THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1918.
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; William, Clroulatioa Meoeaer.
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ta than. Adeu-M chanced a (tta a requested.
Loose talk is always an element of danger.
i . Local bolsheviki may spout if they want to,
I but it must be done in the best English they can
'i command. . -
? Sweden js commencing to understand just
, what "Deutschland uber slles" means to a Ger-'
man kulturist.
The carpenter who asked the city council, to
exterminate all the dogs in Omaha will have a lot
M of support in his crusade.
5 That little tinge of green visible now over
j the brown of winter is a promise of what the sun
V shine will do a little later. '
4 v Chicago, having gone three weeks without a
murder, is pinning bouquets on the city's cor-
sage. It will toon be safe for a stranger to visit
'J, there. :i -
Secretary Baker's visit to France may have
great influence on the course of the war, At any
rate, it ought to change th'e view from 3,000 miles
r away to a "close up." ; '
The kaiser boasts the iron ring that enclosed
t'i Germany has been broken, but he is not entirely
' out of the woods yet. The hereafter may alter
hi mood materially. : ' ..
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Vou would hardly say, would you, that the
arrival of Secretary Baker in , France and the
commencement of the big battle was anything
3 more than a coincidence?. v
Frishtfulness in the air is getting its fullest
: exercise right now, .but does not appear to scare
anybody.' Bombing hospitals is great sport, but
i a day of reckbjng is coming. ; .
Soldiers who prefer going to prison to "obey
, ing orders are finding thai Uncle Sam will meet
: them half way in their desires Twenty-five "years
ought to give them time to think it over.
Our1 Sammies are learning the -war game fast
' in France, They go over the top and take
trenches just like old timers, but they decline to
follow one of FriU's rules; they refuse to, fire
on the Red Cross, i
! Iowa boys have contributed heavily to the
casualty list in France, and yet have but lived
, up to the best traditions of the Hawkeye state.
' From Shiloh to Vicksburg, Iowa boys poured
, out their blood, a libation on toe altar of free
dom, and in Cuba and the Philippines they served
' well the cause of Old Glory. Those who have
made , the great . sacrifice for humanity "Over
There" will be mourned, but aorrow will be' light
: ened by the thought that they died fighting for
; the right
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Making Banking Safe In Nebraska.
Action by the State Banking board, looking to
the pursuit of stockholders in collapsed banks,
that they be required to reimburse the guaranty
fund, is well taken. Under the old banking law
the responsibility of the shareholders in banks
was the only assurance of safety for the deposi
tors. In a fit of enthusiasm, the lawmakers de
cided that this responsibility should be made uni
versal, through the erection of a state managed
guaranty fund, under which the probity of the
best established banking institution Should be
come sponsor for the newest or least stable-This
affords perfect protection for despositors, but
it does not relieve the shareholders, who must be
made to answer, not to the state or to the public,
?Mt to the banks with whom they are involun
tarily associated snder the law; Vigorous pur
suit of the men who held stock In the bankrupt
institutions will do much to bring back to solid
foundations the banking business. When men
understand that they are liable under the law it
,is;quife probable they will be more watchful and
circumspect in their business transactions,
J CARD-INDEX PATRIOTISM.' ;
The canvass of Omaha for a lard-index ex
hibit of the individual participation of our peo
ple in the different war activities Liberty bond
subscriptions', Red Cross and war relief contribu
tionsis arousing some discussion, chiefly on the
question whether it constitutes an unwarranted
invasion of personal rights thus to pry into pri
vate affairs. We have no fault to find with the
card-index survey on this score, for the records
which already show what has been done could
be consolidated and compiled with practically
the same result except as to smaller, or indirect
contributions.' Whether the card-index when
made will be Sufficiently complete or furnish
enough useful information not now at hand to
repay the effort may be open to doubt and must
be determined only by later application.
