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You should know that
Omaha has in Ak-Sar-Ben the only
organization of its kind in the
world.
First catch your profiteer!
Hindenburg talks of "pariahs" and "helots,"
but he knows who broke the line.
Bolsheviki troops up around Archangel
have no reason to complain of a dull summer.
Mexican oil stocks are booming. It's a
good gamble if Carranza can grab all the foreign-owned
wells.
Ak-Sar-Ben observes Labor day, but , the
rest of his time is filled for the season.
Do not overlook Omaha Day at the state
fair. Make it one worthy of its name.
The city council handled its "probe" about
as skillfully as it handles the police force.
When the landlords face their tenants in
court we may get at the true basis of the controversy.
The president will be here for seven hours
next Monday, and we hope they will be pleas
ant ones.
Judgment day is coming for the profiteer,
is the word from Washington. Bring it along
and stop talking about it.
Omaha will welcome another big hotel,
and will not insist on its being put up for less
than three and a half millions.
Great Britain is commencing to get rid of
a lot of undesirable boarders by the expedient
of sending home the German captives.
Watch labor march today, and realize that
in the brawn and, skill the column represents
is contained the elements of our future great-
-... ..
- ' An Ohio1 court is asked to define the word
"evangelical" as applied to churches. When
this is determined another world-old dispute
will have been settled.
Young Pershing is a true American boy.
He would rather be a Scotch drum major than
king of England. As he. grows older he will
probably reach the motorman stage.
Civil service tests for postmasterships are
very fine things when the result does not
show a republican in the tead. When it does,
then the democrat gets the job anyhow.
Nebraska apple groweres say the reason the
fruit is not sold on the Omaha market is that
" eastern buyers pay higher prices. That does
not get the consumer anything, however.
Chicago is now coming in for the second
phase of the race riot, that of settling claims
for damages. This makes the fun seem sort of
.expensive to the taxpayers who have to foot
the bills. .
Proceedings before the -senate committee on
foreign relations are very interesting just at
present, but Americans are more concerned
over home affairs than anything else just at
present -
Revenue from American tourists is sadly
missed in Europe, where the tidy sum of $400,
000,000 a year was spent by gadders before
'the war. Imagine the welcome that awaits the
first wave of the renewed tide!
The German Cat Comes Back
" A London Times-Minneapolis Tribune cor
respondent in Berlin cables that a large emi
gration from Germany is in prospect and that
the government of that country, far from being
- averse to such a movement, smiles upon it as a
good thing economically for those who remain
at home. The reason assigned for this official
attitude is that the government does not feel
" at all confident that the industrial and agricul-:-,
tural channels of Germany will be expansive
4. enough for at least some years to come to take
care of the home population.
The Germans themselves, through their old
imperialistic, junkeristic government, are re
sponsible primarily for the predicament they
bow find themselves in. Having made offensive
war their major business, the industrial re
sources of the country were bent out of all
normal order to produce the tools of war.
Agricultural lands were neglected in some
quarters and over-worked or under-fertilized
: in others, with the result that agriculture is in
a bad way. v
" :. Another embarrassment the Germans have
brought upon themselves is that by their
methods of warfare they have made their na
tionality odious in many other countries. They
cannot emigrate whither they will, as they were
largely able to do before the war, and expect
to find a pleasant welcome in the lands to
which they fare. It is said that the German
government regards Japan, Brazil and Argen-
' tins as at present preferable countries for Ger-
man immigration. The reason is'Obvious why
it does not include the United States, Canada,
Australia or South Africa in the preferential
list. Memories of the war are yet too fresh
and bitter in these lands, and opinions in them
, are unshakable as to the guilt of Germany in
forcing the holocaust upon the world.
Minneapolis Tribu 1
CLOSING UP ON THE TREATY.
Beginning with tomorrow, consideration of
the Versailles treaty-in all its aspects will enter
on what may be considered its Closing phase.
