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u 12 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1917. 1 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATEK VICTOR KOSEWATEB, EDITOR TBt BEE PUBLISHINO COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Enured at Omaha po?toffice m teeond-clttt natter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Bf Carrier. B MalL , Peltr tad gvaAtf I par ate. 1M ftr tear. M.W ' Pally Without fundi " 10 " i.M Evening ami luiiiltr e 10e S.W rilct without Sunday....... " to " 4.M Sunday IK, ooly to 100 Scud notice of chute of addrett oc trrerularttf la deltrtry t Omaha Bet Circulation DepartaienU MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS til Anwlatrd Pm. of which The Bat It a member. It exeliulrelr entitled ta the nn for remihltcttloa at all am dUMtehet credited to It or not etharwlM ornrllled la thlt paper tad ties Um local newt pnhUihed aerate. All righit of puUioauon Of tor iptcial oiipatcnee tit auo reeerrea. REMITTANCE Rtnll by draft, ezprana or pmrla! order. Onlr S-etnt attaint takea la pai-sanl of anaU eornunta. PtrMoal check, txoapt an Omaae and partHBI of BStU aocnanta. Pi teeters ucbanie, aotYooepted. OFFICES Offliha The Bet Boildtnt. Chloato Ptoplft Oat BntMlag, rVmth Owiiha 1311 N tH. New I or mo Firm Ait. CraocU Blnfft-14 N. Mala K. St. Mtlt-Ke B of Llooolo Llttlt Building. Weehloitpa Ull a St. CORRESPONDENCE Addrtat mmnnntrttlooe rrlttief M otwi tad editorial Baiter to Umaba Bee. Editorial Department. OCTOBER CIRCULATION 58,059 Daily Sunday. 51,752 Aimit eirculttkia for the tvmta tobterllMd aid mutant, Ctrosltejoa Manager. It kr Mitt SubecritxTt leaving the eltf thould have Tfct Bm audtt) ta them. Addrttt changes aa oftam aa nquattM. Last call to finish up outdoor work without interference by Old Man Winter. - The heart of neutral Holland remains true to Potsdam, but declines to take any chances on a cheap mark. 'Reduce the sugar ration and tighten the belt for the main business on hand. A good front is npt built on barrel lines. A debate on "What is a republican?" however, cannot be half so exciting as would be 'another one on "What is a democrat?" Dust your spyglasses and ship them to Wash ington. A lot of spies need watching and good , glasses advance the good work. 1 State wards are assured their regular Thanks giving dole, The corn belt must be made safe for democracy regardless of expense. . , i Submarines groggy on the seas and Turkish Philistines on the run in Palestine constitute two momentous events radiant with Thanksgiving joy. Wonder how many more war plant! must be destroyed before the government tackles the be lated job of excluding alien enemies from work "The horses that kick over the traces," sayi President Wilson, "will have to be put in the cor ral." Battling Bob and his tribe may glimpse where they get off. . The "enemy within her, gate" .is what has , been the undoing of Russia, It behooves Uncle Sam . to see to- it , that no "enemy within our gates" has chance to1 repeat the performance. The' pacifist conference in Switserland ad journed to i later date owing to the absence of entente deb&ters. The, presence of only Teutonic pacifists clearly points' the direction of the wind. , It may be all right to go slow about it, but in the end a few prosecutions and enforced pen alties for violating food administration regula tions will be necessary in every community to secure complete observance. " , . Among neighbors who know it intimately the German mark brings an equivalent of 10 cents, or 45 per cent of its peace time Exchange value. The coin is typical of Kultur. The closer one gets to it the cheaper it looks. ' : The kaiser's laudatory speech on submarine sneakishness in the Adriatic collides head on 'against the submarine collapse on the Atlantic. ' Royal hot air from that source would lose native flavor if it concerned itself with facts. . .' " - )4( 1 . If , Mr. Hoover knows what is test for the country, and he thinks he does, he will see to it that Thanksgiving feasters get a moderate ration of, cranberries, It is gne sure way' of establishing peace at home and making tie world safe for democracy. , n. ,'Like thousands before him Dwiggins imagined he could beat the unbeatable game of Wall street He succeeded only in beating 'Liberty loan sub scribers deceived by false advertising. The meanness of betraying patriotic confidence de serves the limit. ' ' 1 Kultur playing the game of spying exhibits hardly less vanity and crudeness than kultured diplomacy. Conceit' gives It away. The Ceylon incident related in dispatches from a Pacific port shows the elongated, earmarks of ! blustering Kultur drawn as clearly as Coun von Luxburg can do it. . u , 1 " , Roasted Turkey and Fixings St. Ioula