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: 4 '''.'"., THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1917. - ' " ! 1 ' l ! The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice m second-class matter. . , . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Br Cur.tr. I'slty and Suadst per wee. 15e Limity aitlioM Sunday " l"c Evoittut and SiindiT " IGo f'.vaoini without Buudu o Baodar Bee only t Br Mill. Pr rear. H.M 4.00 ' 8.00 4.00 too 8d aottee of change of addrM or imtnUritr In dellTwr to Omaha Bee ClNuUUoa DeputatDL MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The aaocltttd Press, of irtalch The Bee It member. It exelnrirsl entitled to the dm for i-ipuhlicitlon of ill news dUpstehei credited to H or not Hhnrln credited In thin riw ud eito U fcwal nfi imbiudud herein, all (Kliu of puWicsUua of our apeciaJ dlrpstcnes re alio reeemd. REMITTANCE imi if drift, express er potl order. On!j J-cent eumpi Ukdi In uuiMnt of waeU acownt. Personal check, except oo Omaha end eastern exchame, aotVeepted. OFFICES Omahe-Wie Bee Bulldlm. floie People's. 2 Bulldtai. South Ooj 3! N 81. New York-aW fifth Ate. Council Blnffe J 4 N. Main 8k BL Ual New B'k of Commerce. l.incole-LltUe BoUdtns. Washington 1311 O Bt CORRESPONDENCE Addre eoonmntrtrtlooi reletlne to new end edIWrlel Better to Otutb Bee. Editorial Deperunent. OCTOBER CIRCULATION ' 58,059 Daily Sunday, 51,752 Atmse etrculeUon for the monLD subscribed end eirora ts b Owlfht Willises, Circulation Manager. Subscribers leaving the city should havo The Bee mafled to then. Addrase chanted ae often aa requested. Get your license tag or Hoover will get you. Byng's biff fell short if a knockout, but signs of groggincss are apparent. What a bone-head play those Milwaukee police officers pulled off with that captured bomb I Still, to the postmaster genera! belongs the credit of dehorning Jerry O'Leary's Bull con. a . "The Sign of the Red Triangle," as a tribute iq public favor, may add a cross-section of white and gold. Italy cast its lot with champions of freedom. A temporary backset merely emphasizes the final triumph. Much anxiety and speculation may be avoided by conceding at the outset that Governor-to-be Howard knows the game. The 'Tatriotic Yarn Association" is the latest war welfare venture. Although the field is pretty well occupied, perhaps the newcomers will freshen ind vary the current stock. A credit o $3,500,000,000 for "extraordinary expenses" has been voted by the German Reichs tag. Still some people wonder whence came the red pipe dreams of Petrograd. While events of the world war grip public at tention, some of it might be centered occasionally on the holdups warring on the home guard. Let the cops come out of the trenches and pull off a few raids for a chartge. Premier Clemenceau expresses the spirit of the allies in few words. His doesn't care which front stages the knockout, or who wins the greater glory, so long as he marches in the French di vision at the junker funeral. , jHjl Our hyphenated contemporary is not boasting of its enterprise in violating a release order on Fort SnelUng' appointments this time. It hasn't even told its readers yet how much it was fined for its premature 'publication of the first list. A Dutch commission which investigated the Teutonic invasion of Serbia writes across the face of kultur the stinging indictment 6f "calculated and systematic atrocities." Sounds like a foot note in the Bryce report on Belgium translated into Dutch. f Mayor Curley of Boston outshines Tammany in featuring Teutonic strategy: "Divide the en emy and. conquer." He is the, hub of a five-cornered mayoralty fight. Being inside gives Curley the edge on winning out. And Boston is weary of Curley stuff. ' The captured grand opera bomber of Chicago explains that his purpose was to scare a little money out of two bankers suspected of carrying big rolls around in their evening clothe. He tchieved the scare all right, but the rolls failed to break away from the safety pins, , , Instead of translating their own war news and comment into English as i the new law con templates, the German language papers translate into German articles already published in the English language papers and file the original with the postofficc. Quite ingenious. Safety first. Labor's Attitude to Politics. it The adoption by the American Federation of Labor of a resolution fixing its time for meeting in June instead of November has a greater signi ficance than appears on the surface. It may be rightly interpreted as meaning that the great labor organizations of the the country are ready to abandon in some degree their professed aloof ness as to politics. Holding the great council meeting before election, and before nominations are made in many states, will permit the authori tative enunciation of labor's views and program before selections of