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You should know that
The Inderal Land Bank in Omaha
is one of the leading institutions of
its kind in the United States.
The city commission has a duty, also.
Omaha's regular police force will now go
on duty.
You will have to admit that Policeman
Brigham was a busy boy.
: Omaha started off the Jewish relief fund
very happily. The hard work is yet to come.
D'Annunzio's politics show no signs of de
cadence, whatever may be said of his dramas.
, "Morals" that must he supported by thug
gery and murder is not good for any community.
; Amateur wireless operators may listen in
but BOt talk, for the war is not yet over in
America.
Having reached Portland, the president is
BOt going much farther west, unless he puts
oat to sea.
; Omaha voters will be asked to say whether
a new jail is wanted, a slight concession from
tha commissioners.
v Former Field Marshal von Mackensen is
reported interned at Saloniki. How art the
mighty fallen, indeed!
Z The mayor should worry about being
"booed" at a Sunday ball game. The umpire
has stood it for years.
Omaha amateur ball players have kept the
city on the sporting map, if the professionals
did xfall down on the job.
An American aviator has mounted to 34,000
t . i r f : - . . ; . 1
j reel, ana nnas ine air getting warmer up mcic.
! This may be a refuge in winter time.
Governor Coolidge has the right idea as to
policemen's unions, and the courage to uphold
the dignity of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Senator McCumber's effort to split the dif
ference between the majority and minority re
ports amounts to just about that much and
no more.
v' "Jitney" ice stations close a record year.
Kow let the Water board take steps to extend
the service, so that all who wish may get benefit
from it.
' ' Stenographer Bullitt's statement "rides," so
far at denials from either Mr. Lansing or Col
onel House are concerned. People wiff appre
ciate their silence.
How and where to park autos on the streets
it worrying the city commission. One good
thing to keep in mind is the right of the public
to nse the thoroughfares for passage of traffic.
An increase of $26,000,000 '.n local bank de
posits for the year is a fair indication of the
measure of prosperity hereabouts. And an in
crease of $21,000,000 in loans shows the dollars
are not idle.
Mr. Bullitt's chapter of history concerning
the Paris doings was not listened to by any
democrats, greatly to their present dismay.
Feigning indifference to committee proceedings
occasionally costs something.
Better Pay for Postal Clerk
There are not a few classes of workers who,
(like the postal clerks, have the grievance that
their incomes have not increased in the same
fratio a the cost of living. Some of these other
classes are able to make their needs known and
are doing it, while the rest, for one or another
reason, are without audible spokesmen and are
not receiving the attention they deserve. Li
brarians and engineers were mentioned the
Other day as among the neglected groups, and
mentioned, too, with an implication that the
groups from whom much is heard are making
oo much outcry, as if their woes were peculiar
to themselves.
That is not the position to take in dealing
with this subject. It is better to rejoice that
circumstances or persistence in some cases
have brought about the sort of publicity that
nearly always, sooner or later, leads to the
remedying of wrongs. The postal clerks differ
from other like sufferers from discrepancy be
tween income and enforced expenditures only
in having been fortunate enough, or able
enough, to bring their condition before a com
mittee of congress. The investigation of that
condition now in progress hardly can fail to
have the effect of getting for these men salaries
enabling them to live in the decency and com
fort earned by their industry and intellgience.
iney nnot ao that now, as nas Deen made
, evTCrsTi by the testimony given before the joint
commission on postal salaries, and more to the
same effect has been made available by Repre
sentative King of Illinois, who recently took
the trouble to secure from men in the railway
-postal service detailed information as to what
they are getting and what they spend it for.
Their letters, as printed in the Congressional
Record, leave no doubt that these servants of
ahe government of us all, that 15 are under-
WHERE DOES GERMANY COME IN?
The president, some of the senators, and
many of the unofficial advocates of the "swal
low it whole" plan for disposing of the treaty
have insisted that any modifications in the text
as submitted will subject us to the humiliation
of approaching Germany for a new treaty.
Why they do not make clear.
Germany has nothing whatever to say with
regard to Shantung; the question of the voting
power in the assembly does not affect Ger
many, as that country is not yet and may never
become a member of the League of Nations;
the relation between the constitution of the
United States and Article X is not a German
affair, nor is the Monroe Doctrine or our in
sistence on the right of regulating our own do
mestic policies and of determining what ques
tions are domestic and our own to deal with.