The matter still is in the hands of the com
mittee on foraign relations, where amendments
are being considered. No date has been set for.
its being reported to the senate, but forecasts
indicate that it will not be long withheld, and
may be sent in within the month. Senators are
making their arguments on the main question
from day to day, indicating what is likely to
be their attitude when the vote is taken. If
this may be accepted as a safe guide, the con
clusion is warranted that the" treaty will not be
ratified, as presented. Not alone will specific
reservations be made as to the terms of the
covenant, but textual amendments may be in
sisted upon. The committee already has
adopted one with reference to the Shantung
provision, and others are proposed. When the
final vote will come none can tell, but day
by day it is becoming clearer that the terms
of the treaty are not such as best serve Ameri
can interests, and the effort to safeguard the
United States from unwise pledges is getting
more support. Our people are willing to ac
cept any responsibility that has come to i us
through the war, but do not feel called upon to
sacrifice everything with no prospect of relief
from that condition as years go on. The home
land is not yet surrendered to the "interna
tional" movement. ,
Distribution of Foodstuffs.
A complaint is made that the distribution of
foodstuffs is in some measure responsible for the
present cost of living. This contains more of truth
than is generally understood. It also touches
on one of the factors of the problem of life
that is not easily explained. In the complaint
referred to the statement was made that at the
celebration of the opening of a sugar mill at
Scotts Bluff, sugar from New Orleans was
served instead of the home-grown product.
Commission men testified at the hearings in
Omaha and Lincoln that apples from Washing
ton and Idaho, potatoes from Minnesota and
other states, and similar articles of food are
sold in Omaha, while the Nebraska output is
sent elsewhere. Many years ago The Bee dis
closed the information that the selling price
of butter on the local market is obtained by
adding the freight to New York to the Elgin
quotation. Before the war American meat sold
at a lower figure in London than in Omaha.
All these items combine to form a serious in
dictment of our methods ofNloing business.
Foodstuff is not distributed on a reasonable'
basis, for no good reason is show n why Ne
braska, products should not be consumed in
Nebraska, why the home folks should not have
some advantage of proximity of source, and
why the local producers should 'be required to
look for a market far from home. The way
to correct this is easy, and largely in the hands
of the buyer. If home-grown stuff is asked
for, it will soon be supplied. Enough of it is
raised to feed everybody, and Omaha should
riot be made a source of profit to those who
have no other interest in the community.
Plenty of Smoke; Locate the Fire.
An inquiry into expenditures in connection
with the government's shipbuilding program
on the Puget Sound has terminated because
the sub-committee would not agree to grant
immunity to witnesses. On its face this indi
cates that something is wrong. Witnesses
would not ask to be guaranteed safety if they
did not expect to be called upon to make dis
closures that might expose some criminal act.
The investigation has gone far enough to raise
a considerable cloud of smoke. Back of it
there must be some fire, and it is the plain
duty of the government to locate this. Testi
mony takenin connection with the spruce pro
duction work throws a deep cloud of suspicion
on some. of, the things done by the War de
partment and is agents, and downright fraud
has been alleged against certain of the men
who were elevated to responsible positions in
this work. Enough has been brought out to
justify the most minute inquiry into all the
proceedings connected with the war program
in the northwest, and congress should go to
the bottom of the affair without ruthr"
Upholding the Civil Law.
One feature of the race riot at Knoxville,
Tenn., stands out with encouraging boldness.
It is the deetermination of the sheriff to up
hold the civil law against mob rule. A sus
pected criminal had been placed in his charge,
and he defended that charge against the de
termined effort of an unlawful gathering to
wreak its own vengeance. In this he did his
home and the country in general a distinct
service. The unruly spirit that has prevailed
in America for many months is not a hopeful
sign of progress by democracy. Our laws are
made by the people, and are of effect only as
far as the 'people will respect them. Murder
by a mob is no less murder than if committed
by an individual. Process of law may be slow,
but if patiently observed it will achieve jus
tice in the end, and that is its greatest func
tion. Violence against the law by one is bad.
but when many unite in breaking it, our whole
system of government becomes farcical. That
a peace officer has been found with courage
sufficient to discharge his duty without shrink
ing is worthy of commendation from those
who are concerned in the perpetuity of liberty
founded on law.
