THE BEE: OMAHATUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1919.
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Acenge circulation for the month eubecrlbed and sworn to or
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Subscriber loavtnf the city should have Tho Boo mailed
to them. Addreaa changed often aa ' requested.
You should. know that
The percentage of illiteracy in the
United States is 7.7 ; in the "Omaha
Empire" it is only 1.9.
Maybe that rain will help by making vegeta
bles more plentiful.
The dry bill will be dry enough when the
senate gets through with it.
Fruit rotting in the railway yards is a poor
commendation for our civilization.
Some delay is noticed in getting word to
King Hog that prices are coming down.
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v Funny how a refrigerator car loaded with
fruit'ean disappear from a railroad yard, isn't it?
Colonel Bingham has started the biggest
"bargain" sale held in these parts in some time.
"Work and save" is the advice of the Fed
eral Reserve board, and it is good and sound.
War between the milkmen, if any such there
be, has not yet disturbed the consumer to any
extent.
The mayor's plan to impound speeding
autos is to have a trial. The proof of the pud
ding is In the eating.
A little readjustment of the transfer system
might serve to reconcile street railway patrons
to the new rate of fare.
A girl in London fell out of bed while asleep
and was strangled to death in her night gown.
There is a moral to this somewhere.
An eastern association of grocers suggests
that the excess profits tax be removed as a
remedy. Fine; let the profiteers keep it all 1
A Washington preacher endorses kissing,
but advises care as to the kisses. Wonder if
experience taught him, or if he is only
theorizing?
Up in Saginaw the populace sallied forth
and burned the car barn as a protest against a
75cent fare. How milk and meek seems Omaha
in comparison.
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Well, Nebraska has struggled along for ten
days under the "code" law, and no sign of a
revolution yet. Maybe the pesky thing is going
to work out, after all.
The Drews and the Barrymores, line up with
the actors; Willie Collier and Holbrook Blinn
'with the managers. That is about the way the
public would classify them.
Mr. Plumb would have directing and operat
ing officers of the great railroads elected by the
employes. Picture the daily sessions at the
round house and the switch shanties under this
system.
Two or three years ago, when profiteering
first became unpopular, the authorities chased
a train-load of eggs for several days through
the Chicago railroad yards, only to find in the
end that the hen fruit had existence only in the
imagination of some produce gamblers who
were in deep water. Could such an experience
be duplicated in Omaha?
Include Customers Also
The Federal Trades commission, in discuss
ing the high prices of shoes, blames packers,
'tanners, manufacturers and retailers. Its con
clusions are based on an inquiry of conditions
-between 1914 and 1918 inclusive. There are
some abnormal conditions beyond control of
the classes mentioned which are a pronounced
, element, as we have heretofore pointed out,
' but there is still another class that should be
included. The customer himself or herself, as
it very often happens to be is a great booster
of prices, not only of ihoes but of other things.
There are no figures of percentage available.
"but observation has shown that many men and
women purchasers turn from shoes with com
paratively low prices and buy those twice as
expensive. Some may do it because they really
believe that the quality and durability, must be
greater, while others do it as a matter of
habit. They "always buy the best."
Some delight in telling acquantances how
they were "robbed." It is no uncommon thing
for a railer against profiteers to stick out a
shapely foot and declare: "Why, they held me
up $16 for these shoes." It is not difficult to
detect a touch of vanity in the complaint. The
same attitude is assumed toward other articles
of apparel, by both men and women. They
feel somewhat humiliated unless they buy the
most expensive things on display. The vanity
of men is especially illustrated in the purchase
of shirts. Many insist on silk shirts, regardless
of price or wearing qualities. They are the
kind of people who pay more for style than for
substance when they dine. They buy morocco
bound books, although cloth bindings last
longer, while being cheaper.