The Bee wants to protest, however, and to
protest .vigorously against the acceptance of any
card-index patriotism as the true measure of
loyalty to the Stars and Stripes, We insist that
it is not the number of Liberty bonds bought,
nor the size of' the donation tp Red Cross or
Young Men's Christian association or Knights
of Columbus war funds, nor the purchase of sav
ings certificates or thrift stamps that distinguishes
the loyal from the disloyal heart. ". ','
There are many people whonr patriotism is as
intense and whose devotion to America is as
undivided as could possibly be desired -who will
show up in the card-index as below par. No one
knows what other claims t:pD:r them tiiey have
to meet, what debts and . obiigatior. ti;ey are
carrying, how much of a faniity or dt'Sent
relatives they are supporting, wliat infos'! sick
ness or misfortune has made upon their incomes,
what sacrifices they have borne to send' a brother
or a son 'to the training camps.
On the other hand, it is Jikewise notorious
that others will be rated by the card-index close
to 100 per cent who have ostentatiously bought
bonds and responded to all war appeals, yet who
are kaiser-worshippers ' and enemy-sympathizers,
inwardly wishing and hoping for the defeat of
our soldier boys and our allies It is 'an open
secret that disloyalty has sought in many places
to camouflage itself under a veneer of patriot
ism. , These patriots for publicity only are in the
same class with the newspapers resonstble for
spreading the pro-German poison broadcast day
in and day out up to the moment of the declara
tion of war which have since been laboriously
trying to make believe that they are for America
first, when beneath the surface they are as pro
German as ever and cannot keep their pro-Germanism
from constantly cropping out. -
The card-index, may give us useful informa
tion, but it can not be relied on to separate the
sheep from the goats. It will take more than
card-index patriotism to win this war. ,
Mystery of Military Movements.
" Just as the public was getting over the shock
occasioned by a report that military censorship
of news was to be slackened, we get the order
that is to prevent publication of casualty lists
other than bare names. This is buttressed by
anotheriorder that prevents men in service com
municating with relatives or. friends in regard
to movements of units to which they are con
nected.: AH of this Is done that information of
value to the enemy may not be made public
Considerable public curiosity will be aroused by
the fact, especially when it U, remembered that
the government has control of all means of com
munication between this and other countries, No
good citizen is unwilling to do anything that .
will help to win the wr, and none wishes to em--barraas
the government by interfering with
plans for necessary secrecy. 'While all will sub
mit to the new rules, many will cling to the opin- j
ion that the end 'might be attained by coming
down a little harder ) on the disloyal Closer
watch over and sterner dealings with spies might
have a more beneficial result than wilt come from
inconvenience inflicted' on' soldiers relatives.1
Oil Development in Wyoming
Review of Last Year's Output and This Year's Prospects
George von L. Meyer. '
George von Lengerke Meyer, just dead at his
home in Boston, had one particular distinction,
that of being the only man to serve in both the
Roosevelt and Taft cabinets, being postmaster
general in the first end secretary of the navy in
the latter. Under President Mckinley he served
as minister of the United States to Italy. Prior
to this he had been active in politics, both in
Massachusetts and in the nation.' He served in
the Massachusetts legislature as speaker of the
house, arid was a member of the republican na
tional committee. Extensive business experience
also fitted him for his share of the administrative
work at a time when some great problems of
American policy were being shaped and worked
out. , Mr. Meyer was last prominently before the
people in 1916, when the question of preparedness
was so widely debated. A controversy arose over
his course as secretary of the navy, an attempt
being made to deprive him of his proper credit
for reforms introduced that b 'ought higher ef
ficiency to the service. Much of , his program
was defeated by the democrats, then in control
of the jiouse, who refused to grant appropriations
asked for construction of new ships. Mr. Meyer's
service in this respect was to lay a foundation
on which the present effective fighting machine
has been built up. His place, in history is secure
as that of a man who served his country well,
through genuine ability and intense loyalty.
Robert Grant Dill in New York Post
Wyoming, in 1917, produced approximate-
ly ii.uw.uuu Darreis 01 cruae on. uu.uuu.uw
gallons of , gasoline and 55,000,000 gallons
of kerosene and other refined products from
its five producing fields. This is a gain of
about 50 per cent over 1916.. Any estimate
of the total yield for the year covering par
tially developed areas can only be approxi
mated, because of the lack of a sufficiently
accurate system of reporting production, but
n is doubtful if these, and there are many
of them, would increase the totals materially.