End of a Solemn Farce.
The inquiry into rent-profiteering by the
city council proved a farce, as might have been
expected. That body at best could only exert
a moral influence in the controversy, for it
has no judicial power whatever in such cases.
Such hearings as were had before it amounted
only to an exchange of heated compliments be
tween the parties, affording perhaps a little op
portunity for some of the aggrieved tenants
to ease their minds, while the landlords stub
bornly stood their ground. Other public mat
ters that do come entirely within the scope
of the city council's authority and powers have
been pushed to one side by this. If the com
missioners will get down to business on the sev
eral issues of city government; and allow the
courts to look after cases that only can be
settled there, much better results will very
likely follow. .
One of the most comfortable theaters in the
country is to be torn down to allow a business
house to expand, while another great palace
for moving pictures opens its doors, if you
are interested in knowing how the stage is
making progress in Omaha.
Gary and the Open Shop
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
, There is no misunderstanding of the flat
defiance to 27 international unions in the
LTnited States Steel corporation's working
forces, issued by Judge E. H. Gary in an open
letter to their joint committee: -
The corporation and subsidiaries are op
posed to the "closed shop." They stand for
the "open shop" which permits one to en
gage in any line of employment, whether one
does or does not belong to a union. This
best promises the welfare of both employe
and employer. In view of the, well-known
attitude, as above expressed, the officers of
the corporation' respectfully decline to dis
cuss with you, as representatives of a labor
union, any matters relating to employes.
In doing so, no personal discourtesy is in
tended. On receiving this communication the com
mittee of five men reperesenting all the 27 in
ternational unions sought out Samuel Gompers,
With Mr. Gompers they started for Washing
ton on a midnight train. The assumption that
they meant to put the matter right up to Presi
dent Wilson and certainly without disassociat
ing it from other issues in which the president
is desirous of having the help of the Ameri
can federation is not by any means unreason
able. Steel has been called, and in a very broad
sense it is, the basic industry of America. On
the manufacturers of steel agriculture de
pends for its plows and its harvesting machin
ery; carpentry and building for cutting tools
and structural steel; all factories for replacing
of machinery. The blow to all phases of in
dustry, if steel manufacturing were to stop for
six months, would be an incalculable injury
to the country. The United States Steel cor
poration is the most powerful of all the em
ploying organizations, in the land. Hence
Judge Gary's aggressive defense of the open
shop has vast significance.
And frankly speaking, the argument which
is advanced and the further argument sug
gested by the words used are irrefragable so
far as logic goes. The open shop "best prom
ises the welfare of both employes and em
ployers." To those who stand with Judge
Gary it means discipline and efficiency. It
means friendliness between workers and
"bosses," just as the closed shop means sus
picion and unfriendliness. It means onauhood
rights for the laborers who do not choose, to
put their wills under the heels of a walking
delegate or determine their action by what a
unTon chooses to vote. It means rivalry
among individuals, increased production in
stead of -restricted production, better work,
more honest goods turned out. More than
that, perhaps, from the community point of
view, it makes for good citizenship. It is
wholesome, normal human nature to want to
do as much work as any other man, and do it
reter if imss:hle. The closed shop encourages
the notion of doing as little as possible, as
badly as possible, for as few hours and as high
wages as possible. That is the ideal of the
shirk. To what extent and degree it is dimin
ishing production in all lines today and en
hancing prices we do not know. We are sure
that its range and perniciousness can hardly
be overestimated.
But there is always a "but" when one
tackles academic reasoning America has had
two years of war conditions, with everybody
surrendering to the principle1 of "collective
bargaining," and a full endorsement of that
principle by the governing agencies in Wash
ington, which for obvious reasons as employ
ers or as dictating purchasers have had a
dominant position. Everywhere "collective
bargaining" has forced itself on our .industrial
concerns. Wherever Hie onen shop has been
defended for a time, surrender or loss of br
ness has bee.; tuc alternative for the em
ployer. The tide is running in. Neither mop
nor broom ' will check it. If Mr. Gompers
stands, as he is likely to stand, against the
steel corporation, what will Judge Gary sub
stitute for the mop or broom?
