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III I
Lloyd George's campaign came out all right.
What Herb Hoover said to von den Lancken
goes for that whole bunch.
People who are buying Liberty bonds at
present discount prices are making easy money.
- Another "flu" wve is promised from the
east Somebody is always taking the joy out of
life..
No wonder the senat wanted to go along
with the president just see what its members
are missing!
Whale meat is again sold on the Omaha
market, but it has been some time since whales
roamed wild over Nebraska plains.
Mr. Baker insists that the boys who did not
get across 'wear a silver chevron to denote that
fact. ,He wants to rub it in, as it were.
Kaiser Bill is reported to have a checking
balance of $5,000,000 in a bank at Amsterdam.
He ought to worry about the cost of living.
' .If General Douglas MacArthur does not get
that other star on his collar it will not be want
of generous commendation from his immediate
superior.
- Maybe" If the State Board of Health had acted
sooner with its odd quarantine order Omaha
would have been spared the affliction of the
"flu" epidemic entirely.
An . "entente cordiale" has been establishd
with England, but this does not mean that
friendly rivalry will cease, or that spellbinders
no longer will twist the lion's tail.
The president's next few days will be very
busy ones, if he gets back on the job inside the
siit; weeks he alloted himself, and yet does all
he has set for himself in Europe.
One thing is being demonstrated by the
' Berger' trial in Chicago, and that is that Uncle
Sam"is going to considerable trouble to con
vince the socialists that he really maintains a
government
Fifteen million dollars' worth of gold plate
glistening on the board, and King George fol
lowing President Wilson into the banquet hall
what a spectacle for Democracy Triumphant is
there presented!
;, Too much reckless driving is the only way
to account for the many s'treet accidents being
reported. A way will be found some time to
curb the offending drivers, and its application
may not be pleasant
Looks like an umpire might have to be ap
pointed to settle the budget question between
the city commissioners, neither wanting to give
way on his estimates. Encouraging for those
who looked for lower taxes. ,
. Neutral countries are exchanging views as
to joint action to gain admission to the peace
conference, mis may nave trie enect ot modi
fying the attitude said to have been taken by
the belligerents. The incident illustrates one
of the rough places in the road to perpetual and
universal peace. , '
Another "compromise government" is re
ported from Berlin, but its prospectus does not
add much to the outlook for stability. Still, if
the Germans want 'to experiment this way now
is as good a time as any for them to do it. Very
soon they will he working out the biggest fine
ever imposed by a court of nations on a misera
ble offender. v '
Wall Street Envies Nebraska
" Nebraska has fallen from its early moral
n grandeur. It now boasts of owning more auto
mobiles, according to population, than any other
state in the union. The time is past when in
the wind-swept west any person who rode in a
.. motor car was denounced as a "plute." It was
the vehicle of the malefactor of great wealth
- who fattened on the toil of the honest farmer.
It was the symbol of the billionaires whose pal-
aces lined Manhattan's avenues and whose
'vachts rode proudly in the waters of Newport.
Populists grew great by denouncing this crim
inal class that waxed sleek by the sweat of oth
. ers' brows.
But today it is Wall street's turn to be en
vious of the western tanner, it is not raising
" wheat of which the future price is fixed by the
government at a lucrative figure. It rides to
business in Mr. Shont's subway when the line
is not tied up, and is glad to pay a nickel for
the privilege. Illinoir claims over $800,000,000
ofjarm products; Iowa-runs Nebraska a close
second for the automobile record, and grain,
hogs and cattle are creating new .financial cen
ters beyond the 'Mississippi where Liberty loans
are oversubscribed the first week.
If the west is not on its guard its fall from
grace will result in giving it a reputation no bet
ter than that of the narrow street in New York
City from which all the crimes of this country
have been supposed to be engineered. In its
exceeding prosperity let it beware lest It pro
voke poverty-stricken Wall street to declare for
government ownership of railroads, confiscation
of private property andthe stripping of the
farmers who live by clipping coupons from their
bonds and spend their incomes in gasoline and
Una. New York World, o
WHAT THE J) REAMERS OVERLOOK, .
