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You should know that
The first and third largest
building and loan associations in
the United States are . located in
Omaha.
i. Nebraska needs ' school ma'ams. Come
on girls.
- V-. Co ear! to the Aurhtorium if you expect a
. scat Monday.
. '
i Omaha's list of public sthool teachers begins
, to look like a book.
' Daylight savers" may still accomplish their
x end by getting up as early as they wish.
: With the end of the actors' strike, the public
3- may be compelled to take note of what it has
. .missed lately.
e .. Wish Mr. Wilson would tell us how to get
' some sugar, which is more important locally
i; just now than even Shantung.
,;, , Naturally, the president's wife gets more at
s, tention among the crowds than the League of
Nations. She is better to look upon.
That Chicago bigamist had a workable
scheme. He kept his wives so busy earning
their own living thtjy had no time to inquire
into his affairs.
The Frenchman who betrayed Edith Cavell
Q sentenced to death, if a minority group of
American barristers did decide she had been
legally executed.
The Chamber of Commerce Bulletin is going
to build a bridge . over "the Platte river at
Yankton." Which will be some feat if it is
ever carried . out.'
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Merely being arrested on a charge of murder
does not tend to lessen the efficiency of a
"morals" squad detective. It ought to give him
more. prestige as a "holy terror."
J One thing the president will find unchanged
in 'Omaha is the grand old Auditorium. How
ever, he may be comforted by the knowledge
that the city commission did talk of improving
the building.
. Democratic quarters are exhibiting such
solicitude for the dignity of Japan that wonder
is excusable at the aspect. What do you think
"Andy" Jackson would say about trembling for
fear of offending the mikado?
The county attorney is eminently correct in
refusing to turn a trio of youthful murderers
over to the juvenile authorities. The boys
krew- what tliey were about, and slew their
victim with all the certainty of old hands.
The hope expressed by F. W. Hohenzollern
that he may be permitted to help in the recon
struction of Germany sounds very pious, and is
also characteristic of the youth who longed for
"the freshness and gaiety of war." He is a
long way from home right now,.
The county commissioners have decided to
sell the first million in paving bonds to Omaha
bidders. Ability to handle these big issues
has come with the increasing growth of the
: community and the capacity of the local money
market to assimilate securities. It means real
progress when capital is set to work at home
- and not forced to go abroad for its em
ployment. '
Eucken and Morality
s THE DYING SUMMER.
A wondrous' beauty pervades the world
today, the. closing hours of summer fringing
such loveliness of . earth and sky as blends
into the gorgeousneis' of autumn arid gives to
all the benison of nature's opulence. The sun
is swinging to the south, the days are percepti
bly shorter, and the approach of the night and
death of winter is surely heralded. Against this is
set the fruitage of the season. All that was
promised of the rains of seed time and the fierce
heat of the growing days is now redeemed in
ripening fruits and grains. Mother Earth has
again yielded her bounty, and the waning sum
mer days are crowned with the plenty that
blesses man for his industry. Shortly the sea
son will change, and the time of rest and sleep
will be upon us, to be in turn succeeded by he
awakening and the new growth.
Is it a cause for marvel that man in the in
fancy of the race found in the seasons a per
fect symbolism of the life here and hereafter?
That he should read Nature and find in her
pages the evidences of God? 'The cycle of the
year so aptly illustrates the progress of birth, !
growth, maturity and decay, following each
other in endless, immutable procession, that
the lessou could not be missed by the thought
ful. Inspired by this, led on from cause to ef
fect, the primitive seekers after truth eagerly
grasped the great lesson held out in this never
changing example of the wisdom that rules the
universe.
So the rich sunlight, the invigorating
breezes, the soft skies and all the glorious pros
pects of late summer, swiftly moving to the
end. teach a similar truth today. Nature has
again completed the wonderful productive work
of a perfect season, creative forces exerted to
the very utmost, and a time for rest succeeds.
Not that the stillness of winter betokens abso
lute death, for the processes are eternal, and
this also encourages the philosopher in his
faith, sustaining the thought of endless pro
gression. The world is ever sublime, but never
more beautiful than as the near approach of the
autumnal equinox presages the close of summer.
