Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1921)
4 THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY S, 1921 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBL1SH1NO COMPANY, NELSON B. UPDIKE. Fubliihcr. MEMBER OF THC ASSOCIATED PRESS . Tlx Awuclatea Pnw. of hluh IbiBHlil awnktr. It u ahmwli entitled to Un m for pbllotto at ill aewi diiiietnlwe credited la ft or lot otlwrwtM credited In thli paper, end eleo tbe Imel um pubUabed kartln. All flfaU 0( pualleatloo of 001 epectal dgielclire ere i!k rnmd. BEE TELEPHONES Prlitl Branrb bcaante. Ae fn Tlj, 1 (VIA toe Department of cwho wwtttd. lyicr iuw For Nltkt Colli Aftor 10 P. M.l Kdltnrltl Deiartweat ........... Trlf loom I'lituluun Department .......... ilr 1MWL Idtertltlua Department .......... Tyler lOOU. OFFICES OF THE BEE alaln Office: ITU) and Famea cbuimu Biurri u tooit at own Bid ai n bl Out-ol-Tovn Olftceei New Tort M rifta Are. waaklnsttei 1SU a 81 CoIomo - 8tur HI1(. Ptrl rreae 4N Sua St. Houor The Bee's Platform 1. Now Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improrenient of the No break HigKweyt, Including the pT , ment of Main Thoroughfares loading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3 A abort, low-rato Waterway from the Corn Bolt to tho Atlantic Ocoan. 4. Homo Rulo Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. "DAMN THE TORPEDOES." Farragut had an objective. He knew that Mobile bay was filled with danger, just a well as did those advisers who warned him, but he gave utterance to gnc of those tense sentences that epitomize American spirit. "Damn the tor pedoes! Full steam ahead 1" And Farragut made history that day. IJad he temporized, faltered, played safe, the story of the war might have been very different. Just now all America needs a little revival of 'the Farragut temper. We have a 'distinct objec tive. It is to make J921 the greatest year in our national history, great in every essential element of lite and growth. That this can be done, and ' will be done, is plain to all. Not everybody Twill succeed in all his projects; that never did happen, and probably never can happen. What can be brought about is such a wealth of pros perity as will give everybody some, share in the . bounty that comes when every energy is bent in the same direction. '"' This is no time for doubt and distrust, for uncanny caution, or for the excrcise-'of impru dent economy. The Bee does not advocate reck less extravagance; it has always warned against that, urging its readers at all times to show dis criminating judgment in whatever venture or emprise they took part in, but it has steadfastly endeavored to encourage and applaud all useful enterprises and to aid in the developmentof public and private gefed. To that purpose it still is devoted, and now advises all to shake off the lethargy that has settled on business and to set out boldly on the. path of progress. Our country is the richest in the world. We have not reached the, limit of our natural re sources, nor attained the peak of production. The firm foundation of our national wealth is undisturbed by the upheaval of war. We have the greatest population and the smallest debt of any of the great powers. We have everything that is necessary for happiness. All that is needed is to secure that happiness by exerting our faculties and energy as a people to make the dream come true. This is the first business day of a new year. Face it with the firm belief that the worst of the storm has passed and that readjustment has prog- ressed far enough to give enterprise a clear track. Cool heads and clear judgment, guided by experience and sustained by courage, will lead the country to its objective. Damn 4hc torpedoes I Let's got Pennsylvania and Its Employes. One of the most interesting announcements in connection with the new year is that of the formation of a review board for the Pennsyl vania railroad, to'handle labor matters affecting the operatives in the train service. Seven groups are involved, and are accorded equal representa tion with the management on the board. The significance of this, which is tremendous, will be readily appreciated by those who have fol lowed the developments of labor organizations. It is not so much in 'the fact that the Pennsyl vania thus recognizes organizations of its em ployes, a thing it has long opposed, but rather that it will deal with them through the agency of a general board instead of as groups or in ' dividuals. " Radical labor leaders have contended for