Many people, and not all of them bolshiviki,
expect a great deal, more to come from the war
than is likely to be realized. Theg are devoted
to ideals, filled with philanthropic and altruistic
notions, and foredoomed to disappointment. It
is true that the world has passed into a new era;
social forms and political relations that existed
in 1914 are as dead as those ofNinevah and'
Tyre, and can no more be revived. But into
the new world have been projected certain laws
that are beyond man's power. They are the
laws of -God, moral, physical and economic, and
are immutable and inexorable alike. They may
be suspended for a time, but whenever the force
that holds them in suspense is removed they
again operate as certainly as before.
In the new world it is fondly hoped the
moral law will be observed better than ever be-
fore. Men will be more just, and probable
will be generous even before they are
just, and will show such regard for the helples;
as has never yet prevailed. But the operation
of the law of justice and love does not look to
all receiving and no giving. It must work both
ways, and he who takes must also expect to
bestow. When the individual gets to the point
where he can balance the common good along
side his personal inclination or desires this law
will run very smoothly. '
Application of the economic laws will not
be so easy. Discontent, now as ever, rests on
a sense of injustice, real or imaginary. Most
of it grows out of the envy of the improvident
for the prosperous. Only when man comes to
realize that he cannot eat his cake and have his
cake, that thrift, and thrift alone, produces a
surplus, and puts comfort, or even luxury, in
r,each of the industrious, will this spirit of evil
disappear.
Poverty is as certain to follow us into the
coming years as is sin, and from the two will
spring suffering. This is what the dreamers
overlook.
r ii i jm pv A V A
One Year Ago Today in the War.
A second German air -raid on
Padua resulted in three deaths.
British admiralty announced the
sinking of .three British destroyers
off Dutch coast, with loss of 193
lives.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
. Jack Crooks is making a stren
uous kick against playing with
Omaha for any less mpney than he
pulled down last year.
Omaha bank clearings for the
$( ss rtAT's jZ.
Great Britain Endorses Lloyd George.
No room for doubt as to the state of the
British mind is found in the result of the gen
eral election. The defeat of Herbert H. As
quith is surprising, but may be accounted for on
the gjrounds that his constituency was out of
tune with his policy and opposition to the pre
mier's plans, although he had been more passive
than active. However, the next House of Com
mons will be so completely controlled by the
coalitionists that the Lloyd George government
ought to have a free hand in carrying out its
after-the-war plans. These include many
projects for the social betterment of the English
people, for readjustment of the finances of the
kingdom and for the establishment of a closer
communion with the overseas dominions. It
should be a notable parliament.
Hats Off to Herbert Hoover.
If the German junkers were undecided as to
the opinion of the outside world concerning
their course in Belgium, and the esteem in which
they are held by decent people, Herbert Hoover
has reassured them. He knows better than any
the difficulties, the annoyances, the injustice and
the brutality under which the administration of
relief was carried out in Belgium. It was in
this aspect of the war that the Hun leaders
showed the calculated callous cruelty and stony
hearted indifference to all appeals of humanity
that have made them detested everywhere. So
when Baron von den Lancken, oppressor of
Belgium, applied to Hoover for an audience to
discuss the business of food supplies for Ger
many he was told to "go to hell," and to Her
bert Hoover's compliments in this connection
will be added those of every American citizen
conversant with the facts. Germany will not
be left to starve, as was Belgium, Poland, Ser
bia, Armenia, Roumania, Russia and every
country that fell under the dominion of the
Hun, but the relief will not be administered
through communication with outlaws of human
ity who are personally responsible for the ter
rible conditions. Hoover, like Whittlesey, has
tersely voiced American 'sentimen' in this
matter. " i
Remedy for Too Liberal Expansion.
