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4 THE BEE j OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1918. THE OMAHA BEE DAILY (MORNING) EVENING ' SUNDAY -FOUNDED SX EDWARD ROSEWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR E BEE PCBLISHDia COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS M Vb? Awettted Prm, if whKA Ibitalii mlr. ta uehwftlj mit,l to tk m for mbllotUoa of 411 am diitetaei oredltM t tt . r not otherwise ewdlud la Uiu paper, aaa io uw mw mi ubla Md herein. 411 cUnu sf pubiieuiM ur sneciu oiwm sr. OFFICES rtniati TTis Bm Bolldt, goal Omaha -J rhletfo Pwrtto! 0s Bulla. .mi n. at. Itn Tort SM Fink am CmmU Bluffs-M It. M K. Be tool New B'k of Ceaatn. Vtonrisi lilttlt Bulldlr WMhlnftoB 1311 0 BC - , MAY CIRCULATION DailV 69,841 Sunday 59,602 iwiD tnltl far 0 smth. subscribed sad sworn to by Dulftrt U1uul Clroilatlm Utantt. Subscribers leaving th city should hava Ths Be mailed to theav Air caaw requested. , THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG. . 'Pllilllliillllllllllillllillllllllll . 111! Iiiiiiiiiiiiliiliiiiiiiiiiiiiii, ' The new guard over the sugar bowl will keep out more thatt flics. "Cheating" on the food regulation 11 a mighty expensive business hereabouts. ' Local business for the first six months of the year shows up some totals that ought to interest the natives as well as the outside world. Our national treasury shows a balance sheet of $13,000,000,000 for the first full fiscal year of the war.t No wonder the secretary wanted a rest The season of professional base bail in the South has been'stispended. A base ball pennant cannot; command much attention as "against a Liberty loan honor flag, or ISO per 'cent Red Cross record. ' x'- - . Why not leV Champ Clark, and Jnn Sharp Williams divide time at the democratic conven tion? For a topic we would like to suggest: !What became of the instructions at the Balti more convention? i Commissioner JfcChord of the Interstate Com merce commission laments the persistence of the wooden sleeper, bat says the commission has no power to enforce Its edicts. A few more affairs Uke that at West Hammond and the problem will be solved.:.. ; v " ' ' V. '' The Trade commission finds that profiteering has been extensively practiced, and so reports to the senate." The main point is, what will we do about it? The president long ago made some definite promises on this point, and maybe he way now find fimt to redeem them. Our Nebraska. State Railwaf commission con tinues to go through the forms of approving or ders issuedWy the federal government for the op eration of the railroads. - Suppose our state com iuImWH Should encounter some order which it riapprovesl We shudder at the very thought. " A Real "League f Nations." Student of world politics find in the relations between the elements of the British empire something approaching the real league of na- , tiom that Is looked forward to as an after-the-war condition for peaceful existence. Long befpre the war started, the imperial council had been .broadened to admit representatives of Canada, Australia and the South African Unibn. In this was found the ready means of bringing prompt .and splendid co-operation between the dominions not colonies, if you pleaseand the United Kingdom on purely mutual lines essential to the successful resistance of the danger' that threat ened Great Britain in German aggression. , While each of the great overseas divisions of the empire, enjoying full political autonomy, has shared to the fullest extent in the defense of the empire, they have brought forward the ques tion as to what will be their position in days ahead. , Just now the . expressions of British opinion on the point give the impression that in the future the dominions are to be given the fuller privilege of initiating as well as endorsing treaties, and will be accorded the right of veto on matters in which all are elike affected. The jus tloe of this requires no argument The one danger, noted arise from the fact that each of v the three great divisions, Canada, Australia and the South African Union, is as yet undeveloped, . and while its destiny appears to be fixed by Brit ish tradition, the more, remote future may pro duce problems that win vex if they do not con- .. found the statesmen,.. K' f ; :: , ' , Against such contingency provision is not ' easily made, but advocates of the extended privi leges are hopeful that British patience will find the solution. In any event, they look forward to " great growth in each of the former colonies, and with it a consequent increase in British prestige. They will thus afford a stronger illustration, of the advantages of amicable understanding among nations, and a basis on which the pro- ? jected