THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917.
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The early hunter rarely misses bringing down
the fine. '
Haig's Campaign Shows Results.
The p -sistence' with which Field Marshal
Haig has hammered the right wing of the Hin
denburg line is beginning to have its effect In
a news report from London comes information
that the kaiser has sent a supplemental reply
to the pope's note, agreeing to negotiate peace
on the basis of the evacuation of Belgium, stipu
lating only that Germany be left free to work Out
its economic enterprises in Belgium, preferably
at Antwerp. Whether this proposal is formally
laid before the allies by the pope, or not, the
British thrust is surely weakening the hold of the
kaiser's army on western Belgium and Flanders,
and another enforced retirement by te enemy
in that region is not out of the question. The
new bargain offered by the German emperor is
not more acceptable than his other suggestions,
for it would leave him in possession by conquest
of something to which he has no other claim,
and therefore contams the germ of futurf con
troversy. . . . v
Pulling down "easy money" by the bootleg
route evidently falls painfully below expectations.
It is clearly demonstrated that the proverbial
German efficiency never touched German diplo
macy. , . "'
The' doom of autocracy is sounded with re-
.. .1 ... . i i
1 assuring vigor. Haiti unsneams me sworu anu
is out to get the junker goat
Here's hoping none of our city commissioners
will so far forget the rules of safety first as
to get in the way of a coal truck.
.But the advice to the householder to save coal
by avoiding overheating the home, violently pre
supposes that he has the coal to waste.
Frank Vanderlip goes into government service
at the prince salary of $1 a year. The high
cost of living has no terrors for some people.
, Still, the fact remains that enemy sympa
thizers, dissatisfied with things, have the privilege
of moving on.. The speed limit might even be
suspended on request. . ' '
i It is inferred from the count's reference in
the $30,000 draft "as on former occasions" that
the German embassy's nether lipbs responded
nobly to numerous pulls. f
s Congress rightly and emphatically laughed to
scorn the suggestion that it could be influenced
for $50,000. Congress has its faults, but being a
piker is not one of them. .
"We did not will the war," says the kaiser.
So that little conference hurriedly, called at Pots
dam, July S, 1914, was nothing more than a
schoonerfest. Ach, Wilhelml ; "
The American Bankers' association lauds
thrift as a war-winner. Within certain limita
tions. Some of our present troubles spring from
an excess of tnrift in too many quarters.
The kaiser's lofty professions of peace and
morality would command more than passing at
tention if his work squared with bis words. Men
and governments alike are Judged by tljeir works.
If there are any friends of the kaiser left in
this country duty requires that Potsdam be ad
vised of the offensive activity of the American
congress in passing unanimously a war bill of
$11,000,000,000. "j ':, v-v.-- :: , . v
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Silver's upward flight cheers the diggings and
itmazes its enemies. The sacred ratio of 16 to 1
is only three points off and the going is good.
Prospects are good for an early debut in eastern
financial society. ' , ; ,
Omaha and Douglas county tax payers have
spent enough money on road improvements in the
past to make a real highway out of ev,ery main
artery of traffic Our constantly bad roads are
only indisputable proof of waste of money.
Scrutinize, All Expenditures.
Senator Martin, in reporting and advocating
the passage of the deficiency appropriation bill
carrying eight billions of dollars, put himself on
record as favoring closer scrutiny of all war ex
penditures hereafter. The senator is right Con
gress has been pouring out money on, requisition
from the departments at an inconceivable rate,
the absolute unreadiness of the nation requiring
that the president be given unlimited power and
money to repair the neglect. This phase of prep
aration has nearly passed and for the future less
of urgency appears. Appropriations have been
made within the last few months to .cover the
cost ofwork that should have been spread over
the last twenty years. With this out of the way,
no harm can follow inspection of department esti
mates for the future. Americans have pledged
all their resources to the war, but expect that it
is to be conducted with eyes open and a full
knowledge of what is going on. The remarks
of the chairman of the senate's finance commit
tee are a strong argument for the budget plan of
making appropriations.
Vanderlip as a Volunteer.
