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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BES PPBUSHINQ COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha portoffiea a second-clan matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier. Br Mall. TnUj end uadT prak.l8e Par rear. JJ0 I-atU tnuwul Bundey " - i'JJ Swmtnt u4 8ifflrt.f " 1 " M XwBtng wiUMW Sunday... " fo " Jw Buaoar Bee onlf.. M lv Beaa netlee ol Satan of address trngaJamy U tatrrery t Oma&a Bee ClreulaUoa DtpartaanU MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I ha aaneleted Pnm. of wWe Attain Bamixir. la eaelwltal? ntltlad to lb tut for repuWlcaUoo of all mi dlipatcbee credited to It or aot atfeeraiM eradllad la Uila papat and alto um (oral Ma puhUthed hereto. Ail tihu ot paNieeiloa at aptetel dlapelclMS ara alio mamd. REMITTANCE RBlt by draft njmm or portal orJT. On If I-eeat stasias taken ia MTant of mall aooounts. Pertsaal cheek, axoapt aa Onaha and eastern esoaant aot aoMptad. OFFICES Ooaha-Jta Baa BiUdlaf. CaleafOrVlNVi Oat Boildlna, Meat Onaha 4SIT a Mlh SL htm Irort-IKK riru an. Council Bloffa-14 !. Mala ft. St Laola-Ka B'k of Common Lipoola Uaia Balldlm. WaahlaaMa UU O at. CORRESPONDENCE Address nrnnminWrnt rrlatiai to aews aad editorial BaiUr la Unaba b. tditowal PsperUaeat. OCTOBER CIRCULATION 58,059 DailySunday, 51,752 Anrate elnulatloa for (he nanta subscribed aad nrorn is b DirlfJit Wlllieau, ClrcaleUoa atanatw. Subacribara leaving tha tity ehauld haa The Baa seaOed ta then. Aaoraaa changed aa aftaa a requested. Destroyers justify their name. Proof of U-boat sinkings is in the bubbles. Openly and, legally Washington is dry. The Congressional Record is no longer lonesome. Five overdrawn state funds remind us that democratic economy is working at the old stand. As an exponent of backstairs diplomacy, Chan cellor von Hertling is the right, man for the job. Yashington would feel more at ease if T. R. occasionally would glue his good eye to some other section of the map. If you can't send it package to the boys abroad or in camp, send The Bee and write a letter. Both radiate cheer and happiness. A portion of divided Italy whipped Austria to a standstill 60 years ago. United Italy may be relied upon to repeat the performance. Owing to the pressure of more important affairs the country seems willing to let the dead and the bootiful Villa rest wherever he is. The lowly copper coin boosted Into sudden importance foreshadows raids on the home sav ings banks and "taking pennies from a child." A tear and a smile to the memory of "Private" John Allen of Mississippi. The sage and wit of Tupelo well served his country in his day, in and out of congress. f What's, tha use of piling up mountains of "dough" and leaving to others the job of taking and burning? The late John D. Archbold piled, up $41,000,000, only to discover "there are no v pockets In the shroud." The reported revolt of German colonies in southern Brazil goes to show that Count von Lux burg't scheme of Germanizing the republic ad vanced far beyond native suspicions. Now that the Brazilians are fully aware of the plot to stran gle the government and active attempts to exe cute it, the ultimate fate of the mercenaries is as good as settled. I The evils of kaiserism in this country strike the Innocent through the malovelence of spies and plotters, A government order clears a half mile limit at the water front of Brooklyn and Staten Island of all Germans. Thousands of enemy aliens are shut out of jobs in the cleared district. The order is necessary protection against per sistent spying nd plotting. The war may last Q years, says General Wood. "We must lay our plans for a lorfg war," says Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British ad miralty. '.'We hare the Boches going for good," writes a London correspondent. "The war is all but won," says Admiral Jeliicoe. When great minds disagree, who will decide? The heaviest r.rtillcry and the biggest battalions. Translating Norse indignation into English robs the native tongue of7 its salty vigor and ex plosive charm. Calling the Germans "cowards," "murderers," "dastards" and "brutes" sounds commonplace in English. It should be surveyed in native dress to understand how plain-speaking neutrals feel about piratic raids on North Sea merchantmen. Still the kaiser chants with holy glees "Forward with God!" ' Measuring the pounds sterling by current ex change value, the September war bill of Great Britain averaged $30,210,000 a day. The war out lay of the United States for October, exclusive ofloans to allies, averaged $24,000,000 every twenty-four hours. It took Great Britain better than three years to strike its gait. The United States hit a pace of a million dollars an hour in seven months and is only warming up for the race