In 1918 the gross production from the
five established fields will be largely in
creased because of the great activity in drill
ing. Besides at least two and possibly more
fields which are productive but not con
nected as yet with pipe lines will be able to
market their product. For that reason, and
based upon intimate knowledge of condi
tions, I do ndt hesitate to predict that, bar
ring serious difficulties, the Wyoming fields
in 1918 should be able to report a gain over
last year of at least 50 per cent.
The fields whose yield is nowmarketed
are the Salt Creek, Grass Creek, tlk Basin,
Big Muddy and Lander. These are fielding
in the neighborhood of 35,000 barrels a day,
the production being divided as follows:
' I Barrels.
Salt Creek ...w I...;.... 14,000
Grass Creel; 8,000
, Elk Basin 5,000
Big Muddy 6,500
Lander ....... 1,500
' With the exception of the Lander wells,
all of the producers of Wyoming at present
are yielding an extremely high grade of
light oil, some of which, notably that ob
tained from Grass Creek and Elk Basin,
which run as high as 45 per cent gasoline
content. Crude from the latter 'districts sells
at the well for $1.75 a , barrel, while Salt
Creek and Big Muddy crude command $1.20
a barrel. , -.
The Lander oil is a heavy black fluid,,
with low gasoline content which sells for
85 cents a barrel, and which is used for fuel
in i its natural state, though recently a small
refinery has been started to treat it. Test
runs are- said to be satisfactory, though it is
apparent that the refined product will neces
sarily be limited and the quality low.
During the year the -state was the scene
of the greatest oil activity in its history, and
millions of dollars were expended in develop
ment work. In spite of the fact that up
wards of 25 prospective fields were drilled or
partially drilled, only one new district was
opened up, and that of lirtle- consequence.
The most important work of the period was
the establishment of the fact that the Big
Muddy field, east of Casper, is all that its
friends had proclaimed it after the discovery
Of oil in the deep sands in November, 1916.
kEighty-four wells were completed- during the
year, of which seven were deep, 71 .shallows
and six in stray sands. Only one water well
was brought in, and that one was far from
the proven section.
Drilling in all parts of the anticline has
proved a saturated area of upwards of 6,000
acres, and today there are between 70 and 80
wells in course of completion in what is
know to be the productive section of the
field. A recent estimate by one of the most
competent geologists of the west places the
oil content of the field at more than 125,
000,000 barrels. .
Meanwhile development of. the other pro
ducing fields was continued, the completions
being as follows: Salt Creek, 10; Grass
Creek,' 83; Elk Basin, 21, and Lander, 7.
It is worthy of note that not only has the
production been increased by these new
wells, but that the diminution in yield of the
older wells has been far less than the average
in fields in other sections of the country.
Two. fields which have been thoroughly
proved but whose product is not yet market
able because of the lack of transportation
facilities were included in the development
program of the state and both of them may
be said to have exceeded expectations. One
of these is the Pilot Butte district whose
wells have a potential production of upwards
of 1,500 barrels a day from 15 wells, and
which will be fully developed this spring
and summer. This field has a proved area
of about 3,000 acres, though oil in commer
cial quantity has been found outside this
acreage and' the field may be far larger. The
other is the small section known as the Lost
Soldier field, which, so far as known, has six
wells with a daily average potential produc
tion of 3,000 barrels. Both these fields will
be 'connected with the refinery centers of
Casper and Greybull by pipe lines to the rail
roads this summer. . , . j ;
H is estimated that efforts 'to discover
oil have been made in nearly every county
in the state within the last 12 months. Cas
sius A. Fisher, consulting geologist for the
Midwest 1 Refining company, and probably
the best posted man in the state, is authority
for the statement that there are 23 oil fields
in Wyoming in which oil has actually been
found in greater or -less quantity and that
there are upwards of 100 structures where
surface indications warrant exploration with
the drill. The state geologist of Wyoming
goes Mr. Fisher one better and asserts that
there . are 148 such structures. No matter
which of these gentlemen is right it is a
fact that there were late in 1917, before win
ter caused the suspension if work in many
Suarters, about 500 wells in process of
rilling. ? ; ; 4 "
The one big disappointment of the year
just passed was tht-collapse of faith in what
is known as the West Salt Creek field, which
lies west and south of the great producing
area, of Salt Creek whence the Midwest Re
fining company draws the larger part of its
crude requirements. West Salt Creek was
rejected by every geologist who has studied
it until last spring, when a perfect'mania for
obtaining leases upon the located ground on
the public domain set in and at least 100
companies, capitalized at more than $200,
000,000, rushed into contracts to drill their
holdings. It was . expected . that water
would be found hv the first Wall Creek
sand, which is So productive of oil in Salt
Creek proper, but that in the second sand,
which here lies at a depth of 2,900 feet, oil
in commercial quantities would be discov
ered. More than 100 wells were started and
as yet not one has proved to be productive.