The finance committee of the American Eco
nomic association, of which Prof. E. R. A. Selig
man of Columbia university is the chairman, re
ports that the unavoidable expansion of credit
in wartime has been unnecessarily liberal. This
conclusion will square exactly with that forced
on others who have watched the development
of treasury transactions during the year. Antic
ipatory borrowing through treasury certificates
to be redeemed from proceeds of loans afforded
an easy way of meeting current expenses, and
sustained the extravagance complained of in the
war expenditures. More dangerous than this,
however, has been the expansion of money sup
ply through the federal reserve bank issues.
Two and one-half billions have been added by
this agency, resting solely on commercial credit.
The purpose for which this bank was instituted
has been lost sight of, seemingly and the "dan
ger foreseen when it was proposed is being
completely verified. Dr. Seligman's recommen
dation that the federal reserve authorities should
follow a less liberal policy, that the "borrow-and-buy"
method of flotation for government
loans be discouraged, is in the direction of sta
bilization. The .menace of inflation is more
threatening now than when the country was
under pressure of war, and correspondingly
greater wisdom and prudence must be observed
to avoid a smash.
' Silent Service Well Done.
One of the little unattractive jobs of the war
was "mine-sweeping." It was performed by
steam trawlers and other incidental craft, under
such conditions as attracted little notice. What
they did, however, is now coming out. A re
port from the Bjritish admiralty says these
sweepers' combed a sea space of 46,000 miles a
month, steaming 1,132,000 miles to do it. In
thirty-three months, up to the end of Septem
ber, they had swept up and destroyed 64,400
mines, 149 "sweepers" being lost in that time.
This figures up about 2,000 mines and five ves
sels per month. A wonderful tribute to a silent
service. , , ',
Governor Boyle of Nevada is a most prac
tical man, experienced in the world of big un
dertakings and his comment on the economic
situation will carry weight with those who know
"nim. "Labor and capital must hold their own
peace conference he says, "to reach a common
understanding.? Wisdom resides in) ff '
year aggregate $175,166,470 as
against $147,414,148 for last year.
Mr. and Mrs D. T. Thornton
celebrated their 15th wedding
anniversary with friends at their
home, 1722 North Eighteenth street.
Total expenditures of the Omaha
postoffice for postmaster's salary,
clerk hire and carriers was $57,956
for the twelve months just complet
4 The Merchants' Criterion, publish
ed by J. A. Stevens and R. A. Soren
son, made its initial appearance from
the printing press.
The Day We Celebrate.
George A. Sargent, salesman for
C. B. Havens & Co., born 1873.
R. A. Leussler, secretary of the
Omaha Street Railway company,
born 1866. .
Charlotte Walker, prominent as an
emotional actress and film star, born
at Galveston, Tex., 40 years ago.
Col. William Mitchell, who served
as chief of, air service of the First
American field army, born in France
39 years ago.
Meyer London, the socialist con
gressman from the Twelfth New
York district, born in Russia 47
years ago.
ago.
William J. Fields, representative
in congress of the Ninth Kentucky
district, born in Carter county, Ky..
44 years ago.
Jess Willard, champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world, born in
Pottawatomie county, Kan., 31 years
ago.
This Day in History.
1843 Dr. El'isha North, who es
tablished the first eye infirmary in
the United States, died at New Lon
don, Conn. Born at Goshen, Conn.,
January 8, 1768.
1848 Constituent Assembly sit
ting at Rome decreed the deposition
of the pope.
1860 The first British ironclad,
the Warrior, was launched
1876 One of the most appalling
disasters in the history of American
railroadsvoccurred near Ashtabula,
O., when nearly 100 lives were lost
by the giving away of a bridge while
a train was passing over it.
1878 Angelica Van Buren, daugh-ter-in-law'of
President Van Buren
and mistress of the White House
during his administration, died in
New York City. Born in Sumter
district, S. C, about 1820.
1914 Allies captured German
point of support near Zennebeke
1915 League to avert future wars
by means of world court launched at
New York.
,1916 Norway, Sweden and Den
mark joined in peace appeal to the
belligerents.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Boston's historic old Christ
church ("The Old North"), famous
as the church from whose belfry
the Paul Revere lanterns were dis
played, celebrates its 195th anniver
sary today.