Globe-Democrat - ' Our national food investigators and official ad visers are able to give the pleasing assurance that , the supply of Thanksgiving turkey will be suffi cient, according to their matter-of-fact test, ap plied to the visible supply and the statistical rec ord of demand. The annual turkey, has a dress ing this time of conservation figures, in addition to a presidential proclamation appealing in behalf of free government and honorable peace for man- ' kind. The eye of the food experts is on the tur key market. Consumers are glad, to hear that there is no good reason why turkey should "go soaring", as November 29 approaches. .Enough of the noble birds have been counted to clinch the fact that they will go around. Speculators therefore should not attempt to fool the public with their camouflage about an alleged short crop and unfavorable season. . Infantile turkeys are proverbially hard to get started, but the feminine half of the farmers in the middle west know how to carry them along into the period of lusty youth. Especially is Missouri noted for this recondite : form of skill in production. If we should need a etate tune "Turkey in the Straw" is entitled to consideration. . ' ' , The turkey is an American gift to the world. So are maize and "both kinds of potatoes. Tobacco is' in the same list. We were the first to inter pret the cotton plant on a large scale. These are points to be remembered at Thanksgiving. 1 A noted foreign visitor to this country expressed surprise when he saw laborers lunching on cold turkey. This Indian cock, as Europe has called it, is a bountiful bird. Pound for pound, it goes as far as beef when rightly handled in the kitchen. Turkey hash is the toothsome proof of this last ing quality. - - , i There is turkey enough for 1917, says the of ficial announcement. An intensive spirit is in the air and turkey for 1918 looks promising. May it be served with wise, lasting peace for sauce. ,, ' : Northcliffe's Frank Advice to the British. Lord Northcliffe's letter to Premier Lloyd George declining the proffered post of minister of aviation in the imperial cabinet carries a mes sage of vital import to the British people. The great editor does not indicate what points he has in mind when he refers to incompetency in management of the war, but it may be accepted that he knows what he is charging. His previ ous criticisms have been frank, bold and bitter, but justified by facts and events. His patriotic zeal is unquestioned and his counsel to his coun trymen is earnest and sincere. Therefore when he tells the British they must speed up if they are to share with the United States and Canada in the conduct of the war and not lose the lead his advice will secure attention. Just now Northcliffe's friends and admirers have placed him in a position that might embar4 rass a lesser man. Demanding his elevation to the premiership might have the effect of dulling the edge of his comment, through arming his op ponents with the protection afforded by the sug gestion that selfishness animates the man who has courageously pointed out blunders of state craft and military policy and demanded efficiency from England. For the present Northcliffe says he prefers to remain independent of the govern ment. In this way he retains his control of his own utterances and continues the watchman in the tower, to alarm his countrymen to their danger. Americans are too busy to be flattered by commendation from any source, making our own way and, perhaps, our own blunders; but we will remedy these, and we can assure Northcliffe that his confidence that he will not witness an Ameri can tragedy is well placed. Americans may triumph, but they are not seeking prestige in this war; rather they are fighting for humanity. So they are willing to share victory with those of their own blood and faith. British politicians may well take heed, though, and give up all plans that look to party or individual advantage. This war is one of principles, and not of factions. ,1. What is Saving the Sugar Situation. Everybody has been given to understand that the sugar situation is being held in equilibrium only by the assurance of relief through the output of the1 beet sugar factories just beginning to work on this year's crop. The war has long ago cut off all our imports from the European sugar producing countries, where a large part, estimated at a third of the beet-grOwing area, is included in the war arena, and now the gradual encroach ments of European demand upon the raw sugar supply in Cuba, formerly almost wholly at our disposal, has put us more upon our own domestic. resource! than ever before. In other words, the saving clause of the sugar situation is to be found in our own sugar production, which has