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Do not be niggardly with the starving baby
fund.
Unconventional doings always interest folks
most.
A feeble-minded "chicken" is not sifch a
rarity, after all.
"Pitiless publicity" and "open diplomacy"
appear to be relative terms.
We can't let Europe starve just because the
bolsheviki have lost thei mental balance. -
If the Omaha women really want a public
market, the question may be put down as set-tied.
Most of the "reds" arrested at Buenos Aires
aie said to have been Russians. That's where
they come from.
The balloon boys who are going home from
Fort Omaha will always have pleasant recol
lections of the city. ,;!
Nebraska boys now at Camp Dodge are
eager to get home, but not more eager than
'he folks are to have them.
One vote against the dry amendment in
the Nebraska senate shows how the "Hinden
burg line" has weakened.
The pay for policemen has been set high
enough to attract good men, but we will have
to wait to see how it works out.
Anthracite coal is coming on the Omaha
market again, but it is too late. The weather
man has solved the fuel question.
Mr. Wilson has a tour of the United States
in view on his return from Europe. Omaha
makes application for one visit now.
Old John Barleycorn is getting his with
much regularity from the state legislatures
these days.. Only ten more needed to settle the
point. '
A lot of first-page publicity was secured for
the art exhibit when the president scolded the
public for not attending, and that may help
iomc. ' .' j
"Buy a bond and get a Hun helmet will be
the slogan for the fifth Liberty-loan. The
other loans were used in getting the Huns
themselves.
The aberant hen that sticks her head be
tween her legs and walks backwards may be
crazy, but she has her counterpart among
featherless bipeds.
Presbyterians propose to raise the pay of
low-salaried preachers, and -without resort to
strike or legislation. Here is an example for
the whole world.
Gu$ flyers' plans for suppressing bootleg
cm g appear amusing to the Omaha Hyphenated
tor some reason. Wonder if it is because of
fear that he will really shut off the booze traf
fic? 1 "
Solicitor Lamar of the Postoffice depart
ment says some telephone companies will be
ruined if the government does not take them
mer. Has the nation turned its purpose into
a safe haven for ailing business enterprises?
Collection of a considerable part of the
i. iiey due the state for care of insane patients
is vindication to hat extent of The Bee's de
mand that such action be taken. More vigor
o.j part of the State Board of Control may re
lieve the public funds still further of the charge
ihtd should rightfully be borne by private
parties. ,
key Called Him "Teddy"
H ey called him 'Teddy" everybody did.
That tells the story. Ia the aplication of that
iume to the honored dead there Is a revelation
oi ti e trtie character of the man.
"Teddy" was more than a nickname. Like
well known "Marse Henry" and "Uncle
Jo," it was expressive of more than . mere
s .oi will or kindly regard it signified genuine
trtectiom Men who do not have in them that
'"eh wins confidence and inspires affection
i not create in others the habit of speaking
. i them or to them in terms like these.
II t since the black shadow of death fell
upon the land in 1861, and Lincoln was struck
town by the assassin, has the death of any
American brought to so many hearts in all
V am of the country in all the walks of life
r'-.c tharp pang of grief and a sense of personal
a v.-cll as national loss.
ili had his faults, of course, and those who
? inrred and loved him most suffered most on
account of them, but, faults and all, he was
p ire nearly the popular hero of the American
nation than any other man of his time.
T:;ey called him "Teddy" everybody did,
because he belonged to everybody. His whole
1 e wa,s given to the public service, and not
less tru1y during the last ten years of private
i.fe than when he was filling first one place of
I'sefuJness and then another, according to
where he seemed to be most needed. He moved
r or down in official station, from state to
u-deral service and back to municipal, as the
ca'i of duty might dictate, and was great in all.
But all the while the people callcd him
"Ted ny." And "Teddy" he will remain in the
mcry of a grateful and admiring and affec-
:tr people till the last of his generation
s followed him into the country whither he
j gone. And even after that generations yet
j come shall catch from the pages of history
I romance something of the spirit which he
! rted to the time in which he lived, and
Nnue to call him "Teddy," Minneapolis
..TO -7.9
, THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
The principal feature of Governor McKel
vie's constructive program is his proposed
"Civil Administration Code," which is frankly
adapted from the experience of the state of
Illinois. If it would be a good thing for Ne
braska, we ought to have it, and to decide that
question testimony as to its operation elsewhere
should be carefully studied.
