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Subteribsre leaving tha city tbould ftava Tha Baa stalled
ta -am. Addraaa changed a often aa requested.
: Things along the Totomac are not enveloped
' in a holy calm, but the fuss is quieting down con
siderably. , '
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Tackers testify they are willing to pay living
'wages, but the point to be settled is on what
Sort of "living" the wage rate is to be based.
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t. Wait till the fiction writers break into bol
ihevized Russia but can they invent anything
more incredible or fanciful than is coming over
the wirea from there?!
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Si Tlans to add another million to the men now
'under arms for America ought to quiet any ap
prehension that the war will be over before sol
diers now being trained get to France.
Lord Northcliffe has been named as director
I'pi propaganda among the Germans. If he goes
;after them as vigorously as he did after the Brit
jsh incompetents the kaiser will learn what a
leal "roast" is like.
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if: The $4,000,000,000 fine placed on Russia by
;permany may serve to vision what would be re
quired of America in 'event of the kaiser coming
,but on, top in the war, Liberty loans would
;fbok like "car fare" in comparison.
1; What else did Trotzky expect when he be
an his farcical "peace" negotiations with Ger
many? Did he think the kaiser would yield any
thing to supine and spineless Russia? Germany
releases only what it cannot hold by force.
Douglas county also has the distinction, un
tought but present, of paying the biggest sum of
fnoney in taxes under the heaviest rate of the
itate. Omaha's contribution to this is. such as
night warrant a little inquiry on part of the tax
payers. .
1 Government ownership of the railroads after
ihe war is not the question just now.; What the
nublic is vitally interested in is having the rail
roads brought up to a point where they can
ierform the service needed. In good season we
tan thresh out points involved in public owner
ship. ,
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;i Seattle made a record recently that ought to
ipur the eastern shipbuilders. Three ships, total
ling 18,800, were launched 'in one day and one
pi them, a 3,500-tonner, took the watery with
team up and engines ready to turn and did not
.stop going after she started on the slides until
her trial voyage was completed and the vessel
pronounced good. " That .is efficiency plus and
miVti a mark for the east to follow.
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T'wo More Compensation Decisions.
4 The Nebraska supreme court has handed
down two more decisions affecting the applica
tion of the workmen's compensation. Each in
volved the question of assumption of risk and
hn each the decision was in favor of the work
man. In one case, from Lancaster county, the
question arose over the death of a man killed
while trying to secure a heavily charged electric
wire. . In this case the court holds that even
though the act was voluntary it was necessary
.for the safety of others and the employer is lia
'ble if the , employe exercised ordinary precati
i'tipns for his own safety. It also is held that in
such case the master is held for the act of the
Servant, if that act be within the scope of the
customary service for which he was employed. In
vthe other case, from Franklin county, the village
of Naponee is held liable for the death of a
' laborer killed by a caving trench. In this the
assumption of risk was set up, but is denied by
. the court, which holds the employer should not
ionly have warned, but should have made provi
sion to protect the workman from the danger.
.jThese decisions are of importance as aaamons
lto the law of compensation for injury incident
to employment and indicate how the fabric is
i.being constructed in Nebraska as elsewhere.
Germany, Austria and Russia.
Granting the self-evident fact that Germany
is to have its way in Russia, unopposed so far
as the Russians themselves are concerned, the
affair assumes a more interesting phase because
of the reported stand of Austria. From Vienna
come rumors that the renewal of the kaiser's ad
vance across the Dvina in carrying out the threat
made at Brest-Litovsk has aroused considerable
resentment. Austrians seem to have the idea
that when the other fellow quits fighting it is
time for them to stop. Moreover, they realize
that acquiescence in the German policy in this
regard will serve to confirm to the outside
world the belief that Austria really has been re
duced to the condition of a German dependency.
It is scarcely probable that any objection from
Vienna on this point will be seriously consid
ered at Berlin. Some polite expressions of re
gret might follow, but the seizure of Livonia,
Esthonia and other Russian provinces will be
made secure by the kaiser.