Five hundred churches in New
York state are expected to devote
part of their servces today, which
is the first Sunday before the con
vening of the legislature, to "con
certed discussion" of the Federal
prohibition amendment
Today has been designated by
the American Defense socjety as the
day on which the clergymen of f
United States will be asked '..
preach on the need of giving econ
omic aid to the party of law and
order in Russia. '
Storyette of the Day.
Lawyers are sometimes put to it
with witnesses, as was a lawyer who
was cross-examining a witness as to
the way in which a Mr. Smith rode
a horse. v
"And how does Mr. Smith ride a
horse?" asked the lawyer.
"Generally in a saddle, sir," was
the answer.
"Yes?" said the lawyer. "Quite
remarkable. But what gait does . he
ride?"
"He never rides any gate at all,
sir," was the answer. "But I have
seen his son take every gate on the
tarm."
"Ah," said the lawyer. "Perhaps
you will telL the jury how Mr. Smith
rides when he is in company with
others."
"Yes, sir," said the willing wit
ness. "He keeps up with them when
he can and when he can't he falls
behind"
The lawyer by this time was ruf
fled. "Now, I want a clear answer
to my next question." he said. "How
does Mr. Smith ride when he is
alone?"
"I don't know, sir," was the re
ply. "I have never been with him
when he was alone." Youngstown
Telegram.
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HERE AND THERE.
Views and Reviews
Easterly isitor Says a Lot of
Nice Things About Omaha '
The New Year card habit seems to be well
established, and to have come through the war
and the conservation propaganda unscathed.
From the number and variety of these missives
of remembrance and well wishing that are com
ing to me it is evident that the practice is
spreading and at the same time calling forth the
highest character of the stationer's art as well
as the best thought and clever conception in the
phrasing of the sentiment and choice of the
form. The tendency is growing to make the
card more characteristic of the sender or more
specifically appropriate to the individual to
whom it is addressed. It is a beautiful custom,
giving unrestricted opportunity to show
thoughtlulness of friends with the true holiday
spirit without inflicting the sense of obligation
that goes with the interchange of more or less
costly presents.
Stimulated by a prize of $1,000
offered by the Mormon church, a
Utah farmer set out to. cultivate and
fertilize each plant with the care
that might be given a peony. His
acre yielded 825 bushels of potatoes
eight times the average crop.
American fried egg financiers and
pie plutocrats should, take warning
from abroad. The national restau
rant of London, which was estab
lished to expose the profiteers, shows
a profit of J350 a week, or about 70
per cent on the investment. Lunch
es and suppers are sold for 25 cents
and tea and breakfast for 15 cents.
There is a profit of about 2 cents on
each meal. The co-operative res
taurant Idea also has taken root in
Paris, where 10 publicly-controlled
restaurants, each seating 1,000 per
sona, are selling good meals for
about SO cents each,
It is so nice to hear good things said about
Omaha that the temptation to pass 'em along
is irresistible. In the December number of the
handsome magazine called "State Service,"
which is published by the State of New York
in the interest of thp government and public
affairs of that commonwealth, Charles R. Skin
ner, formerly state superintendent of public in
struction, and now. legislative librarian, gives a
graphic account of a western trip made last
October with the dedication of the Lincoln and
Douglas statues at Springfield, 111., as the ob
jective point, but followed up by going on as
far as our city. This is what he writes:
An easy ride by sleeper brings the traveler
into Omaha for breakfast at the Fontenelle,
one of the finest hotels in the country, where
you find courtesy and an air of western hos
pitality. 'I visited Omaha to call upon the best
teacher I ever knew, whom I have not seen
since 1859. She had just left for Minnesota
to spend the winter with her daughters. I
did not have-time to wait for her return. She
is now Mrs. Lansing Hoyer, formerly Miss
Hannah T. Hutchens, daughter of Benjamin
Hutchens, who lived on the Brownville road
this side of the river. She taught school at
Union Square.
