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6 THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, NOVZnDES "13, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY ; ' J FOUNDED BY EPWAltP ROSEWATEK - VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR ' THB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha portoMicc ai second-class mstter. 1 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION & Carrier. Bf Mali t feflr ead Boaatr V . I" P ri. M , Dellr without Sunday " 10o mini wd Bunrtj. " If Xwidi wlibout Sunday e " j-JJ gwiu u Mir "6o - soo tod notice of enwirt of uldrMt of irregularity la dsllrery to Omaha Bm ClrcuUUoo DeptrtinenL r MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tk anoelsted Pro, of rtiW Th BfO t awmtwr. U enltitlwlr mtXMtd to the oh for reiniblicttlon of (II newt dltpitrbw cndltMl to it or sat otlisrwlae rr nil ted In Dili rnr nil 1 Uu lord Dm pablUhrd herein, all riihla of publication of oar apsolal dJiittcfeM an alas reoentd. REMITTANCE Benlt hy drtft. ctpma or potttl order. Only l eant staapt Ukaa In parmoat of imtU ccounii. F'tnueal cnees. ci Dei oa Ooutt tad umm eictatuie. not accepted. OFFICES Oaahl Ti Bm Building. Chlc People'! flat Building. Bmth OmJi-131S N St. New Tort IMS Fifth in. Council XStiffo 1 N Mala St. St. Umia New B k of Domnarca ltacoln Uttit Building, Muhiiitun 1311 O St CORRESPONDENCE aedrvei communlcttlect nluttvf u anra and odltorlal iMttcr to Uubl Bob. Mttorlil DtparUaeoL OCTOBER CIRCULATION 58,059 Daily Sunday, 51,752 awict elicnlttlrai for the mooth tuhKrlbed and twom to by Dwlsfct Williams. ClrcnUtloa Manner. Subscribers leaving the tlty should have The Bm stalled ta thim. Address changed aa eftest aa requested. ' Two weeks to the foot ball finish. Root, fel lows, root I Steel and sugar stand without hitching. Will tread require a strap? The smile that won't come off now radiates the face of the tiger. Little actual practice is needed to switch con ttervation into conversation. The "bear that looks like a man" would make sorry exhibition doing the Teuton goose step. Why should the I, W. W.s pick on Omaha? Has Omaha done anything tomislehd them into the belief that they would feel at home here? That proclamation of economy of which the democrats of Lincoln are boasting resembles what the patient saves on doctor bills by not be ing sick. ' Illinois' food dictator chopped 10 cents off the price of bacon and ham in Chicago. Now if the railroads put on excursion rates joyriding will 1 become a reality. New machinery for the draft is announced o start next month. At the same time the machin ' ery for the holiday draft will do, the usual busi ness at the old stand. - ' . ii It is fair to assume that Edgar Howard's de gree of thankfulness will be determined by the nearness or farness of the date from mustering m the Lucky Seventh. ' f .i .. . .. Projected airplane routes from coast to coast ' rvill keep until peace comes. For the present the only airplane route worth while starts some where in France and ends at Berlin. Physical trouncing of government knockers such as Tulsa staged is a regrettable exhibition of mob temper. . Unfortunately the victims, in defying all law, invite like outlawry in treat gent. ' ; y'.t ' : : , The desire for increased profits on state de posits is commendable only to the extent that safety js assured. Increased interest on daily bal ances means higher rates to borrowers, which in turn spells increased risks. . The dusky Queen Llliuokalani maintained the royal pose in shadow as well as in sunshine and played her part with the dignity of one born to the purple. Her passing slightly reduces the swelling roster of royalists out of a job. ' Tht huge sugar cache uncovered at Buffalo .'. .last month proves a minor discovery beside the packed warehouses just tagged in New York City. The variety and value of this find sug- gest vast possibilities of riches beckoning to ex pert prospectors of warehouses. While the revolutionaries busy themselves promoting ' funerals and preaching universal brotherhood the Teuton audience wildly cheers the performance and sequester choice chunks of real estate between the acts. "Universal brother hood" in Russia fills the Teutonic god with holy glee. ; - ;;-':. u - " - O , Destruction by fire of a New York mill en gaged in manufacturing war. material may or may not be due to alien plotters. Too many fires open to the suspicion of enemy design have al ready occurred and adequate measures of preven tion should be vigorously enforced. Put none but loyal Americans on guard. Blaspheming Our History 'Wall Street .Waal' . Senator La Follette has made public a letter written by hiro to the Cincinnati clergyman who was beaten by a mob for disloyal utterances. In a government of laws and not of men, as is ours, there can be no justification for the act of a mob taking upon itself the functions of a court - No one denies that But Senator La Follette makes