Perhaps the philosophical attitude is the
one most employers have assumed, of compro
mise, patient though somewhat cynical. If
Judge Gary does not weaken he will consis
tently repudiate this attitude, stand on the
rights of his corporation, and defy the union
ists to do their worst. Perhaps Leonidas and
his Spartans saved Greece, but they won only
glory, no pensions and no retirement pay by
doing so.
r ranee, England, Italy have wielded every
point to collective bargaining. Their labor
troubles are on other issues, the problems
of the world are our problems. Can Judge
Gary change this state of things by the most
heroic and unflinching support he can give to
a theory that is in itself just and right? We
doubt it. The civilization of Christendom suf
fers from a common affliction. It must clear
ite!f. purine itself gradually, not precipitately,
of the malign germs of hatred, waste, idleness,
class selfishness. That a bitter and long in
dustrial conflict between Gary forces and
Gompers forces would help along the process
of purgation is a prediction on which few
thinking economists would agree. Time, not
intcansigency, is the remedy that cures all
diseases. '
Rent "Investigations."
Omaha, Augr. 2. To the Editor of
The Bee: It the counctlmanic inves
tigation of high rents is not to degen
erate into a farce, more . attention
must be paid to the real causes of
high rents and lesa to details of
decorations in flats, garbage heaps
and the like, aa well as "This tenant's
wife is troublesome, and the re
tort, "My wife ain't that kind of
woman."
It must be conceded that the law
of supply and demand will hold,
whatever people may think of It, or
whatever action a council may take.
It must also be conceded that any
owner of a house or piece of land,
under all law and custom, has a per
fect right to rent it to whom he
pleases and at whatever price he can
secure.
The unthinking howl against pub
lic service corporations, but I am
willing to assert that all the public
service corporations in Omaha com
bined do not. receive from this com
munity ono-tenth of the unearned in
come that the landholders of Omaha
exact every year. When I say "un
earned," I mean values which the re
cipients do nothing to produce.
A merchant told me this: "We
have about $150,000 buried in land
values in this property. The people
think it perfectly right for us to take
6 per cent on this unearned value,
but complain if we get 6 per cent on
merchandise for which we must
struggle hard to secure."
High land values come because
they are not sufficiently taxed. Low
taxes on land values mean high
rents. High taxes on buildings and
other products of individual effort
also increase rents. There is not a
landholder or realtor in this city
who will dispute this statement, par
adoxical as it may seem to the aver
age mind. Tax goods and you in
crease their cost to the consumer.
Tax land values and you decrease
the cost of ground rent. The rea
son for this paradox is in the fact
that a tax upon goods, by increasing
their cost, reduces their output, while
a tax upon the value of land cannot
reduce the amount of land, but will
compel owners to seek tenants in
order to earn back the tax paid.
When landlords seek tenants they
will have to supply letter accommo
dations and lower rents. iWhen ten
ants seek homes, they must take
what they can get and at whatever
figure the owner demands.
It can safely be asked, as a matter
of fairness, whether a landlord ought
to demand increased rent on account
of increased land values, for the rea
son that his increase in land values
is great enough return to him. But
no business can be successfully con
ducted merely on the proposal to be
fair. It is a matter of economic law.
If a landlord wishes to give his ten
ant this advantage, it might be a
wise policy in some instances, but he
would be doing it as charity and not
as a legal or customary obligation.
The same thing can be said about his
demand for high rents on account of
the depreciation of his improvements,
while he seems unwilling to recog
nize that the appreciation of land
values more than offsets his depre
ciation in value of improvements.
No, the real complaint is not
against the landlords, but against the
people themselves, for their unwill
ingness to see or correct a system of
taxation that burdens enterprise and
favors land monopoly. Also assess
ing authorities who have neither the
intelligence nor courage to carry out
the spirit and letter of what laws
we do have to reach these condi
tions. JACK SHEPARD.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"RACIXG FOR A THROVE."