It would be quite in keeping with the sur
prising turn the war has taken in other ways
if the collapse of Russia should be the cause of
a split between the Teutonic allies. It was Rus
sia's interposition on behalf of Serbia against
Austria that brought on the war, Germany get
ting in to protect its ally. Russia brought in
France and this gae Germany its pretext to at
tack through Belgium, which involved England,
and finally the world. Russia is first to quit,
abandoning all obligations and agreements, and
may indirectly be the means of establishing a
genuine breach between the central powers. If
so, the bolsheviki will have performed a service
they are incapable of comprehending.
Goethals as Munitions Director.
Out of the carefully guarded inner councils
of the administration of the War department
comes news that another and greater reorgani
zation is under way. Most important of the ru
mored announcements is that Major General
Goethals is to be made director of munitions, in
fact if not in name. He will continue to bear the
title of quartermaster general of the army, but
under him and subject to his order only will
be all the purchasing and distributing agencies
of the army, the supply and transportation serv
ices and, in fact, everything that properly per
tains to the quartermaster or commissary serv
ice, no matter how widely scattered at present.
To some extent this depends on the passage by
congress of the Overman bill, which clothes the
president with power of a dictator. Opposition
to this measure is disappearing, some of its more
radical features having been modified to meet
views held by senators who could not go to the
full extent proposed by the president. Its early
passage will remove statutory obstacles, just as
was contemplated by the Chamberlain measure,
and will permit both consolidation and co-ordination
of functions now independent and even
clashing. With General Goethals in control of
the important work of providing for the supply,
maintenance and movement of our forces, the
element of efficiency, hitherto so sadly lacking,
will be provided.
England and the Versailles Council.
Opposition to Lloyd George has nearly forced
an exposition of the plans adopted by the inter
ally war council at Versailles. The movement to
this end wai predicated on the resignation of
General Robertson as chief of staff, seized upon
as a pretext by the combination of extremists
who seek to overthrow the present cabinet. The
premier, in his speech to the Commons on the
incident, reveals the fact that General Robert
son's resignation was due to his unwillingness to
be bound by a program adopted by the war coun
cil and which was formulated almost entirely by.
the Americans. It was presented as a substi
tute for a plan that had been found to be un
workable, although meeting approval of both
Marshal Haig and General Robertson. While
not saying so flatly, the words of the premier
support the inference that the British field mar
shal is content with the new plan, although it
did lead to the change in head of the staff. Fi
nally the entire matter is, in Lloyd George's own
expression, one of policy and not of personality.
Lack of unified control has cost the Entente
Allies dearly and to continue independent or
loosely connected operations would bring only
unsatisfactory results. America's entrance into
the war has developed more strongly the need
for closest of co-operation' and with attempts at
home to centralize control of all military activi
ties the extension of that policy to the relations
of all the armies is reasonable. Lloyd George
is wholly pledged to the Versailles council and
this very likely means that opposition to him will
be compelled to seek some other excuse for at
tack on his government.
Senator Underwood's assertion that it was
financial and not war conditions that led to the
taking over the railroads by the government de
serves some consideration. One of the first points
to be taken up in this connection will be the ef
fect of the Underwood tariff on the industries
of the country. The railroad's financial troubles
antedate the war by some time and not a little
of the difficulty in which all business found it
self in the second year of the Wilson adminis
tration was the result of Underwood's tariff
tinkering.
An Englishman's View of Washington
Tribute Written Many Years Ago by the
Essayist Charles Phillips
York, Neb., Feb. 14. To the Editor of
The Bee: Find enclosed the finest tribute to
Washington I have ever seen. It is taken
from an old school reader and you will note
its punctuation is for special readings. It
was written by the great English essayist,
Charles Phillips, and coming from that
source at that time gives added value to the
estimate placed on him. "Thrice armed are
those whose cause is just."
FRANKLIN FOrE.
It matters very little what immediate spot
may be the birth place of such a man as
Washington. No people can claim, no coun
try can appropriate him: the boon of provi
dence to the human race, his fame is eternity,
and his residence creation. Thous?li it was
the defeat of our arms and the disgrace of
our policy, I almost bless the convulsion in
which he had his origin.
If the heavens tlmndered and the earth
rocked, yet, when the storm passed, how
pure was the climate that it cleared! How
bright in the brow of the firmament was the
planet which it revealed to us!
In the production of Washington, it does
really appear as if Nature was endeavoring
to improve upon herself, and that all the vir
tues of the ancient world were but so many
studies preparatory to the patriot of the
new.