Senator Hitchcock in presenting his minor
ity report disposed of the whole question very
neatly. He said Germany was told when to
sign and where to sign. The defeated foe was
not consulted as to terms of the treaty, nor is
it at all likely that he will be. In what better
position is Germany today than at any time
since the armistice was signed ten months ago?
The power that compelled acceptance of the
terms offered still is potent.
No modifications of the terms as they affect
Germany has yet been proposed. Assertions
that we will have to go to Berlin, hat in hand,
to beg for a treaty are ridiculous efforts to
befog the public mind. Our dealings on this
point are with our associates in the war. Nor
is it in any sense unreasonable to ask that they
make some concession to America. England,
France and Italy are friendly and Japan pro
fesses to be. What danger can be found in
going to our friends with a request forTeason
able modifications of the language of the treaty
on points that need clearing up? In any event,
the German bugaboo is a straw man, and will
soon be withdrawn from public view.
Nebraska's Great University.
On Wednesday of this week registration will
commence for the fifty-first year of active school
work at the University of Nebraska. This great
institution, the capstone of the great structure
of free education in this state, begins its second
half-century with splendid prospects. Fervent
devotion to the spread of enlightenment moved
the pioneers of the state to lay a broad and
substantial foundation for public education, on
which has been built up a system that is a
source of justifiable pride to all citizens. Not
only have our schools kept abreast of progress
in science and scholarship, but in all other ways
have they advanced. The sodhouse has given
place to the modern school building, equipped
with apparatus and utensils of which the fathers
did not dream. Instruction in the rudiments of
learning is carried on with greater care and
success than ever, and this painstaking effort
may be noted all the way along, from the kin
dergarten to the postgraduate courses at the
university. The enrollment at the great school
at Lincoln denotes the disposition of Ne
braskans to take full advantage of the oppor
tunity so offered. It has increased from year
to year, just as the importance and thorough
ness of the colleges and instruction have
grown, and it is confidently expected that the
coming week will see a larger number than ever
set down in the lists of the student body. The
University of Nebraska has returned manyfold
for all it has cost.
D'Annurrio's Bad Break.
The coup executed by Gabrielle d'Annunzio,
who entered Fiunie at head of a considerable
body of Italian soldiers and has undertaken to
establish himself there may charitably be looked
upon as an effect of his overheated poetic imagi
nation. His capacity for dramatic conception and
poetic expression has led him into a decidedly
delicate position. It was truly disappointing to
him, as to many other patriotic Italians, that
Fiume was not awarded to Italy, but the
Italian government has accepted the judgment
of the Peace conference, and that should close
the incident. Friction between the Italians and
the Jugo-Slavs will not be lessened by the
spectacular performance of the group headed
by the excitable poet. Premier Nitti refers to
the supporters of d'Annunzio as "lunatics be
traying the cause of the fatherland." The se
rious aspect of the case includes a possibility of
civil war in Italy, for the disaffection in the
army is considerable, and popular sentiment is
so divided as to give the seditious movement
strong support. The break of the warrior-poet
has not reached the limit of its effect yet.
President and the Radicals.
President Wilson's interview with the Seattle
"radicals" on Sunday holds something of a
disappointing quality. Just what transpired is
not fully known, and perhaps never will be, but
the fact that a group of "revolutionists," mas
querading as labor leaders, should obtain an
audience with the chief magistrate is in itself
sinisterly significant. We may be sure that
the followers of "Jim" Duncan will take his ad
vice in preference to any the president gives, and
that he will not counsel the "reds" of the Puget
sound country to behave themselves any better
in the future than they have In the past. Their
demand for the release of "political prisoners"
has quite as much show of right, though, as
that made by Upton Sinclair a year or more
ago, but did not bring the results that followed
then. It is to be hoped that when Secretary
Tumulty gives out the record of what took
place at the conference, it will show more of
firmness on part of the president -. than his
epitome exhibits.
Talk about the potato yield of 6,500,000
bushels for Nebraska being only half a crop
is nonsense. The yield for 1918, the biggest on
record and especially stimulated by war condi
tions, was only 10,300,000 bushels, which fact
suggests that the present season's harvest will
be very near normal. It is by such loose state
ments with reference to crop yields that en
courages the profiteer.