the assault an indirect issue of likening himself to Wendell Phillips and the Boston editor, Lovejoy. These men, Ijke William Lloyd Garrison, tood for a living principle right and justice against a monstrous wrong, which, though it Shook this government to its foundations, forever made good in America our claim that all men are free and equal It seems the basest hypocrisy cow for Mr. La Follette to place himself on a pedestal with these men. with Lincoln and all those who, a generation ago, counted not their lives dear if men might be free and the life of the nation preserved. . . ' . ' 1 Argument and discussion should have ceased after the president went with his message to con gress. Pacifism, opposition to the war and every thing of the kind should have been laid away the Same hour that congress declared a state of war existed. We were all pacifist before, but that dec laration marked the hour when, as loyal citizens, ' we should become militant pacifists and answer the call to service with a "Here am I; what will you have me to do?" i . ; Senator La Follette did not 'answer that call. Instead, be has on every turn hindered and era- barrsssed the government In the senate his voice was against every measure necessary to arm the nation. When our national existence, when the fate of humanity seemed to depend upon our Juickly coming to the succor of those who were ghting for us and for civilization, be sought by parliamentary tactics to delay action. Every move ' of this kind was a direct benefit to Germany, the foe of civilization Some Pertinent Questions. The many approving comments evoked by oar article demanding stricter control of money so licitation for war activities convinces us that we have struck a timely note. Why should anyone and everone be free to start a society or club, however meritorious the object, and appeal to the public for contribu tions without any assurance that the money will ever reach the place where it is needed? xWhy should from two to a score of move ments be started, with work and expense dupli cated, for one and the same purpose which could be more effectively served by a single concen trated effort? What is to enable us to distinguish author ized representatives of recognized organizations that we want to help from unauthorized impos tors using well-known names to touch our purse- strings for themselves? ' Why should not businesslike" methods make sure that every doller yes, every penny given to make our soldiers comfortable or to relieve their suffering or to feed the starving carry a full dollar's worth of benefit? Money-getting for war funds, now done on an irresponsible, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss plan, must be systematized and supervised, and the sooner the better. Until this is done waste and duplication will be encouraged at the risk 0 cooling the ardor, of the workers and drying up the well-springs of generosity otherwise ready and eager to respond to every worthy cause. The President's Appeal for Production. The 'address of President Wilson to the American Federation of Labor convention is really directed to the country at large in fact, the president says so in almost so many words. His appeal to the men of labor to do what they can to keep the processes of production in con tinuous operation is forcibly, supported by his clear summing up of what is involved in the war. Mr, Wilson realizes, as all must,- the, disturbing effect of war conditions on industry and the dif ficulty in making the essential adjustments. But he also realizes the necessity of sacrifice and it is this he urges on the people. Labor difficulties are not to be ignored because of the war, but both sides to such disputes are warned of the importance of keeping wheels turning, and are asked to confer without stopping work. No dis pute comes up but can be settled and the public interest is just now greater than ever and abso lutely paramount to all private concern. This is the message from the president Jo the country, and it ought to sink home in every mind. Label Those New Street Cars. Those news cars which you are putting on, Mr. Street Railway Company, are a marked improve ment over tire old ones in many respects. For getting on and off, they are safer and more com fortable. They do away with the smoke nui sance and they are roomier and better ventilated and lighter and permit passengers to hear the conductor when' he calls the streets. But- y Your failure to label these cars to distinguish the car line is confusing, especially to strangers. The only sign on them indicates the destina tion, but there is nothing whatever to tell one whether they traverse Farnani street, or Harney street, or Dodge street, or some other street Put on another signboard, Mr. Street Railway Company, so folRs can know where the car is going. Licensing the Bakers. 