to win the war. - Martyrdom and the Asthma i Mmaeapalla Tribune. Russia at the Pari Conference. Proceedings of the conference of the Allies at Paris may have to go forward without the pres ence of Russian delegates. This is owing to the attitude of the radicals in control at Petrograd. Kerensky is credited with saying the new democracy of Russia must be recognized, to which request no objection will be raised. The new democracy of Russia, however, must realize that in the matter of recognition something is due the older democracies of America, of Great Brit ain and of France. Russia's action is explain able on the single ground that the Petrograd coun cil of soldiers' and workmen's delegates still dominates the government. These were repre sented at the recent Stockholm conference of so cialists, at which a peace program made in Ger many was adopted. Neither of the other Allies permitted citizens to take part in that gathering, because of its nature. Now the Russian radicals hope to carry the Stockholm program, which is endorsed in Berlin, into the conference at Paris, and there demand its adoption, on the price of forfeiting further assistance from Russia. The Stockholm resolutions provide for the restoration of the status quo ante bellum; Bel gium to be restored at international expense; Po land to be erected into an independent kingdom; Lithuania and Finland to have home rule, but be attached to Russia; Ireland to be given its own government; the Czechs to remain a unit of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and the disposition of Alsace and Lorraine to be left to a vote of the people. To this the Petrograd council added the neutralization of the Su and Panama canals. Short of absolute victory, the war lords of Ger many scarcely could expect more. War plans will take precedence in the con ference at Paris, and to its councils representatives of the Russian people will be welcome, but they must attend with full realization of the fact that their wishes alone will not control deliberations or actions. 1 Fixing Food Prices for Nebraska. The state food administrator is said to be at work on the job of arranging schedule of prices for Nebraska food retailers. This is a delicate task, and presents many difficulties. One of its inexplicable features crops out in the statement that potatoes are to be priced on the basis of Idaho and Utah products, rather than the home grown. The justice of this proceeding is not ap parent. Omaha dealers are said to be averse to handling Nebraska potatoes for reasons of their own. This attitude is in remarkable contrast to the experience of last spring, when all hands were exhorted to raise potatoes, that famine prices might not again be forced on the public. Another strange fact is that apples are left in the orchards within a few miles of Omaha, after farmers have actually given them to any who would come and pick them from the trees, while the public is urged to buy fruit grown 2,000 miles away. In the meantime, the local food director has suspended publication of his daily price list, awaiting an an nouncement of an "average" schedule from the state administrator. What the public really wants is an adjustment of prices that will have at least the appearance of freedom from extortion. The bountiful harvest has not lowered the cost of liv ing and folks would like to know why. A Colorado woman who helped picket the White House and was sentenced to serve seven months in tail in the District of Columbia has regained her liberty by paying a fine. She has gone back to the "glorious climate" of her home , state to fight it out with an old enemy the asthma. "I am going west," she said, "to tell the women voters of the country the federal amend ment must be out through congress or American women must be permitted to die in the struggle for enfranchisement" It is a beautiful thing to die for a cause that Ss dearest to one's heart Down through the ' ages martyrdom has made saints of great men and women, but it ia a question whether martyr- dom does not lose tome of its glamor and some f the splendor of its halo if it be achieved in part by the asthmatic route. For ourselves we do not tee why a woman with the asthma should not be as fine in her martyrdom as one who can live in jail without choking up and keeping her sister martyrs awake, but the human family is made up ot ail kinds ot persons, dome ot tnem, we fear, might not pay the proper meed of rever- . ence at a annne upon wnicn was inscrioea: "Harassed, with asthma, but true to herself and . to the cause she loves, she gave her life that her sisteri might have greater happiness. Her last words were lost in wheeze. It is said that in Colorado one can "die in the struggle for enfranchisement" without cutting out the muffler and with less