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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION
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Subscribers leaving the city should have The Bee nailed
t them. Address chanced aa often aa requested.
Every boost for liberty today rrlakes safer the
liberty of tomorrow.
Linking the job with the man takes the pen
nant as the boss perplexity.
. ( Westward the star of empire takes its course
and likewise the world series championship.
. If the combined pull of publicity and oratory
can put the new Liberty Joan across it is sura to
be done.
1 Former Governor Morehead no doubt visions
the fearsome sit of the senatorial dust cloud
whirling in Platte 'county.
County Attorney Magney saya he rill not
again run for re-election reserving, of course, the
right to change his mind.
Paradoxically speaking, the only side on which
Nebraska is bordered by water in on the east,
which will continue to be dry.
Nebraska's quota of the Liberty loan barely
equals 35 per cent of the year's hay crop. Cash
in a few forksful and get a bond.
Lieutenant Governor Howard's spiel on the
senatorship as a sure thing reveals in that quar
ter rare skill in the noble art of camouflage.
" Vorwaerts of Berlin looms up as the editorial
Jefemiah of the empire. Fortunately it reserves
its teara to awell the shower at the coming finish,
With a bond market gorged" to capacity and
high class securities on the toboggan the bond
deal of the school board suggests business wis
dom on the blink. '
But if the Muny coal yard is to do business
only intermittently it should have a gentlemen's
agreement with the weatherman to malts the tm
perature fit the case.
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Congress reassembles on December i and the
woman's suffrage convention nine days later both
in Washington. Still some people imagine con
gress has little to worry about.
School Bond Issue Up to People.
The Boa '1 of Education has put its proposed
issue of bonds for construction purposes squarely
up to the people. November 20 has been set as
the date of the special election, and between now
and then our voters should be given full and defi
nite information as to just what is involved, wit'
both sides of the case covered. The Bee sug
gests that to-the-point discussion of this matter
will be pf service, and invites its 'readers to pre
sent their views.
The present building program is the most am
bitious and extensive on which the school district
has ever set out Reasons given by the board for
requesting the authority are the increasing needs
of the public schools, if they are to be maintained
on the present or a corresponding basis of ef
ficiency. Principal items in the building list call
for two new high schools and a structure to house
the existing High School of Commerce. The new
high school in the north part of town has long
been under consideration, and several times seri
ously projected. With the expansion of the city
and the addition of Florence the need for such a
school has grown if anything. Whether the so
called "junior" or intermediate high school, also
proposed for the North Side, is a pressing need
may be open to debate. Other projects include
replacement of several schools that have outlived
their usefulness.
A full month of time is allowed for considera
tion of any objections on part of the citizens. The
public is deeply concerned in the school system,
and the taxpayers are. vividly reminded of its in
creasing cost. It is up to them to say if the bonds
asked for to the amount of $2,250,000 shall be au
thorized, i
The Coal Mystery
B i Fr&.ene J. Haskvni
Michaelis and the Reichstag.
For tlie moment at least politics in Germany
are quite on a parity with military affairs as hold
ing 'public interest. Clamor from the opposition
in the Reichstag is, rising to a pitch that must
make Chancellor Michaelis aware of the fact that
he accepted .no sinecure when he relieved Von
Bethmann-Hollweg of the task of standing be
tween the emperor and the people of Germany.
Socialist speakers and 1 editors are bolder than
ever in their criticism of the government, while
Matthias Eribcrger, who leads the center and
speaks for the Catholics in the Reichstag, has said
that body will be stronger than ever when it
comes together again. All this means but one
thing for Michaelis, and that may be summed up
as a short shrift in office. Circumstantial reports
are published to the effect that Count Czernin
sought a frank declaration of Germany's peace
aims, but received from the chancellor such vague
and evasive replies correspondence on the sub
ject was broken off. With Austria dissatisfied,
and a atrong element at noma persistently de
manding that the emperor tell the world just what
he hopes for as a basis of peace, the German
chancellor is listed for some unpleasant hours in
the near future.
If any other propositions are to be submitted
cj or popular Vote ratification hurry them along so
n they may be hitched to the school board Election
and save, otherwise duplicated election expenses.
,' Speeders along country roads imagine they can
' turn on the gas and escape the goggles of rural
i ! sleuths. There is where misplaced confidence
i wins a golden rule tag. Dwst elouds give them
ti away. . , .
