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t them. Addresa chanfed as often a requoated.
You should know that
Omaha is a city of churches, col
leges, culture, healthful climate,
delightful parks, opportunity and
prosperity.
Have a heart, Mr. Weatherman I
Clear the track for the 7-cent car fare!
Four for a quarter will set us all to buying
tickets.
" Pennies are about to take on an added sig
nificance in Omaha town.
- One thing you have missed, and that is the
old-fashioned summertime warning against
overeating. .
' You may recall that the senate has not fin
ished the discussion of the peace treaty. That
will come in time.
"Uncle Mose" Kinkaid is again accused of
having a wife in Washington, but out in the Big
Sixth they know better.
How will brotherhood ownership of the rail
roads help the high cost of living, unless the
men vote to lower their own wages?
With all the hunter out looking for the
cause of the trouble, some one ought to bring
home the bacon, and at a lower price.
Bre'r Stone says the brotherhoods are about
ready to order out the firing squads to shoot
down the profiteers. Why wait any longer?
' Let us hope that the president's "deep and
serious consideration" goes to the bottom of the
trouble,' and finds a way to break the "vicious
circle."
Events .in various parts of the country al
most make a soberminded man wish that Grover
Cleveland were president, if we must have a
democrat. ,
" ' What is more disappointing on a hot morn
ing than to hear the thunder roll, and then have
no rain? These weather freaks are certainly
exasperating.
Mr, Burleson may want the army trucks, so
the states can not have them, even though it
would be to carry out the good roads work.
Oh, very well. i
What has psychology to do with it? People
always were fussy when uncomfortable, and it
is pretty hard to keep cool during the first few
days of August.
Burglars, footpads and the like work with
impunity, but just let an amateur bootlegger
try to get by with an unauthorized pint of
whisky and see what happens.
- One of the first fruits of Mr. Barnes' "de
cision to maintain the price of wheat is a re
sumption of the speculative activity in corn.
So the square deal supports the food gambler.
The untamed taxicab and the equally un
restrained delivery wagon continue to add life
to Omaha's street traffic. A way should be
found to curb the exuberance of the pilots of
v these juggernauts.
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o me traac comnnsisiun uisuiuuica mc uiamc
for the high price of shoes among the packers,
the tanners, the manufacturers and the retailers,
all of whom have taken unjustifiably high
profits, and with this explanation, we will con
tinue to submit to the imposition.
Just why the government should assist in
keeping up" the cost of living by maintaining
the price of wheat is not clear. The last con
gress appropriated money to make up the dif
ference to the farmer, but Dictator Barnes in
sists on those who eat bread paying the war
time prices for it. Is he afraid that other foods
will come down, too?
Aerial Police Next
, ' The day when the skies will be filled with
airplanes, driven for business and pleasure, is
not far distant. Henry Woodhouse, vice presi
dent of the Aerial League of America, says
more than 500 persons bought or ordered air
planes in the United States during the last
three months. He estimates that 500 more are
eager to place their orders, but cannot do so
because manufacturers are unable to promise
an early delivery. One company alone "has
orders for over 300 airplanes and is so rushed
with prospective orders that it has found it
necessary to put on two shifts in its factories."
Even at present prices, planes are easily
within the reach of persohs who buy the more
expensive makes of motor cars. There are
thousands of expert aviators who were trained
during the war and probably would rrt object
to "serving as "air chauffeurs" at wages com
parable to their altitude records. Furthermore
those who wish to drive their own planes and
get the fullest amount of enjoyment out of the
: sport can easily learn.
One flight in a plane, as a rule, is sufficient
to make an enthusiastic convert of a person
ho has never been any higher above the
earth's surface than the top of an office build
ing A few spiral glides, tail spins and seven!
loops, thousands of feet in the air and motor
ing .ever after seems the harmless diversion of
' mollycoddles. Birmingham Age-Herald.
GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE.
A strike of the street railway men at this
time to enforce wage demands would be most
unfortunate. Its force would fall on the patient
public, which is just asked to pay an increase
of 40 per cent in fares to the company, in order
that the latter may in turn increase the wage
rate.
The only point in dispute is between the
company and the men, and concerns how much
of the revenue .derived from the extra fare shall
be given to the employes. In this division the
patrons of the line are but indifferently con
cerned. The people want the men to have good
wages; it is essential that they should be well
nairl an thev ma v nronerlv nrnvidr? for them- 1
i - j j r i r - -
selves and their families. It is also necessary
so the company may be able to pay the higher
wage rate.
