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Subscribers leaving tha elty ahouU fcava The Boa mailed
la tbem. Address chanted aa altoai aa requaated.
To the weather man: "Have a heart I"
Save food; save fuel; save money; thus you
will help save lives that may otherwise be wasted
in the war. - - ; ;
Chancellor von Hertling is .now reported on
the tick list, but bis case is nothing compared to
that of his imperial master. ' . ,
Let us hope that Charley WoosterV estimate
on the amount of seed corn in the state is nearer
right than some of his other statements.
That Fremont conference must have been
more of i success than its promoters anticipated,
else why should Mr. Hitchbranch be so worried?
. . . : . ' , ; t
, Secretary Lansing's man at Buenos Aires ap
pears to have been right on the job. At least
lie made a cleanup of the kaiser's representatives,
Employes of the Union stock yards may feel
they have a grievance, but they should remember
that a strike' there just now helps Germany more
than it does them.
Health reports from Camp Funston are most
Encouraging and should bring something of com
fort to a lot of home folks who have been wor
ried about conditions down there.c
"Soft drink" places are coming in for a little
sadly needed regulation. Too much liberty has
been accepted as license by some and the result
is that all are likely to suffer because of the mis
conduct of a few. i (
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Charley Pool is some fixer all right. He says
;hc soldier vote can be collected by the simple ex
pedient, of appointing enough deputy commis
sioners. This plan will give amplt employment
or a lot of deserving democrats.
Score one for the marine corps. It was ready
when the war broke but and has been ready ever
since for any sort of duty. Moreover, its com
manding officer has no difficulty in equipping his
men with machine guns. This record ought to
be posted in every army'office in Washington as
a reminder of what might have been.
Desperate acts on part of the Bolshevik! lead
er n(rtr.r tfiar 'rhrv fllsn realize (heir rule is
nearing its end. It wfs a sorry day for the Rus
sian people when this crowd of smooth-spoken
irresponsibles got the upper hand, restoration
of order and responsible government wilt come,
but it is bound to be delayed because of the
harm done by Lenine and Trotzky.
Major Gardner's Service.
Augustus P. Gardner resigned aseat in con
gress, where he represented a Massachusetts dis
trict, to accept a commission in the army. He
declined the rank of' colonel to take one as major
in order that he might sooner reach the fighting
front. He died of pneumonia in a training camp.
This briefly epitomizes the tragic story of a life
devoted to an ideal, that of the defense of his
homeland. In 1915 and 1916 Mr. Gardner called
attention of, the country to its unprepared condi
tion and the imminence of war. 'Again and
gain he challenged the pacifists with indisputable
facts, only to be waved aside or shouted down
ts an alarmist. His warnings were unheeded and
je succunpbs a victim to the system he 'did so
much to remedy. That he left an honored posi
'lion in civil life to accept a post of danger in
the army was quite a characteristic aetion. Amer
icans now know that Gardner was right and that
' he "Jimmied , Hays and Champ Clarks and
others who would not heed his pleas were wrong,
tf Americans will only apply the lesson the life
of this earnest champion of reasonable readiness
for defense will not have been wasted. In any
event, his service to his countrymen is far greater
than will be appreciated at the moment
Stock Raisers and the Public
President Hagenbarth of the National Wool
Growers' association is credited wifh an aston
ishing statement at Salt Lake City. ; Accord
ing to the news reports, he has advocated a more
extravagant use of beef and mutton, because, he
says, herds nd flocks ar.e increasing and it is
too much to ask the live stock raisers to carry
the burden. -
For years the price of meats to the con
sumer has been steadily advancing and even dur
ing peace times we were urged to save because
of the diminishing supply. Since the war com
menced the drain on our resources has been tre
mendously increased, while prices have gone up
to record heights. In the meantime a hungry
world has turned to all sorts of strange foods,
seeking a substitute for the beef and mutton to
which it is accustomed. , Yet Mr. Hagenbarth
"views with alarm" the slight increase in number
of animals noted during the year just over and
urges that we abandon all our efforts at saving,
that the meat producers may more readily turn
their holdings into profits at expense , of trie
public, ' -
Mr. Hagenbarth represents the sheep men,
whose industry has been one of the most profit
able during the last year. Wool that sold around
15 cents in January, 1914, is now selling around
80 cents and the call is for more wool than can
be produced. Mutton has also advanced in price,
until it has reached an all but prohibitive point,
and the president of the great national associa
tion of wool growers urges that even the moral
restriction under which the public rests be re
moved, that greater profit can come to the flock
master. , .: :
It is difficult to conceive that such an attitude
can be assumed by anybody in America, where
the efforts of all patriotic citizens are in the other
direction. It is to be hoped that the stockmen
in session at Salt Lake City will not be short
sighted enough to adopt the policy suggested, by
the president of the wool growers.