In spite of the fact, that the discoveries
of new fields in the last year or two were
extremely limited, some of the largest pro
ducing companies in the country have ven
tured into Wyoming. Among them are the
Ohio Oil company and the Prairie Oil and
Gas company, both Standard Oil subsidia
ries; the Roxanna Petroleum company, one
of the Royal Dutch Shell group; the, Texas
company, Cosdert & Co.. and the Gypsey Oil
company. All of these have invested large
sums in the state, and it goes without say
ing that they will not relinquish the search
for production until every one of the pos
sible oil-bearing structures in the state nave
been thoroughly tested out'- . 1 ;
How Long, Oh, Lord?
Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier.Journal.
Did you notice this brief , dispatch from
Houston, Tex.; . .. i . 7 s
'Charges against seven of II Fayetteville,
Tex,. citizens, held under the espionage act,
.were dismissed today by United States Com
missioner A. L, Jackson when it was learned
that Joseph Veselka, chief witness for the
government, had been found dead. His body
.was. discovered in a barn Wednesday. The
head was nearly severed ahd a ,knife was
.found close by. Twp other witnesses have
suffered accidents since the arrests.
Such incidents may be found in the re
ports of almost any day's news. They ex
plain the disgust of an observer who writes:
A few weeks ago a rumor was assidu
ously circulated in this country that 14 Ger
man spies had been secretly executed at the
instance of the Department of Justice,' So
general was the spread of the story that
finally it was thought necessary to enter
official denial. It is a great pity that denial
should have been possible. The rumor ought
to have been true.' , r
There are more than 14 German spies at
large in the United States; probably 1,400
would be nearer the mark. There are others
in custody of the government. Those who
have not been apprehended are busily en
gaged in keeping the kaiser informed of the
war preparations of this government and of
the movement of troops and troop ships.
When these German agents are captured
the government is altogether too lenient
with them. The -worst that has yet hap
pened to any German spy we do not refer
to German sympathizers who- have com
mitted criminal acts other thafi . espionage
is to be interned as an enemy alien and sent
to a southern health resort. ,
It is high time, for the discouragement
of the comparatively easy and safe in
dustry of espionage, that a few of the Ger
man agents who are communicating import
ant information to Berlin should be shot.
The success of our military plans and the
lives of our soldiers and sailors are alike
endangered by the immunities heretofore en
joyed by. German spies through the laxity
of the Department of Justice. These spies
should be treated as their kind have always
heretofore been treated under international
law by all civilized nations. The shobting of
a few sptes would contribute more to tne
safety bf "our fighting men thin, the- intern
ment of 10,000 suspects in prison camps. ;
We are engaged in war in a desperate
war whose issue is of momentous conse
quence to ourselves and to mankind in a
war for the waging of which we are daily
called upon to undergo much personal sac
rifice, to contribute our manhood and to the
utmost, it may be of our vast material re
sources. And yet nobody would know we
were engaged In war from our treatment of
the many and active spies amongst us, not
one of whom, though our war is nearly a
year old, has yet been shot 7
People and Events
. . The downtown section of New York City
is booked to pay about $500,000,000 in income
taxes. Luckily that section has the where
with and some over, ; "t s
Broadway is itself once more. All the
lights are switched on and the "Great
White Way" makes every night a purple
night for all who seek it and extends the
sensation to the morning after.