Frank A Vanderlip, president of the National
City Bank of New York, America's largest finan
cial institution, has resigned his place to devote
his services to war work, without pay. His act
is noteworthy only as ati indication of the Ameri
can' spirit Defamers of our nation at home and
abroad have shouted, "This is a rich man's war,"
and have pleaded with the workers of the nation
to give it no support. Here is another conclu
sive answer to this charge. It is only one of
many such examples.) The best of our citizenry is
devoting its efforts to the preservation of free
government and battling for democracy, while
slackers skulk and maintain a. fire in the rear.
Frank A. Vanderlip is no better American than
.the boy who enlists in the ranks, but either is
immeasurably above the pacifist who conceals
hinel f behind the miserable assertion that the
purpose of this war is to make only profits for
the wealthy.
. Retailers on a War Basis.
Many suggestions have been made lately for
plans to put retail business on a war basis, to
the end that cost may be reduced and money saved
for the consumers. Various items that enter into
the cost of doing business have been gone over
thoroughly to determine on which a saving might
be effected and some well-digested ideas are now
coming forth. Chicago dealers offer a t of
rules calculated to secure economy and directfy
benefit their patrons. One object to be gained be
sides lowering the cost is to prevent hoarding.
Much of the scarcity of food .during recent months
has been attributable to storage by consumers of
large quantities of supplies in excess of normal
needs and anticipation of a further rise in prices.
Dealers will try to discourage this practice by
making It plain no saving can be effected thereby;
Two price, schedules will be maintained, one for
cash and carry-it-home, the other for credit and
delivery. In this way the cash customer who
takes his purchase with him will have the bene
fit of the lower price and not be called upon to
carry any part of the expense incident to the
cost of delivery and extension of credit to the
Other fellow, who will bear his own burden. Such
rules, if enforced, might lead up to a general re
form that will greatly modify business methods
and 'costs.:. .'. '' -. . :
A St Louis profesjor gravely, announces that
the law of gravitation Is no law at all. In many
quarters like certainty prevails that the law of
supply, and demand is a dead letter. Two ven
:rate4 standbys, like international law, fatten the
scrap heap of war.. '
Chicago's ingratitudepasseth' mortal u"Jer'
standing. Scarcely had Mayor Thompson penned
.a proclamation of sizzling patriotism ere the po
litical philistines jumped upon his business man
ager and hauled him before a grand jury. The
injured soul of Big Bill rightly murmurs: 'What's'
the use?" ' -
0 the, Righl Type
Waahlnglon Pot-
Some very interesting statistics have been com
piled by the Pennsylvania railroad as the result of
an investigation to ascertain to what extent the
employes of that system who are of foreign birth
subscribed to the first Liberty loan. .They show
that out of a total of 160,127 employes on the lines
east of Pittsburgh 25,827 were born In foreign
countries. Of these foreign-born employes 8,146,
or about 32 per cent, subscribed to the war loan
This proportion was within 2 per cent as great
as that among the American-born employes. Be
sides the native-born American, there are men of
forty-two different nationalities employed by the
Pennsylvania and members of thirty of these
were included among the buyers ofLibcrty bonds.
I he percentage ot bond buyers among the men
of the various nationalities was: Italian, 32 per
cent: Irish, 43 per cent: English. 36 ner cent: Rus
sian and Polish, 36 per cent; Austro-Hurigarian,
27 per cent, and German, 32 per cent. The thrift
ui uic vuii.uuicu ai'iiy inusuaicu in uic tig-
ures. Out of a total of 247 Sotchmen employed
155. or 65 per cent invested in war bonds. The
Canadians did nearly as well, since 59 per cent
of them bought bonds. Two Japanese and two
Chinese were in the service, but none or them in
vested in bonds. N : . (j
The figures thus compiled have more than a
passing interest They show that the men of
foreign birth who are enjoying the benefits of this
Kovernment are, as a rule, as ready as native-born
Americans jo give of their savings to the support
of the government lney teach, a lesson of loy
altv and frugality that is encouraging. The for
eigner who comes to this country to find freedom
and oooortunitv and who is willing to lend to
the government in time of 6tre$s is a good citi-
aen. Jie is the type ot immigrant which Amer-
p welcomes. ;
Farmers' Unions and Politics.
In 1914 Nebraska had 274 organizations of
farmers, co-operative or joint stock, 160 of which
reported to the United States Department of Ag
riculture a total volume of business exceeding
twenty millions of dollars. If those not reporting
reached the average' of those that did make .re
turns the business done by the farmers in their
own name amounted to over $34,250)00 for that
year. What it has been for the last three years
can only be conjectured, but it certainly has been
much, larger .. v' . v .
