THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1921.
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1. Nw Union Pats.nf.r Station.
2. ContiautMl imprTtnnt of tk N
braric Hifhwaya, including th pava
mant of Main Thoroufhfaraa loading
into Omaha with Brick Surface.
3. A abort, lowrato Waterway from tho
Corn Bolt to tho Atlantic Ocean.
4. Homo Rulo Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of GoTornmant.
Food Prices in Omaha.'
The federal report on cost of living states that
in Omaha during January prices went down 1
per cent. In other words, what would have coet
$1 on January 1 could be purchased for 99 cents
on February 1. As Omaha is situated in the
heart of the richest agricultural region in the
world, where more food is produced than in any
similar area under the sun, reason exists for be-,
lieving that there should be some advantage to
; the consumer in such a situation.
The facts are: Corn, wheat, oats, potatoes.
, cattle, hogs, sheep, eggs, about everything from
the farm has gone down in price, that is to the
farmer. Retailers have made concessions on
some articles;' yet bread and milk, two of t,lie
staple articles of food, have not yet come off the
perch assumed while the war was on. Bread
went up for the reason, that wheat and flour did;
wheat and flour have gone down, yet bread stays
,. up. Milk prices were advanced because of high
cost and scarcity of feed, high prices paid for
cows, and the like; all these have been greatly
' reduced, most of them down to prewar prices,
yet milk stays up.
Announcement of such concessions as half-a-cent
on a loaf of bread to the retailer, or 1 cent
on a quart of milk to the consumer, does not
meet the situation. Omaha householders deserve'
j better treatment.
i A word may also be said for those who eat
at cafeterias and lunch stands. When potatoes
i jumped to $8 a bushel a year ago, the price of
. the restaurants was marked up accordingly. Po
tatoes are back to a normal figure again, but
most diners-out are still paying the check ac
cording to last February's figures. This applies
equally to other articles of food. The situation
i almost warrants the belief that somebody has
not heard that the war is ended.
A Cajl to Business Statesmanship.
Colorjel Theodore Roosevelt enters the ranks
of the theorists in a speech at Pittsburgh in
which he points out that economic problems
'-overshadow all others at the present time. Ac
cepting change as the law of the world, he en
visions this as particularly a period of transition.
Repeatedly during the war we were promised
that 'the world would never be the same again.
It is significant that this was almost universally
regarded not as a threat, but as an inducement.
The transformation has not come about; but
there are undoubtedly new forces at work. QnC
does not hare to listen to "those men who are
classified at agitators in order to realize this.
From the son of former President Roosevelt
come words full of the sort of theory that is yet
able to startle and alarm those who hope that
things will always be pretty much as they have
been for the last thirty years. He says:
"Insofar as possible we must work toward a
condition where everyone engaged in business
must have some direct interest in the success of
that business. We will have to work toward a
condition where, in the broad sense of the term,
you can speak of an employer and an employe
as on a partnership basis. When we approach
such a condition then our economic problems
will in a large part be solved.
At the same time the colonel spoke of the.
open shop movement as full of menace, compar
ing it with bolshevisnv Opinion will differ over
whether Colonel Roosevelt has done a public
service or harm with his venture into the future
of industry and society. His motive, however,
unquestionably was good-intended, with a mes
sage not so much to labor as to capital. As an
appeal to forward-looking business men, it would
seem to call for recognition that a time of change
has come when the industrial question is not a
mere test of strength between two hostile forces,
that dictation from either class is no solution,
and that both are to be considered equally at
work in the public service.
Nebraska's Worjunen's Compensation Law
A report from the division of compensation
of the Department of Labor to Governor Mc
Kelvie has just been received at The Bee office.
