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r::2 bee: omaha, Monday, august 11, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNPAY FOUNDED BY EDWAKD K08IWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THX BEI PUBLISHING COMPANY. FHOPBIETOB " MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TIM AMortited Press, ot wMcd Toe Be 1 member. U x luatralr uutlcd ta tin dm for publteatlon of til news dtipUflm credited to It or not oUienrt credited In toll paper, aod alio Uw mil news puMltbed bereln. All rtfhti ot public tl on of ou aoeclal dliiaKiwt are ln raaemd. " BEE TELEPHONES! Print Branch Eiehani. Ask for thi Tvl 1 AAfa1 Doparlount or Prticulr Parson Wanted. 1 W VUV ..... - . For N'h, Sunir Sarvlc Callt Editorial Disirtrartit . TvIm innni (liruUtlon Department ...... ,ZI,t" Aitwrtnini Dewunrot .... ftjj , vrrnu vr J He, BEE I Home Office. Be Building. 17ta tod From. Briaok Office: "" 4110 Norm Itn iPsri limaom (in MMiurr Ar. Motitb Bid Council Bluff , 14 N. Main Ronton Hit North 4tb IWtlnut m Om-of-Tow! Office i N tort Clt 2M KlftU Are. tWasMnttoQ ttao Bum Bid. lUncoln HIS Lea ren worth 3318 N Street 14r South lttb HI Kurtk 4otk Ull O Street 1330 H Strwt JUNE CIRCULATION i Daily 64,611 Sunday 61,762 Arrrait circulation for th moat a tubterlNd tad rwora to to t. B Biim, Circulation Manager. " Subscriber leaving th cltv ahould K.v. Th. R .m.j them. Addru chanced ai often rMuaated. You should know that The population of the United States is 34.8 per square mile; in the "Omaha Empire" 9.3. Plenty of room to grow. Now, let us have 7-cent service. - The profiteer is taking it on the run, all right. The climate is behaving itself beautifully, and that is some help. What part of present high prices may be ascribed to-prohibition? Herr Hohenzollern may be reassured; his case is just laid aside, not abandoned. Roger Sullivan says he is wearing out his old shoes, but no running after "W. J. B." Attorney General Davis dashes women's hopes of voting this fall, but next year look out. ' Herr Hohenzollern's private yacht is be ing "sold for a song," and he will not hear ifi Hard luck. You may have noted that up to the present no one has charged that the "H. C. of L." is f dtle to irreligion. Suppose the peace treaty had been ratified when presented, would that have stopped the shop hands' strike? Roumania threatens to spill the beans in the Balkans, but the powers that licked the kaiser are not yet impotent. Milk producers and milk distributors are passing the buck one to the other with grace and, facility, but the consumer still settles. Milk and ice come high, but the babies must have them, therefore the money in The . Bee's Free Ice and Milk fund is doing wonderful . service. Uncensored letters are coming from Ger ' many, but it is a safe wager none of them contain the opinions that were freely expressed over there three years ago. Selling food to cities on ten days' time is no especially great concession, as most of them could buy from jobbers on thirty days' and the Customary discount for cash. " It might not be so bad for the country if another Russell Sage were to appear on Wall street. Uncle Russell's control of "call money" saved many a panic in his day. "Refrigeration and demurrage" may only cost $5 or $6 a day, but the process is coming in for considerable skeptical comment from pecple who are not in the commission business. The "skip stop" is not the worst of the street car shortcomings in Omaha. A few more regular trains, so as to shorten waits at the regularly ordained stations would help materially. The president of the national association of retail shoe dealers tells us that shoes will be sold from $8 to $12 hereafter. This is some ; different from the $25 to $30 they were talking ,4 of a fejw days ago. ' A "jitney" ice man says if it were not for 'his guild Omaha would be paying $1 a hun , dred for ice. Perhaps this is true, but it does v not help the general situation greatly. Much room for improvement still exists. German Eyes Unbaridaged - The German White Book published by the Weimar government confirms the statement on high military authority, that the turning point of the war came in early August one year ago. From that date until the armistice, though official stories of "triumphs" still were tyven out, the leading men of Germany were eagerly seeking a way out of the conflict. General Ludendorff in September heard that Bulgaria had offered to sign a separate peace. On October 1 Hindenburg insisted that a peace offer be sent immediately unless Prince Max, who favored peace, formed a ministry. On the same day General Groener reported that General Ludendorff declared that delay in seeking peace would be fatal. Thenceforth disputes took place within the military machine as to whether and how Ger many should end the war; but by October 27 the emperor himself had reached the unalter able