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Last chance to get in on a good thing.
The energy developed behind the final Liberty
loan push measures the leap over the top. Get
behind it
Dropping t $10,000 roll of rustic wealth on a
side street of Lincoln disposes of the claim that
the state house harbored all the easy money in
circulation. -
German critics admit the. failure of Junker
diplomacy to embroil Japan and the United States
in war. The admission implies a like inglorious
end of real estate trades with Mexico.
King Corn is not classed among the monarchs
drafted to win the war. He is lined up for work
just the same, and is the one who can success
fully deliver the bacon Herb Hoover calls for.
Semi-official German comment ' impales Aus
tria as "Germany's weak sister." Imperial Ger
many demonstrated as much when it prevailed
oa Austria to pull Junker chestnuts out of the
Serbian fire.
Plans for4 the new crowned head of Poland
are under review by the boss architects of Berlin
and Vienna. Trie prospects of consulting Poland
on the final choice appear as, good as digging
ior gold at the base of the rainbow.
' Secretary Baker makes a great secret about
his selection of an army officer to be assistant
to the chief-of-staff, withholding announcement
until actual arrival in Washington. Why such
camouflage if the promotion is strictly oa merit?
Much of the coal shortage complaints derive
their vigor from failing to realize that normal
conditions are impossible in abnormal times.
Patience and co-operation on the part of the pub
lie will aid substantially is facilitating distri
bution. : ,v .' . . ; v
One by one the sure thing plans of Germany's
"unconquerable leader" go to smash. The second
Hindcnburg line, proclaimed as unbeatable as the
race to Paris, shows more fractures than von
Kluck discovered when he turned tail on the
Marne. .
Millions of pounds of Louisiana sugar will
soon bt on the way to eastern refineries. The
beet fields . of the west are yielding their sweet
ness as rapidly as mills and hands can work. The
situation will quickly reach the normal if house
keepers ignore alarms and rsrict purchases to
immediate needs.
The rally of Rhode Island women to the corn
fields to save the crop sets an example of inspir
ing enterprise for other states. Reports fan" to
mention what part, if any, men perform in this
plan of winning the war, but they may be credited
with radiating admiration for the husking sisters
at a safe distance.
It is customary, for London newspapers to
view with alarm evjery phase of anti-British agi
tation in Ireland. One habit is as rooted as the j
other. Current alarms about another Sinn Fein i
"rising" may be discounted for one good reason.
The government is not likely to impose the draft
and give the Sinn Feiners the ammunition they
desire. . y .
European Parliaments in Foment.
" Something of the strain of the war on (he
nerves is reflected in the action of the various
legislative and parliamentary bodies of the Euro
pean countries on both sides. Making no ac
count whatever of the chaotic conditions that
prevail in Russia, we find in Austria and Ger
many an undisguised hostility among members of
the parliaments toward the course of the impe
rial governments. This, of course, is of little mo
ment, because neither the ruler. nor his cabinet
is responsible to the popular representative body.
In Great Britain Lloyd George has been defeated
on a minor point, one that only indirectly in
volves the war, but which gives his opposition op
portunity to cry "resign." French cabinet min
isters appear to be constantly coming and go
ing, the socialists in the Chamber of Deputies de
clining to vote confidence, even in members of
their own faith, brause of the division into
groups and the dissension between the groups.
Italy is having a similar experience and the
ministry has just been denied a vote of confi
dence by a majority that would seem to be a
positive rebuke. All this disturbance must be
accepted as indicative of intense interest on part
of the people-, whose feelings are reflected by
their representatives. It is impossible for any peo
ple to remain tranquil under the stress of war,
and "nerves" must find an outlet. Danger at
tends attempt to suppress such expressions and
that the parliaments of Europe can afford the
relief needed is good for the world.
' Farmers Are Buying the Bonds.
