THE BEE: OMAHA,. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1917.
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Let the heart expand and direct the and jn
reading Christmas, cheer. The more you will
do the better you will feel.
At this distance fighting over butfoni at St.
. Paul seems a shameless waste of scrappy talent
. sorely needed at the battle front.' ' '
Dispatches say a counter revolution in the
Caucasus "eliminated all charily funds.'.' Very
elegantly put, but it tags a, revolution all right.
Sixty-one Nebraska counties have no bonded
debt, A comforting situation for taxpayers pos
, sibiy, but hardly flattering to the- business en
ergy of bond promoters.
Congress could perform an extraordinary pub
lic service and speed the winning pi thewar by
subjecting to the draft all males, fefardless o(
age, caught fighting one another it home. .
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More than half the northern, world, neutral
and belligerent, face winter on reduced rations.
The prospect would be a cheerless one did it not
, carry the certainty that the punishment of the
authors will fit the crime.
Steady as the demands on Omaha's generous
- purses hav4 been, the needs of home charities
' " should not be slighted. ; Urgency and liberality
I - in war charities apply equally to the needy -Lat
I our doors, pinched-by the mounting; cost of rice-
V 'essariesV ' ,
V: " ' ".
Political factions in this country, occasion-
ally stage a mixup thriller, but they are few" and
J-far between. Our skill in that line is as gen.
' tie taps on the. sleeve beside the Chilean politi-
' cal scrap wlikh netted scvetl funeral and 17
liospital.caAei.'
i The people goi. Nebraska are Iniertsely. fattl-
otic and loyai-a inuch so Js the people of any
:otherste itj the Anion, Why shpuld not Nebraska
' be feprese'rttcd in; the United State! senate at this
jj "t critical nne byihen Reflecting the patriotism and
y loyalty Hof their1' censtituents? .
1 If desire could be translated into iction Em-
pei-or Cffarles tvould command peace at -once.
' But those who placed the match to'the fuses of
. Europe's powder houses, are powerless to end
: the explosions. ; The dual empire is yet to meet
, 'the United Stales in the argument before the final
k decision comes. " , . , s
should uhdtrstatid that , the Red
Everyone
Cross is a society with a yolunteer iftemberslup
paying annual dues. The coming membership
drive is for the double purpose of getting 1918
membership dues from those who enrolled an
paid for 1917 as well as to enlist new recruits in
the Red Cross army. .
inland is the latest section of Russia to de
clare its independence, Siberia, Turkestan, Ukra
nia and the Caucasus ate reported to have taken
like action. ' ''Considerable territory1 awaits fac
tional classification. The reds control In vital
spots, however, and are capable of rendering
priceless service for. Teutonic prize 'money. '
; A protest has cdme to ' us against the action
of the State Council of Defense compelling a
kaiser worshiper ta kiss the Amcfkau flag as
expiation of his.'offinse. Why contamlnkte the
Stars and. Stripes by the touch of a mouth foul
with traitorous utterances? There must be some
proper punishment to infjict that will leave our
starry banner undefiled.
A nest of human vultures fattening on con
tributions to fake war activities has been uncov
ered in New York. This emphasizes the demand
The Bee has been making for centralized and re
sponsible control by some recognixeeVauthority
over all the war fund solicitation, which as now
conducted is too often an open invitation to
grafters nd . scoundrels to absorb for them
selves money iiit?ndcL-for soldiers' comforts
or war sufferers' relief. ' :
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Suffrage in Prussia
i i in i MlnntapoIU Journal
Question That Carry Their Own Answers.