candidates or formation of platforms have occurred and give notice to party organizations what thaf element desires. Whether this.means that organized labor is to also abandon its traditional attitude of opportun ism, and cease to be merely "partisan to a' prin ciple," as so often has been announced by Mr. Goropers, is to be determined. It is certain that the trend of politics in America for several years has been in the direction along which the American Federation of Labor now is pointing. Socialism has been actively pressed among the working classes, both organized and unorganized, and to day one of the most serious problems the govern ment has to face arises from the mental aspect of the workingmen incident to this fact. National ism, so essential to our success in the war, has been made to appear odious by the "class con scious," and to combat this insidious form of dis loyalty has been the task thrust on the loyal union men of the country. It is not unreasonable to infer that the leader of the American Federation of Labor, in with drawing their opposition to the June meeting, have concluded that it 'is better to fight socialism irt the open. This can be done without the for mation of a distinct labor party or group, and will require but slight concessions from existing party organizations. Labor honestly engaged in politics, seeking only good ends, merely means the exer cise, of citizenship. War Time Savings Stamps. Thrift is to be encouraged in the United States in a way that has proved eminently successful fn Great Britain, serving the further purpose of giv ing to small savers a direct interest in the war. Not all can purchase Liberty bonds, even on the attractive terms at which they were offered. Nearly everybody can participate in the war sav ings stamps sale, though. Briefly, certificates will be issued at a fixed price of $4.12 any time during December, 1917, this price to advance 1 cent each month after January 1, 1918, until the end of the year. For those who can not buy a certificate, thrift cards will be issued, and thrift stamps sold at the rate of 25 cents to be attached thereto. These cards or stamps wilt have no value until 16 stamps have been affixed to the card, when it may be ex changed for a savings certificate. Certificates when not registered may be redeemed at any postoffice; when registered, only at the postoffice of registry and by the person named. The advantage of registry is to protect the purchaser. No greater amount than $100 worth pf certificates will be sold to any one person at a time, nor can anyone have more than $1,000 in the issue. Postmasters, letter carriers and others will sell the stamps and certificates. The plan was adopted in Great Britain two years ago, to induce wage earners to save as well as to get their assistance in financing the war. ;It has .worked very well there, bringing m some millions of dollars to the treasury in way of loans from the people, and has had the even more desirable effect of establishing habits of thrift among those who were habitually inclined to dissipate their earnings. American wage earn ers will have a similar opportunity now, and sav ings stamp owning ought to become quite 'as ex tensive as bond owning. Motor Truck on the Farm. Especial stress is being laid just now on the adaptability of the motor truck to farm uses, where' it will supplement the tractor and the automobile in many ways. It is available In all sorts of weather, capable of a wide variety of services, economical to operate, and will handle farm loads to better advantage than horse-drfewn vehicles. The truck is being seriously proposed as a means of relief for the railroads in the present congestion. It is possible for farmers to make liauls by motor trucks that are now accomplished by the railroads, and thus set free the cars for other uses. This suggestion applies to 'city deal ers as well, it being urged that they use big trucks in making nearby deliveries instead of de pending on railroad service. Many places are being discovered where the big self-propelled truck is likely to prove of greater service than anything else, and more and more of them are coming into service. Makers look ahead to the time when output of these will exceed that of the lighter vehicles designed principally for pleasure uses. The horse's sphere of usefulness is becom ing still narrower with every passing day. Industry and ' perseverance are linked up in enterprise of running down and exposing pro German lies featured by the Chicago Herald. Over 100 samples of kultnred bunk have been punctured in two weeks without disturbing the local output ' The Herald, takes no account of time or space when out for good sport. German Schools Minneapolis Journal The Public Safety commission reports that more than 10.000 Minnesota children are now re ceiving instruction in 200 private schools