GardinalMercier's Visit
Ford's Vision of the Future Farm.
While Henry Ford was undergoing what
ever of ordeal his long cross-examination in
his recent suit provided for him, he found sur
cease from court room worries by long walks
into the country. On one of these he tersely
outlined to the correspondent of an eastern
magazine his vision of the future farm. Three
hundred and sixty acres is too small a unit, he
says; the coming farm plot will be much
larger than that. Work will be done by ma
chinery, and the increased output will be mar
keted by farm organizations, the middle man J
having disappeared, and the consumer getting I
his that much cheaper. J
I his is a tamiliar thought, often expressed
by those who think of the farm in abstract
terms. On the other side, those who have
studied the problem concretely, look ahead to
a time of smaller holdings and more intensive
cultivation, not only, to increase production but
to give more families access to the land and
whatever of economic independence flows from
the ownership of the tools. Another of Mr.
Ford's mistaken, so far as public experience
goes, ideas is that the co-operative marketing
of foodstuffs by the farmers has reduced the
cost to the consumer. It may have added to
the farmer's profit by reducing his' selling ex
pense, but none of this benefit is yet enjoyed
by the public.
Certain processes are necessarily involved in
getting food from the field to the table. Each
of these costs something. It is undoubtedly
true that too many hands are at present tak
ing toll on the way. and when these extra ones j
are eliminated, the indispensible service in con
nection with marketing must be paid for by
omebody. Even Mr, Ford's splendid success
was not achieved without a highly efficient sell
ing organization. It may be doubted without
heresy if the future of agriculture lies in the
direction he has pointed. 1
"I appeal to the moral conscience of human
" ity.' Before the whole world I accuse the au
thors of the monstrous peace terms of two
l' offenses of untruthfulness and of a dishonor
able intent."
It is Professor Rudolf Eucken. the dean of
-: : German philosophers, who thus adds his voice
to the German, symposium of protest against
the injustice of the peace of Versailles. Ac
r cording to him, the "untruthfulness" of the
. ' allies consists in their failure to fulfill their
.promises to make the league of nations an in
strument of international justice. Their "dis
honorable intent" Manifests itself in their
fl forcing the German people to consent to the
kaiser's trial. Professor Eucken calls on "the
philosophers of neutral countries to declare
r openly whether they consider this purpose
moral or immoral."
. If Professor Eucken would restrict himself
6 to saying that he regards the treaty, from the
German point of view, as not altogether satis
v factory, he might be excused, but he ought to
know better than to vent his indignation by
raising the issues of truthfulness and of moral
t5, ity. In September, 1914. Professor Eucken in
dorsed with his name and prestige the mani
' festo of the 93 German professors containing
statements like these: "It is not true that we
trespassed in neutral Belgium. . - .- It is not
true that the life and property of a single Bel-
gian citizen were injured by our soldiers with
" out the bitterest self-defense having made it
necessary. ... If is not true that our
troops treated Louvain brutally. ... It is
. not true that our warfare pays no respect to
international law." And so on.
No discussion of the facts involved is pos
sible today. The assertions of the German
professors are recorded in the ledger of history
i atvaicrliv iinmitiaatert falcerinnne. Tha men
who staked their reputations on them, and who,
' since, did not show the slightest inclination to
1 recant and apologize, must be considered moral
bankrupts. Attempts on their part to invoke
t truthfulness and morality merely reflect on
the.ir intellectual solvency. New York Tribune.
Observing "Constitution" Day.
Nation-wide observance of the birihday of
the Constitution of the United States should
serve to impress upon the American people the
fact that such a charter does exist. It is too
often forgotten in the easy flow of our lives,
so seldom does the individual really come into
direct personal contact with it. Only when
some great question of principle or policy is
brought before the public is thought generally
turned t6 the written instrument on which our
government rests. The constitution , is the foun
dation1 of the written law of the land, and this
is a government of laws and not of men. Its
perpetuity is assured not by the continuing line
of..- ' i'iisiy. but because each individual who
; t' -''?r i' rule is also an equal sharer in
its benefits and protection, and in himself re
sponsible both to and for it. In all the ways
of life the law is about us, shielding and pro
tecting us. And this law is rooted in the con
stitution, drawing its sustenance from that
great fountain of energizing power. William
Ewart Gladstone said of it:. "The American
constitution is the most wonderful work ever
struck off at a given moment by the brain and
purpose of man." v So the celebration of the
recurring anniversaries of its birth should be
made notable by serious efforts to acquaint all
citizens with this source of national greatness
and power.