(Tha birds decide they want a iir.i,i.
Instead of a princess to rule Blrdland. All
want to be president, so Peggy Buggests a
contest for the honor.)
Billy Winks.
MTlftlAT kind of a contest shall we
have?" cried Peggy to the
birds when it was decided to choose
the new ruler of Birdland in that
fashion.
"A flying race," twittered Homer
and Carrie Pigeon excitedly. "Make
it a flying race, because we are the
swiftest flyers in Birdland."
"Hee-haw! Make it a running
race because I am the fastest run
ner in Blrdland," brayed Balky Sam."
"Cro-ak! Cro-ak! Make it a
swimming race, for I am the speed
iest swimmer in Birdland," croaked
General Croaker.
Then there arose a fresh hub
bub, for every creature in Birdland
wanted just the kind of a contest
he could win and not the kind any
body else could win.
But Billy Belgium had a bright
idea.
"Everybody is getting mixed up,
so let's make it a mixed-up race,"
he suggested. "We'll have part of
it a flying race "
"dhee! Chee! Fine! Fine!"
agreed the birds.
"Part of it a running race " Bil
ly went on.
"Hee-haw! Bow.-wow! Baa-baa!
Good! Good!" agreed the animals.
"And part of it a swimming race,"
Billy finished up.
"Cro-ak! Cro-ak! Quack!
Quack! Great! Great!" agreed
General Croaker and Wild Duck.
"Vou are all willing, then?" asked
Billy. Now each flier, each runner
of his own part of the race and not
and each swimmer was thinking
only of the other parts, so he quick
ly answered "Yes."
That s a bargain, declared Billy.
"We will fly one-third of the way,
run one-third of the way and swim
one-third of the way."
"Ha! Ha! That will be a dandy
mixed-up race," laughed Peggy. She
tittered when she 'thought how
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thing to help you. Just so you 8
one-third by air, one-third by water
and one-third by land," ruled Billy.
"Agreed! Agreed!" quickly cried
all the others, for all knew that they
would have to have help on some
part of the trip and they were ready
to grab any advantage they could.
"We will meet at Lone Tine Hill
in an hour," said Billy. "Every
body will have until then to . get
ready."
"Will I be Judge?" asked Peggy.
"Hoo! Iloo! No! No! If I can't
win I want Princess I mean Miss
Peggy to win," hooted Judge Owl,
"So do'l! So do I!" chorused all
the other birds.
"But how shall I fly?" asked
Peggy.
"Like the monkeys do In the trop
ical forests," shrieked King Bird,
who was a great traveler. "They
swing along from tree to tree."
"I'm afraid I can't " Peggy
started to say, when a wink from
Billy stopped her. Evidently h
had some plan of his own for a race
through tho air, and was jjoing to
share it with her.
(Tomorrow will ,ir told how Balky Sam
j'lann a trick to win.)
Next a lovely you'll see
Tracing lines to fifty-three.
Draw from 1 to 2 and ao on to the end.
Where Healthy Men Come From
From what region did the healthiest men
come for the United States army in the war?
Yes, you are right. From the states of the great
plains.
The general staff has published a map show
ing by states the percentage of drafted men
passing physical examination. The states
printed in white sent men in such hne physical
condition that 70 to 80 per cent were accepted
in the service. Other states are graded with
shaded lines down to the states printed in black
from which only 50 to 59 per cent were ac
cepted. There is a broad band of white across the
map from North Dakota on the north to Texas
on the south. Missouri barely misses being in
the white class. It comes in the next group
from which 65 to 69 per cent were accepted
It may get uncomfortably hot at times in
the plains states. There may be occasional cold
waves in winter. But this is the country in
which to bring up boys, and girls. They grow
sturdier out here on these expansive wind swept
plains than anywhere else in the United States.
Kansas City Star.
The Day We Celebrate.