What do I think of Omaha? It is one of
the finest cities between New York and San
Francisco, with a population pf a quarter of
a million. There is every evidence of enter
prise, prosperity and public spirit. They tell
me that everyone in Nebraska is rich, or ex
pects to be wants to be. There is an aiito
for every four people in the state. Week-end
trips to Kansas Crty, 250 miles, and Chicago,
500 miles, are said to be common. All the
great railroads of the west center here. One
trolley line extends 14 miles without a break.
Fine buildings abound, and there are great
stores both above and below the ground.
They cling to a 5-rent fare on the trolleys,
and if you want a 10-cent shave or a 15-cent
hair cut you can have them by taking a trip
to Omaha.
And the stock yards! They are a city by
itself. They make an easterner open his eyes.
Hundreds of miles of railroad tracks, thou
sands of stock pens scattered over hundreds
of acres, with cattle, sheep and hogs, make
up this city. Elevated walks give extended
views of the great place. You see long drive
ways leading to the shipping house and
slaughter pens, and they are filled with end
less droves. One does not care to see the
slaughtery. and strangers are forbidden since
the war. Porterhouse steaks, lamb chops and
ham all around you, but all on foot. You
count until you reach six billion (the loan
limit), and then you estimate the rest. One
.man was looking for six lost sheep among
150,000! An attendant bound for home was
carrying something alive in a bag. It was a
pig which he had rescued from destruction in
one of the pens, where thousands of "porkers"
crush the lives out of "little families" which
happen to arrive, either on the way or in the
pens.
There was a loan drive in progress,' with
handsome girls selling bonds a big war tank
moving up and down the street. They did
not need to fire guns to attract attention. A
colored war map 40 feet square hung from
.,one of the buildings. You could almost dis
tinguish your boy "over there." There was
enthusiasm for war only. I did not hear
politics mentioned. One little poster told of
sorneone who wants to be county clerk or
"something." There was no peace talk ex
cept unconditional surrender. Forgiving was
not in the creed.
It is immensely gratifying to have volun
teered testimony to the attractiveness of Omaha
to a visitor who speaks from wide observation
and knows relative values. Such a boost is
worth more than slathers of made-at-home
promotion publicity.
Around the Cities -
The Red Cross roll call in Sioux
City was answered by x.ioi mem
bers, 1,448 being renewals
A Detroit housekeeper proved that
a milk bottle is as efficient as a po
tato masher In putting a burglar out
of business.
Cincinnati- breaks int.i the pub
licity map as the pivot . f court at
tack on the validity of th, action of
congress in submitting the stateJ
the federal prohibition .mendment.
New York City saloon ists scent
the drouth six months m advance
and the far-seeing are converting
their bars into soft drink parlors
and tagging soda fountains as life
savers. The lid is off in New York and
the "Great White Way" : hines with
its old-time electric briiimnce. All
restrictions on lobster pulaefcs; have
been rescinded by the federal food
board and the figures on meal tickets
swell with all the pride ,f wartime
profiteering.
The assessed valuation of real es
tate and personal property in Cook
county. Including Chicauo,' just com
pleted, totals $l,084.90ii 671. Of
this $822,485,851 is for real estate
and $262,420,020 for personal prop
erty. The assessment is based on
one-third of the full value.
The new chief of police of Chi
cago wants $2,408,428 to run the po
lice department in l ft i y. if the
money can be had the force will be
Increased by 2,000 more men, speed
ier autos purchased and the old Chi
cago Herald building on Washington
street leased for police uses.
Mayor Kiel of St. Louis goes on
record for a municipal income tax
and, will ask the state legislature for
permission to put it on. The state
already has an income tax in opera
tion and Uncle Sam works the same
thing. The city's rake-ol'f, when it
comes, promises to swell the scream.
Camden, N. J., across the river
from Philadelphia, plans a bitr boost
in municipal improvements ttr om
ing yeai Two of its principa. thor
oughfares are to be widened regard
less of expense. Many other devel
opments are expected to follow as a
result of the stimulus of a bridge
over the river.
It was a merry Christmas eve in
the two Kansas Cities, all right.