Even the dealers in furnishing goods have
a system perfected to catch the "regardless of
price" customers.. Onemay find at the mar
ket boxes of berries that differ little if any, yet
bearing different prices, so customers who in
sist on the best may enjoy the privilege of
paying more. Only the choicest cuts of meat,
to be prepared hurriedly, will suit these fas
tidious ones. The tendency to live high is as
pronounced with all prices up as at any time
in the past. A little more close buying would
greatly reduce the cost of living. St Louis
Globe-Democrat
BETTER CAR SERVICE NEEDED.
Omaha people bore patiently with curtailed
street car service while the matter of increase
in fare was being adjusted. Now that the com
pany is receiving the added 40 per cent from
each passenger, a little reciprocity might be
shown.
People would not take it amiss if a few of
the regular trains that were taken off last fall
should be restored, and thus make shorter the
waits between cars. Particularly does this
apply to the Hanscom Park, the Crosstown and
Walnut Hill lines.
Shorter intervals during the rush hours, to
avoid the overcrowding now practiced, would
help considerably. The patron submitted to
being jostled and jammed in the awful crushes,
because he felt in so doing he was in a measure
contributing to assist the company in getting
over a tight place. Now, that he is paying in
money, he does not relish being also asked to
give unreasonably in personal discomfort.
When these matters have been adjusted,
some attention may be given to the transfer
system. It could be easily arranged to give
more accommodation to passengers and work
no hardship on the . company. Existing ar
bitrary rules, that seem to have no elasticity
frequently result in a patron being compelled
to pay double fare to complete a single trip,
unless he finds it convenient to abide by the
whimsical requirement of the management that
he change at a certain spot and nowhere else.
Transfers from one line to another at any in
tersection, so long as the journey is always in
the same direction, involve nothing unreason
able, and should be permitted. Omaha ought to
get the service it is paying for.
Andrew Carnegie, Ironmaster.
Andrew Carnegie, American ironmaster,
student, philosopher, philanthropist, industrial
and financial leader, is gone the way of all
mortals. His active career ended many months
ago, and death found him at 82 a broken old
man. He had not wasted the "borrowed time"
that was his beyond the allotted span of man's
life, nor is it likely his labors in that added
decade were all vanity.
Mr. Carnegie's career has often been re
view as an jxample of the reward possible to
industry when intelligently applied. From pov
erty he mounted to great wealth; from obscur
ity to immense influence in the world. ' Al
though his fame and wealth alike came chiefly
from his connection with the iron and steel in
dustry, in the development of which he was a
leader, his life was many-sided, and before he
became a furnace master he had won success in
other ventures. His philanthropy was ex
pressed in many ways, chiefly thrpugh the
gift of libraries to communities in this and other
couptries. An endowment fund for payment of
pensions to college professors is another of his
gifts, and his beneficence in other ways and
through many channels is said to have been
notable by those who know, although much of
his giving was through channels not public.
To the cause of universal peace he was so
devoted that the great Peace Palace at The
Hague was constructed at his expense. The
failure of his hopes in this direction affected
him deeply, and he came home from England
during the war broken and disappointed.
He was not spared what he once playfully
termed the "disgrace" of dying a wealthy man.
He actually did give away nearly if not quite
the fortune he possessed when he made the
remark, but it was his fate to accumulate faster
than he could spend.
Bread and the Price of Wheat.
Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat di
rector, hits the bullseye several times in suc
cession in a recent statement concerning the
food situation in America. Among other things,
he has this to say with regard to the price of
wheat alid of bread:
In America flour is 50 per cent of the final
wholesale cost of bread, and SO per cent is
made up of labor, other ingredients and de
livery. Roughly speaking, to reduce the 10
cent loaf of bread to 9 cents, 65 cents per
bushel must be taken from the price of wheat.'