Rev. Dr. Peter ' Joseph de Strycker is in
America as personal representative of Cardinal
Mercier, arranging for the visit of the Belgian
patriot soon to begin. In an interview with
J. Olin Howe, published in the Boston Trans
cript, the .doctor discussed the conduct of the
cardinal during the war.
"There was no thought of popular approval
in Cardinal Mercier's mind when he issued
those pastoral letters," said the doctor. "Nor
primarily was he intent on defying the Ger
mans. It was with him simply a matter of
duty. , It is a part of his daily task to aid his
people in an hour of need with any words that
may be helpful to them. Suffering and afflic
tion lay heavy on all Belgium, and his duty
was to lighten it if he could. He did his best
to do it, and I need hardly tell you of the com
fort and fresh courage Belgians took from what
he wrote.
"He is a philosopher, one of the great phil
osophers of his age. His is a wonderful mind
and he has developed his intellect so that it
has many sides. No subject. under the sun but
he has some familiarity with. He has made it
a point to gain the widest possible range of
information and store it away against occasion
when he might require it.
"His conception of the science of philosophy
is something which includes all other sciences,
and Cardinal Mercier has taken up the others
one after another and given them deep study
mathematics, mechanics, medicine, astronomy
and all the rest. He has had unusual opportu
nities to meet men of other nationalities be
cause of his connection with the University of
Louvain. It is always a delight to the men ?f
other nations who come to us to discuss world
affairs, with the cardinal, whom they find in
formed to a degree- which often surprises them,
and it gives him a broad view of the world
outside from his study window." :
"International law has long been of the
greatest interest to Cardinal Mercier," contin
ued Doctor de Strycker, "and he has thor
oughly familiarized himself with every phase
of it and from every angle. His judgment on
topics of international moment is exceedingly
sound, and that fact is well known in Belgium.
"Even King Albert has been known to dis
cuss public affairs with the cardinal unoffi
cially, of course, for the latter holds no official
position, in relation to our government. But
the kinrf is so well aware of the thoroughness
of the keen perception he brings to bear on
matters of current secular interest that he finds
it .very pleasant to spend a auiet hour going
over many things with his elder friend. I do
not mean that he seeks advice. That would
hardly be expected. Nor that Cardinal Mer
cier ever offers it.
"So when the Germans came to Belgium
Cardinal Mercier was well prepared. He knew
international law fully as well as they did, and
was as familiar with the rules of warfare among
civilized nations. He knew his rights and was
determined that they should not disregard
them. There was nothing in the law of na
tions which forbade his issuing the pastoral
letters which he desired his people to read, and
he was not bound to regard any regulation
which the German governing authority might
make on that point.
"The first letter on patriotism and endur
ance was issued without preliminary announce
ment, and by the time the Germans saw it
much of Belgium was familiar with it. so that
the situation was clear to everybody. The Ger
man officers soon came to see the cardinal, and
expressed surprise that he had issued any such
letter without informing them, but were will
ing to assume that he did not know how offen
sive was his action. They felt that they could
perhaps afford to let the offense go for that
time, but of course he would not transgress
again.
'' 'I agree to nothing of the kind.' replied
Cardinal Mercier. 'I am fully familiar with
international law and my rights under it and
just how far you can go in governing territory
which you claim to have conquered, and where
you must stop. You have no authority under
which you may interfere with me in this. Your
jurisdiction does not. cover the pastoral ad
vices of the church.' Do not understand that
I have sent out this letter because of any mis
apprehension on my part. I am under no mis
apprehension. I have the most perfect right
to do what I have done. More, it is rriy duty,
and I shall do it 'again if I find occasion.