Allegations made in some quarters that farm
ers are not buying the Liberty bonds are dis
proved by reports coming in. County after county
in the great agricultural regions of the west show
an oversubscription of the alloted quota, the best
possible proof that the issue is not being neglected
by the men of the soil. The farmers of the
United States as a whole are quite as patriotic
as any other class and do not deserve to be sin
gled out for censure. Some slackers have been
found among them, just as selfish laggards have
developed in all walks of life and In every part
of the country Great things have been asked
by the world of the American farmer and he has
responded heartily. Grumblers have been heard,
but the great majority are putting forth great ef
forts to meet the demand upon them, and are
contributing every ounce of energy and all their
faculties to the salvation of the world. High
prices for their product may be an incentive to
some, but it is unfair and unjust to ascribe all
the activity in agriculture to the selfishness of
the farmer. Records at the recruiting offices and
at the bond sales agencies will show him to be
as patriotic and responsive as any.
Arbitration at the Copper Mines.
Settlement of the labor difficulties at the
Montana copper mines through the mediation of
the United States will establish a new era there.
Hereafter work in. the mines and smelters is to
be continuous, with all disputes arising out of
the employment to be subject to conciliation and
arbitration. Grievance committees of workmen
and mine owners are provided for and an arbi
trator to represent the government and decide
any point over which the others may in good
faith disagree. This plan is to continue for
the duration of the war, butjts working ought
to bring it Into such favor that it will be adopted
as a permanent substitute for the wasteful and
destructive methods of strike or lockout .' Such
agreements have worked well in other indus
tries, notably that of printing and publishing, se
curing continuous operation and generating recip
rocal feelings such as seldom subsist in absence
of an understanding of this nature.
Some of, the details of the Montana settlement
are of peduliar Interest just now. One is a pro-,
viso against the re-employment of any man who
has been guilty of seditious utterances and an
other is against members of an organization that
does not recognize and respect contract obliga
tions. Irresponsible groups of the nature of the
I. W, Wn individual anarchists and the like will
thus find themselves partaking of the harvest
they have so diligently sowed. Responsible and
self-respecting union men are protected and the
unruly will be forced to submit to order or find
other occupation.
The sting of the accusation that men are'
slackers is not so much in its kinship to truth,
"but in the source. Mere man is hardened by the
knocks of men. Coming from a women the sting
carries the pressure of knowledge and the ruth
lessness of a "comeback." Woman's inhumanity
to man in this instance fattens the score of "war
horrors."
Seniority Goes by the Board
Brooklra Easts
"Every private soldier has in his knapsacl a
field marshal's baton" is an expression attributed
to the Great Napoleon. And it shows at once the
principle which governed Napoleon's plan as to
army promotions, as it explains the enthusiasm
of his troops and the efficiency of his lieutenants.
The theory and practice of seniority as a gov
erning factoHn determining army promotions be
long to peace times. The news that both have
gone by the board, that the War department's
order is out to that effect, should be grateful to
Americans.
Henceforth National Guard officers will be held
eouillv eligible with reo-ular irmv officer! for
temporary appointments and promotions. "In
naming second lieutenants, commanders may se
lect noncommissioned officers or otneers of the re
serve corps', as they deem best" Promotions will
be based solely on "demonstrated fitness without
regard to seniority."
Let this principle be followed fearlessly and
faithfully and every one of our boys at the front
will be stirred by wholesome and hopeful ambi
tion. He is in the ranks today. Tomorrow he
may be corporal or' a sergeant Next day he
may- win a second lieutenancy. It is up to him
to distinguish himself.
' We shall doubtless experience, as England
lias, a great need of officers as the war goes on.
There will be no shortage of places to be filled.
Time is not wasted that the private, spends on
she study of tactics, even on the'study of strategy.
The man who is fit to go ahead will not be held
back. As in the civil war,' West Point has such
prestige as efficiency gives. Every West Pointer
must meet in fair competition officers who have
not had his advantages. That is as it should be.
Manly graduates of our military academy will be
the last to complain.
Ridgell's Potash Concession.