decision to sue for peace because "his conscience forbade him to permit further bloodshed." ' In fact, all the bloodshed after that date was worse than wasted. The recent press denial of the stories put forth early in the war that the French poisoned vtells and began the employment of bombing planes against civilians, and that the French and British both used dumdum bullets, gains authority from the fact that it is written by Herr Binder, the official observer at Great Headquarters. These fantastic lies were quickly exposed by neutral military observers in Germany, including American officers, but they proved too useful with the public to be abandoned. . When a few more revelations such as the Weimar White Book and Herr Binder's ar ticles have been digested by the German peo- ?ile. the German republic may be a more com ortable neighbor in the brotherhood of na tion Ntw York World. MOVING AGAINST THE PROFITEER. A general onslaught by all the .organized forces of government is now directed against the profiteer. The experiment is interesting, as it ought to disclose finally in how far it is possible to control human greed by process of law. Conditions prevailing throughout the world are the natural consequence of a war that exceeds in its destructive phases any the world ever knew. Estimates as to the cost of the conflict in the way of wealth vary widely, but the low est of them involve a sum equal to the total wealth of the United States, including land values. Try to imagine everything in this, the richest country on earth, that has any tangi ble or intangible worth, piled into one place and then dissipated into mist, irrecoverable through any process of salvage, and .you will have 'a picture of what the war cost the world, aside from human life. Kill every sixth man between the ages of 18 and 45 in the United States, and cripple every third man remaining, and you will get a notion of the toll taken from humanity. Then recall that the total government revenue of the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany for the year 1914 is insufficient to pay the interest on the money borrowed by these governments to carry on the war, and you will see if you do not comprehend the magnitude of its money cost. If these facts convey any impression to your mind, it must be that the remedy for existing evils is the utmost exercise of all hu man, energy in production. Let us, if we can, check the rapacity of those selfish persons who are seeking to turn the misfortunes of human ity to private gain. Enforcement of law may be required to curb their avaricious tendency. But something more than this is needed. Each individual must realize that he or she carries some part of the responsibility. The worker who remains idle unnecessarily, for any reason is a contributor to the sum of human ills, just as surely as is the man who deliber ately hides food that he may gain through the shortage that follows. Help the government all you can in its efforts to stabilize living con ditions, but remember that talking or passing resolutions will be of little avail. What the world needs now is work well done. Explanations that Do Not Explain. Defenders of the proceedings at Paris are having quite a little trouble in making Ameri cans understand that we got all that was com ing to us at the conference. Mr. Lansing, who as secretary of state, is the president's chief adviser on foreign affairs (always in absence of the unofficial Colonel House), tells the senate committee on foreign relations that the treaty and the league covenant embody substantially the "fourteen points." However, here is the statement as recorded: Regarding the first point, dealing with "open covenants openly arrived at," he Said: "I consider that was carried out. Of course no negotiations can go on between nations that are done in public hearing." Freedom of the seas, the second covenant, the secretary said, did not enter into the ne gotiations. "Isn't it a fact that England would not let it be considered?" asked Senator Johnson. "No, it never came up." Equality of trade conditions were estab lished, the secretary said, on the third point. The fourth, for reduction of armament, he declared, was effected by the league covenant. "But there is no arrangement for reduc tion there except at the option of nations," protested Senator Johnson. - "The covenant imposes a moral obliga tion," the secretary replied. Mr. Lansing is heritor of traditions of directness that brought the descriptive and derisive compliment of "shirt-sleeve diplomacy" as expressive of the opinion held by European experts in duplicity in respect to our State de partment. It is with sorrow we note his ten dency to adopt the outworn methods of the old world, supposed to have gone down with other useless things beneath the wave of war. The secretary of state may console himself with the thought that the "fourteen points" are "sub stantially embodied" in the treaty, but the pub lic knows better. His explanations do not ex plain, and the American people are waking up to the fact that the delegation from Washing ton went to Paris in search of wool and came away shorn. Treaties that "keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope" are not going to advance the cause of perpetual peace. Roumania's Absurd Contumacy. Were the general situation less serious, the Roumanian attitude for the moment would cause the world to smile. It must attract at tention to the sorry figure the Roumanians cut in the great war. After much open and covert flirtation with both sides, the country decided to cast its lot with what proved to be the winning combination. The king and his cabinet were not entirely at one on this, how ever, and disaster very early overtook the army because of cross-purposes in its direc tion and failure to observe precautions urged by the Allies. Eventually the invaders were expelled, and at Paris boundaries for the king dom were set up. When Hungary fell into the hands of the bolshevists, Roumania set about to right what it conceived to be certain wrongs incident to the Bela Kun maneuvers. Advice from the Allies again went unheeded, until now we find a Roumanian army in Buda pest, sacking and looting the capital of Hun gary, and refusing to accept the protest of the commander of the allied Jroops. That this will react on Roumania is certain. It verifies a prediction made in Omaha last spring by Rev. Dr. Tiplady, who said the agreements reached at Paris would not bring peace to the Balkans. As a prospective member of the League of Nations, the little Latin kingdom is certainly behaving in a most unseemly fashion. After he gets his suit against the packers well under way, the attorney general might do the public a service by inquiring into what agency advanced the selling price of coffee 100 per cent, and who it was marked up the price of canned salmon in the spring of 1916. Omaha has the unique and not at all de sirable distinction of leading the country in ratio of advance in cost of living during July. Yet some folks say there is no profiteering going on here. German railroads are restricted in the use of fuel, but that ought not to work a hardship, for nobody over there is going anywhere. The Income Tax, 1917 From the New York Times. According to the preliminary statement of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, cover ing the year 1917, the persons who reported an income of $1,000 or over numbered 3,472,890. This is about 3 per cent of the total popula tion, estimated at upward of 100,000,000. The number of people supported by these incomes, however, is considerably greater. In many cases a single report covers the joint earnings of husband and wife; and wherever there are children they also must be included. The num ber of people living on the reported incomes is thus, in all likelihood, three or four times 3 per cent of the total population. The total of receipts from the tax was $675, 249,450. This, the commissioner states, makes an average of $368.56 per person. If all reporting an income of $1,000 or over had paid a tax, the average would obviously be much lower, about $190, The explanation doubtless lies in the, fact that there were 1,640,758 persons reporting incomes between $1,000 and $2,000, many or most of whom were entitled to deductions which exempted them from paying any tax. Cbmparison with previous years shows that during the war there was a marked general in crease in the number of persons reporting the larger classes of income. - Those receiving from $3,000 to $4,000 rose from 82,745 in 1914 to 374,958 in 1917. Those receiving from $5,000 to $10,000 rose from 137,448 in 1914 to 270,666 in 1917. Those receiving from $50,000 to $100, 000 rose from 5,161 in 1914 to 12,439 in 1917. In the case of those, however, who receive the largest classes of income, from $200,000 to $1,000,000 and over, there is a marked variation from this type. In 1914, 1915 and 1916, the in crease is regular and in general proportionate. But in all cases the returns for 1917, the year we entered the war, show a decided falling off. Thus persons reporting incomes between $500,000 and $1,000,000 numbered 114 in 1914, 209 in 1915, 376 in 1916, and only 315 in 1917. Likewise, persons reporting incomes of $1,000, 000 and over numbered 60 in 1914, 120 in 1915. 