"'If there is unfamiliarity with the law, it
is on your part,' said the cardinal, 'not on
mine. You cannot interfere between a pastor
and his flock. Do not take it that I have
erred unwittingly. I. have not erred at all. It
is you who are in error. I make no pledges
as to the future, and shall do my duty as I see
it, having due respect for constitutional author
ity, but giving no attention to any assumption
of powers which you do not possess.'"
Doctor de Stryker discussed the cardinal's
second letter, the sufferings of Belgium and
the outcome of the war. Then the conversation
took a new turn.
"A6out Louvain university it is to be re
stored, of course?"
"Yes, the plans for its restoration are well
worked out and all the rest of the world seems
interested. It is planned to make it a sort of
monument to the folly of a war of conquest.
The world needs such a reminder, or at least,
if the rest of the world doesn't, Germany
does."
Home Health Hint?
Reliable advice "given in this ,
column on prevention and
cure of disease. Put your; quee
tton in plain language. Your '
nam9 will not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Help You.
"Charter for a New World."
Woodrow Wilson's aptitude for phrase
making has suffered no check by reason of his
late experience. Alongside the slogans he has
emitted since 1914 may be put his latest, a
"charter for a new world." It will be ultimately
as irritating, perhaps, as his "self-determination,"
"freedom of the seas," and other aban
doned or misapplied aphorisms set afloat by
him. The new world to which he is pointing
looks so much like the one we are living in
that it is hard to detect the difference. It
contains the same old problems of competition
between nations and individuals, of striving to
get ahead, with the unpleasant accompaniments
of envy, jealousy, covetousness. all elements of
war; no phase of human nature changed, the
only alterations being some marks on the map
to designate boundaries that seemingly satisfy
no one. To gain this world he would obligate
his country in a way that many deem urtwise.
Americans are not inclined to shirk any task or
responsibility, but it may be questioned if they
are ready ts accept the president's assertion
that greater danger lies in trying to establish
a safeguard for the nation than in blindly fol
lowing him along any course he may select.
His leadership hitherto has not been of a
character to justify his present claim.
The New Discoveries
Before this year has ended America will be
discovered by some 2,000,000 soldier-adventurers,
coming from France to a land unknown.
They are officially styled the A. K. F.
It was in France that they began their dis
coveries. Who knew that the Americans were
"mad" until the French announced it? Who
itnew they were uncultured and wild until the
English published the fact? Who knew they
were warriors until the Germans Cried out that
these men do not know how to fight, but they
win wars? '
The new discoveries are Americans because
they have discovered what. America is. They
will phrase it one way or another, but they
will know the truth. What separates Amer
ica from Europe, eternally, irrevocably, is that
Americans do not think as Europeans do, nor
feel as they do. It is not a question of better
or worse; it is a simple fact -of difference.
Most of us have hardly known that we are
Americans. Or we have imagined that full
Americanism had something to do with citi
zen papers. The men who are coming know
better, and this knowledge makes their coming
an even greater everft in our history than the
magnificent adventure of their setting forth.
Because the thing which has happened to
America before is going to happen again; it
will be made over by its discoverers. Collier's.
Plscascs of July and August.
These nioaths stand forth promi
nently In medical statistics as point
in? out diseases requiring particular
attention, we are told by an editorial
writer in American Medicine (Xew
'ork, July). ly way of example, he
says, one need but note the tendency
for typhoid fever and malaria to in
crease markedly, despite the fact
thaV methods for their control are
thoroughly understood. He goes on:
"The vacation tendency le respon
sible for many deaths, particularly
those of a violent nature. During
1911 approximately 20 per cent of
the deaths from violent causes oc
curred during these two montha.