If flour were supplied to bakers free (the
present cost of labor and other materials re
maining the same), we could hardly attain a
retail 5-cent loaf. Bread, fortunately, is al
ready the cheapest item in the diet. At 265
pounds of flour per person per annum, flour
alone covers between 35 and 40 per cent of
the entire diet, in terms of calories. In other
words, about $16 per year buys over one
third of the individual's food, and if all other
foods were at the same rate, the total cost
of food per person per year would be about
$50, or a total national food bill of five bil
lion dollars, instead of eighteen billions, as at
present calculated. This, of course, is im
practicable, but let us spend a few millions in
teaching housewives, and through our
schools, how and what to buy to get food
value at reduced expenditure, and without
sacrifice as to taste and palatability.
Wheat, therefore, is not only our chief staple
but our cheapest food as well. Efforts are
being made in the senate to remove the govern
ment guaranty, in order that speculators may
set the price proportionately as high as other
things have gone. It is not likely these will
succeed. The American basic price is figured
on the world price, and as such is fair, and it
should remain where it is until such time as
improved conditions warrant its being lowered.
Lumber Wasting at Army Camps.
A subscriber writes to inquire why the sur
plus lumber held at army camps and canton
ments is not put on the market. A similar in
quiry was made in congress the other day. and
elicited no response from the War department
All that is known is that hundreds of millions
of feet of the best lumber, boards, planks, di
mension stuff and all sorts of the best grade is
piled up at Camp Grant, and other places
throughout the north and south, idle, useless
and going to waste, while the whole land is
crying for building material. The only con
clusion is that it is being held in conformity to
the policy announced by the secretary of war
in connection with the surplus food and cloth-ing-t-tha!
it would not be put on the market to
break the price. Now that the cost of living
has come to an acute stage, it is possible that
the head of the War department will be com
pelled to recede from his plans, and put some
of the needed building material within reach
of those who will use it for erecting homes.
Nebraska's wheat and corn crops are run
ning far ahead of last year's, although not up
to the wild guesses made by the crop "re
porters" early in the season. The increase on
corn alone means almost $100,000,000 to the
state at present prices.
Ousting the Capitalists
From the New York Times.
The spokesmen of the railroad brotherhoods
are frank in explaining their purposes. They say
in their latest statement: "We demand that the
owners of capital, who represent only the finan
cial interests, as distinguished from operating
brains and energy, be relieved from manage
ment, receiving government bonds with a
fixed interest return for every honest dollar
that they have invested in the railway industry."
The owners of capital invested in railways
are not, as the brotherhood chiefs seem to
imagine, all assembled in Wall street. The
capitalists they propose to dispossess are the
12,000,000 owners of the six billions of money
deposited in savings banks; the 12,000,000
holders of life insurance policies to the amount
of some $25,000,000; the multitude of private
owners of shares in investment institutions.
These capitalists are represented in railway
management or were until the government
took over the lines by men elected by their
votes, directly or indirectly, to be members of
boards of directors. It is the opinion of the
brotherhood chiefs that among these millions
upon millions of persons interested or actively
concerned in railway management there is
neither skill, energy, nor brains. The chiefs
say that the men actively engaged in conduct
ing the railroad industry must be chosen "not
from Wall street, but from the railroad offices
and yards and out of the railroad lines," for
these represent all the brains, skill and energy
that there is in the business." The men of the
offices and the yards and the lines undoubtedly
have skill, brains and energy, they also have
experience in the business of operation. That
business, however, would be to the very last
degree easy and simple compared with the
financial problems that would concern the new
"democratic" management of the railways.
As the brotherhood men see it, this, too,
would be simple. Perhaps they underestimate
the magnitude and difficulty of financing the
railroads under a system of joint control by
government directors, labor party directors
and officials. Their plan is to get rid of the
, present owners of railway capital by giving
them government bonds in exchange for their
securities. They talk of a 4 per cent bond. As
the savings banks, insurance companies and
private owners might not accept a 4 per cent
government bond, the transaction would have
to be put through by a forced exchange. This
would be taking property without due process
of law, but when "democratization" of indus
tries is in the wind the constitution, of course,
would have to be set aside.
