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If Liberty bonds will win the war, it's all over
but the shouting.
Ability and service outpoint the pull in climb
ing the railroad ladder.
No matter what congress does, Von Ecrnstorff
in Turkey will not be embarassed by unseemly
quizzing about slush funds.
The government falls short of its full duty if
it fails to conscript fighting congressmen and
send them to the trenches.
Judging by the vigor of his blows, Colonel
Roosevelt lets out of his system at home some of
tye fight denied him abroad.
Just suppose every trade ahd interest de
manded representation on the city commission,
where would professionals come in?
Designers of the court house overlooked one
vital detail. Doubtless they did not foresee the
need of safety deposit vaults for liquid evidence.
One vexing German problem is as good as
solved. The guns of the allies render colonies
for excess population jor the present superfluous.
The pincn' "of gold hi. Germany is trifling be
side the pinch of short rations. Paper serves in
place of gold, but no satisfying substitute for
peace-time meals has been discovered.
Another, German paper, the Berlin Deutsche
Zeitung, has beefc muzzled for talking too much.
Should the war "keep up much longer the empire
will become, a diminished aggregation of dum
mies; : '
The inquisitive Boston Transcript wants to
know why Massachusetts public schools continue
to teach German. Doubtless for the same reason
that induced Nebraska to blaze an attractive trail
to the public payroll. ( '
Threats of ousting Senator LaFollette are
heard in his own bailiwick and in nearby states.
But why pick Bob for the knocker's crown?
There are other senatorial Kaiserites, less voluble,
but equally offensive.
, U "our state-owned potash lands are . to be
leased, t should ibe only on short time leases.
These lands are part of the endowment of Ne
braska's future generations of school children and
should not be exploited for private profiteering to
the detriment of the trust.
A rift of light and gladness pierces the gloom
surrounding Ihe homeless royal family of Rou
manian The kaiser stigmatizes King Ferdinand
l a HohcnzoHern, "renegade." Ferdinand is for
tunate in the enemies he has made.
Bulgaria is ready to quit, provided the country
is permitted to keep the spoils of war. That is
what' theUulgars fought for and offer, no apolo
gies for jumping into the grab game In that
respect at least the Bulgars show more outspoken
candor than any of the kaiser's helpmates.
- The halo of St Paul, .tarnished by disloyalty,
undergoes scrubbing and fumigation with peni
tential soap and water. In its eagerness for the
Nonpartisan league conference the city neglected
to weigh Townley promises in the scale of past
performances. The oversight humiliated an other
wise patriotic community.
Audacity and Stupidity
Now York Port-
It was not Germany that Coleridge had in
mind when he said: "Your art diplomatic is
stuff." Of the German art diplomatic, as the
world now knows it, he would nave had sharper
things to say. After our State department had
made public the dispatches of Count Luxburg,
urging piratical treatment of Argentine ships, it
did not seem that Secretary Lansing could set
off another boom of which the explosion would be
equally sensational. But' he has done it. The
Hrrntftrflf trMeoram tn thr Rerlin (nrixan ffir
disclosed at Washington, in some respects out
strips the Luxburg dispatches. For audacity
as also for stupidity it must be ranked with the
famous Zimmermann note proposing to Mexico
and Japan to divide up the United States. But
, for duplicity, for gross impropriety, for the clear
est breach of ambassadorial privilege, it stands
in a class by itself. Count Bernstorff left the
united states, alter relations, with uermany were
broken, professing great affection for this coun
try and expressing the hope of returning to us
some day. But it is now certain that he will never
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shown to have been guilty of an attempt to cor
rupt the congress of the United States could
hardly expect a welcome here, either officially
or privately. . .
From the beginning of the war until this day
German diplomacy has been alternately puzzling
and shocking the whole world. How could such
v folly co-exist with such un scrupulousness in the
chancellerie and foreign office of a nation boast
ing that it beat all creation in the matter of
? brains? To unravel the mystery will be the work
of delving historians some day. At present we
can only stand and marvel and exclaim, "Cjuantula
sapiential" The monument to German fatuous-
Mi mmtA A rt -A 1 r or in tU trnAtr tfif f inm
WUUlte W-Hlll as, lit le V VUllUUVi V IWI V la
'relations has been built high during the last three
vyears. Ambassador Bernstorff has merely added
a large stone to u. un h is inscnoca wnere an
, may readhis own blunder and his own discredit;
taaatt Vi A A af tr a Jk f11al a ll t a A t nrttl tmt a t M Wi a fi
UUl U'v utogi ev. v icttia v in. si j uiywaa m qutvi nutviii
'which has so habituated its underlings to think in
terms of dishonesty and treachery and remorse
lessness that Zimmermann and Luxburg and Bern
storff could believe that their acts of incredible
baseness were an acceDtable service to the kaiser.