the general board to look after all the affairs of all railway workers; radical opponents of organ ized labor have insisted on considering each grievance by the road on which it originated .and jrvith only those who were immediately af fected. Moderate men on both sides have recog nized the futility of either plan, the difficulty arising from efforts at a general standardiza tion of pay and working conditions being given proper weight Experience with government - management showed the fallacy of rule-of-thumb methods in dealing with such problems. The Pennsylvania plan will have much in fluence in bringing a solution 6 one of tfie most vexed of industrial problems. It has nothing to . do with the "open shop," intrinsically, but the force it wit! put behind the doctrine of collec tive bargaining as an applied element of employ ' raent management is bound to be potent in K. establishing industrial relations on a more . : reasonable footing. v ' " r Mississippi and the Mennonites. i Protests from Mississippi's American Legion " against the settlement of 40,000 MennOnite farm ers and families on land in that state are under V standable, but at the same time are open to ques tionfcn thecore of their wisdom. While it is I. true that these people were during the war ; ; conscientiously oppose4 to military service, it is i not with any great amount of pleasure that the , government of Canada sees them leave. For the Mennonites are a thrifty folk, hard working tillers of the soil, needed alike in a new country such as Canada and in old and rundown districts such as exist in some parts of the south. The very quality of determination that is shown in the history of their emigration from Germany to Russia to escape military conscription and then to Canada and the United Spates, is a val uable one when applied in other directions. The czar of Russia recognized their value to his na tion and invited them to leave Germany nnder his promise of exemption from army service. This pledge was later broken, and Mennonites have since that time built up prosperous com munities in many parts of the middle west. What they have done elsewhere in a construc tive way these Mennonites could do also in the south. In Mississippi, where great tracts, of land lie undrained and unused, and where now the negroes outnumber the whites, the addition of 40,000 substantial citizens would seem to. offer advantages more than outweighing their religious scruple against engaging in war, Up to the School Board. The fire of Saturday night,; when frame buildings designed for the High School of Com merce were destroyed, contains 'an admonition to the Board of Education that scarcely can be missed. It means only one thing. Work of construction on the uilding for which bonds have been voted, plans drawn and a site secured, should not be delayed an instant. The Bee is aware that conditions in tht money market and the building industry have been unfavorable, but it is also aware that another condition is dan gerous. Children's lives arc exposed in the frame shacks that adorn Leavenworth street; tempor ary, we admit, but, as make-shifes usually do, serving to palliate, delay in the important work of providing the permanent home for this great feature of the city's public school system. We are not inclined to find fault with anyone in this matter. We merely want to urge on the Board of Education that it hasten its action with all possible speed. If relief is needed in the way of a change in the. law, it ought to be secured from the legislature before the week ends. -Let us have the new High School of Commerce building, for which provision has been made, as speedily as possible. Let's Talk About America. To the announcement that President-elect Harding has turned from consideration of for eign policy to domestic affairs the public will say, amen. . Callers at Marion are now dis cussing such problems as budget appropriations, taxes, agriculture, trade and credit, instead of concentrating on the single, question of the League of Nations. This is taking a stitch in time that may save a great deal of ripping and tearing in the near future. - Few presidents have conje into office at such a difficult time as will Senator Harding. The period is one of transition, in which America can step aheada dozen years in one or fall back hajf a century. The victory for progress is not to be won on foreign fields, but chiefly at home. Prosperity, industrial peace and-justice, econony and efficiency of