Extending the Selective Draft
The bill to include in the operations of the
selective draft law young men attaining their ma
jority since the law was enacted is wise. It has
been introduced by Senator Chamberlain at re
quest of the War department and its early, pas
sage will do away with much that might other
wise have stood as an injustice. Limits set to
the draft age have much of reason to support
them, but the, class will be continually diminish
ing by the older men, emerging at the top. This
deficiency will be made up by including those
.who come in at the lower end. No reason to ex
empt them from the law's operation appears,
while all sense of justice supports the proposi
tion that they should be required to serve the
same as their brothers who happened to have
attained their manhood age a few months earlier.
Through the operation of the amendment we wilt
approach, W the war period at least, a little
nearer to the ideal of universal training and will
be assured of men for the army in the field as
long as they are 'needed.
" , ; Labor Troubles in England. .
iAn effort on part of the British government
to secure half a million more fighting men through
conscription among the war industry plants is
being stoutly resisted by a srroun of extremists
who have opposed by all means evetjr movement
01 tne government so lar. just now a general
strike in the big shipyards on the Clyde is threat
ened, the object being to involve all munitions
factories and to end the, war by shutting 6ff -the
supplies needed by the armies. This is an ex
tension of the Bolsheviki policy to the United
Kingdom and is not much of a surprise to those
who have closely watched developments.
Before ever 'the war started socialists preached
that armed clashes could be prevented by work
men refusing to produce supplies.' It was an
nounced at one time that the coal miners of
Wales had agreed to dig no coat to be burned on
battleships or In furnaces for making war sup
plies In the presence of actual war, the issue
of which is vital to freemen, most of the British
workmen receded from this ridiculous position,
but the pacifists stilt are sufficiently numerous to
make trouble. Not at any time has the socialistic
element, represented by Ramsay MacDonald,
ceased its efforts to embarrass the government
by pacifist propaganda. This advocate of non
resistance now appears on behalf of the ship
yard workers, who propose to resist the call to
tftte firing lines..:; i ' ',;;f. .v.'-V
f Sir Auckland Geddes has bluntly . told the
young men who are now safe enough in their em
ployment what they may expect if they do not
respond to the summons. This, has brought the
situation plainly before the British public and the
division is sharp enough; although the faction
opposing the government is in the minority.
It will be too bad if British labor forfeits
all it has gained in material advantage and public
estimation because of the unwillingness of some
of its skilled mechanics to expose themselves as
others have done. They would better look to
Russia and then remember that the German; mili
tary machine is still in good working order and
that a break in British morale means disaster
for democracy everywhere. Even socialism can
not thrive on economic , wreckage such as. the
Bolsheviki has produced. , j V-
First Year of War in United States
Broad International Business Recession from 1916
Naw York Journal of Commerca
When it witnessed our formal participa
tion in the greatest Si world's wars, the year
1917 at the same time saw the entrance of
our country into the foremost rank of the
great nations of the world. This may be
said soberly, without attempt at exaggera
tion or offensive conceit. There has been a
full twelve-month of war or preparation for
war. President Wilson, it is true, did not
sign the format declaration until April 6,
but our diplomatic relations with the enemy
had been broken on February 3. Before the
latter-named date the drift toward war was
so clear as to be unmistakable. In trade, in
industry, no less than in -finance, there have
been the natural readjustments from the
boom period that was so naturally a con
comitant of the three-year period of mar
velous prosperity preceding.