How has such a plan as proposed by Gover
nor McKelvie worked out Here is the judg
ment of Governor Lowden as embodied in his
latest message to the Illinois legislature.
The Civil Administration Code went into
effect on July 1, 1917. It amounted to a rev
lution in government. Under it a reorganiza
tion of more than 12S boards, commissions
and independent agencies was effected. Nine
departments, with extensive and real power
vested in each head have taken the place of
those bodies, which were abolished, and dis
charged, under the general supervision of the
governor, the details of government for
which the governor is responsible. At the
time the bill was uo for consideration it was
claimed that it would result in both efficiency
and economy.
It has more than justified all the expecta
tions that were formed concerning it. The
functions of the government are discharged
at the capitol. The governor is in daily con
tact with his administration in all its activi
ties. Unity and harmony of administration
have been attained, and vigor and energy of
administration enhanced.
It seems to me almost providential that it
should have been enacted into law before war
actually came. A large number of the state's
most expert officials and employes were
drawn upon by the government at Washing
ton because of the exigencies of the war
The same difficulties arose in the conduct
of public business which vexed private bus
iness so much. There was necessarily much
confusion. The cost of all supplies rose
rapidly. Unless the more than hundred scat
tered agencies, which had existed theretofore,
had been welded by the Civil Administrative
Code into a compact and co-ordinate gover
ment, anything like efficient state govern
ment, during these difficult times, would have
been impossible. Illinois, through the greater
elasticity and efficiency of her new form
of government, was able to meet every
emergency of the war without "an extraordin
ary session of her legislature.
The appropriations made by the last gen
eral assembly were based upon pre-war
prices and conditions. And yet, we will
have completed the biennium without a de
ficiency in any department under the Code,
with the exception of the item of supplies for
the Charitable and Penal Institutions in the
Department of Public Welfare.
Of course, it is not to be expected that any
complete reorganization and reassignment of
state administrative functions that wduld almost
revolutionize all previous practice can be
brought about without opposition and serious
discussion pro and con. This is one of the big
gest subjects before our legislature and de
serves its most serious consideration.
"A Dam of Dollars."
Appropriation of $100,000,000 as an emer
gency fund to provide food for starving Euro
peans will meet popular approval because Amer
icans are generously and sympathetically in
clined towards the suffering at any time. When
we think of thousands of millions of money
so lavishly expended in pursuit of the enterprise
of war, Out of which the famine has grown, the
present sum looks small enough for the work of
rescue. But is it not a mistake to view it from
the angle that has been thrust forward, that of
relieving the world from the threat of bolshe
vism? t ' J, ;
Mr. Wilson says the social malady can not
be remedied by force; it must be treated by
other means. In this he is much nearer the
mark than many may realize, yet it is a serious
mistake to conclude that the upheaval is due to
hunger alone. Bolshevism broke out in Russia
when plenty to eat was on hand. It has spread
in lands where no famine is felt. Argentina,
for example, where food is more plentiful than
anywhere on earth for the moment, is under
going a social disturbance almpst equal to that
of any of the anarchy-infested countries where
the disorder is complicated by starvation. This
ought to indicate that the cause is deeper than
mere hunger.
It is the rooted. antipathy of the proletariat
for the old order of society, a revolt against
things as they have existed and which will only
be stilled by the establishment of reason
where it now seems to be overthrown. To feed
these hungry rebels is an imperative duty, but
their mania pquires treatment through' another
channel than their stomachs. That course may
be taken when the danger of starvation has
been averted, but only when a better way of
living has been set up will order be secure.
"Art for Art's Sake" in Omaha.