In the literature of the "Plumb Plan
league" we are assured that "the public can ob
tain the money to purchase the lines at 4 per
cent, whereas the public is now charged rates
to guarantee the roads 6 per cent on their
money." Where would "the public" obtain
money to purchase the lines at 4 per cent? No
where but from itself; there is in all the world
no other source from which it could be drawn.
What it means is that the brotherhood chiefs
would have the government issue bonds at 4
per cent in exchange for the $18,000,000,000 or
$20,000,000,000 of outstanding railway securities,
and whenever money was wanted to operate
or extend the lines more bonds would be put
out. Men skilled in finance and of such abso
lute integrity of mind that they would not at
tempt to deceive the brotherhood chiefs will
enlighten them, if they wish for enlightenment,
as to the certain consequences of an attempt
by the government to issue 4 per cent bonds
to the amount of $2,000,000,000 in addition to
its present war debt of more than $25,000,000,
000. For national defense, to deliver the gov
ernment of the United States and the liberties
of the citizens from dire peril, that great sum
might be obtained, but not at 4 per cent. But
this new debt is to be incurred not for national
defense, but for an adventure in government
ownership and in the "democratization" of in
dustry which every man pf observation and
common sense knows would be foredoomed
to disastrous failure. To get money at 4 per
cent the investment must be secure beyond
all chance or question. With the Russian ex
ample of democratization of industry fresh in
mind and still before its eyes, the American
public would not be very eager to supply money
at 4 per cent or arjy other rate for the purpose
of putting the railroads into the hands of the
representatives of labor and the politicians.
It is very evident that the radical wing of
the labor party in England has imparted its
ideas to the representatives of the brotherhoods
The program of that party declares that "the
individualist system of capitalist production,
based on the private ownership and competitive
administration of land anil capital," has or will
have "received a death blow." Also "the labor
party stands not merely for the principle of
the common ownership of the nation's lands to
be applied as suitable opportunities occur, but
also specifically for the immediate nationalism
of railways, mines and the production of elec
tric power."
It is plainly a venture into radical socialism
that the brotherhood chiefs propose; more than
that, it is a very long step toward the principles
of Lenine and Trotzky and of soviet govern
ment. The plan is so violently at war with all
human experience and human reason that the
impression gains strength that the brotherhood
chiefs, who are men of undoubted intelligence,
do not for a moment believe that they are go
ing to put it through. It is coming to be looked
upon as a method they have devised for
frightening congress into granting their new
demands for wage increase, which it is esti
mated would call for an appropriation by con
gress of about $800,000,000 of the taxpayers
money.
"Quiet Way" With Bombers.
What is wanted by the War department at
the disciplinary barracks, as we understand it,
is an elderly gentleman of loving disposition
who will not be afraid to say "Shame on you!"
or something like that, when a conscientious
objector takes a shot at the flag or an I. W.
W. playfully drops a bomb in the officers'
dining room. The need of the hour in a dis
ciplinary way is for someone who will be able
to tell the misguided young man that it is
wrong to do such things Kansas City Times.
ITOHAV
The Day We Celebrate.
Rear Admiral Thomas Snowden, United
States navy, military governor of San Diego,
born at Peekskill, N. Y., 62 years ago.
Julius Rosenwald, eminent Chicago mer
chant and philanthropist, born at Springfield,
111., 57 years ago.
Baron Chelmsford, the present viceroy and
governor-elect of India, born 51 years ago.
James W. Wadsworth, United States sen
ator from New York, born at Geneseo, N. Y.,
51 years ago.
Pauline Frederick, one of the most popular
actresses in motion pictures, born in Boston 35
years ago.