Blue sky promotion encounters dangerous
pitfalls in spots, hitting the purse here and
opening jail doors f there. One Chicago
booster bumped against the Illinois law and
settled the damage with a $1,000 fine. An
other won a two-year sentence in St Louis.
The first fractured a state law,- the second a
federal law. That explains the difference in
the penalties.
Mathew Choinsky, a bumptious regis
trant of Tivoli, N. Y., born of German par
ents, wrote to General Crowder a long let
ter scoring the draft and intimating that all
connected with it, excepting Choinsky, were
a collection of uncaged fools. At fast ac
counts Choinsky was headed for the state
penitentiary to spend a year in meditation
and har,d labor. ; ' i ' : - :
Once in a while some wise and courage
ous woman rises in. net - place ana says4
mings aDoui men onsuing wun trutn, ad
miration or something like that. , Charlotte
Perkins oilman stands: forth as a master
mind of the class. "When it comes to hu
man life," she declared in a recent address,
"man is the whole thing. Men are the best
cooks, the best milliners; they build the
ships and the big bridges and do all the im
portant work." Attention, men! Face
right! Salute Charlotte! '
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s , One Year Ago Today In the War.
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President Wilson notified all na
tions tbat American merchant ships
k is would b armed. .
IM ; nuKsi&n Duma met in defiance of
; i lie rcair ana ncau iy wnoic 01 rei-
- rogrraa reu into m nanaa 01 me rsvo-
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lutionists.
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The Day We Celebrate.
Frank Crawford, attorney at law,
born 1870.
; Colonel Hilary A. Herbert, aecre
tary of tha navy upder Cleveland, S3
yeors old.
' Joeph,s S. FreHnshuysflH. ' United
State senator from New Jersey, .born
at Rarit&n. N. J, 49 years ago.
Charles- F. Gettemy, Boston statis
tician, born in Chicago, 50 year ago.
fi This Day In Hlstorj.
ami 1719 Pierre Jead David, the fa
thl moua French sculptor who executed
a aj , busts of Washington and Jefferson,
-an bom at Angers. -France. Died In
51; ! Paris. January 6, 18b 6. w
FV, 1129 Martin Vao Uuren resigned
,n ' ; the governorship of New York. 1 . '
n 1 862 Andrew Johnson arrived at
the Xashvillft, to take . up his duties &g
jtha military governor of Tennessee,
rjij; 1877 Carl Bchurs of Missouri was
juh s.ppot...4 secretary ef the Interior in
"t the cabinet of President Hayes.
JJ 18,98 Battleship Oregon sailed
'K front. San Francisco to Join the At
tn Untie squadron, in the mobilization of
f-iD United (States naval forces for the war
with. Spain. . ,. .-,
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Just 30 Years Ago Today
Officer CuHen hiia ronvtit an fit.
ciently from a Severe attack of pneu-
niuuw a 10 ua upon ins street again.
W. .& Hutchinson of Chicago is at
Work' on th fumara nf tha Vilo-h
school, putting in a smoke consumer
which, he guarantees, will silence th
complaints of the people In that
neighborhood and cause a saving of
coal. - "v.' v
Articles of incorporation of the
Omaha Implements Works were Bled
with County Clerk Roche. The Incor
porators are: J. W. Bedford, J. R.
Hunter; George R. Rathbun, W. H.
Alexander, A. W. lS'aeon and L. S.
Irvine. .
i At the annual election of the Press
men, Stereotypers' and Electrotype1
union No. It the following oKicers
were elected: President, M. J. Buck
ley; vice president Jake Reiner, and
financial secretary secretary, . K4
Burch. . : ...