The increased use of automobiles,
the extension of transportation, the
growing speed along the highways
suffice to account for the fact that
the mortality from violent causes in
1916 was fully 3,000 more than dur
ing the year 1911. The Safety-First
Movement has much to accomplish
in this direction, ajthough the
marked decrease due to the institu
tion, of a safe and sane. Fourth of
.July has had some effect upon the
relative mortality, even if ft. has not
greatly affected the total results. A
considerable improvement ' has been
noted in deaths from congenital de
bility, excluding premature births,
which, as a rule, begin to increase
during the month of July. A note
worthy decrease in deaths from thtaJ moving pictures.
cause , 10 me extent or i,zuu uvea
was evidenced in 1916 over 1911. It
is striking to note that the gross
mortality from diarrhea and enteritis
under two years decreased very
slightly during the five-year interval
from 1911 to 1916, though the total
figures referred to must be recog
nized as representing results from a
larger registration area during 1916
than during 1911. Despite this fact,
however, there was a total decrease
of approximately 2,000 recorded
deaths from the cause under discus
sion. That this effect is real rather
than apparent is shown by a gross
increase of 300 deaths from diarrhea
and enteritis, two years and over,
in the same five-year period. For
tunately, the summer is not the time
for epidemics of contagious diseases,
and measles, scarlet fever, whooping
cough, diphtheria, influenza, and
even tuberculosis show considerably
lowered mortalities beginning with
July. Bronchitis, bronchial-pneumonia
similarly are relativly inac
tive during the hottest months of
the year. The main factors appar
ently involved in the mortality of
July and August include flies and
mosquitoes, a lack of sanitation of
food Hnd water supplies, the depress
ing effects of high.- heat and humid
ity, and a lack of precaution against
the hazards involved in transporta
tion of various kind.s plus the
dangers inherent in the games and
sports of the summer-time."
How to Reduce Food
Cost
rrnrw
What the Covenant
Really Holds
Old-Fashioned Shopper
"Page the old-fashioned shopper,", reads a
paragraph in the New York Tribune. We
might well do many less useful things. . The
old-fashioned shopper had methods and habits,
the loss of which is responsible for more of the
high costs than people estimate. When the
old-fashioned shopper was in practice buying
was something of importance in the daily
routine; there was a pride of work in the busi
ness of investing money each day for necessi
ties so that full value was received. Shopping
was a part of home financing; the buyer: was
as much in business in purchasing for family
needs as was the earner in providing the money.
Mpney was supposed to be represented by the
oncrete values or full measure of service, nor
vas this service simply ministering to conven
ence. In all honesty there is a reason, to be
lieve that a revivil of the old-fashioned shop
ping, the personal visit to the store and the
bargaining freely with the storekeeper, the
careful selection of commodities and the inti
mate knowledge of prices and qualities, would,
if it were nation-wide, produce a change in cost
of living not equaled by any other means im
mediately at hand to the people at large.
Rochester Post Express.
Omaha, Sept. 6. To the Editor
of The liee: 1 think it perfectly
safe to assert that there is only one
man in the United States who, in
his heart of hearts, does not feel and
believe that the United States would
be In better far better position to
day had some one other than Mr.
Wilson headed the American dele
gation at Paris.
England, France, Japan and all
the allied and associated powers had -delegates;
there to represent and"
look after the interests of their re
spective countries and these inter
ests alone, and no other pretense
was made. .
If proof of this unquestioned fact
is necessary, the treaty itself will
furnish it.
Mr. Wilson did not pretend to rep
resent the United States alone. . He
solemnly declared he "represented
men everywhere." If proof of this
fact is necessary, the treaty itself
will furnish it.
Now suppose the United States
senate should ratify the treaty and
covenant without reservations.
No method is suggested or even
hinted at as to how the representa
tives of the United States are to be
appointed or elected. The term
during which they are to hold office
is not specified. It would therefore
be supposed to be for life. The
covenant is blank also as to the
compensation they are to receive.
There is much talk about Mr.
Wilson being president of the
league. No such office as president
is mentioned or referred to In the
covenant. If a president is elected
or appointed, what his powers will
be is a mere matter of conjecture,
as well as the compensation he will
receive.
The covenant provides how the
expenses of the league shall be dis
tributed among its members, but no
nation or government has anything
at all to say about what these ex
penses shall be.
. I doubt if, in the history of the
world, any such vague, international
document was ever presenled, and
certainly none with such unlimited
powers placed in the hands of so
few men. As compared with this
covenant, the Constitution of the
United States is a bright noonday
compared to a foggy night.
