THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1921.
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued ImproYement of the Ne
braska Highway!, including the pare
ment of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
, City Manager form of Gorernment.
House Rolls 517 and 617.
House Roll 517, a bill to establish an Indus
trial court modeled after the Kansas plan, is
meeting opposition from union labor-leaders in
hearings before the state legislature. These men
argue that it is unfair and probably unconstitu
tional to attempt to force men to work against
their will and this, they assert, is the final ef
fect of the industrial court. There is weight in
their argument, not only in its logic but because
of the doubt that such a law can command suf
ficient public support to make it effective in a
really serious industrial dispute.
The same argument, however, applies in favor
of House Roll 617, although the same union lead
ers also oppose this bill. House Roll 617 un
dertakes to restrain interference with men who
want to work. It has some of the features" of
laws known in other states as "anti-picketing''
laws.
r Governor Allen has made a hobby of the in
dustrial court in Kansas. In some quarters it
, has been hailed as the road to an industrial
Utopia. It has not proved itself to be that, it
least not yet. Certain disputes have been -settled
by its administration, but the real tests are
Still to come the test of constitutionality and
the test of effectiveness in a major dispute. Ne
braska can well afford to follow the advice of
Governor McKlevie and await further develop
ment of the industrial court pfan before trying
it, indeed it ever does.
' But in the meantime, there is no good reason
for rejecting H. R. 617. Such a statute
will not interfere with the fair and lawful ac-
tivittes of union labor. Throughout its several
sections, a distinction is made between fair ar
gument ancf intimidation. If, at any point, that
distinction is not clear, it should be made so.
Union labor is entitled to the right to spread its
influence by -attracting the allegiance of all whom
it can convince of the honesty of its purpose and
the effectiveness of its methods. But it is not
entijled to force its doctrines upon men who do
not agree with it; by physical force or by any
"form of intimidation. The great bulk1 of union
members have faith in their cause and are willing
to trust to its inherent strength to win new mem
bers. Other methods sometimes make the work
f union' leaders- easier and shorter, but in the
long run they do not pay.
Land-Locked America.
There is a strange and unbelievable sound to
the statement of W. L. Harding, former gov
ernor of Iowa, that South America is nearer lo
New England than is the middle west. Yet he is
correct insofar as the cost of transportation is
concerned. In times of blockades, such as we
have seen several times on our railroad lmes, it
is also possible that cargoes could come By s;a
from Latin America more swiftly than from llic
interior of our country.
En-Governor Harding is authority for the cs-
v timate that transportation by water is twenty
four times faster and from five to seven times
cheaper than transportation by rail. Farm pro
ducers, he told the members of the Advertising
Selling league hi Omaha, are losing millions of
dollars annually by the lack of water routes to
eastern and foreign markets. The development
of the Great Lakes ship canal and of waterway
transportation in the Mississippi valley is urged
by him for the upbuilding of the interior of our
continent.
What is not generally realized is that the
South Americans whom we of the North are in
clined to look tJsjvif upon, have for years been
at work with dredges, clearing all-water routes
from their wheat fields. The Uruguay river has
been deepened to twenty-one feet for 600 miles,
the ,Parana is being made navigable for 1,000
miles, and at Rosario, a city 400 miles from the
set, great docks for, loading wheat into ocean
ressels are teeming with activity. This is com
petition that the farmers of the middle west have
to meet in the world market.
A project such as that for t(he channel which
.ill allow ocean freighters to penetrate to Chi
cago and Duluth would not be throwing money
tway, and must some day be realized, the sooner
the better. Three hundred miles up the Rhine
Hej the German port of Mannheim, with thne
miles of docks and a great harbor. Duisburg and
those other ports lately occupied by the Allies
are far inland. With the rest of the world taking
advantage of the natural outlets to the sea, it is
indeed difficult to believe that America will much
longer lag behind.
' Pershing as Ambassador.
France would welcome General Pershing s
ambassador from the United States, and his pres
age won in the, defense of our sister republic
would make his, appointment, which is reported
to be considered by President Harding, a wise
one. The same understanding spirit which ex
isted in times of war could not be better per
petuated and betokened than by sending the
'Commander of the American Expeditionary
Force overseas again.
Pershing is the first man since Ulysses S.
Grant to hold therank of general in the United
States army, and ,it is really a problem
I) to know exactly what to -.do with hi;n.