1 President Wilson proposes to put the bread-, making industry bf the country under full fed eral control within a month. The date he fixed for the bakers to come under license gives them plenty bf time to set their affairs in order to operate in conformity with prescribed regula tions. Reduction in price to the consumer is sought to be accomplished without adoption of drastic measures, although back of the present plan may be discerned at least a promise of something stricter if required. For the present it is proposed to eliminate needless expense and excess profits and thus effect a saving in which all may share. With the standardization of in gredients and the size of the loaf, the element of cost will be fairly stabilized and much of the in centive to competition will be done away with. This should have the reflex effect of lowering the cost to ..the consumer. Bakers will find advan tage in cheerful conformity to the regulations, while the final operation of the rule will be up to the retailer, who may be assumed to be willing to do his share in making the new plan effective The process of food regulation with a view to checking profiteering1 is slow, but it is working out. i ' . ' Putting Over the Second Loan By Fre eric J. Haskin Lapsed Appropriations. Nebraska state house democrats are pretend ing to jubilate over lapsed appropriations returned to the state treasury.. Their attitude is forced, for the democratic practice is to return a deficit,! and covering an unexpended balance into the general Jund is to them an unpleasant reminder of lost opportunities. One of(the items in the list just given out of recovered cash is $50000 appropriated to cdmba the foot and mouth dis ease. This is returned intact, the good Lord having spared the state affliction by the scourge, but our democratic friends will not omit to add this to their other claims for efficiency and to suggest at least that the immunity of flocks and herds is ascribable to their presence at the state house. Another item is that of $10,000 over looked by the state superintendent of schools, who was asleep at the switch. He let the money get away from him by a few minutes on the time limit, but will have the added joy of turning in a deficiency item to that amount a little later on, thus keeping the party record unsullied. Qther items in the list are merely evidence of the lib erality with which the legislature made its esti- matesyand contain no virtue of economy or extra ordinary administrative ability It does not re quire a great -deal to make a democratic holiday these times. Washington, Nov. 10. The foreign-born citi zens of the United States have again and again displayed an enthusiastic and self-sacrificing pa triotism which the natives find it hard to equal. The newcomers seem to regard, the war as a splendid opportunity for them to demonstrate that they are real Americans. This spirit mani fests itself in a striking way during the sale of the second Liberty loan, when thousands of foreign-born Americans came forward with their savings under the expressed conviction that buy ing a Liberty bond meant giving the money to the government outright. They had heard about the 4 per cent interest feature, but were under the impression 'that this amount was paid to the gov ernment annually by the holder of the bond. When they learned that it was the other way about and that in addition they would get the original investment back they went away a trifle bewildered, but more than ever enthusiastic for American institutions. Liberty day and during the last days of the sale generally the whole country cut capers of patriotic zeal on behalf of the cause. In Boston they erected a Liberty Cottage on the famous Boston Common and the care of this sacred edi fice was entrusted to women of the greatest wealth, beauty and social prominence. Immense crowds gathered to watch society leaders scrub the floors of the Liberty Cottage and some of them were sufficiently impressed by this spec tacle to buy bonds. Wealthy St. Louis women offered their services as bill posters in the cam paign. Liberty loan literature probably reached every adult citizen of the United States, for 150,000,000 pieces were distributed. Many persons receiving this literature who were too poor to buy a bond wrote to the Treasury department explaining this state of affairs and enclosing amounts varying from $1 up as contributions to the war fund. The Liberty loan campaign brought forth a burst of oratory such as the country had never known before." The orators varied all the way from the "four-minute men," who did not over look the smallest motion picture theaters, to a thousand men of national reputation who toured the country. All brands of talent were enlisted in the cause 'Billy" Sunday and ex-President Taft, Augustus Thomas and Champ Clark were at one on the matter of boosting Liberty bonds. Mr. Fairbanks, Vice President Marshall, Ambas sador Gerard, John Temple Graves, all the cabi net members and about naif a regiment of sena tors and congressmen added