Prices of securities have fallen with such
violence as to merit surprise that financial
failures on a comprehensive scale institu
tional as well as private capitalists have not
been forced into conceded insolvency. At the
beginning of the year a selected list of 40
stock exchange investment securities showed
an average quotation very close to par. A
few days ago, before the year-end advances
set in, the average quotation was 68 an aver
age loss of no less than 32 per cent. Such a
startling decline as this represents cannot
have failed to cause distress in important fi
nancial circles, especially in circles where
investments furnish the basis of credit arrangements.
The year 1916 was one of accumulation of
new wealth. In numerous ways 1917 was one
of corresponding distribution. Before our
entrance as a participant we were among the
chief beneficiaries of the war. We were sell
ing, at prices very profitable to ourselves, war
material of every kind, including munitions,
foodstuffs, clothing, etc., to what have now
become our associates in the war. Riches
were piling up on an unexampled scale. We
had virtually paid off the bonds and other
evidences of indebtedness to foreign countries
which had been so instrumental in aiding in
the work of developing the resources of our
country. Instead of owing billions of dollars
to foreign countries we had turned the tables.
American investors had loaned .them huge
amounts for war purposes, and still the bal
ance was hugely in our favor. Our foreign
trade had been advancing aside from the
war exports by leaps and bounds. It would,
indeed, have been difficult to conceive a
more highly prosperous condition of affairs
than was suddenly punctured by the pre
cipitous entrance of war conditions.
It is not surprising, therefore, that the
year just ended should , have witnessed a
severe reversal of the conditions that made
1916 so remarkably brilliant. Instead of the
war wasting those supplies which our manu
facturers were then producing at wonderful
profit for the very purpose of waste, it at
once became obvious that our own wealth,
our own manpower, our own substance of
every kind must be thrown into the general
melting pot ,We found that the process of
distributing the wealth that during the earlier
years of the war we so actively accumulated
was progressing. At first the entirely im
possible theory was preached that our own
belligerency would mean a still further strain
upon, the industrial facilities of our country,
thus intensifying the activity and prosperity.
Even some of our government officials came
forward with specious arguments of this
character. But it did not take long for the
real conditions to assert themselves. "Pro
fiteering," which was the term by which
exorbitant war profits became known, was
taboo. The reaction came gradually, but it
came insistently. First was the decision of
the government to fix prices of iron and steel
and similar products on a fair selling basis,
to be available not alon to our own govern
ment but to our associates in the-war. Start
ing from this point price-fixing became gen
eral. It was made to apply to sales to all
consumers, whether governmental or private.
An endeavor was made to permit the selling
prices of materials to show profits, but it at
once became evident that these profits could
not be expected to approach the figures that
previously had been current The figures,
it was true, were well in excess of selling
prices current in normal times. But the
high cost of material and of labor were quite
sufficient to cut down the profits on this
score.
Then came the tax problem. After re
stricting prices in order to prevent profiteer
ing and in order to provide war supplies for
ourselves and others at reasonable quota
tions, the amended income and the excess
profits taxation plans were enacted. In
numerous instances they seem to threaten
to deprive manufacturers and others of what
ever profits the price-fixing schemes may, by
accident, as it were, have overlooked. At
the same time appeared in aggravated form
the labor problem. Our experience merely
was that of other civilized nations. At the
beginning of the war many of the finest rep
resentatives of patriotic American manhood
left their business to volunteer fyr service.
This display of loyalty was not confined to
wealthy interests or to employers. It was
general, and in connection with the increased
demand for labor incidental to the war's re
quirements, soon began , to exercise a per
ceptible influence on the nation-wide supply
of labor. Later the draft system was em
ployed. In turn further important inroads
upon the available volume of labor were
made. Wage scales were advanced and
again - advanced a process contributing to
the higher cost of living which became so
pronounced in all directions.