The president of the local fine, arts society
berates his fellow citizens because of manifest
indifference to the attractions of an exhibit now
being made at a hotel.. He expresses despair
for the future of art in Omaha, but this may
be merely his chagrin over apparent lack of ap
preciation in the immediate instance. We feel
sure that down in his heart of hearts the gen
tleman cherishes the hope that his long and.
impeccable devotion to the cause of art for art's
sake will not come to nothing in the end. His
example, and that of the others who are associ
ated with him in promoting the cause of culture
and refinement, can not be wholly lost. In de
fense of the masses who have shown so little
sign of response to the present call, it might
be cited that they are not as yet entirely re
covered from the preoccupation of war. The
ordinary mind does not turn with such facility
from contemplating the stark drama of bloody
battle, so stupendously staged, to the chaste
esthetic joy of a modern painting, even though
it be a masterpiece. , Wait until "grim-visaged
war" has entirely "smoothed his wrinkled
front," and then, while we may not all "caper
lightly in a lady's chamber to the lascivious
pleasings of a lute," we can give more re
spectful heed to the call of art for art's sake.
Give us time, oh devotees of the Muses; wait
until' the harsh, stern notes of Mars have
ceased reverberating, and see if we can not find
something of the pure delight and joy of liv
ing in the clean atmosphere of painting, music,
poetry and other things that elevate while they
instruct and purify.
However, the hundred correspondents at
Paris will' not be prevented from dilating on
any "camp gossip" they may hear, always tak
ing chances on getting it past Creel on the
cables.
Mayor Smith finds the gas company guilt
less in the matter of overcharging, but will thf.t
content the victims of the high-speed meters?
War's Havoc On Life.
New York Times.
The latest available table of casualities in
the great war is necessarily incomplete, and it
may be doubted whether the whole truth will
ever be known about the sacrifice of life, the
maiming of men doomed to be remnants of
humanity, and the manv lost to view and never
to be accounted for. The casualties of the Rus
sians can only be conjectured; records were
loosely kept during the imperial regime now
gone, and such records as existed have been en
gulfed in chaos. It is estimated perhaps guess
ed would be the fitter word that 1.700,000 Rus
sians were killed in the war, 3,500,000 wounded,
and the sum o the "missing or prisoners" was
2.500,000, the grand total being 7,700,000. If
these figures -were approximately correct and
those given for the German forces are trust
worthy, Russia's losses would be the greater by
nearly 1,700,000.
It is to be supposed that the French casual
ties have been registered with some care, but
during the war not a figure was published, and
now that the war is over, admitted losses are
limited to the dead, of which the number is
1,071,300. How many French soldiers and sail
ors were wounded, and how many were cap
tured or "missing," has not been divulged, leav
ing gaps in any table that can be constructed.
The Austrian casualty list also leaves a pood
deal to be desired. The dead are given as 800.
000; nothing is said about the wounded and
"missing or prisoners." Can anything be defi
nitely known about Austrian losses of any kind
in the war, even in Austria, where the military
system broke down long before the armistice
was granted? The "Italian fictires have the
color of truth 460.000 dead. 947,000 wounded,
and 500.000 "missing or prisoners," most of
whom the disaster following Caporetto accounts
for.
It is when we come to the casualties of the
British empire, Germany, and the United
States that the ground to stand on has stabil
ity, but this should be qualified by saying that
vanauished Germany is not interested at pres
ent in revising her records, if they have been
brought down to date. The German dead are
given at 1,600.000, wounded as 3.681.143, and
the "missinHr or prisoners" as 772,512; total.
6,055,655. Records have , probably ' been well
kept, but there is danger of impairment in the
confusion now widespread in Germany. Great
Britain has published her losses by the month
repularly, and the work seems to have been
well done.. Her dead are given as 706,726,
wounded as 2.032.142, and "missing or prison
ers" as 359.145; total. 3,098.013. It has been
intimated that the "dead", do' not include a
considerable number of losses bv accidents,
from disease, and from unexplained causes.
American totals are comprehensive in the
sense that all deaths overseas' from whatever
cause are counted. The list of January 1,
given out by the War department, makes the
army casualties (the naval have not been num
erous") 59,111 dead, 126.435 wounded, .and
"missing" 19,399, exclusive of the marines,
which body has had 2.042 deaths, 3,014 wound
ed. 423 "missing," and 54 taken prisoners.
The latest available table, one of a series
that will extend through months, until the last
word is said, gives a total of 6.396,504 dead,
but that total does not include the Serbians,
Greeks, Montenegrins, Roumanians, Bulgar
ians and Turks. When -11 the returns that can
be gathered are in, it will be found, doubtless,
that 10,000,000 men laid down their lives in the
great war.