Revenue Law Nearer Completion.
The new revenue law is another step nearer
completion, having emerged from the conference
stage, ready for final action by congress in sub
stantially the form in which it is likely to be
passed. It is not probable that material changes
will be made in its provisions in either house or
senate, although some extensive modifications
have been made in terni3 originally deemed vital
in one or the other of the bodies. While its gen
eral features of surtaxes on incomes and special
stamp taxes are plain enough, it proposes some
levies and are not easily understood, that are
novel and complicated, and that will require care
ful consideration and definite construction before
the collection of revenue under them is possible.
Particularly is this true of the sections that
relate to taxes laid on manufacturing. The ap
plication of these will probably lead to much
vexatious confusion, not because of unwillingness
to pay what is required under the law, but be
cause of difficulty in determining exactly what is
and what is not taxable. In searching for new
sources of revenue, and devising novel means of
raising money, the framers of the bill have estab
lished a record for! ingenuity, without overlooking
any of the old time-tried methods. The task of
levying a tax of more than two billion dollars in
such way as to fairly distribute the burdens
among all the people, and without injustice to
any, is a tremendous one. and there are several
very questionable features in the bill.
Worst of all, so many and so rapid have been
the changes in process that no one not on the in
side has been able to keep track of them and the
taxpayers most directly affected will not know
what is to be done to them until the law is
actually on the statute book and the tax collector
starts on his quest. About that time, a lot of things
will have to be explained and judgments based on
actual results.
Keepttie Home Fires Burning
By Frederic J. Has in
TH11AV
Railroad Efficiency as an Example.
Not many months ago the railroads of America
afforded a spectacle that might almost have served
as a "horrible example" of American inefficiency.
In one part of the country was congestion, in an
other was heard a clamor for cars, managers were
distracted and business suffered, and over it all
could be heard the insistent demand for higher
freight rates, more money for equipment and as
sertions of complete, failure impending. With the
coming of a state of war a new spirit has ani
mated the industry and for the first six months
of the current year reports show a record that is
astonishing. Freight traffic shows an increase of
over 32 per cent in ton miles, with only 1.8 per
cent increase in locomotives and 3.2 per cent addi
tion in cars. This has been achieved by making
the enginVs run more miles and pull bigger loads,
made possible by loading the cars nearer to ca
pacity and moving them faster. In other words,
efficiency plus.
Whether this be due, as claimed by some, to
the fact that the railroads have been given their
head or whether it is ascribable to the fact that
the managers in charge of operation awakened
to the big job ahead of them doesn't so much
matter. The fact is they have done a remarkable
service. And what has been accomplished in the
transportation industry can be made possible in
all others by the same methods. Let the men in
charge of operation take hold, give over disputes
concerning nonessentials and turn their attention
to doing business, leaving other matters for fu
ture consideration.
The railroads have furnished an inspiring ex
ample for Americans. If others only follow the
industrial problems of the war will solve them-
TO ft. nf V t wmiw ao
Announcement by the surgeon general of the
United States army of the location of rehabilita
tion hospitals must bring home to Americans
more forcibly that we are at war.. This plan con
templates restoration' to the best possible degree
of usefulness those who are shattered and broken
in the blast of battle. European belligerents
adopted the plan very early in their present ex
perience, and have achieved some remarkable re
sults through its application.
The present war is peculiar in many regards.
It has brought into common use weapons of a
sort never before employed in warfare, sind seem
ingly has enormously increased powers, for de
struction. A singular fact is that the propor
tion of injuries to the number of men engaged
has not greatly increased, while the proportion of
men returned from the hospital to the firing line
is much larger. Modern surgical skill is to a
great extent responsible for this improvement in
restorative effort Those whose recovery does
not permit their return to active service are sent
home, and under the direction of the government
are brought back to such health as they may ob
tain and taught some useful work by which they
may add to human achievement.
