THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917.
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Subacribera leaTfBf the city should have The Baa mailed
ta them. AeMreee change1 aa often aa reejoettee.
As a business revolutionist Uncle Sam is going
some.
After all no .gifts with more character and in
dividuality in them than good books.
Here's hoping the white Christmas of the boys
abroad completely fulfills the prophecy.
The swelling list of alien plotters bagged fore
shadows an early bulge in the country's peniten
tiary walls.
It does not necessarily follow that railroad
rates must go up. The federal treasury knows
how to care for deficits.
' It is a rare day in war time when the Pacific
coast fails to emphasize its patriotism with a la
bor shut-out or a labor strike.
And the democratic party is supposed to be
the party of states rights as against centraliza
tion of power in the federal government.
Still must one dance barelegged in public to
be entitled to keep a private stock of liquid re
freshments for personal use in a dry town?
Austria is ready to let go, without annexa
tions or indemnities. The admission might be
interesting ' if Austria were master of its own
mind.
Intimations from high quarters indicate that
federal fixed steel prices will continue in force
for three more months at least. Do your shop
ping early.
Ten days in jail for one reckless auto driver
who did not hurt anyone but himself. That is
setting an example though, which other speeders
may well take to heart.
The temper of John Bull carries sufficient
pressure to kick . an admiral upstairs. Uncle
Sam's "kickiig machine" should take on more
steam and end the, muddling.
Another pertinent question:' Will Uncle Sam
as railroad manager maintain a paid lobby at
Washington and at each of the 48 state capitols
whenever the lawmakers are in session?
"Do we realize what this war means?" In
quires a congressman back from the front.
Speaking for Nebraska the answer is "yes!"
Realize it so well that shudders radiate from the
statehouse to Columbus and Omaha.
The story of Herbert Hoover's great work in
succoring the Belgian people shows with reas
onable clearness that the systematic obstructions
and annoyances of Prussian rulers scarcely sur
passed the' tactics of a badgering Missouri law
yer. " '
Official warnings of threats of stock poison
ing sent to stock growers in the southwest indi
cate a situation calling for extreme vigilance.
Advocates of sabotage and those who practice it
voice increasing desperation, owing to govern
ment prosecutions, and every possible safeguard
should be adopted .to circumvent malicious mer
. cenaries. ' ' .
The United States senate unanimously
adopts a resolution offered by a democratic sen
ator from a democratic state, reciting' the "un
questioned proof of clothing shortage in canton
ments and calling on the secretary of war to take
"immediate steps" to supply the deficiency. Must
be some basis then for the complaints of inade
quate provision for the men in the training
camps, after all.
Graveyard of Reputations
-Bee tea Traaeerlpt-
The Balkan-Macedonian campaign is a grave
of military reputations ,for Allied chieftains. The
fame of several British, generals was buried on
the shores of the Dardanelles. When the center
of activity in that region was transferred to Sa
lonica, the British general command, having re
ceived a very black eye, stepped aside, and the
French general, Sarrail, who had won an ex
cellent fighting reputation in France, and par
ticularly at the battle of the Marne, was put in
absolute charge.
General Sarrail has had a long trial since
October, 1915. A little more than a year ago he
operated a brilliant offensive at Monastir. He
teemed to be the right man in the right place.
He showed wisdom and firmness in the handling
of the Greek situation while King Constantine
was still on deck. But since Monastir he has
not perceptibly advanced the Allied lines.
Whether it is the essential difficulty of a
mountain country that has balked him, or whether
he is inherently unfit for his difficult task, no
doubt only the verdict of history can decide.
Bat in any case his government has given him
up. He ha been displaced, and will go home a
failureperhaps an honorable failure, but a fail
ure nevertheless. The painful paths of this war
are now decorated with the ruins of another
military reputation.