General Grant was elected to the presidency ar.d
Caver returned to active military service, but
General Pershing has still four years, of active
service, with no duties to go with his rank. The
cthrt hui pi the military, organization, under.
the secretary of war, is the chief of staff, Teyton
C. March. Under the army code, General Pershj
ing can not be commanded by him, and some
sticklers in military etiquette declare that Persh
ing is amenable only to tha-direction of tiie
president. It is said that General Pershing feels
that his position is impossible, and that unless he
is given new duties he will retire.
Some way ought to bej found to keep him in
the active service of the nation, and if it is im
possible to give him actual direction of the army,
the diplomatic post at Paris would seem to oh'cr
a worthy opportunity for his ability.
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Mexico on the Upgrade Again.
Some reassurance may be noted in the picture
of Alvaro Obregon, quietly at work, endeavor
ing to redeem the promise of his election and to
restore his country to political and industrial
health. He asks that the world be patient with
Mexico for a time, saying: "Three months is an
extremely short time in which to normalize a na
tion which has been at war for more than t&u.
years." Bur Obregon and his advisers have set
about the uphill job with a courage and de
termination that promises to achieve results.
His first policy, that of permitting other na
tions to-take the initiative in matter of recogni
tion, is a good sign. If persisted in, Mexicans
will find that the powers.tif the world are ready
to accord all rights to a sober and well behaved
people, but they must first prove that they have
permanently given over the banditry and out
lawry that has prevailed there since the Maderis
tas defied the authority of Porfirio Diaz to levy
taxes against their princely Chiluiahuan domain.
If in the future the energy of which the nation is
capable be directed in orderly fashion to the de
velopment of the resources' of the land, to 'he
enlightenment of the people and to the better
ment of its social conditions, recognition will not
wait, nor need the Mexicans worry as to the
point. '
Commenting on the inaugural address of
President Harding, President Obregon says the
speech was "conceived in a splendid spirit for the
people of the world, highly instructive and highly
moral." His own program is summed up in this
statement: - , . -;'
I am certain that if the present government
continues within the law Mexico has seen its
last revolution. Now that Mexico is at peace
means must be found to obtain the co-operative
help of intelligence, capital and personal initia
tive to find a solution of the present economic
problem which is basically jagrarian. Modern
methods of agriculture must be installed and'
coupled with this, huge haciendas wliich are
not producing in proportion to their abihTy,
must be divided among small farmers.
President Obregon's practical vision will help
him to avoid most of the rocks on which his
predecessors saw their projects founder. If he
keeps within the law he will avoid revolution; if
he carries out his agrarian reforms he will
restore prosperity and content at home, and in
this way will command the respect and con
fidence of the world. It looks as if Mexico were
finally on the right. road.
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Canal an Aid to Eastern Builders.
While the" builders in the region of the cen
tral west are waiting for a decline in prices so
that work may start, those of the east are solv
ing their problem in avery simple way. The
high freight rate on lumber from the northwest
is to be overcome by water carriage. In it j
weekly market review, the American Lumberman
says:.
One of the most significant developments, of
the week was the announcement of the salefof
several million feet of Douglas fir, which irto
, be moved east by water via the Panama canal,
unloaded at Philadelphia and then shmoed west
by rail to Ohio points. The water tate on this 7
shipment is to be $15 a thousand feet and the.
combined ost of the loading-, unloading and
back haul will be considerably less than the
amount Nwhich would have been charged for
direct rail delivery of the lumber. Water
transportation is arousing the keenest interest
on the. Pacific coast and in view of the high
rail freight rates there is a decided tendency on
the part of the manufacturers to encourage and
co-operate in water shipments to the Atlantic
seaboard, fjfcm which reshiprnents by rail or
water will be made to the middle west.
That will not be of much benefit to communis
ties situated as Omaha, unless the railroads take
cognizance of the discrimination and grant some
relief. It does make the matter of inland naviga
tion loom bigger than ever. Lumber might be
carried on steamboats from the gulf upstream at
a rate that would fall well inside the -tariff, jrow
imposed on lumber shipments from the coast to
this region.
Another thought occurs in this connection:
The establishment of a storage yard at Omaha
might obviate one of the present evils of the rail
situation, that of the sale-in-transit or recon
signment, over which so much discussion has
been had. From such a yard orders within "500
miles could be speedily filled, without the delay
incident to the present method of handling, and
with none of the uncertainties of delivery at
tending the rcconsignment system, while the
wholesalers would be relieved of the annoyance
of auctioning supplies along the route. Suck a
plan commends itself, for'its advantages arc
obvious, and it deserves consideration. '
No Ace in the Hole.