Fifty Treaties to End War
Edgar Mels in Leslie's.
More than 50 treaties of peace will be signed
by the conference being held at Versailles for
more than 50 declarations of war were made
during the course of human events since that
memorable day in 1914. when hostilities were
declared. The exact number of treaties to be
promulgated is - hard to estimate, for the
crumbling of Austria-Hungary and of the Ger
man empire into segments and fragments may
necessitate the drafting of extra treaties, un
thought of when President Wilson stated his 14
points in his address before congress. '
As the matter stood then, Austria-Hungary
had declared war five-times: Brazil once: Bul
garia once; China twice; Cuba once; France
four times; Germany-five times; Great Britain
four times; Greece four times: Italy four times;
Japan once; Liberia once; Montenegro twice;
Panama twice; ? Portugal twice; Roumania
once;' Russia twice; San Marino once; Serbia
thrice: Siam twice; Turkey twice and the
United States twice. ?
But since these declarations were made, the
whirligig of time and the pranks of" fate have
changed the aspect of things materially. Baden,
Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Saxony, Hungary and.
perchance, a dozen other entities may demand
and receive separate treaties. The Czecho
slovaks and the Jugo-SIavs. Armenia, Palestine
and the disintegrated parts of Russia from
Esthonia to the Ukraine, may obtain separate
treaties. So that when the gigantic labors of
the Versailles conference are done, more than
75 distinct international peace agreements may
result.
When all the treaties are completed, they will
be submitted to the treaty-making powers of
the respective governments. In the United
States the president is empowered to make a
treaty, which must be ratified by a two-thirds
vote of the senate.
In Great Britain, the peace-making power is
a crown prerogative, subject to the assent of the
prime minister acting on the collective advice of
the cabinet. , ;
In France, the president may negotiate and
ratify treaties, according to article 8 of the con
stitutional law of 1875, subject to the sanction
of the chamber of deputies.
In Italy, act 5 of the fundamental statutes
of 1848 empowers the king to make peace, com
municating this fact to the chamber, but not
requiring its sanction.
In Belgium, under article 68 of the consti
tution of 1838, the king makes peace treaties.
Who will accept the peace terms for Ger
many and for Austria-Hungary it is difficult to
say. In Germany in worser days, now happily
relegated into history, the kaiser had boundless
powers, under article 11 of the constitution of
1871. But the bundersrath was required to give
assent and the reichstag had to validate treaties.
In Austria, under act 6 under the constitution
of 1867, the emperor was the sole treaty-making
power.
I I QDAV
The Day We Celebrate.
Henry Monsky, attorney, born 1890.
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Bullard, one of the
chief commanders of the American forces in
France, born in Alabama 58 years ago.
Crown princess of Sweden, formerly Prin
cess Margaret of Connaught, born 37 years ago.
Elmore Y. Sarles, former governor of North
Dakota, born in Juneau county, Wis., 60 years
ago.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
Senator Manderson was re-elected by the
legislature on roll call in which the democrats
gave their votes, to John A. McShane.
The Creighton Guards held a reception in
their new club room in the Ware block, with
the address of welcome by Captain C. J. Smith.
Misses Hayes, Ebert, O'Rourke and Munchhoff
sang a quartet. ...
The Y. M. C. A, entertainment program con
sisted of recitations by Miss Vena Wells, W.
D. Jackson and W. S. Heller; a piano solo by
Mrs. L. L. Rex, a solo by B. J. Spoeri and a
duet by Misses Grace and Olivia Pratt.
Dr. Duryea is organizing a literary society.
A Walnut Hill Dramatic club of ten members
under management of Dave Doty is rehearsing
"Apple Blossoms."
Harry Counsman was elevated to the posi
tion of deputy city clerk to succeed Harry Man
ville while Ed Cone is moved up to Counsman's
place.
Around the State
Nearly BOO people of Hamilton
county petitioned the county com
missioners to abolish the office ot
county agent and save the money.
At the same time Gage county ap
propriated $2,600 to keep the
county agent going during 1919, and
the act draws commendation from
the Beatrice Express.