"for some time Senator Hitchcock has been
in doubt as to the policy of declaring war on
Austria at this time. He has regarded Austria
as Germany's, unwilling partner already anx-,
ious to makepeace if Italy's demands could
be modified somewhat so that Austria could
save its seaports in the Adriatic Sea. He
therefore doubted the wisdom of a declaration
of war which would seem to endorse Italy's
extreme demands. The president removed" the .
objection in his address to congress."- Senator
Hitchcock's Hyphenated World-Herald.
this is yie explanation now offered for Sena
tor, Hitchcock's over-night flop from open oppo
sition to extending our' declaration of war to
Austria to a promise to support the presidents
recommendation. -
But why all this tender solicitude on the
part of Senator Hitchcock for Austria, the will
ingnever the unwilling partner of the kaiser?
Why has our setiator been unable, all the way
through to suppress his ardent sympathy for
German ruthlessness and Austrian arrogance?
(' Why ISfJie so anxious to save foj Austria its
siaporls on-the Adriatic Sea?
' Whyxloes lie.not have a thought to save little
Serbia1, which Austria undertook to wipe from
the face of the map, and thus at the,ame ;time
give the kaiser his desired Jexcuse to start a
world war conflagration? . r ',t
Why has our senator not had a .thought to
ave innocent Belgium, its fair-cities demolished
and its population enslaved to promote the; Ger-titan-Austrian
conspiracy? .
, In a word, why should not Senator Hitch
cock, stand up straight for "America first" and
for "America, all the time" instead of playing the
Cermanertd of the. game until forced into line
by President Wilson? Would a senator be con
stantly offering excuses and explanations, if he
were going right? V O-
The subtle craft of Bismarck survives his dis-
grace and death and continues to beguile, the Ger
man people with the mask of liberty over the des
potism of blood and iron. He taught the kaiser
how to fool the people.
. v The kaiser-king now endorses tke reform
clamored for by the Prussian people. He apv
.proves abolition of the inequal suffrage of the
ihree .classes and the conferring upon all Prus-
, sun subjects of equal suffrage for members of
the Chamber, of Deputies.
Z So Jhe first kaiser, advised by Bismarck, con-
ferred universal suffrage upon all Germans for
the Reichstag. But the Hohenzollerna and the
;' land-holding aristocracy continued to govern Ger.
. many, as they will continue to govern Prussia.
The. Prussian diet appointed by the king, will
still have the last word on legislation, as the im-
perial council has. Th ministry will be respon
sible only to the king of Prussia, who by his ab-
; solute command of military and civil service can
usurp the pretended legislativteontrol of reve
nues. as he did in the Ws. " , ;: ,
' By the German system the people may vote,
but the kaiser and his ministers govern down to
tbe last mark and the last act of life or death.
Here is an instructive example of the kind of
rule th Germans dream of imposing upon th&
world ' " '
Nonpartisanship Camouflage.
Handing us the retort courteous' on our
suggestion "that democrats who consider non
partisanship a mighty good thing for the coun
try ought to show their sincerity by impressing
it on the folks at Washington," the Lincoln Star
lists a lot of distinguished republicans whom the
democratic administration has picked out and
honored with positions requiring capacity and
ability and. adds this clincher: "Why cannot The
Bee bring itself to be as nonpartisan with ref
erence to the war as President Wilson has been
,and is?"
The Star apparently Cannot imagine that
partisan democratic administration does not be
come nonpartisan when it temporarily unloads
some of its most exacting and uncompensated
positions upon men takert from republican ranks.
It hould know that there is a vast difference
between requisitioning the services of patriotic
citizens regardless of "politics for the thankless.
tasks and making the government nonpartisan
by sharing the responsibility for its policies and
their execution. Congress, for example, has in
both houses many republicans of as great states
manship and wide experience as it has demo
crats,' but it must remain' a strictly partisan body
so long as it is organized wholly off democratic
line, with democratic officers and democrats in
control of every committee. " The same is true
of the cabinet, which is the only responsible ad
visor council of the president, into which, how
ever, none but dyedrin-the-wool democrats have
been invited, no matter how many commissions
and boards may be consulted that are power
less to do anything except offer advice.