Christy Mathewson, one of the noted veter
ans of professional base ball, born at Factory
ville, Pa., 39 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Goodrich lodge, I. O. O. F., gave a literary
entertainment and ball at their hall on Saun
ders street, for the benefit of the hall associa
tion. Rain prevented the base ball game between
Minneapolis and Omaha.
The railroads have decided to make a rate of
one fare plus 50 cents for the round trip to
Omaha during the state fair, from all points in
Nebraska and 250 miles east of the Missouri.
The letter carriers of this city took their
wives and families across the river to Fair
mount park for a picnic. About 60 attended.
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.
'JAe qJcMs' Cym&r
Service Insignia for Navy.
Printer Man The service ribbon
for the navy and marines Is the
same as that for the army, but a
medal will be substituted for the
button worn by the soldiers. These
medals have not as yet been fur
nished, but are expected to be ready
soon. They will be issued without
cost to all who served in either the
navy or the marine corps, whether
afloat or ashore. during the war, and
will be known as the Victory medal
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE JEALOUS ELEPHANT."
(Judge Owl growi Into the biggest bird
In the world and Joins a clrcua. The other
animals are jealous of him, particularly
Major, the elephant. Urged on ty tho
tiger. Major decides to drive Judge Owl
from the circus.)
Slay ("limine Beneficiary.
Soldier You may change the
beneficiary named in your policy of
insurance at any time, without con
sulting the existing beneficiary. You
may name one or more as beneficiar
ies, but always within the list pre
scribed by the law. Simply write to
the bureau of war risk insurance,
giving notice of your desires.
Many Questions Answered.
Mrs. J. W. D. The Third division
was released for return to the
United States some weeks ago, and
is in readiness to start, although no
date has been announced for the
sailing. It will reach home some
time this month.
L. R. H. The Fourth Infantry Is
part of the Third division, and was
recently reported enroute to Brest
irom wnence it win sail lor nome
No time has been announced for
this division to embark.
Mother The 108th military police
company is at Langres, and has not
yet been released for return to
America. Very few of these units
have yet been sent home, and it is
likely they will be the last out of
France.
Lucille The Third ammunition
train is assigned to early convoy, and
is expected to reach New York about
the middle of the present month.
Harry No more troops are being
sent home by way of St. Nazaire.
The last transport left there late in
July.
Father Soldiers enlisted for the
emergency still are held in service,
and may be for four months after
peace has been declared. These men
in the regular army units are being
replaced as rapidly as possible by
new enlistments. To pet your son
released, make application to the
commander of his company, setting
forth the reasons in form of affi
davits. These must go through the
regular military channels.
Larry The 17th field artillery
reached New Y'ork on Monday of
last week. Can not tell where it
will be sent for demobilization.
Sicter The 13th regiment of
marines arrived at Hampton Roads,
Va., on August 7, coming on the
transport Siboney.
C. L. K. The Eighth field artil
lery has been demobilized. It
landed at New York on June 20,
and was sent to Camp Funston to be
mustered out.
Judge Owl's Dangerous Nap.
WHEN Major, the elephant,
made up his mind to beat
Judge Owl and drive him from the
circus, he didn't rush straight at
the Job. He was more sly than that.
An elephant has a very long life
and he could afford to wait until
Just the right time to catch Judge
Owl off his guard. Major was very
strong, but deep, deep down in his
heart he had a fear that Judge
Owl might be even stronger.' So
Major wasn't going to take any
chances.
"Why don't you sneak up behind
him now?" urged the tiger.
"There are too many folks
around," snorted Major. "I'll wait
until the crowd is gone and the
trainers are at supper. Then maybe
you'll see what I'll do."
BRIGHT AND BRIEF.
Pigeons have been known to fly
600 miles in continuous flight in
ten hours.
A new "baby" aeroplane, of Swed
ish irake, weighs only 700 pounds,
and has a speed of 80 miles an
hour.
The British and Foreign Bible
society issues the Scriptures in up
wards of 370 languages and dia
lects. Bankruptcies- are almost unknown
in China, probably owing to the
fact that they entail immediate
execution.