The (laughter of sheep has heen
commenced at G. - H. Hammond
Co.'s packing house.. , , .. . . . .
State! Press Comment
. Norfolk Press: The .overnment has
gtven orders to move the soft corn.
The old man has one that he would
like mighty well to have moved.
Fremont Tribune: The names of
German sympathisers . who have
stopped The Tribune constitute a roll
of honor for the paper. The roster
Is not numerous and ca.. be conveni
ently filed for future reference. Some
day it may be of value unsuspected
now.' ' 'v.'v.; ; .
Beatrice Express: New York profi
teers who invested in eggs, endeavor
ing to reap a large fortune, failed to
reckon on the productive qualities of
Nebraska hens, and as a result are
holding, the sack for several million
dollars. A case of sitting on the eggs
a trifle too long.
Harvard Courier: Nebraska will
have to double its production of wheat
thia year if it meets tne demands tnat
are made on It - Present indications
are that this section ".Till do its share.
Wheat is doing well so tar. A large
acreage of spring wheat will have te
be sown If the state produces all that
is wanted. :. . ,
Kearney'; Hub: The federal land
bank of Omaha, .serving the states of
Iowa, Nebraska, South - Dakota and
Wyoming, will be 1 year old March 8.
The success of the bank is shown In
the statement that It has loaned 18,
000,600 the last year and has applica
tions for 880,090,000 to be acted upon
within a short tira , u , . .1;
Peppery. Points
Minneapolis Journal: The eagle is
screaming, but Just listen to the noise
the hen is fnaking.
New York. World: In the latest op
eration on the egg market it appears
to have been the profiteers who were
scrambled, s
Baltimore American: Reduction In
meatless days does not Justify one in
making; a pig of himself, for porkless
days are important too. ... . ;
Washington Post: Urgent demands
for . government operation of . Hog
Island may be taken to Indicate that
the best plain's are all gone.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The
Russians are tilling the Germans full
of sausage, but the Americans art
preparing to fill 'em full of holes.
Washington Post: Onest the best
ways to expose plans tor a sham
peace is to argue the affair to Si finish
at the western front
Minneapolis Tribune: Germany will
not object If Lenlne and Trqtzky
carry out their threat to resign. They
have done Germany's work well and
are entitled to a rest. . . . .
New York World: The casualty
list of March 1 includes men from
21 state. The names indicate five or
more racial stocks on the fathers' side.
Every man volunteered. Let Berlin
think abeut that. - .
Brooklyn Eagle: We are glad the
house - of representatives has passed
the bill extending espionage laws to
women, nutting the woman spy on
the same basis as' the man spy. - Sex
j equality In Internment privileges
I should not bj denied. " -
Twice Told Tales
' - Stick to' the Breeches.
The man who put Prussia on the
map was Frederick the Great. One
of his Immortal sayings soon after as
cending the throne was this:
' "Here everybody shall be free to go
to the devil In the way that may
please him best" a : f ' ' ' "
That summed up , the t first real
Hohenaollern's idea of religious and
moral freedom. Later when Freder
ick had become Europe's war lord he
told his soldiers how to win bat
tles: ,
Stick to your enemy's breeches.
1 Go after the other fellow and fight
him! . The little Hohenxollern who
now sits upon the Prussian throne
owes his occupancy of allied territory
mainly to the fact that the German
has pushed the fighting. : -
But every American Knows that
when Pershing geta An army that he
will also follow the Great Frederick's
maxim:
"Stick to your enemy's breeches."
Philadelphia Telegraph. '
a She Paid the Bill.
' In Chicago a short time ago a wo
man was haled Into court charged
with Intoxication. She was fined 810,
and as she arose, she said te the judge,
who, she had heard, had just com
pleted a new house in the suburb;
"Well, I suppose you need these $10 to
help paint your heuse."