1 Ones more Holland agrees to play no favor
w ites in the division of its surplus food stocks. - If
li Holland has food surplus, as the fifty-fiftyl split
tl implies, tha recent appeals for a share of Ameri-
hi can sleeks glimpsed the profiteers working tut
dodge of neutral necessity.
Puzzle In the Excess Tax Law.
The war revenue bill Womises to afford occu
pation for the expert accountants until a definite
ruling is made as to the exact meaning ot Its pro
visions. One of the already most widely and
thoroughly discussed sections is that having to do
with the impost to b laid against excess war
profits, yet wide variation of opinion still exists
as to what basis shall be adopted for calculating
the tax. The wording of the Jaw is not clear at
to just the point at which exemption ceases and
taxation begins. 1 ' ,
It is the combination of pre-war and present
capitalization that presents the puz14 to which
an answer' Is sought. Whether exemption terml
nates with the first step In the calculation, or
whether it carries on through to the highest rate
levied, applying along the entire eourse of the
graduated scale, is debatable, according to the
views Of experts. Application of one or the pther
method of calculating the tax will fnake a great
difference in the amount to be collected, and it il
therefore of great moment to bith the govern
ment and the taxpayers that this be quickly set
tled. Until the intent of congress has been made
Washington, Oct 13. price regulation is a
good deal of a mystery to the innocent bystander
who pays the prices, regulated and unregulated.
Various committees, for example, have been regu
lating the price of coal for the past six months,
and yet to the ultimate consumer it still seems a
bit unregulated. This coal conundrum is good
example of how price regulation works and how
it doesn't work.
' In this coal drama for it is a drama are in
volved the two big forces that are trying to get
American industry organized for the prosecution
of the war. The first of these in the field was the
Council of National Defense, which represents an
effort of American industry to regulate ana re
organize itself with a certain amount of co-operation
from the government The second is the
executive branch of the government, acting under
the tremendous powers conferred upon it by con
gress as a war measure, in an effort to reorganize
and control the production of the necessities of
life with a certain amount of co-operation from
industry.
These two forces have been coming into col
lision at several points. It is not to be concluded,
however, that one of them ought to be eliminated.
Friction develops heat and heat is energy. Also,
the Council of National Defense has furnished the
government with expert help and information
which it could not have obtained elsewhere. Right
now the fuel administration of the government is
using nearly all of the office force of the commit
tee on coal production of the Council of National
Defense, which it has practically superseded. ,
The attempt to" regulate coal production began
with the appointment by the Council of National
Defense of this committee on coal production.
The committee was composed pi 'men who own
coal mines, headed by F. S. Feabody. It met with
Secretary of the Interior Lane who told the coal I
operators that prices must be regulated. This
was agreed to by all In Pennsylvania at that j
time the price of coal was jumping up-to y) ton.
New England manufacturers were panic stricken.
In one hotel there were over a hundred coal con
turners bidding against each other for the product
of a certain mine. Confusion,;, competition and
waste were the order of the day in the coal busi
ness. The operators were making big money, and
so were some of the retailers and middle men, but
it was clear that the condition was one that could
not last And besides government regulation was
already looming up portentiously through the
haze of congressional debate.
So the operators agreed that It was time to
apply some regulation to the industry. At the re
quest of Secretary Lane they drew up a scale of
prices the so-called $3 price which they agreed
to regard temporarily as a maximum, until the
government could make an investigation of costs
of production and name its own price, 1y which
iney agreed to aDiae. oince ine operators mauc
this price themselves It was not to be expected
that it would be unfair to them. It lett them
plenty of room to make money. But it also re
duced prices all over the country and stopped
their frenzied rise. They claimed that it "would
save the soft coal consumers east of the Missis
sippi $15,000,000 a month.
In addition to fixing this prjee they did a far
more valuable work in reorganizing the industry.
They eliminated wasteful and competitive haul-
ing, l ney lormea a pool ior snipmenis via inc
Great Lakes by which the waiting of empty boats
for loads was reduced. They formed a commit
tee to handle labor troubles. Transportation' and
labor are the two great factofs in coal produc
tion there is always pienty of coal. Secretary of
ine interior janc, wno gouu uuduimj mu,
and who perceived that the first essential was to
insure a sufficient supphr of coal, heartily con
gratulated the operators committee on what it
had accomplished.
