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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY S, 1921
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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
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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.
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