Americans continue to make great sacri
fices on the altar of carelessness, the fire losses
recorded for the last few weeks being entirely
too large. Destruction of food and building
material at this time is as deplorable as though
it had occurred during the war. More vigilance
is the only remedy.
naid. The extent of the underpayment is cruel
ftr diseracetu . according to trie point ci view, i
but it is unquestionable. New York Times. i
New records for receipts of live stock at
the local yards look good at first, but back of
them is the specter of denuded ranges which
must be restocked before normal conditions
can come again. Legislation will not help this
situation.
Keeping House in Berlin
From the London Times.
Berlin, July 29 (By Mail.) As I was passing
down the Fredrichstrasse today my eye was
caught by a crowd of people which suddenly
collected in front of a delicatessen shop.
It was only with difficulty that one could
get near enough to see what it was that at
tracted so much attention. I heard exclama
tions of wonder and admiration, and on look
ing a little more closely saw a bunch of ba
nanas which the shopkeeper had just hung up
in the window and which was a novelty to the
Berliners, who for nearly five years have seen
not a trace of this fruit, once so plentiful and
cheap in the capital.
The smiling faces and little jokes made it
quite evident that the banana was recognized
as a symbol of peace, and that the delight felt
at its presence was due to the evidence it af
forded that the blockade was a thing of the
past.
Even home fruits were not seen by the peo
ple last year, all having been requisitioned by
government for the making of jam. This year
there is a great improvement, and the barrows
of cherries, temptingly stationed at the street
corners, attract many buyers. The price of
cherries today is chalked up on boards dis
played by these street vendors as M.1.50 to
M.1.80 per pound, the latter price being asked for
the zuckersuess Whitehearts. One wonders what
would have been said by the police of pre-war
days to these itinerant merchants or rather
one does not wonder, one knows quite well
that they would have been moved on with
scant ceremony if they had had the daring to
appear where they now stand unmolested.
The revolution practically swept the auto
cratic Berlin policeman out of existence. In
deed, I have only seen one in the last fortnight,
and he was bent on moving a cherry barrow
at the corner of the Mittelstrasse and the Frie
drichstrasse. In this, however, he was unsuc
cessful, as half a dozen proletarians informed
him quite crudely that they would damage his
beauty if he insisted on any of his imperial
proceedings, whereupon, following an illustri
ous example, he quickly retired to a more neu
tral territory. Indeed, one can hardly take a
couple of steps in Berlin, where street trading
was once so strictly forbidden, without coming
across peddlers, mostly in field gray uniform,
with a small tray laden with wares suspended
in front of them by a strap passed round the
neck. They sell cigars, soap and chocolate and
do a roaring trade.
Prices are falling gradually, and chocolate,
which a fortnight ago cost M.14.00 (14s. ) the
half nound. is now to be had for M.7.50
(7s. 6d.). The same chocolate fetched from
M.60 to M.80 per nound (3-4) before the
signing of peace F"glish coroa has also fallen
from between M.75 and M.90 (3 15s and
4 10s.) per pound a few weeks ago to between
M.15 and M.20 (5s and 1") a pound today.
Similar changes have occurred in the prices of
coffee, soap, and indeed of all those articles
which in large or small quantities managed to j
slip through the meshes of the blockade. j
Thr rlr-m.-inds irr r-icrarpts ic sn orpt that I
even the very large quantities of smuggled
F.pftlish and American citrarets are hardlv
able to cop with it. English ciarets still
cost about 50 pf. (6d.1 apiece. They com
mand a readv sale, as they are much better
than the German cigarets which are not much
lower in price.
The Germans are lookinjr forward very
much to the consignments of linen which they
hope to receive in the near future. All the
first-class hotels and restaurants use paper table
cloths, as the demand for linen for war pur
poses long aro caused the disappearance of
the papery which formerly set off the dinner
tables of Berlin with its snowy whiteness. I
know of only one restaurant in Berlin where
linen tablecloths are used today, and that is
not one of the most expensive.
The head waiter of a leading hotel in Unter
den Linden assured me a few days aero that
the paper tablecloths now in use which are
certainly very excellent substitutes are more
expensive than the linen, but that notwithstand
this they will continue to be used for a con
s'derable time, as linen is needed for more in
dispensable purposes.
