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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1918.
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' Omaha will say goodby to the "flu" gladly.
Italy also is staging a come-back that looks
mighty good from this distance.
"Who's who in Germany" is a puzzle right
now, but somebody will be called on to answer
it soon.
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Somebody blundered again, but that will not
finally affect the hold the federal court still has
on the culprit. " 1
; Along with the passing of the "flu" comes
the lifting of the ban on mince pie. Verily, our
cup commences to run over.
V Members of the Bootleggers' Bund are unan
imous for Herr Hofeldt for sheriff. They know
; they need look for no favors from Mike Clark,
- the sheriff on the job.-'
J Remember, too, that it was towards a dem
ocratic and not a republican senator the presi
dent used tjie Wilsonian equivalent for the
short and ugly word last spring. x
' Fort Crook will get a new well instead of
, the city water main, but the posy tossed the
senator for hi "services" in this matter will not
be recalled. It has already faded.
'The number of letter writers recently devel
' oped among the statesmen of the Central pow
ers supports the thought that a correspondence
school has been opened somewhere in Europe.
- Ordinarily a democrat would excite only
laughter by, accusing the republican party of
lack of loyalty, but this time the charge is met
by such indignation as will be registered at the
polls.
Patriotism still is serviceable as a refuge for
rascals, but the claim set up by the democrats
that they are the only ones to be trusted with
the management of the government during the
, war period is too thin.
: ' The German people are willing to concede
almost anything if they only are guaranteed that
'- nothing will be done to them in the fashion they
did to France and Belgium. The perpetrators
' of those, horrors knew what they were doing,
You ask what Charles Otto Lobeck did in
congress? Well, the Omaha Hyphenated says
; be "co-operated" with Hitchcock in getting the
water main extended to Fort Crook so suc-
. cessfully indeed that the work will not b.e done.
The Hyphenated organ of pro-German and
.Mormon church propaganda is in sore straits
tnese days to camouflage the rotten war record
' of Senator Hitchcock, while denouncing Senator
Norris for similar performances. It's a tough
: job of pot calling kettle black.
' . The office of county surveyor is always one
' of real importance ia these days of good roads
projects it is especially so. That is why "Lou"
: Adams should be continued in the place where
his experience and ability will be of help to the
public, and particularly to the farmers who use
the roads.
Tie World-Herald lodges objection to Clar
ence A. Davis, he republican candidate for at
torney general, on, the ground that he is young.
Perhaps, but in experience and tested ability
- Air. Davis is not wanting. How about his dem-
ocratic opponent, George W. Berge, older in
years, but a notorious perennial office-seeker
who has been bobbing up at nearly every elec
tion as a candidate for any old thing from sen
ator, congressman and governor down, and is
now eager to sacrifice his talents in a $2,000-a-
year job. Oh, yes, help rescue Berge from the
Down-and-Outers' club.
The Arm of Accomplishment
!!
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, Science and invention have given the modern
- war much machine guns, long range artillery,
airplanes, tanks, gas. They have added frills,
they have made war superficially different, but
thev have not changed its basic form.
The greatest instrument of the army of to
. day, the Instrument which stands out con
spicuously above all others, is the same instru
:. ment which made or broke all armies of history
the infantry.
Everything in an army is subservient to the
i infantry. The artillery is to break down re
sistance before it, the tanks are to clear its path,
, gas is to retard it.
We see a combat airplane in a fight to the
';eath far above us. It is clearing the sky so
that observing airplanes can assist the artillery
in assisting the infsntry. Stevedores at a base
port work overtime to unload shells from a ship,
t engineers rush the shells by train to a railhead,
ammunition trains carry them forward to the
guns, the gunners fire them to blast a path
ahead for the infantry, or to throw over a bar
rage to protect it.
V- Those are just simple examples. Sometimes
- the reasoning is more involved and complex,
but it always, in this war as in all wars, leads to
the infantry.
v Plodding their way through rain or dust,
fighting through shrapnel, or gas, the infantry
is the sun of the planetary system of the army.