The indifference of Americans over the moves
of the Allies no doubt -is disappointing alike to
the Germans and to their opponents. Only in the
nick of time lias the United States withdrawn
definitely from European affairs, and the sooner
the understanding- spreads abroad that no en
couragement or interference in foreign lands is
forthcoming the better the chances for stabilized
world conditions.
Since the inauguration of the new adminis
tration America has ceased to serve as the ace
in the hole in the international stud poker game.
The national viewpoint is much like that of an
old soldier of Napoleon, who after fighting nil
over Europe had exchanged the sword for the
fazor and opened a barber shop in his native
town. One morning one of his customers wished
in, shouting:
"Europe is again fin fire; have you heard the
news?" '
"No."
"The Low Countries have risen."
, "Well, Well," said the barber-soldier, strop
ping his razor, "so much the better; they will
not be so often flooded."
't
Miss Alice Robertson, the Oklahoma con
gresswoman, declares that she did not seek the
nomination even though it was leap-year; evi
dently she considers herself 'married to her new
job.
A net reduction in appropriations of a bil
lion dollars is the record hung up by the hat
congress. Let the new one do as well and much
will be forgiven it.
A Line 0' Type or Two
Hew to tbs Line, lei Iks quips tall where thry may'
CH1LDE 11ASSAM claims that he is fond of
music, and we are happy to testify in his behalf,
forkonce on a time he asked ye Missus to play
Brahms for him. Of course he may have been
(like Blanco Posnct's brother when he sang in
his high note) lit at the time.
Qultvhcrkhhlins.
.Sir: In looking over a book of Old English
ballads wo cume across these Tobinosquo lines:
"The ghost replied full soleninlie, i
U .Mary, you must come wiui i.
R. R. M.
TOBINIZHD NCRSKRY JINGLES.
Warren had a little l;unb,
He oullccl it Normalcy,
Ami everywhere that Warren went
The lamb it followed lie.
THE Ziegler-Orthwcin romance is poetically
summarized by Andy Rebori: "You're a better
shot than I am, Gordon Gin!"
: Extra! Extra! Bloody Murdvr or John Pope
and the English Language!
Trom the Marshall, Tex., News.)
I, James A. Scott, being duly sworn,
states us follows: We was in I. M. White's
store when John and Abner Pope went
through the store and they stopped on the
back porch and I could see they was in a
row and IJieard Abb Pope tell John A.
Tope, "Do not deny it, you know you said
it." We seen they was in a row. We -started
out there to see if we could stop the
row and when I got about 10 feet the gun
fired and we went on out and Abb Pope
came in and we 4tcpped out on the porch
and seen John Pope lying beside the steps
partly under the floor with a bullet hole
over his left eye. i
"I FIND upon investigation," says the di
rector of the Winnetka community house, "that
'Twin Beds' is hardly of the type I believed it
to be from the title," True, one can't always
guess a thing from its title. Yye thought "Twin
Beds" was a nursery talc.
INFORMATION" WHILE YOU WAIT.
Kir: There is no "Lord Verulam" in histsry.
Baron Verulam was Lord Bacon."
I AM METICULOUS.
Sir: ... I believe you referred to him as
Lord Verulam, the only time his title has been
correctly attached for some time. G. V. P.
"Bacon, Sir FrancTs (often incorrectly Lord
Bacrfn)." Collins, Author and Printer,
Shot in the Marcel.
Sir: At a recent performance of "Dulcy,"
four Dulcies with variations sat in front of me.
They were thoroughly bored. Finally one of
them said. "Why, she isn't an actress at all, she's
just a fool:" MARIN.
PULCY tells us that she perfectly adored Mr.
Harding's inaugural address.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT A SHEET?
(Ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Today reminds me of what B. L. T. of
the distinguished New York Tribune (what
a sheet, by the way!) has to say.
PEDANTRY gives us a pain in the psyche,
but fe think that people old enough to know
better ought 'not lo throw dead cats into the
Chaucerian well.
" T II E T HOI'S A X D AND
ONE AFTERNOONS.
' XXVI.