Letting a contract, for the control of a potash
lake to Deputy State Fire Commissioner Ridgell
involves two points of concern to the public.
First, it is contrary, to the constitution, which so
plainly forbids a state officer to have any finan
cial interest in any contract with the state. The
democrats at Lincoln have deliberately ignored
this several times of late and by their acts jus
tify the conclusion that they do not believe the
law affects them, In the second place, the . con
tract raises the question of right of ownership in
what may be under ground. The surface lessee of
the tract involved claims to have first' lien on'
any mineral deposits therein contained. The
state holds that only the nse of the surface goes
with the lease for grazing. This point will be
decided in court and the rights of each claimant
determined. Attorney General Reed has been di
rected to intervene on behalf of the state, the
second time he has been so instructed, that the
interests of the public may not;be entirely neg
lected. The Bee ventures to suggest that the at
torney general take cognizance of the more inti
mate aspect of the case and find out, if he can,
why it is one state officer after another may profit
from a contract in which the state is concerned.
Rules for Printing War News.
Postmaster General Burleson has just an
nounced regulation to govern newspapers un
der the espionage act, a summary of which
shows'no indication on part of the administration
to go to any great length in the way of inter
ference with free publication. Restrictions enu
merated are mainly those which the loyal pub
lishers of the country voluntarily assumed at the
opening of the war. The chief departure from
these is tbVrule requiring editors of foreign lan
guage newspapers to file with postmasters in ad
vance ot publication English translations of all
articles referring to the war. This will work no
hardship and be of but httfe embarrassment to
the editors. The law is devised to control the
willfully.disloyal element, whose operations have
been positively harmful No need for any hon
est editor to worry over the, regulations, but
those whose 'secret sedition has found vent in"
sensational criticism or distorted statements may
feel in the future the repressive influence of
the federal government Censorship, so far 'has
been mild, resting solely on the agreement of
the publishers with the government, and the frank
relations between them have been of service to
the country. The great newspapers of Ajnerica
are willing to help the government-in all its
lawful undertakings and the duties of .the censor,
are sura to be light.
Conscription of Labor
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington. Oct 24. The labor question
holds the center of the stage here for the moment.
With the asurance of Mr. Hoover that we have
turned the corner in the high price problem, and
the second Liberty loan campaign already almost
a matter of history, the big men are turning a
thoughtful glance on the restless field of labor.
It is the next big question.
Will there be conscription of labor in the
United States? "No conscription of labor without
conscription of industry." That is the answer
which one gets from authoritative sources not
from any one source, but rather as the consensus
of the attitudes of all of them. It is not a for
mulated policy nor a recognized principle; it is
a prevailing state of mind.
"No conscription of labor without conscription
of industry," means that if it becomes necessary
for theiederal government to conscript labor for
service in industries vital to the successful conduct
of the war, the government will not be able to
stop with the conscription of labor. It will have
to take over the industry as well, for the time
being. In other words, American labor is not to
be drafted for the service of any individual or
corporation, even if that individual or corporation
is engaged in government war work. If conscrip
tion is necessary it will have to be" complete.
The commonest argument advanced in favor
of conscription of labor is the fact that the gov
ernment drafts men for war service. If you can
draft a man to fight, why can't you draft him to
do work that is just as necessary as fighting? But
this puts a double burden on labor. Labor is not
exempt from conscription for the army. Having
furnished its quota of soldiers, it would probably
insist on its right to remain otherwise free. Fur
thermore, drafting labor for industrial work would
be a blow at the position which the working man
has btcn laboriously strengthening for many
years. t
Military discipline in ithe army is an urgent
necessity, but when war is Over, the huge army
returns to civil life. No precedent has been estab
lished by the military rule -under which men live
in the service.. But. drafting labor would mean
the introduction pf the military system into the
factory. It would mean, in all probability, the
temporary suspension of the right to strike, which
is labor's strongest weapon. That labor in vital
industries should not strike in wartime is readily
admitted by every loyal American worker or capi
talist But that labor in any industry should be
in a position where it would not dare to strike is
a different matter', i
How is the problem to be solved? It is ad
mittedly pressing. It will be solved, if a study of
the character and utterances o the men who have
to deal with it means' anything, without resorting
to radical measures. It will be solved by remem-
. . . s a :
bering that labor ana capital are Americans nrst,
and that an appeal to their reason and their pa
triotism, an offer of mediation of any particular
difference coming from a source in which they
both have confidence, will be met half way on
cither side. ....