History is repeating, however, and attempts
are being made to get the Farmers' Union and
Society of Equity to unite with the Nonpartisan
League and go into politics. Experience should
warn the successful farmers' organizations against
this. Associations designed to accomplish economic-purposes
cannot succeed through political
methods; at least they never, have. Forty-five
years ago the National Grange assumed to be
come a power in politics and did gain local suc
cesses, bat its decline was as rapid as its rise.
The Knights of Labor flourished as a labor or
ganization, but decayed and died when it entered
the political field, and the Farmers' Alliance went
the same way. . These are but modern instances
along the path.
Honest, and sincere men in such organizations
fall easy victims to self-seekers; political hacks,
discarded by parties, get control and the use
fulness of the economic body is destroyed to form
a machine to foist incompetents onto the public
as officials. The experience of North Dakota is
only a continuation of a series, of experiments,
all of which have failed. Farmers should apply
to their own affairs the lesson they helped teach
the' railroads and similar corporations. Laws
should be made for all the people and not for a
class, no matter how important it may be eco
nomically. If the Farmers' Union has any legiti
mate end it can serve it better by keeping out
of politics. It Would be very unwise to jeopardize
a business of thirty-five or more millions annually
just to elect a farmers' legislature.
The appointment of Joseph F. Guffey of Pitts
burgh, an oil producer, as supervisor of govern
ment oil purchases, doubtless will recall to
"Brother Charley" memories of the Denver con
vention of 1908. The . son of a father rudely
tossed over the political transom as a democratic
pariah presses to the front as a potential factor
in war while the master hand of that famous coup
plucks paragraphs in the shadows of Fairview.
Washington's Boom
By Fre mc J. Ha&fon
Washington, Sept 24 In this city, which has
always been spoken of as having "no business,"
there is a single concern which has over a thou
sand visitors a day and every one of them must
prove the importance of his business before he
is admitted. This firm has contracts to let which
will mount into billions and it is backed by a bank
which has a large perclVitage of all the gold in
the world.
The firm referred to is the War department of
the United States government and' its backing
bank is the treasury. Of course, these two have
always been among the greatest business con
cerns in the world, but not until the United States
declared war on Germany did their importance
as such become apparent to the nation. Now
they are the center of a business and e-ocial boom
in Washington such as never before was seen.
Every room in every Washington liotel is
booked for weeks ahead and boarding houses do
a rush business in the overflow. .The wide streets
of Washington for the first time in their history-
except for special occasions like the inauguration J
are busy and even crowded. Ketail stores are
breaking all their previous records, and reaf es
tate dealers rub their eyes and wonder if it isn't
all a dream. For Washington, the city of empty
houses, Will soon have to hang out a sign, "noth
ing for rent."
Hotel people and real estate men have esti
mated that there are 100,000 mOre people in the
District of Columbia than there were a- year
ago and there is reason to believe that this esti
mate is conservative. But the numbers of these
visitors is not half so important is their wealth.
The Council of National Defense, for example,
has a thousand members, nearly all of whom are
now resident in Washington. Their aggregate
wealth is said to be over $2,000,000,000, while their
aggregate social importance is staggering, even
to this city of the great, the near-great and the
would-be-great. '
The food administration, the Red Cross and
numbers of lesser organizations rival the Council
of National Defense in the numbers of (impor
tant visitors and residents they have brought to
Washington. The town is literally crowded with
millionaires. But Washington's boom, while fill
ing the city's coffers to brimming over with gold,
has scarcely disturbed the elegant almost super
cilious character of the city's life. For the thou
sands who have come probably do not include
more than a few hundred working men. "The gov
ernment has added about 20,000 clerks to its force
and the great new departments such as the food
administration and the Council of National De
fense have probably added half as many more.
The local Young Women's Christian association
has been busy taking care of girls who have
flocked here at the government bid of $85 to $100
a month for stenographers. Thousands' of am
bitious young men have come to seek govern
ment jobs, as a .stepping stone to something bet
ter or a means of education.