administration await the bid ding of the incoming republican administration. With an astonishing, unanimity of opinion, Mr. Harding has been entrusted with these high duties, and the businesslike manner in which he is taking up the subjects with men most fitted to advise him ought to solidify his support. Whether or not the democratic party is dead forever is a very real question. Certainly in its present leaderless condition it does not show any great signs of animation. This leads the editor of the National Republican to state in a recent issue that it is no longer possible for two lileral or two conservative parties to divide their strength, and that if the republican party is retired from power it will be by the forces of extreme radicalism "either in control of he so- called democratic party, or through a new party organization." The editor continues as follows: Upon the success of the republican party in working out the problems now confronting the nation depends the very character of our institutions, for, if it should fail, the pendulum "of public opinion will inevitably swing to extreme radicalism which would establish in this country that class government which in , Russia has its working model in bolshevism. In other words, the battle of the future in this country isbetween republicanism and state socialism. To keep alive the hope of reviving the democratic party of an older, oetter day, a party which is as dead as federalism or whig gism, is only to make possible a division of liberal-conservative sentiment in this country over which united radicalism might triumph. Every man and woman- who helped place upon President-elect Harding and his associ ates the great responsibility, duty and oppor tunity which is theirs, and every other be liever in the traditional principles either of republicanism or of historical democracy, should now join in helping republican leader ship make good. They should do that not as a party, but what is greater than that, a pa triotic service, essential to the preservation of this republic from the forces of socialism and internationalism which are massing against Americanism at home and abroad. This is the spirit of a united America, and it is with this feeling that men and women, which ever their old party allegiance, are standing loyally by Mr. Harding, resolved that no ob stacle shall be put in his path and that no help ing hand will be denied along tfe way. (Fair to Railroads and the People. After being held in abeyance for six years, the provision of the Gayton anti-trust law regulat ing the dealings between railroad corporations and concerns in which their officials are finan cially interested has been put into effect. The claim has often beeimade, and sometimes sub stantiated, that railroad directors did not scruple to throw business such as that concerned with repairs, equipment or fuel supply to companies in which they had a heavy financial interest, not because of any advantage of cheapness, but at prices unfair to the stockholders of the rail road, and immensely, profitable to the supply companies. The law which now goes into effect has been reasonably interpreted not to forbid dealings with companies having inter-locking director ates, but' as specifying that in such cases the favored company's bid must be the lowest in open competition. Under the regulation of the Interstate Commerce commission, suspicion of railroads being milked by such dealings will be effectively downed. The rights of railroads to buy most Jdvantageously will not Be infringed, and the rights of the public and of the stock holders, who would bear the burden of unfair practice, will be protected. "Big Jeff has the right dope on Mussel Shoals. Enough public-money has gone in there to satisfy anybody but the southern promoters. Absence of democrats probably will not de prive the Nebraska legislature of "the variety . L t frt ' f - mai comes irom ainercuce oi opinion. 