But it is unfair for either the company or
the men to decline to give any attention what
ever to the interest of the citizens, who pay the
bills in the end. Continuous and uninterrupted
service is required for the prosperity of the
city. Both of the contestants should recog
nize this.
We know this plea may sound old to both
sides, for they have heard it before and have
ignored it, but if ever a little forbearance were
needed, and consideration shown for those who
can not help themselves it is now. The public
is at the mercy of these discordant forces, but
it has rights neither can afford deliberately to
ignore. Many ways of settlement short of a
strike are open, and they should be employed.
Are We Ready for the Step?
Without considering the fundamental weak
nesses of the railroad brotherhoods' plan for
nationalizing the transportation industry, some
attention may be paid o its general aspects.
The railroads are an integral part of our na
tional life. In an elementary sense, they are
public institutions, performing a public func
tion. On this basis they have been clothed
with extraordinary powers, and have also been
subjected to regulation and control that' could
not be supported by a private enterprise.
Should the public take over the entire own
ership and management of the railroads, what
will be the effect on other basic industries? We
have reached a point where "private owner
ship" means less than it ever did, perhaps. The
relation of any business undertaking to the
public is now a subject for closer inspection
than ever. For the moment col mining is put
forward as an illustration, but the logic that in
volves the fuel industry in the fate of transpor
tation must also include agriculture in all its
branches, and with equal directness proceed up
and down the line, omitting nothing.
Mr. Bryan already has proposed the government-controlled
press, a medium which will
supplant the free press of the land, and through
which only such information as pleases the
powers in control would find its way to the
people.
Are the American people ready to participate
in the sweeping and obliterating changes so pro
posed in their government? Will they sur
render the liberty of individual action in order
to. assume an existence ordered for them by a
bureaucracy? With the probability of that
bureaucracy itself being dominated by an
oligarchy?
Establishing social justice and giving labor
a partnership in the industrial enterprises of
the nation are not the only features of the pro
gram proposed by the railroad brotherhoods.
The' path they point out leads directly to socialism.
Their Idol on a Vacation.
Even as the priests of Baal vainly besought
their god to bestir himself into action, while
rhe stern old prophet of Jehovah mocke,d them,
so the worshippers of "Make-a-New-Law" find
themselves confused and helpless because their
idol is powerless. They have journeyed to the
city hall, to the court house, the state capital
and to the national capitol; they have implored
the mayor, the governor and the president, and
have poured out their lamentations to the city
council, the legislature and congress, and with
out avail. The fetich of "Be It Enacted" has
lost its power, if it ever had any, and its de
luded devotees are moiling in dismay because
of the failure of their medicine to work.
The demon "H. C. of L." is too potent to
be exercised by a resolution or a statute. Some
operations of natural law are inexorable, and
interference with them brings disaster. This
truth is icing forced home to unwilling minds
just now, but it is wholesome regardless of
whether it is- palatable.
If, instead of rushing in terrified haste to
the lawmakers and to the officers of the gov
ernment, imploring aid that can not be given,
each individual would contribute his share to
the solution of the problem, more might be ac
complished. The thrift that was preached and
largely practiced while we were at war enabled
us then to pull, through a more ticklish situa
tion. Something of the same sort of restraint
will be serviceable now.
Wages are pursuing prices, but not over
taking them. Extravagance is wiping out the
accumulation of the war days, and the only
thing at all certain is that there must be an end,
to which the thoughtful look with some ap
prehension. If the process can be slowed down
without smashing things, it will be well. But
he great god of regulation by law, so long
adored by thoughtless Americans, islon a va
cation now, and we hope he never returns.
Responsibility is squarely on the citizen, and
as he accepts it so will the republic prosper.
Seven-Cent Street Car Fare for Omaha.
The State Railway commission has ordained
temporarily a 7-cent car fare for Omaha, with
variations of four-for-a-quarter, half-fare for
children under 12, and 5 cents for school chil
dren. This increase, which has been acquiesced
in by the city council, takes effect on Sunday.
l was the inevitable course. Operating costs
have increased, particularly the item of wages,
and the employes are demanding a further in
crease in pay. To meet these urgent demands
the company must have more money, and it
has but one place to get it. The imposition
means, an increase in expense to the average
patron of the street cars of about 4 cents a
day, for which provision must be made in the
family budget. If the men can only come to
an understanding with the company, however,
and regular service be kept tip, the public will
try t bear with the added cost of riding until
the commission is able to determine on full in
formation what the right fare should be. .