been de veloped from experimental beginnings in a short 20 years. ' Where would,, we be, 'let us ask ourselves, without our beet sugar industry? And how could we have had any beet sugar industry were not the foundation for it laid in the Dingley tariff law, which has given us this. most striking ex ample of the successful application of the repub lican principle of protection? In the 20 years the sugar production of this country was increased from 600,000 tons to 2,250,000 tons. The industry was threatened with all but annihilation when the democrats came into - power and insisted upon putting sugar on the free list, and the democratic purpose embodied in the Underwood law was frustrated only by the unexpected intervention of the war, restoring a complete protective barrier through the destruction of ocean shipping and the extravagant increase in ocean freight rates.. Those who fought the domestic sugar industry will do well to ponder upon this demonstration of their shortsightedness. The American sugar in dustry was saved by the republican policy of pro tection, and in turn now is saving the 'country from an otherwise unavoidable and indefinite sugar famine, 1 More Relief Work to Be Done. Americans are now asked to contribute to the relief of what is left 6f the Armenian nation, and to relieve distress in Syria and Palestine. The urgency of the case can not be exaggerated. We have been horrified for weeks by tales of the awful horrors enacted in those lands cursed by the rule of the Turk,, whose devilish passions were let loose by the German war lords. Brutal murder and rapine here have reached such swell ing flood of wholesale "deviltry as makes the tales of Belgium, Serbia and Poland seem tame in comparison. Today millions are starving, and only America can relieve them. This duty is laid on us as a nation, and we must find, means to meet it. Our people have given with lavish hand and generosity unstinted, but must give more. World conditions require thai we strain our utmost resource to save those who can not help themselves. America is lifted up as a beacon to the oppressed, the destitute and the suffering everywhere; and their hope should not be blasted. All you 'give goes to help lessen the misery of some one, to save a life, and to comfort hearts that turn here in confidence for aid. No nation ever felt a heavier duty or a higher call than is aid on America now, and we must answer. The Case 0 Finland By Frederic J. Haskin Washington, Nov. 15. Finland is the latest country to step upon the stage of the current world drama. This bit of Scandinavia on the edge of the arctic circle, which had been strug gling for a quarter of a century to maintain a separate existence against the oppressions of im perial Russia, seems to have taken advantage of the revolution to assert its complete indpen dence. It is reported that the Russian governor has been deposed and a sailor named Schieks placed at the head of the state, while the Finnish Diet has convened without the Russian members. Rumors that Germany has taken Helsingfors, the capital, are denied. At the same time the case of Finland is brought home to the American people by a message from a member of the Diet that unless help comes from the.United States, the Finnish people will starve, as their crops have failed. If Finland should in fact succeed in setting up an independent government, it will be a triumph for one of the most stubborn struggles for lib erty that was ever made. It will also be a se rious blow to Russia if all connection with that country is severed, for Finland is Russia's point of contact with the northern Baltic. Finland was once a part of Sweden, but was taken by Russia in 1809. The Finns fought stub bornly, and when their army had been driven into the northern part of their counfry, they harassed the Russians with a savage - guerrilla warfare. Revolution in Sweden, however, resulted in the cession of Finland to Russia and Czar Alexander I placated the Finns by guaranteeing to them the autonomy of their government. "Their constitu tion was kept in force, and a representative Diet passed upon all laws for the government of the country. Finland for 90 years remained a con tented and progressive part of Russia. ' All this time the' reactionaries in Russia had been working for a more complete incorporation of Finland in the Russian empire, and in 1899 they succeeded. Bobrlkoff, a panslavist of brutal and tyrannical temper, was appointed governor, and immediately set about, the Russiarjization of the Finnish army. Then, in the same year, a mani festo was issued bv the czar, which took almost all of the power away from the Finnish Diet and gave it to the imperial government. The Finns protested against this measure in a petition