206 in 1916, and only 111 in 1917. This may show that, contrary to the general belief, we had few or no profiteers during the war. Or it may show that our profiteers were all-round men in their specialty. The officials of the In ternal Revenue Bureau promise a thorough in vestigation. The total net income reported was upward of thirteen billions $13,652,383,207. At 5 per cent, this would represent a capital of over two hundred and sixty billions, or ten billions more than the total wealth of the country as it has hitherto been estimated. Obviously, the esti mate has been far too low. If the incomes of the vast numbers who pay no income tax were added, the calculated principal of the' country would swell to figures far beyond the most liberal calculation. Film Invasion of Great Britain The battle-royal which is now on across the seas over the domination of John Bull's tight little isle by the American "movie" film is not the least interesting phase of what is called the "American invasion." That our British friends have a mind of their own" about Ameri can competition is shown, in that their stand on the film question is put down flatly and frankly as follows: First. The British exhibitor takes the greatest exception to the Famous Players Lasky group allying themselves with Pic ture Playhouses (Ltd.), a company recently formed with a nominal capital of 1,000,000 pounds for the purpose of promoting sub sidiary companies throughout Great Britain and Ireland, and erecting cinematograph theaters in opposition to the present exhib itors, who have for many years been cus tomers of the Famous Players-Lasky Com pany. ' Second. While the British exhibitor wel comes the American film, he realizes that it is necessary for him to retain the control of what shall or shall not be shown to British audiences, and is therefore opposed, for ob vious reasons, to a large circuit of theaters distributed throughout this country being either owned or directed by an American producing and renting company. When it is remembered, owing to a certain paramountcy of our own enterprises, given us partly by the war and partly by the climatic conditions which allow production on an enor mous scale without interruption the year around. It can easily be seen that whether or not the proposed American company comes to grief in England or not, the American film is not likely to disappear over there by any means. Already nine-tenths of the films shown in England are of American manufacture, and the conquest of the rest of Europe and of the world at large by the American film, while it may not take the sweeping character that it has in England, is'likely to be certain and sure. Aside from the business aspect, the educational phase of the matter is a not unimportant one, though, of course, it is to be hoped our foreign friends will make allowance for American life as depicted in the "movies" and not expect that the paprika-like character of the films highly spiced to make a. cinematographic holiday, are the everyday commonplaces of life under the stars and stripes. At all events, what with cable and wireless communications, airship and airplane visits make in us all one big family, the Argonauts of the American film companies are bringing the world into a mutual understanding, both at home and abroad, that ought to be productive of good results. Philadelphia Ledger. Even in Ancient Times. The uproar in New York about the shutting off of the booze supply is not surprising. Old Isaiah foresaw all this 2,800 years ago when he said: "There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone," But he ought to have added that things brighten materially after the hang over passes. Houston Post. The Day We Celebrate. Willis G. Sears, judge district court, born 1860. E. Francis Morearty, lawyer, born 1860. F. P. Marconnit, attorney, born 1889. Lieut. Gen. Sir David Henderson, director general of the League of Red Cross Societies, born 57 years ago. Sir Henry Howard, an eminent veteran of the British diplomatic service, born 76 years ago. Sir Edward Kemp, Dominion minister of militia, born at Clarenceville, Que., 61 years ago. Joseph Weber, prominent actor and theat rical manager, born in New York City, 52 years ago. Robert B. Glenn, former governor of North Carolina, born in Rockingham county, N. C, 65 years ago. - Gifford Pinchot, one of the organizers of the Progressive party and now mentioned as a presidential possibility, born at Simsbury, Conn., 54 years ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. The A. O. H. band held its annual picnic at Waterloo. Miss Bertha Kline, daughter of Jacob Kline, retired merchant, and Meyer Lesser, were mar ried at Qermania hall. Central Labor Union met at Gate City hall to make arrangements for- the celebration of Labor day. The troops of Fort Omaha, including the Second infantry band, left for Kearney where they will attend the annual state encampment of the G. A. K, People You Ask About Information About Folks in the Public Eye Will Be Given in This Column in Answer to Readers' Questions. Your Name Will Not Be Printed. Let The Bee Tell You. l'lcturesque Brigand. P. G. H. Ralsull, about whom you inquire, is a Moroccan bandit. He is reported to have resumed opera tions with a large band of follow ers. Kalsuli has been described as the most picturesque i brigand of