The other services, highly important as hey all
.are, are merely subsidiary s planets revolving
., about it . r ' '
The infantry is of that branch of the service,
: which, in terms of military science, is defined as
; "the arm of accomplishment" Stars and
Stripes, France. . ,. . . . -
THE SUPREME BENCH.
Attractive as is the theory of the nonpartisan
ballot for the selection of our court judges, in
practice it puts the average voter at the disad
vantage of being compelled "to go it blind" over
a list of names that convey no meaning. This
is more true of the choice of supreme judges
even than of district or local judges, for the
candidates are seldom personally known beyond
the circle of lawyers who come in contact with
them professionally. The vital importance, how
evervof maintaining the highest standard in our
highest court most concerns, as we all know,
the business man the working man, thefarmer,
the home owner, because the judgments of the
court have to do with rights -of person and
property, and it is the litigants rather than the
lawyers wo foot the bills and enjoy the bene
fits of even-handed justice or suffer the penal
ties of injustice.
One of the prime factors for the nonpartisan
ballot plan was the contention that it would
operate to keep capable and conscientious
judges on the bench during good behavior re
gardless of previous political affiliation subject
merely to a periodic opportunity to the voters
to recall them for obvious shortcomings. If
that is good argument, then in the impending
election the two judges whose terms are ex
piring, Judge Letton and Judge Rose, should
have had their re-election conceded and made
practically unanimous, and only the third place,
left vacant by the death of Judge Hamer, the
object of competition.
For this third place, then, a choice would
have to be made between the other four candi
dates, and it is fortunate that all of them are
lawyers of mature years and standing.
In behalf of Judge Perry it is urged with
much force that not only has he the desired
legal qualifications and judicial experience, but
his election alone will give representation to the
west two-thirds of the state.
Ex-Governor Aldrich is well remembered
for his record of aggressiveness as chief execu- J
tive of the state, and his later candidacy for the
senate. ,
Judge Martin is now one of the supreme
court commissioners, having also once served
as attorney general.
Judge Corcoran is another well-thought-of
incumbent of the district bench, to which he
was-promoted from the position of court stenog
rapher, with laudable ambition to go higher. '
But in the finality, it devolves on the indi
vidual voter to determine the make-up of the
supreme bench by an intelligent and discrim
inating exercise of the ballot.
How Sincere Are the Austrians?
The multiple notes arriving in shoals from
Austria naturally awaken some suspicion as to
the sincerity of whatever there is left of the im
perial government in that distraught country.
In the latest, emanating from Count Andrassy,
is this sentence: "Since the accession to power
of Emperor and King Charles, his immovable
purpose has been to bring an end to the war."
Undoubtedly, but with victory for the cause
represented by Austria in arms. One year ago
the Hunnish hordes, led by Prussian com
manders, were sweeping back Cadorna's army
and swarming down onto the Venetian plain,
bent on bringing an end to the war in that sec
tion at least by crushing Italy, Austria has
shared in the loot of Roumania, and in the dem
olition of Russia. Italian cities have been
sacked and the plunder carried away to Austria.
Now, that fortunes of( war have changed and
the doom of the Austrian empire is plainly seen
in the dissolution of the force that has held
together in unhappy alliance the people that
compose it, we find the expert double-dealers
at Vienna shiftily seeking for some avenue of
escape other than the one plainly labeled, "Un
conditional Surrender." If Kaiser Karl is sin
cere he can end his share of the war most ex
peditiously by handing over his sword. Per
sistence in palaver in hope of staving off the
inevitable fools nobody other than those who
want to be fooled.
Why the South Stays "Solid."
Sixteen southern states, well represented by
democrats in the present congress, have no
reason to complain about the way they have
been treated in the distribution of plums trom
the War department To these states has gone
$490,306,991, up to the close of the fiscal year
on June 30 last, to pay for construction under
direction of Mr. Baker's department. These
sixteen states made return to the government
for all taxes collected by the internal revenue
bureau, which includes income, excess profits,
corporation, liquor, tobacco and special taxes of
all kinds, and for subscriptions to the Third
Liberty loan, as follows:
Third
State. Tax Paid. Liberty Loan.