Individual instances no doubt there were,
splendid exemplifications of some single
qualification. Caesar was merciful, Scipio
was content, Hannibal was patient; but it
was reserved for Washington to blend them
all in one, and, like the lovely chef-d' oeuvre
of the Grecian artist, to exhibit in one glow
of associated beauty the pride of every
model and the perfection of every master.
As a general, he marshalled the peasant
into a veteran and supplied by discipline the
absence of experience; as a statesman, he
enlarged the policy of the cabinet into the
most comprehensive system of general ad
vantage; and such was the wisdom of his
views and the philosophy of his counsels,
that to the soldier and the statesman he al
most added the character of the sage.
A conqueror, he was untainted with the
crime of blood; a revolutionist, he was free
from any stain of treason; for aggression
commenced the contest, and his country
called him to the command.
Liberty unsheathed his sword, necessity
stained, victory returned it. If he had paused
here, history might have doubted what sta
tion to assign him, whether as the head of
her citizens or her soldiers, her heroes or her
patriots. But the last glorious act crowns
his career and banishes all hesitation.
Who, like Washington, after having
emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown
and preferred the retirement of domestic life
to the adoration of a land he might be al
most said to have created?
"How shall we rank thee upon glory's page,
Thou more than soldier and just less than
sage?
All thou has been reflects less fame on thee.
Far less than all thou has foreborne to be."
Happy, proud America! The lightnings
of heaven yielded to your philosophy! The
temptations of earth could not seduce your
patriotism.
International Law Overthrown
Judge J. B.-Winslow, Chief J
Few probably appreciate the profound
shock to civilization that would result from
a general overthrow of international law.
International law is civilized morality ap
plied to the relations between nations.
The horrors which attended barbarian
warfare are well known. Such warfare knew
no law and no restrictions upon frightful
ness. Every person, armed or unarmed, in
the enemy's country, was regarded as a com
batant and was subject to torture, slavery, or
death. All property was subject to plunder
and destruction. Rapine, murder, pillage,
and ruin marked its progress everywhere.
During the last three centuries, however,
civilized states have come to recognize cer
tain fundamental principles which may be
truly called the very foundation of interna
tional law as applicable to a state of war;
namely. (1) that independent nations have
equal right.? regardless of size, position, or
resources, (2) that treaties between nations
are to be observed until properly abrogated,
(3) that war is waged only by armed forces
of the nation, not by or against civilians, and
(4) that only, such destruction of life and
properly as is' necessary to accomplish the
purpose of the war can be justified.
These principles have been embodied in
treaties, and within the last half century,
have been analyzed, codified, and specifically
applied to war-time conditions, by world
conferences held at The Hague in 1899 and
in 1907, in which practically all the civilized
nations of the world, including Germany,
participated.
To all of the important conclusions Ger
many gave her assent. That she has grossly
violated many of the principles laid down
there can be no doubt. Let us set down the
gravest of these violations, passing by, how
ever, the sickening charges of murder, rape,
and fiendish cruelty to defenseless civilians,
about which there may be controversy
though the proof seems very convincing.
Let us take rather the violations which
are cither admitted or proved by impregna
ble evidence.
First and foremost stands the violation
of the neutrality of Belgium which Prussia
and other great powers had guaranteed in
1839. Here we have no need of proof. The
plea of "guilty" has already been entered.
Bethmann-Holweg, the imperial chancellor,
said to the Reichstag on August 4, 1914,
"Our troops have occupied Luxemburg and
perhaps have already entered Belgian terri
toy; Gentlemen, this is a breach of interna
tional law."
Second The bombardment by ships and
Zeppelins of unfortified and undefended
towns, villages, and even hospitals. Article
25 of the chapter on the laws and customs
of war on land, adopted by The Hague con
ference of 1907, and assented to by Germany,
forbids such bombardments.
Third The use of poisonous gases and
liquid in direct violation of article 23 of the
rules which forbid such methods of warfare.
Fourth The levying of vast fines and
penalties upon cities, towns, and villages,
amounting in many instances to millions of
dollars, in pretended punishment for the
most trivial acts of individuals, in violation
of article SO of The Hague rules which pro
hibits such penalties.