The man who takes Sarrail's place, Genernl
Guillemet, cannot be congratulated. He has a
task that may prove insuperable. Military critics
long ago agreed that the Allies cannot hope to
forte their way through the mountains Into old
Serbia or into Bulgaria. If Guillemet should evrr
succeed ip doing this he will have proved his
possession of military genius. Perhaps the Al
lies have reason to apprehend a great German of
fensive toward Salon ica, and are preparing for a
t'efer.sive campaign there only. In either case,
they ccd the best ability they can get in the
fey tf-ica command.
UNCLE SAM TAKES OVER RAILROADS.
By far the most sweeping industrial change
resulting from our entrance into the world war
is the taking over of the operation of all the rail
roads of the country for operation by the gov
ernment That such a momentous innovation in
volving so colossal an undertaking is brought
about by mere proclamation of the president is
wonderful testimony to the tremendous authority
wc repose in the executive power of our nation.
Without any general discussion of the subjec ,
and without passing upon the question as a popu- !
lar issue, the step is taken wholly as a necessary j
incident of the war and will be acquiesced and
accepted in the same spirit as was the conscrip
tion law, the food administration, the Liberty
loans, the new taxes and everything else promis
ing to help win the war.
Many Pi z. ling Questions.
The taking over of the railroads projects many
questions which are easily asked but not readily
answered. It substitutes the government owner
ship and operation for private ownership and
operation of the largest and most vital and
widely ramified single field of industrial activity.
By establishing the principle of monopoly, it re
moves absolutely the principle of competition as
a factor or stimulus in the business of railroad
ing, not only in bidding for traffic and patronage,
but in every branch and division the borrowing
of money, the purchase of supplies, the hiring of
labor, and the thousand and one points of con
tact between the railroads and the public.
What Effect Upon Investments?
How will government control and operation
affect the investor? Will the proposed guaranty
of returns on a basis of three years' average
standardize all railroad stocks and securities and
put them on the same market level? Will it
make any difference to the holder by which road
his certificate is issued if it is underwritten by
Uncle Sam? Will the railroads, with this guar
anty, be able to command all the new capital
they need? If not, which. roads will have pri
ority for their demands, or, rather, how will the
priority be determined? Or will the relative
value of holdings continue to vary according to
the investors' estimates of how long the new ar
rangement will last and the eventual return 'of
the old order of things?
What Effect Upon Railroad Employes?
What will government operation do to the
army of railroad officials, employes and laborers?
In what way will their relationship be changed
by becoming employes of the federal govern
ment? Will they have any choice oi what rail
road they are to work for, or of the terms of
their employment? How can they find other em
ployment as railroad men when all the railroads
are operated as one? With the bidding of one
road against another for the services of the ex
ceptionally efficient shut off, will rise and promo
tion be as fast as before? Will the government
treat with brotherhood representatives and nego
tiate wage scales as formerly? Has the danger
of strikes been completely eliminated?
What Possibility of Operating Economies.
In the matter of operation, how far will the
government go to stop duplication and waste?
Will it pool rolling stock and motive power and
distribute cars and engines regardless of the
roads to which they used to belong? Will it
consolidate terminals and make shops and round
houses and yards interchangeable? Will it route
traffic by shortest lines and cease operating two
or three bridges or two or three roads where
one will do? Is rivalry in service to end and
competition in speed to stop? Will it be "cash
and carry" for shippers and, if so, will the ship
pers get the benefit of the saving?
What of Litigation, Grievances, Taxes?
What about the vast volume of railroad liti
gation? Is it fair to infer that all the lawsuits
as between the railroads and the public will be
held in abeyance? Can individuals continue to
bring suits against government owned roads the
tame as against private owned roads? Assuming
that they can, can they presume upon prejudice
against corporations to insure liberal verdicts?
If one road can no longer sue another, what ma
chinery will be provided to adjust differences be
tween them without resort to the courts? What
of the state railway Commissions that will hardly
be able to cite the government to make answer
to complaints? And what about railroad taxes
and assessments? J)o government operation and
guaranty of investment alter the obligation of
railroad property to pay taxes on a fair basis
with other properly? ,
Will Construction Be Stopped or Eliminated?