Then entered the necessity for the con
servation of foodsttiffs causing further addi
tions from this source to the cost of human
requirements. Contemporaneously came the
mobjlization of finances, at first the issue of
short-term certificates ot Indebtedness by the
treasury, followed by the $2,000,000,000 first
Liberty loan, and then by the second 4 per
cent loan, which produced some $3,808,000,
000. With the government urgently requir
ing all the floating capital available for war
purposes, rates demanded by investors from
corporate and private enterprise correspond
ingly increased, and in turn market prices
of securities were reduced. It is variously
estimated that quotations since the United
States entered the war show a depreciation
in the value of securities listed on the New
York Stock exchange of close to $4,000,000,
000 a sum which conveys some impression
of the huge losses, as a direct result of the
war, that have been experienced by so-called
wealthy classes.
HoW to Save CoaL
Omaha, Jan. 13. to the Editor of
The Bee: I am surprised at the lack
of prominence given article by "Loyal
Citizen" in Saturday's Bee in regard
to saving coal. Someone's idea to
save a shovel of coal is given a full
column on the front page, but his idea
wherby tons and tons of coal could
be saved without loss or incon venience
to anyone is given an obscure space
in The Bee's letter box. Do not think
there is a store in Omaha or any other
city that has enough business befofe
9 o'clock in the morning of after 5
o'clock in the evening to pay for the
light they burn let alone the coal
wasted for heating their places of
business these two hours. Why not
take up a real idea to conserve the
fuel and push it for all it is worth?
The coal saved in one of our big stores
in one day by cutting off these two
hours would heat our street cars tor
a week, so we could ride to and from
our business with a little degree of
comfort. A READER.
Seed Corn In Nebraska.
Silver Creek, Neb., Jan. 13. -To the
Editor of The Bee: On the Jevenlng
of January 10 at the late Farmers'
Union state convention held in the
auditorium at Lincoln, with a view to
getting a line on the seed corn situa
tion in Nebraska, at my request I was
granted about live minutes time in
which to present the matter and to
get a showing of , hands in answer to
questions:
After a preliminary statement I
asked questions and received re
sponses as follows:
"How many of you either have seed
corn sufficient for your own use, or
know where you can get it of your
neighbors?"
In answer there was a veritable sea
of up-raised hands all over the great
hall.
Then in a similar manner I asked
how many did not have seed corn, and
the uplifted hands were comparative
ly very few and scattering.
"How many of you have 1,000
bushels or more of seed corn to sell?"
was the next question, and Ave hands
were held up.
A call for those who had BOO bush
els or more brought forth eight
hands, and for 260 or more bushels,
20 hands.
When it is considered that there
were present at that time upwards of
700 delegates cominsr from all over
the state, each a practical farmer and
each representing a separate locality.
I think all should agree witn me mat
that showing should be taken as a
Taking Over Alien W'ealth in America
How German and Austrian Property Will Be Cared For
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a day each, must be administered by the
custodian. ,
Misunderstanding of the purposes of the
custodianship is only one of the difficulties
which it faces. The great variety of enemy
holdings in this country, and the fact that
many of the holders are probably not aware
of their duties in the matter, make the task
of locating enemy wealth an enromous one.
Ihus large sums in American municipal
bonds are held in Germany and Austria.
American travelers in those countries have
frequently been surprised at the interest ex
pressed by Germans and Austrians in the
progress of various American cities, until
they learned that a holder of St Louis or
New York City bonds in Vienna or Berlin
is by no means rare. It is known that the
kaiser at one time purchased some bonds of
the city of New York, and he is also be
lieved to have owned some western securi
ties. Whether Wilhelm Hohenzollern still
has any property which the custodian will
have to administer for him has not yet been
discovered. ' '
Almost daily unexpected holdings of
enemy property are coming to light . Infor
mation was recently received at the custo
dian's office that a certain wealthy German
living in Germany owns much property in the
city of Alexandria, Ya., within eight miles of
Washington. He was once a butcher, made
a fortune by sellinz meat and investing in
real estate, and returned to Germany to be
come a gentleman of leisure.
It is expected that many voluntary re
ports will yet be made by enemy aliens who
nave out recently learnea wnai is tneir ouiy
with regard to their holdings in this coun
try. Although heavy penalties of fine and
imprisonment are provided for all who had
not made returns within the time limit, those
who voluntarily make a later report because
of ignorance of the law will be dealt with
leniently.