class and variety to the field. Great cities vied with each other in devising original methods of attracting attention to the Liberty loan. In New York bonds were sold from a captured German U-boat. Cleveland set up an old-fashioned striking machine of the sort that used to be a feature of every circus and country fair. It was crowned with an image of Kaiser Wilhelm's head and a good hefty wallop would ring a bell in the royal dome. Vaudeville actors gave their services to attract attention to public meetings on behalf of the loan. The offi cials in Dallas, Tex., issued an order, "Don't go to bed before midnight" n' the last night of the campaign, and the Fehest was widely and bois terously observed. Atlanta on the same day erected imposing "last chance" signs and called the attention of the public with brass bands and auto horns. ' The largest single investment in Liberty bonds was made by the Du Pont Powder company of Wilmington, Del., which bought $50,000,000 worth. Henry Ford bought more bonds than any other one man, taking $10,000,000 worth. The president put $15,000 of his savings into Liberty bonds and Mrs. Wilson took $1,000 worth. I The oldest American who bought bonds was said to be Mrs. Hecox of EvanstonIU., aged 96. who took $5,000 worth. The first place to sell its ful quota was Tucson, Ariz.. The committee there sent a telegramhich stated that, while the climate of Arizona was fine, it would not be good for the health of the kaiser. Three hundred thousand Boy Scouts took the field as salesmen and disposed of nearly $100, 000,000 worth of bonds. Airmen were widely used as an advertising device. On October 25 they flew from every army camp and dropped Liberty loan literature over the principal cities of t the country. One of their paper bombs contained the president's war message. Liberty 'day brought about $750,000,000 into the government war chest, and it is estimated that 3,000,000 people gave of their time and effort to stimulate the sale- of bonds on that day. About 33,000,000 of the people in the United States are either foreign born or have foreign born parents, and many of the former class, espe cially, are not yet readers of English. The reaching of this class was a special problem which was brilliantly solved. The foreigners re sponded as soon as they understood. Almost without exception the 1,641 foreign language newspapers of the United States co-operated by giving space to advertising and by writing edi torials and special articles. Direct appeals were made to about 21,000 clubs, societies and organi zations based upon race, and the response from these was notably prompt and generous. A unique selling plan was worked out by some Washingtonians who toured the town in a-motor truck, and offered at the conclusion of each talk to advance $1 to any man who wanted to buy a Liberty bond, but did not have the cash to make a first payment. The offer was accepted grate fully by some people, but the supply of dollars considerably exceeded the demand, for someone would always rise up irt the audience waving a $5 or $10 bill, ant offer to finance some more first payments. pur Complex Tax Machine t . Now York Journal of Commtrca- Mr. Business. Man's suggestion of installment payments jfor the federal excess profit taxes ap plies equally to state and local taxes, which, un der the present system, make a treasury plethora for a month or two and a treasury famine during the rest of the year. City, county and state would get along better with balanced revenues, just as an individual fares better with steady meals in preference to intermittent feasts. Slowly but surely the government is plugging leaks in the enemy's lines of communication to and from this country. No doubt some damage has resulted from delaying control of the cables, but some advantage has come from knowledge of men gained through open wires. Secret enemies must now seek soma other means of winning an Iron cross. The war revenue act, which is gradually get ting more and more into active operation, bids fair to require the construction and extension of a complicated mechanism for calculating, impos ing and collecting the various taxes. For instance,- it is said that the number of income tax returns for this year was about 700,000, but those under the new law will mount up to $6,300,000. The effect of th's alone on the work of the Bu reau of Internal Revenue may be better imagined than described. There is not merely the handling of figures in it, but a close scrutiny to see that they all appear to be and really are what they ought to be. The collecting and crediting and turning over to the treasury will be no small job. So. far as Great Britain may furnish an example, we have to consider the difference in the extent and variety of the field to be covered here. , Then there is the great variety of internal revenue taxes apart from, incomes and the sepa rate rofit" taxes, excess or otherwise. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is to have a board of "excess profits advisers." Their function will be to interpret the provisions of the law and direct their application, a sort of preliminary and advisory legal function. The Board of Excess Profits Review will frame regulations for the serv ice of collectors. There will be a separate group of specially legal advisers to guide the bureau in the technical application of the law to prevent litigation. Nobody knows how these duties may expand or extend or how long they will have to be performed to the full capacity. Another rather disconcerting idea is suggested. The duration M the war may not be the limit of this complicated system of revenue levying and collecting. It can probably be only gradually simplified and curtailed in its operation. There is likejy to be an enormous national debt when the fighting and destroying is over, and care of that will have to be taken through taxation. Interest will have to be paid and a sinking fund gradually raised for the liquidation of debt, while taxes for general purposes are likely to be kept at a pretty high level for some time. No doubt there will be a great reduction of different taxes and simplifica tion of the system of assessment and collection when the war is over, but its effect will not be sudden-and complete. There will be a great deal of financial work to do which cannot be done in haste, Right In the Spotlight Joseph r. Smith", president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mor mon church, today enters upon his 80th year, President Smith Is a nephew of the Joseph Smith who founded the church. Born in Cald well county, Missouri, in 1838, he Joined the Mormon exodus to Utah in the late '40a. Though only 10 years old at the time, he drove one of hia mother's ox teams across the plains from Missouri to Salt Lake. In his youth he was employed aa a manual laborer and helped to build many 'of the early houses in what is now the metropolis of Utah. His active career in the church began in 1854, when he was appointed a missionary to the Sandwich Islands. In 1858 he was chosen a member of the high council, in 1866 he was ordained an apostle, and in 1901 he succeeded Lorenzo Snow in the presidency of the church. One Year Ago Today in the War. British launched new offensive against the Germans at northern end of Somme battle line. Reported that Russian fleet sank most of German destroyer flotilla that raided naval base in Gulf of Finland. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. This week is4he week of prayer of the Young Men's Christian association all over the United States and Canada, and the association of this city will observe the same in a fitting manner. The first fast overland train over the Union Pacific left Omaha at 8:20 last evening. The train consisted of an engine and eight cars. No second class passengers were allowed and all of the employes on the train are picked men, and considered by the company thoroughly capable and trustworthy. On of the horses attached to car No. 42 on the Tenth street line, while crossing a temporary bridge at the( corner of Tenth and, Harney streets, fell into the excavation made by the cable people. The animal was rescued without injury. It is rumored that a Chicago firm will establish a glue factory in South Omaha at an early date. William Henry Smith, general man ager of the Associated Press, with headquarters in New York City, spent yesterday in Omaha and was driven about the city with E. Rosewater. Mr. Smith predicted that this city would give Kansas City a hard puU for the tirst place in size in the next few years. The Women's Christian Temperance Union held a children's temperance mass meeting at the First Baptist church, corner Fifteenth and Daven port streets. Mrs. G. W. Clark pre sided and addresses on the evil effects of liquor and tobacco were delivered by Rev. W. J. Harsha, Mr. McLeod and Mr. Dale. This Day in History. 1775 Massachusetts authorized private armed vessels to cruise against the British. 1781 John Moody was hanged as a Britsh spy in Phlldelphia. 1813 An insurrection broke out in Holland; French officials expelled, and the house of Orange restored. 1864 General Hood's army crossed the Tennessee river to Florence, Ala. 186T The War department ordered the establishment of an artillery school at Fortress Monroe, Virgina. 1889 American college of the Roman Catholic church opened in Washington, D. C. 1905Czar of Russia refused Po land's plea for a Parliament and con stitutional government of its own. 1914 British Parliament called for 1,000,000 more men, for the army. 1915 Russian offensive on Rtga Dvinsk front gained momentum. The Day We Celebrate. William H. Rowland, traveling pas senger agent for the Pennsylvania lines, is 48 today. K. P. Roggen is celebrating his 70th birthday. H. N. Jewett; wholesale lumber merchant was born in Fort Madison, la., 68 years ago. Joseph F. Smith, president of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, born at Far West Mo., 79 years ago today. Louis E. Brandels, associate justice of the supreme rcourt of the United States, born in Louisville, 61 years ago today. John Drew, one of the foremost actors of the American stage, born in Philadelphia, 64 years ago today. Dr. Joseph D. Eggleston, president of Virginia Polytechnic institute, born in Prince Edward county, Virginia, 50 years ago today. Duke of Marlborough, Who married MIbs Consuelo Vanderbilt of New Yorki born at Simla, India, 46 years ago today. 