league may safely rest " . MISSED THE BULLSEYE. It is interesting to observe through the com ment of the press of the country that the demand voiced in the Indiana democrat:: state conven tion for a 1920 third-term renomination of Pres ident Wilson has failed to "hit it off" and that in the general consensus of opinion it was wholly out'of place at the present time and under pres ent war conditions. One of the most outstanding democratic organs, the New York Times, which is wholly devoted to the president, says, "Let 1920 take care of itself," adding: "It was in bad enough taste for the vice president of the United States to descend, to cheap witticisms, but in much worse taste were Chairman Ralston's refer ences to the Presidential campaign of 1910 and his advocacy of a third terra for President Wilson." 'The thing before us," it emphasizes, "is not to elect the next president for the United States, but to keep Hindenburg from Paris and the Channel ports, to keep the Austrians out of Venice, and to sweep the submarines from the sea." , The New York World, which is, if anything, still more uncompromisingly democratic, sug gests that the next democratic candidate for president will be named by the national demo cratic convention two years hence, and that what the exigencies of the times will call for may then be mot clearly understood than now. "What they call for now," it insists, "is winning the war and not breaking third-term precedents.". The New York Journal of Commerce charter terizes the Indianapolis third-term proclamation to be "a silly political mov;." "The administra tion," it continues, "is constantly professing to avoid partisanship in the choice of agencies for winning the war and inviting aid and support from all loyal citizens and leaders of whatever faith. In the conflict that is going on there is no politics and none should be injected. Sufficient unto the day is the evil or the good thereof." It is a safe guess that if the Indianapolis dem ocrats were to bold their state convention over again, certain proceedings would not be repeated. . When the Ship Yards Celebrate. One feature of the Fourth of July celebration in the United States this year is to be the launching of ships, as many as the yards can put into the water on that day, How many this will be is yet a matter of some conjecture, but the -Emergency Fleet corporation announces 90, with the possibility of 95, the total deadweight tonnage certain to go down the ways being 282,186. In a single day, then, American ship builders will set afloat vessels almost equaling the total U-boat toll for the month of May, which was unusually high. This fact, in itself is sufficiently eloquent to arrest attention, but it deserves to be considered in its relation to the general program. Work under control of the Emergency Fleet corporation is really only getting under headway. Chairman Hurley, discussing the future, Says it is possible for; the 751 ways now existing in the United States to turn out 13,518,000 tons if only each way produces three ships a year. The Tuck ahoe was laurlched in 27 days; the South Pole, 6,200 tons, was put into the water at Baltimore in 40 days after the keel was laid. These records show the possibilities of the suddenly established industry. . J The spirit of the men is shown in the experi ence at one yard. The manager put a sign on an unfinished hull: The management has promised Mr. Schwab to launch this vessel on July 4. Will you do it?" And the men tacked their reply to the sign put up by the boss: "We'll do our d dest." : ' ,.' , It will require 12,000,000 tons of shipping to support an army of 3,000,000 Americans in France. And we will have the ships. , - Woman's Further Contribution to Victory. Woman has been given her full share in the war from the start; where she did not get what she thought was hers by right, she simply took it About all that mere man has been able to retain of his olden prerogative is confined to the nar row limits of toting a musket and wearing a gas mask, and even this privilege is not exclusive. Certain "battalions of , death" have broken through there, long enough to establish the record. So lovely woman ha done her bit is doing her bit and wilt continue,' world without end. For the present she is to be asked to make a sacrifice that may tome a little harder on her. Somebody high 'enough in authority, or hidden deep enough to be safe, has decreed that shoes are to contain less of leather. Instead of a nice long top of soft leather, encasing a lovely limb up to almost the kne, the footgear of the im mediate future will not te longer in he top reach than eight irtches. Through this , some millions of pairs of shoes will be made to con tribute leather for other