Let us see where we are drifting.
Never before, in the history of
the republic, was a delegation to
deal with international affairs ever
appointed without the foreign rela
tions committee of the United States
senate being represented; the rea
son for this is too obvious for ex
planation, and never before in the
whole history of the country was a
delegation appointed to deal with
international affairs when congress
was In session that was not submit
ted to the senate for confirmation.
The reason for this is also too abvi
ous for explanation.
Here is an encroachment of ex
ecutive power and a disregard of the
senate as part of the treaty making
power of the nation such as the
framers of the constitution never
dreamed.
It is therefore fair to presume
that Mr. Wilson would assume the
authority to appoint the member
of the council and the assembly of
the League of Nations without sub
mitting the same to the senate for
confirmation, the same as he did in
appointing the peace commissions,
with rio limitation to term of office
or compensation, and with power to
embroil us in every one of the 21
wars now going on In Purope over
territorial boundaries, and all fu
ture wars, with no choice on our
part as to which side we will fight
on. Are American people ready to
surrender the sovereignty of the na
tion or place it in the keeping of
one man and thus "Make the world
safe for democracy?" Thank God
for the United States senate. It
may keep us out of war and worse
than war.. AMERICAN.
A Problem In Natural History
Two sailors at a dog show were
gazing at a valuable skye terrier
which had so much hair that it
looked more like a woolen mat than
a dog.
"Which end is 'Is 'eaJ, Tom,"
asked one.
"Blowed if I know," was the re
ply, "but, 'erp. I'll stick a pin In
him. and vou look wh'ch end barks!"
1 From Blighty, Loudon.
The Snowdon, Syracuse, N. T
Aug. 20. To the Editor of The Bee-'
In view of the acute need for
cheaper food and the attention
which the government is giving this
subject, permit me to bring to your
notice a proposal of a French econ
omist, whose name I forget, but
which recently came to mv atten
tion through an article in "the Liv
ing Age."
This writer suggests that in place
of military conscription we should
maintain a national draft of young
men to supply labor on the farms
in the production and distribution
of food. High prices and short sup
ply of food are due mainly to lack
of farm labor and the absence of
effective co-operation between land
owners, distributors and retailers of
food, and the national government.'
This difficulty would be overcome
by having the national government
provide an abundant and assured
supply of agricultural labor.
The term of this Federal agricul
tural employment might nut need to
be more than one or two years. In
most eases it could be for seven
months, from April to October in
clusive. During the remainder of
the year the young men could at
tend school or work in those indus
tries when operate most heavily n
winter.
The assignment should not be
merely for farm or ranch labor. The
young, men should be given a gen
erous amount of education in agri
culture by. simple, interesting, scien
tific instruction through lectures.
farm and field demonstrations and
The fundamental
principles of raising crops, prepara
tion, of the land, selection of seed,
production and use of fertilizers
and care of the crops from sowing
to harvest should be taught, as well
as the storage of the crops and their
distribution to market. The breed
ing of poultry, cattle and all live
stock should be taught, with special
emphasis laid on the economic im
portance of pure breds and the se
lection of the most productive in
dividuals for breeding, as proven by
the . experience of Holstein Friesian
breeding and milk production.
There would be abundant oppor
tunity to teach many scientific facts
of the out-of-doors relating to the
production of fruit and garden vege
tables, protection against insect
pests, cultivation of flowers and the
elements of forestry. A multiude of
interesting facts regarding nature
would occur to any alert teacher.
This instruction would not only
afford pleasing recreation from man
ual labor, but also would give our
young men broad and liberal educa
tion in agriculture and in nature and
create an interest which would at
tract many of them permanently to
the farms. , And it would give all of
them robust health and keen, life
long interest in out-of-door life.
The educational division of the
plan should be in charge of the state
agricultural colleges.
The abundant silpply of depend
able labor would permit the farm
work to be done in twoahlfts of
eight hours, covering the entire day
from sunrise to sunset. .4 or 5 a. tn.
to 8 or 9 p. m. This arrangement
of shifts would remove all cause for
objection by farmers to the daylight
saving, plan, because the farmer
could direct his work to the best ad
vantage at all hours of the day.