where no other language than Oerman ts used. This is a condition that should not be per mitted to continue another day. These future citizens are beinsr deprived of the Americanizing influence of school life to which they are entitled, ind which it is important to the state that they hould have. Thev are beinir reared in a foreign atmosphere, ind the almost insuperable barrier of an enemy language is being interposed between them and the attainment of a broad and intelligent Ameri canism. Though living in America, and owing to America the liberties and opportunities they and their parents freely enjoy, they are encouraged to remain German in thought, character and spirit It is. doubtless due to an alien education of this sort that there is so much indurated bigotry tnd persistent misunderstanding of the great juesiions oi me oay in certain Minnesota com munities . largely settled by those of German jritrin. The failure of tome of those who have come trora Germany to absorb a staunch Americanism, is understandable, in view of their education in the thought and principles of the autocracy that rules their fatherland. But the second generation is different. There is no excuse for an educational oarticularism that keeps it ignorant of the Ameri- ;an language, of the American institutions, and if the American spirit This war has demonstrated that there must de an end of little Germany or little European countries of any sort in this country. The melt ing pot must function. The school must do its . appointed work of laying the foundations broad (nd rtcco for a sound and loyal citizenshiQ Calory Counters By Frederic J. Haskin Washington, Nov. 20. A physician who went to dine with a young friend not long ago was amazed to observe the latter thoughtfully con sidering each dish laid before him, casting his eyes ceilingward, scratching his head and other wise giving evidence of severe mental effort. At last a happy smile irradiated his face and he care fully cut one-third of his pat of butter, and Ja:d aside one slice of his bread. Then he proceeded to devour the meal with that anaconda-like disregard for the process of mastication which is so char acteristic of the young-man-in-a-hurry. "What was all the brain work about?" his com panion inquired, when the attack began to slow down. "Calories," explained the young man briefly. "The sedentary worker should eat not more than 2,600 calories of food a day. I have a little table in my head by which I can roughly calculate the number of calories in a meal, and I am careful to always eat exactly the right number." "If you ate a few calories more or less, and chewed them longer it would add more years to your life" the man of sciences suggested. This young calory-counter was one manifesta tion of a new tendency which is abroad in the land to reduce eating, and in fact all of the proc esses of physical, life, to a science. We have reached a condition as far as possible from that of the well-known farmer who never knew that he had a digestion. We are nearly all vividly conscious of the processes of metabolism these ays. There are two principal reasons for this grow ing intimacy 'of man with his alimentary canal. In the first place that indispensable machine does not work as well as it did in the days when we all lived more outdoors, and life moved at a more leisurely tempo; and, in the second place, the alimentary canal now has a million press agents. The number of books dealing with health subjects in a popular style that roll from the presses every year is enormous. All ot the magazines carry health articles from time to time. Newspaper col umns are often filled with articles by doctors. Even the advertising space in periodicals is rich in health lorer-in long dissertations on the evils of constipation, the dangers of worry, how to combat the demon fat often illustrated with diagrams of the inner man. . Now all of this is very well and a step in the right direction. Education is necessary to the improvement of the national health. But this plethora of health lore has led to the develop ment in many persons of a peculiar psychosis' which seems worth describing. A Boston medium vouched for by Prof. James II. Hyslop avers that she communed with the troubled spirit of Prof. Munsterberg and got his message from the shady side. The message as printed gives evidence of great mental distress and refers incoherently to the horrors of war and "the fall of Potsdam." Those who put little faith in spirit manifestations will note in the quoted words strong proof of the ground floor knowledge which marked the activities of the pro-German teacher in the flesh at Harvard. Foreknowledge of what is coming accounts for the distress of the spirit. What is the use of surrounding a war-working plant with fire guards and permitting alien ene mies working freedom inside? The question