'Bar mint's census' remains unshaken. Military Training inSthqoU By Frederic J. Haskin Washington, Sept 19. The movement for military training in the public schools of this country is gaining force There is still a great deal of difference of opin ion on the question, but the consensus seems to be that proper armament is the most effective guaranty. After the Boer war there was an at tempt to introduce military training into the public schools of England, but the whole country op posed it so vio!entlythat it failed. Such training in England has never been popular, although from time to time various voluntary organizations of a military character have been formed. Most permanent among these is the English cadet corps, which is well known and constitutes a model for similar cadet corps in this country. This corps, according to 1 the Bureau of Education, .was founded in J 860, and in the course of a few years spread rapialy throughout the country. Its value was illustrated in the present war when it was observed "that a surprisingly large number of young men in Kit Chiver'a army had had orevious military drill in cadet corps, which proved of great advantage in their hurried preparation for active service," Since the war, as in this country, a new in terest in such training has been evidenced in England. Battalions of small boys, without uni forms, sometimes without rifles, have been drilled in various parts of the country; they have been taught to shoot targets with small caliber rifles, and they have been taken camping in order that they might become hardened to the vicissitudes of outdoor life. In other words, Great Britain is now draining its little boys to be soldiers. Australia, although only a colony of Great Britain, is able to give the mother country many valuable pointers on the military training of school boys. I here such training is part of the system of national defense.) Australia has compulsory-military service, which is divided into three periods. From 12 to 14. the Australian is a junior cadet; from 14 ta 18 he is a senior cadet, and from 18 to 26 he is a member of the citizen force. As a junior cadet the small Australian mutt do certain calisthenics for fifteen minutes each day and then go through an elementary marching drill. He is also taught to shoot, swim, run, give first aid, and, in schools in naval 'training areas, the complexities of the mariner's compass and signaling. After he has done all these things for two years he is ready to become a senior' cadet, and registers for that purpose. Australia demands the registration of every male at the age of 14. The senior cadet simply consists of drills forty of them a year which include marching, t a 1 . . a a nananng oi arms, rmisxeiry. pnysicai arm, nrsi aid, guards, sentries, tactical training as a com pany in elementary field work, and elementary battalion drill. Discipline is strongly inculcated. At the end of his fourth year, the senior cadet passes into the period of adult service, being as signed to that branch which he prefers, or for which he is peculiarly adapted. The Australian makes a splendid soldier. Canada, also hat in extremely efficient system of military training for boys, although it is not oongaiory. in me .majpruy oi xne provinces, physical training, including the military drill, is a prescribed subject in all primary schools. Be tides this, there is the Strathcona fund. 'This is a fund of $500,000, bequeathed by Lord Strathcona, for the purpose of promoting physical culture, military training and rife practice m the schools of Canada. The Interest from the fund is an nually divided among various local committees throughout Canada, which distribute it among the provinces. ' Under these two provisions Canada ; pas greatly promoted its military efficiency, as has been demonstrated only recently in Europe. ' In France military training has been parf of the curricula of. the public schools ever since shortly after the Franco-Prussian war; The re port of the Bureau of Education says that the school battalions were composed of boys over 12 years of age, whose fitness for receiving military instruction had been attested by a commission consisting of two officers designated by military authorities and a schooj-inspector. '-. ' Germany was the first, nation to establish uni versal military service, Prussia started it in 1814, and the other German states soon followed suit, thus laying a firm foundation for the present day militarism. Prior to this Germany had instituted courses of military training in the public schools, but after the Napoleonic wars the nation began such a rigorous course of preparedness for all males that the school courses were no longer con sidered.jiecessary. Nevertheless, private organizations continued to organize school boyt into battalions of military character, teaching them to drill and shoot. They are known as the Jugendwehren juvenile military organizations. Since the was the Jugendwehren are 6aid to be redoubling their efforts in organiz ing and training school boys. Before it was merely a precaution; now it is a necessity. Tragedy oj " Macbeth" i . Minneapolis Journal Right in the Spotlight. Viscount Reading, who Is now fn this country on a special mission for the British government, is the first Jew ever to hold the position of lord chief justice of England. His career has been a most remarkable one. As Sir Rufus Isaacs, which was the name he bore before his elevation to the peerage, he waa for years one of the leading barristers of England. In his early career he devoted himself to business and became a-member of the London Stock exchange. He, however, quickly