'My second job,' pursued, thebellhop, 'was In
the omce of a weekly journal, the character of
which was quite different from that of the re
ligious monthly. It derived its income not so i
much from what it printed, as from what it ar
ranged not to print. The editor was supposed,
never to be in to casual visitors, and I was so
instructed, yet I was obliged to reply truthfully
to the first Inquirer, who lost no time in as-
saulting my employer. When, the fight began I
took my cap and departed, anticipating a scene
more painful to me than my previous indiscre
tion had brought about. Satisfied that my un
fortunate veracity unfitted me for the position
of office boy, I obtained work In a large store, and
being intelligent and industrious I got on very
well until one day, a lady, after purchasing- an
article, asked me whether it would surely be de
livered that day. I answered that it was cus
tomary to promise swift delivery, .but that the
chances were against the package reaching her
until the following afternoon. She accepted the 1
answer good-humoredly, seeming pleased with
my frankness, but I had been overheard by a
floorwalker, who reported me to the manager,
and I was again sent about my business; a cu
rious saying, for one who is discharged has no j
business to attend to, unless it be the business
of obtaining another position. This I achieved
in the course of time, in another store, but I
had the ill luck to be put in charge of a bar
gain counter, the goods n which had been
marked down from three or four times -Mieir
value to- prices at which they could be sacrificed
ata handsome profit. Therefore when a skeptical
customer put a question to me I was obliged by
my accursed veracity to confirm his' skepticism,
In return for which kindness he betrayed me to
the head of the department, and I was again sent
adrift. Discouraged by these and subsequent
misadventures, I had begun to think that it were
best for me to cast myself to the bottom of a
well, when a friend who knew my infirmity
recommended me to an advertising agency, the
product of which bore the' inspiring legend,
"Truth In Advertising." Here, I felt, wad a field
for my peculiar talent, and I made such progress
in learning the business that presently I was in
trusted with the task of writing advertising copy.
My first composition extolled the merits of a cer
tain washing machine. I said that it was a good
machine for the money, ' and probably jvould
serve its purpose if too much was not expected
of it, that there were better machines but they
cost more, and But I need not tell you that
my manuscript was rejected and myself once
more cast into outer darkness.'
t "ANCIENT Rome, in the height of her glory,
with her .lavish amusements, Olympian ganW,"
etc. The enraptured advertiser.
The proof reader asks us if if was an eruption
of Mt. Olympus that destroyed Pompeii.
"CATO CONTRA MUNDUM."
(From the Four States Press.)
To the public of Texarkana: I wish to
state that it was not me who was arrested
on the charge of having a still on mv prem- .
tses. w. A. Cato,
Formerly Texas & Pacific Train Auditor.
The Second Post.
(Received from an esteemed contemporary.)
Dear Editor: Having recently undertaken
the art of poetry for an occupation, kindly reply
if your circulation department publishes same
or not Tf it does accept prefer starting with
your paper at an early data that seems suitable.
My lines do not dwell on nonsensical topics but
pertain to the sentimental, clean-cut variety. I
have not communicated with either domestic or
foreign editors, or any newspaper or magazines
yet. The arrangements of payments can be ad
justed later on, and I assure you at a reasonable
figure.
HEARD on inauguration day:' Counter man
to Cachirr: "Well. Harding is our president
now." Bookkeeper: "Any saloons open yet?"
A Porno You Ought to Know.
(Translated by Sib from the original holiday
card.)
The twenty-nlnc-fold brilliant new year
Has come to me with fresh breeds;"
0 mind of Apollo, heart of Zephyr,
1 feel in my healthy vein's screeds.
The dew of ruby, the drop of amber
Awak us, look, with neat cheers
In tile glass of Joy that made by Miither;
Njw raise them highlv bv sweet tears.
TAKA11ITO IWAI.
DR. VAN DYKE describes jazz as "invented
by demons for the torture of imbeciles." But the
imbeciles appear to like it.
"THAT STRAIN AGAIN IT HAD A
DYING SNORT."
Sir: Speaking of soft music and the pearly
gates, S. T. Snortum is owner and demonstrator
of the music store at St. Peter, Minnesota.
S. W, E.
WARREN, O., has acquired a lady barber,
and dinged if her name isn't Ethel Gillette.
, AN INCLUSIVE AFFAIR.
. (B'rom the Racine Journal.
JJance Thursday night, at Eagle's hall.
Everything Invited. Adv.
SIGNS of spring: Two angle worms were
observed on the pave in front of the University
club Saturday, and a lizard in front of the
V Blacluttan K p. I. 7
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions eunceraina hyfiene, ssnitstion end prevention of 4seee, submitted
to Dr. Evens by readers of The Bee, will be answered personally, sublet! to
proper limitation, where a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Dr Evans
will not make diafnosis or prsscribs for Individual diseases. Addrssa letters
in cars of The Bsc.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A Evsns
SMALLPOX SITUATION.