Fifth The destruction by fire of villages
and cities, and the killing of their inhabitants,
young and old, men and women alike, be
cause (as was claimed) some of their in
habitants had fired upon German soldiers.
The best known case is the destruction of
Louvain in Belgiun, and the murder of hun
dreds of its inhabitants, in August, 1914. But
this was only one outrage of many. Even if
in any of these cases the German claim
should turn out to be true the German gov
ernment would still be without proper ex
cuse. For the punishing of an entire city by
fire and sword for the acts of individuals is
contrary to the rules which that government
had solemnly agreed to obey.
Sixth The forcible removal of a quarter
of a million of men and women from Bel
gium and France to Germany, and compell
ing them to work in factories and labor
camps at work of direct or indirect military
value.
Seventh The sinking of neutral freight
ustice Wisconsin Supreme Court.
and passenger ships without warning, and
regardless of whether they were carrying
contraband of war or not.
Eighth The murder (for this it is) of
civilian neutrals rightfully traveling on pas
senger ships; whether the ships be enemy
or neutral, all the laws of God and man re
quire that the lives of passengers and crew
be first protected.
Ninth The destruction of fruit trees and
of all private property in the evacuated por
tions of France, rendering k a desert ot
death, even when no military advantage was
gained thereby.
Tenth The destruction of the choicest
cathedrals and other treasures of medieval
architecture, in violation of article 56 of The
Hague rules.
Eleventh The wholesale robbing of the
funds and property of banks and private in
dividuals, in violation of article 53 of The
Hague rules.
Twelfth The carrying on of plots and
conspiracies by their diplomatic agents in this
country while we were still at peace, not
merely against other countries, but against
our own country as well.
If these crimes are crowned by final vic
tory in the war, international law necessarily
ceases to exist.
Why? Because never again can con
fidence be placed in a nation's promise. This
means the turning of every state into an
armed camp, and a world in which perpetual
diead of one's neighbor reigns supreme.
Results of Food Saving
There are those in Great Britain who have
doubted that the people of the United States
would make any food sacrifices on behalf of
their allies in the war, and they have made
themselves known by periodical outcries of
whether the American people are asleep or
only half awake to these exigencies of the
situation. And there are those in the United
States and in its congress who have not only
doubted the efficiency of the federal food ad
ministration but have ridiculed all its ef
forts. Both of these noisy flocks of birds are
thrown into a flutter by a little statement of
fact from Sir William Goode of the British
food ministry. He says that early last
month Mr. Hoover, cabled that as a result of
the American food conservation campaign
he had 150,000,000 pounds of bacon and 25,
000,000 pounds of frozen meat to send over
in excess of what the British representatives
here had thought available; and it later de
veloped that the amount of frozen meat
available was "thousands of tons" above the
Hoover estimate.
Which teaches all concerned two or three
things. The United States food conserva
tion law is not a failure. Mr. Hoover's ad
ministration of it is not a failure. The vol
untary responses of the American people to
the efforts of that administration are not a
failure. They have been almost surprisingly
effective, as this incident shows. But we can
all do even better, and with a renewed feel
ing of confidence that Mr. Hoover is working
out this vital side of the great war problem,
let there be no question that we shall do
even better. New York World.
People and Events
The depths of home grown patriotism in
this war will not be stirred until the govern
ment takes over dishwashing.
An American cafe in London has been
closed because it charged too high prices.
The ousted owner admits that home is the
one safe place for the game.
Spring and summer circuses as usual this
year. So says Railroad Manager McAdoo,
who will arrange moving facilities. Cheer
up, dad! Your's be the joy of chaperoning
the kiddies.
With a few tubs of Halsted street "suds"
under his belt Frank Engel of Chicago
shouted, "To with American schools, I'm
going back to Germany after the war." A
stiff fine and term in the House of Correc
tion will be ample for replacing his shattered
teeth.
On Year Ago Today In the War.
norns reported Increased activity
by Italian artillery.
Seventeen thousand Krupp work
frien at Easeii reported on strike for
increased food ration.
TlrillcVi htnoltnflA tightened tO COm-
pel all neutrals to call at examining
'j porta on penally or snips gonnata
J lion.
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iTue Day We Celebrate.
!S: II. S. Horton, lawyer, born 1866.
Kom B. Johnson of the Nebraska
''Telephone company, born 1887.