signed by over half a million people, which num ber included a majority of all the adults in Fin land. The petition was circulated by runners on snpwshoes, who penetrated even into the regions beyond the arctic circle. To this unified demand of a whole people for their rights the czar re fused to give a hearing. Compliment to the Publicity Bureau. In commandeering the services of the director of the Publicity Bureau for the period of the war the National Food Administration has paid a fine compliment to the efficiency of this branch of the Commercial club's work and has made a requisi tion which could not but be honored. Under Mr. Parrish the bureau has not only performed its functions in spreading Ak-Sar-Ben, convention and promotTSn publicity, but has accomplished wonders, in bridging the former chasm of an tagonism between Omaha and the people of the cities, towns and country in our tributary, terri tory. It is doubtless because of Mr. Parrish's close acquaintance and co-operation ; with the newspaper' publishers and promotion agencies throughout this section that the government wants him for this work, which it cannot find anyone else so well fitted to do. It goes without saying this very' reason that has prompted the borrowing of its director by Uncle Sam will prompt insistence upon his return when the bu reau can once more have his services. The tanning trade looks toward government control as the one avenue of relief from unreason able prices in the shoe market. The trade knows. It also knows where the shoe pinches in the hide belt, and its proffer of useful advice to (he gov ernment, while not wholly unselfish, promises some light on the feasibility of smashing a com bine. ' ' ' " -, ' . ' " " ' Now that Colonel Maher's "vestibular appa ratus" is in fine working 'order, the war may pro ceed with the enthusiasm of assured victory. Meantime Bobrikoff was instituting a reign of espionage and bullying, with a view to breaking the temper of the people. He filled the country with his spies, some of whom traveled among the people disguised as peddlers, while others were servants in Finnish families. Men of intellect and influence were prosecuted and exiled. Cos sacks were domiciled upon the people, and were allowed to commit crimes of violence "Unpunished. One young Finn. Eugen Schauman, freed his country of this oppressor unaided. He shot Bobrikoff with a revolver as the governor was entering the senate house, and then immediately took his own life. The new sroverrior was more conciliatory, and the Finnish people backed up Schauman's sacri fice by declaring a general strike. The czar was compelled to revoke the decree of 1899, and the AJici was ct&am wuuvcucu uuuci ei itcrr jbrit.h iei which gave the vote to every man, woman and child in the nation. Twenty-five women were elected to sit in the first Parliament under this law. Thus Finland was the first country to adopt woman suffrage, and the first to give women a place in its law-making body. This era of freedom was short-lived, for the autocratic powers which dominated Russia, and brought on by their excesses the present revolu tion, could not tolerate an autonomous govern ment in Finland. Reactionaries in the Duma de manded to know whether or not Russian author ity extended to Finland. To this Stolypin re Dlied in the characteristic language of the divine- right autocracies that the autonomy of Finland was not ' right but a spontaneous gift of the czar, which could be withdrawn if it was mis used. He said that Russian "interests" must be made to prevail in Finland. Milyukoff defended Finland's right to an autonomous government, but without success. In 1908 the czar again took all power away trom the Finnish Diet by a manifesto which provided that all Finnish questions should be laid before the Russian ministerial council. This was a vio lation of the Finnish constitution, but when tit speaker of the Diet attacked it in his opening speech, the Diet was dissolved. Since that date until the revolution .broke out in Russia, the history of Finland has been that of a sullen, passive resistance on the part of the people to the process-of Russianizatibn. In 1910 the czar issued another manifesto taking away from the Diet the shreds of power that remained to it. The Finns orotested in another . petition which got no more attention than the first. The contributions of Finland to the military expenses of the Russian empire were more than doubled. The Finnish Senate, which was appointed by the czar, became a mere tool of the Russian reac tionaries. t The fate of, Finland as of many other small nations depends upon the outcome of the "war, and upon the sincerity of the great powers, nearly all of which have announced the "rights of small nations" as