A certain county of Connecticut
boasts of its record of having had
hut two murders in nearly 100
years.
Of the 60,000 or more daily and
weekly newspapers in the world,
more than half are printed in the
Englirh language.
It is estimated that the money
spent by Uncle Sam on munitions
during the war would be sufficient
to rebuild New Y'ork City twice.
The gigantic wall which the
Dutch are building across the nar
row entrance to the Zuyder Zee
will be 18, miles long and 230 feet
wide at. sea level.
For a short distance a lion or a
tiger can outrun a man, and ran
equal the speed of a fast horse, but
they lose their wind at the end of
a half mile at the most.
ON GROWING OLD.
B with me, Beauty, for the fire (a dying.
My dog and I are old, too old fnr roving;
Man, whose young passion seta the sptnd
thrlft flying,
Is snon too lame to march, too cold for
loving.
I take the book and father to the fire.
Turning old yellow leaves. Minute by
minute.
The clock ticks to my heart; a withered
wire.
Moves a thin ghost of music In the
spinet.
I cannot Fail your seas. I cannot wander
Your mountains, nor your downlands,
nor your valleys,
Kver again, nor share the battle yonder
Where your young knight the broken
squadron rallies;
Only stay quiet, while my mind remembers
The beauty of fire from the beauty of
embers.
Beauty, have pity; for the young have
power.
The rich their wealth, the beautiful their
grace.
Summer of man Its fruit-time and lt
flower,
Sprlng-ttme of man all April In a face.
Only, as In the jostling In the Strand,
Where the mob thrusts or loiters or Is
loud,
The beggar with the saucer In his hand
Asks only a penny from the passing
crowd.
So. from this glittering world with all Its
fashion,
Its fire and play of men. Its stir, Its
march,
Let me have wisdom. Beauty, wisdom ana
passion.
Bread to -the soul, rain, where the sum
mers parch,
Give me but these, and though the dark
ness close,
Even the night will blossom as the rose.
John Masefleld In the Atlantic Monthly.
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
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"Wake Up, Judge Owl! The Ele
phants Are Attacking You!"
Shouted Billy.
The circus crowd was already
streaming out of the tent. A few
boys had a hard time tearing them
selves away from the monkey rage,
but at last even they straggled away.
A bugle call drew the largest num
ber of the circus folks to the cook
tent, and the menagerie became de
serted except for the animals and
several attendants left on guard.
And these-attendants were soon doz
ing. So were many of the animals,
for it was napping time in the
menagerie, one of the few hours of
the day when all was not bustle
and excitement.
"My. but it is hot, and stuffy In
this tent," hooted Judge Owl to
I'eggv and Billy. "It's making me
awfully sleepy. I'm not used to
being up so much in the day time.
I guess I'll fly away to my
hollow tree for a nilet little snooze
before the evening show."
"But you can't do that now,"
said Peggy. "You're a freak, and
will have to stay with the circus."
"And besides, you're so big you
couldn't possibly get into your hol
low tree," added Billy.
"That's so!" yawned Judge Owl.
"This being the biggest bird in the
world isn't so much fun as I
thought it would be. I wish 1 were
back in my own cool nest, I wish
I were, I wish Rnor-r-r-r-r-r-r!
Snor-r-r-r-r! Snor-r-r-r-r!" Judge
Owl was fast asleep.
"I feel sleepy, too, yawned Billy,
"but wo must keep awake to guard
Judge Owl."
"Yes," vawned Peggy, "because
we can't tell what mischief these
animals are plotting."
But when she looked around the
tent it didn't seem as if the animals
were plotting any mischief. They
were feeling very content after
their supper and were nodding
drowsily. Every one seemed about
to go to sleep. Peggy and Hilly felt
their own eyes growing very heavy,
and they closed them, just fur a
minute, and in that minute they
dozed off to sleep.