Alabama ..$ 19,131,000 23,150,850
Arkansas 6,312,000 22,709,950
Florida 7,867,000 18,031,100
Georgia 19,015,000 39,133,050
Kentucky 98,764,000 43,672,300
Louisiana 35,166,000 34,533,150
Maryland ... 61,407,000 48,729,100
Mississippi 5,337,000 17,804,950
New Mexico 2,526,000 5,998,500
North Carolina. , . 69,676,000 24,582,250
Oklahoma 19,633,000 39,440,500
South Carolina... 8,457.000 19,426,250
Tennessee) 17,998,000 33,762,000
Texas J. 40,014,000 97,322,500
Virginia 36,003,000 44,048,750
"West Virginia 48,012,000 81,913,250
Totals $495,212,000 $544,26M50
In fourteen northern states, where army
posts, cantonments, officers' training camps or
industrial works of any kind were carried djt by
the War department, the expenditure, for the
same time was $200,559,222. These states paid
in taxes and subscribed for Liberty bonds of
the Third loan in these amounts:
Third
State. Tax Paid. Liberty Loan.
California 109,815,000 $ 174,823,150
Illinois 362,454,000 279,253,700
Indiana 57,580,000 84,729,200
Iowa 17.460,000 117,211,450
Kansas 29,211,000 47,390,200
Massachusetts .. 191,814,000 228,329,750
Michigan 103.678.0d0 107,671,400
Nebraska 13,875,000 50,684,000'
New Jersey.... 103,276,000 139,914,300
New York 839,378,000 985,559,600
Ohio 300,826,000 225,133,550
Pennsylvania.. 589,064,000 467,763,550
. Vermont ' 4,001,000 9,330,750
Washington" -20,965,000 42,908,350
. Totals $2,743,397,000 $2,960,693,600
In plain words, the north pays the taxes
and the south gets the money, and that is an
other reason why the demcorats want to retain
their hold on congress.
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Qne Year Ago Today In The War.
Brazilian army mobilized to sup
press a threatened revolt of Ger
mans in Brazil.
Berlin reported that 120,000 Ital
ians and more than 1,000 guns had
been captured in the operations up
to that time.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
General Wheaton and staff con
ducted the monthly muster and re
viewed the troops at Fort Omaha.
Unity Shakespeare met at Trinity
church, Seventeenth and Cass
WW" W'WM
streets, and heard Prof. Shanran re
cite the last three acts of "The Mer
chant of Venice."
Bishop Newman of the M. E,
church ratified the action of the
general conference, making Omaha
his place of residence.
W. J. Connell returned from a
campaign tour of the state.
A telegraphic notification was sent
to Rev. Dr. Duryea of the Central
Congregational church of Boston,
of his election as pastor of the First
Congregational church of Omaha at
a salary of $6,000 a year.
The Day We Celebrate.
Ed. Johnston of Ed. Johnston &
Co., real estate, born 1846.
James A.'C. Kennedy, attorney-at-law,
born 1876.
William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury and director-general of
the Federal Railway administration,
born near Marietta, Ga., 55 years,
ago. ,
Edwin B. Winans, brigadier-general,
United States army, born in
Michigan 49 years ago.
Maj.-Gen. James B. Aleshire,
United States army, retired, born at
Gjillipolis, O., 62 years ago.
Captain William A. Moffett, Unit
ed States navy, commandant of the
naval station at Chigaco, born in
South Carolina 49 years ago.
This Day in History.
1814 The privateer "America," of
Salem, Mass., began her fourth
cruise against British commerce.
1848 Gen. Stephen Watts Kear
ny, the conqueror of New Mexico,
died at St. Louis. Born at Newark,
N. J., August 30, 1794.
1870 M. Thiers was authorized
by the French defense government
to treat with Prussia for an armis
tice. 1899 Sir Redvers Euller arrived
at Cape Town to take command of
the British forces against the Boers.