Linen, however, has fallen substantially since
the signing of peace, partly because larf?e otian
tities were secretly held bv dealers who have
thrown them on the market (fearintr a loss
from subsequent competition) and partly he
cause the government has released hutje stocks
which it had acquired to ensure the necessary
supply during war time. Thus the larce firms
of costumers who a short time ago could hardly
supply a ladv's dress made of linen at less than
M.5.000 to M.6.000 (250 to 300). are now
selling readv-made costumes the cheapest of
which costs M.58 ( (2 18s.)
The fall of prices unquestionably has a
cheering influence on the state of mind of the
population. All the same, it is unanimously as
serted that the cost of housekeeping has un
dergone hardly any reduction worth speaking
of. This is attributable to the fact that most
of the things which have declined in price,
while they contribute to make life pleasanter
and more enjoyable, do not belong to those that
are indispensable.
Meat, for example, of which there is as
great a shortage as ever, so thai for weeks to
gether it cannot be distributed on the cards,
is sold surreptitiously for prices that are as
dear as, if not dearer than, those ruling in the
days of the war. Potatoes are not to he ob
tained at all by the people at large, though
they are supplied in the restaurants, which, of
course, the masses of the people cannot afford
to frequent. Groats, semolina, macaroni, etc.,
are distributed by the city only in small quan
tities, and that at prices not much below those
hitherto paid.
It will, therefore, be seen that the great con
vulsion through which Germany has passed
since the abdication of the kaiser has not yet
resulted and is not likely to result for a long
time to come in the restoration of anything
like normal conditions of life. Indeed, there
was truth as well as humor in the joke made
by the Berliners when some months ago they
described the Italian lemons (which made their
way to the capital by the strange and circuitous
route of Bohemia) as the first and only fruits
of the revolution.
fAt the present rate o fexchange the pound
sterling is equivalent to $4.66 in American
money, which brings the shilling to a little over
23 cents. The German mark is figured in this
article as equal in value to the English shilling.
Editor Bee.
DAY
The Day We Celebrate.
Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law, lord privy
seal and government leader in the British
House of Commons, born in New Brunswick 61
years ago.
Selden P. Spencer, United States senator
from Missouri, born at Erie, Pa., 57 years ago.
Hamlin Garland, noted novelist and dra
matic author, born at West Salem, Wis., 59
years ago.
Alfred Noyes, one of the most celebrated of
present day English poets, born 39 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Judge Groff of Omaha was appointed com
missioner of the general land office at Wash
ington. Oskamp & Haines' flour mill at Twentieth
and Pierce was destroyed by fire, the loss
amounting to $50,000.
J. B. Polk's new play, "The Silent Partner,"
created a good impression at Boyd's opera
house.
Dean Gardner and his family left for Utica,
N. Y., to be gone about a month.
People You Ask About
Information About Folks in
the Public Eye Will Be Given
in This Column in Answer
to Readers' Questions. Your
Name Will Not Be Printed.
Let The Bee Tell You.
Cardinal Mert-irr.
How old la Cardinal Mercier and
Just what was hls'services in connec
tion with the war? M. L.
Cardinal Mercier, born hi Belgium,
is nearing his 60th year. He is the
heroic Belgian prelate who defied the
German invaders and continued to
exhort his people to resistance even
after he had been barred from his
church and imprisoned by order of
the German military governor. Be
fore the war he waa known only as
an eminent philosopher in the
church, whose learning and teachings-
had added greatly to the repu
tation of the famous old University
of Louvain. Today he is regarded by
all the world as the foremost citizen
of tho realm next to the king. He
was ordained to the priesthood in
lis75 and from that time up to 1906,
when he was chosen archbishop of
Malines, he was professor of philos
ophy at the University of I-ouvain.
In 1907 he was elevated to the car
dlnalate. His eminence arrived in
New York September 10 to begin a
tour of the United States and Canada.
Rirtlitluy or Italian Prince.