Taking careful aim at the medics
the Beatrice Express tires thiB pen
grenade: "The ban on church ser
vices ia now oft and the inhabitants
of this city can worship tomorrow
without fear of being thrown into
jail on a charge of violating the
board of health's orders relative to
engaging in nonessential pleasures."
Obedient to the doctor's hunch
"Old Man" Meekes of the Norfolk
Press quit the shop and started in
search of rest and recreation. Guess
where he headed in? The state
house at Lincoln, where he viewed
the democrats going out and the
republicans' taking possession of
everything. Some "rest and re
creation" that for a democratic
scribe.
When nonprofessional doctors
disagree who will decide? The
Kearney Hub diagnoses Omaha's so
called "growing pains" as "ordinary
cramps," for which relief may be
had by energetically working "the
pipelines from Minneapolis, Chicago
and Kansas City." Just like a regu
lar practitioner. Hub's prescription
iooks cryptic as if phrased in med
ical lingo.
Shrewd discretion chased away
the tempter and life is serene in the
St Paul Republican sanctum. Dur
ing the absence of the boss the
tempter whispered to the sub,
"Rip "em up. Cut loose and see the
fur fly. Start something and listen
for the screams!" Nothing doing.
The wise guy recalled that the boss
is some kicker. Besides, winter is
not a friendly season for Job chas
ing. RIGHT TO THE POINT.
Washington Post: Money ' talks,
but the high cost of living acts.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Eng
land will never give up her fleet
and the United States will never
give up her Monroe doctrine; other
wise the league of nations can go
ahead.
Brooklyn Eagle: Two-thirds ot a
quorum is enough to pass a bill
over a veto. So th supreme court
flatly decides, and against Its de
cision the heathen may rage and the
people imagine a vain 'thing, but
the question is settled forever.
New York World: The statement
that the Russian bolshevlst leaders
have sent a propaganda fund of
$500,000 to this country lacks only
one detail of entire credibility
namely, their willingness to let that
amount of money escape from their
Immediate control.
Minneapolis Tribune: Represen
tative Royal C. Johnson of South
Dakota demands deportation of all
aliens who proved themselves un
desirable during the war. A segre
gated red flag district on some
island away from the ocean trunk
lanes would be about right.
Brooklyn Eagle: Uncle Sam Is
respectfully asked by the president
to unroll $100,000,000 from his wad
and pass lt to the suffering in Eu
rope. Roll, ocean roll. The muddy
Tiber also rolls. Vienna rolls. But
take notice that it is your Uncle
Samuel who is supposed to belong
always to the holy unrollers. Of
course he'll do it.
CHEERY CHAFF.
Belle What Is the best way. do you
know, ot preserving- a good complexion?
Noll I don't know a better way than
keeping the jars airtight. Baltimore
American.
"So your wife has stopped bothering
you for an automobile?"
"Yes: I tipped off a seer she patron
izes to warn her against aver riding in
one." Boston Transcript.
"Sometimes you see the girl dancing
with each other."
"Yes." .
"Do girls really get any fun out of
dancing with other girls?"
"I don't know, but I have noticed this."
"Well?"
"They don't hug each other very close
ly." Chicago Post.
Hubby I won't give up the house. Liv
ing In a flat must be terribly trying.
"Wtfle Not half so trying as living with
one. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
"See here, hasn't the pedestrian the
right of way over motor vehicles at the
crossings?"
Teacher Do you know that George
Washington never told a lie?
Boy-No, sir; I only heard lt. Bolton
Transcript.
"Mabel, our responsibllltlea wilt be
heavy now that we have been drawn on
the grand, Jury."
"I know It. What shall we wear?"-
Judge. '
Patience Do you believe the war was
one of conquest?
Patrice Well, I know a lot of girls who
got husbands by It. Yonkers Statesman.
THE JESTER.
Come back, yon old court Jester,
With cap and bells of yore.
Those rabid klnga were sorry things
For which to go to war'
But since we have uncrowned them
And sent them on their way.
Spring from the gloom that shrouds your
tomb,
And teach us how to playt
Set free your vlali of laughter
Have done with sobs and sighs;
The melancholy days have passed
The sun Is In the skies.