1 De Valera is now said to be in Ireland, but his address is not given. John Bull will prob ably provide him with one. New Year's eve in Omaha saw the last of much cherished private stock, if nothing else. L Omaha will miss the balloon school at that :'0' Haw to tho Lino, lot tbo uipa fall whera tho? may. A Line 0 ' Type or Two ONE of the most interesting of modern com positions is Gustav Hoist's "The Planets." Of the seven numbers, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter are said to be entirely successful, and the others, if perplexing, very interesting. We are remind ed that Mr. Chesterton, in one of his first essays, wondered why poets did not concern themselves with planets and sich, instead rf singing forever about trees and birds and grass. By the way, do you knowDebussy's intriguing little piano piece, "Canoper" Speaking of .Capopus, we hope Dr. Michael son wiinake a .trip south and measure our favorite star with his new device. He has meas ured Alpha OriOnus, and finds it to be 300 times as large as our sun, within a tew leet. Mac Attains Olympus. (From the Anawosa Journal.) Our well known merchant, Mae .The Jeweler, has "mado the line" by getting notice from the Une-O-Type" man. It ap- pears to B. L. T. that setting up furnaces Is ' a heavy occupation for a fine haired watch tinker, but If Mr. T. had experience with the old fashioned furnace .which frequently acted as a refrigerator he would know that it took a high grade mechanic to bring the furnace business to Its present state of de 1 velopment. "WHY should Galli-Curci leave as I arrive? Why should we not all be here together, to nelp and inspire each other.' Mary uarden. They will appreciate that who know how much Miss Garden depend upon her sister singers for hcjp and inspiration. SORRY. THERE WERE SEVERAL IN LINE AHEAD OF YOU. Sir: I have been waiting', very patiently, for some one to Inform you that the sincerity of A. L. Lewis, manager of the country elevator de partment of the Quaker Oats Company, is some times made questionable by the initials, ALL -GAS, appearing on his business correspondence, O. K. Sir: All this GET-FAT excitement reminds me of the case, so old it's probably new again, of one Simmons, who wrote letters for one Green, and signed them "Green, per Simmons." W. S. CLASSICAL WHO'S WHO. Cornelia was a matron "grand, Tho' poor she would exclaim, "What lack I?" She'd grasp a son by either hand: "These are my gems, my noble Gracchi." j ' i E. H. B. ONE of the things we have sworn off for the new year is waiting for boulevard buses. They are too few to be a convenience, and they disre gard signals so often' that they constitute an irritation., Telwythm BUT A WONDER AU LARGE. Sir: The second mate on a passenger ship, Alaska-bound from Seattle, had a new quarter master at the wheel. The Q. M. waa given a course and told to stay on It, and the mate sat down and fell asleep. He was awakened by a crash. Said the Q. M.: "You'd better take her, now, mate, I'm not much good in the timber." W. W. K. "EISENDRATH told the police that he was driving slowly, but had failed to seethe couple because of the umbrella they held over them." Local item. Under certain conditions a man might as sumethat an umbrella was walking across the street witnout anybody supporting it- ' WiHianf James to Henry James From the Letters of William James. You know how opposed your whole "third manner" of execution is to the literary ideals whlrh animate my crude and Orson like breast, mine being to say a thing In one sentence as straight and explicit as it can be made, and then to drop It foever: yours being to avoid naming it straight, but by dint of breathing and sighing all round and tound it, to arouse in the. reader who may have had a similar perception already (Heaven help him if he hasn't) the illu sion of a solid object, made like the "ghost" at the Polytechnic) wholly out of impalpable ma terials, air, 4nd the prismatic interferences of light, ingeniously focused by mirrors upon empty space. But you do it, that's the queerness! And the complication of innuendo and associative reference on the enormous scale to which you give way to it does so build out the matter for the reader that the result is to solidify, by the mere bulk of the process, the like perception from which he has to s.art. As air, by dint of its volume, will weigh like a corporeal body; so his own poor little initial perception, swathed in this gigantic envelopment of euggestive atmos phere, grows like a germ into Something vastly bigger and more substantial. But' it's the dum mest methold for one to emplojj systematically as you do nowadays; and you employ it, at your peril. "HAS any literary critic," says Phil Littell, after a life-time of literary criticism, described Henry James' last phase with a destructive sympathy equal to that?", RIGHT-O! Sir: Your order has been obeyed. In tho Christmas number of the American Legion week ly: "God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay." AS YOU WERE. "GRAND opera is, above all ethers, the high-brow form of