For the ferreting out of holdings that are
deliberately concealed, the custodian has at
his disposal an elaborate machinery. His
own investigative department is headed by
Francis P. Garvan, whose reputation for get
ting to the bottom of things was established
when he was an assistant district attorney in
New York. One of his assistants is Frank
Case, who was assistant police commissioner
in New York City under Arthur Woods, and
played a large tart in the successful fight
which the Woods administration has waged
against the organized underworld of Man
hattan.
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By FREDERICK J. HASKIN.
Washington, JanI 9. In the, Washington
office of Mr, A. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian, 10,500 reports of enemy
property holdings in this country have al
ready been filed, and are now believed to
have a total value of nearly $1,000,000,000.
Liquid funds alone are estimated at $200,
000,000, and these will probably be invested
in Liberty bonds. ,
Although the last date 'for the filing of
reports by alien enemies having property in
the United States was the 20th of December,
there is reason to believe that the task of
finding and caring for enemy wealth is jus't
begun. Some 'investigators think that the
amount now on the books is but a fraction
of the total, t 't ' -
Misunderstanding of , the ' purpose . and
method of the custodianship has caused a
great deal of difficulty. The enormous with
drawals, of postal and other savings which
followed $he creation of the office was evi
dently due to an idea that the property of
enemies was to be confiscated. As a matter
of fact, the duty of the custodian is to con
serve this property by acting as a trustee for
its owners, and also to prevent any use of
it which would be detrimental to the United
States government ,
There has also been much misunder
standing as to what constitutes an enemy
alien. Place of residence or business is the
true test of enenty character, and not na
tionality or citizenship. A subject of Ger
many who resides in the United States and
obeys its laws may continue in ,the posses
sion of his property and in business, even
tKmisk Vim hie nnt declared his intention of
.HUUg ' ... ... " - - .
becoming an American citizen. It is prop
erty located in this country, but owned by
enemies wno rcsiuc in cucuiy wuuun;
is the special care of the custodian. That is
why the estate of Gladys Vanderbilt, whose
J 1. . m A ...trior, nt Aiiiteian rrelrlrnce.
must be placed in the hands of the custodian,
while in almost any town a German subject
a t M ' 1 . .Mil 1-iea 1 s4
may dc iouna conaucung a uancry uu uuu-
Thus the largest estates which have come
Willi III V-ai K. U. Hv - -
the two daughters of Adolphus Busch, the
. . r n t a .. . . nr. A.
American orewer. r. ouacu uuuw
.... t.. Dkin. nrl en.nt hie tnmmrfV in
laic uit uis hums jw.. w -
Germany. Both his daughters married Ger
mans, and are resident in that country. Hente
their incomes,! which are said to be $l,00q
3ne Year Ago Today In the War.
Anglo-French military couucll met
in London.
Crown council of Greece decided to
. accept allied demands without re
lerve. ' - - vj ;
Switzerland called out 80,000 more
iroop "aa a measure of precaution."
Just SO Years Ago Today The French Spirit
Tin Day We- Celebrate.
William H. Thomas, real estate and
oan man, born 1867.
Baron Wimborne, lord lieutenant
f Ireland, born 44 yaara ago today.
Rear Admiral Charles D. Slgsbee,
fj. 8. N., retired, who commanded the
battleship Maine when it was de
stroyed at Havana, born at Albany,
N. TCH, It yeara ago today.
George V. H.obart well-known au
thor and playwright born at Cape
Breton. Nova Scotia, 51 years ago to
. day. o - i - -. :, , ... . . .
A force of men was mit to work
picking tha cable tramway frack clear
of snow and ice. ' i
The Omaha Press club held its first 1
reception at its new rooms in the new
Byera building. Henry E. Dixey was
present and favored the audience with
some ot his best selections. Prof.
This Day in History.
1780 British under Admiral Rod
' ney defeated Spanish fleet in great
battle near Cape St. Vincent
i, 1878 Turkish envoys opened ne-
gotiations for peace with Russia,
C 1894 The Bavarian Parliament
decided to depose the Insane King
Otto and transfer the crown to prince
Luitpold. ;
1908 Marshall Field, famous Chi
cago merchant died in New Tork
City. Bora at Conway, Mass.. August
18. 183S.