"Oh, yes," said hi honor, genially,
"And I think you'd better give me IS
more, and I guess I'll taint the
bUBde," Case and Comment ;
Prohibition or Regulation Which? 5
Omaha, March 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: Let no man accuse me of
being in favor , of the saloon because
I have been quoted in your paper as
opposed to prohibition". . My record
is the other way. During the many
years of my ministry no one has de
nounced from , the pulpit In more
scathing terms the abuse of intoxi
cating drink and its consequent evils
No one has made more practical and
persistent efforts to prevent that
abuse. My efforts, however, were
along the , line - of developing and
strengthening the free will of those
concerned. It has oeen my constant
practice, in personal appeal and pub
lice exhortation, to bring home to the
men of my parish, engaged in the
liquor trade, the teaching of the Cath
olic church, as voiced" for this country
by the council of Baltimore: towit,
that "they should seek a more honest
mode of making a living." , Year after
year since I became a pastor 24 years
ago, when admitting my annual
classes of hoys and girls to th sacra
ments of holy communion and con
firmation, I have persuaded them to
take the total abstinence ' pledge till
they become 21 years ago. It has
also been my custom . to administer
the pledge to any members of my
parish who : became addicted to the
drink habit Time and time again
have my efforts been used to persiiade
men in a position to influence legis
lation to have a law passed creating
a work farm in this state, to which
inebriates should be committed for a
term of treatment and probation, their
wages turned over weekly to their
families, and themselves paroled at
the end of their term, with the pro.
viso that, they should be recommitted
every time they abused their liberty.
It is a mistake to imprison and sup
port in idleness a drunkard, whilst
someone else has to support his wife
and children. The saloon and the sale
of liquor everywhere should be con
trolled by the surest restrictions and
these restrictions enforced relenttessly
and impartially. High and restricted
license, early and Sunday closing, de
priving of the license and fining heav
ily those who abuse It by selling to
minors or inebriates or permitting im
mortality In connection with , their
premises.
It is along these 'lines that good
citizens of all denominations of re
ligious and political creeds should
concentrate or co-ordinate their
forces in order to provide a safe and
sane remedy for the demoralizing
evils bf the drink trade. Whilst it
must be acknowledged that prohibi
tion, in the short time it has been in
force In this state, has done a great
amount of good in many individual
cases, still in my best judgment nation-wide
absolute prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
drinks is not the better, but the worse
remedy. ; ,' '-. .
In order to promote clear and sound
thinking, as well as temperate and,
tolerant discussion of this great moral
question, I append a few reasons
against the wisdom of prohibition.
In the discussion it should be borne
in mind that abuse of one's opponent
is not argument, but only a sign of a
weak case. ' .
1. Prohibition Is an extreme meas
ure, and extremes should be avoided.
In medio stat virtus is an old' Latin
saying. The English equivalent 6f it
is: Moderation is a golden rule. The
shoolmen, taught us another funda
mental principle of philosophy, abuses
not tollit .uaum, which means the
abuse of aithing does not take away
the right and proper use of that thing.
Prohibition violates that principle.
2. Prohibition is radically and es
sentially different ffom the total ab
stinence of Father Mathew. 'iThe lat
ter is a- voluntary self-denial, the for
mer is a forcible taking away of a
man's free will and right to use in
moderation' one of God's gifts. In
other words, the law of ' man takes
away what the law of God allows.
And when man attempts to improve
on the ten commandments of God he
is going beyond his sphere. But well
meaning men and women say: "Oh,
every one should be willing to forego
theirtight In this matter in order to
save the erring brother." Well,
granted; and I am one who is will
ing. But will all, or even nearly all,
consent to that doctrine of self -mortification.
No, not as long as human
nature is human nature, and this old
sinful world is made up of all sorts
of people, whom you must deal with
as they are, not as they ought to be.
The most prohibiting legislation will
not alter that stubborn fact
8. Prohibition would logically lead
to the most absurd and ridiculous de
velopments. In the course of events
it, would follow that we must prohibit
the growth of fruit trees, oats, barley,
etc., - because intoxicating drinks
would be made out of them in the
homes and farms. People who con
eider the law unjust and intolerable
would have no scruple in evading it,
thus bringing law and government
into contempt. Eventually the gov
ernment would be confronted with
much greater difficulty in enforcing
prohibition than ever it had in en
forcing reasonable regulation.