Over in England we have a war cabinet on
truly nonpartisan-lines, including representatives
of every group that is loyally supporting the
government. We believe President Wilson, will
have to come to this himself eventually in fact,
we thought he would have come to it by now,
for such a coalition government would surely
strengthen his hands and command greater pop
ular confidence. Until we have republicans shar
ing, with democrats the formulation and direc
tion of the war program talk about nonpartisan
ship is camouflage. '
Reclamation Farm Returns
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C, Dec 6. With 1,000,000
acres in crops, and the gross return of the land
estimated conservatively at 5MJ an acre, the farm
ers an officers of the United States Reclrtiation
Service feel that they have delivered their full
share of that increased food supply for which the
government called in the spring.
It may be sately asserted that there is no
other body of farm land in America of like size
more thoroughly utilized than the .reclamation
.projects; while the average gross value of their
trups per acre la jusc duuyi iwnc mat tui tuc
country as a whole.
When the call for increased production went
forth these western farmers faced a late soring
and frozen ground; the cost of every farming
operation was higher than it had ever been be
fore; and many adventurous young men of the
wst had enlisted, leaving many .farms short-
handed. But the response to the call was gen
erous none the less: for the reclamation folk are
accustomed to co-operation. They manage their
water supply on a co-operative basis, arid this
experience brings them together, teaches them
the value of collective effort.
Furthermore the office in Washington sedu
lously cultivates this get-together spirit. It pub
lishes a magazine called the Reclamation Record,
which goes to every water user on every project.
This magazine shows that a government publica
tion need not be dry. It is in fact an interesting
popular magazine especially the writings of C. J.
Blanchard, for some obscur6 reason designated
as statistician; ' X
New Banking Methods Making Good.
The Annalist in its last issue says: "Saturday's
New York clearing house statement showed
an increase of $264,000,000 in loans for the as
sociated banks a new high record. It JrouKty
the loans up to $4,838,935,000, the highest total
ever reported, and marked an increase of about
$1,000,000,000 in three months Ninetyr
day loans were made at 5 to SJ4 per cent" This
item is significant of the growing demand for
money and the "consequent advance in interstate
rates. In "view of the financial situation in the
cast as well as in the west, which is regarded as
satisfactory, we think that the people are to be
reached by trolley as well as by team or auto
affords fishmg, bathing and boating. The Ar-
tongratulated. ' In the face of the tolossal loans 1 rowrock reservoir is formed by the highest dam
floated' by Uncle Sam there has, been ample,
money for the promotion of business, big and
little, aiid for the movement of crops. This re
sult is due, not only to good management of new
situations incident' to the war, but to the ma
chinery of the Federal Reserve association, which
has met the emergency as its advocates ' pre
dicted it would do. The time is coming when
the business men and farmers of the nation will
give merited praise to the statesmen who planned
and constructed the federal reserve system; to
Aldrich as much as to Carter Glass. As a matter
of fact the new banking system was devised by
leading bankers and business men regardless of
party, and they made their proposals to the busi
ness men of the nation without particular ' ref
erence to partisan politics and has justified it
self "chiefly in just those points about which:
there was no political contention.
' in the world. The resultant lake has been
V . a .. aa f .
stocicea witn trout, wmcn are lamous lor tne
large size they attain. There are few oj the
projects which do not afford something in the
way of sport and change to the farmers in the
valleys. x
. Goodby, Observation Cars I
It is interesting to note that the New York
Central railroad had abandoned its,, observation
cars on the Chicago-New York trains' for con
siderations of economy. ' This ' action follows
upon the heels of the food conservation order
applicable tq.diuing car menus, It is a significant
sign of the times when the people are just be
ginning to realize that some of the luxuries of
life, must be dispensed with. The presumption
Is that other railways will see the wisdom of cur
tailing their equipment in order to economize
motive power. In fact, it is not unlikely that
railway managers will be required by federal and
staje authority to practice every possible econ
omy in the matter of train service. . The sign9
of the times point in this direction and the
exigencies of war may be expected to prepare
the public mind for this and other measures of
retrenchment in the railroad service as well as
in hotel management and other activities of a
semi-public nature. ;
Picas for exempting beef from meatless days
come from the right quarter. Rarely is Chicago
short on "bulL
..' The -reclamation farmer has reason to be pa
triotic; ; He has purchased his farm from the
government, and nas gotten most advantageous
terms. He pays down only S per cent it is 15
years before he is compelled to make the next
payment; 'and he has 20 years in which to pay
for his farm without being asked for any interest
on what he owes. Hence the reclamation farmer
has no heavy mortgages to stagger under; no
gouging interest rate to pay. He may well be
patriotic, for this government confers upon him
not only political freedom, but also a degree of
economic freedom.