In the first four weeks of ltfSl 10,-.
257 cases of smallopx Avcre reported
to the United States Publio Health
Service by 32 state departments of
health. Two of these cases were in
the District of Columbia. The fig
ures for, Indiana, New Mexico and
Virginia were for three weeks in
January instead or four and those
for KcntuckyTor two weeks.
It is probable there were 15,000
cases in all since among the non
reporting states art such large ones
as Pennysylvania and Ohio, Utah,
Oregon, Oklahoma, Michigan, and
Tennessee, states having a good deal
of smallpox each winter.
Since some cases doubtless were,
overlooked it is probable the total
number of enses equaled 1 5,000.'
Were the same rate to continue for
the year it would mean about 194,
000 cases of smallpox. No other
country ranking as civilized will
have sopoor a record. Of course,
there will not be that many cases.
The expectation is thatfthc number
of cases in February and March will
be higher than that of January, that
there will be a slight monthly do
crease through March and April, a
sharp decrease in May and June, a
low level in midsummer, and an au
tumn rise. .
The honor goes to Delaware, from
Which no cases were reported
though Connecticut Is a close second
with one case. At the foot of the
class stands Minnesota, a state with
a very intelligent people but long
known for its poor vaccinaU?n laws
and practices. That state had 1 ,255
cases. Other Ftates with bad recr-la
were Wisconsin, 994, and Iowa, 92A
New England handles its smallpox
very Intelligently. Four New Eng-'
land states reported only 24 cases.
It cannot be charged that this is be
cause New England is off the broad
highway because Massachusetts and
Connecticut are among the reporting
states. Great New York state only
reported 36 cases and New Jersey
eight. On the other hand, crank
ridden California reported 653.
The great cities like New. York,
Chicago, Philadelphia, BostoV and
St. Louis make rood showings when
ever smallpox figures are printed.
It is the places that do not vac
cinate and which are poorly equipped
with smallpox hospitals that get a
black eie whenever smallpox figures
are printed. Utah's very bad vac
eination is responsible for the poor
srrfallpox showing made by tfcat state
in all smallpox reports where they
are entered. It is well to remember
that in other health lists Utah ranks
well.
The danger 6f contracting the dis
ease seems to be greatest in the up
per part of the Mississippi valley.
The southern states, ordinarily bad
offenders by -reason of their large
negro population, show up mod
erately well in this report. ' New
Mexico and Texas, ordinarily rather
badly afflicted because of their Mexi
can population, have a good record
this year.
Fortunately for us the strain of
smallpox prevailing In this country
for more than 20 years is a mild one.
Let us hope that we may continue to
be spared from invasion of the east
ern Europea;! strain.
tobacco neuritis. I have known of
theso condition"! rerulting from the
Use of tobacco in other ways, but not
from snuffing snurf. ' , ,
Bananas as Food.
L. II. V. writes: "1. Why are
bananas so highly vecommended as
food? Is It because of the tygh con
tent of carbohydrates?
"2. Is it a rich vitamlne food?
"3. What kind of vitamines do
bananas contain?
"4. Is there such a thing as ba
nana flour? Is it prepared In the
United States?
"5. Would the flour contain all
the vitamines of the original fresh
banana?"
REPLY.
1. No. Banana is rich in otheer
food elements as well.
2. It is rather poor in the anti
scorbutic vitamlne.
3. Not much investigation cf vita
mines of bananas has been dome, ex
cept as to the anti-scorbutic sub
stance. 4. Yes. V
4. Probably.
) Asylum Is Better Place.
F. M. E. writess: "My brother was
confined in an insane asylum for a
time. Lately we have observed the
same symptoms. Is he curable, and
can we do anything for him without
sending him away again?"
REPLY".
There are various kinds of in
sanity, some curable,, some not. Do
not hesitate to place him in an asy
lum promptly. The care there is
better than he can get at home. "
A Bit o1 Cheer
Each Day o y the Year
By John Kendrick Bangs.
YOUTH OR AGE?
I do Hot know, as turning page on
page,
.Which hath the sweeter cast, fresh
Youth or Age.
The dreams of Youth are fair, all
running full
Of golden promises delectable;
And yet somehow the notion
comes to me
That as the years pass on Reality
Holds richer worth, and in the
harbor's calm
After- the storm there lies a rarer
balm
To soothe the troubled soul than
in the strife
Attendant on. our battlings with
life.
Whichever the sweeter be I'm
nothing loth
To thank my stars that I have
tasted both.
(Copyright, 1921, by the McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
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Municipal Ownership.