Again, what about new construction and im
provements? Will the government, while in con
trol, make extensions and build additional lines
and provide long-needed terminals? If so, will
the new construction be on government account,
or as on the part of the existing roads, or on ac
count of several roads joined together? Or wiil
the whole question of construction be deferred
and only immediate and unavoidable require
ments met? Wilt the government, with unlim
ited money at its command, invest money to save
money by reducing operating expenses?
Is it to Be Temporary or Permanent?
Finally, how long will government operation
continue? Is this to be a temporary expedient
for the duration of the war only, or is it an ex
periment to lay the foundation for permanent
public ownership? Does the taking over of the
railroads indicate a settled conviction that the
war is, so far as we are concerned, only begun?
Does government operation of the railroads stand
by itself? Or is it only a starter for the govern
ment taking over other industries and activities
vital to the national defense and the successful
prosecution of the war?
Our New Pact With Japan
By Frederic J. Has in
"Retaliation" That Helps.
Iowa has "retaliated" on Nebraska by order
ing the inspection of breeding stock shipped
from this , state to that. This "comeback" is
called forth by the fact that Nebraska for a long
time has had a similar regulation affecting Hawk
eye stock. Whatever may be back of the rivalry,
the ultimate result must be good. Far sighted
men long ago set about to improve the strain of
the herds and flocks of Iowa, and in Nebraska
emulation has led to wide investigation and
generous investment in animals of aristocratic
lineage. The benefit of all this to the industry
has been enormous, and more is possible if regu
lations can be reasonably enforced. The appar
ent anomaly of friendly people adopting restric
tions against free intercourse is justified in some
degree by experience. Unscrupulous or careless
shippers often seek to transport diseased or de
fective animals across state lines, to the manifest
detriment of the community receiving them. Pre
vention of this is desirable on both sides of the
border, and the action of the Iowa .authorities
should work to strengthen the live stock industry
in both srafts.
Washington, Dec. 26. Some authorities regard
the recent exchange of notes between Secretary
of State Lansing and Viscount Ishii over the
Chinese situation as the most important Ameri
can diplomatic move in far eastern affairs since
the enunciation of the. Hay doctrine of the open
door. Others look at it as unimportant. One
Japanese editor, for example, characterizes the
discussion of it as "much ado about nothing."
This wide difference of opinion exemplifies the
puzzled attitude of the public over what will be
known in history as the "Lansing-Ishii agree
ment." There are five or six differing points of view
on this agreement. There is the Japanese view,
the Chinese view, the English view, the view of
American officials, and the view of Americans
with business interests in China. Whatever else
may be true, it is certainly a mistake to regard
the new agreement as unimportant. It is likely
to have far-reaching effects, and one of the
strangest features of the situation is the small
amount of attention it has been receiving from
the American public. The far eastern situation
should be of direct personal interest to every
American, for the problem of the Pacific and
how it is solved will affect every one oi us,
both in the taxes we will pay in the future and in
the prosperity of the nation as it reflects the state
of foreign trade.
The far eastern problem has of course been
pushed into the background by the war, and there
is a disposition deliberately to forget all else until
we have defeated Germany. This is probably the
only reason why the new agreement has not been
more thoroughly discussed in America.
The terms of the agreement have been inter
preted in very different ways. It is not a treaty,
strictly speaking, since it was not ratified by our
senate; but the exchange of notes between the
secretary of state and the ambassador extraordi
nary has all the binding force of a treaty. The
notes are identical and brief. They consist of
two sharply distinguished parts. In the first
Paragraph, the United States recognizes that
apan has special interests in those parts of
China which border her own territories or lie im
mediately across the narrow seas. In the second
part, Japan goes on record as agreeing not to im
pair the territorial sovereignty of China, or to
discriminate against the trade of other nations
in China, or to disregard previous Chinese
treaties, or to infringe the territories of China.
Both countries pledge themselves again to up
hold the "open door" doctrine, and to oppose
any move on the part of any government to ac
quire special rights and privileges in China, at
the expense of the Chinese or anybody else. This
last clause binds the United States and Japan as
well as other nations.
