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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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
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