confusion than in .the heavy air of a Washington jaiL, "Up .with suf fragel". is the president's latest call to his coun- trymcn.' He jmigh well have added; "And Railroad Really Waking Up. When Louis D. Brandeis a few years ago said the railroads of the United States were wasting a million dollars a day, he received only scorn for his pains. Emergency occasioned by the war has driven railroad managers to consider items that affect operation, and they have been enabled to effect economies that amount to several times a million dollars a day, and have not yet reached the end. Most of this great saving has been achieved by merely taking up lost motion where it was thought everything was taut. Foe- example, just now intensive study is being applied to the roundhouse practices, that less delay be set against locomotive movement. Four and a half hours a day is the average of locomotive service, 9xt being spent in or around the roundhouse. To get fires cleaned, tenders filled with coal and water, sand and other supplies on board and the little needed overhauling done more expeditiously is the problem, When it comes that the factors in the problem are reversed, true efficiency will have been more nearly approached, but that the railroad men are working to achieve this is a sign that Judge Brandeis knew what he was talking about and that the managers are waking up to the fact. After Drill in Training Camps By Fre eric J. Haskin Prepare for Next Season. Vice Chairman Coupland of the State Council of Defense wisely warns Nebraska farmers against the danger of allowing all their spring wheat to go to market. Because of several in surmountable obstacles, the fall sown acreage of wheat in Nebraska is short again, and this can be made up only by spring seeding. The current year's yield of spring wheat in Nebraska was not only unusually large, owing to the extra efforts that were put forth, but is of an uncommonly good quality. Experts have pronounced it tip top in every respect It is especially fitted for seed uses, and the emergency of the present year is to be continued indefinitely; therefore, it is desirable that all precautions be taken by the farmers to preserve the dependable seed they have on hand. A favorable season next year will see Nebraska with many millions of bushels of wheat for export, if only the spring wheat is saved now and town then. Keep your seed for planting time, and prepare now for next season. Washington, Nov. 2. "Smileage" is the name which Mr. Marc Klaw has chosen for the books of admission coupons to the 16 "Liberty The aters" he is building in the cantonments of the national army. Each coupon will represent S cents worth of amusement at these theaters, and the smileage books will be on sale not only at the 16 cantonments, but at stores throughout the country, so that every American may present his or her soldier friends with the opportunity to smile. This provision of theatrical amusement for the soldiers is another element in the well-laid plans of the commission On training camp activities, which has the great responsibility of providing for the soldier's welfare after his day of drill and study is over. The work of this commission is not merely to amuse the soldiers and provide them with exercise. The big military purpose for which it was created is to protect the fighting men from the disease and demoralization which nec essarily threaten every army for that matter every great body of men cut off suddenly from the ties and associations of their usual lives. In addition to the Liberty theaters there is in every one of the great camps an auditorium pro vided by the Young Men's Christian association, where moving picture shows of the highest class will be given every other evening. Alternate eve nings are purposely left open in order that the men may organize amusements for themselves. Soldier glee clubs and soldier dramatic troupes are expected to take over the auditoriums on many of these evenings. George M. Cohan, Irv ing Berling and a famous minstrel show man, whose name has not yet been divulged, have promised their aid in promoting these amateur theatricals. They will not only write scenarios and songs for the soldiers, but will visit the can tonments and give of their services as managers and producers. The event of every week at every cantonment, however, will be the production at the Liberty theater. It is assured that the recruits of the na tional army will have a chance to see the best actors and actresses and the best productions in America. The names of the stage folk who will appear at the cantonments have not yet been an nounced; but it is known that among them will be Maude Adams who will devote her Sunday evenings to playing "Twelfth Night," before the soldiers, and Harry Lauder, who will sing for them. All