Take you the crown the king dropped
down,
And fit It to your brow
A reign of mirth will suit the earth
Bight merrily just nowl
Come back, you old court Jester,
With all your merry mien.
Revive Pierrot, and gaily show
Fair Folly for your queen.
Come, trip tHe light fantastla
As blithely as of yore.
The king is dead! So reign Instead,
And flout the gods of war!
MABEL H. COLLYER. in Life.
Daily Cartoonette.
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ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE SLEEPY GNOMES."
(Peggy and Billy Belgium going coast
ing on Billy's new bobs. Invito, a raggedy
lad to Join them. He proves to be Prince
Bonnie Blue Bull, of the Wild Flower
Elves, and he summons a troop f Rabbits
to take them on a marvelous ride up a
mountain.)
CIUPTER HI.
On the Mountain Top.
Snow, snow everywhere. It cov
ered the mountain top, hiding rocks
and vegetation. Over its glistening
surface, the Rabbits drew the bobs as
easily as though lt were solid ice.
And indeed the snow was almost
Ice, for the sun of the day had melt
ed it, and the chill of the night had
frozen it, until it was covered with
a hard crust strong enough to bear
up a man.
"Say, this will make dandy coast
ing. We will go a mile a minute,"
shouted Billy Belgium. Peggy turned
and looked down. The mountain
steeps sure did form a wonderful
sliding place almost too wonderful
for they might go so fast they would
be dashed to pieces.
The Rabbits, which had been go
ing along at a, merry pace, Jingling
their sleigh bells in a Jolly rhythm
"What's that?" cried Billy.
that made Peggy think of Christ
mas and Santa Claus, now began to
slow down.
Just below the topmost peak they
came to a panting halt. They had
gone as far as they could. The last
stretch to the very tip of the moun
tain, was as steep as a wall. No
Rabbit could climb it.
Peggy cried out in wonder at the
view. The moon, shining on the
glistening snow, made the scene as
bright as day, and they could look
far, far down upon the valleys be
low. The world benenth seemed like
a fairy kingdom all misty, sha
dowy, beautiful.
"I'm going up to the top," shouted
Billy Belgium.
"So am I," laughed Prince Bon
nie Blue Bell, who was enjoying this
adventure with all the keenness of
any ordinary boy.
"And I am, too," chimed in
Peggy, following them as they
dragged themselves up the face of
the rocks. It was a slow and diffi
cult serauble, but presently they
round themselves at the tip or the
world with only the stars above
them. Peggy shivered with delight
then she gave another shriek of
nervousness as she thought of what
would happen If they should lose
their footing and finally she shiv
ered with cold, for the wind was icy
sharp and seemed to go right
through her warm clothes.
As they looked down, a light sud
denly flared up in the pine woods
below.
"What's that?" cried Billy.
"The Sleep Gnomes," whispered
Prince Bonnie Blue Bell. "We must
beware lest they catch us."
"Who are the Sleep Gnomes?"
asked Peggy, creeping close to the
other two.
"They are the ones who put the
flowers, the trees, the grass, the
Frogs, the Butterflies, the Bears and
other of the forest folks to sleep in
the winter. I escaped them this fall
and that's how I'm here having such
a Jolly time. If they catch us-r-good-by
fun and frolic."
"Will they harm humans," ques
tioned Peggy.
"More than they do the forest
folks," replied Prince Bonnie Blue
Bell. "They put us to Bleep only un
til spring awakens us, but humans
they put to sleep for 20 years."
"Oh," gasped Peggy. "If they got
us we'd never wake up until we
were grown-ups."
"And you'd miss all the Joys of
childhood," added the prince.
"Twenty years! That's Just like
Rip Van Winkle in Washington Irv
ing's story," cried Billy Belgium. "He
was put to sleep when he drank
schnapps with Hendrik Hudson's
crew who were playing tenpins in
the Catskill mountains.."
"The Sleep Gnomes take many
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Bell. "If you drink with them, good
night for 20 years."
"Some one is coming! Look!
Look!" Billy Belgium pointed exclt-
arilv rinwn tVia mountain in nrlictrA
black specks were creeping upward
over the snow.