So the reclamation farmer, feeling . that he
really owed something to Uncle Sam, put Jforth
every effort to increase production. Meetings
were held and plans matured 1y the project corta
munities acting as units. More land was put un
der cultivation on almost every project that had
vacant land to cultivate. Most of the projects
made gopd crops. The reclamation farmer did
his share.
It is to be regretted the government has. not
more farms to sell to the people on these fair
terms which make for confidence, community ef
fort, and independence. Nearly every acre on
every project is taken up. As soon as a project
is opened, men with sense enough to see the op
portunity it offers pour into it from all over the
country. They have to put up with all the hard
ships of a pioneer life. The only thing the v' have
to begin with is land, covered with brush and
timber, and water enough to make crops grow on
it. They have to clear fields, erect fences and
houses; they have to get together and build
Schools and churches and towns. Yet such is the
energy these Americans show in seizing an op
portunity that iii eight or 10 years they are as
prosperous and have as many of the comforts
of life as the old settled farming communities of
the ast. This seems to show that men need
only a fair chance to get back to the land that
the-difficulty of getting and keeping productive
land under a system of competitive and specula
tive prices, is the difficulty that sends the young
man to the city.
For the reclamation projecls draw a lot of
men out of the cities. Strangely enough, they
often make the best farmers, Mr. Blanchard says.
He attributed this partly to the fact, that they
are accustomed to co-operative effort, which the
reclamation community calls for, and in the sec
ond, place, never having farmed anywhere else,
they are willing to learn the methods pecesary
to success in the west. The man who has the
hardest- time is the old farmer from Iowa or
Illinois who knows all about how they do it. back
home and declines .to have anything to do with
these new-fangled methods.
Another advantage which the reclamation
farmer has many of his eastern neighbors
is that many of the project lakes form ideal sum
mer resorts. They are all made by damming
streams, and often the resultant lake is up in the
mountains, yet within easy reach of the valley
which it irrigates. The project farmer almost
invariably has an automobile. After a hard
week's work in the broiling sun of the flat land,
he can make a two-hour run Saturday night,
camp at an elevation of 80,000 feet, where he will
sleep under heavy Dlankets, and spend Sunday
catching big trout out of a mountain stream. Dur
ing the ho weather, he can send his wjfe and
children to the mountains.
Some of these reclamation lakes have attained
such fame for their-beauty and the sport they
afford that tourists come to them from all over
the country. 1 The Roosevelt reservoir in the
Tonto Basin on the Salt riyer project is one of
the best advertised summer Resorts in Arizona
and is one of the favorite stops along the auto
route known as the Apache trail. There is fine
fishing and bathing there, a wilderness of moun
tains to explore, and a cool summer climate.
The Boise project in Idaho has two artificial
lakes. The Dcerflat reservoir is conveniently lo
cated near the middle of the project and can be
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Pork and Victory
1 1 1 WaU Street Journal
Pork one day last week reached a barrel.
Compared with the price of $21.65 in the month
before war began, it is sensational. Thjs daring
aviator, disdaining to "spiral," stands his machine
"on its tail" and shoots upwards.