1 J. Sloat Fassett former New York congressman and well known repub lican leader, born at Elmira, N. Y., 64 years ago today. I Guy Nickalls, celebrated coach of the Yale university crews, born in England, 61 years ago today. 4 -, Timely Jottings and Reminders. Newark, N. J., today will elect its first officials under the recently adopted commission plan of govern ment The Mississippi River commission holds its fall session today at St Louis, preliminary to beginning its annual trip of inspection of the Mississippi river from St Louis to New Orleans. The National Tax association, which aims to promote the active and intel ligent discussion of the pressing ques tions connected with the levy and col lection of federal, state and local taxes, meets at Atlanta today for its 11th annual conference. Jacob Tellin ' is to be given a preliminary hearing in the federal court at Detroit today on a charge of attempting to. use the United States malls in a scheme, it is alleged, to ab duct or kill HeUry Ford II, grandson of the motor car manufacurer. Storyctte of the Pay. A little girl wrote the following composition on men: "Men are what Women marry. They drink and smoke and swear, but don't go to church. Perhaps if they wore bonnets they would. They are more logical than women, also more coo logical. Both men and women sprang from monkeys, but the women sprang farther than the men." Ladles Home Journal. AROUND THE' CITIES. , St Jo ii sprucing up for s "cloaed auto mobilo show." Bee pardon, "how" is not tha correct tcraa. It will be a "eleaed auto mobile talon." Ivory real taint will doll up for the event, aad put oa the timonaine warter. State and federal authorities have doted up 140 aaloona in Hoboktn, N. J and eleared a itretch of territory along the docka of beer, booae and apying hilarity. Only the watera of North river preserve the appearance of Hoboken's wet belt. Chicago solona view with alarm the clos ing of 600 saloons and the lose of $600,000 in license revenue. The hugeness of the vecaaer in the city treasury threatens num erous jobs and other enbarastments and the governor la urged to call apodal session of the legislature to remedy the stringency. 7fis& 0 7 Protests Mob- Action. Central City, Neb., Nov. 11. To the Editor of The Bee: In the name of American citizenship I protest against such outrageous actions as took place in Oklahoma as reported in your Sun day issue, those people are not Amer icans, we can't use them here, let them go to Germany where they will be welcomed. I have no use of the Industrial Workers of the World, but by the eternals I have more respect for them (bad as I dislike their methods), I say I have more respect for them than I can possibly have for any such inhu man brutes. I say to the Knights of Liberty (and I believe millions of other Americans say the same thing), go join the Ger mans, there you no doubt will be wel comed, but not In America. If such is to go unrebuked we will be in the same shape France was just before the revolution. J. H. HOLLENBECK. How to Stop Auto Stealing. Omaha, Nov. 12. To the Editor of The Bee: Auto thefts are increasing. Probably there is a way that can be found to check such a thieving craze. As a former resident of England tells me, there is a law in that country re quiring both buyer and seller who deal in domestic animals to secure a tag and record at a city clerk's of fice, for the purpose of protecting them against loss or stealing. No ani mal is allowed for sale until it is as certained that it has been bought and sold in a legal manner. In case, of being stolen, any one caring to buy an animal is cautioned not to buy till the seller proves that he has bought and owned an animal in an honest manner. Can such a kind of law be applied to auto owners? If every auto owner holds a tag and record of ownership, it will probably make it hard for a buyer to take an auto, whether stolen or not hut the seller will be required, by law, to show a tag, and then it will be easier to see whether an auto has been stolen or not. A public official issuing a tag and keeping a record of it will be asked to look up such cases. Something like this can, no doubt, be thought out to give auto owners better protection. E. S. WARING. 