Undoubtedly one of the principal reasons why
Mr. Lansing and Viscount Ishii exchanged these
notes was in order to "clear the air." The gov
ernments wished to show their people that they
were in amicable agreement, and to do away
with any feeling of hostility that might still ex
ist, whether as a result of German propaganda
or other influences. The notes have had that ef
fect, and the general atmosphere of confidence in
both countries has been improved. On the other
hand, many observers do not find a complete ex
planation of the notes in this factor, because the
feeling between America and Japan had been
improving anyway, and public sentiment before
the exchange of notes was apparently satisfac
tory. The real puzzle in the documents lies in the
meaning of the first clause. The United States
recognizes that Japan has special interests in
China. Just what will this mean in actual prac
tice? The question is rendered more difficult by
the second half of the notes. Having recognized
a special interest in the first half, the second
portion goes on to exclude very carefully every
interpretation of the term "special interest" that
would naturally suggest itself the right to com
mercial advantage, to territorial interference, to
objection to existing treaties, to political penetra
tion. As one than somewhat cynically puts it,
Japan has a right to take a special interest in
China but not to do anything about it.
Several other questions have been brought
forward in connection with the agreement. If
territorial propinquity creates a special interest
in China, must the special interests of Russia,
France and England be recognized as well as
that of Japan? All of these countries have ter
ritory bordering China. And why was it neces
sary to state the doctrines of the "open door"
and equality of commercial opportunity over
again, since both the United States and Japan
have repeatedly agreed to uphold them in the
past, and jiever retracted their promises?
While it is true that Japan has repeatedly
gone on record as upholding the open door, she
has never before pledged her co-operation in the
Hay doctrine so definitely to the United States,
since the far eastern situation has taken on its
present outlines. In this light, the second por
tion of the agreement may be regarded as desir
able from the American point of view. It puts
the question on a clear and definite basis, and
not in a document addressed to the world at
large or in a treaty with a third power, but in a
note addressed directly to the United w.w..o. As
for the special interest clause, there is an Ameri
can point of view in this that has not been
brought to the attention of the American public.
The agreement brought forth a protest of un
expected vigor from China. In a note to the
United States and Japan, China stated that she
could not allow herself to be bound by any
agreement between other nations. The Chinese
?ress seems to regard the agreement in an un
avorable light, as is perhaps but 'natural, inas
much as it is a recognition of the sad but unde
niable fact that the great Chinese republic is in
such a state that foreign powers not only may,
but must, take a hand in guiding its destinies.
The good points of the agreement are plainer
than some of the critics care to admit. In the
first place, it recognizes Japan's geographical po
sition in the Orient. This is perhaps too plain
to need formal recognition, but at least it should
clear away suspicion in the minds of the Japanese
people as to any "designs" of which they may
have suspected us in the far east. In the second
place, it puts Japan directly on record with the
United States as recognizing all the fundamental
points, of the Hay doctrine.
People and Events
Prof. Thomas N. Carver, political economist
of Harvard, wants the people to give up tobacco
and candy and help win the war. What would
become of the tobacco dealers and candy mak
ers? Calloused must be the heart which would
turn 'em out into a cold unfeeling world.
If the chance comes to Lawrence R. Cavell. a
khaki lad at Camp Gordon, Ga., an avenging
blade or bullet will reach the vitals of some of
the Huns. Young Cavell is a first cousin of
Edith Cavell, the English Red Cross nurse shot
to death in Belgium by orders of Von Bissing.
and his impelling motive is to settle a personal
account with the enemy.
Another of the notorious stations in the cock
tail route of San Francisco is closed. At one
time the Richelieu saloon was the meeting place
of local politicians who fixed etections in ad
vance and Proprietor Flannery run the political
road roller for himself and friends. New men
and newer methods sidetracked the joint and
the boss, who once aspired to be United States
senator, is now in an asylum, doing time for
selling booze to soldiers.