It contains a great deal of valuable informa
tion, data that is of great interest to employers,
and digests of court decisions that are of general
concern. While the Nebraska compensation law
is fr from satisfactory, and is susceptible to
considerable improvement, so far as it goes it is
of great service to the workers, and effects both
justice and equity in the settlement of claims
arising out of personal injury. This is so for the
reason that the law provides a basis of settle
ment, not exaqt, perhaps, yet containing enough
t0 reach the ordinary cases, and to secure to
victims of industrial accidents immediate relief.
Experience has indicated some points where the
law may be strengthened, and must be if it is to
achieve the real end for which it is established.
That it is operative at all is an indication of prog
ress, and that employers are commencing to real
ize that its enforcement is for their own as well
as the benefit of the workers also helps. Safety
devices are coming into use, because insurance
companies are insisting that risks be minimized,
and that extraordinary precautions be taken tc
prevent mishaps. ' This one feature of the law's
effects is worth a great deal to the public, for
it does away with much of the idleness enforced
and production lost because a worker is dis
abled through an accident that might have been
prevented Humaa suffering is thus reduced,
while those who are unfortunate find themselves
provided for without being thrown entirely on
their own resources, and the permanently in
jured are not thrust out onto the world, maimed
and incapacitated, to become a burden on so
ciety. Perusal of the report will not only give
an idea of the number of industrial accidents'
dealt with in Nebraska, but a very good idea of
what the law accomplishes and may lead to sug-.
gestions for its improvement.
George Washington's Example.
This is a good day for Americans to take
stock of their Americanism; not merely to ex
amine into their ancestry, and the legal proofs
of the citizenship they so proudly bear, but to
give that citizenship the once over, and see if
they are wearing its honors nobly and de
servedly. The "Farewell Address," with all its
admonitions and advice, will be read and
conned very thoroughly, just as it has long
been the custom to do on the birthday of its
author. Most of what Washington then ad
dressed to his countrymen is of as much value
as it was then; only those things that actually
have come to pass are to be omitted in the ap
plication of that document's contents.
But a little consideration to Washington as
a roan, his relation to other men and to his
country, may serve to illuminate a path of duty
to most of those who today so generously
enjoy the fruit of his labors. It Washington
was a leader, it was because he developed the
qualities of leadership through following until
his time came; if he was a commander, it was
because he learned to command by car
rying out commands, and if he was great
in all his aspects it was because he came to be
great by first being humble. He could give the
law because he obeyed the law. All through
his life he adhered to the strict line of conduct
for himself that he expected from others. This
is the high example he left for his country.
His relations with other men rested on jus
tice, the recognition of the rights of others anVl
a generosity that enabled him to accord to eac'.i
his dues in full measure, and occasionally a
little more. When we study Washingtcn as a
man, our admiration for him takes on a fuller
form than when it merely rests on his appear
ance as a hero. As a great general and as a
statesman, he moves in the front ranks of t'ne
world's mighty; as a man and as a citizen, he
looms far above any military leader or political
magistrate the world has ever known. And it
is as a man Americans should consider and fol
low him today.
Home Brew 3,000 Years Ago.
Once upon a time, breweries and distilleries
dotted the land. Before that, what? Alcohol
has an ancient and eventful history that appar
ently is going to seed in home brewing. Such
also must have been its origin, in other and mcro
primitive days. Fermentation is a natural proc
ess, undoubtedly existing before mankind
learned to take advantage of it, and little could
the discoverer of this secret imagine the pleas
ure and the pain that W deed would entail to
those who came after throughout the ages.
A lecturer on Zoroastrianism would seem -to
have a dry subject, but his statement that the
Persians claim to have originated the art of
home brewing adds humidity enough to interest
almost any audience, Thirty centuries ago, ac
cording to this account, King Jamshid had a
great jar of grapes. Pressure of the top layers
on those beneath squeezed out the juice, which
fermented and became sour.
If the king had taken a large drink of it in
stead of a mere sip, he perhaps would not have
ordered his slaves to mark it "poison" and put it.
away in the cellar until he had occasion to set
up a cup of it to some enemy. One of his wives,
becoming jealous and having learned of the
deadly liquid in the basement, decided to use it
to end her life. Although she drank freely, in
stead of dying, she lost her despondency and be
came very happy. The king could not under
stand her sudden hilarity until she confessed!