How long they slept they did not
know, but suddenly Hilly sat up
wide awake. He felt a strange
thudding of the earth and heard a
loud rumbling noise. He knew in
an instant that the rumbling was
Judge Owl snoring, but he had to
DAILY DOT PUZZLE
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m it;
Work, Not Walling, Needed.
Omaha, Aug. 11. To the Editor
of The Bee: I have no sympathy
with this wail over the high cost of
living or the cost of high living.
Wailing will not reduce the demand
for what people want or need, and
will not increase the supply.
The adjustment of supply and
demand will eternally govern the
financial relation existing between
the two.
Spasmodic corners and occasional
combinations may exaggerate the
demand or conceal the extent of the
supply, but for not any great length
of time. Such commercial incidents
are mere wavelets lrj the great ocean
of business.
It Is plain to everybody that the
world's supply of everything people
wish to buy, luxuries, as well as
necessities, is insufficient to meet the
world's demand. We have more
than anybody else and we demand
more than any other part of the
world. What is more to the pur
pose, we individually as well as col
lectively, have more with which to
buy than any of our neighbors.
Demand having so far outstripped
supply, everywhere the puny ef
forts of producers to limit the sup
ply in order to increase the de
mand is fatuous and unprofitable.
The demand for everything is so
imperative and the supply so plain
ly inadequate that the only question
the buyer can put to the seller is
"How much?" Competition cannot
exist when every merchant has a
larger demand for what he wishes
to sell than he can possibly supply.
If all the available meat, fresh,
cured and dried were equitably dis
tributed to the butchers of Amer
ica and they were to offer it at auc
tion on the same day everywhere,
the price would soar above any
thing we have ever known in Amer
ica. No act of congress or price
fixing commission could control the
bids or the sales.
All our people have money, and
employment. Meat consumption is
at its lowest ebb at this season in
most households. Yet all meats
and fats are ridiculously high in
price, not by reason of manipulation
alone, but because meat is scarce
and wages and earning power are
high. If all the meats in storage
are thrown upon the market, it
will temporarily break down prices,
but the total amount can readily be
consumed within a very brief period.
This would increase the demand
and probably materially increase the
subsequent price.
Americans are the heaviest eaters
in the world. They consume more
meat per capita than any nation.
They eat more sugar than all of
Europe combined. They eat more
rice than Japan. They consume
more bananas than the people of
the states which produce them. The
same is true as to many other foods,
food products and, in great measure
it is true also as to clothing, furs,
diamonds, coffee, tea and other im
ported luxuries.
Every American wishes to live
well and to have his family well
cared for, and on the average he is
not thrifty or even prudent in the
management of his finances. In
no other land are there so many
automobiles, bicycles, taking ma
chines, pianos and children's play
things. In no other land are there
so many bath tubs, and nowhere
else are people so well dressed.
The movie patrons are not the rich
or the salaried middle class. The
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xtesmoi
soothes
( and heals
sick skins
Resinol is what you want for your skin
trouble Resinol to stop the itching and
burning Resinol to healt eruption.
This gentle ointment is so effective that
it has been a standard skin treatment,
among physicians, for many years. It
contains nothing which could irritate
the tenderest skin even of a tiny baby.
All druggists sell Resinol. Trial free. Writi
Dept. 5-R, Resinol, Baltimore, Md.
movie is the workingman's recrea
tion and he is paying the extrava
gant salaries which film artists re
ceive. It follows that prosperity in
Amerlcaa is only another name for
extravagance, judged by European
standards. The American gleefully,
speedily and persistently pays
whether It is for the hat girl's tip
or the high priced silk shirt. lie
may kick on his grocery bill, his
wife's millinery statement or the
coal and ice expense, but cigars,
club expense, drinks and personal
outlays go right on regardless.
"Times are good. Everybody has
money. What's the use?"