1914 Japanese began a general
attack, by land and sea, on Tsing
Tau. 1915 Italians launched a vigor
ous offensive along the Isonzo front.
Timely Gatherings and Reunions.
One thousand five hundred fifty
third day of the great war.
Celebration of the ancient festival
of Hallowe'en.
The District of Columbia today
rounds out its first "saloonless"
year.
The problem of , stabilizing labor
in wartime will be 'a leading subject
of discussion at the fall meeting of
the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, which is to begin its
sessions today in Boston.
William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury and director general of
the national transportation system
of the United States, will receive
congratulations today on the 55th
anniversary of his birth.
Storyette of the Day.
The professor remembered one
day that he had a daughter. He
went to the nursery to see her, and
found his wife adoring her. He
listened to the mother's raptures for
a while, then asked hesitatingly:
"Can the little thing walk?"
"Walk, Herbert!" cried his wife.
"Why, she's been walking now for
six months!"
"Dear me', dear me" said the pro
fessor, thinking busily of something
else. "What a distance she must
have traveled!" Chicago News.
CENTER SHOTS."
Minneapolis Tribune: Compared
with what the allies are still able to
do, past achievements are only "set
ting up" exercises.
Detroit Free Press: The Germans
are getting out of Belgium, and in
some instances too fast to suit the
Belgians, who would like a little
vengeance with their victory.
Kansas City Star: American 16
inch guns are spoken of as being at
the front, but actually they will op
erate some 20 miles In the Germans'
rear.
New York World: The continued
advance of French and Italian
troops on the Italian front should
logically prepare the way for a mas
terly "strategic retreat" by Austria.
Washington Post: "We have lost
the war in the sense that we cannot
win the war," says Count Tisza.
Glory be! The light Is breaking on
the heathen in the sense that he
knows he Is licked.
Brooklyn , Eagle: Germany's
"honor" . gets a prominent place In
the German note. But to make sure
its "honor" will be honored, Ger
many puts "Made In Switzerland" on
all its Exported goods. The most
masculine and warlike nation of Eu
rope can do business only in a neu
tral's name.
New York Herald: General
Smuts of South Africa and the Brit
ish war cabinet, made this predic
tion at a public meeting in Scotland
Just before the present great drive
began: "Germany will not get back
an inch of the ground we have taken
from it and it will have to give up
every inch of ground that it has invaded."
WHO COUNSELS PEACE.
Who oounssla peace at thla momentous
hour,
When Ood hat given deliverance to
the oppressed
And to the Injured power?
Who counsels peace, when ' Vengeance,
like a flood
Rolls on, do longer now to be re
pressed When Innocent blood
From the four corners of the world crlet
out V
For Justice upon the accursed head:
When Freedom hath her holy ban
ners .spread i
Over til nations, now In one lust cause
United; when with one sublime ac
cord
Europe throws off the yoke abhorred.
And loyalty and faith and ancient laws
Follow the avenging sword T
. Robert Souther (written la 1114.)
The Peace of Victory
ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE.
As to carrying on the war to victory, tlrere
is no issue, although in the manner of our en
tering it there is a priceless lesson. All Ameri
cans regardless of creed, section, race or politics
are for the war until the American nation is tri
umphant and the enemy lays down his arms.
From the moment congress declared hostilities,
the republican slogan has been and is "uncondi
tional surrender."
The facts of record place on the brow of the
republican party a new and a neeuliar elorv. All
the wars we ever waged, of which this is the"
seventh, this is the first armed struggle during
which the party out of power did not oppose the
war and obstruct the government's efforts to
win it. But in this conflict the republican party,
out of power, has rallied to the colors with a
mighty enthusiasm and more than aggressively
supported every measure that made for victory
on the battlefield.
Even during our eight years' struggle for in
dependence the people were divided and only a
part of them stood by Washington and his rag
ged, starving, but unconquerable little army.
In our naval war with France the political
party then out of power denounced that conflict
and furiously assailed every step our govern
ment took to vindicate American interests,
rights and honor.