Returns from students of Columbia univer
sity working during the summer vacation show
total earnings of $283,000. Graduate and under
gradute students filled a total of 2,299 positions,
varying from soda fountain mixologists, movie
actors and elevator operators to translators, vio
linists and magazine writers. Three students
sold their blood for transfusion, 10 posed as
artist models and 47 got positions as summer
school instructors. Where there's a will there's
a way. .
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Right in the ftpoUipht
When the American Association for
the Advancement of Science mets in
its seventieth annual session in Pitts
burgh today the gatheilng- will be
opened by an address by Dr. Charles
R. Van Hlse, the retiring president.
Dr. Van Hiee occupies a foremost
place amen? American educators.
Since 1903 he has been president of
the University of Wisconsin. He is a
native of Wisconsin and a graduate
of the university of vhloh he Is now
the head, He has made a specialty
of geology and for a number of years
he was a professor In that branch of
science at Wisconsin university before
he became president. He has lectured
before many scientific societies and in
stitutions of learning and Is the au
thor of a number of textbooks that
are accepted as standards by the lead
ing colleges.
One Year Ago Today in the War
liraila came under German fire for
the first time.
Russians retired to positions along
the Rlmnic river.
Paris reported the repulse of a Ger
man attack northwest of Verdun.
In Oriiaha Thirty Years Ago
The smoke house attached to the
meat packing house of Messrs. Stev
ens, Hamilton & Co., located in the
southern part of the city, caught fire
last night and was scorched to the
extent of $100.
John J, Bellon is happy over the
receipt of an elegant gold-headed um-
V f
brella, the gift of the Olympic
Theater Stock company.
P. E. Her of the Willow Springs
distillery has returned from Peoria,
where the executive committee of the
whisky trust has been holding a
meeting.
Harry Hall, the general traveling
passenger agent of the B. & M., has
been appointed to succeed Harry Deuel
as city ticket agent of that road at
the corner of Fifteenth and Farnara
streets.
Benjamin Wood, editor and proprie
tor of the New York Evening News,
wife and daughter, and Miss M. E.
Mayfleld, are at the Millard.
A class will be formed by the Y. M.
C. A. in phonography.
The hydrant on the northwest cor
ner of Douglas and Thirteents streets
was broken by being run Into by a
runaway team.
This Day In "istory
1788 Enoch Lincoln, representa
tive In congress and governor of
Maine, born at Worcester, Mass. Died
at Augusta, Me., October 8, 1829.
1810 Lachlne for making wrought
iron nails patented, by Seth Boyden
of Newark. N. J.
1818 Czar Alexander granted the
peasants of Russia the right to manu
facture. 1842 Rear Admiral Silas Wright
Terry, a distinguished officer of the
United States navy, born in Twigg
county, Kentucky. Died in Wash
ington, D. C February 9, 1911.
1854 James T. Morehead, United
States senator and governor of Ken
tucky, died at Covington, Ky. Born
in Bullitt county, Kentucky, May 24,
1797.
1862 Capture of Fort Van Buren,
Ark., by the federals.
1867 General Meade was assigned
to the command of the Third military
district, comprising the states of
Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
1914 Allies captured St Georges,
to the west of Nleuport.
1915 French senate cheered Gen
eral Gallieni's declaration that France
would light until Its demands were
met
The Day We Celebrate
Rev. . Phlletus Harold McDowell,
pastor of Emanuel Baptist church,
was born in Montgomery county,
Kansas, 44 years ago today.
Barton Millard Is 82 years old today.
Dr. W. F. Milroy la 62 years old
today.
Woodrow Wilson, president of the
United States, born at Staunton, Va.,
61 jyars ago today.
FeVessr Frank William Taussig,
noted economist and member of the
National Tariff commission, born in
St. Louis 58 years ago today.
Robert McNutt McElroy, Princeton
professor and educational director of
the National Security league, born at
Perryville, Ky., 45 years ago today.
Frank B. Willis, former governor
of Ohio, born at Lewis Center, O., 46
years ago today.
Edwin S. Stuart, former governor
of Pennsylvania, born In Philadelphia,
64 years ago today.