As the ni4M would not be ex
hausted by twelve to sixteen hours'
labor, but would be In excellent con
dition from only eight hours' labor,
they could more than double the ef
ficiency of the farms by thorough
and intense cultivation. More effec
tive use of land would be possible.
Areas which are inferior pasture or
waste land could be brought into
fruitful production. . Rich, bog lands
could be drained. Scrub growth
corners could be made permanent
forests. Roadsides could be beauti
fied and used for pastures and for
fruit. Sheep-raising could be pro
moted in order to fertilize abandoned
farms and to produce mutton and
wool.
A further advantage would be
that tractors and all expensive farm
machinery could be used intensely.
The machinery would be owned by
groups of farmers or by the com
munity and would be sent from farm
to farm and kept in action sixteen
hours a day." Some implements,
such as tractors operating plows or
harrows, could be used twenty-four
hours a day with the help of arti
ficial lU:ht supplied by the tractor
engine, operated by eight-hour shift
labor.
The men should not be quartered
at the farmers' homes, though in
some cases it might be an advantage
if thev be furnished their midday
meal by the farmers. They should
be housed in camps or barracks cen
trally located in agricultural dis
tricts and they would sleep and eat
their two main meals at these mili
tary camps.
These agricultural camps would
house 100 or more men according
to the character of the district and
the means of distribution. The men
would be sent to the farms and
brought back to the camps by auto
mobile. In order to facilitate this
distribution of the men, as well as to
reduce , the cost of marketing the
crops, some of the men could be
used in building, country, roads.
The eight-hour shifts would give
the men ample time for training
r.lasees. -The educational Instruction
would be given at the camps.
Three great fundamentals of liv
ing are food, clothing and housing.
Food is the product of agriculture.
Wool, cotton, leather and linen, the
raw materials of clothing, are pro
ducts of agriculture. Lumber, an
important material In housing and
in furniture, is a product of forestry,
which is tree agriculture. The high
cost of living can be reduced only
by abundant and cheap production
of food, clothing and housing. This
result is assured by the system of
national agricultural co-operation
here presented. Not only is it cap
able of yielding an abundance of
cheap food and clothing for our own
people, but also it will insure a lib
eral surplus for export to be ex
changed for the raw materials we
require from foreign countries.
The most highly perfected social
organization in the world is that of
the bees, who produce not only suf
ficient food for themselves but a
liberal surplus for export to mankind
by their thoroughly organized system
of food production. The national
svstem of production of food here
proposed for the American people
is essentially identical with that of
the bees.
The plan Is wholly practicable.
Only a few of Its possibilities are
su-rgested. but from these it is plain
that the system can be a powerful
national influence in the production
ef food and In the education of our
yojng men.
It is brought to your attention in
the hope that you will approve of it
and present it earnestly and per
sistently to your associates and to
the public. I trust that you will not
only approve of It, but that you will
accept it with hearty enthusiasm and
do all in your power to bring it to
public notice that it may be inaug
urated as a permanent part of our
national food economics, as well as
a pjrt of our svstem of national edu
cation. H. W. JORDAN.
The Day We Celebrate
Robert B. Bacon, department
manager McCord-Brady company,
born 1855.
Mario Q. Menocal. president of the
Republic of Cuba, born In the prov
ince of Matansas, 63 years ago.
Pletro Mascagnl. composer of
"Cavallerla Rustlcana," born at Leg
horn, Italy. 58 years ago.
Dr. Edward R. Birge, the new
president of the University of Wis
consin, born at Troy, N. Y., 6S years
ago.
Charles F. Scott, Kansas news
paper publisher and former con
gressman, born in Allen county,
Kansas,, 69 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago In Omaha
Chess club oflicers were lected as
follows: President, George E. Bar
ker; vice-president, Julius Meyer;
corresponding secretary, Edrard
Daniels; financial secretary, E C.
Clippenger.
A farewell reception was given at
the Walnut Hill Presbyterian church
for Dr. J. W. McKaln and wife, who
are soon to sail from San Francisco
for Siam to engage in medical mis
sionary work.