Quite different are the manifestations' of Wash
ington's prosperity. There are more1 great motor
cars; the F street parade in the afternoon is
dressier and more crowded than ever; hotel lob
bies swarm and millionaire bread lines wait at
the doors of the dining rooms. Great mansions
in the northwest section that have long been
empty are taken again, at impressive rents. This,
section, in fact, is a veritable millionaire colony,
with liveried servants, limousines, $1,000 dogs and
an air of dignified seclusion and with a foreign war
mission, full of European and oriental nobility, on
every corner. Washington is looking forward to
a social season this winter which for cosmopoli
tanism, brilliance and wealth represented and
spent will exceed anything in its history.
This boom in the Capital is the more welcome
and the more striking because for a long time be
fore war was declared Washington was particu
larly dull. Indeed, it had never been particularly
brisk..- For a long time after it was officially
founded everyone of importance lived in George
town and it was only after many years that Wash
ington iecame in any true sense the home of the
government. . Even then, despite the growth of
the government and the tremendous purchasing
power it represented, the city remained little more
than a site tor government buildings and a home
tor those who worked in them. In the last few
decades the brilliance of Washington official so
ciety has attracted some wealthy men from the
north and he west, but the government itself
never before seemed to draw any but officials and
office seekers. '
So business was always rather slow. In 1915,
according to a report of the commissioners, Wash
ington had over 6,000 vacant dwellings and stores
out of its 70,000 structures and that was in Feb
ruary, when the social season was at its height
and coitgress in session. With all of the con
gressmen gone and also everyone else who had
money enough to escape the heat, Washington
was indeed a quiet place that summer. Its streets
were filled with sunshine and emptiness; its hotel
lobbies were silent as cathedrals. '
The change which less than two years nave
wrought is almost unbelievable. But Washing
ton business men, after blinking once or twice in
amazement, are now up and at it. They are mak
ing money while they can, but they are also con
fident that Washington has entered upon a new
era of social and financial importance. The war
has been for Washington one gigantic advertise
ment and in this country advertising never fails.
Fire4h-the-Rear Patriots
Boitoa Tranacrlpt"
Jeremiah dLeary, head of the "American
Truth society" (which ought to be called the Ger
man Lies society), wrote to Bernard H. Ridder,
editor of the New Yorker Staats Zeitung, under
date of August 9, urging him to "take heart" and
"come out and fight don't quit." "We are lead
ing the way for you," he said, referring to his
own wretched paper, "Bull," which has since
been righteously suppressed. "Fight for your
German language," he implores Ridder, "do what
the French are doing in Canada." Through a
long letter, of which the postmaster general pub
lishes a photographic copy in his proceedings
against the publication called "Bull, under. tlte
provisions of the espionage law, O'Leary indi
cates that his only thought and motive is to in
sist the United States government in all it does
to prosecute this war. '
It is to be hoped that Ridder himself gaye
this letter to the government though, if he did
so, he has taken a little too much time about it.
The position of some of the German language
papers has been morally creditable when com
pared wth the operations of Irish extremists of
the O'Leary type. After all, the German editors
are mostly Germans. They have, at least, the
excuse that the country whose cause, against
America, they are openly or covertly fighting for,
was their original country. The Irish extremists
have no such excuse. They have taken up Ger
many's cause entirely out of hatred for England,
with which county America is now allied. It is
hate England firsthand support America last
or never. V
"Bull" was perfectly willing tq get the Staats
Zeitung into all sorts of trouble by stimulating
it to disloyalty, while saving its own precious
neck if it could. Its particular form of operations
up to the date of this letter had lain in making
vicious attacks on loyal German-Americans. That
was a most mischievous and detestable way of
fighting America.
As a pendent to this, wretched O'Leary busi
ness, read the message of Bernstorff to his gov
ernment, sent in January last which the State
department makes public today. "I request au
thority to pay up to $50,000 in order, as on former
occasions, to influence congress through the or
ganization you know of, which Can prevent war;
in the above circumstances a public official dec
laration in favor of Ireland is highly desirable,
in order to gain the" support of Irish influence
here." In view of this, can anyone doubt the
treasonable Dart which certain orsanizations have
played in doing Germany's work in thk country?
1 TODAY I
Right in the Spotlight.