in all, the soldiers will set everything from grand opera to vaudeville and moving pictures. Each show will run one week in each canton ment, so that every man will have a chance to at tend. The admission prices will break all rec ords. In the face of a rising price of amusement, the best seats will cost only 25 cents, or five smileage coupons, and wilt scale down in price to 10 cents. The seats will be wooden benches, and every seat will be reserved. A special sec tion will be set aside for officers in each theater, provided the demand for tickets makes this pos sible, but the enlisted man will always be given first call on the space. All of the 16 Liberty theaters will be exactly alike, and they are designed in every way to make the production of the shows inexpensive, yet com plete. Each theater will have its own complete set of stocks, drops, wings and scenery, so that the companies playing for the soldiers will not have to carry a heavy baggage of properties about with them. The principal performances will be given by four vaudeville companies and four dramatic com panies, which alone will insure at least one show every week in every cantonment. The vaudeville companies are being organized by Mr. E. F. Albee of the Keith circuit, and will include many of the best known vaudeville stars. Each of these companies as well as the dramatic companies will be in charge of a special civilian manager repre senting the commission; and there will also be - manatr.,.. (nr o-K nf til tll'9tra- Mr. Klaw will be further aided in his work by a v..:..a.' AMmfA mnA an arivicnrv rnmmirt! nf tllliCUS VUHIIHHIVV v r ll a. f theatrical managers, in a wora, a large pan oi the theatrical and managerial talent cf America i. imino- tn tiav a hand in this sritrantic tlan to help the soldier pass his evenings. TnrMnti11v. he will be allowed to heto him self just as much as he is able. Not only will iiinr theatrical ha tncouraeed bv exoert aid: but the personnel of every cantonment will be can vassed for men with experience in any Drancn ot the theatrical business. It is believed that many stage hands, electricians, and probably some actors will be found among the soldiers, and serv-. ices of these will expedite the productions and lower their cost . . . . A special problem is presented ty camp Lewis. which being on the Pacific coast is out ot reach ot the regular companies, but specialperformances by Pacific coast companies organized for the pur pose will oe given mere; ana me soiaiera in uic tar west are promised as much amusement as any of the others. Finnish Indignation Typical. Finlanders profess to be indignant at the policy of the United States in dealing with neu trals on the food question, and one of the Hel singfors papers sarcastically criticizes President Wilson for his course in this connection. Our Scandinavian friends persist in ignoring the fact that Americans are .voluntarily restricting them selves that we may have more food to send abroad, although we are under slight obligation to meet the requisition of those who - have steadily aided our enemies. The Finns had their full share in the Russian revolution, and since March have contributed notably to the confusion that has disorganized that country politically and economically. With order restored in Russia, a huge reservoir of food will be opened, not only for its own people, but for Sweden, Norway and Den mark. Instead of berating the United States, the Finns might better employ their time in an ef fort to get Russia back on its feet, to the end that the great stores' of grain be saved from Ger many, and put to the use of the people who need it Indignation expressed at the course of the United States comes with bad grace from a peo pie who have spent months in fomenting the dis solution of all semblance of orderly government, but it Is typical of the nations whose -selfishness has brought them to their present straitened con People and Events William Randolph Hearst staged a fireworks display in Madison Square in Knnnr nf tha mrft'mo nf the National Association of Democratic clubs. The fireworks t blew up prematurely, as they are wont to ao, injuring a number of people, some mortally. The city had to shoulder the damage bill, but came back at Hearst and won a judgment for $21,783. The court of appeals has just O. K'd. the bill for pay ment. The passing of Robert Fitzsimmons from the stage of life brings considerable relief to the re- maining ruzes. toi mai wicjr iwum disrespect. In many ways the tribe liked Bob and looked with pride on some of his achieve ments. But Bob monopolized the spotlight of the Fitzes. Others bearing the prefix have suffered keen embarrassment by being introduced and sa luted as Fitzsimmons. Oh, no, "nothing agin Bob; just a feeling ot renet, you