saw where his abilities lay, and he forsook the stock exchange for the bar. In 1904 he entered Parliament He became solicitor general In 1910 and three years later was appointed lord chief Justice. Because of his business sagacity and amazing knowledge of finance he has twice, been chosen to come over here to confer irtth our gov ernment and financiers in regard to financing the war tor England. One Year Ago Today In the War. Italians continued vigorous offensive northeast of Trent, ' Greeks in Crete revolted against King Constantino's rule. Austrian aviator destroyed French submarine Toucault in Adriatic by dropping .bombs, . In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. -Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, living at Twenty-slxth and Dodge, is much wor ried over the mysterious disappearance of her son, Thomas, who has not been seen for ten days. , A gentleman from the north of Ire land stepped into General Cowln'a resi dence and on the strength of being, as he said, ' a namesake in the throes of financial distress," succeeded in seduc- Henry W. Farnara of the department of eco nomics at Yale has pointed out the almost un canny parallelism between the tragedy of "Mac beth" and the course of Germahy. In Macbeth Shakespeare pictures at the outset a successful soldier. So far from being' brutal, he was spoken of by his wife, as being "too full of the milk of human kindness." But the witches poisoned his mind by the suggestion of ambition. Meeting him in the way, they hailed him as "Thane of Glamis," "Thane of Cawdor" and then as "king that shall be." j - Macbeth relied upon the prophecy of the witches, "Be bloody, bold and resolute; laugh to scorn' the power of man, for none of woman porn shall harm Macbeth,", a Lady Macbeth undertook to translate these prophecies into deeds. The murder of Duncan and the attempt by a lie to place the blame upon Duncan's attendants came first. Then followed the murder of Banquo. One atrocity led to an other, until the news was brought to Macduff, "Your castle it surprised; your wife and babei savagely slaughtered." The parts played by the witches and by Lady Macbeth have been played by the German pro fessors and pan-Germanists. who have inculcated the superman delusion and rnade Germany be lieve it was destined to rule the entire world. This led to the slaughter of Belgium (Duncan) acknowledged by the chancellor to be illegal, but came the oolicy of frightfulness, including the kill ings of women and children, corresponding toj Macbeth s murder ot the wite and cnuaren ot Macduff. " ' ' But we know the end of the tragedy of "Mac beth." It ends with the death of the one who ac cepts the evil suggestion. Prof. Farnsro points out that this war must be regarded as a frightful tragedy. In most of the great tragedies we find the leading figure un der the illusion of some overpowering passion- love, revenge, jealousy or ambition, dominating I him with the power ot fate. Its ena is aeatn. God will overturn and overturn, "until he whbse jright it is shall reign." ' v v . : - s In this faith the civilized world has taken up the challenge of o'erweening ambition and of in ternational murder. The only thing that will cure the obsession is downfall. Bismarck foresaw that the xesnlt of the war would be world empire or downfall." We know the denouement of the tragedy of "Macbeth." , I,; . , , 7i. -1 mmm mi i, NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT. Beatrice Express?' An Omaha paper prints the picture of a young woman of that city who dis tinguished herself recently by kissing 300 or more soldiers before they departed for a United States cantonment "It was patriotism that made me do it," says the girl. The taxpayers of Nebraska are supporting institutions at Lincoln and Has tings for the safekeeping pf, persons affected with hallucinations similar to that with which the Omaha girl Is afnVted. ; ''-. I . ' ' . at , ' ' nil log a charitable "ten" from the attor ney's pockets. He also struck Parke Godwin with the same plea, the nly difference being that his name In that instance happened to have miracu lously' changed to Godwin. At a meeting of the Board of Edu cation the contract for the erection of the new Long school was granted to Peter S, O'Brien. 1 C. E. Block and family of Atlantic, la., spent the day with friends in South Omaha. T. C. Marshall, with the fit m of Smith &, Holmes Hardware company, has made arrangements to move his family to South Omaha. Colonel Frank Hanlon arrived from the. seashore on the early morning train. ' . - .; Patrick O'Connor and his wife hava returned from Ireland after a year's visit. ' - r This Day In History. ' . 1792 Royalty abolished arid France declared a republic by acclamation of the French national assembly. II0S Robert Emmett, Irish patriot, hanged in Dublin for high treason. Born in Dublin In 1778. 1817 General Carter L. Stevenson, noted Confederate commander, born near Fredericksburg, Va. Died in Car olina county, Virginia, August 15, 1888. 