H. E. Byram, who today becomes
president ot the. Chicago. Milwaukee
& St Paul railway in succession to A.
jr. Earling, who has been named chair
man, of the board of directors, is a
notable example of the man who has
risen to the highest position in the
railroad world after starting at the
foot of the ladder. Mr. Byram was
born in Galesburff. III.,' in 1865. At
the age of IS ha began his career as
an office boy in the service of the Bur
lington road in his native town. A
few years later he was transferred to
the general offices in Chicago, where
he was employed as a clerk and ste
nographer. His first position of im
portance came to him in 1S98, when
he was made assistant general super
intendent of the Montana Central rail
way. For some time h occupied re
sponsible positions in the service of
the Rock Ilsand system. Then he
returned to the Burlington, of which
company he eventually became vice
president
One Year Ago Today in the War.
French made gains north and south
of the Somme.
Roumanians defeated Austrians in
northern Transylvania.
Serbians repelled severe Bulgarian
assaults at the Serbian frontier.
In Omuha Thirty Years Ago Today.
According to the returns of the cen
sus takers, it is expected that there
will be about 7.000 souls accredited to
South Omaha this year.
Som of the merchants have been
offered in payment for goods a number
of lend dollars, which rnnvey t.e fm-
pressJon that several workers of the
"queer" have been plying their voca
tion in this neighborhood.
E. Brandeis of the Fair has left tor
New Tork to purchase the entire stock
of a New York jobbing house. -
James A. Rankin, late superintend
ent of the gas works, was presented by
the employes through the foreman, Mr.
Qulnn, with a massive gold chain.
L. Harris received a present at 2
o'clock in the morning in the shape of
a bouncing girl baby.
Charles Miles was tendered a sur
prise at his residence. Eighteenth
street and St. Mary's avenue, at which
the beauty and gallantry of Omaha
were represented by the following
young people: Misses Annie McAn
drew, Minnie Flannery, Katie Nichol
son, Katie Cosgrave, Kittle Purcell,
Nora Oouly, Maggie Dolan, Sophia Fol
hoff, Sarah Flannery, Mollie Darling,
Ethel Gordon, Ida Livingston, Sadie
Revere, May Addison; Messrs. John.
Cosgrove, William Ormsby, G. E. Cutts,
T. 3. Ormsby, W. ,G. Drake, S. G.
Fletcher, H. Blackman, J. H. Jenkins,
Dave McAlvey, J. C. Qulggle, G. Matt
son, I 8. Murray, P. H. McAndrew,
John Burdlsh, J. P. Connolly.
This Day In History.
1722 Hugh Drysdale became gover
nor of Virginia,
1777 Fifth continental congress
met at Lancaster, Pa.
1787 The revised constitution of
the United States was submitted to
congress and signed.
1809 Raphael Semmes, ' famous
confederate naval commander, born in
Charles county, Maryland. Died in
Mobile, Ala., Aug. 30, 1877. '
' 181S General William Henry Har
rison with 2,500 Americans invaded
Canada from Detroit.
I 1817 Thomas H. Benton and
Charles Lucas fought a second duel at
St Louis, in which Lucas was mortally
wounded. ,
' 1,889 Cheyenne was selected as the
ftate capital of Wyoming. ,
'. 1892 William E. Russell, democrat,
was nominated for governor of Massa
chusetts. .
1914 Russians occupfed TJzsok pass,
leading through the Carpathians into
Hungary.
1915 Italian infantry made gains
on the Carso plateau near the Adri
atic sea.
The Day Wo Celebrate.
Postmaster Charles E. Fanning hails
from Washington, b. C, and is cele
brating his sixty-fourth birthday today.
He used to be a paving contractor.
Rear Admiral Robert 6. Griffin, en-glner-in-chief
of the United States
navy, born at Fredericksburg, Va.,
sixty years ago today.
Major General Francis H. French,
commanding Camp Jackson at Colum
bia, Sk C, born in Indiana sixty years
ago today. '
Louis Fi Swift, president of the great
packing firm of 'Swift & Co.; bora at
Sagamore, Mass., fifty-six years ago to
day. .
Martin H. Glynn, former governor
of New York, born at Kinderhook,
N. Y., forty-six yeara ago today.
Henry Phlpps, eminent capitalist,
steel manufacturer and philanthropist
born in Philadelphia seventy-eight
years ago today. ' --'V
H. Douglass Baird, inflelder of the
St Louis National league base ball
team, born at St Charles, Mo., twenty-six
years ago today. .