"The Sleep Gnomes," cried Prince
Bonnie Blue Bell. "We must get out
of here in a hurry."
(Tomorrow will be described a will coast
down the mountain side.
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A Keeper of Records.
Oakland, Neb., Jan. 1-8. To the
Editor of The Omaha Bee: I read in
The Sunday Bee' that Judge Sla
baugh of your city claims the dis
tinction of being the champion dairy
keeper of Omaha, having a record
of events for the past 30 years. I
am thinking perhaps I might be the
champion keeper of evente for the
state, as I wrote my first page Sun
day, January 1, 1882. I have never
missed a day during this 36 years
and am now writing in my 37th
book. I have never caried my
books away from home, and as a
consequence In appearance they are
as new as the day they were bought.
I can tell you the prevailing price of
all kinds of grain and live stock
during any one of these 36 years,
altH) where I was, how much money
I paid out and how much I received,
if any, together with any important
events. I left my father's home in
Lee county, Illinois, September 7,
1882, for a short visit through the
then known out west. I never re
turned until I had raised and fed my
first car load of hogs and cattle,
and for the next 80 years I fed and
marketed from one to three loads
each year. During the first 10 years
il shipped my cattld and hogs to the
Chicago market, there selling 1,400
pound cattle finished good enough
for live exportation at $5.15 per
hundred. I did not intend when I
started this letter to give you any
history, but I have so much of it
that it is almost impossible to break
away from it entirely.
CHARLES M. HURLBERT.
Question of Education.
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 9. To
tfea TTflHnr nf The Bee: I should
think that some of these Protestants
would have sense enough to keep
quiet about some of these things,
as on the subject of Catholics, that
they Know notning auout. trom
Educated Carl's letter it is plain
to see he is flot educated on any
subject, to my notion, and especial
ly on Catholics. It is plain to see
that he knows nothing at all on the
subject of Catholics, and lt is quite
comical to see some of these ig
norant Protestants telling us about
on what they "think" is our "re
ligion," It surely is quite comical.
Almost as much fun as reading a
funny paper. I agree with "A
Reader" that you Protestants are
only Jealous, as lt is very plain to
be seen.
AN EDUCATED CATHOLIC.
Factory Fodder.
Council Bluffs, Jan. 12. To the
Editor of The Omaha Bee: In an ar
ticle, "Workmen Are Not Factory
Fodder," published in the News of
the 10th. Henry Ford takes to task
men of power for regarding work
ingmen as "factory fodder." Re
sponsibility for the war is placed
on "a bad condition everywhere."
"We were piling up mountains of
munitions, . great mountains of
mankilling tools." "We thought -a
system which stepped on one man
because he was pxjor and bowed be
fore another, because he was rich,
was going to last." The only interest
they have in the business on the
product Is the dollars they can
squeeze out. The people of Omaha
do not know the conditions under
which men worked for the Ford
Motor company at its branch
here in Omaha or they would say
as I say to Henry: "Practice what
you preach." Some of the bad con
ditions are: Turpentine, which
weakens your kidneys; -paint poison
ing, which causes ulcers; gas from
the newly started motors In the test
room which floats over thS, entire
factory causing sick headaches
which are everlasting , as' long
as you work where you breathe
its fumes. A man must work eight
liours continuously, not stopping one
minnta, for if you do you get behind
ana can t catch up all day. You
draw $6 a day, but you only work
on an average of about three or four
days a week. Their investigator
calls at your home to see the condi
tions under which you live, how
many you owe and whether "your
wife loves you or some other. All
this foolishness for $6 a day or
"$12 a week." "We thought society
could remain healthy with one part
suffering need and the other part
rolling in luxury," quoth Henry. -
The working man must unite to
avoid such dangers as these.
From one who speaks from ex
perience at "Ford's Fodder Fac
tory." E. F. LAINSON.
Pay for a Big Job.
New York World: A salary of
$40,000 is suggested for the man
who will be selected to run the
country's railroads for the govern
ment. The salary contrasts with
those paid to the cabinet officers and
tuner uigJi KuvBriiiiieiit- uuiviais. jjih
the services of men of the dollar-a-year
type have considerably appre
ciated in value since the conclusion
of the war.
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