William E. Palmatier, manager Provident
Loan society, born 1863.
Alfred C. Kennedy, real estate man, born
1892.
Cleofonte Campanini, general director of the'
Chicago Opera association, born at Parma, 59
years ago.
Henri Bourassi, a noted leader of the
French nationalist party in Canada, born in
Montreal, 51 years ago.
Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler, U. S.
N., in command of the Fifth naval district at
Norfolk, born in Prussia, 62 yers ago.
James J. Corbett, former champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world, born in San Fran
cisco, S3 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Al Stevens gave a yachting party at Lake
Manawa.
About 1,000 people attended the Arraour
Cudahy company's picnic at Waterloo. Larry
Noonan, in a beef dressing contest, held his
place as champion of the world.
Unity church, near Seventeenth and Cass
streeets, was filled to overflowing to witness
the installation of their new pastor, Rev. N.
M. Mann, late of Rochester, N. Y.
It was predicted that the coming week
would be one of the most important in Omaha
history, with the merchants' fair and attendant
festivities.
No Faith in Inquiry
Omaha, Aug. 28. To tho Editor of
The Bee: In Yegard to profiteering
and these investigations. Mayor
Smith jias done more grandstanding
than anything else. He doesn't seem
to be trying to get to the bottom
of things and the state investigation
led by Hon. George A. Williams: Is
it not a act that this same Williams
fought with all his might a resolu
tion in the legislature three weeks
as:o to have the legislature pass some
laws with teeth to handle this profit
eering, and now the governor ap
points him -to prosecute these food
pirates.
Do you think he will go after them
with hob-nailed boots? I don't.
Yes, Mr. Editor, warn these people
through your paper that they better
do some real good or there will be a
day of reckoning. No camouflage
investigation will go with the people
now. Respectfully yours.
CHARLES E. CARTER,
President Druid Hill Improvement
Club.
3334 Spaulding street, Omaha, Neb.
Grimes Likes His Squirrels.
Omaha, Aug. 29. To the Editor of
The Bee: Kindly permit me space
that I may call that South Side law
yer. His and my experience with the
squirrel family differ so greatly I
just simply have to call him. "His in
vidious comparisons is what sticks in
my craw." The idea of men eating
rodents or "rats," as he styles them,
for the past 50 years! Do you wonder
at one's appetite failing hiin! It al
most makes me sick to think about
it! Come, my dear Mr. Agnew, and
travel in memory back with me to
old Ohio, along the Miami rivers, and
I will convince you. Along in the
early sixties you could not have con
ceived of any more unalloyed enjoy
ment than taking your shotgun, from
July 1 to 10 and entering a shell
bark hickory forest, where it was
possible to bring 15 or 20 of these
rodents down in a single forenoon,
as the new crop was about ripe at
that time of year in that climate. Oh,
say Mr. Agnew, "those mothers dead
and gone of that day, knew how to
rhake potple and fry young squirrels,
as we called them in those days. My
dear sir, if you have never had any
experience along this line and have
never tasted young fried squirrel nor
potpie you have lost half of youf life
and not qualified to make these com
parisons. Come and get your $25 for
ft eSff
"I'm Afraid I Can't," Peggy Started
to Say. When a Wink From
Billy Stopped Her.
Balky Sam would look flying, and
she giggled when she hought how
Carrie and Homer Pigeon would
look swimming, and she chuckled
when .he thought how Wild Duck
would look running. And when she
tittered and giggled and chuclfled
the birds and the animals thought
the same funny things that she did
and they tittered and giggled and
chuckled with her. The fliers didn't
like the idea of running and swim
ming, the runners didn't like the
idea of swimming and flying and the
swimmers didn't like the idea of fly
ing and running; but they realized
that Billy had shrewdly gotten them
to agree to a plan that was fair to
others as well us to themselves, so
they were ashamed to back out.
"We will start at the top of Lone
Pine hill," said Billy. 'Vrom there
to the shore of the lake will be the
flying one-third, across the lake will
be the swimming one-third, and
from the shore of the lake to the old
mill will be the running one-third.