"Food Facts First
From the New York Times.
It is encouraging to learn that the president
will find the facts about food prices before
recommending action. That reverses the way
of some who demand that prices shall be majle
to conform to facts decided by their inner con
sciousness. Representative Fitzgerald, disclos
ing no knowledge of world prices, is moving
to take charge of the price of wheat, although
already it is in government hands. Accord
ingly, Mr. Fitzgerald has introduced a resolu
tion directing that this year's wheat crop shall
be sold at "the world's price, and that any de
ficiency below the price guaranteed to the farm
ers shall be made good from government funds.
The president may be presumed to know that
there is ro normal world price for wheat, as
several nations. are cheapening bread by sub
sidies to a total of hundreds of millions yearly.
Also perhaps the president already knows that
the public press has reported sales of wheat
above our guarantee price, and that thee farm
ers are under no obligation to sell their wheat
to the government. So far as the farmers prefer
ht world market price the government would
have to buy to sell, and would be a speculator
against its will. Is not wheat already high
enough? And is it to be doubted that those in
charge of the government's wheat market know
more about it than those who are rushing in
where the president prefers to tread with cau
tion? There are no profiteers so objectionable as
food profiteers. Send the rascals to jail when
found with the poods. Let no guilty man es
cape. But do not lynch any man, big or small,
before finding him guilty. There were similar
demands for peremptory action in Canada, but
the president's way of finding facts first was
taken. The official report to the Dominion
Parliament was that
no material reduction in the cost of commod
ities in regard to which inquiry was made
can be expected except by increasing the
volume at a lower cost of production, or by
lowering the cost of distribution.
Any effort on the part of the government or
Parliament attempting reductions in the sale
prices which the farmers are receiving would
intensify the present difficult situation.
Speaking of wheat in particular the commit
tee reported that there were cases of isolated
undue profits, and others ofbad business meth
ods, but, on the whole, the business had been
carried on on a margin of profit reasonably
close to actual cost.
The Times Washington correspondence the
other day contained the suggestion that prices
were high because people were willing to pay
them for the goods. Are not those who buy
and complain rather betraying their accom
plices, the sellers? If people reduced their
buying so far as possible there might be a
marvelous reversal of the proportions now ap
parent between supply and demand, and prices
might fall in a way which would be so, welcome
and appropriate. The Interstate Commerce
commission has convicted the railways of rais
ing prices by raising rates, although we have
no coin small enough to express the division
of the cost of freight due to rate increases.
The Federal Trade commission has convicted
the wholesalers, although their unit of profit
resembles that of the railway freight charges.
The commission's remedy would be to allow
them to license wholesale trade. Presumably
those already indicted before the public by the
commission would reduce their activities, and
the complaint then would be more of the lack
of the food than of its dearness.
It will seem to many that freedom of trade
from arbitrary restriction would be a better
remedy. On the whole, political or legal rem
edies are not suited to economic troubles. The
medicine to be "exhibited" must depend on the
facts and the diagnosis of them by doctors with
information and without ulterior motive. The
president's way is the best way. The Grain
corporation can give him information forthwith,
and it is said that it is prepared to give him
some which he can communicate to the country.
Recent Immigration Statistic
The United States Immigration Service Bul
letin for July contains some interesting figures
on the flow of immigration and emigration.
The inward and outward passenger movements
for May were about equal, although more
American citizens went abroad than returned.
Slightly fewer nonemigrants left than non
immigrants arrived, but the outflow of emigrant
aliens reached 17,800, which was more than
2,700 in excess of immigrant aliens admitted.
More nonimmigrant aliens arrived than Ameri
can citizens. The total immigrants arriving
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, fell to
110,618, as against 295,403 for the previous year
and 298,826 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1916. But the number of immigrants entering
between July 1, 1918, and May 31, 1919, was
123,145. The greatest number for this period
came from Mexico, 25,536, or more than one
nfih the total. There were 23,007 English.
11,001 French, 6.883 Irish, 8,880 Japanese, 5,183
Africans, 8,788 Scotch, 7,427 Scandinavian, 2,719
Hebrews and 3,743 Spanish. Southern European
immigration was at a low ebb. The Mexicans
led in- May, with 3,276, the English being next
with 2,927. The French were third with 1,440,
the Scotch fourth with 1,176 and the Japanese
fifth with 1,18. The rest were scattering.