one of the things they are fighting for. Right in the Spotlight. Sir John Simon, who has given up his lucrative practice at the bar and has placed himself at the disposal of the British government, with a view to aerving with the army in France, has had a strikingly successful career, both as a lawyer and as a statesman. Educated at Edinburgh and Oxford he was called to the bar in 1899 and became king's counsel only nine years later. In 1903 he was one of the rep resentatlves of the British govern ment in the Alaskan boundary arbl tratlon. In 1906 he began his public career as a member of Parliament and in the decade that followed he held office successively as solicitor general, attorney general and home secretary. When the government de cided on compulsory military service in 1I1S Sir John resigned as home secretary and returned tor the bar, se curing again the enormous fees which were his before he gave up the law for politics. One Year Ago Today in the War. Austro-Gerinans battered their way to gates of campulmg in Roumanla. The German merchant submarine Deutschland collided with and sank a tug convoying it out to sea from New London, Conn. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. A fire broke out in the residence ot W. A. Austin, corner Twenty-fourth and Hamilton Streets. The fire depart ment responded promptly and the tire was extinguished without much dam age being done. The city treasurer la busy collect- Disloyalty of Strikes Mlnneapqlls Journal. - Industrial strife in these times, when the na tion is striving to concentrate its- energy and its resources on the winning of the war. is a species of disloyalty. Every strike involves a dislocation of industrial processes that more or less directly threatens our sua:ess. J When, for example, 7,000 Oregon ship building artisans stay out on strike for five weeks, they endanger the ship building program which lies at the very basis of our war plans. So do the 20,000 workers on ships and airplanes in San Francisco, when they remain idle for three weeks. The. same may be said of the 7,000 Arizona min ers who shut down the copper mines for four months. " s ; r Whatever the merits of the controversies with employers that caused these strikes, they could have been peaceably and fairly settled without losing a single precious hour. So can any strike. In times of, peace it can perhaps be borne that industry should be impeded or suspended entirely while labor disputes are settled, though even in peace the strike is a poor weapon with which to get justice. It wreaks injustice on so many who have no voice in the decision whether it is to be used or not But with the country at war, with our very existence as a free people threatened, it is hard to have patience with strikes, or with those who precipitate them, whether employers or employed. This si the workingman's country just as much as it is anyone's. His interests are just as much at stake as anyone's. His liberties, his opportunity to rise in the world, his rights and privileges they have all been thrown into the scales,, just as much as have the similiar precious possessions of the rest pi the people. ' It is just as important to the workingman as to anyone else that, the industrial machine be kept going at top speed and highest efficiency. Only thus is the war to be won. Only thus is its end to be brought about in the speediest way, , . - .. -y '' The Highway department of Pennsylvania this year licensed 542,528 automobiles and gas-power vehicles and pulled $3,246,144.50 into the state treasury. The te venue record is $1,000,000 more than' in 1916, and $2,000,000 above the receipts of either 1915 or 1914. Kcystoners are going some and burning the gas. . .! " inr taxes for 1887. St. John's Episcopal parish, of which uev. Air. fearson is rector, is erect ing a guild house costing $1,500. G. A. Joslyn and wife left for an extensive trip in the east, including tops ai new xork, Boston, their old nome in Vermont, Montreal and To ronto. ' Mrs. S. P. Morse gave a dinner at tne raxton. covers were laid for SO and each chair was Ailed by one of the leading ladles of the city. A very Important special meeting or me stockholders ana directors of the South Omaha Stock Yards com pany was held, there being present Messrs. Mcsnane, Manderson, Paxton, Boyd and several others. The second annual banquet of the western commercial college was held at the St. Cloud, which was in every sense an eiegant anair. This Day in History. 1789 Commodore Stephen Chamn lln, whose ship, the Scorpion, fired the first and last shots in the battle of Lake Erie. &orn at Kingston, R. L Died at Buffalo February 20, 1870. 