About this time Secretary of War Baker, in a
widely published letter, expressed the opinion
that the $3 price was altogether too nign, it re
sulted in an examination by the Federal Trade
Commission into the cost of mining coal, with a
view to fixing the price. The Federal Trade Com
mission completed its examination of the entire
coal industry of America in a few .weeks, ana is-.
sued a scale Of prices just about one-tnira lower
than that agreed on by the operators. Soon
thereafter the act of August 10 was in force and
our present "coal dictator," Mr. Garfield, was ap-
Jiointtd and handed this new scale of prices to en
orcc, ,
But Secretary Baker's letter marked not only
the climax of the contest, but alsb the climax of
coal production. Whether-because the $2 price
was really unfair, or whether because the coat op-
a . . t . . l . . "LJ
erators ten mat tneir patriotic actions uau uui
been annreeiated. the coal production immedi
ately besan to decline. This is shown unmis-
I yav gL a, ,y
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Right in the Spotlight. '
Robert Lansing, secretary of state
In President Wilson's cabinet and the
official entrusted by the government
with the direction of Its foreign policy
In one of the most critical periods in
the nation's history, is 53 years old to
day. Mr. l.ansing- owes his high posi
tion to hie masrful knowledge of in
ternational law aqd diplomacy. Prior
to taking up the state portfolio laid
down by Mr. Bryan be had filled the
position of counselor of the State de
partment and earlier in his career he
had represented the United States In
several important international arbi
trations. Mr. Lansing is a native of
Watertown, N. Y., and a graduate of
Amherst college. In Washington he is
known m an indefatigable worker.
Outside of Office hours he Is a painter,
a writer of exquisite verse, a drafts
man of great ability, an ardent fisher
man, a good goif player' and an en
thusiastic base ball fan.
One fear Ago Today In the iWar.
Russia launched new offenaie In
effort to relieve Roumanian f
President Wilson announced failure
of efforts to Induce European powers
to agree upon terms of relief of Po
land In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
Maggie Mltchel appeared in "Larle"
at Boyd's opera house.
A large number of friends of Mr.
And Mrs. Gottlieb Zimmerman were
present at their residence on. Pierce,
clear, confusion and delay In collection is certain, takeably by the Mfielly accurate chart pre
.j 1. ,i hv th. treasury authorities will Parl4 b geological survey
and esrly action by the treasury authorities will
be of help to Dustnejsy relieving uncertainty
this mooted question.
Part of An Imperial Farce.
When the czar of Russia addressed his "be-
Thess are the events which led up to the pres
ent anomalous situation. The government has,
gotten its machinery of regulation well in hand,
ii enfnreinir nrices at the mine, and has issued
regulations as to the profit retailers may tfiikt.
The fly in the government soup is the fact that
loved Jews and begged them to rally to his sup Mnt ef the COBUnjttee m production is now
port, the nations of the world turned aside from wont to remark that maybe it would have been
' aa a.. c . ..a - 1 t I - a.
" Tentative footings of New York's municipal
tl budget for 1918 foreshadow. an increase pf only
at 12 per cent 6ver this year's total. Still the critics
' wax indignant and pessimistic. They know not
how lucky they ire. Omaha's taj? uplift for 1918
totals 22 per cent, a leap which levs New York
st in the. pikef tlats pf percentages.
' " The prospect of a regiment of American In-
ii dians going across to fight for liberty is viewed
p( with pleasure in many quarters. A fighting
sc force the stalwart redskins are not essential. But
the coming finish needs a picturesque setting,
"I such as th Indian cpujd supply by tripping th
gi, light fantast ghost dance at Pottdam.
af -- a- " ff ' ;t
th ? "In the nam of Liberty,' save foodl" exclaims
w Raymond J. Whitney, an American back from
1? the front in France. The appeal does not fall on
heedless ears. American have been slow to real'
td ize the -necessity for sharp, economy, but manna
S( orosrress has been made in that direction tines the
J3 United States entered the war and greater eaerU
ni fice is certain as the country buckles down to the
crucial battlej for liberty,
better for the people to have plenty of coal at
$3 than coal scarce at $2.
Under the act of August 1U tne government
has the oower to take over and operate coal mines
of the country, if necessary, to insure production.
Perhaps that is the next move.
After Effects of Gardening
i in li i iMlaaeepeUa Journal ' '
the war long enough to smile. The smile wid
ened a little later when czar and kaiser entered
into competitipn as to which could make to Po
land most seductive promises. "Nikky" has dis
appeared from the cast, but the kaiser contlnue
the farce, and has just now staged us tet act
bv aonointing a regency for the kingdom of Po-
land to continue through the war. wny ne snouiq
have substituted a regency for the rule of his son.