Our government itself sets the
pace. Never in history has any
nation been anywhere near so lav
ish in expenditures as the United
States after entering the war. The
government has not yet entered
upon any systematic economy. In
other words, Americans have money,
their government gets it easy, and
individually and collectively, we are
all crazy to spend it.
The most impecunious will spend
his last dollar like a prince because
he knows how easy it is to go and
get another and get it quickly.
Under such conditions, it is folly
to seek for scapegoats upon whom
the sacrificial blood of a sin offer
ing may be sprinkled. The Amer
ican people are either profiteers or
improvidents, and there is mighty
little difference between them. The
miser anfl the hobo live much alike
and one is about as useful to the
world as the other. The profiteer
could not exist without the im
provident. Both must contribute
their utmost efforts or there Is no
high cost of living, and hence no
profiteering or improvidence. The
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What does Susie hear?
Draw from one to two and so on to the end.
look around to see the cause of the
thudding. When he saw he grabbed
Peggy in a hurry, making her start
up in alarm.
"The elephants:" he cried.
"They're after Judge Owl!"
True enough, the elephants, led
by Major, were headed right for the
sleeping bird. They had pulled up
the stakes to which they were
chained and were free to do as they
pleased.
"Wake up, Judge Owl! The ele
phants are attacking you!" shouted
Billy.
Snor-r-r-r-r-r-r!" answered Judge
Owl.
The elephants stopped short when
they heard Billy's shout.
They were nervous enough about
tackling Judge Owl when he was
asleep and didn't like a bit to face
him when he was awoke. "Snor-r-r-r-r-r-r!"
went on Judge Owl again,
and the elephants, believing him
fast asleep, moved forward again.
"Wake up! Wake up!" screamed
Peggy and Billy again. Judge Owl
blinked one eye in a funny sort of
a wink, and all of a sudden Billy
and Peggy knew that he wasn't
asleep at all. He was just pretend
ing to be. He was really wide awake
and only waiting for the elephants
to attack. He had some bold plan
of his own with which to meet them.
(Tomorrow will be told how Judge Owl
upset the elephant's plot.)
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
"So am I," replied the host. "You've
wasted Just about 80 cents worth." De
troit Free Tress.
'What Is the trouble, sir?" asked the
sollcilous waiter.
"Whnt is the trouble?" repeated the
sniffing guest. "Why, I asked you for a
three-minute egg,' and you've given me a
three-year one!" Town Topics.
Husband fat dinner) By George, this
Is a regular banquet. Finest spread I've
sat down to in an age. What's up? Do
you expect company?
Wife No, but I think the cook does.
Boston Transcript.
Yeast It is said that a frog sounds
call under water which can be heard
law docs not and cannot reach either ! C-rlmsonbeak And how much further
and it will not. nrtemnt to enrral :." ue heard under dry conditions?
i,i, ,,,... . , i V . i 1 onkers Statesman.
i-Miiu. i.'uicr uowi are eillTiiriiiieu
the social economy of the situation
remains unchanged. If both should
cease their activities and disappear,
we should know that the bread line
and the soup house will take their
place.
Union labor, demagogues, and al
leged statesmen may bring it to pass
Merchant They say you are very sue-'
ce.ssful with old bills and seldom have to
dun them twice. What's the secret?
Had ilill Collector I am afflicted with
Insomnia and do my collecting nights.-Life.
"Why do you call your little son a
'parlor bolshevik' ?"
"You would understand," ssld Mr.
that the profiteer will become the I Oadspur, "if you could see the condition
miser, and the improvident work- i f ",ie ,r'10m ,aft,er ,.ho ,8!,1 J5'6" 'i16
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at all responsible individually for i '
the transportation. I Borlelgh Yes, the bullets struck my
,,TTr , ,, . , i head, went careering Into space and
Well enough beats noti MlM Keen How terrible! Did they get
enough." T. W. B. I out ? Boston Transcript.
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