millions of pairs not now existent Worse and more of it the tame authority emits another ukase, to the general effect and purpose that no dealer or maker shall for the space of six months exhibit adopt make or sell a new style of shoe last This means shorter tops and old lasts, and will give a lot of the dear ones an opportunity to wear out old shoes. Of course, war has its terrors as well as its glories, arid the American woman will submit to the limit in order to put the kaiser where ne I belongs. But just wait till this cruel war is overt Neighborly Words on Our Quarter Centennial Marked Progress Apparent ' ' Aurora Republican: Victor Rosewater has just celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversary of active newspaper work with The Omaha Bee. A special edition was issued last Sun day in commemoration ot the event wnicn bore eloquent testimony to the esteem in . i . i. - ; , whicn ne ts neia oy me Dusmess ana pro fessionat interests of Omaha. The Rose water family has played a conspicuous part in upbuilding Omaha, Nebraska and the west in general, and especially since the death of bis father the son has borne his full share of the burden. Marked progress has been apparent in every department of The Bee recently, notwithstanding the perplex ing prooiems oi war tunc, ana wun me tun accession of his powers at the threshold of mature middle age, there is reason to beheve that Victor Rosewater will carry the great newspaper property to heights never areamea oi oy ms uiusinous sire. Best "Balanced" ia the West Kearney Hub: The Sunday issue of The Omaha Bee was a fitting testimonial to Vic tor Rosewater, marking his. connection of 25 years with that great newspaper, and we use the word "great" with full intention. Victor Rosewater has faithfully discharged the trust that fell upon him . The Bee has been dependable where other newspapers of greater pretension have wobbled or side stepped. It is in addition the best "balanced" newspaper in the west Abreast of Omaha's Growth. West Point Republican: The Omaha Sun day Bee of , June 23 appeared in enlarged form in commemoration of 25 years of active identification with its publication of the pres ent editor, Victor Rosewater. The Omaha Bee is one of the great metropolitan papers of the country. It has always kept abreast with the splendid growth of Omaha and for community undertakings it has been in the forefront at all times. The present editor and publisher of The Bee has reasons to be proud of the achievements he has made during the 25 years. Our Correspondent's Share. Grand Island Independent: Sunday's Omaha Bee featured the 25 years of the con nection with the paper of its present editor, Victor Rosewater, son of the founder. Mr. Rosewater is certainly to be congratulated. They have been 25 years of strenuousoess, as any active newspaper man's service is likely to be if he has any fixed policies and his paper is meant to be not only a purveyor of the news of the day but also an influence for the good and the progress of the world. Such a wealth of reminiscence as was contained in this quarter-century feature is most inter esting to newspaper men. Incidentally it has recalled the fact that the commentator hereof, with whose congratulations go the best wishes for the Omaha editor's future, has, in the very minor capacity of a local Correspondent of the paper, been connected with it about 27 years, during all of which time these relations, though rather trivial, perhaps, have always been pleasant. , .A Good Daily Paper. Bloomington Advocate: Victor Rosewater, the editor of The Omaha Bee, last Sunday celebrated his quarter of a century in the newspaper game. During that time the state has wonderfully developed and The Bee has taken a prominent place ir the steady growth of the same. Whether you like Mr. Rose water or not you will hav to give him credit for putting out a good daily paper that is pretty sound on all leading questions. Services Have Been Incalculable. Nebraska City Tress: A notable "spe cial edition" was published by The Omaha Bee on Sunday, commemo rating the twenty-fifth anniversary tof Victor Rosewater, the paper's versatile and able edi tor, as head of the paper. The edition was replete, with interesting editorial and news matter touching Mr. Rosewater's connection with the newspaper, kit is the wish of the people of Nebraska, thousands of whom have kept The Bee in their households as a family friend for more than a quarter of a cen tury, that Mr. Rosewater' services may con tinue to distinguish The Bee as a newspaper worth while and that he may long be spared to keep his paper, founded by his iather, a man whose name will live in iournalistic his tory as long as the printed word is formed, foremost in the