In restoring their productive ability and pro
viding useful and congenial employment for them,
these men are served in the best way. Ability for
self-support maintains self-respect, and the
maimed or crippled man will feel his misfortune
less if he knows he still is of some use. This work
of "making over" has the approval of scientists
and philanthropists, and under our government's
care should be of great benefit.
Not a Nation of Decrepits.
Quite a bit of fuss has been raised over the
fact that a large percentage of the men examined
for enlistment in the army are rejected on ac
count of physical deficiency. On the surface the
figures given would tend to support the asser
tion that the nation's manhood has gone to pieces.
Such an assertion is far from truth. , Our army
long ago set a remarkably high standard for its
physique, requiring almost perfect development
in an ideal size of man. Thousands of men have
been turned down by the army doctors because
of some trifling defect such as would not seri
ously affect the activity or general usefulness of
the individual and which goes unnoted in civil
life. On the other hand, many of the nation's
athletes also have been rejected. A few weeks
ago we were all surprised to learn that the
world's champion wrestler had been rejected for
service on account of physical deficiency. A for
mer champion long distance runner of Nebraska
university found he could not serve in the line
and had to take employment in one of the ad
ministrative offices at Washington in order to
do his bit. These instances show the rule works
both ways. The young man in khaki today has
something to boast of besides valor, but the man
hood of America has not gone to seed because all
who ask admission to the ranks do not come up
to the army's standard.
It would be nice to keep all Nebraska's soldiers
together and many, good arguments can be ad
vanced to support such demand, but this is war
and every man must be used where his services are
most valuable. When the army chiefs decide, it
remains onlv for the others to accent and obey.
Washington, Sept. 28. Not long ago, a middle
aged lady, gathering blackberries near her coun
try home, came upon a tall young soldier stretched
face downward in the grass and sobbing violently.
The lady immediately dropped her basket of black
berries, so that the soldier had to stop-crying and,
his face all wet and streaky, help her pick them
up. Then they sat down and ate blackberries,
while the soldier told the lady his troubles.
He was not afraid to fight, he told her, but he
hated to leave his mother. She was a cripple,
and he was the only member of the family strong
enough to carry her up and down stairs. He had
just had a letter from her. v
"Of course, you invited him to your home to
meet your sons and daughters?" a.'.:ed the neigh
bor to whom the middle-aged lady recounted her
experience later in the afternoon.
"Why no," said the middle-aged lady. "I
never thought of asking a soldier to my home."
This woman considered herself patriotic.
She had been knitting all spring for the boys
abroad. Yet when she haa an exceptional oppor
tunity to be of real service, she did nothing be
cause it wasn't being done. Later, she searched
the whole town to find the lad, but he had gone.
"Off to France," the training camp quartermaster
told her.
Every American, man or woman, is now facing
a similar opportunity. Sooner or later, he or she
will undoubtedly be given the privilege to help
some soldier. By the first of November well over
a million men will be in training throughout the
country. They will be men taken from every walk
of life. Some will be sons of financiers; some will
be sons of mechanics. But when the time comes
all of them will risk their lives quite equally.
These men need to feel that the nation is
solidly back of them. More than sweaters and
socks and leather trinkets, they will need the
praise of that nation, its admiration and its trust.
'There is nothing that will kiil an army quicker
than indifference," said a civil war general, "and
nothing strengthen it so quickly as enthusiasm."
The American is a home-loving animal. There
is nothing the soldier appreciates so much as a
home. He may have had a very poor one before
he left it. But once away from it, in the solitude
of a training camp, it becomes a comfortable
palace. He would give anything to be cussing
the furnace out again, or to be stumbling over
the hole in the dining-ioom rug. So when some
jovial citizen slaps him on the back and says,
"Come around and have dinner with us Sunday
my wife's a fine cook," he is ready to fall on the
man's neck in his eagerness to accept the invita
tion. Fortunately, this invitation is now ahnost the
universal form of greeting in many training-camp
towns. "Take a soldier home to dinner" has be
come a popular slogan. "No homesick boys on
our national holidays," has become another in
many towns which are already making extensive
preparations for Thanksgiving dinners and a
scries of entertainments during the Christmas holi
days. In providing entertainment for soldiers and
introducing them into the social life of various
communities, the churches have been of invaluable
service. A church in Tacoma ha6 even added dan
cing to its Sunday night program, in order that
soldiers will come there for recreation instead of
seeking it elsewhere in less edifying channels.