rises above the ruins of the $2,000,000 wire mill fire in upper New York. The usual outward precau tions were taken, but hundreds of Germans and Austrians, many of them not even naturalized, were employed and had free access to all parts of the plant The New York. Time declares the company's negligence invited what happened as plainly as if it hung out the sign: "Wanted Men to destroy this plant" Subscribers for small sums of Liberty bonds naturally wonder why the 4s, drawing the higher interest rate, sell in the market place below the Zxs. The reason is that the latter are wholly ex empt from taxation, while the returns from the 4s in excess of $5,000 are subject to war tax. Po litical financiers imagined they could tap a fresh vein of big investments without disturbing the little fellow. Results show the politicians are not near as clever as they think they are. Three hundred of the 500 "industrial dis turbances" started since the war began last Apr were settled by arbitration and mediation. Sepa rately or together both methods are unsurpassed in bringing employer and employe together, iii variably to the profit of labor and capital. A type of person has been developed, of which examples may be found in every community, that continually seeks the boon of health by following the innumerable hints and suggestions in print. One day he will come home fired to enthusiasm by an article he has read setting forth that man eats too much meat and fat, that the whole human race is poisoned by it, that primitive man was a nut-fed animal, and that the eating of meats in quantities is a mistake. He will accordingly cut down his meat rations for a few days, weeks or months, but it is only a matter of time till he is off in full cry on another hot trail. He has read the advice of Elijah K. Jones of Flint River, ,Ark., who in an interview with a newspaper reporter on the occasion of his 100th birthday records that he has eaten an apple every night before retiring without a miss for 87 years. Elijah chews tobacco and takes a drink of good red liquor every morn- ng before breakfast, and he does not believe that these little indulgences ever hurt any one. The nightly pippin is the thing that staves off death. Accordingly our- health dope nena Decomes tor time a regular apple-eater, and apple-eating absolutely displaces neo-vegetarianism. Perhaps the next tip he gets from the world of science is to the effect that modern man is fat-starved, that his nervous troubles are due to a lack of that ele ment in his diet, and forthwith he becomes a par tisan of fat pork and- Philadelphia scrapple, all forgetful that three months before he was in proc ess of reverting to the nut-fed health of paleo- tthic man. Not onlv does the health done fan find him self wanderine in a veritable wilderness of un assorted and often contradictory wisdom; but, far worse, his attention is inevitably distracted by these brief baubles of get-well-quick lore from the simple and unromantic principles upon which health really depends. He is so mucn impressed with the apple-eating of Elijah K. Jones that he overlooks other and more important facts in Elijah's life, such as that he worked lO hours a day In UIC uycil all, wcui iv fc j v. j night, and was always too sleepy in the evening to worry. Exercise and fresh air, which are condi tions of all animate existence on tnis gioDe, arc two health measures which generally escape his attention; they are too commonplace, they lack that romantic quality of the "secret of health," which is the colden fleece of all his questing. There is a splendid opportunity here for some philanthropic millionaire to establish a series of ratth.lor libraries. In thesehould be collected all the most tempting tid-bits of authoritative ad- a A 1 1 Art vice as to now to get wen ana live o dc iuu. Furthermore, each of these libraries should De lo cated on the top of a high hill, at least five miles from the nearest human habitation, and ap- nroached only on foot. Then would many of the adipose, the dyspeptic and the neurotic journey to these repositories ot wisaom, ana oe curea uy the hard labor and simple fare of the road, as have no doubt the health-seeking pilgrims to many another shrine. Hitchcock's Solicitude for the Kaiser -Kansas City Star- TDDAVn Right in the Spotlight Emil Seidel, former Milwaukee mayor, who Is to have a hearing in court today on a charge of "using; language tending to provoke an as sault and breach of the peace," ia a noted leader of the socialist party in the United States. A native of Ash land, Pa., Mr. Seidel passed some years of his earljf manhood in Germany, where he learned wood carving. He followed his trade after his return to America in 1893 and was one of the organizers of the Wood Carvers' union. Socialism, in which lie had become actively interested during his resi dence abroad, claimed his