Know. , General Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio Is dead at 84, Yankee by birth, Buckeye from boyhood up, a distinguished soldier of the civil war and . ..nnrocmifi fnr 10 tprms. his career is tvotcal of most of the strong men fashioned in the molds of rebellion. Congressman urosvenor was an upstanding figure in congress, a republican stal wart dyed in the Ohio wool, and a past master in talking. But there was substance in most of his talking, but his talent did not save him from the landslide of 1892. vk;i b rrvnoTpccIonal rrvmmittte was stir- I I1UV " .In tin tha far murk in East St. LOUIS last In nf the Pta Bradv iumoed all over .a newspaper reporter Decause tne iaucr ioia me committee some things eraay aia noi want Th tuatitnnnv of the renorter had to do with the politics of the town and how Brady and another justice, pets ot tne mayor, monopouu the justice business and split the fees. Haled before the committee, Brady admitted the truth of the reporter's testimony, x nereupon me com mittee jumped on Brady, charged him with threat ening a federal witness and ordered him to ap near before congress in December. Kf n.t thn anrtarmiia nrcarhrrs and bold laymen hurl a blast of wrath against fashion's decree requiring un ei wwku w .n.. themselves in dismal mourning raiment They Haiii th ranraiii nf crlruvn a a mental and nhvsical injury to the wearer and a downright mockery of the spiritual promise of the better life. Be sides, the custom occasionally becomes inconven ient, if not actually annoying. For example, take V race nf i nomas Fortune Rvan. traction mag nate of Virginia and New York. While in the first stages ot mouring lor nis nrst wiie, Dareiy two weeks gone to her reward, Dan Cupid ... Evan m the altar with No. 2. In the circumstance mourning raiment is not only a waste of means in war time, but gets the wires of outward gloom crossed witn tne vioranr. strings of inward, joy. Sensible reform in this direction knMtlaa t&iaiiillv in wnrli nf enntrariicttnna. Right In the Spotlight Dimming; for the moment even the glory of von Hlndenburg, the star of Field Marshal August von Mackensen Is again the brightest In the entire German war firmament Mackensen it waa who, at the head of the German and Austrian armies, smashed through the Russian lines In the summer of 1915. Less than a year later he was the chief figure in the conquest of Serbia, Now he has added to his fame by directing the successful drive of the Austro-Germans into Italy. The famous commander is now in his 6Sth year. Nearly half a century ago he began his military career as a pri vate in the Franco-Prussian war. His daring exploits In that conflict led ultimately to his being made an of ficer of the Second Hussar Body Guard, one of the most famous in Germany. The outbreak of the present war found him the commanding gen eral of an army corps. Then came the campaign against the Russians, in which von Mackensen towered above the other German army leaders by his achievements. One Year Ago Today In the War. Allies launched new grand attack in the Sorame district Rulers of Germany and Austro Hungary proclaimed new kingdom of Poland. Roumanians resumed offensive in Dobrudja, forcing von Mackensen to retire. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. The gentlemen having in charge the advertising of Omaha, met at the Board of Trade rooms and the various commissions reported progress. A let ter received from S. G. Broct of Ma con, Mo., was read. Mr. Broct pre dicts a great future for Omaha and says there is more building going on here than In Chicago, St Louis, Cin cinnati or Minneapolis. A Halloween party waa given by Mrs. E. A. Hammond at her home, 2510 Davenport street Miss Grace Withnell has returned from the east J. H. Millard is in Boston and with Mrs. Millard will return in a few days. Miss T. C. Kennedy left for the east Thursday to enter St Marguerite's seminary at Waterbury, Conn. May and Edna Cowin entertained a few of their friends at an elegant luncheon at their home, 1917 Capitol avenue. - The Cozzens hotel will be reopened in a few days. This Day In History. 179' Washington Aiiston, wno was. called by the artists of Rome, "The American Titian," born at Waccamaw, 8. C. Died at Cambridge, Mass., July; 9, 1843. 1782 The "America," our nrst nne- of-battls ship, waa launched at Ports mouth, N. H. 1787 The fourteenth and last ses sion of the old continental congress opened In New York. 18U4 Thomas Jerterson was re elected president of the United States. 1 8 05i Thomas w. Dorr, leader or the so-calied "Dorr's rebellion," born at Proviuence, K. I. Died there Decem ber 27, 154. 1867 John Morrissey. former champion pugilist was elected to congress from new York City. 1880 united Mates signed a treaty with China regulating immigration. 