modern times. He is a native of Zinat, and in his early life was a farmer. His first operations as a brigand were in the form of raids on caravans. Then, in 1903, he ab ducted Walter Harris, correspondent of The London Times, and held him for ransom. The performance netted him $10,000. The next year he captured Mr. Ferdlcaris, an American, near Tangier and de manded a ransom of $50,000. Theo dore Roosevelt, then president of the United States, demanded of the Sultan of Morocco "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." OPerdicaris was released after an American fleet made a demonstration before Tan gier. A later and more profitable exploit of Raisuli was his abduction of Sir Harry McLean, for whose re lease the Britsih government hand ed over a ransom of $100,000. &&e c&r Cornell DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. Prohibition Leader. Who deserves greatest credit for making the United States "dry?" LOCAL READER. Prohlbitonlsts ascribe more credit for making the United States "dry" to William H. Anderson, superin tendent of the New York Anti Saloon league, than to any other individual. Mr. Anderson was born in Carlinville, 111., 45 years ago. His mother, a Methodist, raised him to temperance principles. At the age of 10 he became an ardent prohibitionst. After graduating from the Universty of Michigan law school he decided to devote his life to fighting the liquor traffic. He was state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league successively in Illinois, Maryland and New York. In Illinois he drafted the local op tion law which created nearly 1,000 "dry" townships almost overnight. I p. New York and elsewhere throughout the United States Mr. Anderson has become noted for his slam-bang, hustling tactics and his slang speeches in fighting the "wet" forces for the abolition or liquor. Grand Chief of Locomotive Engineers. David City, Neb.: Is Warren Stone in the employ of any railroad at present? Warren Stone has been in the em ploy of the Rock Island road for forty years. It is as grand chief of the engineers' organization that he demands in behalf of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers that the government either take action to force down the cost of living or grant the engineers another increase in wages. He is ' a native of Iowa and was educated at Washington academy and at Western oollege. He was inclined to mechanical in terests more than to scholastic pur suits, however, and became a rail road brakeman as soon as his stu dent days were over. Long a stu dent of the economic as well as the industrial side of labor questions, Mr. Stone was for six years a mem ber of the industrial peace commission. Lord Flnlcy to Visit America. Lord Finley, who is to visit Win nipeg ths month to speak at the annual ' meeting of the Canadian Bar association, is one of the emi nent leaders of the English bench and bar to whom many high honors have fallen. He is a Scotchman, 77 years old, the son of ah Edinburgh doctor. His education was received at the famous university of the Scottish capital. Msdicine was hjs first choice of a profession, but, af ter graduation he turned to the law, and was called to the bar in 1867. A large practice became his; he was made a Queen's counsel, and a bencher of the Middle Temple in London, and, finally, when Lord Salisbury again became premier in 1895, Mr. Finlay, as he then was, received appintment as solicitor general and was honored with knighthood. In 1900 he exchanged the solicitor general's seals for those of the attorney general, which of fice he filled for six years. (Judgo Owl grows into th biggeat owl In the world and Join a circus. The t liter si Irs up the other animal against him.) The Tiger Plots. JUDGE OWL didn't seem to mind the growls of the circus animals. He was all puffed up over the cheers of the crowd and marched proudly to the platform set aside for him in the center of the menagerie tent. But though Judge Owl failed to notice the trouble that was brewing, Peggrv and Billy became very uneasy over the snarls and mutterings from the cai-es The animals didn't know, of course, thateggy and Billy could, understand animal talk, and so didn't hesitate to say what was in their minds, being careful, however, that Judge Owl didn't hear them. "He ate all our meat. I saw him do it." hissed the tiger. ' w liy didn't you take it away from him? He is only a bird," growled the lion. "Who ever heard of a tiger fight ing a bird?" snarled the tiger, who was ashamed to admit that Judge Owl had given him a ducking in the lake. "Ha, ha, ha! 'Fraid cat! 