entertainment." Chicago Journal. Yes. In comparison, a concert of chamber music appears trifling and almost vulgar. The Second Post. t (The editor of the Winneconne, Wis., Local to his flock.) Dear Subscriber: You probably know that the ocal editor and his wife have been away from Winneconne most of the time during the last ten months. Every month we expected to get back again. The suspense was somewhat hard. During the meantime Mrs. Flanagan, each week, would worry and talk about the paper as much as ever. The doctor desired to have It off her mind. During the-meantime she did not want the plant closed for even a ahort time. Now it has been decided to take a holiday vacation, during which time Mr. and Mrs. Flanagan will release themselves from all business cares and build up in health. No doubt, you will Realize the delicate situation of the affair, and bear with us in the matter until the Local again re sumes its regular publication dates, for surely both of us are very much attached to the paper, the town, and its people, and the surrounding country. M. C. FLANAGAN. AT a spelling bee in Springfield the last but one survivor fell down on "tomahawk." It would seem to require much ingenuity to misspell "tomahawk," but apparently it can be done. ASIDES. M. C: We have ordered the book. Gene: A very pretty calendar. Merci! O. M. K.: One picture does not make a gallery O. W.: Lay it on as thick as you please. Small Town Deviltry. ' (From the Varina, la.. Reporter.) Some mischief making kida goes to the new M. E. Church and breaks the lock of the new doors to the same. Such actions as that is going to get some one into trouble. Boys be careful as there is a special watch on the Job now and if you land tn tho re formatory blame no one but your self. It might be a good idea for some of the parents to enquire of their son or sons how much of a hand they had in the affair and save your-self the worry that may come to you ' by having your sons take into custody. A " certain two boys are being particularly watched. AN aeroplane for dry agents is just the thing. They like to swoop down upon their prey. Or snoop. IT HAPPENED IN DENVER. "Have you something In Wedgwood?" "You're in the wrongs section. You'll find all the furniture on the sixth floor." CANDIDA. REMARKING that Italy was not worth dying for. Generalissimo d'Annunzio called for his aeroplane. Ave, Caesar I Volituri te salu tamus! . B. L. T. How to Keep Well By DR. W A. E ASS Quoatioaa ceacarnlat hrrloao, aanltattoa and privonflon ol dlooato, aubmltted to Dr. Evoaa bjr roootr al The Boo, will bo antworod aoroonolly, subject to proper limitation, whore a otaaipod. aadrooooe envolopa i enciooed. Dr Evano will not maho diagaeaia or proscribe for Individual dlstaooo. Addrott letters in care al Tho Boo. Copyright, 1920. by Dr. W. A. Evam. Return of Reason. tl . i: r.. . j .t. - .... reach the moon by means of a projectile hav evidently been postponed, probably because of a sudden return to reason. Albany Journal. An Arkansas Health Report -Health is good around here at the present time, with the exception of our neighbor s little girl cut her finger with the butcher knife, but is getting along all right. Benton Courier. WHAT STARCH TO EAT RAW. "I crave raw starch," C. H. Writes. "When I am working around It I have the habit of eating it. Some times I eat a good deal of it Some I of my friends tell me I should break the habit. They say It has been proven that eating raw starch does . a lot of harm, wnat snail i ao. We always have advised people to cook their food because for one thing it makes the starch more digestible. Recent researches by Langworthy and Denll indicate that this argu ment for cooked food is not altogeth er sound. They found that when rdw corn stare and raw wheat starch were eaten they were com pletely digested. No undigested starch was passed through tho In testinal tube. Furthermore , no digestive disturbance ensued. The digestive and assimilative organs seem to be abundantly able kto handle raw corn and wheat starch. However, raw potato starch was more deficient. The investigators found that 78.2 percent of the po tato starch was ; digested. Alcost one-fourth the amount eaten was re covered undigested after it had passed through. Furthermore, eat ing raw starch caused some symp4 toms of indigestion. If one feels impelled to eat raw starch, there seems to be no objec tion to his doing so, provided he avoids potato starch. But there is the other side of the question. If the starch