John P. Henry, catcher of the
Washington American league base
ball team, born at Amherst, Mass.,
29 years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders
Greetings to President Woodrow
Wilson, who is 61 years old today.
A conference of all sections of the
British labor movement is to be held
in London today to discuss a program
of war aims and peace policies.
More than 1,000 prominent scien
tists, members of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Sci
ence and its affiliated societies, are to
gather in Pittsburgh today for the
association's seventieth annual meet
ing. The sessions wjll open tonight
with an address by Dr. Charles it. V &u
Hise, president of the University of
Wiscons.n, on "The Economic Effects
of the World War in the .United
States."
Storyette of the Day
Ben was 10 years old and thought
it altogether ridiculous to treat him
as a baby any longer. His father
had a lawyer triend who did not seem
to have arrived at this knowledge
of Ben's growth, and so usually ad
dressed him in the same way in
which he had spoken to him Ave
years ago.
"Well, how's my little man today?"
he asked.
Ben sat down and looked in -the
opposite direction, having spoken to
the gentleman as he came In. The
man repeated his question and then
Ben answered:
"Indeed. Mr. Smith. I have not seen
your little man and would not know
him if I saw him."
"Ben," his father thundered, "why
don't you answer Mr. Smith politely
when he asks about your health?"
"Oh. I bee; your pardon." said Ben
In a very dignified voice, "I am very
we'l, thank you."
But Mr. Smith discovered at last
tMt Ben was grown up. Philadel
phia Public Leffe
CHEERY CHAFF!
Mr T5t (to (!!- Our nMrhhnr. V.
Sohm'd'. ha a nw boby. another little girl
nd he d'd wt a tvr.
I.tttle r(tl Fr Mra. rVhrhM n't t1V
very aood Fneltah. mamme and I ' the
ana-Ma co'4n't anderatanrt what Vtnd aha
wantfd. Boston Tranacrtpt.
Wlf That ntliAue Mr. VI'xAur hai been
nvlne that 1 hare an nnrulr tontrne.
Knh Unnilet N)nrie. Whr your
nM rfn.-fl to rnr ew- ImnnlKa with
tmclloit obedience. Boston Transcribe
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The Man for the x'lace.
Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 27. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: By all means we
should have Theodore Roosevelt for
secretary of war, he Is far ahead of
any other man In the United States
for the position.
J. M. TALIAFEERO.
Charged Against Germany.
Omaha. Neb., Dec. !. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: Great Britain has
two charges against Germany that
cannot be settled until Germany has
been brought to her knees: 'first),
The invasion of Belgium; (second), the
enticing of Turkey into the war. Every
person possessing a grain of knowl
edge on foreign affairs knew that the
wholesale massacre of Christians
would inevitably follow the entrance
of Turkey into the war. The whole
sale massacre of Armenians and
Syrians lays at Germany's door and
Great Britain will hold her, NOT
Turkey, responsible for It.
THOMAS HENRY WATKINS.
Stand by Vanderlip.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 26. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: When Mr. Vanderlip
pleaded for us to give up our wtsh or
desire to purchase some article and
leave it on the storekeeper's shelf, so
that its absence would not bring an
other order to the factory In competi
tion with the government, he stated
the principle "by which this war will
be won by Americans. It Is the well
paid farmer, the laboring man, clerk,
banker or business man that is in
competition with the government. It
Is he or she who orders more furni
ture, more dishes, more furs, silks and
clothes and thus keeps labor and
money away from Uncle Sam. Use
the goods they now have. Business
as usual la bad for America now.
Just because Vanderlip, Hoover and
Wattles were poor Iowa boys and at
tained success don't hold them up
for ridicule and contumely.
J. C. CROSS,
2S23 Evans street
Why Hay Is Held.