2421 California street. A Letter to a Friend. Omaha, Nov. 12. To the Editor of The Bee: The following letter to a friend, I believe, states some import ant facts of our time: "My Dear Harry: While there may be a great deal of fakery in the name of patriotism, believe me there is at least as much fraud under the guise of democracy, and all that fraud is not seen in the "higher ups" of our society, but a shameful amount of it is perpetrated by those who have al ways claimed to be on the democratic side. I allude specifically to those who, in the nebulous cloud of 'social ism,' have pretended to represent an ideal of human brotherhood. They were supposed to be true to the 'in ternational mind,' yet at the first great struggle to maintain the 'international mind against a brutal military clique, they hide their carcasses behind their 'class consciousness.' Their 'demo cratic brotherhood' faded away on, the instant of the supreme test of whether that brotherhood should pervade the world or Whether mankind should be come the servile tools of the most in famous military regime that ever blackened the annals of man. "Love afar that manifests itself chiefly in hate at home is not a de sirable state of mind. The economic salvation of mankind rests not with those of hot heads and cold hearts, but with those of warm hearts and cool heads. The tqavail through which Russia now is groaning is a potent lesson in support of this truth. Rus sia is furnishing the yworld with a forceful demonstration that neither the philosophy nor program of social ism contain even the germ of the rem edy that must regenerate the world. "As Henry George so well proved there is no other universal solvent for the ills of mankind than freedom, and freedom is in no" sense advanced by tying the individual to the apron strings of the state, whether that state is conducted by an autocrat as in Ger many or controlled by the 'working class.' "As for the 'Ida Blues,' as I before stated, they are beneath the consid eration of intelligent students of eco nomic justice. Their program is based upon hate and envy. They have no other solution of economic wrongs than force. Equity enters not into consideration by them. They openly avow their unwillingness to consider any questions for economic reform upon the principles of natural Justice. They only hope finally to delude enough of the plain people to their way of thinking, and then take con trol of the means of production, willy nilly, and conduct them as groups. Such a program can gain headway only among two kinds of m nd one devoid of any sense of justice, P other incapable of logical reasonuitjr I believe Kerensky has entertained to a limited extent this ridiculous pro gram, but surely the travail through which now he is passing is ovemas his eyes to its absurdity. My heart goes out to him. I believe htm to be sincere and the only safe leader the plain people of Russia possess. "As for labor, unionism, it repre. sents the safest spirit of our time Its great need is an intelligent study of the fundamental causes of indus trial hardship and injustice. It needs to curb those spirits among its mem bership that have learned to look with suspicion upon every man who em ploys another. They must learn, as only the single tax philosophy can teach them, that there is no natura antagonism between employer and emplrve, for both are producers of wei' I, and both are at equal mercy of 1 .a monopolist that beat them to nature's bounties, and demands tribute Ktw nf hm. When labor un- 11 UUl WlW. . . . . . . lonism once awakens to this truth, it i :..;i,i tnf inotlpp and rieht Will OO lUVIUtlUID ..u. J - against an oaas, dui noi uum i oiri in this nroeram. yoi ...it, l - JIH n nr.rl CorVlPA. nilT. I. will uo ,uuiu6 w. , --- enronic antagonism iu i "-. and important aims of the federal government at this time of democ racy's supreme lesi win umy your power for good even in this. For this reason I sincerely believe you have hn fniina-inir a. mistaken course, and one that you. or. if not you, then youj children, will sorely regret, come-u. the standard or universal aemucrauy . r T T1 V T" r tl t u. J. wuhdi. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. 'I've spent six days running around try ing to get a man to pick my applies." "How much work have you, How many 4ays would It taks?" "About stx, I guess t" "Has it ever occurred to you that it might save time to whirl In and do the Job your self ?" Kansas City Star. "I really think you ought to publish this poem In your paper."' "Why so?" "Because I am an old subscriber." "My dear sir. we have a number of other old subscribers. Their feelings must be considered." Birmingham Age-Hera(d. "l,ooks like they are going to revive me again," declared the bustle joke. "Well, you had a 20-year rest," said the bootjack Joke. "Look at me. I was due for retirement 40 years ago." Louisville Courier-Journal. Ethel Why did you take of your hat to that girl? Tou dop't know her, do you? Frank No-er-but my brother does and this la his hat. Puck. 1 Foe) llncna Loos. 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