Others have established rest-rooms, witb books
and easy chairs, for the men in khaki, inviting
them to come in and get acquainted with the peo
ple of the town. , '
Some of these activities have been charged
by a few persons with being silly and sentimental.
And so they may appear in theory, but they are
certainly not so in practice. The loneliness of
the soldier is a real and vital issue one affecting
the whole nation. A few weeks ago, a Washing
ton man, returning from the south, met a man in
khaki wearing a new silver bar which meant at
new promotion to a lieutenancy. He had served
on the Mexican border, he told the man from
Washington, who then wanted to know what the
various training-camp towns had done to help
the men. "What did they do?" exclaimed the
a ja-f-tSt 4 . .
f-foung man in surprise. ney Kepi as iar away
from us as they possibly could. Our greatest
diversion was waiting for the through trains go
ing from east to west and peering at the glassware
and table linen of the dintrs. Wanted to assure
ourselves that such things really did exist aftef
all.. r . srw ,v ,
The -lieutenant admitted that since-war had
been declared things were much better. He was
now in a town where the people were very cordial.
"And," he added, "The men are much better."
The last is significant. It shows why the
entertainment of the soldier id not a sentimental
but a practical feature. Indeed, so much im
portance is attached to' it as a factor In winning
the war, that the Council of National Defense has
appointed the Playground and Recreation Society
of America to look after the social recreation of
the soldier. The Young Men's Christian associ
ation is to see to his recreation in camp; the
American Library association is to see that he
gets plenty of books, and the Playground associ
ation is to see that he is properly introduced to
nice people who will amuse hira and take him
into their homes. . ,
The money for the Playground association
to strfge its campaign is now being raised ty the
War Camp Recreation fund, whih has its head
quarters in Washington. This last organization
has made a study of the work that will be re
quired to furnish community recreation for sol
diers, and has decided that it will cost on the
average of $3 per soldier or $3,750,000. Americans
are being asked to contribute to the fund as
liberally as possible.
A committee will be established in each lo
cality to see that the soldier is not exploited by
commercial enterprises. He will be provided with
adequate sleeping and restaurant accommodations,
as will also his friends and relatives who visit
him.
In addition, committees will furnish camps
with teachers of French and German; secure co
operation from the local churches; amuse sick sol
diers and well soldiers;, give amateur, musicals,
theatricals and entertainments; celebrate holidays,
such as Thanksgiving day, Christmas, Fourth of
July; and committees with the sole purpose of
getting as many men as possible entertained in
homes of the citizens for week-ends and Sunday
dinners.
People an Events
The total consumption of ice cream in the
United States last year reached the enormous
quantity of 200,000,000 quarts, valued at $80,000,
000. The record figures delicately glimpse the
growing difficulty of a young man, with one wing
snuggled up, to sheer off from an ice cream sign.
' Mrs. Carrie Montague, a widow, of Pandera,
Tex., has five sons in the army and her sixth son
is listed in the next draft. Besides, her ..three
daughters are members of the Red Cross. Her
husband was a civil war veteran. That's the qual
ity of patriotism that ennobles American mother
hood. So far as available records go in the United
States James H. McShane of Omaha stands at
the head of his class in having six sons in the na
tion's service. An Englishman goes him two bet
ter. Eight of the eleven sons of William Bacon,
a retired postman of Mitcham, England, are at
the front. All arc married men with families.
None have yet suffered injuries. Mr. Bacon has
also two daughters and forty-five grandchildren.
The Nonpartisan League and its president, A.
C Townley, pulled the wool over the eyes and
ears of St. Paul in fine shape. Free use of the
city auditorium was given on pledges of omitting
political and anti-war talk during the convention.
The pledges were fairly observed for three days,
but on the fourth and last day league spouters cut
loose with seditious speeches, the climax coming
with the outburst of Senator La Follette. St.
Paul feds so cheap over the trick and the dis
loyalty shown that pledges to the convention's
expense fund have been repudiated.
Iliht in the Spotlight.