Toachim. first named by him to be king of rq- How much De ti,e increase of the American
--.'ai a a I . a a .1 r e 1 SJ 1
land, is not made plain, unless n popes to later j00d crop ot W over mat ot tvio snouio pe ac
on allow the people of Poland to "freely chop" credited to the patriotic speeding up of Millers
U oung man to be their ruler, It be just JjS oTeyonutfis
coimMental, but t i nevertheless touched with that the productjon 0j f00d by the consumer as a
irony, that the kaiser should name his regents on aide line, through the application of idle hours to
the snnivexsary of the death of Kosciutzko, No idle land, it a large factor in the year's product.
one longer doubts that Poland will b restored at
it was before the second, u hot before the nrst,
partition, yet few outside of Germany hold any
ihoiiffht that its dcodIc will be burdened with
te
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Short lesson on Bonds
-laeeetmeat ewe-
Q. When I loan my money to the United
States government, what do I te in return?
A. You get a promissory nots given by the
TTnircrT State trovernment and bearing interest
1 This note is called "be-tid .
S Q. What, then, Is a United States government
t A. It Is the direct and tincpnditipnal promise
ii Of the United States Ol America to jiay upon
. ccrtam.ow eycvMcu
Germh princeling as king.
The hyphenated World-Herald tries to per
suade Grand Army veterans that they should be
offended by The Bee's quettioning the propriety of
soending $20,000 of public money on a junket to
Vicksburg at a time when every spare dollar Is
needed for 'pressing war work, j J ft? woriq
Herald it the same paper that once bewailed the
long life of the old soldiers because of the grow
ing pension btt, Th Grand Army ot tne tie-
Certain results of this earden campaign prom
Ise to remain permanent One is that a few mil
lion men who had hitherto thought gardening
profitless play will hereafter go seriously to work
to make the garden lot productive. Another fact
js that the diet of America will show an increased
vegetable element and a corresponamg, decrease
in meat
It is not good for any man wholly to withhold
his hand from the soil. The very act of growing
things is recreation of a high type; and most men
have dailv hours for recreation. It is possible for
nearly every eight-hour worker to make and main
tain a garden a plot large enough to yield per
haps pne-thim Pf his food, ,
A garden overflowing with prime vegetables
naturallv dominates the dinner table. One cannot
treat sliehtindv the Rood things from one's own
garden. And one's consuming capacity for com-
i e : 1 l -,4 nr.. nn k.e
public veteran! re aliS who their true friends are I rnerciai foods is necessarily reduced after one has
and we know that many of them share The Bee's
opinion as to the trip to Vicksburg.
A sentence of seventeen years, imposed on a
treason conspirator in Oklahoma, exceeds by seven
yeart the penalty won by San Francisco knocker,
JJJ gether with interest at a specific rate, payable j Th enteBC constitute the September record,
? SS T 4 Si Nearly indicate th, growing peril of doing
n Ta what fnrm is this nromisef
X - ft if engraved upon a sheet of distinctive
for redemption,
in
an
tie paper used only for the money and securities of
the United States, and is executed y the secre-x-
tar f the treasury and by the registrar of ths
va, treasury and sealed with the Treasury department
" ' aeal
SI 6 Wbsn n bondi of the second Liberty loan
belted? f : '
a KAvemher IS. 1917. is the date they will
fcr tWanse that is the date on which they will
tu , be issued by the government and the date on
art which interest begins. ... ... ,
J O. When will has bonds be paid by the gov-
-rament: that Is. when will they become duer
a VT. 1 1 1019, but the e-nvernment
1 has the right to pay them any time after ten years
j trap 4t oi tne bona
SOI
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tbt kaiser's work in this country.
, T.1,1 ,',' 'AS I t '
In passing around bouquets for festival effici
ency the strtet railway managers ihould pot be
overlooked. On Wednesday night ana inursaay
afternoon the huge crowds were handled safely
and promptly, and with comparative comfort as
big crowds go.
War's sudden demands on certain mineral
products in this country necessarily made huge
inroads hi supplies. Threatened shortages occa
sion little alarm. With raw material available j
opportunity and enterprise will quickly rise ta the
occasion ' . ' '
well dined on the cream of home-grown produce,
Moreover, this season's garden surplus, now being
put away on the cellar shelves, will extent! the in
fluence of the garden throughout the witrter's
To become acquainted with vegetables at first
hand corn and peas, for example, only an hour
fmm the sarden to the table is to look with
favor upon them ever after. In spits of popuM
belief, they may be profitably mads to tske ne
place of a portion of the customary meat diet.