"Agreed! Agreed!" chorused the
others.
"And because some can't fly, and
some can't swim, and some can't
run, it will be fair to go any way
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Iliikuang Loan Will Make China's
Richest Province Accessible.
The Chinese province of Szech
uan, with a territory greater than
the combined areas of Greece and
continental Italy and with a popula
tion nearly twice their combined
number, a land of multiple annual
harvests and of abounding mineral
wealth, has for decades lured the
world's commerce and at the same
time held it at arm's length. This
single province hSs an area of more
than 200,000 square miles and a
population estimated at 8.000,000.
It is rich in coal and iron, lime and
salt; and gold, silver, copper and
antimony are found within its bor
ders. Such is the mildness of the
climate that there are intermediate
crops between the two main har
vests. The great plain of Chengtu,
its capital, is a golden granary of
magnificent capacity.
Surely, no country offers prizes
more tempting to the adventurous
hardihood of modern commercial
pioneers. It has tempted them
iiul baffled them. For Szeehuan is
walled about with barrier .moun
tains. Its only artery of communi
cation with the world is the
Yangtze river, which has burst
through tho imprisoning ranged to
the sea. And so difficult is traffic
through its gorges that a can of
kerosene which sells in Hankow at
$3.40 costs $10.30 in Chengtu. The
people of Szechuan can live with
out foreign commodities in ade
quate comfort as the Chinese have
done for centuries: but the little
foreign merchandise which has
made its costly way into the coun
try has whetted an appetite for
more.
The Chinese of Szechuan want a
railroad almost as much as the
outer world wants to tap the
prodigious resources of the basin.
Ihey have even made an attempt
on their own account to pave the
way for commerce by undertaking a
railroad project. They failed. But
the three greatest European powers
before the war England, France
and .Germany who had each been
competing zealously for the exclusive
right to finance a railroad into the
far interior, finally got together in
a tripartite co-operative agreement
to build a line from Canton on the
coaBt to the farthest west provincial
your loss on cherries, but bring back
my boyhood days and never be guilty
again as ' long as you live making
comparisons of this nature. It is re
pulsive and makes one feel, oh, you
know. In agony,
JAMES GRIMES.
capital of China Chengtu of Szechu
an, near the borders of Tibet via
Hankow, the heart of China's in
dustrial life, and via the Yangtze
river, the main artery of its com
merce. Into this group ihe United States,
under President Taft, forced its way
It was our first step in placing fact
and act back of talk in our much
vaunted role of protectir of the
"open door" policy and defender of
the integrity of China's sovereignty.
This agreement is known as the
Hukuang loan. Silas Burt in
"Asia."
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Sarrnan Calls a Bluff.
Lakeside, Neb., Aug. 25, 1913.
To the Editor of The Bee: The fol
lowing was received by me on the
22d inst. In answer to my letter in
The Bee of August 14. It is without
date, name or address:
Mr. H. F. Sarrnan, Lakeside.
Neb.: Your letter in 'The Bee Letter
Box dated August 14, inst., shows
ignorance, intolerance and fanaticism
of the highest potence; but no Amer
icanism. What does your judgment
amount to? I deny that you know
what kultur means. (Signed) An
American."
Of one thing I am convinced, that,
whoever this party is, he is not an
American, but a pure, unadulterated
Hun. He likes the submarine method
because he thinks he is in hiding. I
think he is intellectually dishonest,
and with serpent-like subtlety thinks
he is deceiving the American people.
What this individual is lo oking for is
"condolance," such as his superiors
tell him to look and work for, and
damns the American people because
they (the German) cannot work
their hypocritical legerdemain on us.
They must pay the penalty and do
the condoning. The sooner he learns
this to be the gospel truth the
sooner will he be a man, and then
he won't be ashamed or too coward
ly to sign his name to hts writings.
An Amtrican never would stoop so
low as to send out so opinionative a
missive unsigned as this individual
Ud. H. F. SARMAN, SR.
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