The price is even more disturbing than the
high level of cotton. The reason is largely the
same, but its import is more, sinister, and calls for
prompt measures for its remedy. The. price lays
bare the fact that the supply of meat is inade
quate to our military.and civilian needs: '
Food, we are tola, will win the war. It will
be no child's play to beat back the Hun. If it is
accomplished the fighting forces must be kept
physically fit at all times. That can be done only
by an abundance of energy-giving food. ..That
food -is wheat and meat.
... "Our wlieat crop is short and the world supply
is 85-per cent of, normal. A shortage of wheat
Calls-for more meat. The beef supply is short
'and the purchasers of meat have turned to pork.
As even there the supply is not up to require
ments, prices go skyward..
The obvious duty is to' increase the supply of
wheat and meat. The farmers have seeded a
larger area to wheat and the outcome now rests
with nature. To increase the . beef herds is in
point of time like increasing the battleship fleet.
But hogs develop rapidly ana increase faster than
compound interest. Therefore hopes of mili
tary success must rest upon them.
If it be necessary to depend upon private en
terprise, then call the farmers to their duty. Tell
them the need of the hour and show them that
tfcey are sure, of a profit never before known. By
every means encourage the raising of hogs and
keeping them until of a mature age. Change the
usual commencement day oratory and Jtell the farm
toys to hitch their wagons, not to a star, but
to the tail of a pig.
- Not quite so classic, perhaps, but more to the
point Every security value in the land rests upon
victory and therefore upon pigs. Here then is
work for banks, chambers of commerce and
boards of trade, and everyone who, directly orjn
directly, can influence the farmers to raise more
Big
Right In the Spotlight
Dr. J. J. Jusserand. who is to be the
guest of honor tonight at the annual
dinner of the Pennsylvania Society of
New York, has held the post of
French ambassador to the United
States for the last li years. He was
born in Lyons in 1865 and at the age
of 21 gained admission to the French
foreign office. His diplomatic career
began in 1881, when he was sent on
an important mission to Tunis. Later
he was appointed a counsellor of the
French 'embassy in London. From
1898 to 1902 he represented France at
Copenhagen and in the latter year was
sent to the United States. As an au
thor Dr. Jusserand has an interna
tional fame and his books have been
translated into many languages. Prob
ably his best known vork is "A Lit
erary History of the English People."
One Year Ago Today In tbe War.
Roumanian army, trapped in Pra-
nova valley, surrendered to General
von Maekensen. ' ,
British admiralty officially an
nounced an armed German vessel of
the mercantile type was sighted in
the north Atlantic.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
Articles of incorporation of the He
brew. Knights of Charity were filed
with the county clerk. The officers
are: President,- L. Calmenson; vice
president A. Coralbleth; treasurer, I.
Liphshitz; first trustee, L. Slobodisky;
second trustee, p. S. Pelzer; third
trustee, William Catlin; clerk, J. D.
Nathanson.
The new stable at the corner of Sev
enteenth and Davenport streets, which
was opened a 'short time ago, has
gone into the hands of E. N. Sher
wood. -Thomas
R. Kimball, a' son of
Thomas L. Kimball of the Union Pa
cific, having graduated at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology, is
now engaged In the practice of his
own profession.
' Commissioner Grifflts of the freight
bureau of the board of trade left last
evening for Washington, where, with
W. A. L. Gibbon. Euclid Martin and
Robert Easson, they will appear be
fore the Interstate Railway commis
sion to argue in favor of the reten
tion of carload shipments which east
ern jobbers are now trying to de
stroy.
This Day In History.
1654 New Amsterdam received its
seal and coat of arms from Holland.
1T65 Eli Whitneyr inventor of the
cotton gin, born at Westboro, Mass.
Died at New Haven, Conn., January
S, 18Z5. ,
1832 Bjornsterne BJornson, fa
mous Norwegian poet, novelist dram
atist patriot and reformer, born. Died
April 26, 1910.
1837 Wendell Phillips made his
first public speech. '
1855 Governor Shannon of Kan
sas made A treaty with the free-state
men and ordered the militia and sher
iff to disband their forces. "
1875 Dedication of the Cathedral
of the Holy Cross in Boston.