Thereafter, it is related, both the monarch and
his court very regularly poisoned themselves on
home brew.
That innocent and golden age was indeed
one where only nature ruled and man obeyed I
without misgiving. Today in countless ways
man has harnessed nature to his will, but when
ever passersby see the glow of lights through
a basement window, they suspect that down
there poor old nature, despised and thwarted so
long and often, is getting a little human assist
ance to the end of fermentation.
Lower Freight and Cheaper Power.
Nebraska and the rtst of the Middle West
think of the Great Lakes waterway project as a
cheaper freight outlet to Europe for farm prod
ucts. It is that and vastly more, for ui;der plans
now drawn the dams necessary for floating ocean
freighters in the Great Lakes would produce
5,000,000-horsepower, an am6unt of electrical en
ergy sufficient to save 65,000,000 tons of coal a
year.
This cheap current would be available over
most of New York state, northern New England
and eastern Canada, lowering production costs
in mills and factories. Coal shortage would los:
its terrors for this region, for even the homes
might be heated by electricity. The nation's
fuel supply would be conserved and the needs
of the rest of the states more easily met.
The task is a huge one, requiring many years
for accomplishment. It is such a project as
could be carried on only by the government, and
in fact only through co-operation of Canada and
the United States. For more than a generation
this has been the dream of engineers, but it is
now attaining the support of the people. The
action of the Nebraska senate in registering it?
approval of the waterways project indicates the
national interest and support that is being en
listed to realize this great piece of national
economy.
Those statisticians are very unpleasant peo
ple. Food prices have dropped since the first
of the year, but they have to go and spoil the
effect by announcing that the fall is 1 per cent.
That's TO cents on a $10 grocery bill.
Those fallen monarchs of Europe may be
very tired of standing, but former Emperor
Charles for one is too wary to try to sit on the
Hungarian throne, perhaps suspecting that there
is a bent pin somewhere about.
Uncle Sam got out of the reparations com
mission just in time to avoid having to guaran
tee anything the allies might attempt.
Poland is hungry for peace, according to
Paderewski, although to the world it may appear
that it has merely been fed up on war. .
A Line 0' Type or Two
Hew to the Line, let the quips fall where they may
THE gadder contrih who used the Gideon
Bible to hold the shaving mirror at the right
angle is properly relinked by sundry readers. A:,
one of them, M. J. C. says, he may make the
Line, but he'll have a close shave if he makes
heaven.
WE imagine the Gideon Bible is read more
than may be supposed. Evening in a small town
must be desperately dull to many travelers. And
there are better love stories in the Bible than
can be bought on the trains. Some of our gad
ding contribs have so good a writting style that
we feel sure it must have been influenced by the
Great Book.
Hitch's Chromatic Fantasy ami Fugue.
Sir: Concerning the educational vulue of
the rubber disc, this morning I passed, at dif
ferent times, three young gentlemen aped about
ten years, on their way to school. One was
whistling the Harcarolle, another "() sole niio,"
and the third Kubenstein's Melody in K. What
did you whistle on your way to school?
W. K. W.
HOW far can a woman fall? Apparently into
the fourth dimension. At any rate, the matron
of the Detroit police department, who has had
twenty-five years' experience with falling wo
men, declares that when a woman falls she rocs
300 per cent lower than a man goes.
IF THK THKK HAD BKEN STKONOKK THE
STORY WOULD HAVE BEEN LONGER.
(From tho Montleello, tnd., Journal.)
Aaron Collins was injured Saturday
when a, tree which he was cutting down fell
on him. The tree was about eight inches in
diameter at the base, and it is probable that
his injuries would have been much more
serious had tho tree been larger.