1914 Great Britain officially an nounced a state of war witn Turkey. The Day We Celebrate. wiiutim u. weeks, president oi tne Weeks Gram & Live itock company, is ceiebraung his 68th birtnday. John D. ware, lawyer, la bit years old touay. Most ftev. J. J. Harty, archbishop of tna Cataoiic diocese ot omana, was born in bt Louis, t4 years ago today. Lieutenant General George Francis Miine. commanaer-inchief of the Brit- inn forces based on baionika, born 49 years ago today. " WAa Ailm.i.al P.vnnM T TTnll TT. S. N., born in Phnaaeipnia, 69 years ago today. Truman ti. Newberry, ex-secretary of tne navy, now aiue to ihe oommanu ant of tne fusion navy yard, burn in ueiroit, 63 years ago today. Dan J. (Jonneii, deputy state labor commiuaioner, was born 4 ft years ago touay on a iarm in Douglas county, zie started lite as a loruiy piumoer, whicn explains how he was aote to invest 2,lvu in Liberty bonus. Augustus f. Garuner, wno resigned his seat as a Nassacnusetia congress man to enter the army, born 62 years ago today., Congressman Nicholas Longworth ot Ohio, son-in-law of Theodore Roose velt born in Cincinnati, 48 years ago today. Eugene v. Deba, rour times tne socialist candidate for president born at Terre Haute, Ind., 62 years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The supreme court or the united States reconvenes today after a two weeks' recess. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall Is to begin a speech-making tour of the Pacific northwest today, to preach the gospel of a stronger national spirit Twenty leading nag makers in an- ferent Darts of the country have been cited to appear before the federal trade commission in wasnington toaay to answer to charges of making exorbit ant profits out of American patriotism by concerted Illegal action to raise flag prices. Informal hearings upon the applica tion of the eastern railroads for per mission to increase transcontinental rates and adjust rates to intermediate points. Involved in the intermountain rate cases, are to begin In New York today before Attorney Examiner Thir tell of the Interstate Commerce com mission. Storyrtte of the Day. "Why do you live In 'the country, Smith V "So as to save money." "Food cheaper, eh 7" "Not much saved that way." "How then?" "Well, no theaters. $50 a year; no swell restaurant dinners. Si 00 a year; no taxicab fares. 150 a year: no dis tractions of any kind, more saving. Get the Idea?" "Um. ves. But look here, old man. couldn't you save more money it you died ? Boston Trnascrlpt SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. Canada lias tha greateat railroad mileage tb ..nit. nf nv fountrr In tha world. Tha Unitad Statea government uaea nearly 1,000,000 ineandeaeent electric lampa a year. After three yeara of war it ia estimated that Canada thia Tear ia purchasing 100.000 new motor ears, almost five times aa many aa in 1914. Switterland maintains four official schools him eookins and other domestie sciences are taught to young women aad a fifta. for men. To save naoling an additional ear a rail iit in Enron haa But a wrecking crane oa the top of a locomotive, which providea tha power to operate It. Ia Scotland there has nets hullt a draw, v.u.. tn mrhiih all tha work of ooenlng and closing it and guarding traffic ever and ; throueh it ia dona by electricity) t Omaha Soon to Have Corn Mill. Omaha, Nov. 3. To the Editor of The Bee: On the editorial page oi the November 1 issue, you refer to the fact that Omaha has no industries grinding corn. We mentioned this matter to certain parties and we ne lieve they have written to your pa per with regard to same. We particularly refer you to our new corn cereal mills in Omaha, the Miller cereal mills, which will be ready for operation, we believe, in about 30 or 60 days. We also call your attention to the fakt that several other institutions like ours grind corn, and while our products are for animal consumption, we think we are quite a factor in Oma ha, in connection with the grain to which you refer. It might interest you to come to our plant some time and see what we have in the way of rather expensive improvements this past year. We also have our own poultry extension de partment with our own pens of birds. If you are interested, call me on the telephone and I will go up town and get you in my machine and bring you down here. M. C. PETERS MILL CO., By A. D. PETERS. Fanners and Farm Labor. Monroe, Neb., Oct 29. To the Edi tor of The Bee: Comes now, one Frank lin Pope of York, Neb., with a state ment that "farmers can afford to pay 10 cents per bushel or even 25 cents better than they could three or four years ago for husking corn that he can still make a profit of JU.95 for each day's work In the field, except husking and that the only hard work in raising corn is the husking." Ye Gods and