Such has been the belief ot William B. Wilson
secretary of labor, and consequently the govern-
-Mn'e rtjt1tsv rial nfpn laro-ftv khaned accordingly,
Mr. .Wilson is perhaps the most important figure
. . .... .. . tt. i t .ji-j
in the labor situation tociay. c nas nanuicu
ramrlrahl cnrr an far. and with a mini
mum of ostentation. Few people realize how
many and how serious are the threatened striKes
that the mediation of the Department of Labor
averts almost daily.
Mr. Wilson consistently takes the position that
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every laDor dispute nas iwo siucs, hu uims
parties on both sides are reasonaDie numan oemus
with rights to oe respeciea. nny jenucm-jr uu
the part of capital to exploit labor must- be
MrC.H- m tendency on the oart of labor to
make unjust or unreasonable demands must be
checked as , quickly. '. But since we live in a
democracy, these tendencies must be checked, not
by n autocratic mandate, but by appealing to the
aforementioned reasonable qualities of both
parties.
ti;0 foWli !c nlared in the firm conviction that
all of us are Americans first and members of so
cial classes aiterwaros. yuuc qmcuy uc icuj
that "We in the United States have built up tne
most perfect democracy that has ever existed on
the face of the globe. He admits in the next
tt,. ; ham nUntv nf faults, but it seems to
him obvious that it is the best the world has evef
seen. To defend it he has given, with a char
acteristic absence of ostentation, three sons to
the army, where eight of his nephews are enrolled
besides. Yet the fact that so much of his own
flesh and blood is in khaki apparently doc not
make him impatient with the workmen who tie
up a war industry with a strike. In a recent coal
strike he pointed oift that the blame lay largely
with the profiteers, who made fortunes before the
eyes of miners who dug the coal at a bare living
He Is a figure worth studying today, because
every policy Is personified in some man. If you
understand Woodrow Wilson, you understand the
war policy of the United States, and the future
will bring you few surprises. If you understand
Herbert Hoover, you can forecast pretty accur
ately how the food administration will function.
And, similarly, W. B. Wilson seems to typify the
attitude of the government toward labor". Con
scription of labor is not one of the things that his
record makes probable. He stands rather for
mediation and conciliation based on understand
ing, .i
Right In the Spotlight
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt who is
to head the great suffrage parade in
New York City today, la president ot
tne international woman Suffrage &1
Dance and president of the National
American Woman Suffrage association
Mrs. Catt is a native of Rlpon, Wis.
Bhe was educated at tne State Indus
trial college of Iowa and for a time
thereafter studied law. Later she
turned to teaching and became super
lntendent of schools in an Iowa city,
It was in that etate also that she first
became prominent as an orator and
an organizer. For several years she
was organizer or the Iowa woman
Suffrage association. She has lec
tured in hundreds of cities of th
United States and in almost every
country or Europe.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Dr. Ernest von Koerber appointed
prime minister or Austria.
Roumanian' army driven back to
ward Bucharest by Von Falkenhayn.
Dutch government protested to
uermany against violations ol us neu
traiity.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today,
Charles R. Calhoun, traveling pas
seneer aeent of the Nickel Plata rail.
road, with headquarters at Chicago,
Is In Omaha on business.
The new lumber yard is fcelngr put
Churches and the War
-Philadelphia Ledger -
Bishop Berry reminds Methodist preachers
and laymen of thenexampled opportunity that
spreads out hefore them as wide as the horizons
of the world at war. .