future, as it has been in the past and is in the present The Bee has done much for Nebraska. It has been on the right side of every question which af fected the public good. Politically it has been a power tor nearly half a century. Without it Nebraska would have been hard- pressed indeed. Mr. Rosewater's services to the newspaper, the city of Omaha and the commonwealth of Nebraska have been meal culable. Long may he be spared to "carry on. May Well Feel Proud. Fairbury News: Last Sunday's Omaha Bee commemorated the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the connection of Victor Rosewater with that paper. Mr. Rosewater may well feel proud of the prominence he has given that paper. Twenty-five Strenuous Years. Harvard Courier: The Omaha Bee got out a big special edition bunday to commem orate the twenty-fifth anniversary o1 Victor Rosewaters active connection with the paper. "Vic" will have to acknowledge that it has been a strenuous & years. Fitting Memorial to Founder. York News-Times: Victor Rosewater has served The Omaha Bee for 25 years and celebrated the anniversary by getting out a fine special edition. The Bee is a great newspaper and is today a fitting memorial to the great journalist who founded it. Clean, Reliable, Influential and Enterprising. Omaha Examiner: Last Sundays Omaha Bee was an 80-page paper in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Victor Rose water's management, editorially and other wise. It was a very attractive issue in every respect. Typographically it was a work of art and the contents were intensely interest ing the numerous advertisements especially, not only to the publisher, but to the readers as they reflected the business spirit of the business men as well as their appreciation of The Bee as a newspaper that has always day after day worked for the upbuilding of the metropolis of Nebraska and tributary terri tory. The condensed narrative of the strug gles and triumphs of The Bee admirably written by Col. T. W. McCullough, the asso ciate editor forms an important and enter taining chapter in the history of Omaha. Sev eral contributions by Victor Rosewater add much to the interest of the publication. Vic tor Rosewater had a thorough newspaper training prior to his rise to the position of editor-in-chief and principal owner and pub lisher of the paper and today is one of the best equipped newspaper men in this coun try. Under the guidance of the elder Rose water The Bee , won a national reputation, and that reputation has maintained under the direction of his son,-Victor. The Bee is a clean, reliable, influential and enterprising newspaper and is a credit to Omaha and the western country. The roster shows 230 em ployes, many of whom are high-paid persons. Besides there is an army of carriers. The Bee pays annually $250,QOO in wages and nearly the same amount for paper. This gives some idea of the cost of running a first-class daily newspaper. Taking into con sideration the high cost of labor, telegraph tolls, special correspondence, paper, ink, and other essentials, it is really a wonder that a big newspaper giving thr daily history lof the world-can be deliverec' to subscribers at the low rate that is usually charged. Inci dentally, Mr. Rosewater takes great pride in the fact that he was born on the, spot where now stands the handsome Bee building, one of the very first modern office structures in Omaha. For about 20 years the Rosewater family made its home in a modern frame house on the lot which is now one of the most valuable corners in this city. Why This Knock? You Guess. Omaha World-Herald: We cannot under stand why Victor Rosewater is so ashamed of himself. That special edition of The Bee last Sunday was an honest confession if we ever read one I For real invigoration it has Tanlac skinned to death! Idol Worship in Germany Erich Brandeis in Saturday Evening Post Beginning with the Prusian Order of the Crown, fourth class, up to the Black Eagle, which makes the owner a nobleman and en titles him to the coveted prefix, excellency, these little dewdabs are the alpha and omega of every German's ambition. They tome in all shapes and colors, in all sizes and styles; in silver and gold, with swords and without; with knights' crosses, omcers crosses, grand crosses, honor cross es; with eagles and lions; with yellow ribbons and red and blue; with diamonds and rubies. And always the conferring of such a decora tion makes a stanch imperialist out of the overwhelmed receiver. Many e rank socialist has been converted into an ardent conservative by the Order of the Red Eagle, and many a royal debt has been squared with the Cross of Merit But there is still another stout rope that tiet the German citizen to the throne. It is the