Little Fishes! What a pity that some genius like Mr. Pope had not sprung up in our midst long years ago and told us that there was "no hard work In raising corn except husking." Why -we poor ignorant farmers have for years been laboring under the delusion that in order to raise good corn we had to break the stalks and plow the ground and disc it and harrow It and plant it then If the grubs didn't eat the seed, or the cold, wet weather didn't rot It, or the gdphers didn't spoil the stand after It waa ud. why we had to cultivate it three or four times and then if the wet weather didn't drown it or the hot winds didn't burn it or the frost didn't catch it too early, we had to husk it and crib it and shell It and deliver it to market I'll have to disagree with the gen tleman when he states that cornhusk ers used to get 3 cents for husking corn when it was selling for from 10 to 13 cents per bushel. - Such a state ment as that is pure poppycock. It has only been in recent years that 3 and 4 cents was paid for husking corn, and last year was the first that it ever went over 4 cents in good corn. Mr. PoDe takes exception to my statement In a former letter that it was "unfair for unskilled labor to- ex pect $8 and $10 per day," saying that "no unskilled labor is averaging 100 bushels per day." There are hundreds of cornhuskers who average all the wav from 70 to 100 bushels per day at 10 cents per bushel this would mean from $7 to siu per aay ana board or double what they can earn or are entitled to. I'll admit that it takes an experienced man to do this but when I referred to aauied moor meant carpenters, plumbers, etc., who have SDent several years as apprentices to learn a trade and now earn from $4 to so oauy and poaru and lodge themselves. As to the "workers- wages Deing in creased 60 per cent whlie his living has rone ud from 100 to 300 per cent" that does not apply to farm labor, who get their board and lodging ana S150 ner year more pay tnan rormeny while $10 to $15 would easily cover the increase in price or sucn overalls, shirts, etc., as they need. Where does he get that stud 7 I can name several former farm la borers in this vicinity who saved their wages for three or four years bor rowed a few hundred dollars to put with their little pile bought horses and machinery and are now making good farming for themselves. There are many good, steady, reliable farm laborers but there are aiso a great number of bos who pretend to be la borers, whose idea of farm labor seems to be having their breakfast served them in bed, double pay for what they do, and that they should be given the farm if they stay the entire year. The hardest proposition the farmer is up against today is that ot getting re liable farm labor. Mr. Pope's attempt to figure tne farmers' daily wage at $11.95 for every day in the iieid with a team, is utterly ridiculous. He takes no stock of repairs and breakage of machinery taxes and interest cost of shelling and delivering and the thousand anu one other Items of expense tnat are constantly coming up on a farm. But supposing that tne farmer did make $11.95 for every aay spent witn a team in the cornfield except husking and he spent bO aaya tnerein it would bring him till, according to Mr. Poue's iiKures where wouid his in come come from tor the rest of tne year? The rarmcr never nas is not now and has no inclination to get an umalr return for tne time, labor anu money wmch he invests, he wonts 86i uays out oi tna year several hours of chores on sunaay and over time on week days, enouga to make a luil working day ot Kunuay and any one who wishes to compute his oauy profit must aivioe his net yeany prom Oy 866, tii. XI. nUAWi, Against the bchool Bonds. Omana, Oct 1. To tne hiditor of The Bee: The school bonds should be voted down. The taxes are getting so high that cottage owners will soon have to surrender their property to the assessor and tax collector, vv nen South Omaha was annexed we were held for a 33 per cent temporary In crease. On top ot this, now it appears made permanent we are to pay .20 per cent next year. Is there no limit? I took the trouble the other day to look over some of the schools that have been condemned. For years I lived near the first Long school. Struc turally, on an outside examination, It looks as sound as when It was built. Why wreck it in times like these? Only people who have so much money that they don't know what to do with it would advocate the wrecking policy. Not a man on the board would do it for his own property. That building ought to serve for a dozen years yet. Bancroft is to be abandoned, it ap pears, when the. new palace is finished. I built that school and know it should have lasted for a doien years yet as well as the Long. It needs some re pairs, but the main piers and floors are