In our second armed collision with Great
Britain the party then out of power bitterly de
nounced it. Governors of some states refused
military assistance, influential and wealthy men
declined to buy Liberty bonds of that time, and
openly discouraged others from doing so. Even
secession from the union was advocated and
planned for because of the war.
In our war with Mexico the party then out
of power not only was against the American
cause, but was abusive of the national authori
ties in their successful efforts to advance the in
terests of the republic by which was won for
liberty and civilization that vast empire now
peopled by millions of the freest, happiest and
most prosperous men and women on earth.
The record made by the party then out of
power during the civil war and throughout and
after the Spanish war is still fresh in the minds
of living men.
Thus it comes about that, in all our history,
the republican party, is the only party out of
power that did not oppose, resist and obstruct
the American nation when at war the only
party out of power that ever approved any
armed conflict we ever had; the only party out
of power when the battle flag was unfurled, that
ever strengthened the rm of the government.
Not only this, but it is a fact known to all
men that, ever since we entered the war, vital
war measures could not have beemput through
congress by the party in power, and were passed
only by the aggressive action of the republican
senators and representatives.
Moreover, the states and sections of our
common land which have paid, are paying and
will pay by far the greater part of the terrific
expenses of the war pay them without com
plaint and with wholehearted devotion to the
nation are republican states and republican
sections.
It is a fact that the parts of our united coun
try that have furnished the largest number of
soldiers who are fighting the nation's battles are
these same republican states, these same repub
lican sections. -
If the proportions of the number of Amer
icans under arms represent the political geo
graphy of America, it is not impossible that
more republicans are serving with the colors
than members of any other political party.
This is a record without precedent or paral
lel. Yet we republicans claim no credit for it.
We have only done our duty. But we are proud
that in the doing of that duty we have raised a
new standard of loyalty. Would the same have
happened if we were in power and the demo
cratic party out of power?
The chief argument and greatest influence in
the re-election of the present administration was
that it had kept us out of war and that the re
publican party if successful would get us into
war. Had Mr. Hughes been elected and Mr.
Wilson been defeated on that issue, would the
democratic party have stood by President
Hughes in the conduct of the war, as stanchly
as the republican party has stood by President
Wilson?
The republican party, though out of power,
is not a peace party obstructing the government,
but instead a war party upholding the govern
ment. . If the democratic party had been de
feated and were now out of power, would it, like
us, have become a war party upholding the gov
ernment? Doubtless events would have an
swered these questions in the affirmative,'
but as to the republican attitude there
can be no speculation, for the republican stand
is a matter of recorded fact fact which nobody
denies, fact wheih it would be as foolish as it
would be infamous for anybody to attempt to
deny.
With republican officials bending every effort
to win the war; with republican fathers and
mothers giving their sons and their substance
for the nation's cause; with republican soldiers
fighting and falling on the field of battle; with
republican leaders the first to demand peace on
ly with victory, it would be politically fatal and
morally criminal for the democratic party to
challenge republican fidelity to the flag.
Thus we see that in the support of the gov
ernment while waging war there is no issue be
tween the parties. Everybody knows that the
election of republican congressmen and repub
lican senators means, at the very least, as stanch
and as aggressive support of jthe government in
conducting hostilities as the election of demo
cratic representatives and senators possibly
could mean.
It is said that republican victory will hearten
Germany and dishearten our associates on the
battlefield? The answer is, Mainel Did repub
lican success in Maine encourage the kaiser?
Did republican triumph in the Pine Tree state
paralyze the will and brain of Foch or bring
despair to Italy, Great Britain and France?
Would the central powers be strengthened by
tidings that American elections have been car
ried by the political party led by Theodore
Roosevelt?
We are asked to vote for democratic candi
dates for the house and senate because they will
do whatever the administration wants them to
do, not only until peace is declared, but also in
that dark and heavy period that will come upon
us when the war is won. That time cannot be
far distant. It may come as suddenly as the
breaking of that monstrous storm that for four
years has deluged the world in blood.