Mrs. Annie Besant, famous author
and theuKophist, who recently has
heon involved in difficulties with the
Anglo-Indian authorities because of
her activities in behalf of home rule
for India, is 70 years old today. Mrs.
Uesant has had a remarkable career.
She was born in London, the daughter
of Dr. Wood, a famous English ag
nostic. Married at 20 to Frank Be
s.int, an English vicar, and finding her
self unhappy as a result, the future
leader of the theosophists began to
lo.se faith in orthodox religion. Even
tually she became an agnostic. Com
rade and coworker with Charles Brad
laugh, famous freethought agitator, she
became prominent as a leader of the
girls In the matchmakers' strike of
1888, and was afterward closely asso
ciated with W. T. Stead and George
Bernard Shaw. In 1889 she was given
the secret doctrine of theosophy by
Mme. Blavatsky, leader of the cult,
and In 1807 she was named world
president of the Theosophical society.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Ten Zeppelins dropped bombs on
the east coast of England.
Austro-Germans driven back in the
Dobrudja Region.
Germans took 3,000 prisoners in bat
tle with Roumanians in Transylvania.
In Oamha Thirty Years Ago.
A new sash, door and blind factory
is going up at the corner of Twenty
eighth street and the Belt Line rail
way. It will soon be in operation and
will employ a large number of men.
A coach party left Jim Stephenson's
barn for a drive to Fort Omaha.
Thirty persons comprised the party, J.
E. Clark attending to the driving and
six horses furnishing the motive power.
C. H. Sllkworth, late of the office of
the auditor of passenger accounts, has
purchased the interest of J. H. Dan
iels in the O. F. Davis Real Estate
company. His successor in the real
estate business Is C. H. Beaudefelt.
The Women's Christian association
are now ready to open their "home"
at 2718 Burt. It Is a house ofBixteen
rooms and they already have three
old ladies there who are friendless.
An aged couple culled on Judge
Reuther In South Omaha and asked
to be divorced. The judge Informed
them he had the power to marry, but
that they would have to go up to
Omaha to get a divorce.
S. K. Felton has resigned his posi
tion with the United States Wind En
gine and Pump company. George F.
Ross will assume the position of act
ing manager of the Omaha branch.
An extra force Is at work on the
wagon pirtlon of the Union Pacific
bridge, so as to have the entire struc
ture completed when President Cleve
land arrives.
This Day In History.
1G84 Pierre Corneille, famous
French poet and dramatist, died in
Paris. Born June 6, 1606.
1730 Richard Stockton, signer of
the Declaration of Independence, born
near Princeton, N. J. Died there, Feb
ruary 28, 1781.
1746 John P. G. Muhlenburg, pa
triot and statesman, born at Trappe,
Pa. Died near Philadelphia, October
1, 1807.
1800 Treaty of San Ildefonso, by
which France regained Louisiana.
1826 Benjamin P. Hotchkiss, In
ventor of the quick-fire gun that bears
Ms name, born at Watertown, Conn.
Died In Paris, February 14, 1885. 1
1838 The law abolishing Imprison
ment for debt went into effect In Eng
land. 1914 Germans failed In attempt to
take outer Antwerp forts.
1916 British and French army pre
pared for a landing In Macedonia,
The Day Wo Celebrate.
Dr. Newell Jones Is 36 today. He
was educated at the Highland Park
college and the Illinois Medical and
also studied in London, specializing in
children's diseases.
Harry A. Wolf was born in Russia
thirty-three years ago. He Is director
in so many of the real estate com
panies in Omaha he can hardly count
'em.
David R. Francis, United States am
bassador to Russia, born at Richmond,
Ky.. sixty-seven years ago today.
Bishop Frederick D. Leete of the
Methodist Episcopal church born at
Avon Springs, N. Y., fifty-one years ago
today.
Brigadier General Edward B. Mose
ley. United States army, retired, noted
as an Indian fighter, born in Philadel
phia, seventy-on years ago today.
Michael Cardinal Logue, Roman
Catholic primate of all Ireland, born
at Carrlgart, Ireland, seventy-seven
years ago today.
John E. Bruce, secretary of the na
tional base ball commission, born in
Cleveland, sixty-one years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
British Columbia today falls Into
line as "dry" territory.