The Mexican influx seems to have struck
Texas, which shows an immigration of 19.184
from July 1, 1918, to May 31, 1919, while New
York received only 24,873. In May Texas re
ceived 2,627, while New York received only
2,801. Emigrant aliens departed from New
York to the number of 5,535 in May. while
Texas lost only 463. Pennsylvania was second
in number of emigrant aliens departed in May,
with 2,881, while Massachusetts came next with
1,390.' Missouri's net loss of emigrant aliens
was about 500 in 23 months.
The great tide of departing emigrant aliens,
which has been so greatly emphasized for
months, apparently had not begun by the end
of May. In normal times the totals would be
entirely disregarded, and, aside from the Mexi
can influx, it is difficult to trace a "tendency."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Day We Celebrate.
Harry A. Tukey of A. P. Tukey & Son, real
estate, born 1877.
Alfred D. Touzalin, Bankers Savings and
Loan association, born 1862.
Dwight H. Beck, merchant tailor, born 1877.
Maj.-Gen. Evander Mclver Law, one of the
last surviving general officers of the confeder
ate states army, born at Darlington, S. C, 83
years ago.
Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, U. S. N.,
recently assigned to command Division No. 1
of the Pacific fleet, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 58
years ago.
Charles R. Crane, American member of the
interallied commission to investigate condi
tions in Syria, born in Chicago 61 years ago.
1 Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton, president of
Wellesley college, born at Westerly, R. I., 55
years ago. '
'Billie Burke, popular actress of the Ameri
can stage, born in Washington, D. C, 34 years
ago. ,
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
The republican state central committee met
at the Millard hotel and chose Hastings as the
place for holding the fall convention.
One hundred couples attended a dance
given by Alpha lodge, No. 44, Daughters of
Rebekah, in A. O. H. hall.
The original first mortgage of the Omaha
Motor Railway company to the Mercantile
Trust company of New York to secure a loan
of $800,000 was recorded. The money is pay
able on the first day of July, 1909, in gold.
- CE Yost has returned from the east.
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and. his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Answer.
Some Russian Information.
An Anxtyus Mother The last' in
formation we have of the 168th
transportation company, it still was
in Russia, mail being sent by way
of A. P. O. 702, which is at Paris.
The Russian situation is so muddled
that nobody seems to have any
definite information as to what is
to be done. Murmansk is south of
Archangel on the Dvina river. It
is pronounced "moormawnsk."
Medvyezhi Gora Is a small town in
the neighborhood of Murmansk. It
is rather difficult for a tongue ac
customed only to English pronuncia
tion, but "met-fy-ee-zhee gooraw"
will fairly approximate it, if you ac
cent the "ee" syllable. If your
change of postofflce address has to
do with allotment, notify the bureau
of war risks, allotment division; if
it is only for the service of the army,
notify the adjutant general of the
army; both these at Washington.
Many Questions Answered.
Sister The Sixth cavalry is sta
tioned at Fort Ogelthorpe, Ga. It
is not at present attached to a di
vision, if that is what you mean by
asking if it is a "detached regiment."
A Mother The Fourth division
already has left Germany, and the
Third was ordered to entrain for
Brest ihis week, so that it, too, -will
soon be out. Can not tell you just
when these units will reach Amer
ica, although it will not be long. The
Fourth was scheduled to follow the
Second, which is now arriving at
New York. ,,
Mrs. E. K. A. P. O. 927 is at the
headquarters of the First replace
ment division, at Troyer; bakery
company No. 11 was part of the
Third army, which has been broken
up and all ordered home save the
First division. Cannot tell you when
this bakery company will be return
ed, but it will probably be on its way
over very soon.
Interested We have no informa
tion as to the whereabouts of the
Thirteenth regiment of Marines.
Would advise you to write to Wash
ington to the officers qommanding
the United States Marine corps.
A Soldier's Mother The postal
express service was taken over by
the army when the army postofflce
was established late in 1918 to re
duce the delay in handling soldier's
mail. This service will be discon
tinued when the army is entirely
withdrawn from France. It must
be maintained until then. Men en
gaged in this work are not sent
home along with the combat troops.
F. E .S. The Fifth division is in
the service of supply, and no date
has been fixed for its sailing. Pres
ent plans are t have all the army
out of France by September 1, how
ever, which means this organization
will not be long delayed.
J. A. R. You are not required to
have an export license to send a
parcels post package to a civilian in
Germany. Take the package to the
postofflce and mail it.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
the cmcrs BIRD."