Franke rendered a number of his fa
vorites, while Prof. Sully of Council
Bluffs charmed hia hearers with his
comic . recitatlona Mr. Dixey was
chosen godfather of the club.
J. A. Monroe, general freight agent
of the Union Pacific, left for Kansas
City, where he will be married to
Mlsa Hattie Francis Baker of that
city. ..
The board of directors of the board
Of trade assembled In the office of the
secretary and elected the following
for the year 1888: President P. E.
IIer; first vice president H. H. Me
l day; second vice president E. Mar
.tin: treasurer. John . Wakefield; sec-
Opposite me (somewhere in France)
is a man evidently in poor health an
intelligent kindly face, lined by pre
mature old age. He has two collapsed
air-cushions, but breath only for one.
I blow up the second cushion. We
fraterplze.". . v " , !
"You must know," says he. "that
I am a Frenchman living in Canada.
I have come over to be ready for my
call. They have called the clasa of
47. My age is B0. Soon they will need
me. Of course," he adds, carefully ad
Justing the air-cushions to supoort his
ailing back, "of course, I canifct hope
for the first line, but perhaps I can
slip In Just behind." ) f
This war sets before us, by tens of
thousands,- example whereby France
shall live, aa our ancestors, in days of
old, lived, by the example of Roland
and the blameless knights of old bal
lads, and yesterday, by the example of
the heroes of the great epic. Let us
try to meditate upon the sublime vlr.
tuea of the soldiers of 1914-17. But
however we may profit by them, to
remember them ia like dipping water
from the ocean with the hand. I can
take you into the woods, to see springs
I Which. 1 Know Weil; out in mese inrew
: years OI war an mese nigienauiwu
streams are bubbling to the surface,
all the powers of sanctity and hero
ism are gushing xorin, ana we, over,
.whelmed with respect' stand on the
f k.inb . th. rKaam nn tha ahora of
I this new sea. W. T. Porter and Mau-
. i A1..l IfAnfVilir
TIC JMOS IU AUilUUV auvaaij. ,
With State Editors
Shop shooting sticks proved too
tame for Major R. G. Douglas, former
boss ot the Osceola Record. The major
is taking his third lesson in active
war and the Record sleeps till he
comes back from the Rhine or Pots
dammerstrasse. The Falls City Journal features In a
frame of laurel leaves a reminder to
backward subscribers to come across
with the wherewith and start the new
year four, square with humanity's best
friend, ye newspaper man. If that
doesn't fetch 'em the case is hopeless.
PolR Progress serves notice on the
tightwads of town if they do not loos
en up for worthy war objecta adver
tising rates will be suspended and
thai namsa nrlntnrl in black tvD6.
Editor McQaffln Is the boy to dare and
do Just that The other day a cranky ;
subscriber blew into the shop while!
Mc was out stopped his paper and be-1
rated tne aosent eauor icr ma turn, m
respect for the kaiser. , "What did,
the kaiser do for you before you
crossed the briny, or since you've been
in this country?" Mao Inquires and of-
fera this bit of useful advice: "Open
your eyes then go out behind the
j McCook Tribune serves notice on all
'concerned that if subscribers pay up
promptly the 31.50 rate will be main
tained throughout the year, A bar-
train - I1A tn IT.
1 Logan County Pioneer Jumps allj
j over a movement to open a pool hall ;
i rsonriv "This town." the Pioneer-
solemly remarks, "is doing well
. enough without any pool hall or oth- j
I er public gambling nlace, and it should I
I so remalr , I
Peppery Points
Minneapolis Journal: The end of
the war may beat the income tax
blanks to it yet
Waeh'ngton Post: It is somewhat
difficult to tell which, has undergone
the greater depreciation in Germany
the mark or tne trutn. ; t
New York World: One encouraging
sign in relation to food administration
is to be seen in tne tact tnat us va
rious representatives are numerous
enough and entnusiastie enougn to
hold a national convention.
Brooklyn" Eagle: Fresh evidence as
to how the kaiser edits the German
newspapers, headlines ana an, nas an
interest or Its own. uovernmeni mon
opoly on print paper obviates the ne
cessity of many prosecutions. Obed
ience or oblivion is the newspapers
alternative, with or without a prison
term for the editor.