Half a foot of snow on top of a
street car strike made things lively
and warm and packed the walks
with pedestrians and bundles. Per
sons who did not get into the crush
in the limited car service had to
hoof it homeward. Taxis and jitney
lifted the price to plute levels and
made enough money in a few hours
to call it a day at 5 p. m. and let
shoe leather do the rest. Oh, boy,
it was a merry day.
QUAINT BITS OF LIFE.
By means of a new "trouble
truck," designed for the use of au
tomobile repair establishments, one
man may load on a damaged car and
convey it to the repair shop.
Small electrically-heated trucks
for use in hospitals are now manu
factured, enabling patients to secure
hot, appetizing food, whatever the
distance their room may be from the
kitchen.
Vibration of sound Is a th!
possibilities of which we do not yet
; understand. It is said that Caruso
can break a wine glass by singing
, into it its keynote. The sub-bass of
i the pipe organ has been known to
rack church pews to pieces with its
I sympathetic note.
I Having found difficulty in getting
milk for his influenza patients, Dr.
Alfred G. Pelletier of Winchendon
j carries an eight-quart can around
wun mm on nis trips, and whenever
he meets a milkman who can spare
a few quarts he has the can filled up.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
A hint to the street railway company: Put
in another skip-stop by eastbound cars at
Eighteenth and Farnam so that strangers put
ting up at our principal hotel may be thus ac
comodated when they want to go to the railway
station. Nearly every day I see people with
cumbersome bags and suitcases, and showing
anxiety to catch their trains, standing at the
corner in disgust, while cars shoot past them
in succession until someone volunteers to tell
them that they must walk one block east or
west. It isn't the big metropolitan way of doine
things and can by a little annoyance spoil all
the good things the departing guest was ready
to say about us.
"Paw uh
' "Well, my son ?" '
"Paw, how can anybody have bolls and
faith in prayer at the aame time St.
Louts Globe-Democrat.
Salesman I suppose you require a
grand piano, madam?"
Mrs. Mewnlshuns "Grand! I want a
magnificent one." London Opinion.
Papa "Bobby, If you had a little mora
spunk, you would stand better In "your
class. Now, do you know what spunk Is?"
Bobby "Yes, sir. It's the past par
ticiple of spank." Chicago News.
"I hope that Wllhelm has not decided
to take up politics," mused Senator Sor
ghum. "Why?"
"Because a military man can be def
initely disposed of, but a politician never
quits." Washington Star.
"And you will take me to America with
you apres la guerre?" asked the de
moiselle of the buck private.
"But. mademoiselle," remonstrated the
diplomatic buck, "the customs-house offi
cials would never pass such a priceless
pearl as you!" The Spiker (Army paper
printed in France).
The death of Walter H. Page camd unex
pectedly soon after relinquishing his post as
American ambassador to the court of St. James.
Mr. Page was a gentleman and a scholar and,
though new to diplomatic life when appointed
to this all-important position, a thorough stu
dent of history past and present. The explana
tion of the selection by President Wilson of Mr.
Page to represent us at London is to be found,
as also in a number of other instances, in their
personal contact, and association in university
work. Woodrow Wilson and Walter H. Page
attended Johns Hopkins university together,
listened to the same, lectures together, talked
and argued in the same debating society and
sang in the same glee club. When I was back
at Johns Hopkins not long ago my attention
was, called to a group photograph of the first
glee" club in which several since distinguished
faces may be readily identified, and among them
are those of Wilson and Page. I did not be
come acquainted with Page until later, when an
alumni association of former Johns Hopkins
students in New York was organized and we
made him the president. He was at that time
editing The Forum magazine, establishing his
World's Work some time afterwards. I learn
from his Who's Who biography something I
was not aware of. that he was editor of ther St.
Joseph Gazette in 1880-81, which must have
given the flavor of a western outlook to an. en
vironment otherwise southern and .eastern.'
"Look here, now, Harold," said father
to his little son, who was riaughty, ''If
you don't say your prayers you won't go
to Heaven."
"I don't want to go to Heaven," sobbed
the boy, "1 want to go with you and
mother." rearson's.