attention at the same time. He founded the social ist party organization in Aliiwaukee and in 1902 was the party candidate for governor of Wisconsin. In 1910, after having 6c?rved several terms as an alderman, he was elected mayor of Milwaukee, being the first socialist thus honored in any large American city. In 1912 Mr. Seidel was the socialist party candidate for vice presi dent of the United States. One Year Ago Today In the War. Roumanian army retreated from the east bank of the Alt. Germans captured Romnie Valcea, 100 miles from Bucharest German and Bulgarian forces under von Mackensen attacked Alexandria, 47 miles from Bucharest Senator Hitchcock is worrying over the com plications that might arise if we declare war on Austria. Such action, he fears, might put us in the attitude of endorsing Italy's territorial de mands on Austria, and he is not sure that the United States is willing to support those demands. Maybe not, but the United States is pretty much interested in winning the war, and if it will help win it to, strike the enemy on the Italian front, why, that would seem to be a good place to strike. We ought not to get too everlastingly technical. There are Germans in the armies that are invadinsr Italv mute a few of them, we under stand and the business we have in nana is to kill Germans. . Our present base of operations against them is in France. We don't know fully what France's territorial demands are. We haven't inquired. Maybe if we knew what they were we wouldn't want to endorse them, either. But we are not worryinsr about it. We can take that worry up later when we get through with the ones we now have. Probably when we get to shooting promis cuously on the French front we will kill some Austrians there unless they dodge pretty lively, and we don't want to have to stop every time it happens and explain to Vienna that it wasnt in .tenttonal. ' If anvbodv is to do anv worrying about this situation we think it ought to be Austria. If "it doesn't want its subjects killed off by American bullets it can keep them out of German armies. Consorting with Germans can be listed among dangerous occupations from now on. Austria ought to fully understand the risk. It knows we are at war with Germany and that German armies are our objective. Such an army is in Italy- came down through Austrian territory to get there, we understand and it ought not to be sur prised if we go through Italian territory to meet it If there are any Austrians in that army, that is Austria's lookout. It's its worry, not ours. If complications are to te shied at although we don't see any reason why they should be, with complications the style everywhere why, a declaration of war against Austria would involve fewer of them than we now enjoy by reason of a purely technical peace. Territonal demands ana all matters like them can wait until peace is won. which we expect to be done by hard shoot ing. If there are complications in the way of me snooting, wny, snoot tne complications. That's the way we, look at it, if Senator Hitchcock will pardon our crude way ot outtmsr it In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Fire and Dolice commissioners held a meeting at the mayor's office. All were present. The Armour company paid out lOo.oo0 100,000 for hogs on Thanksgiving day. An amendment to the articlen of in corporation of the World Publishing company was filed with the county clerk. By consent of Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Fred Nye, George W. Till son and Frank J. Burkley, the capital stock will be $50,000. The first of a series of the Happy Hour ' club parties was given at Masonic hall last Tuesday evening and was a delightful success. Thirty couples were present. William Brunner and family have returned from a six months' journey in Switzerland, France ttnd Germany. Miss Ella Kennedy and Master James Kennedy are home from a four months 'tour of California, This Day In History. 1726 Oliver Wolcott a Connecti cut signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence, born at Windsor, Conn. Died at Litchfield, Conn., in 1797. 1807 Oliver Ellsworth, former chief Justice of the supreme court of the United States, died at Windsor, Conn. Born there, April 28, 1745. 1832 Stephenson's first street rail way car was exhibited and operated in New York. 1862 General Grant started on his expedition into Mississippi. 1867 The body oLthe' Emperor Maximilian was given to Admiral Tegethoft for conveyance to Austrla. 1912 Death of the countess of Flanders, mother of King Albert of the Belgians. Born November 17, 1845. 1914 Germans again bombarded the French city of Rheims. 