; Minneapolis Tribune: Charge is
made at Washington that coal com
panics in Iowa are making the gov
ernment pay more for coal at Camp
Dodge than they are getting from pri
vate consumers. If this sort of thing
keps up it is likely that soon it will
be considered at least a misdemeanor
to rob the government
Baltimore American: A statute of
Edith Cavell has been placed in a
Philadelphia church. When a re
public is proclaimed in Germany, it
will owe a large part of Its existence
to the two prime criminal blunders
of German officialism, the massacre
of the Lusitania and the murder of
the heroic English nurse.
fair index of the seed-corn situatioa
in the state at large, and as prool
that there is seed corn enough for all,
and to spare. The carload proposition
alone would indicate that we had ovef
700 carloads of surplus seed corn ta
every 10,000 farmers. If now all tha
above figures should be cut one-half,
it would still appear that we have;
enough seed corn for Nebraska farnxe
ers and much for those of neighbor
ing states. 1
It was ordered by the convention
that arrangements should be made to
have the Farmers' Bureau exchange
at Omaha handle this surplus seed
corn for all those who might so de-
CHARLES WOOSTER.
Publisher Abuses the Mail.
Taylor. Neb., Jan. 11. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: As chairman of the
Loup county fuel committee, I this
day received In a government penalty
envelope, and without any other
postage eight of the enclosed book
adveritsements.
Now we are going without meat and
wheat two days each week in order to
save, we are closing shop early at
night to save the coal for the govern
ment and are suffering many other
Inconveniences and privationf, with
out a murmer to assist the govern
ment and I would like for you to as
certain who and by what authority
any one is using the government mails
to send the advertising matter of and
for books at the government expense,
and if one concern has a right to have
the government carry its advertising
matter free through the mails, why
every advertising concern has not the
same right g MOON,
(The foregoing letter was accom
riinied by the advertisement of a pub
lishing concern, which certainly haa
but little to do with the saving of
coal).
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"1 don't like the taate of thia Hp roug
you are mlng." ' .
".The taata of your plug cut is no treat te
me either." retorted hla better half. Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Lady Here, my poor fellow, ia a quarter
for you. It must be awful to be lame; but I
think it's worse to be blind.
Expert Tou bet it is, mum. When X was
Wind they was always hand In' me counter
feit money. People's Home Journal.
Indignant Wife What on earh do you da
to your clothea to keep me sewing on but
tona this way?
Apologetic Husband I don't know, my
dear. I merely touch the button I can'4
Imagine what does the rest. Baltimore
American.
Belle So your sister is engaged to be
married T
Beulah Tea, she is. And tha man she ex
pects to Marry is well off.
"WeU, why In the world does he want to
get married to her, then ?" Tonkers Stat
man.
Benson & 15fTomf
OAe eihrQ of Individual dhppd
Great January Clearance'
SAL? OF
Women's Coats ;
Women's Dresses
Women's Blouses
- - .-
Women's Silk Underwear
Women's Skirts
Infants' Apparel
Girls' Apparel
Boys' Clothing
Men's Clothing
Is in force throughout the store ,
NOW 15 when you
need a Piano most,
These are times when no home
should be without a piano. Music .
is restful cheering a'solace for
Tceyed-up nerves and anxious hearts.
' Just now we all need music
and then more music and then
still more music. And the home
without a piano today, Is in
deed a home that is lacking in a
lot of mental cheer and comfort.
Wa are selling today the, NEW 191 S
.STYLE ' ' .
ffosfe $300
Piano for T Y w w
This is, indeed, a splendid instrument. It would be hard
to find a more satisfactory piano, were you to pay a
hundred dollars more.
This piano is just so good, that you may purchase one
with this understanding: That if, for any reason, you
wish to exchange, at any time within a year, we will
make the exchange and give you credit for every dol
lar you havepaid, up to the time the exchange is made.
yanr
rlUrity
l..riit.J L- a aa
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31CrJ0
Send one home THIS WEEK. $25 makes
your first payment; after that $10 a month
A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas St.
The Home of the Apollo Reproducing Piano
THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU
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