In the quirinal at Rome, the of
ficial town residence of the Italian
royal family, a family celebration
was held on Monday in honor of the
15th birthday of the Prince of Pied
mont, the only son of King Victor
Emmanuel, and the future king of
Italy. Drought up in a tolerant man
ner by his father, the young prince
is said to be all boy, through and
through. For a youth of his age he
has had ome remarkable adven
tures, lie is the head of the Young'
Kxploreis or Italy, a body that cor
responds to the boy scouts in Eng
land and America, and he has done
a lot of things that any boy would
like to do. He has gone up in air
planes, down in submarines, steered
ships of war, sailed boats, shot at
wild boars and ridden cavalry horses.
Hut the things he is proudest of are
his trips to the front, for he was on
the battle line during the late war
not onre but many times, and he is
said to have displayed the same fear
lessness that characterized his father
during his frequent visits to the war
"one.
County Or'iauiaiio!!.
What counties in Nebraska have
supervisors and what counties have
commissioners? ,. l. s.
The following counties are un
der the township plan of government
and have supervisors: Adams. Ante
lope, lioyd, Buffalo, Hurt, Butler,
Clay. Cuming, Custer. Dixon, Dodge,
Fillmore. Franklin, Cage, Hall. Har
lan, Holt, Kearney, Kno:;, Merrick,
N'anee. Phelps, Platte. lUehardr-on,
Seward, Sherman, Valley, Webster
and York. All other of the !S coun
ties have commissioners.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE CHABMING MERMAID."
Diiropenn Dyes for .i!"i'i-n.
Is it true that the United States has
.'ent s-ome one to Europe to buy dyes
which are not manufactured in
Ameiv'a 7 If so. who is he and why
was he chosen Header.
The I'nited States has not sent
iny one to F.ur"pe officially for the
purpose you mention, though Dr.
Charles II. Herty has sailed with the
approval of President Wilson to ob
tain for th! dye consumers of the
United Slates a six months' supply of
such (ijrs as are now needed but not
y.'t manufactured in America. Prob
ably the reason for sending Dr.
Herty lies in the fact that he is a
celebrated chemist. He is a native of
Georgia, was educated at the univer
sity in his home state and at Johns
Hopkins university, lie also studied
in I'erlin and Zurich. Returning, he
served for several years as a teacher
in the University of Georgia and later
was connected with the Department
of Agriculture at Washington. In
HiO." he b?came professor of chem
istry in the University of North Car
c lina.
Geni'sro M. Cohan.
George M Cohan, who has been
taking a conspicuous part in the ef
forts of the theatrical managers to
"break" the actors' strike, is one of
the best known and most popular of
American comedians and playwrights
who berran acting when he was a lad
in knickerbockers, made his first hit
while still in his early teens, and
later, in vaudeville caught the crowd
with a sketch called "The Four
Cohans." in which lie shared honors
with other members of his family.
Later Mr. Cohan came to be the
managing producer and pomtlarizer
of plays of his own and also those
of other clever playwrights. As a
writer of popular songs he has also
earned an enviablp reputation. From
his efforts as actor, playwright, song
writer, producer and manager be has
earned a fortune that, according to
popular belief, has placed him in the
millionaire class.
(Fecsy, Billy. Balky Sam and Judge
Owl fo to aea a mermaid who alt on the
rock. In a lake and alnfa to a handsome
prince. Drawn by her lonf, th prince
jumpe Into th lake, aeekina; to answer
her call.)
CHAPTER in.
The Mermaid Vanishes.
THE handsome young prince sank
quickly beneath the waters of
the lake. And of course that was
to be expected when he was so
reckless as to plunge in when ho
couldn't swim a stroke. But then
he was very much In love with the
mermaid who was singing to him
and never stopped to think what
would happen.
Peggy and Billy and Balky Sam,
who Jumped in after him. could all
swim, and they paddled around anx
iously waiting for him to come up.
The instant his head showed above
the surface, Billy grabbed him by
the hair and Peggy grabbed huij
by the collar. He thrashed out
wildly with his arms, as drowning
persons are liable to de ana would
have dragged both Peggy and Billy
down with him if Balky Sam hadn't
been so near that Billy could seize
one or the mule s long ears.
"He-haw! Ouch!" brayed Balky
Sam, und then he swallowed such
a lot of water that he could only
gurgle and splutter. But Hilly hung
tight until he had pulled the hand
some young prince to Balky Sam's
i side and had helped him to climb
I on the mule's back,
i "Thank you," gulped the prince.