sound. There are cracks around some openings, but we see sich defects repaired in buildings uptown, and they should have been in this school also. Like the Long, it is not "modern." but it is better than the schools In which most of the people of Omaha were ed uucated. The Walnut Hill school Is also to be wrecked when the bonds are voted and the "modern" school is built. Thia building is still sound from basement to roof. It is outrageous in times like these, or, indeed, at any time to wreck such structures if bonds have to be issued for new ones. If ever any thing approaching the 1893 panic strikes Omaha again, we shall be so loaded with bonds that the old ship Is sure to spring a leak. The Central at Benson should have been built of brick instead of wood, but it is no more dangerous now than it has been from the first and less so, for escapes have been put up. It also e-h to otand for a dozen years. Some do not appear to be aware that there are rrame duuuuiks in vms country dating back to the revolution, umr vrnniH it A ci tct install a sDrln- kler system in the Central? The com panies in tnat line leu us uui irarae construction with sprinklers is safer th.n flronmnf without. The Insurance companies cut their rates from half to a sixth wnen sprinmerB arc uoeu. I do not know how many other h wrecked. Probablv all of them more than 10 years old. But I do know tnat me men on me hoard would not wreck tneir own property in this fashion. 1 understand mey unpurieu man from the east at a cost of $3,000 to tvQ the nnhnnls the "once over" and tell of what should be done to make them "modern." He snouid nave told the local authorities that the Board of T7Miirntinn tn Knston the other year had to go to second class construction instead of fireproof, as is required in such cities as are congested, simply because the arcnitects ran wua witn expensive designs. One school cost $940 per pupil. I have a list of the Bos ton trlnmnha running from this sum down $548, $495, $206, $207 and down to $140. Boston is a rich city, but the "classical" designs with dear old Sannhn. Pinto and the rest of the tribe, so ran the cost up that the Board or .Education naa to araw the line and call for second class work. Hi. WnnAe TTntchlnann la wpll enough known as a physician and tar Ma tnlla na that tha -ideal school is not a magnificent architectur al triumph, nor a monument lor iu ture generations, but a plain, inex nenfdvn huildlne. and that anv ex pense over $160 per pupil is worse tnan wasted. n,ir hlc-h arhnnl Iflat vax had an average attendance of 1,700. The cost was at least $400 per pupil. The more money squandered on a building the greater is the reward of an architect nf all tha lancrhahla ftrrflnffpmentH this is at least one of the most amus ing. We say to an architect "Pile on the expense, and the more you can pile on, the greater will be the size of your commission. Go to it." At least one member of the present board went in on the virtual promise of making a set of standard plans serve for all the schools. In the Interest ot "art" the board pays a commission on each. If the average cottage owner of Omaha does not wish his property taken away from him by the tax col lector the best thing he can do is to kill local bond propositions of the wrecking crew. The national issues are going to be heavy enough. WILLIAM ARTHUR. JOLLY JABS. She had married a man who wasn't earn Ing very much. "I hope you won't be an extravagant wife," said her ma-ln-law. "Ara you going to be extravagant?" The bride looked at her and responded With this question: "What with?" Louisville Courier-Journal. "I understand your late uncle remembered you quite handsomely In hla will." "He paid me a handsome compliment." "How waa that?" "In cutting me off without a penny he stated that he knew I was too unselfish to want any of his money." Birmingham Age-Herald. "What do you think of a man who would spend hla evening with his arm around the back of a girl's chair?" "Looks like wasting the girl's time. I'd let him spend the evening with the chair," Baltimore American. Jack Tou are the best, the sweetest, the purest-minded, moat gentle, angello and Belle Oh, Jack, you talk like I shot somebody and you were my sawyer! Phila delphia Bulletin. "He has a university training, hasn't he?" "Yes; he believes with certain statesmen, In being unprepared for any practical emergency." Life. 1 Nurse (to bawling charge) Why, Bobby, aren't you ashamed? I wouldn't cry that way If It waa my hair that waa being combed. Bobby (fiercely) I'll bet you would If I was doin the combln'. Boston Transcript. Optimist Well, thank goodneas, for once I know where my diamond studs are! Wife Where? Optimist They are In one of those shirts we sent to the Belgians. Life. 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