la digested and assimilated it is used as a food. Therefore, let all fat people and people with a tendency to dlabetos avoid eating raw starch. Cooking, of course, has other angles. It sterilises foods de stroys some poisons, brisks down fiber, makes food mire tender. Eat Some t'Mnt , . E. A. writes: "I am 29 years old and work at stenography- I have been trying to quit meat because I have heard that it makes the brain Sluggish and darkens the skin but I find it Is very hard to go Without it tltogether. "1. How often may T eat meat without affecting the system or com plexion In the slgthtest degree? . , , "2. How often may one eat pie. rakn nnokies. lor' - sweet' Bhocolata. plexlon? . - .: , ... ' "3. What causes a white, flburllke substance, slightly granulated, to form in the serine after standing? "4. Also a strong, amrrionla-like odor? Is that condition serious? What la the remedy? ,. r "I drink about elerht classes of water every day. Most of It isvlbottled spring water." . REPLY. , 1. Once a day if you lead a seden tary life. Twice a day If you work hard. However, the quantity eaten is "the controlling factor. . 2. Eating sweets in small quantities once or" twice a day does ho special harm. Any answer to your question which does not take Into account the amount of sweets and rtarches you eat, ad also your tendency, to obesity and your work, will probably mislead you. 3. When urine stands it Is liable to kindergo ammonlacal fermentation. to develop odor of ammonia and throw down a sediment, sometimes urates and sometimes phosphates, this, la of no consequence. Settling an Argument.' ' A student writes: "To settle an argument will you please answer the following at your earliest pos sible moment: . , "When ether is Administered is it necessary to eliminate the oxygen from the air which is Inhaled by the person to be operated on? In other words, hon a cloth Is satur ated with ether and placed to the nostrils must all air be eliminated? I maintain that the entire head must remain covered. Who Is cor rect?" A STUDENT. REPLY. 1 s No. On the other hand, some air must be allowed. A good anes thetist) is one who knows how to properly apportion the air and the ether. There are inhaling devices which mix ether,' air, and oxygen in definite proportions. Feeding a Baby. Mrs. F. writes: "What is good tox give a baby 11 months old who Is constipated? I use certified milk and dextrimaltose, 10 ounces of water to 25 ounces milk and two tablespoonfuls maltose and boil -it. Is this the proper way '-to fix the baby's milk?", ' r ' 'REPLY. A bay 11 months old should be eating enough fruit Juice, vegetable soup, mashed vegetables, bread and cereal to overcome constipation. Offers Remedy For Sties. - Mrs. M. A. S. writes: "I want to tell you of a jemedy for sties. Be gin treatment when first symptoms appear. Heat milk as hot as can be - borne on the eyelid and sop It up on the eye with a little cloth a few minutes at a time. Repeat every little while until the inflam mation is gone. I never have known any:' one more afflicted with sties than I was the first 25 yearss of my I went to doctors and tried every remedy I could hear of, but ever found any relief. Then an old German woman told me of this. I tried it and nevr have had one in the' last , 2 5 years. I wish yqu would suggest this to those seek ing a remedyfor sties. It may prove to be the right one for them, as it did for me." . Paupers Keep Sitting to Hide Signs on Pants London, ' Jan. 2. For many years a mystery existed in that part of London known as Southwark. It was as to the reason why the male inmates of the workhouse of that borough were always to be seen in the public parks and gardens in a seated position and why they would hurry back to the workhouse when night had fallen by dark, and unfre quented streets. The mystery was explained when the guardians placed on sale 120 suits of corduroy for which they had no turther use. I hey are the. rem nants of an old stock, but the cordu roy was good and they looked a good bargain. When they were examined, how ever, they were found to have im printed in large black letter across the seat of the pants, "Property of the Southwark Board of Guardians." Thus .was it at once understood why the paupers spent the whole dav in a sitting position. , The suits were finally sold for $4 apiece and the purchaser said that he thought he could get rid of the unwanted advertisement. Massachusetts Calf Has Coat of Red Sheep's Wool Newburyport,-' Mass.. Janl 2. Shades