I "It's harder to swim than I
1 thought."
"Its easv ir you Know now,"
replied Billy.
"And easy to drown if you don't
know." added Peggy.
From across the waters came the
song of the mermaid, calling to the
prince:
Com to me, O my prince, slrong and
brave,
Come to me on the crest of a wave.
The prince gave a little groan of
despair. 1
"I must go to her!" he cried. "But
how how?"
"Hee-haw! Just stay on my back
and I'll take you there." brayed
Balky Sam.
"Beware the mermaid!" She
may be a siren who is luring you to
harm!" warned Peggy, but the
prince did not heed her. Balky Sam
shook his head to get the water out
of his nose, and set out for the
rocky island at a rate which would
soon have left Peggy and Billy far
behind if Billy had not made an
other ouick grab. This time he got
Balky Sam by the tail and hung on
for all he was worth. And as he
went by Peggy grabbed Billy by the
back of his waist. She felt that the
prince might need to be guarded
against his own folly.
So they set off to find the mer
maid, with Balky Sam snorting and
paddling like a steamboat and Billy
and Peggy towing along behind like
barges following a tug.
It was a good thing that Peggy
and Billy got into this tow, for the
rocky island where sat the singing
mermaid was far out in the lake
much further than they would have
dared to swim alone.
Sweeter grew the song as they
drew near the rocks and clearer
grew their vision of the singing
mermaid. She herself was all un
knowing that they were near, for
Ihc waves hid them from sight.
"Ah, but she is wondrous fair!"
murmured the prince, and Peggy
and Billy agreed with him. Never
had they seen a more charming
maide n.
"What did 1 tell you?" trium
phantly hooted Judge Owl, who had
fiown along with them.
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'Ah, But She is Wondrous Fair!"
Murmured the Prince, anil Pcgjrv
and Billy Agreed With Him.
Prlm-e of dollars. M-inon of my heart
Cruel is the fnto that keeps us Rpart.
So sang the mermaid. And the
answer came unexpectedly, for the
prince sat up straight on Balky
Sam's back, stretched out his arms
toward her ami cried out loudly:
"No fate can keep us apart. I
come, 1 come, my beautiful mer
maid love."
The mermaid's song ended in a
FROM HERE AND THERE.
It Is Icgend, Not Kn"t.
The legend, which the Kent folk
still like to tell, of how Napoleon
once landed on the English coast
somewhere near Dover, has been
treated with a good deal more re
spect by the playwreight than by
the -historian. Lack of evidence, it
must be admitted, is a drawback to
the acceptance of historic fact, but
when it comes to the basis of a
play, why fiction is as good if not
better than truth. The Kent Napo
leonic legend which Mr. Herbert
Trench has made such good use of
in his "Napoleon" might possibly be
true, and if "le Petit Corporal" had
set foot on English shores it would
have been just as Mr. Trench indi
cates, in 1805, when he was nurs
ing the sehceme of bridging the nar
row gray dividing line and throw
ing his great armies across from Bo
logne. But, as it turned out Napo
leon thought better of it and turned
his ambition in another direction.
Christian Science Monitor.
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About tlio Cost of Living.
Omaha, Sept. 9. To the Editor
of The Bee: 1 wish to express my
gratitude to you and your paper for
the stand you are taking against
those unscrupulous, selfish profiteers
for the welfare and benefit of the
people, notwithstanding the fact
that The Bee no doubt will be the
loser by some ads. and, it Is very
complimentary to know that the
people have one paper in their
midst to champion their cause. It
is not only the rent profiteer we
have to combat, hut every one who
deals in necessities of life, including
wearing apparel. To start with, the
packing monopoly is the greatest
combination of profiteers to cope
with; then come the cold storage
houses, the middlemen, and last
but not least, the retailer.
Some of our wise students of
economy and hisrh financiers are
trying to make the people believe
that there is an overabundance of
money in the country and. there
fore, the 100-cent dollar is only
worth about 50 cents in purchasing
value, which story is a creation of
! their own. We will admit that
money is plentiful; does the laborer
or layman derive any benefit from
it at prevailing prices of necessi
ties? No. The seeret is. big busi
ness knew this war was coming, no
doubt partly through their influence.