"ARE most Americans filled with maudlin
sentiments?" a lady asked Vox Pop. "Can we
or-can we not appreciate real worth?" Weil,
lady, it's this way: Ever so many people know,
or suspect, when a thing is good. The deuce of
it is, they don't know when a thing is bad.
THE THOUSAND AND ONE AFTERNOONS.
X.
'And here,' said the fair Saidee, 'endeth the
first chapter. But if Mr. Houssain wishes to hear
further I will relate tomorrow the remarkable
adventure of Nathan Weatherwax.' Houssain
replied that he was minded to hear the contin
uation of the tale, and the excellent Wezeer
vowed that a more extrordinary narrative had
never passed mortal lips. And so on the after
noon of the third day, when the office work
had been dispatched, the First Stenographer and
Private Secretary began the
Story of the Importer and the Three
Ladies of Bagdad.
Mr. Nathan Weatherwax was a typical in
habitant of Gotham. He had heard, and he re
peated the happy saying, that it is better to be
a lamp-post in New York than a world's fair in
Chicago. All territory west of Buffalo was fit
only to pitch tents on or ship teas and spices
into, on which commodities Mr. Weatherwax
was an importer. He commuted every morning
from Mount Vernon and took the subway to his
place of business on Water Street, and at five
o'clock he returned to Mount Vernon. He knew
less about New York than a well read New Zea
lander, he rarely visited the theater, and he
never traveled. His reason for venturing west
of the Hudson River was the failure of one of
hia customers in Chicago. The settlement of
thU) affair, which occupied about a week, was
much more satisfactory than he had hoped for,
and he was in an excellent humor when, in his
hotel room, he set about packing his few effects
for the return voyage to Gotham. Among these,
effects was the laundry which the hotel had
returned to him that evening, and when ha
opened the bundle he was surprised to find a
shirt of a fine flannel, dyed a singularly at
tractive red.
Whoever should wear a garment fashioned
of this flannel, the bazaar keeper of Teheran
had said, should have the power to arouse the
liveliest emotion in a person of the other sex,
but the Persian said nothing of its effect upon
the wearer. Yet strangely (said the fair Saidee)
when my brother first set eyes on the shirt ha
experienced a wish to put it on. ' Fine shirts
were no treat to him, yet this one pleased him
unaccountably. Now, Mr. Weatherwax was not
given to decking himself. In fine feathers, but no
sooner had he laid a hand on the shirt woven
by the love-sick Persian maiden than he felt
a great desire to possess it, and after a few mo
ments of irresolution he put it on.
"TIMERIO," which is simpler .than Esper
anto, "will enable citizens of all nations to un
derstand one another, provided they can read
and write." The inventor has found that 7,006
figures are enough to express any imaginable
idea. But we should think that a picture book
would be simpler.
"YOU can go. to any hotel porter in tnc
world," says the perpetrator-of Timerio, "and
make yourself understood by simply handing
him a slip of paper written in my new language."
But you can do as well with a picture of a trunk
and a few gestures. The only universal lan
guage that is worth a hoot is the French phrase
"comme ca." '
"I GUESS THIS WILL HOLD US FOR A
WHILE, EH, WATSON?"
(From , the Southerri Lumber Journal.)
If the government is not going to allow
the saw mill men a profit on their lumber,
it is up to the government or someone else
to tell these lumber people where they are'
going to- get their money from, with which
t& pay their income tax, excess profits tax,
and other taxes this year.
And So to Bed.