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The annual meeting ot the Missouri '
State Bar association is to open at
Kansas City today for a three-day ses
sion. . i '. . . .'
Renresentattve ' Jeanette Rankin of
t Montana is to speak on suffrage and
labor problems at a meeting to De
held tonight in Madison Square Gar
den, New "Yerk, under the auspices.,
jot the Humanitarian Cult. ' ' m
An Informal congress and reunion
-ofTAmerican anl Canadian, engineers
. ftf Norwegian birth i or descent 'is to t
meet in Chicago today under the aus l
pices ofithe Chicago ?orfce club." i VI
Under the auspices of the woman's J
Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, wjfe of the secre
tary of the treasury. Is the official head,
a two-day conference will . meet in
Washington today to plan a campaign
to enlist every woman in the United
Statea in the second Liberty loan Cam
palgrff The opening sessions of ' the forty
third annual convention of-the Ameri
can Bankers' association, meeting in
Atlantic City today, will be featured by
addresses on the war and its financ
ing by Secretary of tlte Treasury Mc
Adoo, Lord Northcllffe and George M.
Reynolds, president of the Continental
and Commercial National bank of Chi
cago. s . '''.'' 4 .. ,
Storyette of the Drr. i V : "
Miss Edna G. Henry, social service
, worker tells a story ef the ,unuaual
ailment of a negro woman who once
met in. a local hospital.. The woman,'
one of unusually large proportions,
was seated on a frail little bench put
side her ward and her face bore only
too plainly the marks of evident dis
tress. ' ..
"What's the matter?" she was
asked. ' a'-- '.,-
"Law, Miss, the doctor didn't ieave
me any medicine," was the reply. '
"Didn't leave you any medicine?" --
"Well, yes; but I want some for my
appetite." '
."Isn't your appetite all rlght?V "
"Law, yes." came the answer. "It's
too good. I want some medicine to
cut tt down. I can't afford such an
appetite with the price of food so
high." Indianapolis News.
Where Does the Money Go?
York, Neb., Sept . To the Editor
of The Bee: There are a few things
that the members of .the Grand Army
of the Republio do not know. One of
the most important at this time is:
"Why do the members who go to the
reunion at Vicksburg have to pay $5.75
out of their own ppekets when the last
legislature appropriated 820,000 for
the purpose- of paying the transporta
tion for all who might wish to go?"
The committee in charge of the dis
tribution was allowed 8500 for its la
bor, printing, postage, etc.
At this time it reports 583 who have
certified their intention or going.
With the $20,000 appropriated and
$5.75 added for each one of the 883
members who are to go we have the
stim of $23,352.25, or $40 for each
member.
The transportation from Lin'coln or
Omaha to VickBburg is $30 for the
round trip and 583 members at $30
each would be $17,490.
The difference in the amount of
money appropriated and asked from
each member is $4,862.25.
Will some member of the committee
or someone who knows let the old
veterans who expected to go and can
not pay the $5.75 demanded know
what is to be done with the $4,862.25.
B. A. WARD.
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HIS,h Price for Meat.
OmahaT Sept.' . To the Editor of
The Bee: , Talk about wheatless days
and meatless days. I Just simply wish
to quote the receipts of. cattle alone
on the South Omaha market for yes
terday, Monday 960 cars of cattle, es
timated at 24,000 head. This estab
lishes a new cattle record, the previous
record being 854 cars. I do not refer
to this record in a boastful manner,
but the point I wish to emphasize is
that in the face of these enormous re
ceipts our local markets or our meat
venders have not dropped on the true
conditions and the 8 and 10 per cent
drop on grassers as butcher stuff in the
last three weeks has simply been over
looked and has not impressed any very
perceptibly that the dear public needs
any change, waiting, of course, for Mr.
Hoover to notify them. I think it high
time a tip should be given them. To
think of selling liver at 20 cents per
pound when a short time ago it was
thrown in free. Common steaks sell
ing at 28 to 30 cents per pound is
simply outrageous with grass cattle on
the block. Instead of meatless days
we should have "cheatless days," as,
viewing this matter from any stand
point it is nothing short of robbery,
and if this matter is not regulated and
handled in a different manner soon
it will invite a revolution that will re
quire a standing army to quell. Peo
ple will not starve In a land of plenty,
and this problert will be solved in the
near future one way or another.
... JAMES, HALE. .