'? William II. Garratt, assistant gen
jj;fral freight agent of the Union I'a-
Jclflft railroad, born 1857.
Ernest A. Nordstrom of tne Jb. a.
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Nordstrom Grain company, born
1 tit '
t Thomas h. Davis, vice president of
f th First National bank, born 1882.
:' Thomas Sterling, senator from
South Dakota, born in Fairfield
t county, O., 67 years ago.
Jj Otto H. Kahn. financier, born at
1 Mannheim. Germany, oi years ago
5 This Day in History.
I; 1147 American army under Zach
,ary Taylor arrived before Buena vista
land engaged the Mexicans in name
the next day.
1868 President Johnson removed
J Secretary of War Stanton from of-
'. nee.
A-J871 District of Columbia given a
territorial government.
Just 30 Years Ago Today
An adjourned meeting of the alli
ance convened at the Young Men's
Christian association. The commit
tees appointed to district the city and
superintend the visiting of every home
tneretn reported progrens an cn
continued as standing committees.
The police shot fourteen dogs dur
ing the raid upon unlicensed canines,
with the understanding of getting 60
cents per dog.
Bishop O'Connor has returned from
a trip to St. Louis and the east, cover
ing a period of about three weeks.
The question of wages between con
tractors and bricklayers will come up
again today for consideration at a
meeting of the brick contractors in
room 439, Faxton block.
Opportunity Bockons.
The department of history of the
I'niversitv of Wisconsin has opened
a class on the world war. La Follette
ought to be given a scholarship to en
able him to attend this course. .
Aimed at Omaha
Flattsmouth Journal: The newspa
pers, many of them, owe numerous
apologies to the Omaha police force.
York News-Times: Omaha's graft
exposition surprises some people. No
old timer in Omaha Is surprised in
the least.
Harvard Courier: The Omaha
Commercial club has followed the
lead of similar bodies and changed its
name to the Chamber of Commerce.
It has decided to spend $50,000 this
year to advertise Nebraska.
Norfolk Press: The Omaha Com
mercial club has followed the exam
ple of most of the women and
chanced Its name. It will be here
after known as the Chamber of Com- j
merce, but It will still be the same'
old bunch of live wires that will keep
Omaha in a prominent place on the
map,
Norfolk Tress: Some of the Oma
ha bakeries claimed they could not
make bread at the price laid down
by the food administrator and threat
ened to shut up shop before they
would do it. Mr. Wattles ordered an
investigation and brought out the
fact that one bakery that made a
showing that they were doing business
at a loss was found to be making a
profit of more than $8,000 per month
and at that was paying two of its
officers salaries of 8250 per week.
Yes, Nebraska has its share ot
profiteers, we are sorry to say.
Sidelights on the War
Two London department stores sold
$2 o. 000, 000 worth of British war bonds
in connection with a lottery scheme
recently conducted with full cogni
zance of the government.
The Canadian government exempted
the Doukhobors from conscription be
cause of their religious views. In ac
knowledgment the Doukhobors pre
pared 15.000 jars of Jams for the Ca
nadian soldiers.
An order has been placed by the
government for 5,000 dozen safety
razors and 115,000 dozen blades. As
soon as they are delivered they are to
be forwarded to the soldiers doing
duty in the trenches.
The largest service flag in the coun
try, bearing 19,135 stars, was swung
ns a canopy in a hall at Indianapolis
where the United Mine Workers re
cently met, each star representing a
coal miner who has enlisted.
A writer In the Atlantic tells of
walking up a hill near Verdun, hear
ing a battery of French 75s. "I
looked around to see where the guns
were and I could not discover any
thing. The hillside, as far as I could
see, was simply a desolate waste of
pock-marked earth, one shell hole
after another. Finally I saw wisps of
faint smoke, that was all. My com
panion smiled and asked if I couldn't
see the guns. I said I could not, and
he replied that he was glad, because
then no enemy could either, as i
was then shown, the battery was
about loo feet away. Sucn is camou
flage." - ;
Right to the Point
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A
weekly forecast of the weather i3
even more daring than a daily one.
Minneapolis Journal: Russia is
trying the old Jiu-jitsu tactics, the
"winning-by-yielding" game, on Ger
many. Wotiiiii.inn Vnst- In circles where
that tired feeling prevails, shiftless
days are observed win accusiumeu
regularity.