The churches must make up their corporate
minds to their share of sacrifice, they must not
expect to hold at home, in order to fill their pul
pits, 'the eager young men who burn with the
desire to serve their fellows in trench and train
ing cfmp. Thousands upon thousands of fighting
men today are bearing witness to the inestimable
value of the Young Men's Christian association
"huts," but for which many a battleground would
be only a' reeking, intolerable shambles far out
of range of all redemptive influences.
' A soldier or sailor coming "back to Blighty
finds in the throbbing heart of the Strand in Lon
don the Eagle Hut, which is a congeries of bar
racks, recreation rooms and rest rooms, with
luncheon tables and counters, writing facilities,
billiard tables, and flowers and curtains in the
.windows. It is "a little bit of heaven, on earth"
to the man who is forlorn in London, at 9 pence
for the night. ,
, The battlefields are here at home as well It
is always the greater anguish to suffeaby proxy;
the women and men who have sent their sons and
dear ones to the other side are inclined to take
refuge in the consolatory assurance of religion
as in no previous era. They pray to be led to a
rock that is higher than themselves the Rock of
Ages that endures beyond the changes and
chances of this mortal life. -
Therefore the preacher whose service is in
this Country has more to do than ever. Already
his task was heavy, the drain upon his capacity
for sympathy was great Now he must face an
even graver, greater duty, and he must keep a
stout heart in the face of the sneering pessimism
that declares Christianity a failure and all the
church's effort a sham and a shallow mockery.
The world jn the midst of the brutal Culmina
tion is more Spiritually minded than it has ever
been. In the light of burning cities and the flaming-cressets
over the trenches men have discov
ered the eternal verities and read the messages of
truth. War has not driven them to despair and
mocking denial It has brought them to the para
mount need of a power overruling the tragedy and
the horror, it has brought them to see that
: . - "From the ground- there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be."
in shape near the Burlington tracks
norm of the stock yards.
Two four-wheeled hose carts have
been ordered tor the Omaha Are de
partment and when they arrive will
be placed in the houses of No. 4 in
South Twelfth street and No. 5 in
Twenty-alxth street.
The new line of the Burlington to
Schuyler has been opened from this
city, the distance between Omaha and
that point being 50 miles.
1 Edward Corby, proprietor of the
Esmond hotel, In North Sixteenth
street, was married to Miss Blanche
I. Kinney of Charlotte, Mich.
Vernona Jarbeau made her first ap
pearance here as a star at the Boyd
She was greeted by a large and
rriendly audience.
Mrs. Joseph Meinrath left for Kan
sas City for a visit with friends and
relatives.
Tha Long school is now occupied by
eou pupils.
Thin Day in History. .
1806 The French occupied" Berlin
and Napoleon set up his court in the
palace of the king of Prussia.
1830 Belgian troops, entering Ant
werp, were opposed by a Dutch garri
son, who, after a hard fight, being
driven into the citadel, bombarded the
town with red-hot balls.
1864 Confederate iron-clad ram
Albemarle sunk with a torpedo by
Lieutenant Cushlng of the federal
navy.
1867 Marriage at St. Petersburg of
King George I of Greece and Grand
Duchess Olga of Russia.
1869 About 200 lives- lost by the
burning of the t Mississippi river
steamer Stonewall near Cairo, 111.
1892 The funeral of Mrs. Harrison
took place in the East room of the
White House.
1898 The Spanish peace commls
loners finally accepted the American
ultimatum not to assume the Spanish
Cuban debt.
) 1914 Destruction caused by Ger
man bombardment at Kheims esti
mated at $200,000,000.
1915 Russian Black Sea fleet bom
barded the Bulgarian port of Varna.
The Day We Celebrate.
Burall F. Miller, well-known Omaha
architect, was born in Cleveland Oc
tober 27. 1870.
A. w. Gordon of the Gordon-Lawless
company is just 34 today.
Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth
president of the United States, born in
New York 59 years ago today.