Why should voters sign blank checks for Mr.
Wilson to fill in as he likes hereafter? Yet that
is what you are directed to do. You are com
manded to vote for democratic candidates in or
der that they may ratify any decree, no matter
what, that hereafter may be issued from the
White House. Yet if peace arrives within the
next few months, it will find America as un
ready to solve the problems and perform the
tasks that will then suddenly confront us, as
America was unprepared to fight when the in
sane and wicked German government forced us
into the conflict Whose fault is that?
Calls It An Infamous Insult.
Omaha, Oct. 29. To the Editor of
The liee: A more infamous insult
wns never heaped upon the head of
his subjects by any ruler in Chris
tendom than the partisan political
screed recently delivered from the
White House, The autocratic kaiser
in his palmiest days never dared to
even charge the socialist party,
whose avowed object aimed at his
removal, that they dtd not believe in
the perpetuity of a German govern
ment. It impugns the loyalty, Integrity
and ability of a majority of the elec
tors, men and women, of the United
States. To support a republican
candidate or affiliate with the repub
lican party, is to be charged with
disloyalty and a failure to support
our boys in the trenches. It dis
credits the patriotism of such men
as ex-Presidents Roosevelt and Taft,
Senators Lodge, Knox and Cutrt
mings. It questions In our own cir
cle the loyal motives of suVh men as
Gurdon W. Wattles, food adminis
trator; John L. Kennedy, fu: ad
ministrator; Frank W. Judson and
Oould Deltz, heads of the Red Cross;
George Coupland and C. A. MoCloud
of the Council of Defense, and their
noble band of assistants who have
given without stint of their talents,
time and money, with no reward or
hope thereof except the con
sciousness of a duty loyally per
formed. To say that these men and
women are not loyal enough or pos
sessed of the ability to intelligently
choose candidates for the national
congress is an insult that should be
indignantly resented.
To charge that a vote for a repub
lican at this time Is a reflection upon
the patriotism of every American
citizen who so votes should arouse
such a resentment in the heart of
every loyal republican, with a drop
of red blood in his veins, that will
not be forgiven or forgotten while
the government stands or the repub
lican party exists.
It should not be forgotten that the
American government is now abso
lutely under the control of the sons
of the triators who once attempted
to destroy it and loyalty to American
principles of freedom is a word that
never found place in the creed of
their early education. Raised as
the sons of slave-holders and sup
porters of a system of slavery, they
believe that they can yet enslave the
white people of the north as they
once held the negroes of the south
in bondage.
The citizen of any party or any
creed who defends such a fulmina
tion from a power-mad ruler is un
true to himself, to his country and
to democratic freedom.
C. F. M'GREW.
Joab and Amasa.
Silver Creek, Neb., Oct. 29. To
the Editor of The Bee: Just by way
of constructive criticism, permit me
to call the attention of your readers
to two historic parallels:
"And Joab said to Amasa, 'Art
thou in health, brother?' And Joab
took Amasa by the beard with the
right hand to kiss him. But Amasa
took no heed to the sword that was
in Joab's hand; so he smote him
therewith in the fifth rib and shed
out his bowels to the ground, and
struck him not again; and he died."
2d Samuel, 20:9-10.
In the summer of the year of our
Lord 1918, at about the time of the
beginning of the political campaign,
Woodrow Wilson, who was then the
president of the United States a
democrat and leader of the American
people publicly declared that "pol
itics is adjourned," and the word
went throughout his dominions.
Trusting In his good faith, the re
publicans did not make prepara
tions for the contest as they otner
wise would have done. When about
10 days before election, and there
was not time for them to meet
the blow, Woodrow Wilson, in
a formal pronouncement, demanded
that democratic candidates through
out the country for congress, both
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ness. Every drop of SCOtt'S
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kind that builds strength and
promote healthy growth.