1863 General Bragg began the siege of Chattanooga. i 1889 United States hospital ship Idaho was wrecked In a typhoon at Nagasaki, Japan. , 1170 William Woodruff Nlles was consecrated Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire. , , 1914 Russians began a bombard ment of Przemysl. , 1915 British government ordered the biggest war budget ever known, and proposed extensive tax scheme, sweeping away free trade theory. The Day We Celebrate. Herman Bernstein,' celebrated Jew ish scholar and editor of New York, born in Germany forty-one years ago today. - - Captain Chares Lathurst, member Of the British Parliament and noted authority on educational and agricul tural questions, born fifty years ago today. Henry L. ettlmson, former secretary ot war, now a Judge advocate of the new national army, born in New York City fifty years ago today. Samuel Rea, president of the Penn sylvania railroad, born at Hollidays burg, Pa., sixty-two years age today. Clark Howell, Atlanta editor and democratic leader, born in Barnwell county, South Carolina, fifty-four years ago today. Clarence C. Dill, representative in congress of the First Washington dis trict, born at Fredericktown, O., thlr- ty.tnrea years ago toaay. ,' ' Timely Jottings and Reminders. ' The annual convention of the Black Hills Federation of Women's Clubs meets at Lead, S. D., today for a two day session. V ; ; Today is the thirteenth anniversary of the coronation of King Peter of Serbia, one of . the several European monarchs deprived of their thrones by the war. Storiette of the Day. Alas for the tragedies of bumble life) Jim Shepherd has been covered with gloom of late. . "What's up, old chap?" queried his lifelong chum, Fred Elliott "The love ly Laura decided she can live without you?" . "Woman," says James, profoundly, is a delusion an' a snare. The. worst of it was she never said 'No' till I'd spent all my cash on her." ; The despair in his tone was real and deep. , - "Never mind," said the cheerful Frederick.' "There's as good fish in the sea. you know, as ever were caught" "That's true enough," said James, "but" he breathed a dreary sigh "what's, the good of that when you'v used up all your blessed bait?" Phil adelphia Star DELIVERING THE GOODS. Author Unknown. There's a man In the world who la never turned down ' Wherever he char coa to a lay: H seta the clad hand In the populoua town Or out where the farmera make hay. Be' sreetad with pleasure on deaerta of ' aand, ' And deep In the alalei of the wooda: Wherever ha soee there'e a welcoming hand he'a ' . The man who deliver! the goode. 1 The fall urea ot life alt around and complain. The soda haven't treated them white; They've loit their umbrella, whenever , there rain, And they haven't their lantern at nlf ht Men tire of failure who fill with their alf h The air ot their own neighborhood; There a man who la greeted with love tlthted eye ha' The man who deliver th good, y . On fellow la taty and watch th clock And walte for th whittle ta blew; And one ha a hammer with which he WW knock, i - - And on tells a atory of woe. Ana one If requeated to travel a mile Will measure the perche and rooda; But on doe hla atunt with a whittle and amlleho'a The man who deliver the good. One man I afraid that hen labor too hard. The world len t yearntns tor auch; And on man I ever, alert on hie guard - Lett he put in a minute .too jr.ueh. One ha a (roach en, a temper that' bad. ' And en I a creature of mood; Bo It' time tor the Joyoo and rollicking lad for -The man who d-llvera the good. - ' 7 .vtr A. Farm Price for Wheat Huntley, Neb., Sept 17. To the Editor of The Bee:The farmers have been getting lots of advice lately as to what we should do and how to do it so 1 thought I would ask for Borne ad vlcef I have some wheat as good as every was raised in Nebraska, testing sixty pounds t6 the bushel, clean and bright, but I can only get $1.90 offered for it at any elevator. What I want to know is where I can go to get my 25 cents to make ujp my $2.15. Allow 9 cents tor freight and I am still out IS cents. J. F. DAVID. The price of $2.15 per bushel is fixed for Missouri river points and is based on No. 1 hard winter. The farm price must necessarily be lower than this, to allow for freight and handling. Editor Bee. The Modern Nero. Omaha, Sept 19. To the Editor of The Bee: There la a Sanskrit word xfor 'which there is In English no equivalent It means so much more than our word "compensatoh." It Im plies a fulfillment of the law. an ad justment, complete balancing. "AS ye sow. so shall ye1 reap," the inevitable consequence from which there Is and can be no .escape ot action. This Word is "Karma." According to the Hindu philosophy this law operates) upon the individual soul eternally. It Its impulses are ma terialistic, then upon the material plane of existence only may it work out its destiny by repeated incarna tions in flesh. At each succeeding re birth the soul finds itself upon the plane exactly fitted to the stats of mind in which it was at the preceding death. Yet this idea of Karma does not neces sarily Imply that one may not work out his "adjustment" or balancing of his accounts in the present life, so long as there is time and opportunity for him so. to do. It therefore fol lows that everything should be done to enable one whose conduct has been such as to heap upon his soul an aw ful debt to "work out his Karma" at the. earliest possible chance. The sooner it is done the better for him and the better for those who enable him to do It for by their good deeds In helping him to a saner view of life do they "accumulate Karma" of a proper sort for themselves. These thoughts are called forth in reading a criticism of the kaiser in Reedy'a Mirror. William Marion Reedy, by the way, is one of the na tion's sanest and most profound crit ics. In his discussion of the' kaiser's infamous intrigues he gives vent to his intense feeling, as every careful observer must He, indicates that be fore this affair is over it might be necessary for the world to "take this fellow from the mldet ot his support ers and hang him like any ' other felon." Now I grant that -the kalsef has shown pretty nearly all the traits of Nero, evert to denouncing his own mother because he was born with a shriveled arm, yet I