Pender, Neb., Dec. 24. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: An article in today's
Bee Is of unusual Interest to many
farmers In this locality as hay dealers
charge the farmers with holding their
hay for higher prices. We have but
a very smalt amount of surplus hay
suitable to feed horses and mulesin
this locality but we have hundreds of
tons of alfalfa hay to sel This was
nearly all sold last September. The
buyer was to bale the hay and the
farmer was to deliver it at the station
and put it on the cars. The price
ranged from $10 to $15 per ton and
this hay was to be moved as soon as
the buyer could get a baler to bale it.
The hay is still standing in the stacks
as the buyer says he cannot get bal
ers. Now it Is Just possible this same
thing has happened all over the state.
At any rate I know the farmers are
not holding their hay for higher
prices.
E. J. CHAMBERS.
Democracy and the Man to Be.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 24. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: The American Asso
ciation for the Prevention of Cruelty
teaches us that humane education
means Justice for all. Primitive de
velopment of altruism shows in pa
rental attachment among animals and
crops out In the tactics of the co-operative
offense and defense in the
pack and the herd. Out of these in
stincts our moral sense unfolded, as
social adhesion grew stronger. Pro
tecting the race by sustaining Justice
it will in time establish equal oppor
tunities for all, with mutual good will
and premium on the usage of the
golden rule. The present artificial in
terference with the law of survival by
respective handicaps and special priv
ilges of birth will vanish, permitting
the mentally dynamic, capable of
heroic deeds and other valuable
achievements, to assert themselves
and encourage with their examples
the less gifted to become masters of
their own destinies, instead of being
subjrtd by selfstjied "isupennen."
Whjle the "botched and the weak'' can
then be easily eliminated through the
merciful methods of the science of
eugenics and sane living. Thus will
be created a mantype of exalted en
dowments to take the lead in tho
march up the heights. H. WELL,
2017 Leavenworth street.
STAMPS, STAMPS, STAMPS,
THE BOVS ARE SELLING.
(To the tune of "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, tin
Hoys Are Marchinj.")
In our pleasant homes we alt,
Thinking soldiers, dear, of you,
In the damp and chilly trenches far away.
And we sew and mund and knit,
And do all that we can do
For to case your pain and sorrow day by
day
Chorut
Stamps, stamps, stimps, the boys are selllns.
Cheer up, patriots, when they come;
Put your funds behind the flas
And help freedom come again
To the rreeland and our own beloved home.
In the home town here we stand.
Where the money munt be raised.
By the millions and the billions and then
more;
But before we reach our goal.
And our efforts can be praised
We must sacrifices make o'er and o'er.
Chorus
So In office or In home
We are waiting for the day.
When the carrier comes to open wide our
door:
And our anxious eyes grow brltht,
And our poor hearts almost gay
As we think of giving dollars, more and
more.
Chorus
LORIN ANDREW THOMPSON,
Fremont, Neb.
A Stubborn Cough
Loosens Right Up
TO home-made remedy Is a wend
tar qmiek reeulte. Easily mm!
cheaply made.
The prompt and positive action of this
simple, inexpensive home-made remedy
in quickly healing the inflamed or swollen
membranes of the throat, chest or bron
chial tubes and breaking up tight
couphs, has caused it to be used in more
homes than any other cough remedy.
Under its healing, soothing influence,
chest soreness goes, phlegm loosens,
breathing becomes easier, tickling in
throat stops and vou get a good night's
restful sleep. The usual throat and
chest colds are conquered by it in 24
hours or less. Nothing better for bron
chitis, hoarseness, croup, whooping
cough, bronchial asthma or winter
coughs.
To make this splendid cough syrnp,
pour Sty ounces of Pinex (60 cents
worth), Into a pint bottle and fill the
bottle with plain granulated sugar srrnp
and shake thoroughly. Yon then have
a full pint a family supply of a much
better cough syrup than you could buy
ready-made for $2.50. Bleeps perfectly
and children love its pleasant taste.
Pinex is a special and highly concen
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, and is known the world,
over for its promptness, ease and cer
tainty in overcoming stubborn coughs
and chest colds.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "214 ounces of Pinex" with
full directions, and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute
satisfaction or money promptly refunded.
The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne. Ind.
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