title. ... . A lawyer has done something that has attracted his majesty's attention, let us say. He is appointed royal counsellor of justice, and his wife, of course, becomes Mrs. Coun sellor of Justice. Again he distinguishes himself. He is made chief counsellor of justice. You would not think that a man can climb higher than chief. You .are wrong; this is Germany. Up he goes to secret chief counsellor of justice, and finally into, the holy of holies real secret chief counsellor of justice, a title that carries with it the nobility and the above mentioned ex cellency. v , There are all sorts of counsellors and se cret counsellors in Germany; counsellors of administration, of finance, of commerce, of medicine, of government .and even of book keeping. Many a poor government employe who could not meet his grocery bills has been burdened with an henor when a small raise would have relieved him. But not one would have exchanged his title for money. He who has neither title nor decoration in Germany is indeed hopelessly bourgeois, and his name is strictly barred from the society :oIumns. This is what you have to fight against, people of America not a devilish individual. . t is a devilish system; an institution of such marvelous and insidious ingenuity that it 'vlll take centuries of education or a mighty rmash of arms to enlighten the German peo ple, and to convince them that the days of idol worship have passed. For what difference is there between the adulation of a golden image and the glorification of titles and silver crosses? It is not militarism atone that has cre ated this system. Militarism is only a part of it It is just one of the phases of Demen ts Germanica. People and Etents Speaking about the weather, New York and vicinity sobs out loud for a bath in the pulsing warmth of the middle west. Up to last Monday the big town shivered with cold and wondered why summer had been side tracked. Sympathy for the oppressed and distressed abounds hereabouts and relief or ders will be cheerfully honored, f. o. b. Chicago blazes the way of putting non essentials out of business without resorting to gas masks. Prospective speakers at a re cent banquet were arrested informally and locked up, permitting the festivities to pro ceed without noise or other disturbance. The incident is regarded as an effective vindica tion of the national slogan, "work or fight." ZffieJ3&es m f is? Ml I TODAY 1 ', On Tea Ago Today ta the War. . Russian troops captured Konluchy, In Oaiicla, taking 10,000 prisoners. President Wilson promulgated rules governing selection ot men tor the great draft army. , Austrian airplanes drop bombs on x Venice. Italian planea raided Trieste .j la reprisal. The Day We Celebrate. -'. x - ' Nathan Bernstein,- insurance man, i , born 1871. - - r George Forgan, president ' ot the JTorgan Investment company, born IIT1. v, - . Harry E. Fleharty, lawyer of " Omaha, born 1872. Thomas E. Mickel, president of N- jbraska Cycle company, born 1864. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart Harvard professor . and , publicist, born at ClarkBvlUe, Pa,, 1854. CJ Day to History. 1725 -Jean Baptist Rochambeau, marshal of France, who aided Ameri can In the revolution, born in Ven- dome. Died May' 10, 1807. ' 1808 Gideoa Welles, Lincoln's secretary of the navy, born at Gias tonbury, Conn. Died February 11, ,-,- , 1817 DeWitt Clinton Inaugurated Cvernor of New Tork. . 1883 First day, of the battle of Csitysborr ends with the federals I oldlng the key positions of the field it operations. Ho$ Charles Bonaparte succeeded J ust SO Years Ago Today Colonel Chase, who is to deliver the Fourth of July oration at Cham pion, Chase county, left for that place. W. B. Sheldon, who carries a hard ware grip for an Omaha firm, was along; the line of th B. & M. in west ern Nebraska last week. The Two Johns" attracted a fair audience at Boyd's ' and the season closed amid much enthusiasm. A meeting to take Initiatory steps to the organisation of a press club was held in the parlors of the Ogden house and the Nonpareil, Globe and Herald of Council Bluffs and The Bee and World-Herald of Omaha were represented. "'.';' ;;, A lodge of the Order of Foresters was Instituted In South Omaha under the name of the Magic City lodge. J. Atherton was chosen president Dr. Kelly, secretary and Thomas Bock, treasurer. -v.