Giovanni Giolltti, several times pre
mier of Italy, born in Piedmont 75
years ago today.
Prof. Edwin F. Gay of Harvard, now
a member of the commercial economy
board, born at Detroit 60 years ago
today.
Courtney W. Hamlin, representa
tive in congress ot the Seventh Mis
souri district, born at Brevard, N. C,
69 years ago today.
Viola Allen, long a leading actress
of the American stage, born at Hunts
Ville, Ala, 48 years ago today.
Dr. Henry A. King, president ot
Clark university, Atlanta, born in Kan
sas City, Mo., 60 years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Greetings to Theodore Roosevelt
who enters upon his 60th year today.
The draft quotas of colored men are
to be moved to the military training
camps during the five-day period be
ginning today.
The New York state campaign in
behalf of woman suffrage is to culmi
nate today in a mammoth parade of
suffragists in New York City.
Governor ycCall and other promi
nent speakers are to be heard today
in exercises at the dedication of the
new chapel of Wheaton college at
Norton, Mass.
New York City is to have a huge
army and navy bazar, '""opening for a
week's engagement in Grand Central
Palace today, under the auspices of
the army and navy field comforts
committee.
Storyette of the Day.
Counsel for plaintiff waa delivering
the peroration ot an impassioned ad
dress. While thundering forth his
eloquence he was leaning for support
on the back of a chair in front of
him. He was a gentleman of much
weight in more ways than one, while
the chair was an ancient one, and gave
way under the strain slaced upon It,
with the result that the barrister fell
prone to the floor among the wreck.
Quickly regaining his feet Jhe re
marked: "That proves the strength of my ar
gument." This was met with a gen
tle ripple of merriment all round,
which speedily merged Into a roar of
laughter when the opposing counsel
replied:
"My learned brother's argument may
be ail that he claims for It but it fell
to the ground." Philadelphia Ledger.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"What kind ot vine la that you have on
your wall?"
"I don't know ita botanical name. I call
tt tha Bouncer vine because It la always
throwing out auckera." Baltimore Amerl-
SUff 'Colonel Tour raporta ehould be
written , In .auoh manner that area the
moat irnorant, may underatand them.
Sergeant Wall. air. what part if It that
you don't understand? Christina Advocate.
The recruits weren't dolnc very well at
rifle practice. "Look here," cried the In
structor, "whafa tha matter with you lel
lows? There hasn't been a bit signaled In
the last ten mlnutea."
"I think we muet have ahot the marker,
air." replied one of the men." Boston
Transcript.
Baker I thought Haaard waa determined
to Join the army?
Barker He waa: ha waa 'too determined:
he waa so determined that tha recruiting
officer rejected him for being flat footed.
Puck,
Faith to End War.
Fort Douglasr-Utah, Oct 21 To the
Editor of The Bee: "Everything is
dangerous except to those of faith.'
The world is in the throes of history's
greatest war and America is injt The
cause ' of the war, as is constantly
pointed out was mans lack of rell
gion and faith in God. America's en
trance into this war, as Gerard and
Von Jagow toth agreed, was "fate."
The question before the world is how
to end this awful calamity. "War to
end war" is America's plan. A Ger
man statesman said we "aim more
against their navy than against their
armies," except their aviation, and
"they were preparing for that." How
ever, he did not see the great prepa
rations going about throughout Amer
lea.
A Young Men's Christian association
lecturer in one of the training camps
advised the "boys in how they can
best serve their country is by being
100 per cent physically, mentally and
spiritually. It is the old fight of
David and Goliath and all the bat
ties of the Old Testament Moses by
holding up his rod made bis armies
always victorious. But we care not
so much for victory as .for "peace,"
"peace, which the world cannot give."
The simple solution is that we need
faith ana as soon as all men have this
faith this knowledge of "Godv the Fa
ther almighty creator of heaven and
earth, to "Whom all things are pos
slble and Without Him is nothing," etc.
until then the war will not cease and
man go on with greater fury and may
develop into a second flood of Noah's
time. Let us all do our bit in install
ing this "faith" and thereby stopping
this war. CHARLES SMITH.