Louisville Courier-Journal: "After
being tortured with hot irons." the
Tennessee negro confessed what the
mob demanded that he confess. The
Tennessee inquisition has all of the
diabolism and doubtless all of the
scruples of the Spanish inquisition.
Minneapolis Tribune: "Every Ger
man realizes," says General von Lle
bert. "now Is certain that an end must
be made in 191 S." And as the man
who announced his intention of pet
ting drunk said. "Gosh, how I hate
It:"
Baltimore American: The Germans
are vexed with the . spy hunt over
here as a childish and poisonous in
citement. No wonder they are vexed:
the hunt has interfered with one of
their most valuable activities on this
side. Naturally, they wou'd prefer
a free hand.
New York Harold: For some thinsr-s
the world should be grjt-rul to the
bolsheviki. Not only have they shown
us the beauties of government by
anarchists in the name of socialism,
but they also have proved to our satis
faction "what happens to a nation "too
croud to fight." - i .
"Acre Day" to Increase Food.
T.iverton, Neb., Feb. 18. To the
Editor of The Bee: I have thought
a great deal of how we home folks
in the small towns can help win this
war hy a bigger food production.
What I mean by this we men and
boys of the small towns who are idle
so much of the time during the sum
mer months must raise more food of
a substantial nature and also lend
our assistance to the farmer during
the summer when the biggest harvest
in the history of the United States
will have to be taken care of. and so
I have thought of a plan that will
work out in many ways and I wish
to designate it as "Acre day."
We are told by men who are posted
on the food problem, that if this war
continues two years, the whole world
will starve. These statements no
doubt true should bring us all to
the most urgent necessity of raising
more food-stuff.
With millions of acres of tillable
land now lying idle in this country,
I believe it possible to raise sufficient
food stuff to feed the whole world.
Tou may say this Is impossible with
millions of our men folk gone rrom
the workshop and the farm to become
consumers, rather than producers and
then too, you speak of the allies with
their millions to feed and all de
pendent upon us. This is all true and
yet past history tells me. that the
American people have always met an
impending crisis when it arrived and
triumphed in the undertaking. With
us there is nothing impossible. The
writer is in business in a small town
of less than 1,000 souls and I have
noticed that during the summer
months when the farmers are sowing
and reaping their crops, the business
men of the towns could easily do a
week's business in four days.
We have in the state of Nebraska
alone more than 900 towns with a pop
ulation of 2,000 and less. The combrned
population of these towns is about
500,000. AVhy not close up all places
of business one day each week? We
will strike an average of say 50 men
and boys from each town who can
go out and work. Here we will have
45,000 men and boys in the state of
Nebraska alone, who can and will
farm one acre of tillable land each,
that is now growing up to weeds.
The possibilities are great. Here
they are: We can raise potatoes,
onions, beans, tomatoes, sweet corn,
sweet potatoes, and poultry. Pota
toes, 530,000 bushels. Beans, 100,000;
tomatoes, 100,000; onions, 100,000;
sweet corn to be dried. 100,000; sweet
potatoes, 100,000 bushels. These es
timates are not high and can be raised
under good crop conditions and with
irrigation where possible via pumps
and streams. By closing all places of
business one day each week we will
marshal thousands of young men
able and willing to go out and assist
the farmer to raise and harvest his
crop that must be saved to the last
kernel.
So, while it is possible for the busi
ness and professional men of the
email towns to raise sufficient food
stuff to supply the home needs, It
will release thousands of freight cars
that are now required to carry this
food stuff to our small towns. These
extra cars that we of the small non
producing towns will not need, can
be used where over-supply demands
immedate shipment to points of re
quirement If every state in the
union would close up shop one day
each week, from April 1, to August
1, and adopt this "one acre" day plan,
I believe we will have solved the food
and transportation problem in an
easy, simple way.
So I say again the possibilities
along this line are big. Give us town
folks a chance. Make it- a "National
One Acre Day" and watch us roll up
our sleeves, face the Bummer ann to
sow and reap and feed the hungry
nations. JOHN WICKSTROM.
le foodj
should
let us see that we get It as the
administration has ruled we should.
And let us hope Mr. Wattles sees
that we do. It's up to him!