1794 John B. Montgomery, the American commander who perma nently established the flag of the united states in California, born at Allentown, N. 3, Died at Carlisle, Pa., March 26, 187J. 179 S Andrew Plckena Butler, fa mous orator and United States sena tor, born In Edgefield district, South Carolina.' Died there May 25, 18S7. 1874 National Woman's Christian Temperance union organized at Cleve land. 1893 The Homan Catholic arch bishops of the United States met in conclave la New York. 1903 The king and queen of Italy arrived in England to visit the Brit ish sovereigns. 1914 Germans fell back .along the whole front in east Prussia. The Day We Celebrate. Otto G. Elchhorst, formerly resident agent bf the SchliU Brewing company. ls today celebrating his 45th birthday. Duke or Brunswick, who married the German emperor's only daughter, born 80 years ago today. Paul Ritter, late diplomatic repre sentative of the Swiss confederation at Washington, born at Basel, Switzer land, 62 years ago today. Crane Wilbur, celebrated photoplay star, born at Athens, N. Y., 31 years ago today. Grace Abbott, director of the divi sion of the" Department of Labor which administers the federal child labor law, born at Grand Island, Neb., 89 years ago today. , Thomas Taggart, late United States senator from Indiana, born in Ireland 61 years ago today. Lew McCarty, catcher of the New York National league base ball team, born at Milton, Pa., 29 years ago to day. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Final arguments In all phases of the eastern railroads' freight rate case are to be heard today by the Inter state Commerce commission in Wash ington. ' The effects of the war on the woolen Industry are to be discussed by the National Association of ' Woolen and Worsted Overseers, meeting in annual session today at Worcester, Mass. A notable wedding in Chicago today will be that of Miss Catherine ReQua, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. ReQua, and Steward Johnson, Ameri can charge d'affaires at San Jose, Costa Rica. Three thousand performers are to take part in a great "Pageant of Free dom" to be given today in San; Diego, Cal., under the auspices of the patri otic and civic societies of that city. The wedding of Miss Margarretta Elizabeth Wellmore and Lieutenant Colonel Louis Wigtall Cheatham of the staff of Governor Manning of South Carolina Is to take place this evening at the home of the bride's mother in Baltimore. . The Bethlehem Steel company ex pects to launch today from its yards at Sparrows Point, Md., a new steam ship which it Is building for the Cun- ard Steamship company. The vessel is to be named the War Dragon. Storyette of the Day. Jimmy had not come up to his fa ther's expectations In regard to his studies at school and an explanation was demanded. . . "Why is it?" inquired the irate par ent, "that you are at the bottom of the classy "I can't see that it makes any dif ference whether I am at the top or the bottom," replied Jimmy pacific ally. "You know, they teach the same at both ends." Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. . LINES TO A LAUGH. eest 7 MS. "Dear, I am torry you found your rator to dull. I'll tell you tht truth about It" "Tell ma anything you please to account for It, txoept that the baby was cutting hit tteth oa It. H Baltimore American. "How do you like my new fur coat?' , "Fine. "It coat a couple ot thoueand." "Jutt fancy." . "And to think that aome poor animal Wat skinned to aupply It' "Br tpeaknc of your hutband ? Florida Timta-TJnlon. . "Girlie, you art Reflecting your appear ance. Why It thltT" "Algernon doetnt care for me." "Well, don't bite off your note to aplta your face. Powder it op and go after aome other young man.' Ixmltvtllt Courier-Journal. Thanksgiving as Usual. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 15. To the Editor of The Bee: When you pre pared your editorial, which appeared in a recent issue, regarding Thanks giving dinners at state institutions, you doubtless misconstrued the gen eral letter to superintendents from the Board of Control. We had no inten tion of eliminating the Thanksgiving dinners or depressing the Thanksgiv. intj spirit We endeavored only to eliminate unusual and special pur chases of high priced articles, bought at the local markets and at retail prices, when the same result could be had, namely a real and inviting, home Thanksgiving dinner, by resorting generally to the storehouses of the dif ferent institutions Where the supplies are purchased in large quantities at the most advantageous prices. The following is a model menu prepared at one institution, which can be equal led or improved upon in all of them: . "Roast beef, corn-fed, barbecue style; roast pork and brown gravy; apple sauce; peas; tomatoes; pickles; cherry pie: dairy milk; brown and white bread; butter and apple Jelly; coffee