They started hoarding foot! supplies,
clothing and hides in order to cre
ate a temporary shortage. The law
of supply and demand governs the
price of commodities, therefore,
the prices are rising, the supply is
withheld from the market, by the
profiteers and speculators and right
here we have the greatest source of
evil. Were it not for cold storage
house perishable goods would not
be hoarded, but sold directly to the
consumer from the producer, es
pecially meats, butter, eggs and
fruits, and then there would not be
any shortage in perishable and sea
sonable commodities.
Another great unnecessary evil
we have to contend with is Wall
street and the grain speculator.
Those nre in socialistic parlance
parasites, who never produce any
thing but are a great detriment to
society at large. They create panics
and hard times at their will. That
class of people should not be al
lowed to follow their vocation at
the expense of others in a so-called
democratic country, as in course of
time such things have a tendency
to spread anarchism and holshevism
among the working class, who have
to suffer on their account.
I bought at the Auditorium a
side of so-called army bacon at 34
or 35 cents a pound, which would
have been cheap enough if it was
bacon, but when I got it home I
discovered that it was nothing but
half cured sowbelly, all fat, dear at
25 cents a pound at today's prices.
I merely mention this instance to
show how the combination of pack
ers robbed the government and the
government to my understanding is
the people, who eventually have to
1001 tne bills. This is only one in
cident. The same graft happened
in clothing and shoes. Also, I read
an article in some paper where the
government got even cheated in am
munition and in wartime at that.
What did those crooks get as pun
ishment? Never neard any more
of it. It I were judge and had to
mete out justice to such kind of
grafters, I would condemn them to
be shot to death.
Since there has been so much
agitation against profiteering in
some instances the prices have been
lowered a few cents on some arti
cles, but not in general. President
Wilson's slogan is, produce more to
bring prices down. It would not
have any effect. Get the profiteers!
Kill them or put them for life in
the penitentiary and there will be
an end to profiteering.
L. PHILLIPSON.
1618 Davenport.
A WINDOW.
China has 200, 00(1 square miles of
coal fields.
Nearly 4,000 islands are comprised
in the Japanese dominions.
French soldiers in uniform re al
lowed to ride on the railways at
quarter fare.
France has fewer paupers and
fcv. er millionaires than any other
prominent country.
In Madras the tanning of snake
skins for the manufacture of wo
rm n's belts has become quite a
profitable industry.
Violet-scented seaweed grows in
the lakes of the Manvishlak ireiin
snla, in the Caspian sea, and the
pleasant odor therefrom scents the
air for miles around.
it is estimated that at the present
rate of increase, both of consump
tion and of the output of petroleum,
the known oil fields of the United
States will be exhausted by the year
1035.
A person who is partially deaf can
hear best when riding in a railway
train. The rumbling of the train
causes the drum of the ear to vi
brate, and in this way excites the ca
pa' ity to hear.
The sound of the tramp of march
ing soldiers always appears to be
irregular, even when all the feet are
raised and set down at the same
identical instant, with no soldiers out
of step. The apparent irregularity
is because the sounds of the tread
ing proceed from different distances,
and, though produced in unison,
reach the listener's ears in varying
periods of time.
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A Yellow Head not seen before
Perhaps next week I'll show you
Dritw from one to two and eo on to th)
end.
little cry of fear, her eyes grew big
in alarm, and all of a sudden ahe
vanished. One moment she was
there, radiant in her beauty as she
sang her love song. The next mo
ment she was gone, and the empty
waves lapped the rock where she
had sat.
(Tomorrow will hn told what appear tn
place of the mermaid.)
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ages only, Ilka picture above.
Refuse all substitute.
Hot,
Sultry Nights
rob Nature of the chance
to rebuild, by refreshing
and restful sleep, the
wasted tissues of the
body. That limp and pros
trated feeling caused by
wakeful, restless nights is
quickly relieved by
B To Those Who
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Just a bit of wood and blrdland
Just a little clump of fern;
1 t a city day Is (rladdenrd
Bv the grateful birrst of eong
8omeone gives this happy vision
Of the heart of things worth while;
Someone In the world of tumult
Thought to give this little smile.
N'o commercial tone engages
In the setting of the scene;
Jn one buys these wares for cage
From their fairyland of green.
MOLLIS D. CHESNL'T.
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In most cases the sick skin quickly
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Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap are sold
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