The bread card system is to become
effective throughout Switzerland to
day. Approximately 275,000 employes of
the United States Steel corporation be
gin work today under a new schedule
providing for a 10 per cent wage In
crease. France today puts into effect new
regulations to limit the consumption of
milk and cream with coffee, tea, choco
late or other beverages.
A notable wedding at Hamilton,
Mass., today will be that of Miss Julia
Meyer, daughter of the former secre
tary of the navy, and Giuseppe Bram
billa, counsellor of the Italian em
bassy at Washington.
Secretary McAdoo is to begin his
transcontinental tour in advocacy of
the second Liberty loan bond issue
with addresses to be delivered this aft
ernoon and evening in Cleveland and
Toledo.
Many saloons In New York state are
expected to automatically go out of
business today, when the act of the
legislature which provides that in
cities of the third class there shall be
not more than one saloon for every
500 of population, comes into effect
Storyette of the Day.
When General Leonard Wood was a
small boy he was called up in the
grammar class. The teacher said:
"Leonard, give me a sentence and
we'll see if we can change it to the
imperative mood."
"The horse draws the cart," said
Leonard.
"Very good. Now change the sen
tence to an imperative."
"Get up:" said young Wood. Chris
tian Register.
HERE AND THERE.
The first cocoa and chocolate factory in
the aouth haa been atarted at New Orleans.
The king of Italy it by far the most
diminutive of kings, for ha stands only five
feet two Inches.
Three ounces of bread eaten very slowly,
with much mastication, is equal to five
ounces eaten quickly.
It is well known in banks that errors in
figures are far most frequent on dull days
than on fine, and school teachers have ob
served the same thing.
Silence the Traitors.
Genoa, Neb., Sept. 26. T6 the Edi
tor of The Bee: The United States
covernment has been very lenient with
these seditious orators, senators and
editors in fact, all those who oppose
our government in the present crisis
and the time is drawing near when
these pro-Germans must either con
fine their thoughts to their own brains
or the patriotic people of America will
have to revive the "Ku Klux Klan"
and deal with them in a way more
forceful than words. We can tolerate
a certain amount of this seditious
propaganda, but we have now reached
the limit" where some drastic action
must be taken, and these La Follettes,
Thompsons, Gum Shoe Bill Stones et
al will receive the same bitter medi
cine. To think we have senators and con
gressmen who would stoop so low as
to favor Germany in its war against
the United States is hard to believe,
but it is a recognized fact, and if
these distinguished gentlemen persist
in their efforts to oppose our govern
ment by their unpatriotic speeches and
acts of disloyalty they certainly will
suffer the consequences.
V. A. BRADSHAW.
How to Train Children.
Oakdale, Neb., Sept. 27. To the
Editor of The Bee: To the mother
who asks a way to prevent a child
talking back, it seems to me if we
scold our children they should have
the right to reply.
The Bible urges children to obey
their parents, but also says that par
ents should not provoke their children
to wrath. We are each and all indi
viduals and should be considerate to
one of another. x
I have trained children in the church
for seven years and find If they do
wrong I tell them what I think of them
in a pleasant way and they have the
right to say what they think about it
and in that way we reach a far bet
ter understanding.
If children should talk to me in a
saucy way I would not whip them, but
send them to bed for a while. .
I am nofr in favor of whipping chil
dren until everv other means haa been
exhausted. I believe in praise andj
piemy oi u; in coaxing, ratner man
forcing them to do thing. If you com
mend them for what they do they will
try hard to please and if we overlook
some of their faults instead of pick
ing up everything they will appreci
ate it and try the harder to overcome
them. This at least haa been my ex
perience. And I sometimes wonder whether
Ihe faults of our children are not
more innocent than, our own.
MISS EMMA JOHNSON.
so high, that lots of people have quit
trying to produce poultry and eggs
and more will quit yet. Feed that
could be bought in large quantities
three years ago for from 80 cents to
no cents a hundred, has been
forced ujj to $4 and Id a hundred
this year. Is it any wonder that egjjs
are high and will be higher? But
there is no good reason why butter
should be 50 cents) a pound except
that the "combine" has forced the
prices up where they are.
I mention these few things as
samples of the way things cost in
every line of living and it is wholly
the fault of the price manipulators.
It is time the government was taking
hold and it is time they would regu
late the price of all articles of food,
to protect us from tho cormorants
who have made themselves rich on
the necessaries of life in the last three
years.