And this very fact will make it possible to feed
well a larger population in America; because meat
as food demands mucn land in itt growing, ana
because it wilt henceforth be comparatively scarce
nnr! hich. "
An old and well demonstrated truth has been
freshly and widely demonstrated the past sum
mer, namely, that the nearer the food is raised to
the mouth of the consumer, the better the con
sumer is fed; and that he feeds best whoyfeeds
himself. '
Thf most expensive fur is that of the black
fox of Kamsehatka, the skin of which, when
dressedj becomes a very attractive blue. .A coat
woft by the ex-Czar of Russia, lined with this
, Mat- sinnm
street, between Tenth and Eleventh,
on the occaelon Of the sixteenth birth
day of their daughter, Louise.
At the regular meeting of the Board
of Education it was decided to lease a.
lot on West Davenport stjreet from H.
Q. Clark for $15 per annum and erect
tneraon a school nuiming for si, 344.
The travel from the went is so heavy
that the overland train from the west
arrived In four sections, the last sec
tion being four hours late.
The work of enlarging the stocc
yards has been commenced, when
e addition is completed the yards'
limit will reach' to the railroad tracks.
The new Ambler and y Bancroft
school houses are completed and
school was opened, in iime with full
attendance. ' .
The democratic judicial convention
was opened in the council chamber.
Charles H. Brown was elected perma
nent chairman- and Samuel Farns
worth was elected secretary. '
Augustus Kountze of New York Is
the guest of Herman Kountze.
The Omaha Board or Trade held its
first session and considerable business
was done, ' " : .
This Day In History.
' 1775 Burning of Falmouth (now
Portland) Maine, by the British.
1777 Burgoyne surrendered the
British army to the Americans at
Saratoga. '
1806 The French stormed Halle,
Saxony, defeating the' Prussian reserve
under the prince of Wurtemberg.
1854 First bombardment of Sevas
topol by the British, French and
Turkish allies. '
1863 President Lincoln called for
300,000 men.
1867 The pope complained of the
conduct of the Russian government to
ward the Roman Catholic church. .
1882 James Sloan Gibbons, origi
nator of the mavHmant for the nreser-
vation of American forests, died in'
New York cuy. Born at Wilmington,
Pe in 110. v
1J1J Twenty-eight persons, all on
board, loet their lives near Johannis
tha), Germany, In ths explosion and
fail tt a Zeppelin.
1814 .Gar in nn troops appeared be
fore Warsaw, ' :
19lt-RuaslA declared war against
Bulgaria, ,
f he. Day wsj Cc1ebrt.
Jphn McCook Pf the Western Corn
mission company of South Omaha was
born in Pennsylvania October 1ft
1863. . w
Robert lapsing, secretary of state
In President Wlleon'S cabinet, born at
Watertown, N. Y., fifty-three -years
ago today.
James R. Garfield, who was secre
tary pf the Interior, under president
Roosevelt, born at Hiram, P.. fifty
two years ago--today,
Edwin M. Borchard, international
law expert, professor at Yale Law
school, born in New York City, thirty
three years ago today.
Childe Hassam, eminent American
artist borta in Boston fifty-eight years
ago today.
Thomas Fortune ByM, one of
America's eminent financiers, born in
Nelson county, Virginia, sixtyesix years
ago today.
William A. Cummings, first base
ball pitcher to use the "curve," ball,
born at Ware, Mass., sixty-nine years
ago today.
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Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The governor of Louisiana has set
apart today as a day for the women ot
that state to register for national
service.
Several Important questions affect
ing the, policy of the ' Universalis!
Church Ire to be brought before the
general convention of that denomina
tion, meeting today at Worcester,
Mass. a
Medical directors of all the promi
nent insurance companies of the
United etates are to assemble today at
Worcester, Mass,, fpr the annual con
vention of their national association.
National health problems arising
out of war dondltions are to be dis
cussed at tbt annual meeting of the
American Public Health, association,
Which meets (n Washington today for
a four-day sesstpn- .