"Say," said the new young Assistant
Editor of the Big Magazine, breezing In
with a basket full of poems, "I can't
make head nor tail of these poems. 1
don't know what In thunder halt of 'em
mean!"
"Eureka!" shouted the Big Chief, em
bracing him. "Pick out the ones you
don't understand, have the artists illumi
nate 'em in page frames that ain't artistic,
and advertise the new school of literature!
We've got 'em going!" Richmond Tlmes-Pispatch.
AMERICA TO FRANCE.
People and Events
After a controversy extending over two years
the Anglo-American society of New York de
cided on a replica of St. Gaudens' "Lincoln" in
Lincoln park, Chicago, for presentation to Lon
don. It will occupy a site in the Channing Cir
cle, Westminster. The Barnard "Lincoln," pre
viously accepted by London authorities, may
also go overseas, provided some other English
city speaks for it.
"No wonder the people are becoming Sinn
Feiners when tfie Patnells turn evictors," ex
claimed a lawyer in Dublin when John H. Par
nell and wife sought an ejectment decree against
a delinquent tenant on the Parnell lands. Par
nell is a brother of Charles Stewart Parnell,
former Irish leader. Court proceedings did not
disclose how much the tenant failed to dig up.
Signposts of Progress
America's foreign trade is un
precedented. During November ex
ports passed the half-billion mark
and imports a quarter of a billion.
Food administrator of Arkansas
says in that state there are 128,105
sheep and 238,307 dogs; and how
many overcoats can be made of the
fleeces of 238,307 dogs?
The pepper crop now being har
vested in Spalding county (Georgia)
will not only exceed the previous
local and sectional record, but will
easily give this county first place
in the pepper-producing counties of
America, according to official and
unofficial reports. The value of the
crop is said to be $4,000 per acre.
I'nder the spur of war demands
mineral production in the United
States reached the unprecedented
value of $5,010,948,000 in 1917. ex
ceeding by 43 per cent the previous
record made in 1916.
The Security Coal Mining company
of St. Louis and Chicago, operating
large mines at Livingston and Du
quoin, is the first of the southern
Illinois concerns to cut a melon
among its employes. Checks rang
ing from $100 to $3,600 have just
been received by Duquoin employes
of that company. The bonus is by
far the largest ever given by any
coal company in this field.
The sale of a parcel of real estate
in Chicago for $30,000,000, which
brought less than $5,000 in I860, re
calls a Fourth of July speech made
by an enthusiastic Chicagnan near
this parcel of land at about the
period of the civil war. He said:
"My fellow citizens, you may think
me oversanguine, but I believe the
time is coming when, within a cir
cuit of two miles from where I now
stand there will be a population of
15,000. I do not hesitate to say that
some day even this figure may be in
creased to 25,000." The population
within this area is now about 1.000,
000, and this fact, quite naturally,
accounts for the advance in the value
of real estate.
EDITORIAL SHRAPNEL."
Detroit Free Press: Berlin people
are dancing to forget. They may
dance all they want to, but they
don't want to forget that they're go
ing to pay the fiddler.
Washington Post: The old mouse
tower at Bingen on the Khino has
seen many a change, but it never ex
pected to see French lads swarming
up the Rhinegau.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Fun'
niest characteristic about all that
German propaganda that was sub
sidized in this country is that it
didn't sink in. What a waste of
money!
New York World: General Bar
nett's plan of retaining wounded ma
rines on the rolls will receive popular
indorsement. A marine who has
lost a leg. for his country has a per
manent claim on its gratitude.
New York Herald: Imagine the
disgust of Ferdinand, the unspeaka
ble Bulgar. and Enver Tasha, the
unspeakable Turk, when they learn
that after all his war-lording the
kaiser only got away with a paltry
$4,7C0,OO0!
Kansas City Times: Here is Mr.
Bernstorff bursting out eloquently
in favor of a league of nations. Does
he by any chance imagine that such
a league would contemplate that the
office of ambassador should be used
as a cloak for a spy?