About Farmers' Wives.
David City, Neb.. Oct. 23. To the
Editor of The Bee: In answer to a
"Farmer's Wife" In the Monday Bee,
would like to ask her if she is doing
anything for her country that she
lsn t getting paid for 7 She says the
papers promised to leave the farm
boys at home. Did the papers have
anything to say about that and why
should the government leave them any
more than the city boys? They all
have the same right. Surely the farm
ers have been working hard and have
raised a good crop, but haven't they
gotten good prices for their produce?
They aren't donating it, are they?
And the farmers' wives, are they do
ing their bit? If she reads the pa
pers she would see what the clubs and
the city women with two hired girls
are doing for the Red Cross and the
Liberty bond sale. Are the farmers'
wives doing as much? How would
our soldier boys keep warm this win
ter if they had to depend on the farm
ers' wives for their sweaters, socks,
mufflers and wristlets? Of course.
there is lots of work for the women on
the farm, but do they donate a pound
of butter or a dozen eggs or one of
the yellow-legged chickens to the Red
Cross once in a 'While? - I doubt it.
And how about the Liberty bonds?
The farmers are way behind in their
purchase. I am afraid most of the
farmers need to be told a few things
once in a while, "Farmer's Wife."
Think it over. Unless you buy Lib
erty bonds or donate to the Red Cross
or do Red Cross work you are not
doing a bit, not to mention ypur bft.
A READER.
Wants Squirrels Exterminated.
Omaha. Oct. 25. To the Edltdf of
The Bee: I notice by press reports of
last Sunday that the Audubon society
ot Omaha decided recently to wage
war on rats as a means of the con
servation of food because ot the large
amount of grain they destroy.
I agree with them and always try to
kill every rat that I get a chance at,
but there is another rodent that is
just as destructive as rats, and it is
an animal that belongs in tne same
class as rats. It is tne squirrel that
some people like so well. If the Au
dubon society wants to conserve in
food and in saving the life of inno
cent songbirds they want to include
the squirrel, for squirrels not only de
stroy fruits, grain and nuts, but they
destroy birds, as well as their eggs
and nests. c
There are anywhere from 100 to
200 squirrels In Spring Lake park to
day and unless the ciiy authorities cur
tail the number they will become such
an intolerable nuisance 4hat I will
not be the only one to make complaint
about this rodent in 1918. Before we
were annexed to Omaha the city au
thorities fed the squirrels, but now
they feed themselves, and they sure
do not starve. According to the price
ot the black, walnut in Omaha today,
the squirrels ate at least 16 worth of
walnuts from me this year. Then
they ate plums and even ate beans
after they were ripe, which I had a
good deal of trouble lb raise.
I am tired of feeding squirrels for
the city and I would like for the city
authorities to either feed their squir
rels or else allow someone to kill a lot
of them yet this fall.
They will make good eating for
those who like them and would at the
same time be tending to conserve food
for the multitude and will also save
the lives of numberless songbirds next
year.
I would rather have 100 rats around
my place than two squirrels, for rats
can be controlled, but squirrels can
not be when the city protects them
from destruction.
I would like to see Spring Lake park
full of songbirds once more, rather
than be full of such intolerable ro
dents as squirrels. ,There will never
be any songbirds of any consequence
in that park again until the squirrels
are exterminated or cut down greatly.
So I would advise the Audubon people
to fight the bird destroyers, grain de
stroyers, fruit destroyers and bean de
stroyers as well as nut destroyers in
the common timber squirrel while
fighting rats.
A farmer who was in town a few
days ago said he wished someone
would kill all the squirrels on his
place, as they destroyed so much of
his corn. FRANK A. AONEW.
SnJn has amaltad iron for more than
twentv centuries and some of tha ancient
furnaces are still in existence.
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