-'-. '-- vyv Mrs. J. J. Bliss left for a Wo Round About the State During those rare hot days ot June which mock the poets the Gothenburg Independent mopped this brilliant bead off Its brow: "If a Teuton is a Hun, is a little Teuton a Hunny?" The foreman then turned on the hose. . Nebraska weeklies swatted by the new postal rates effective July 1 are putting their shops In order .for the change. Dollar weeklies . announce advances to 81.50 a year, and require cash from subscribers beyond county lines. Light and water rates continue climbing the cost ladder in various towns. The village board of Stratton gave both a boost of 25 per cent be ginning; the last halt of the year. O'Neill Is up against similar propo sition. Increased fuel and labor cost Is the stage villainy In the business. Editor Perkins ot the Aurora Re publican insists on more light on the transaction which brought back Into the county treasury 1 1.3 8 4.7 J. from "former county officials." It Isn't the money come-back that worries, but the absence ot the names of the gen erous donors, which renders Aurora's roll of honor Incomplete. " At this distance It looks as though 'Gen Huse ot the News wins a niche In the hall of fame as tho male Betsy Ross ot Norfolk. . With a town flag pole and flag and several park flags to his credit he places a stand of colors for the home guards, which puts him so far In the lead that competitors ae pnothered by the duftj Whittled to a Point - Brooklyn . Eagle: The spirit of Qulntus Fabius Maxlmus. 81 centuries a trans-Styx habitant must revel In the way Rome 13 playing Cunctator startegy with the Austrians. Changes since Hannibal's time have not less ened the value of exhausting the en emy. But when fighting comes the Italians tackle it con amore and ef fectively. New York World: Ten, 15 and 20 year terms, like those reported from Camp Upton and approved by Secre tary Baker, should remove quite cleanly the object from conscientious objection. Minneapolis Journal: When Roose velt spoke In Indianapolis there were cries of "Roosevelt In 1920." Indi ana democrats U their convention the other day applauded the slogan, "Wilson In 1920." Let's win the war first . Louisville Courier-Journal: The food administration asks that civil ians eat lees beef and more pork and bacon between now and the middle ot September. Less beef and lees pork and bacon would be advisable in the case of the average man or woman during the hot weather. New York World: Prussians steal from other nations; their commu niques speak gloatingly of "booty," not all military. Their men opposite ours at Chateau Thierry use wheel barrows for plunder. But surely Dep uty Braun Is mistaken In saying that "everybody cheats, steals, grabs" at home. Prussians rob &npot bet, , i It Twice Told Tales 1j the Swim. One afternoon a man went into a testaurant and selected an Irish stew from the bill of fare. Soon the dish tras placed before him and after giv ing it a critical glance he removed lila coat then his vest and then his collar and necktie. "What in the world are you trying to do, mister?" demanded the won dering waiter as the patron reached down to untie his shoes. 'This Isn't fodtlme." "A casual glance, young man," re iponded the patron, "should suffice to how you that I am removing my clothes." "But but" objected the waiter, "you can't remove your clothes in here." "I can't swim with them on," vnswered the patron, pointing to the fttew, "and swim this ocean of water I must In order to reach yonder tiny hland ot mutton." Philadelphia Tel egraph. """"" Cause Explained. "When 1 come round again the sur geon 'e says to me, 'I'm blooming sorry, mate, I don't know what I was thinking about' he says, 'but there's a sponge mlssln', and I believe ifs Inside yer. 'What's the odds,' I says, let It be." And there It is to this day." Gullible Old Gentleman Bless my soul! Unable Seaman I don't feel no particular pain from It but I do get luuoi uuromraoniy inirsiy. (Success- -Ji!yj.--CasseU,f Saturday Jpurnf Sbriver's Ancestral Tree. Omaha, June 29. To the Editor of The Bee: I have been urgently re quested by a number of my political friends who are supporting me for county treasurer to correct an errone ous rumor that is being circulated as to my being of German descent I have no apologies to make for my ancestry. I am 100 per cent an Amer ican In every sense of the word, ana don't think there Is any excuse to be made for anyone carrying that nign standard of Americanism, no matter where he was born. My father's ancestors came to this country from Holland about jvau, three brothers, tw of whom served on Washington's bodyguard. My father's grandmother was half Scotch and half Irish. On my mother's side, my grandmother came frbm Scotland and grandfather from England. I was born in Pennsylvania, never heard German spoken until I came to Ne braska. In 1881. Was one of the or ganizers of the local.