1881-f-Seven hundred lives lost In
the Ring theater fire in Vienna.
1914 Four German cruisers sunk
by the British fleet in great battle off
the Falkland islands. . .
1915 Washington sent note to the
central powers demanding satisfac
tion for violation of American sea
rights in sinking of Ancona. .
The Day Wo Celebrate.
Colonel Robert S. Oberfelder, Sid
ney, Neb., was born in New York
City 62 years ago today.
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, U. 3. N.,
commander of the north Atlantic fleet
born at Burlington, Vt, 61 years ago
today. '
Frederick Ayer, a noted leader fin
New England finance and industry,
born atXedyard, Conn., 95 years ago
today.
General William. Murray Black U.
S. A., chief of the englneenr' corps,
born at Lancaster, Pa"., 62 years ago
today. .
William Cardinal O'Connell of Bos
ton, one of the three American mem
bers of the Sacred college, born at
Lowell, Mass., 58 years ago today.
Dr. Harrison Randolph,, president
of the College of Charleston, born in
New Orleans 46 years ago today.
. James P. Austin, Inflelder of the
St Louis American league base ball
team, born at Swansea, Wales, 35,
years ago today.
Timely jottings and Reminders.
Sweden today will observe the 10th
anniversary of the accession of King
Gustav to the throne. .
Canada today will celebrate "Sail
ors' day" In commemoration of the
British naval victory off the Falkland
islands December 8, 1914.
Frederick Ayer of Boston, who or
ganized the American woolen indus
try 'in Its present form and who is
Btill an active leader In New England
finance and industry, will "celebrate
his 95th birthday anniversary today.
A meatless and wheatless menu is
to be served tonight at the annual din
ner of the Indiana Society of Chicago, ,
which the committee in charge pur
poses to make one of the big patri
otic events of the year.
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Storyette of the Day.
The manager of the big department
store stood stockstill outside the little
boxlike chamber which held the tele
phone of the establishment for he
was a very startled manager, indeed.
Within the chamber he could hear
Miss Jones, the stenographer, speak
ing, and this is a scrap of the conver
sation the startled man overheard:
"I love you. dear, and only you.
I'm weeping my heart away. Yes,
my darling, speak to me once more.
I love you, dear, I love you so." v
The young woman rang off and
stepped out of the cabinet to confront
the angry manager.
"Miss Jones," he said, "that tele
phone has been fixed where it is for
the purpose of convenience In con
ducting business and not tor love
makmg in office hours. I am sur
prised at you. 'Don't let it occur
again."
The young woman froze him with a
glance. .
"I was ordering some new songs for
No. 3 department," she explained,. Ic
ily. Dallas News.
SAID IN FUN. .
Ble; Slater (ahotfflng to Bobbie) Bobblel
You're wanted to do an errand.
Bobby (shouting back) Tell mother 1
can't do it now. I'm busy.
Big Slater-r-H'a not mother who wanta
you, lt'a father.
Bobble (hastily) All rinht Tell him I'm
coining. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Papa." eald Tommy, "little brother la a
month old tomorrow, lan't he?"
"Tea."
"Let's you and me give him a birthday
preeent."
"Very welL What shall it be?"
Xet'a buy him a ig. He needs that
PhHadt
Red Cross Help at Cody.
Omaha, Dec. 7. To the Editor of
The Bee: I am pending you an ex
tract from a letter received from W.
8. Timberlake relative to the Red Cross
work among the boys at Cody, N.