Maj. D. W. Benham and family
have taken rooms at the Paxton
hotel, where they will remain for the
winter.
Cards have been Issued announc
ing the approachfng marriage of
Miss Theresa Loeffler to J. Hessel
berger of this city, at Washington
hall.
The city will lose one of Its bright
est social and musical lights when
Nat M. Brigham, who has contracted
with a New York musical manager,
leaves the city.
She Was Optimistic.
' My dear," moaned the patient, as
he tossed restlessly on his bed, "it's
the doctor I'm thinking of. His bill
will be terrlblei"
"Never mind, Joseph." said his
wife consolingly. "You know there's
the insurance money." Answers,
London.
THE SPICE OF LIFE. '
"Pon't you enjoy llatanlng to tha honH:
of th wild gooaot" ,
"Not whan h'a driving- an automobile."
Brooklyn Cllltan.
"Mr. Jllib'a tamper can't ba of tha beat.
Sha romplotna that hr huabund la con
tinually ultlns har out."
"What tlae ran aha expect In marrylnf a
fireman ?" Baltimore American.
"Have you sot a price list T
"Not a recent one, tnn.Um: but I ran
lve you an oM one, and nil you have to
do la to multiply verythlnf by two.
Chicago Tribune.
Flrat Pehutante "They ay Jack'a quite
an expert In the art of aelf-defenae."
Second Debutante "Hardlyl ',"
made hi in propoaa In Juat one week."
Lite.
Butcher "Thla pound of butter you
aent me la three ounce ahort.'' -
Qrocer "Well. I mlalald tha pound
weight, ao 1 m'elahed It by the pound of
rhopa you aent ma ycaterday." Farm and
Home. j'
Junior "So you didn't propoaa to har,
after all?"
Weed "No. And I'm not trolng to.
When I sot to her houee t found har
rhaelna; a mouse with a broom." Fatoreon
Prean-Uuardlan.
Sunday School Teacher Whera 4to all
little boy and gltie go to who do not put
their pennlea In the collection bolt
Pupil Plcaie. m'm. to tha picture.
Pateraon Preaa-Ouardlan.
Speaker Thank Oofl, the country hag
gone dry. It will bring aunahlne to many
a home.
Sk.'ptlc Tee, and moonahlna, too,
brother! Michigan Gargoyle.
Country Boarder Tou wrot that you
were never bothered by moaqultoea here,
anil they have olmoet eaten me alive.
Farmer I didn't aay anthlng about 'am
botherln you. did I? I eald they never
bother me. an" they don't; I'm uaed to 'em.
Boston Transcript.
IN HER TIME.
A little woman old and bent
From toll, by many aald.
And a small, wisp of snow-white Iit
Was twisted tight upon her head.
Her akin so yellow and wrinkled
In many deep drawn llnea.
And eyes that once did twinkle j
Long since have lost their atalne.
By all ahe Is known aa "Granny,"
But sometime In her prime
This same little woman, now "granny.
May hav been a belle In her time.
BELLE VIEW.
Hay Fever Loses Terror
Man's arch enemy hay fever has at last met de
feat for the first time in lo, these many years.
CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS spell happy men
who, heretofore, dreaded the fall season. Let me dem
onstrate.
J. A. MARKWELL
CHIROPRACTOR SIXTH FLOOR PAXTON BLOCK.
Phone Douglas 9244. -Residence
Phone Harney 7118.
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION TO EACH PATIENT.
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piano to wKicK orve Has grown
attached by years of service.
Yet musicians
artistic development mevjtably
are drawn to itkg : '
"by tn? transcendent. matcKless
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iiiucAi qualities wnicxv nave
estabhsried its uriapproflci
supremacy -among all the
pianos of the world.
yhesi priced highest praised.
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& Sons, Sohmer, Brambach, Kimball, Bush-Lane, Cable-Nelson and
Hospe pianos.
Players: Appollo, Gulbransen and Hospa.
Lowest Prices Highest Quality.
Our Cash Prices Are Our Tim Price.
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