Sir: Hereby, as Mr. Franklin says, I shall
indulge the inclination, so natural in old men,
to be talking of themselves and their own past
actions; and 1 shall indulge it without being
tiresome to others, who, through respect to age.
might conceive themselves obliged to give me a
hearing, since this may be read or not, as any
one pleases. The Professor of Education has
been sitting with me here by the candent grate,
chuckling over matters decanal. We mused
upon Queen Elizabeth's "Keeper of the Bookes,"
who was also "Court Compounder of Odorifer
ous Herbes and Cordialles," drawing better pay
as distiller than as librarian; of an acquaintance,
worthy of respect, but dull, whom we finally
branded even as Carlyle seared Elia, agreeing
with Dr. Robert Bridges that humor is the
natural courtesy which passes between our in
stinct and our reason; of Mr. Jesse B. Kid
well, confidence man at large, wanted by the
federal authorities; of a certain passage in my
favorite bed-side book, "The Way To Be Rich
and Respectable, Addressed To Men of Small
Fortune By The Reverend Mr. Truster, D. D.,
London, 1787;" of Baudelair's whisper concern
ing the African fetish: "Prenez garde! Si
e'etait le vrai dieu!" When the professor nodded
good-night to Erasmus, I took up "The Sea and
the Jungle" the first ed., by the way, inscribed
for me by H. M. T. eight years ago and read
until I came to: "It was when I was thinking
whether bed would be, as I have so often found
it, the best answer to doubt." What, Sir, are
your views regarding the liquefaction of the
blood of St. Januarius? P. D. S.
IT may have been digestion, or we may
have kicked the covers off. Anyway, we woke
up in the middle of the night wondering what
Parley P. Christensen was doing these days.
Deep Stuff.
Sir: In Oregon, 111., the town marshal ap
proached a man at the intersection of the two
busiest streets and said, "Hey there! Haven't
you anything to do but stand here and stare at
every passing skirt?" The offender pointed out
at four signs in a row reading, "Ogle County
Bank," "Ogle County Farm Bureau," "Ogle
County' Abstract Office," and "Ogle County Re
publican," and answered, "Excuse me. I'm from
Ogallala, Nebraska." F. B. T.
WOMEN should do the proposing, says Sir
John Cockburn. My word! We fawncied they
had been doing it for at least a thousand years.
FAYGOING is now compulsory in Pctro
grad. Even the Spanish Inquisition did not
think of tha.t! B. L. T.
Keep This in Mind.
The man who docs not almost lose his mind
trying to make his income tax report is rare,
but rarer is the man who loses his determina
tion to take full advantage of every opportunity
to scale down the net income. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Going Up.
The ankle watch has been superseded by one
worn on the thumb. Jewelry certainly is going
tin. Seattle Post lntelliarcnr.cr.
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How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions conctrnini hygiene, sanitation and prevention of disease, submitted
to Dr. Evans by readers of The Bee, will be answered personally, subject to
proper limitation, where a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Dr Evans
will not make diagnosis or prescribe tor individual diseases. Address letters
in care of The Bee.
Copyrisht, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans
writing? Tthis tfork develops the
muscles of tho hands and does not
thicken tho skin enough to inter
fere with touch. Pick out a Job
'which will give you a Rood deal of
cxerclsp for the muscles of your
hand nnd forearm, but avoid mfin
ual labor hard enough to callous
your skin and make your hands
large ami clumsy.
SOME MINOR PHOBIAS
On my way to the library to finish
reading a bonk on nervousness I
talked with a young lady bound over
town. No, she was not going to the
library. She had promised to do
something for some one in the li
brary and had not kept her promise.
She had two letters in her desk from
this librarian and she was afraid to
open them. What was the' matter
when a person was afraid to open
letters? I told her to look in the
book and see. There are scores of
phobias and fears and the special
ists on conduct have them all tagged.
The morbid fear of dirt is responsi
ble for a dozen phobias. For in
stance, the dirt phobia, which ex
presses itself in repeated washing
of the hands. While occasionally
present in insanity, it is much more
frequently a characteristic of a
warped, but by no means insane
mind. .
But' this young woman, while a
literary light, used the wrong term.
She does not fear to open her letters
so much as she dreads to open them.