Would not hang him it I had my way. I would not stoop to his level by taking upon my soul the load of hate with which he has burdened his. He has placed himself through the woe be has brought upon the world eternal years In debt It is no excuse for him to say that he is merely the head and that v these Infernal schemes are the work of others; The fact is that he has been clothed with the authority to do or not to do. He has chosen to carry Ahem out Therefore upon his soul rests the responsibility. The great Lincoln chose to visit hos pitals of pain, though the agonies he witnessed racked his noble heart He did this, as he said, because he felt he should not be immune from the suf ferings of war. Though the kaiser could not be expected to rise to such a height of grandeur, he should be given an opportunity to realise the helllshness he has wrought He should be taken, by force if necessary, and compelled to see the human wrecks he has made. Day and night until this realisation is burned into his soul, he should be obliged to Witness the suffering hs had caused. The poor fel lows who have been burned to a crisp with the liquid fire ha imported from his partner in hell should be his dally sight until he can come to a sense of his enormity. For, If the Hindu l right, this he must do spms time. Let the world help him to do it now. L. J. QUINSY. ' ' Stands Up for Farmers. ' Oxford; Neb., Sept 18. To the Edi tor of The Bei The Bee of tha 15th quotes j. Vf. Shorthlll as saying that farmers do not realize the Immense benefit which wfll come to them from fixing the price of wheat at $3.15 at Missouri river points. I think that they not only do not realize any benltit but do not expect to realize a benefit They do realize, however, that this lr the very same J. W. Shorthil that has been bombarding them for money all summer, claiming that be was looking after the farmers' interests to prevent the government setting a price on their grain unless a price was set on that which the farmer had' to buy. The government has done the very thing that ha was going to prevent being done and has given Mr. Shorthlll an office In the bargain. Now as dictator of knowledge to the farmers hs first tries to make them believe that there is no shortage in wheat which is so at varian'ce with the facts that farmers wonder what has come over Shorthlll. .Next he triesAo stuff them with the foolisheness that if the war ends next year wheat would be worth about 75 cents and yet not withstanding this, and though we have a heavy yield, and in spite of all the wheat that can be shipped in, the government will keep up the price to $2.15. We would have a consumers' rebellion should anything of the kind happen, but It won't happen. t Farmers are going to do their full duty to win this war, though they have not had fair treatment in this price fixing business. There will be no strikes for higher wages or shorter hours, as is being enacted by the la boring classes. The farmers know that there is ai mighty task before them, but they will not shirk. They are giving their boys, which are of three times the value as farm help as any help they will be -obliged to sub stitute from town; they are just as willing to have their money con scripted, but they draw the line at being pestered with the advice of Shorthlll or the threats of Charles T. Neal. These gentlemen know noth ing about the actual conditions' on the farm. I have in mind- severaK farmers whose wheat cost them $3 per bushel to get ready for the market and I know the outlook to them Is discouraging. " ' The help question on the farms where the boys are gclng to the front makes the farmers f nrful for the out come next season and many are turn ing their attention to corn, which takes but a trifle for seed and van be har vested over a -long period of time. Many have been unkind entugh to compare the farmers to the coal bar ons and their selfish methods of boost ing prices, when in fact there can be no comparison. Coal is as plentiful as before the war and the cost of mining has increased but a trifle. The farm ers' expenses hav doubled and they must take their chance of hail, drouth, wind, insects, hard freezing and ex cessive heat and if the crop dodges them all and the price is good he can pay off his mortgage, or buy an auto; but if the crop is lost, which is the case two out of three years, then he must borrow money to pay the ex pense of the crop, to buy seed for a new trial and to pay his taxes, which always mature -and are a full crop. Uncle Sam may well be proud of his farmers, they are the most intelligent In the world. By the sweat of their brows in long days of toil they will teed our soldiers and those of our allies, while at the same time contrib uting their best hedp to the army. They are our chief fortress of defense in war and the foundation of prosper ity in peace. A. C. RANKIN. j SUNNY GEMS. "There ar no bird In teat year nests." "Sometlmea I feel that human tenanta are not greatly different," sroaned the land lord. "Mine aeem to migrate every year." Louisville Courier-Journal. He We'll have to glv np our Intended lumraer trip. My account at th bank Is al ready overdrawn. , 8be Oh. John, you ar auch a wretched financier. Why don't you keep your account In a bank that ha plenty of money? Boston Tranacrlpt Bill He's alway blowing about what he Qoe. Gill Well, what do he do? "Flay a cornet." Tonker Statesman. "J am afraid thil recruit Is not amenable to discipline on account of hi testy dis position. When he wa head of a department where he waa employed, he wa alway dli- where he would be Useful. 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