of P. T. Barnumi Newlury- port has a calf which revolted against the ancestral covering of his species and is sprouting as fine a coat of wool as any proud sheep ever "baaed" over. This freak of nature is the property of Timothy Devon shire, who says that the parents of the animal were blooded and normal in every way. Every Building in Finland Must Have ' Its Safety Ladder Bv rnlvomol Service. Ilelsingfors, Finland, Jan. 1. This is a nation of tire-escapes. Ladder-making for domestic use is one of the country's most profitable in dustries. From the most palatial to the lowliest every home in the coun try must have its ladder reposing against the wall on the outside or lying along the ground within easy reach. A government regulation, which makes'it obligatory upon the owners of eVery building to provide it with a ladder, seeks to g'lard the lives of its people against death by fire ,The regulation, which is an old one. but still enforced, is an echo of the days when the houses and towns of the Country were entirely of wood. Mod ern building construction of stone and brick has made no change in the law. Child Sleeps 3 Months And Awakes Paralyzed Columbus, Ga., Jan. 2. After sleeping for three months, little Ber neal Caldwell, 10, was awakened and is paralyzed in the legs and many other parts of the body. The dis ease of the child hsu been a puzzle to Columbus physicians. All efforts on the port of doctors to arouse her failed. She awoke suddenly and without apparent cause. She was a strong, healthy child. The citizens of the city are now. making up a fund with whith to pay the child's expenses in some institu tion with the hope that she may be cured. Avoid The Fancy Kamcs. JV L. writes: "I would te obliged if you would Inform me as to whether I should bi-e a- truss -for rupture or hernia. or get some of the patent appliances advertised under other names." . , REPLY. Trusses are staple articles of commerce. Buy one. Avoid thos trusses Avhlch-claim not to be trusses. 1 ox Advertisement or Complaint?; Council Bluffs, Dec. 30. Totho Editor of, The Bee! If there are people who Wonder what is happen ing to our morals today, let them buy the December . 19 Story Book, find the girl on the outside cover, and then take a look "Up Stairs." Of course that is nothing, as we see as much of such things every day in real life lit our : banquets, dances, on the streets, and every where. However, the display- or such, charm does not tend to pacify and quiet the male animal com monly known as man. Again if there be those who ex press alarm at the way young girls carry on today, let them read the story starting on page it ana tnen try to Imagine whit kind of mis chief a young girl might get into her head after she reads M. But what's the use? The other day I sat beside a lovely young girl about 14 on the street car and she was reading "Three Weeks." This old world Is going a pretty fast clip these days. , SWEET PAPA. ' . A Poor Maim .Plea. - -r Scottsbluff, Xeb., Dec. 0. To the Editor of The Bee: A Kearney county man has put' in a "plea for liquor, wnich is a very poor plea. The world would be better off phy sically If it had never known what the taste 6f liquor was. Tobacco is another thihg we can get along without. I do not see any pleasure in smoking or cheV-ing. - It Is a habit. The Sooner we geta law stopping the sale of this narcotic, that much sooner the people will get wise how foolish they are.' I know from experience. I have seen the time when I' could drink as much beer or whisky as-ny man, but I was a iool then. I have chewed and smoked tobacco for 20 years, and I can't sa' that it has done me any good. I can't see where any sane man ''gets the t heory that a legal right to sell liquor makes more employment, unless half of the laborers were drunk and the other half robs those that are drunk. Just look at the-difference In the homes now compared with when we had liquor. Men that never had a decent suit of clotheB, children half fed and half clothed, no money in the bank to buy coal with when winter, came on, father in Jail over Sunday. We want liquor? I guess not. J. K., If that is your best plea please do not let the world know of any more. W. J. S. Platte County, Conditions Not Encouraging. Omaha. Dec. 81. To the Editor of The Bee: It seems to me there is more compulsion, tyranny and oppression of high finance than that which prevailed "during the dark days of '93 to '98. Economics is certainly a bewildering subject to comprehend and ' understand. It is like the peace of God, it passes all understanding! The past few Tnontha have been ruinous and deplorable for the producers and live stock in terests. The whole fabric of our welfare is in Jeopardy. In looking over the "bank clearings, we ob serve that New York alone clears twice as much as all the outside banks combined; that the Federal Reserve' system supplies billions for the stock gamblers on Wall street at the expense of the rest of the country- The board of governors ''arbl- trairly raises the rediscount rates on loans and forces 'down the ! prices of corn, wool, cotton and live stock, and by so doing they are knocking down the chief corner stones of all Industry. They have already caused a decline of $8,500, 000,000. By this unjust pressure many are facing ruin. The power to fix money tates, is a terrible power, an awful danger. It is an evil that stares us in the face and threatens us ell. Along with this .he people have been forced to pay higher railroad rates and fares; SO Hjer cent Increase along with the burdensome war tax. It is said these Increases were allowed on account of the maximum war prices prevailing. What an Imposi tion qd Injustice It is, to compel the public to ttand up and deliver under present conditions. , It cer tainly looks like an era of con fiscation all around when such conditions prevail. It seems that complaint and protest do not count any more. v Our senior senator who fought prohibition, woman suffrage and the federal reserve act, also in troduced an embargo on arms bill that would have made us an ally of of the hun. Then the advocate of the hallucinations of nations is now a Cobden free trader, helping to complete the ruin of the pro ducers of the state he misrepresents and always has. He is also the great free silverlte, who in '1896 would put 50 cents of wind in an honest dollar. As Charley .Wooster. the sage of Silver Creek, would say: It beats hell how some people can get by. PADDf M'MANUS. . Movies Replace Dime Novels. - We used to laugh qt the boys who ran away from home to kill Indiana Now we pity the girlR who , start west to become movie heroines. Des Moines Register. "You Will Be Pleased when you change from coffee to Instant UM TRe flavor gratifies and the annoyances coffee sometimes causes Quick ly cease. "There's a Reason" Made by Postum Cereal Cojnc - Battle Creek,Mich." .- i n Instant fi O POSTUM BIVtMOS I ""-jig Msftfov-'s HJFTi-i end Since 1657 a friend fo babes in need of health and strength has been J3crcle4t$ EAGLE BRAND V Condensed Milk v FARM MORTGAGES 6y2o d 7 We deem this an advan tageous time to purchase high class eastern Nebraska farm mortgages. Local Tax Exemption. United States Trustee. Affiliated With United States Nat'l Bank 1612 Farnam St, Omaha, Neb, FORDS Mighty Uncertain In the Snow Unlets They Have Worm Steering Gears SPRAGUE TIRE CO.' Tyler 3132 18th and Cuming Thr UPDIKE GRAIN COMPANY ' Operating large, up-to-date Terminal Ele vator in the Omaha and Milwaukee mar kets, are in a position to handle your ship ments in the best possible manner i. e., cleaning, transferring, storing, etc MEMBERS Chicago Board of Trade Milwaukee Chamber of Com- 1 merce Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce St. Louis Merchant Ex change Kansas City Board of Trade Sious City Board of Trade Omaha Grain Exchange OFFICES AT OMAHA, NEB. LINCOLN, NEB. HASTINGS, NEB. CHICAGO, ILL. SIOUX CITY, IA. HOLDREGE, NEB. GENEVA, NEB. DES MOINES, IA. MILWAUKEE, WIS. HAMBURG, IA. KANSAS CITY, MO. AH ttin oBlcet. xcot Kuiu Clt n concted vlth tactrvrtDtr b trlt win. It will pay you to get in touch with one of our office when wanting to BUY or SELL any kind of grain. WE SOLICIT YOUR Consignments of All Kinds of Grain to OMAHA, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, KANSAS CITY and SIOUX CITY Every Car Receives Careful Personal Attention. v The Updike Grain Company ' THE RELIABLE CONSIGNMENT HOUSE. a t s ' ( The scientific blending of reliable vegetable remedies of benefit to persons who suffer from NcrveuacM Sleeplessness Depression Loss of Appetite ' Brain fmg Digestive Trouble Slow lecoverjr from laflneasa and Kindred Anraentw Arc you run down? Art you lrritt!T Are you ovr worked? Then try thli approved remedy and aatiafy youraell o( lta benetioial in. sredienta. la original lf-oa. bottles only. BRI-A-CEA DRUG CO. For Sal b MERRITT DRUG STORES No. 110 So. ICth Street. No. 22001 Farnam Street Bole Manufacturer Kaniaa City, Mo. I rOand leading Nebraska druigiita mk