Children Thrive on Scott's
Scott & Bowne, Elooinficld, N. J. 1S-15
BSRBSaHBOBBES
Telephone Cost in New York
Four years ago the. telephone company of
Greater New York reduced charges in response
to public pressure. In 1914, the last year of the
high rate, the company's net return was 12.23
per cent on a valuation of $82,000,000. The
first year of the reduced rate netted the com
pany 11.90 per cent; 1916, 14.91, and 19.17, 13.S
per cent. A significant feature of the shoWing
presented against higher rates threatened by
the Postoffice department is that under lower
rates the company s business in lvl wa-l
$8,500,000 over that of 1914, while the operating
costs did not increase proportionately. The
figures go to show that increased business does
not increase the ratio of expense.
STUDENTS
Don't neglect your practice,
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RENT A TYPEWRITER and
use it at home.
SPECIAL RATES on 'all
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NT
1
esinol
surely did relieve
that eczema!
Pack up some Resinol Ointment in
his "old kit bag." Nothing is too good
for him, and he will need it "over
there" where exposure, vermin, con
tagions, and the exigencies of a soldier's
life cause all sorts of skin irritation,
itching, sore feet and suffering.' ,
Resinol Ointment itop itchim almost Inttantlv.
It heals little sores belore they can become bi
ones. It assures skin comfort.
For tab tjalljdaltrt..
senate and housa, should be every
where elected.
It remains to be seen what the
voters on the 6th day of November,
In the year of our Lord 1918, will do.
- CHARLKS WOOSTER.
JJltcheook's "Scrap of Paper."
Neola, la.. Oct 28. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: In The Bee of Oc
tober 25 Senator Hitchcock Is quoted
as defending President Wilson's last
note as follows: "In this note the
president reaches a logical climax
to his correspondence with Germany.
He places squarely up to the people
of Germany the issue of democratiz
ing their government and being ac
corded a peace of Justice or holding
on to their military autocracy and
submitting to an unconditional sur
render." Does he dare Insinuate
that the allies would administer any
thing but Justice whichever way we
get them? For shame that any sen
ator, of this United States would
make such a public statement.
MEIA'IN MATSON.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"It's always fair weather when good
fallows net together."
"I've heard that until a lot. But what
kind of a (rood fellow In It who will swipe
another fellow'a umbrella 7" Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"'The kaiser overlooked the best chance
he'll ever have to make peace."
"When was that?"
"The day before) he started the war."
Detroit Free Press.
B'.obbs That fellow Dollttle has the
nerve to call himself a wlllinir worker.
Slobbs Well, why not? He's willing
to worlc anybody he can. Philadelphia
Record.
NOT
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DRUGGISTS!! PLEASE NOTE
VICK'S VAPORUB OVERSOLD
DUE TO PRESENT EPIDEMIC
Tremendous Demand Last Few Days Has Wiped Out
Excess Stocks That We Had Estimated Would Last
Until Next January. Last Week's Orders Called for
One and Three Quarter Million Jars Today's Or
ders Alone Amount to 932,459 Jars.
Big Shipments Are En Route
to Jobbers. Until These
Arrive There May Be a
Temporary Shortage. All
Deals Postponed Buy
Small Lots Only.
in
Retailers Can Get Immediate
Shipments Direct By
Parcel Post.
This advertisement is written on
Monday, October 21st. It is directed
to the attention of all distributors
pf Vick's VapoRub, both wholesale
and retail. In an emergency such
as the present epidemic our duty
and your duty is to distribute
VapoRub in the quickest possible
manner to those sections stricken
by Influenza. We, therefore, call
your careful attention tee' the fol
following: DANGER OF SHORTAGE IF SUP
PLY IS NOT CONSERVED.
On October 1st we had on hand,
at our Factory and twenty ware
houses scattered over the country,
sufficient VapoRub to last us, we
thought, until January 1st, allowing
for a 50 increase overjast year's
sales, and not counting our daily
output. This big excess stock had
been accumulated during the sum
mer months.
Then this epidemic of Spanish In
fluenza hit us and in the last 10
days this stock has vanished. At
first we thought this tremendous
demand would last only a few days,
but the orders have run :
Wed., Oct. 16.... 18,504 Doz.