Omaha, March 5. To the Editor
of The Bee: In answer to some of
the critics on municipal ownership,
I have this to say: That said critics
must liko to be gouged and profiteer
ed with by corporations, trusts, and
so forth.
Municipal ownership of public util
ities is the very essence of relief from
extortion in every phase of the ques
tion. If the people owned all of
these essentials there would bo no
profiteering, and then we would havo
relief and more money to spend in
our homes. It's the tax on water
stock that is robbings the people to
day. Under municipal ownership wo
don't havo to pay a tax on watered
stock; wo purchase the plant or
start one by voting bonds which
carry interest; then the users of the
water", light and gas start to pay for
the plant by paying in proportion
as to the amount they use. Out of
this fund, so much to bo set asldo
for depreciation of the plant, so
much to be set .aside to pay the
bonds, and so much for labor. In
time, the debt is wiped out includ
ing the interest on same, and the
people own the plant themselves: but
on tho other hand if a corporation
iWned the plant, the dear people
x?buld have to keep on paying all
through posterity on the valuation of
the plant, which is generally watered
to the overflowing point.
Now, dear readers, which Is the
best way, own the plant ourselves,
or wipe out tho debt so in time tho
users will only have to pay for the
labor performed in running"- the
plant, whatever it may be? Don't tho
readers think when that time ar
rives that the rate will be cheaper?
The city owns the plant all paid
for, not by taxation, but by actual
use of tho water, light or gas used,
The writer can see no other way to
better ourselves or posterity; say for
Instance, Omaha had voted Bonds
and started eA-ery public utility from
Inception, including tho street car
system, electric light, gas, water and
telephone; can any one realize what
tho rate would be today for a street
car fare? Can a reader figure out or
get the figures of the profits wrung
from the people of Omaha on our
public utilities? If so, I. think you
would find out that the city would
now have them all paid for and your
purse would be saved daily a great
many pennies with just as good serv
ice as we have now. 1 don't blama
any tuio for kicking if their mrvlce
is bad under publio ownership; this
no doubt will make It better; but to
como nut and advocate iignlnsi tho
doctrine is too- much for me; that
is tho reason for this article, and
want to add that some complain
public ownership takes the property
way from being taxed.
This is corporation propaganda,
making tho taxpayer believe his ot
her taxes will bo more If this prop
erty Is not inxed. Even if that is true,
the taxpayer- gets that all back in
cheaper rules on the water, gas and
forth. 1'os.sibly not yet on the
gas, because of thf fait the city was
left stranded for the present on that'
iIchI an. I will have to have time to
recoup a little Hist, and it may bo
that tho city made a mistake in
pui-phasing that plant on account -of
electricity being used for tho same
purpose. 1 loTrr-ver, it's always better
to try ami fail than nor to try at all.
I am satisfied it will work uit all
right in time, and be a boom to pos-
terity if nut for th critics at this
time-. Wry lruv,
f. I.. N I "f HA WAT.
Complete Shift.
"I recollect," said old Doc Ma
lory. '
"When wages all looked up to
salary." '
"The world moves on by easy
stages. Now salary kowtows to
wages." Detroit Free Press.
NEW STOCK
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MUSIC
1513 Douglas Street.
The Art and Music Store.
Better Be Kxamlned.
U M. W. writes: "1. Ts tuber
cular throat curable? 2. Does n.
cough accompany it? 3. Is there a
temperature? 4. Does tho throat
discharge resemble an ncp.nmlnttnn
of dust particles? 5. For some time
1 have had a throat disc.h
Bcribed. Darticularlv nhmit
after arising. My temperature varies i
irom bdoui aegrees in tne morn- '
insr to about 8.B in th sfrarnnnn
and back to about 97. In the even-
intr. I have no much. Wnull ihi.
indicate tubercular throat? I hareT
nad some catarrhal I discharim or
sputum for some time. 6. One ton
sil is perforated and the other looks
uiaeasea. enouiu tney oe removed? '
REPLY.
1. No.
2, 3. Tes.
4. Somewhat.
5. " Have your throat examined.
Have your sputum tested.
6. If your tonsils are badly dis
eased they shtould be removed.
The Inhaling of Snuff.
W. M. A. writes: "1. Is it bad for
the health to put snuff in the nose?
2; Does it make one thin and sallow?
3.'' How does it affect one's health?"
It K PLY. - ,
1. No, except as any use of tobac
co is bad for the health.
2. No. h V
3. By caucing tobacco heart and
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