or tea The above is only a suggestion and may be varied according to the ideas of the superintendents and others by adding almost any article of food car rled In stock, such aa raisins, dates. canned and preserved goods of all kinds, fancy crackers, cookies, etc., on down the list. In many instances, there will be prepared and served mince, pumpkin, and squash pies, cakes, etc.. such as wlllr tempt the ap petites and make gladsome hearts of all partaking thereor. The state larders are full of the best obtainable food articles and all superintendents have been instructed to have prepared Thanksgiving din ners "out of the ordinary." There will be no stinting, anywhere. At some of the institutions; where chickens are raised, they will be utilized, to vary the menu. These include the Hospitals for Insane, the Institution for I eeble Winded, and the State Industrial school. Institutions raising apples, or having them in stock, as most of them have, will serve them in some attrac tive way. The above is but an outline of what may be done. All this can be done from the re milar sunnlies. and it seems to us a splendid Thanksgiving dinner can be served one that even you would ap- nrnve nf. The saving to the taxpay ers by hls plan and we are forced to save more than ever, owing to un usual conditions that have arisen will run into big figures in dollars and ronta. nnd no state ward even re motely suffer mentally or physically by the change in the menu ior tnis oc casion. Christmas, the usual Christmas din ners will be served, and candy, nuts, etc., aa in the past, distributed. We merely wished you and the pub lic to understand the facts in the case, which are as set forth above. SILAS A. HOLCOMB, Member, Board of Control i . Camouflage Taxation. . rimafia NTnv. 1 S. To the Editor of The Bee: I think friend Arthur has hit upon a happy phrase to designate our system of taxation. It surely is "camouflage taxation" in more ways Avan than he shows. It keeps people in ignorance of its presence until one of it sheila lands In their midst. Then they wonder what hit them. Some think the shell came from some "capi talist" hidden in ambush; some that the labor unions fired it and all are befuddled. I am glad Mr. Arthur quotes somo figures from the ar rs recoruo. Some years ago I cr attention to that same fact I sii-.ved what the, real meaning of our quadrennial as sessment of land values was. I quoted the assessor's figures just as 5. Ar thur has. When I went to mf state Senate in 1914-1915 I introduced a bill mo' ownv with this outrage against the producers of this state--both busl-, ness and laDonng men uui u holders were, as usual, on their jods and the bill got nowhere. It is not necessary to cumber the reasonable mind with a great mass of figures. The illustration can be made w nuntntion of a single item of them, which I take from Mr. Arthur's array. The penoa irom ijo i showed a greater increase in Omaha land values than did the period from 1912 to 1916. 1 snail lane muoo uB- ures for illustration. They snow an average yearly Increase of $4,230,000 in round numbers. Observe careiuiiy now what that means. It shows that in 1909 that sum 01 iana - caped txation. In 1910 tnose ngur were doubled. W 1911 they were trebled. Add these yearly exemptions from taxation for the three years dur ing the quadrennial and you find that , rwrinrl J2 5.260.000 of land values in this city escaped taxation for all time. ,., . Nor will it ever be possible for the city to recover them, for they were as plainly exempted from taxation as i law had sDecifically said so. it is not like ihe case with personal prop erty. ShOUld our assesaui uw." that during that period of time there was a certain sum of personal prop erty not listed for taxation he still can assess it and the state can collect it Now note tne rann injuauw a system is to the true bunders 01 this city. I mean the producers of its great prosperity and progress our business and- laboring thousands. Had any one of our business men increased his stock in anysum the assessor had pounced upon him, as the present as sessor recently did, and treated him as a public criminal. Whatever increase of wealth year after year might be made by any of, our merchants o r manufacturers or whatever added comforts might be made to his horn by a laboring man the assessors i tHnver it He is haled Etot-7 court-house and treated In the same fashion as if he had been taken to the ponce court " l VaT wriflTAVAr BUCK CtUUi- nUltKLalVJ3 4, - tlon might be made to the wealth of the city it would plainly represent the nterprlse and industry 01 ui.u ness or laboring man. Not so witn the increase, in iana vb1U. -sense are they the result of the Indi vidua! enterprise of the owner of the land. They