Thur., Oct. 17.... 25,323 Doz.
Fri., Oct. 18.... 39,256 Doz.
Sat., Oct. 19.... 45,833 Doz.
Mon., Oct. 21 77,705 Doz.
Up to Saturday, October 19th,
we have actually shipped for this
month $400,284.10, or over two
million jars of VapoRub.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS TO
DISTRIBUTE VAPORUB
QUICKLY.
Most of this tremendous quan
tity is still en route to the jobbers,
but freight and express are both
congested nowadays, and it may be
some time before this supply
reaches the jobbers. In the rtean
time, therefore, it is necessary that
we distribute, as widely as possible,
the stock that we are manufactur
ing daily, together with that now
on the jobbers' and retailers'
shelves, in order that it may get to
the Influenza districts quickly.
Our normal output is about 4.000
dozen per day. We are putting on
a night shift, but it will be a little
while before that is producing.
WHAT WE ASK THE WHOLE
SALE DRUGGIST TO DO.
Last Saturday we notified all of
our jobbers, by Special Delivery, as
follows:
1st Deals and quantity shipments
of all kinds are cancelled. Fill
no quantity orders of any
kind, whether taken by our
salesmen or by your own. Sell
. in small lots only.
2nd Order from us in as small
quantities as possible. If
you, are out we will try to
ship a limited amount by Par
cel Post or Express, and pay
the charges ourselves.
3rd In order to make distribution
still quicker, we will ship di
rect to your retail customers
quantities not more than three
(3) dozen 30c size at any one
shipment.
4th We are now out of the 60o
size and will be for the next
, 10 days.
WHAT WE ASK THE RETAIL
DRUGGIST TO DO.
Buy in as small quantities as pos
sible. If you havfi any quantity
orders, given the jobbers' salesmen
or given to, our salesmen, don't
bother about them no needs to
write us it is absolutely impossible
to fill these orders at this time.
If the jobbers in your territory are
out of Vick's VapoRub, we will ship
you by Parcel Post, prepaid, quan
tities not more than three (3) dozen
30c size in any one order. Natur
ally, we don't open accounts at, this
time, so your check or money order
for this amount must accompany
order. Don't write us stating to
ship through your jobber, as we
then have to wait until we write
this jobber and get his O. K. If
you wish the goods to come through
your jobber, have him order them
for you.
SNOWED UNDER WITH COR.
RESPONDENCE.
Our force has already been "shot
to pieces" twenty-four of our men
are wearing Uncle Sam's khaki
and this recent rush has simply
buried us. All our sales force has
been called in to help in the office
and factory. We just mention this
so you won't hold it against us if
your wires and letters aren't
answered promptly.
SPECIAL BOOKLETS ON INFLU
ENZA. We will send, on request, to any
retail druggist, 100 or more little
booklets, just issued, on Spanish In
fluenza, giving the latest informa
tion about this disease its history
the symptoms the treatment,
and particularly the use of Vick's
VapoRub as an external application
to supplement the physician's treat
ment. NEW WAYS TO USE VAPORUB.
In addition to the usual method
of using VapoRub that is, applied
over the throat and chest and cov
ered with hot flannel cloths our
customers are writing us daily tell
ing of their success in using Vapc
Rub in other ways, particularly rj
a preventive. They melt a little
in a spoon and inhale the vapors
arising, or melt in a benzoin steam
kettle. Where the steam kettle is
not available, VapoRub can be used
in an ordinary tea-kettle. Fill the
tea-kettle half full of boiling water,
put in half a teaspoon of VapoRub
from time to time keep the kettle
just slowly boiling and inhale the
steam arising.
According to a Bulletin just
issued by the Public Health Service,
Dn Stiles, of this service, recom
mends that the nose be kept greased
as a preventive measure against
the Influenza germs. For this pur
pose VapoRub is excellent.
THE VICK CHEMICAL COMPANY, Greensboro, N. V
October 22, 1918. ,