A. H. WALUND,,
SMILING LINES.
"I'll bet my wife ran make money t
further than any woman In this town." ,
"How's that?"
"She shops on foot as lona; as h can,
and then tikes a taxlcab." Louiavllu
Courier-Journal.
ratlencf Why Is jour do(r makinf iuch
noise runnlntt around that tree?
Patrice Oh. he's just trylns to peel ol
some bark. Vonkers Statesman.
Bread Weight and Prices.
Omaha, Feb. 16. To the Editor of
The Bee: There is one thing that I,
and I firmly believe the public at
large, would wish to see the bakery
investigators take up, now while the
investigation is on.
.We are supposed to receive a 16
ounce loaf of bread for our money,
but we -are in no case getting jt. I
have weighed two dozen loaves' of
bread during the last month and
found them all from one and one-half
to four ounces short. These loaves
came from at least four different
bakeries and not a single loaf came
up to the required full pound weight.
One bakeshop, located in the south
part of town (not the South Side) is
especially strong in short weighting.
Customers and consumers weigh
your bread. If you have no scales
have the loaves weighed when you
buy them. : You poor people are com
pelled to pay more for your Dreaa
because you only are paid once or
twice a month for your labor your
selves and you therefore have not the
ready cash get your money's worth!
As for myself. I pay my grocery bill
every 30 days and my payments are
like clockwork, but I am charged 10
cents for a 10-ounce loaf of bread,
although I have never had a nickel's
worth of groceries delivered to my
house, and I have given this particu
lar grocer my trade for years.
Every ounce of stuff I purchase is
carried home, but as I do not "cash
over the counter," I must suffer this
fine.
This last is Mr. Wattles' ruling, so
we must graciously submit; Mr. Wat
tles' ruling through the request of the
retail grocers' organization. But to
come back to the matter in hand:
The bakers, like everybody else in the
food business (and nearly all other
businesses, today, for that matter)
have become so accustomed to
enormous profits that they think these
wide margins for them, must prevail,
must go on forever, no matter what
the present situations be. Witness the
testimony of the master bakers as to
their unprecedented salaries, and still
they expect these colossal dividends
on the side.
The sooner these ideas, which these
people now have so concretely fixed
in their minds, that profits must re
main at these broad figures, are
eliminated, the sooner things will he
gin to assume their proper shape and
course. But they must be satisfied
with smaller gains and legitimate
profits, producers, wholesalers and
retailers.
In a drug store the other day I
heard the proprietor remark that our
government had all they could do to
keep the people down what rot!
and at the same time I saw him sell
a man a package of cigarettes for
IS cents a package of cigarettes ac
tually worth but 10 cents at the
most. I wonder if he ever stops to
think that by such as this he la con
tributing to the general dissatisfac
tion himself, provided there is a gen
eral dissatisfaction.
But let use have our i fi ounces of
bread for our hard earned money and
Phe How is your youngest daughter get
ting on with tier music?
He Splendidly! Her teafhT says she
plays Mozart in a way th.it Mozart him
self would never dream of. Boston Tran
script. Church Well I see Pr. Oarfield, the
ful administrator, is neUlnit there."
(iotham Yes, but sec where he's leaving
us! Yonkera Statesman.
"We must eut out all the nonessentials."
"Why not becin with the heads of some
of tho departments?" Life.
THE SHOWCASE QUARREL.
John D. Wells, in Buffalo News.
A raptime and a triolet
By merest chance in a showcase met:
And. truth to tell, it was many a week
Ere either one of the two would speak;
For & triolet and a ran are the
Extremes of verse-tility.
The one was loud, with a "ras'' refrain;
The other was soft as the April rain
The one was eoarso with blatant Hpeech;
Tho other chaste as a Georgia peach :
But. oddly enough, when they came to scan.
They both were penned by the self Bame man.
United thus by these mystic ends
Of patronage, they, of course, grew friends;
And a happier couple you never met
Than the ragtime song and the triolet:
But they quarreled at last o'er their natal
host '
The man who wrote and who loved them
most.
The "rag" Indulged In some profane noise;
But the triolet kept her dainty poise;
Which angered the "rag" In a scandalou
way,
And finally prompted the cad to say:
"Ain't I his bread?'" "But you quite forget
That I am his love,'' said the triolet.
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