Philadelphia Ledger: When you
read of terrible excesses by mobs in
Petrograd, just remember that Presi
dent Wilson's speeches are burned
by weird women in front of the
White House; and yet the republic
hobbles along.
Philadelphia Ledger: Field Mar
shal Haig's advice, "Do not let us
get swelled heads over our victory,
as other persons did in 1870," is pre
cisely what we might expect from a
soldier. Boastful talk usually comes
from those who did not fight.
Minneapolis Tribune: ' Secretary
Baker urges fathers and mothers
and all the rest to write letters to
the soldiers overseas. Sure, but will
Mr. Baker please see that the letters
are delivered. Mr. Burleson is so
busy with his government owner
ship schemes that we hate to bother
him.
YANKS ABROAD
uppn n a if t HAlll
NttU UUUKMiUW
IS ENDED
WAR
Some Show Desire-for Ele
mentary Works on School
Studies Including the
Three "Rs."
Paris. Dec. 19. With more read
ing time on their hands than eve:
before, now that the 'fighting ha.
stopped, the American expeditionary
force which required a millioi
books a month, will devour litera
ture at a much more staggetjjrj
figure. The book shelves of everj
Y. M. C. A. hut are polished dailj
by the constant return of book:
read and the taking out of new
books, and the difficulty is in sup
plying rapidly enough, according tc
Burton Stevenson, head of th
American Library association.
What the soldiers like best in th
way of reading is reported back
Mr. Stevenson through the Y. M. C
A., the Red Cross, and the othei
organizations among which tht
books of the American Library as'
sociation are distributed, as well as
through letters straight from tht
soldiers themselves. His forecast o:
what they are going to want was
cabled back to the United State!
the other day, in the following order
for books:
';Need immediately 1,000 each,
elementary, advanced arithmetics,
geometries, trigonometries, chem
istry books, physics, agriculture,
stock breeding, forestry, business
methods, accounting, commerce,
banking, law, architecture. Two hun
dred each bookkeeping, poultry
raising. Requests pouring in show
tremendous demand for technical,
educational books. Reorganizing
warehouses to expedite distribution."
Fiction continues to be read by
the army, in spite of its more serious
trend of mind, at the rate of hun
dreds of thousands of volumes a
month, Mr. Stevenson said. , Kip
ling and Service are still the favor
ite poets of the American soldiers.
Among the requests that come in
during the past week were two' for
ordinary primers or A. B. C. books,
from American-born men who are
finding their first opportunity to
study their own language in a for
eign country. Mr. Stevenson be
lieves that the need for such educa
tional books in the months after
peace is declared before the men
can go back to their own country,
will be tremendous.
The American Library associa
tion is so well organized in France
that any soldier who makes a re
quest for a particular book from any
camp is apt to find it in his. hands
almost more quickly than he would
be able to procure it in the United
States.
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Comrade,
Thou, undismayed,
Wlelder of Bayard's blade
of the falchion of enfranchised thought;
Thou foe,
Through weal or woe.
Of all hearts undergo
Of tyranny and guile, lnce first men
fought I
High priest, "
Whose fires released
From Freedom's altar-feast
Full oft have blazed above a despot's fall.
We greet
Thee, as Is meet.
From a disciple's seat, ,
Grown equal In men's service at thy call!
Not vain
Thy late fierce pain!
Immeasurable gain
Hast thou from this last bearing ot thy
cross!
Wo too,
To thy soul true.
The bitter valley through
Have trod, and caught the light above the
loss!
So we,
At one with thee
That not the mere word "free"
Be henceforth sovereign, but the fact su
preme, Have sent
Our President
To bear our sacrament
Of purpose, and to shape to deed our
dream.
For all
Of our deajd now call,
That In your cause did fall
tours that Is ours not to abjure their
trust,
Retract
The solemn pact
Exalting their last act;
New freemen's shrines to fashion from
their dust!
Keen yet
To pay our debt
To thee for Lafayette, ,
We'll toll to banish menace from thy soul;
Then, so I
Filled with the glow
Of thine own Rochambeau.
With the and Britain point the nation's
goal!
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