The diiectors of the Missouri Pa
cific railroad meet today to discuss the
proposed reetabl!6hment of the old
Gould system by the piercer of the
Penvgr 4 Rio Grande with the Mis
souri Pacific and Western Pacific
roads, ' - -'V
A nation-wide movement is to be
launched by - the National Security
league at a mass meeting tonight in
New York City for organising the
services of the mothers, wives, sisters
and girl friends of the men who are
going to the front. ,
The guarding of American army
camps, both at home and abroad,
against the ravages of the "white
plague" will be discussed at meet
ing to be held in Baltimore today and
tomorrow by the North Atlantic con
ference of the National Association for
the study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis, Storyette of the Day. 1
j John PhlllP Seusa, who la c-rpaniz-
ing military Danas ior ine army, whs
talking to a correspondent about the
submarine danger.
. "A friend of mine. cornet vlrtu
oso," he said, '.''was submarined in the
Mediterranean. -The English paper
that reported the affair wprded it
thus: - -
" The famous cornetist, Mr. Horn,
blower, though submarined by the
Germans In the Mediterranean, was
able tq appear at Marseilles the fol.
lowing - evening In fpur plSQes.'
Washington Star,
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Farmer on Farm Wages.
: Peru, Neb., Oct H. To the Editor
of The Bee: I see In your issue of Oc
tober 11 that the State Council of
Defense has acted" on The Bee's sug
gestion and fixed a minimum price of
6 cents per bushel for husking corn
in Nebraska this fall. Now what I
would like to know is why the
farmer is expected to pay double the
wages to such men as he is asked to
or being forced to employ as such
men can (obtain In any other line of
employment '
, You must remember that the men
we must employ are not the orn husk
era that have been taken' from the
farm and cannot husk the average
number of bushels per iay that our
farm boys could husk and this means
added expense, as the .farmer must
board bis men more days. It also
means money to the man employed, as
he gets his board free for a longer
length of time. Here are some facts
that posaiBly thfo State Council of De
fense did not have in mind when they
wer"e fixing the price per bushel for
corn husking. 1
First f ail, more than 60 per cent
of the farmers in the best part of Ne
braska, where land sells (when it
does sell) for 9200 or more per acre,
are renters and are raying from two-
flfths to one-naif of the grain delivered
at the elevator, free of cost to the
land owner, and that means that when
the farmer pays cents' per bushel
for corn husking that his corn has
cost him 13 cents per bushel, with
another m cents ner bushel added
for boarding his man,' which means
that if U has cost the renter 15 cents
per bushel to get his corn in the crib
and that Is not all- unless the hunker
makes aa average of seventy or eighty
bushels a day, which is about the av
erage day s work of .our farm boys,
and to get his corn to the elwator the
renter must add another 10 cents per
bushel of cost to his com as he must
shell and deliver the . land .owner's
share.. Therefore It has cost the ren
ter 25 cents pr bushel to husk and
majrket his corn to say nothing of his
expense of growing the crop, such as
f ill to MS per month, and board for a
man and expense of feeding his teams
and interest on his investment in im
plements which Is several hundred
dollars.
- The farmer has been paying better
wages for corn husking all along than
could be obtained 4n any other line of
smoloyment and row they are de
manding double pay 6 cents to 10
cents ur bushel, also dernanumg that
ths farmer furnish an elevator for
unloading or they will not work for
mm, ana tnis aemana is neing met to
day at an expense of from 1150 to
s250. Of the pine farm elevators in
my Immediate neighborhood, seven
of them ars owned by renters.
Now the farmers' expenses 'have In-
creased just .the -same as any oh
else's. Our government and g,.r city
friends ask that ths farmer do his
nest to increase tne crop 01 jooasmrta,
which they did, as evidenced by one
of the largest crop of corn, oats, rye,
potatoes, beans and other vegetables
our country 'ever produced.
Then to ask the larmer to sell his
wheat for 1 cents perbushel less
than, market priees, take away his
help and compel him to pay double
.wages for a poor auDsututs tor nis
farm boys, and still further threaten
him Wth a reduction in. the price- 01
nis corn ana nis nogs, wunpui ft re
duction In the prioe of sgme of the
things be has to buy, to ms does not
look-like a square deal, and is not
nroductive of that sort of feeling; that
the farmer should have at this time,
The farmer's best ftort is needed, and
is necessary to win the war, but sucn
treatment as he U rsceivtng does not
Inspire patriotism.
, Now we are going to help feed our
antes, we ars going to -win. me war,
put we ask that the farmers be given
A square deal.
' O. TUCKER,' A Farmer.,,
BynsWiia fr Si'.casr?at'MWss
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