(Judge Owl grows In a hothouse until
he la the biggest bird In the world. Feggy
itiiu a.,im.v mi .in,, up lit a biiuw u,mt iu n
real clfcus. Judge Owl takes the meat of
me ill. u. a ilium is, 0.11,1 wuru me tipgrr
nompB after It. .llltlffe Owl ntrkn him 1111
and carrlea him away.)
The Tiger Is Tamed.
(fXr OW-OW!" screamed the tiger,
X squirming 'and twisting as
Judge Owl carried him above the
tree tops.
"Fresh tiger meat for supper!
Hoo! Hoo!" screeched Judge Owl..
"Ah Ah! That tiger cost me
$2,000!" howled the circus man
ager, climbing out of the coal shed,
and running up and down the yard
in his excitement. He shook his
fist at Judge Owl. and shook it at
Hilly. "You'll have to pay for this."
fhe yelled. "That tiger is a Royal
Bengal."
Billy and Peggy looked at each
other in dismay. Two thousand
dollars that was an awful price to
pay for one meal! They would have
to stop Judge Owl.
Peggy sent her voice flying up
ward. "Don't eat the tiger," she scream
ed. "He cost ?2,000."
"Hoo Hoo! He ought to taste
good if he cost that much," Judge
Owl screeched back at her.
"Bring him here this instant," or
dered Peggy.
"All right, if you say so, Princess
Peggy!" answered Judge Owl obedi
ently. Swooping downward he acted
as if he were going to drop the tiger
into the yard. The people gathered
there shrieked and scattered.
"No, no, don't drop him. He
might eat up some of these chil
dren," screamed Peggy.
"Then he ought to be eaten him
self!" retorted Judge Owl, and
away he flew with the Royal Ben-
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Alore than 145 words a minute
have been transmitted in English
high-speed wireless telegraphy
tests.
The judges at a baby show at
Cedar Falls, la., did their best to
please everybody by awarding every
contestant a prize. 1
The Cape-to-Cairo railway, in
Africa, when completed will be
7,074 miles in length, the longest
single line of railway in the world.
Norwegian scientists have pat
ented a secret process for producing
98 per cent nutrio add from the 30
per cent acid they have been mak
ing from atmospheric nitrogen.
For work above stepladder range
a portable telescopic tower has been
invented, composed of extension lad
ders that can be raised 40 feet, car
rying a platform with them.
Gasoline locomotives that are safe
to use in coal mines have been In
vented in England, their ignition
taking place inside of tight boxes
and their exhaust through water. '
Jason Austin of Emporia, Kan.,
has grown 1,200 pounds of cabbage
on a patch of ground containing
less than 2,000 square feet. The
cabbages average tnree pounds each
and are free from insects.
Belfast, the largest industrial cen
ter in Ireland, is situated on both
banks of the River Lagan and is 101
miles northeast of Dublin. It has
an estimated population of 393.000.
It is the chief center of Irish linen
manufacture.
PASSING THE BUCK.
The packer says It Is not he
Who raised the price of "eats,"
And offers figures with his pka
To prove he never cheats.
He thinks the farmer pets the chuck,
And passes on to him the buck.
The farmer holds, though costs are high,
His land Is higher still,
And ev'rythlng he has lo buy,
Including salt and swill.
He thinks the grocer Is the duck.
And pases on to him the buck.
The grocer swears he gets the same
Old seventeen per cent.
With just enough to meet the claim
Of raises In his rent.
He thinks the landlord should be stuck,
And passes on to him the buck.
The landlord shows the great Increase
In taxes he has paid.
And In material, piece by piece.
Within the last decade.
He thinks the public should be struck.
And passes on to it the buck.
The public probes Into the case,
To find the guilty crafts;
It looks itself square In the face,
And sees so many grafts
It doesn't seem to have the pluck
To pass on to Itself the buck.
WILLIS HUDSPETH.
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
FOHN.TJERR.YOU LOOK 50
TIRETJ ? UJHYTJ0NT YOU STAY
HOME ANE RE 5T, IN5TE flU OF
ffilNfr TO THE OFFICE TOIlflY,
t if
M) HE DID-
Tow-ow!" Screamed the Tiger,
Squirming and Twisting.
gal, quickly vanishing over a hihJ
not lar irom me snow gromius.
The crowd, which a moment be
fore had been anxious to get far
away from-the tiger, now was curi
ous to see what Judge Owl was go
ing to do with him. Up the hill they
went pell mell, Peggy. Billy, the
circus folks and the audience. They
got to the top In time to see Judge
Owl swooping down toward a little
lake that lay in a city park.