1915 Italians captured neignts northeast of Gorizla. The Day We Celebrate. Charles L. Deuel, secretary and of fice manager for McCord-Brady com pany, is celebrating his 56th birthday today. Robert D. Updike, superintendent and vice president of the Updike Lum ber and Coal company, is 35 years old. Clarence W. Erwin, stats bank ex aminer, is just 37 years old today. Willard Chambers, teacher of dan cing, waa born in Mills county, Iowa, 5 s years ago. George F. Engler, manager of the Engler Jackson Brokerage company, is celebrating his 33d birthday today. Alexander Marsden is 35 years old today. Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, U. N., retired, present commandant of the Charleston navy yard, born at Azatlan, Wis., 64 years ago today. Albert B. Fall, United States senator from New Mexico, born at Frankfort Ky., 56 years ago today. Brigadier General Clarence M. Bailey, U. S. A., retired, born in New York, 76 years ago today. Dr. Mary Walker, noted advocate of woman's rights and "dress reform," born at Oswego, N. Y., 85 years ago today. Ora C. Mornlngstar, noted profes sional billiard player, born at Rochester, Ind., 43 years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The supreme court of the United States is to adjourn today for a recess over the Thanksgiving holiday, reas sembling December 10. Religious. International and social problems of the war will bo discussed at the eighth annual congress of the National Federation of Religious Liberals, which is to hold its sessions today in Boston. Ceremonies are to be held at Santa Fe today in dedication of the New Mexico state museum, which is to be devoted to the display of articles that have come down from the cliff-dwellers and the Pueblo people. The senatorial committee appointed to inquire into the accuracy of state ments made by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin in his St. Paul speech h fixed this as the date for resuming its investigation in Washington. It. is expected that former Secretary of State William J. Bryan will be one o fthe first witnesses called. ieSv 7 J,. How to Got a Home-Rule Charter. Omaha, Nov. 21. To the Editor of The Bee: In this morning's paper you say, "If Lincoln can have muni cipal home rule, why not Omaha?" And it is a very pertinent question. Omaha can have it in exactly the same way Lincoln got it the fact is, I think, Lincoln got home rule by using ' an Omaha idea. It was like this. After the defeat of the home rule charter, a good many people were speculating on how a charter could be drawn that would pass the voters. Among others, the Economic league tackled the question and appointed a committee which, after a good deal of delibera tion, decided that home rule was the main question, what should go into the charter being entirely subordinate to the main issue. It was therefore recommended that Omaha simply adopt its present charter with no, or practically no changes, then it would be Omaha's charter and Omaha could make any changes it wanted without going to Lincoln to get permission from the legislature to do the things we desire to do. This is not any "I told you so" letter, because I was on that commit tee and had to be convinced. I thought, as many others did, that the people would not take kindly to the expenses of an election that brought no changes in the charter, but after thinking it over, came over to the other view and joinea W. F. Baxter and I. J. Dunn in a recommendation of that na ture. Nothing ever came of it, al though it is my recollection that we had assurance from the city commis sion that they would call an 'election with that end in view, without any initiative outside their own ranks. The trouble about trying to gmt a new char ter with new, and sometimes radical ideas in it is that every other man has different ideas about the new things he wants in. Shortly after this action by the league I was in Lincoln and had a talk -with the editor of the Lincoln Journal. He was much impressed with the idea; said Lincoln had had exactly the same experience as Omaha and he believed we had struck the proper way to get a home rule char ter Just adopt the old charter leaving out any attempt to change it in any radical way and go before the people on the home rule issue exclusively. I see that is what they did and they suc ceeded. It was an Omaha idea, but it is a Lincoln success. Why shouldn't Omaha try it at least? There are dif ficulties In the way. We mjjst elect charter commission to draw up a char ter before we can vote on it and we have to vote on whatever they put up to us and either vote it up or down, but it ought to be possible to elect men who will see that the important thing is home rule and the other matters can wait They did it in Lincoln at any rate and what is possible there ought to be possible here. Why not try it? H. W. MORROW. Farmers and Prices. Monroe, Neb., Nov. 11. To the Editor of The Bee: Mr. Pope mod estly admits that in his day he was some farmer. He says "that if he had been farming any five of the last 20 years he would own his, own home." May I suggest