'Fraid cat!" Jeered the hyena. He wouldn't have dared to say a word to the tiger if they had been in the jungle, but felt very brave now that they were both behind the heavy bars of their cages. His taunt made the tiger furiously mad all the more so be cause he knew that it was true. The Royal Bengal really had been scared when Judge Owl picked him up and carried him through the air to the lake. "As long as he has eaten our meat, the best way to get our supper is to eat him," growled the lion, hungrily licking his chops. "Yes, let's eat the owl," hbwled the wolves. "Eat the owl!" screamed the panthers. "Eat the owl!" chat tered the monkeys. "Eat the owl!" trumpeted the elephants, who didn't want to eat him themselves, but who were annoyed because the boys and girls were gathered around Judge Owl's platform instead of along the elephant line, and, of course, that meant no peanuts for the elephants. "Eat the owl! Eat the owl!" cho rused the animals until the tent rang with the din, and the trainers ran DAILY DOT PUZZLE 7 4 3 2 9 IO 14 13 fir ' .IT 24 , . v 2$ 2b 23 30 31 1 2,1 28 37 ' .38 4s it 52.44 .Ml 40 bent over Peggy rapped him smartly with a stick she had picked up. "Get out of that, you selfish bird!" she cried. "These poor animals are hunpry." "So am I." hooted Judge Owl. "And you look sweet enough to eat.' I wonder how you'd taste.'1 He looked so greedily at Peggy that she grow nervous. But she stared him right in the eye, and in a moment Judge Owl was grilling broadly and hopping back to his platform, ".Hist as you say." Princess Peg gy." ho hooted. "You are the boss of liirdland." At once the trainers began to feed the meat to the animals, and all seemed happy in the menagerie tent, but Peggy heard a message that the tiger snarled toward Major, the giant elephant. "The biggest bird in the world is afraid of a little child. And yet the lord of the menagerie is afraid of the bird.. Are you going to let this stranger rule the beastB In your stead, Lord Elephant?" "So," trumpeted the elephant. "I am lord of the menagerie, and with my herd I'll drive out this intruder." (Tomorrow will b told how Judga Owl takes dangerous nap.) Trace the dots to fifty-two. Draw from one to two and so on to the end. "No," trumpeted the elephant. "I am lord of the menagerie." anxiously up and down the row of cages trying to stop the noise. "Hoo, hoo! Too, too! I'm hungry again!" hooted Judge Owl, glaring fiercely around. "I want a nice, wild ainmal for supper. The noisiest beast is the freshest, and I'll take him first." He looked at the tiger, and the tiger quickly slunk back to the farthest corner of the cage. He looked at the lion, and the great beast, while boldly facing him, quit growling in a hurry. And so it was with the wolves, the leopards, the hyena, the monkeys ami the ele phants. Not one dared whisper about eating Judge Owl while Judge Owl had hungry eyes on him. But Peggy didn't want the animals to go hungry because Judge Owl had gobbled their supper, "and she told the circus manager so very plainly. "Billy gave you the money to buy another supper for the beasts," she declared, "and unless you feed them at once we'll take Judge Owl home." The manager wasn't anxious to lose such a freak as Judge Owl, so at his order the attendants brought in a large tub of meat. "Supper! Ah! Ah!" screamed the animals. "More supperT Hoo, hoo! Yum! Yum!" hooted Judge Owl, darting fiercely at the tub and getting ready to dip into it. But he didn't dip, be cause when he opened his beak and flees ox REPATRIATED. Oh, fair Alsace and loved Lorraine, Your scattered children fondly call To vine-clad slope and sunny plain, With Joy triumphant over all. To Strasbourg's spire our full hearts turn, And Metz's frowning fortress stern. France, be not cold to us We fled Because we could not bear the yoke. The haughty Prussian martial tread In our sad breast wild echoes woke. We fled from Thlonville's retreats. And left old Colmar's winding streets. And so we came across the sea, Since deep within u burned the fire. The deathless torch of Liberty Was handed down to son by sire. Lips that had sung the "Marseillaise" Were loth to chant the "Kultur" praise. On these wild shores our homes we made, Like other pilgrims here we found Shelter and comfort, arts and trade; But in our hearts ,we bore a wound Memory of ravished mother-lnnd, Of iron heel and mailed hand. So ever turned our thouKhts to thee. And now the hard-fought fight Is won, We long our native land to see Clean purged of goose-step and the Hun. On mountains blue to gaze again. Where corn-flowers bloom amid the grain. Oh. fair Alsace and loved Lorraine, What rapture unalloyed 'twill be Far-flung from Strasbourg's sacred spire The trl-color of Liberty! To know that Metz's stony street Re-echoes to the Pollus feet! Lillian B. Schmelller In Victory. DAILY CARTOONETTE. WlFIE,UEflR,rM$0IN$T0, TAKE A WALK 0NTHE men Apr Till" iiifi.il i M HNJjoet inc vicwij WD HE DID- M ilia Limiting Height of Buildings. Auburn, Neb., Aug- 8. To the Ed itor of The Bee: Some time back I noticed a letter in your columns ad vocating "Limit to height of build ings in Omaha." I would not like to see such