-Pennsylvania club, was its first secretary, and was re-elected many times. The rules of the club required that one must be born in Pennsylvania to be eligible to membership. Regardless of national ity they called themselves, and , were commonly , called, "Pennsylvania Dutch." Doubtless that Is how the impression first start-' that I was of German parents. I have no German blood In my veins, but if I had I would not think It necessary to make apolo gies for that fact, as long as I was an American. True, we have some pro Germans among us, and not all of German descent, but we have , thou sands of American born of German ex traction and even foreign born, who are just as loyal American citizens as the very best of us. W. O. SH RIVER. Wants Protective Tariff. Bruning, Neb., June 24. To the Editor of The Bee: In the Sunday Bee of June 23 you have an article saying that this country must cease shipping to foreign shores its wealth if raw material and Instead must build industries and convert the raw material into manufactured products here at home. This theory has been advocated in the United States ever since 1864 and it has proven wonder fully successful in developing our country. But we have had strong foreign competitors who wanted the United States for an open commercial field for their products and they have induced our shortsighted public to choose a policy with less commercial protection against the foreign manu factured products, which policy will hurt us for a Ions time yet. Your article says the tinn has gone by that the people of the United States will be so shortsighted as to be misled again, but the American people are too much given to wantin- something for nothing. What would result from opening our commercial ports to for eign goods has been clearly outlined to our people but they would not lis ten. I am in hope that the people will get their eyes opened and stand for our United States first and last and get away from the old theory of ship ping our raw material to Europe and then turn around and buy It back again in the manufactured article. J. DUIS. Keep Our Army Clean. Fremont, Neb., June 29. To the Editor of The Bee: I noticed an item in an Omaha paper to the effect that federal officers were holding a Mexi can tinder a white slave charge. It also appeared that he had failed to register for the draft. According to the story, if the Mexican passed the necessary physical examination, the white slave chdrge was to be dropped if he would enlist in the army. It appears that the girl in the case was 14 years old. Now, I am an American, loyal to the backbone, a Liberty bond buyer, member of the Red Cross, etc., but I do not like the idea of this great government saying to a man, in effect: "It is all right to ruin a 14-ycar-old girl, provided you will enlist in the army. You may escape the penalty In that way." We are Drotestine. and I erhtlv. iaerainst the treatment accorded French girls by German soldiers. But this story, if true, would seem to give the German sympathizers a chance to say some-1 thing against, our army. ' GUY HAYTHORN, Wichita, Kan. dollar t th end of the wtok to ictet cas t expanses. Boston Trantcript. . "Different custom prevail In different lo calities. In Paris, an artistic city, natural ly you paint th town." - - - ; "Huh?" . While in London you raise a fog." Louisville Courier-Journal. "See that man? Everybody' crasy about ' him.", "So popular, eh?" "No not especially. He' a superinten dent et a (tat hospital lor the insane." Judge. "What your mule' nam?" "He hasn't got any reglar Bam. It sort o' keep us both Interested for me te think up what to call Mm as th provocation arises." Washington Star. . "I suppose It's a great deprivation to your deaf friend not to be able to go to the theater." "Oh, he can go ta moving plotnre and grand opera." Baltimore American. "I don't want to alarm yen, my dear," he announced In a sepulchral vole, "but I have symptoms ot appendicitis." "Wher?" "Over on my left atd." "Tour appendix Is oa yow right aide, my love." It I remarkable how qatekty a mas re covers under these conditions. Leolsrvlll Courier-Journal. . .... AMERICA. Th world hath turned t the ta Th boat of freedom wait thy lead. Thy duty call; God gtv the speed, The task Is thin. America. The hour fall, be this th dead; Oo join thy comrades where they bleed r Unfurled to thwart Oppression's grd Thy itandard shine, , America. Ood and th cause! Thou wilt not quail To hurtling storm of battle hall: Uplift thine heart, thou canst not fait. Thy cause Is just. America. Advance thy banners to th fray.- The dawn light of a newer day Hath tipped thy lances with Its ray; - , In Ood thy trust. America. Get thou the steel that fenced thy sir New forged from out thin altar fire, And bew th path th world desire -To a new day, America. Be thou the shield of freeborn states: The trenchant steel that flaming wails With Azrael at Heaven's gates To guard the way. 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