Her case is not one belonging in the
realm of the phobias. Sho antici
pates that the contents of the let
ters will be disagreeable. Unpleas
ant ifcties may be imposed. She
may be chided for not keeping her
promise or the writer may bo so
very agreeable that the young lady
will chide herself all the more. Her
case is one of dodging the disagree
able. In the particular took I was to
read the chapter devoted to this
subject is headed. "Reactions to the
Disagreeable." There are other
books, however, which cover this
particular subject much better. Now,
I suppose most of us try to postpone
the disagreeable somewhat and in
some degree to dodge it.
Purely this of itself is not a major
fault. All depends on the degree to
which it is carried. A weakness al
ways, it is easly developed into a
major fault. Out of it there can be
developed worry, nervousness, ner
vous prostration, neurasthenia and
even more serious disorders. It is
like dressing overwarm and eating
overmuch temporarily pleasing, but
eventually enervating.
Lot Doctor FU Details.
A. S. writes: "I have Bright's dis
ease, with a large quantity of albu
min in the urine. The doctor says
to diet,' not to use beef or pork, to
live strictly on a vegetable diet. I
wish you would tell me what vege
tables have the least albumin, and if
mutton broth and vegetable soup
are good. I am fond of soup. "May
I eat an orange or grapefruit for
breakfast?"
REPLY.
The average person with Blight's
disease can live ior many years m
comfort and .usefulness if lie will
play the game strictly according to
the riili-s. ou slinuld net :t book
such as St rouse v Perry's "Fond
for tile Sick." or Pminllit's bonk,
and follow -the directions for diet.
In addition, your physician should
lav down in detail rules of living for
von. The only vegetables rich 1n i
albumins a re beans and peas, includ
ing sova beans. Kal oranges nnd
grapefruit as you wish. There are
many kinds o, soups and broths,
some richer in albumin, homo less so.
How much albumin you should take
and how union salt must.be decided
on the basis of such considerations
as the typo of P.right's, amount of
albumin, duration of disease, dropsy,
heart complications, state of nutri
tion. Many Young Diabetics.
0. II. L. writes: "I. Will you please
tell nic what would cause sugar dia
betes in a girl of I ?
"". Vhat is chloride of gold given
for?"
RF.l'LY.
1. Diabetes is not infrequent in
children. It is due to disease of the
pancrcasTor liver or a certain part
of tho brain in most instances. Dia
betes in a young person calls for
very skillful and careful attention.
2. It is sAiiHtimes given as a
tonic, though Its efficacy is not well
established.
May lto Heart Trouble.
F T. writes: "How can t cure
short breathing? Often T feci weak
after trying to catch my breath."
RKPLV.
Tf you have any prganio disease
of your heart, kidneys, thyroid or
blood, have that attended to. Short
ness of breath Is un importunl symp
tom of disease in some one of
these organs. If you are fst ami
soft, reduce and exercise. Tf uu
are a neurasthenic, given to eon lur
ing symptoms out of the blue, 1 do
not know what to do for you.
(ioiMl Place to Start.
Speaking of developing the re
sources of Kamchatka, how would it
do to begin at the other end of the
lino and develop those of tho statu
of Maine? Boston Transcript.
Typist Iis.lscrnl Job.
W. J. I'. writes: "1 am IS years
old and will start to take up dental
surgery at night. What kind of a
job would be best during the day so
as not to harm the lingers?"
REPLY.
Why not stenography and type-
eusmess is good thank you
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F O U N D A T I O N S
WHEN our cherished Gporge Washington laid firmly
the foundations of this nation he gave vitality to
a land that was to build nobly on the ideals of
Liberty and Opportunity.
Today we are proud of the long step in progress made.
From a group of Colonies has evolved a powerful nation,
mighty no less in war than in peace still the land of
ideals, the citadel of freedom. On the foundation of
Washington has been reared a superstructure of Justice
and Equality.
Foundations of integrity are no less necessary to a suc
cessful business than to a -successful nation. 4We, as
makers of your daily bread, recognize our responsibility to
our Community, building on. ideals of Purity and Quality.
The Jay Burns Baking Company