4. Absolute nation-wide prohibi
tion would destroy the Catholic re
ligion in this great country, because
it would prevent the sacrifice of the
mass, the most essential fundamental
of that faith. Catholics know that
without the -mass there would be no
blessed sacrament In our churches,
no holy communion. , The sick and
dying, even our soldiers in camp and
battelfleld would be deprived of the
most essential consolation of their re
ligion. . As a, result of prohibition,
there exists right now in the state of
Oklahoma an intolerable condition.
Priests cannot celebrate mass and
consequently fulfill their-duty unless
they smuggle wine against the law
into the state! In the first three cen
turies Of Christianity Catholics could
not practise the divine mysteries of
their religion unless they hid them
selves from their pagan- persecutors
in the catacombs of Rome. During
the penal laws in Ireland mass could
be said only secretly in the remote
mountain hiding places, because the
English priest-hunter was spying out
mmm
n BODY
Large Water Blisters Formed.
Cried Night and Day.
Cuticura Healed. '
, . --
"Baby! was only six weeks old
when she broke out in a rash. It was
In blotches like a burn and her whole
body except her back, arms, and from
her knees down was completely cov
ered. Then large water blisters formed
and I could not have any clothe on
her. She cried night and day, and I
had to carry her on a pillow.
'W had her treated, but she was
tiven up. Then we used Cuticura
oep and Ointment, and in two weeks
she was completely healed." (Signed)
Mrs. Edna Burt, Ftnton, Mich., Au
gust 31, 1917.
v Use these nper-cmtmy emollients
for every -day toilet purposes and pre
vent these distressing akin troubles.
Saaaala h Fraa by Mail. Addraaa poet
can!: "Cativara, Overt. H. Boatam." Sold
anwayarbara. SoaeSSc OmtawntZStivdSOc.
the priest in order to get his reward. ,
Five peunds sterling was paid by the
Englisrr government tor the head of
every priest or wolf. Are we going
to set the clock of time back to that
of the tyrant Nero or to the dark
penal days In Ireland by emasculating
the constitution of the United States
that palladium of religious liberty?
These are but a few of the many
reasons xonvincing me that absolute
nation-wide prohibition is but an il
lusory remedy which would land our
beloved country in a ridiculous plight
before the world, would fail of its
purpose, and In the reaction the
pendUlum would awing back to the
opposite extreme.
(REV.) PATRICK J. JUDGE,
T3 BaraA Woart Phnroh.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Hub (growllr.f at the food) Steak dona
to a crisp ani no white breads
Wife You know, dear, we muat make
tome sacrifice, these war times.
Hub Well, I'm willing to aacrlfice, but
(pointing to steak), what about this burnt
offering? BoaUn Transcript.
"Say, is there any way af getting out a
blanket injunction?"
What for?" . ,
"Tou sae, mv wife persists in using ours
this mild weather for fear of a sudden cold
spell." Boston Transcript. , '
' Friend What are you reading?
College Student Atrocity reports of the
various European nations now at war.
, Friend Wh-i1'! tha idea?
College Studnt Inspiration. I am golnt
to write a foot ball song tor our rooters.
St. Louis aiobtj-Democrat.
During a military enurch 'service soma
British recruits were listening to the chap
lain saying: "Let them slay the Huna as
w .!.,. Cvntl.n." ,h,n ft T M
trult Whispered to his companion; "Say. Bill,
the old toloKO is a on on; aon i e unow u
was Kitchener who swiped the Egyptians?"
London Chrjnlcle. .
Customer Can you give me a shepherd
dog?
Dealer-r-No. but we have j fine ones of .
other breeds, v
Customer They won't do. 1 always maKo
appropriate presents, and I don't aee hqvr
t ran artva anv but a shepherd dog to my
pastor. Baltimore American.
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Sold by all druggists.
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Insist on "Brownatone" at your hairdress
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It's Easy-H You Know Dr.
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TViai aarot Af tominar munff is to feel
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an' Hi aa All . fa e a A? '
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