Instead of preparing to regulate
the prices of a few of the principal
necessaries of life, the government
should prepare to regulate the prices
of all food products, since men who
have the power will not regulate
prices for the benefit of the general
public.
It is no wonder that some waver
in their allegiance to a government
that will not protect the general public
from enemies in our midst. Men who
will force prices up to the present
"frightful proportions," are just as
much our enemies as is Emperor
"Bill" of Germany. It is time punish
ment was meted out to them, that the
people of this country may not be
robbed fC'rther by price gamblers and
manipulators. FRANK A. AGNEW.
OFF FOR THE WAR.
Jerry Pleads for Scrub Women.
Omaha, Sept. 29. To the Editor of
The Bee: The press is the watchdog
of civilization, therefore I desire space
in your great paper for the purpose
of calling attention to the most im
portant question that confronts our
beloveJ nation; the feeding of the
mothers of the American race. There
is no need of state or federal procla
mations for this question, because
these oppressed and persecuted
mothers have "meatless a,nd wheat
less" days galore. These poor under
fed women are in an abject state of
serfdom, working every night scrub
bing the great buildings and hotels in
this city for a miserable wage that
they cannot live on, they are only
existing.
After deliberating over the way
these poor creatures are being ex
ploited, I took the humane subject
up recently with a certain wealthy
woman, who is universally known for
her benevolence and patriotism, sug
gesting to her how meritorious it
would be to agitate a raise in wages
for these poor scrub women. While
she acquiesced in my idea of raising
their miserable wages, thereby taking
notes of some facts and figures I sub
mitted, I fear that the scrub women
will be neglected, for I perceive by
the press that this good woman has
lent the dignity of her presence to
another worthy and meritorious
movement, policing! the city to . keep
the well dressed, pampered girls from
exhibiting their high boots and low
necked dresses by night on the streets.
However, "try again is a useful
maxim," probably if the "militant
suffragists," whose patriotism is simi
lar to the Sinn Fieners in Ireland,
were appealed to, they i might do
something towards the emancipation
of these poor scrub women.
JERRY HOWARD
High Prices and Food Problems.
Omaha, Sept. 28. To the Editor of
The Bee: 1 I want to commend the
article on the "High Price for Meat,"
published in The Bee a few days ago
and written by James Hale.
Meat is not the only thing that is
high in the eating line. I would like
to know of a single article of food
that has not been "forced up" in
price by the food speculators and price
manipulators in the last two years.
Even peanuts have been forced up
from 5 cents a quart to "15 cents a
measure," and that measure contains
slightly over a pint of unshelled nuts.
Salted peanuts have been forced up
from 10 cents to 25 cents a pound.
Peanut butter has been forced up
from 10 cents a pound to 20 and 25
cents a pound. Why as it necessary
to force prices up in this manner, ex
cept that some more men wanted to
gouge the public?
There is some reason for the price
of eggs. The grain manipulators have
forced prices of all kinds of feed up
What means this tread of marching men
We hoar through all the land.
From t'ncle Sam's north border
Down to the Rio Grande?
From San Francisco's Golden Gate
To away down east In Maine,
A million men are drilling now
And we aro at war again.
To battle for Democracy
And help poor bleeding France,
The war Lords thought we tn the war
Would but their cause advance.
Their treaties they regarded not
To them were paper scraps.
Throueh Intrigue and dunilcity
They set unnumbered traps.
They submarined our ships by scores,
Lett children to their fate;
Caused all the world to be their foes
Through savagery and hate.
And as we enter In this war.
With Freedom's flag unfurled
Our aim shall be to set men free
Throughout this bleeding world.
And may our banner ever be
An umiimmmt hacon !iiit.
To cheer our allies at the front
And help them win the fight.
May Providence our boys protect
As In our war with Spain
Worse crimes in time they will avenga
Than the sinking of the Maine.
Rushville, Neb. H. O. MORSE.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"Xo, my husband never talks his business
affairs over with me. One of his favorite ex
pressions is that he always leaves hta busi
ness at the office."
"That's the way with my husband. He
always leaves his business at the office, too.
Now there's .lust one thing I wish he would
learn to do."
"What's that?"
"Leave hta golf on the links." Boston
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