M. N"Tell dad to tell his friend that
complaint about the Red Cross is sure
unfounded, for we who have not re
ceived sweaters from home have all
been given a sweater, by the Red
Cross. Every man in camp is to have
one, also socks, muffler, wristlets,
mitts, etc., as soon as they can issu
them. So, you see, he must have
been complaining without cause, or
perhaps had acquired the habit of
lying fas many soldiers do) Just to
make It appear that they are up
against a hard life. Life here in
camp is easy on the men and they are
well taken care of. Of course, they
don't have home care, nor modern
conveniences, but the average, man - of
congenial disposition fares well in the
army." ' X
Endorses Bee's Editorial. ;
Omaha, NebT Dec. 6. To the Edl
tor of The. Bee: ; I noticed in yester
day's Bee an excellent editorial, on
the conservation of coal' by water
power development..
From that article I will Quote:-
"True, the number of water power
sites that may be profitably utilized
is dennitely limited." -
I wish to call your attention to' the
great Snake river . in Idaho. - This
river rises in the Yellowstone Na-;
tional park, flaws south in the Jack
son lake, Wyoming, and from there
into Idaho. - " v " '
In crossing the state of Idaho, the
Snake river dVops over 5, (TOO feet, and
not one-half of one per cent of all the
power that is going to waste on that
river is being utilized.
Take, for instance, Twin Falls.
These great falls are 180 feet high,
20 feet higher - than Niagara Falls,
and yet they are not. utilized : for
anything. They are hardly ever seen
by anyone except the farmers who
live in their immediate vicinity.. :
Three miles west of Twin Falls are
the Shoshone Tails. These falls are
212 feet high or 52 feet higher than
Niagitra. ' , '
There is a very small hydro-electric
plant there, but It only uses an 'in
finitesimal part of the power that is
going to waste there and when we
take into . consideration ' Idaho
Falls, American Falls and other falls
along this great stream, we can al
most say that the heat and - power
that Is going to waste there is almost
criminal.
The government of the United
States has a power plant on the
Minidoka canal and It is selling both
light and heat for one-half a cent for
a kilowatt
In fact, electricity is so -cheap in the
Twin Falls country, Idaho, that most
ot the big buildings, school houses,
court houses, churches, hotels, and
many of the dwelling houses are
heated by electricity, because it Is
cheaper than coal would be at 15 a
ton, let alone the nuisance of heating
plants, chimneys, ashes, soot smoke,
etc.
The , government of the United
States should look to it at once to con
serve this heat and power that is go
ing to 'waste. '
Idaho clipped 20,000)00 pounds
of wool last year and immediate sur
rounding states clipped upwards of
xuu,vvu,vuu jjouuua. '
People who know, state that the;
most .economical place to produce
manufactured goods is near where
the raw materials are produced.
The greatest overhead expense of
any factory is the . powerr the light
and the heat. All these are practleally
rree along tne snake river, aner a
plant has been Installed '
The . Eovernment. needs .woolen
blankets and woolen. ". c&thihg of all
-kindsior 4t8-eo4diers.-' -
Why not conserve our ruel . ana
have' such goods" made where they
can be made the cheapest? '- v
' -'''.vr-'-'- . V. 8,, PEET.
Fooling tbe Labor Vote.
Omaha, Dec. 6. To the Editor-of
The Bee: Quite frequently, and es
pecially at the time when local poll
tics are beginning to warm up,-I nor
tice in the papers statements by, po
litical labor "authorities" referring to
"12,000 or 15,000" members of organ
ized, labor in Omaha. Tor the best
interests of labor in general there
ought to be at least that many, and
"more,!but the regrettable fact "la that
there are not more than ' halt that
number. - ' -As
the Business Men's association ot
Omaha has secretly Investigated labor
conditions in Omaha for over 12
years, and is aware ot the actuM
membership of the unions, it Is plifii
that those political labor leaders are
not giving out the. excess figures for
the purpose of fooling the B. M. A.
Therefore it can only be for the pur
pose of fooling those members of or
ganized labor who are not in touch
with the facts, and its purpose is ap
parently to induce member of or
ganized labor tovote for certain can
didates next spring by leading them to
Deiicve iney nave euuucu ,uica kj wuu-
trol an election.
The cause of organized labor does
not depend on electing a few would-be
labor politicians to office. If it does,
Gad help organized labor!
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