are solely the fruit of the enterprise of the entire community. Therefore, we see. our system of taxation takes from an entire commu nity the values which the a. hole com munity makes and gives them to a few who have done no more to earn them than any other member of the .mmniv To mart ud the deficiency in public revenue the city puts its fin gers into tne private pocw ui prising citizens. It is Just the same oa if a. r-orooration allowed a few favored share holders to vote the earn- i - ii,. hmine into tneir own pockets, then levied assessment againsrf the stocknoiaers ta pay io iuuuis expenses. Omaha Is a corporation. We are all stockholders. Our colleotive interests and enterprise produce land values. These land values could pay the entire expense of the corporation, but a few have voted these values into their private pockets, so the city as sesses the rest of us on our shares to pay its running expenses. There are other forms of theft than those pre scribed by statute law. rtrriT L. J. QUINBY. if Sorting Com. Merna. Neb.. Nov. 13 To the Edi tor of The Bee: Sorting corn is some thing that has been greatly neglected and by many farmers has been entirely overlooked. It has developed that there is a large percentage of imma ture corn throughout a great portion of the corn belt. It is of supreme importance that we make the best use possible of every kind, grade, color and shade of, corn of this year's crop. Soft corn is good feed for cattle when fed early, also chaffy corn has a ra tioning value if fed in cold weather. If the good and poor corn is cribbed together much of the feeding property in the corn will be lost and the quality of the good corn will be impaired by mixture. The quickest, easiest, surest and best way to sort corn Is to sort it as it is husked, which can be done in the following manner: Partition off two or three feet in the front end ot the wagon box with a sliding gate, throw all the small nubbins, green, chaffy, moldy and crooked ears in the front of the wagon or ifHhere Is more poor corn than good throw the good corn lnN front. When sorted thus the good and poor corn can be unloaded In sepa rate cribs. Even When corn is all good It pays to sort, and pays big. Out of the best corn the farmer can select his seed and have a fine quality of corn left to sell for food products. There is but very little worm-eaten corn In this season's crop and if sorted the sound corn will be par excellent A good corn husker can husk and sort corn blindfolded and with his eyes wide open the average corn husker can do a splendid Job of sorting and lose but little time. If farmers will pay corn huskers fair wages and pay the wage cheer fully instead of begrudgingly, give them plenty to eat, good beds to sleep in, give them a chance' to wash their feet, allow them in the sitting room and not put on truculent grimaces when they get a little rest and a few meals for light chore work in stormy and bad weather and in a general way treat them as a man would be treated at home or among his own friends the majority of corn huskers wili will ingly sort the corn. Common labor wage-earners on an average are Just as patriotic as the average of people that are well to do and if treated right and given a chance will do their part to help win the war. A CORN HUSKER. t: h . .1. evi v tFeet Slnchet) Lone. -aiev int.rr. maa,A A Musical Triumph Music Trade Papers throughout the country ate devoting pages to the great success of the wonderful little Hrambach Baby Grand It is a musical' triumph. This charming Baby Grand Piano occupies ft class by itself. Graceful in its lines, beau tiful in its tonal qualities, 1 durable in construction, it costs no more than a high grade Upright Piano. It is built by Grand Piano experts who make" Baby Grands exclusively, and , who produce one-third of all the Baby Grands bought by the American public. Ask us to mail you paper pattern showing how little space it will take in your room. i Price $485 I A. Hospe Co. J 1513-15 Douglas St. I for Kiyoloy-J8 55c Per Gallon , A Htary, Viicout, Filtered Motor Oil. The L VJ&hoIas Oil Company GRAIN EXCHANGE BLDQ. PrakM A funeral of simplicity may at the same time possess the qualifi cations of beauty and gTandeur. A burial service conducted by us meets all of the requirements of a critical public. N. P. SWANSON Funeral Parlor. (Eitabltthtd 1SS8) 17 th and Cuming Stt. Tel. Doug. 1060. That extra room will pay your coal bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad. THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU Washington, O. C. Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please send me, entirely free, a copy of "The War Cook Book." Name .rear Street Address. .v......... . Ve.ee ., Ca:tlR City : ... State (rtTf,-