that if Mr. Pope were as successful as a worker aa he is as a windjammer, he would own the whole city of York and most of the surrounding country? In one- of Pope's letters he refers to the farmer aa a profiteer. During the recent campaign for the sale of Liberty bonds, charges were made that farmers were not buying bonds and they were referred to as slackers. For the sake of argument Just sup pose that famers had not bought a single bond, nor donated a single dol lar to the Red Cross. Then consider this fact: The government has fixed the price of wheat at $2 per bushel whereas the law of supply and demand would allow the farmer $3 or better. Now figure a sacrifice of $1 a bushel on the millions of bushels of Nebraska wheat and tell me whether all other industries and all other classes of people combined have subscribed as many dollars as the farmer? Pope says "a producer of living crying of its high cost is sure the limit" Please give these figures the once over: One bushel of wheat on the Omaha market sells for $2.15. When converted into puffed wheat the consumer pays $36 for this same bushel of wheat, if he prerers snrea ded wheat his bushel costs him about $12. One bushel of corn sells for $1.85. If the consumer buys it back In the form of corn puffs he pays over $25 for it, or if he prefers corn flakes his bushel will cost him $14. Last year farmers were forced to pay as high as 21 cents per pound for twine, the manufacturers claiming that "Yucatan sisal monopoly" was responsible for the high prices. The '., r.r th Plymouth Cordage company for the fiscal year endine July 31. v a gross business of $22,000,000, th. DaidnCC Oil"" l BUUTtO c a--- of $11,686,984, or over 53 per cent Twine is necessary for raising wheat. Why not fix a reasonable price on it? We farmers do not object to price regulation if it is Justly appl ed all along the line, but we do object to being handed the hot end of the leg islation, while corporation regulation to date has been a Joke. As to the truth of the statements which Mr. Pope claims to be extracts frorn his t noithcr know nor care. They UiUtJi ... ..... . are J:oo antiquated to have any bear ing on our discussion. But his state ments as to present day farm prices and profits and his attempt to figure the farmer's daily profit at $19.15 are so utterly devoid of reason as to make one wonder whether be expects sane people to consider them seriously. v ED. H. HOARE A BUNCH OF LIMERICKS. ISv Anthony Euwer. No matter how grouchy you're feeling You'll find the smile more or less healing. It grows In a wreath All around the front tooth Thus prese.vlng the face from congealing. "When you've bats in your belfry that flut, When your romprencj-vous rope is cut. When there's nobody home In the top of your dome Then your head's not a head; It s a nut. Though the charm of her youth may have nown, Rare's tha woman who can t hold her 0 When It comes io a biiuvtuu-.. She'll stick on a low gown Just to ehow that she has some backbone. . Mrs. ITashlelgh (to boarder) How Is it you are taking your medicine after dinner? I thought the doctor told you to take It before mealf. Boarder He said It didn't make any de ference ah long as I took It on an empty stomach. Boston Transcript. Ain't it funny sometimes how a mode Will reveal what we'd never have knowed? Once I tn'iugm women ie Were etralghter than pegs That Is, till I learned they were bowed. Cholly Did you notice that Miss Butts permitted me to have the first dance with her last night? Jack Yes. She told me she always be lieved in having disagreeable things over with as soon as possible. Boston Tran script. Don't be caught by the fair-weather smile, 'Tls a two-faced contortion most vile, For you actually think you're a trump from her wink. But you're being bawled out all the while. The ankle's chief end is exposlery Of the latest designs In silkhostery; Also I suspect It was made to connect The part called, the calf with the toesiery. ELEGY OF THE COAL BIN. C. Morloy in the Century. The furnace tolls the knell of falling steam, The coal supply Js virtually done, And at this price. Indeed, it does not seem As though we could afford another ton. Now fades the glossy, cherished anthracite; The radiators lose their temperature; How 111 avail, on such a frosty night. The "short and simple flannels of the poor.1' Though in the Ice box, fresh and newly laid, The rude forefathers of the omelet sleep. No eggs for breakfast till the bill Is paid; We cannot cook again till coal Is cheap. Can Morris chair or papier mache bust Revivify the falling pressure gage? Chop up the grand piano If you must, And burn the East Aurora parrot cage! Full many a can of purest kerosene The dark unfathomed tanks of Standard Oil Shall furnish me, and with their aid I mean To bring my morning coffee to a boll. 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