The tiger squirmed and twisted
violently as he saw the pond be
neath him. Tigers, like their cous
ins, the cats, don't like water ex
cept to drink, and the sight of so
much of it made the Royal Bengal
nervous.
"Hoo! Hoo! What a fine place for
a swim," screeched Judge Owl, and
with that he dropped the tiger.
Splash! The tiger went In over his
head. Up he came In an Instant,
furiously angry and swimming for
dear life.
"Hoo! Hoo! What a fine diver,"
screeched Judge Owl. Down he
darted, grnbbing the tiger out of the
water. Again he-flew Into the air.
and again he dropped the Royal
Bengal. Splash! the tiger went un
der a second time.
Once more the tiger came up, but
now he wasn't angry. He was just
plainly scared. Again Judge Owl
grabbed him, and again he was
dropped in the lake, and again and
again, until the tiger was as limp
as a half-drowned kitten, and so
weak he couldn't swim another
stroke. Then Judge Owl picked him
up and soared back to the show
grounds.
"Here's your cat back all nicely
tamed," he screeched. "Where shall
I put him?"
Peggy told the circus men what
Judge Owl had said, and they quick
ly brought out the tiger's cage.
Judge Owl dropped the great beast
beside the open door, and the tiger,
only too glad to get out of the
clutches of this dreadful bird, quick
ly crawled inside. The head trainer
slammed the door shut, and there
was the tiger safe and sound.
"We must have that bird for our
circus!" exclaimed the head trainer,
looking admiringly at Judge Owl.
"That's what I say, exclaimed
the manager, rejoicing loudly be
cause his $2,000 tiger was safe.
"The way he tamed the Royal Men
gal was wonderful. I'll have him
as a freak and as a policeman to
keep order in the menagerie. How
much will his salary be?"
Peggy and Billy looked at Judge
Owl.
"I don't care as long as I have
enough to eat," hooted Judge Owl.
"And I'd like all the children In
town to come and see me."
"That's what his salary shall be,"
said Peggy. "All Judge Owl can eat
and free tickets for all the children
in town."
"It's a bargain." declared the cir
cus manager. "And we will start
the show right now."
The circus men opened a great
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the band began to play, and Judge
Owl, with Peggy, Billy and Freckled
Pete behind him, marched in to
take his new job as circus freak and
policeman of the menagerie.
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Relating to a Debt.
Red Oak, la., Aug. 1. To the
Editor of The Bee: President Wil
son has recently said, "We owe
France a debt that can never be
paid." Supposable for assistance
in our revolutionary war. It Is dif
ficult to believe him sincere. To do
so would reflect seriously on his in
telligence. A debt of such monu
mental proportions has never been
suspected to exist by any French
man or American from revolution
ary days to this time, nor did our
president discover it until pressed
for a reason for negotiating an ob
jectionable treaty with France. In
fact, we owe France nothing. If
there is an unpaid balance between
the two countries it is France owes
the United States. France has our
sympathies; it had them in 1815
when it fell before allied Europe;
in 1870, when the Germans con
quored it; later when the com
munist horror struck Paris; it had
them from Jt 9 1 4 onward continually;
has them now. But we owe France
no debt. We saved it in 1918. The
present generation of Americans is
not sorry for what It has done for
Frftnce. If In danger (as it Is not)
it would no doubt repeat. But to
make a treaty binding future Amer
ica to defend France violates com
mon sense and true democracy
alike. Future America will decide
for itself what it will do In Its day.
It can be trusted. It cannot be dic
tated to by the present chief magis
trate, United States senate or the
whole people even. To tie It down
by a treaty, or to try to do so, is
fantastic politics or diplomacy. It's
a clown's trick or a sorely pressed
demagogue's last grandstand play.
It is unworthy of a moment's seri
ous consideration. A debt we owe
France! Bosh. J. S.
managed to squeeze a number four foot
Into a number two shoe," Life.
"The authorities must have found out
by telepathy the opinion of the public
about the government ownership of tele
phones and telegraphs."
"Yes; by return wire." Minneapolis
Tribune.
"What do you consider the most diffi
cult feat In the world?"
"Well, there may bo things harder than
proving to your wife that she is extrava
gant, but I don't know what they are."
London Answers.
(In the next installment will be tald the.
odd things that happen when Judge Owl
Joins the circus.)
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