Ideal Democracy Temporary
Autocracy, i
Omaha, Sept 25. To theditor of
The Bee: I am proud of the wailings
and criticisms by Internal and exter
nal enemies of this country of ours to
the effect that our president is a czar,
an autocrat of greater and more abso
lute power than any European ruler.
Americans delight In selecting the
right man for the higher position and
in giving him. full rein and absolute
authority to go ahead and do thlng.B
. We are . seldom fooled. Our "auto
crats" are selected by the people with
a very definite knowledge as to their
policies and their capabilities. We
know pretty well what they will do
and we want them to do it, quickly,
unhampered and unrestrained.
Our "autocrats," when big enough to
reach the presidential chair, are big
enough, and broad 'enough to do the
right thing for ydu and for me with
out having to know every reason and
petty detail.
"Our autocrat" will soon step down
into the citizen ranks and another will
take his place. He may have made
mistakes, but you or I would have
made ten to his one. . Rest assured
that he has made none intentionally,
neither has he been guilty of low-down
trickery'or deceit. He is Just like you
or I would be, only bigger, broader and
more capable. He knows the dignity
and honor ot the position and has al
ways before him the knowledge that
every act Will be wrlttetf into history
and will have to bear the scrutiny of
this and all succeeding generations.
He who fails or declines to back and
support our president in his negotia
tions or contentions with any foreign
nation should properly be put where
he can do no harm or else shipped out
of the country. This whether alien,
naturalized or native-born.
QEORGE H. LEE.
HERE AND THERE. V
Whan large fta was. lowered from the
flagpole of m school iniDodg City, Kan., it
u found that the wind had whlppad it into
a braid to tightly th it was almoit irn
poutbl to nnbratd it ''' ' . '
' A tew months ago the American Blbla
society sent td Panama a power boat the
Goodwill, for the uae ef ht new Bible hout
there In supplying Bibles to the vtsioli that
past through the canal. Now the boat,
mounting gun, U in the government patrol
service. . , . -;
LAUGHING GAS. ;
don't pick toadstool. Instead of mushroom
They ara vary eaBujr e""""'--- iB-t
SDokeaboy Don't worry, muter. ?
goln' to eat 'era ourselves; w. re goln to
sell 'tm. Boston TTaascripU t -
Blll-And doa't y thing' the old-tlmo
pirate ships waro mora decent than the
"!"! "..Ll t. nM.tlm. Ptrat.
.h..nthVi.-VonKers Statesman.
"Vaudeville la getting more soph.st.ce.ted
all tha time,"
What now?" , ,..,,
"A difficult Jugging turn used to travel
on its own merits, but now It s no good
unless performed on roller skates. Louis
vllle Courler-JournAl.
Te Filr Knltter-Isn't It dreadful. The,
say the war may last J'nJ???et',.
Te Unfair Knocker Possibly that U
give you lm U finish one of those eocKs
you art knitting for the soldiers. wre.
S"'I hoar Fluhdub was arrested and held
for $10 collaterial." v ,
Tes. he made money out of thai trans
action." "How's that?" - '
"He telephoned to fourteen trl?" nd
twelve of them sent him the coin. Pitts
burgh Post .
"Whst'i the matter with Senator Worn-
""He can't aaem to realise, that h can"
end this war with a resolution. Kansai
City Jouraal.
I bought a book illustrating 300 ways
to make a fortune."
'Tes. and I thought you were going
ahead now. Wfiy don't you whirl In ana
make a fortune?"
"Well, they are all so attractive that I
can't mate a choice." Baltimore American.
She Don't you think you ought at Wsl
to make enough money to aupport meT
He It wouldn't make any difference,
even then X couldn't support you. Life.
Molding up an expensive-looking . vase,
the suctioneer said, "Give me a start.
"Five cents," came a voice frcjm tho
crowd. .
"What!" exclaimed the auctioneer, and
... .tMMt HrsinnftA from hla handfl.
"I thought that would glva him
muttered tha bidder as he quickly faded
away. Boston Transcript
jone Don't you think our chauffeurs
should drive ambulances at the front?
Smith No. they have the training foe
something a good deal more deadly.
Judge. .
Patience How many times did he kiss
you t
Patrice Oh, I don't know.
"Didn't you count them?"
"Oh, my, no! I Was too busy! Tonk
r's statesmen.
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