a law passed. It seems to me a wrong thing to restrict a man from getting all he can out of his investments, legitimately, and where ground is so very expensive to get returns on his money he must go up. I think it improves a town anyway, both in looks and health. I have lived in Boston where there are restrictions, and in New York and Chicago where there are none. Who does no receive a lasting impression by seeing the tall buildings of New York and Chicago and remember them vividly always? And who ever remembers the buildings of Boston and St. Louis? Then why do we prefer the upper floors for our business, and the higher the better? Because we get further from heat and dirt and noise and have purer and better air and bet ter view. I'd be proud if we had a man with a vision like Woolworth and would build one twice as high as W'oolworth's or at least 100 stor ies high if possible and safe. I'll assure you it would put Omaha on the map and every person in Oma ha would be proud of it and telling their friends of it, and every one in the world most would know of it and all visitors would go to the top of it and take a look at Nebraska. But for business reasons, encourage a man to carry out his ideas and help him, and big men will come and do big things and like us. Do you prefer the Chicago and New York way or Boston and St. Louis way of doing business? Let's help big men, not hinder them. Yours for great big Omaha. T. R. L. Cost of Milk. Papillion, Neb., Aug. 9. To the Editor of The Bee: Regarding the IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. Bachelor (chlrplly) Well, old man, how's everything? Benedick (gloomily) Oh, she's all right. Sydney Bulletin. Howell Faint heart never won fair lady. Powell Well, who wants a blonde, any way? Cartoons Magazine. Howard My wife Is awfully annoying always makes a virtue of necessity. Coward Mine beats her. She makes a virtue of luxury. Life. Mrs. Jones The cook refuses to get up earlier than 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Jones Ask her If she won't do It for couple of days until I can arrange my business. Philadelphia Inquirer. i "I'm sorry that I cannot finish my shortcake," said the guest at the dinner table. price of milk paid by the milk deal ers to the farmers in the vicinity of Omaha, I can say I get $2.95 per 100 pounds. It costs 40 cents per 100 pounds to deliver the milk, thus leaving the farmer $2.55 per 100 pounds for the milk. This is in the neighborhood of (not quite) 5V4 cents per quart. An official of one of the large milk handling plants of Omaha made the statement last September that they could handle milk on a 6 cents per quart margin and make a profit. At no time in the last year have the milk dealers handled, milk at so low a margin. The farmers are getting blamed for the high cost of milk, while the money received for milk barely pays the cost of production. The farmers have produced milk at a loss for the greater part of last year, while somebody has been in between getting the profits from our milk. During the year up to November 1, 1918, 20 representative dairymen had a man from the United States Department of Agri culture, Dairy division, who figured an accurate average cost of milk production during that time. The detail figures can be obtained from the University, of Nebraska, Dairy department, if need to verify our statement. A. P. MakingX Economy Pay With prices soaring it leemi perhaps im possible to save. How. ever saving U nothing but a determination to "get on." and after all it is not the money that you refrain from spending that count. to make one's economy pay, he mutt spend wiiely, save sys tematically, and put hi saving on an earn ing baais. Our savings de partment offer every aid that a bank can give make the deter mination to "get on" and itart an account today. II? SOFT WATER IN THE HOME FOR EVERY USE You can now have clear, sparkling, velvety, soft water from the faucets in your home. A Refinite Softener attached to the supply pipe in your basement removes all hardness from the water. Simple to install and operate. No technical knowledge required. The REFINITE Company Refinite Bldg., 11th and Harney St., Omaha, Neb. Tel. Tyler 2856. KJEF INITE "J hope," she remarked, as she tnyed with the new diamond ring he had Just placed on her finger, "this Isn't a cheap Imitation." "No." he answered franklv, "It's the most expensive imitation I could find." London Tit Bits. "Business Is cooh.ThankTou" -WHY N0T m WNiCHQiAS Oil Company rpHE little flower that came to brighten the home has with ered and blown away to a per petual shore, leaving behind but the treasure troves of babyhood, and bleeding hearts and numbed minds. It is then that we give the same loving care to the little one that it had in life; striving to make the time less sorrowful for those who remain behind. TELEPHONE DOUG 525 CUMING ST. AT tfWfETEENTH L